blizzard. >> they sure are. and it's creating a real challenge for drivers as more people head back to work and more students head back to school. let's start with chris gordenonn white oklahoma, maryland. >> reporter: behind me is one of the most dramatic examples we found of the problems facing commuters. you see the giant mountain of snow blocking two lanes along new hampshire. commuters say that it needs to be widened. it's dangerous driving in the right-hand lane coming upon a pile of snow in the road without warning. snow blocking lanes has created choke points on many main commuter routes into the district. only two lanes get by on old georgetown road. >> my experience on connecticut was that there were two fewer lanes generally because the snow was impinging on the areas where

people would drive at least during rush hour. >> reporter: but the state highway administration today put to work an army of snow loaders and trucks. this crew worked to clear rockville pike from the beltway to white flint. the state tells me they've gotten a lot of calls complaining. they're doing theest they can, they say. they borrowed equipment from the eastern shore shop to help. we saw the same massive snow removal efforts today on river road, randolph road, and many of the main montgomery county commuter routes into the district. county crews cleared intersections here along hirsch street and in other bethesda neighborhoods today. >> yes, i think by the time i come back in the afternoon, i will get back to the two lanes and hopefully they will carry on for the rest of the weekend and come monday it will be good for the school children to go back to school. >> reporter: most bus stops are still covered with snow and sidewalks haven't been shoveled making it tough for those trying to walk to work. >> but there's portions of the walk there that you have to

literally go on the road to walk. so it's a little risky. >> reporter: montgomery county has canceled school tomorrow giving it the weekend to finish clearing snow from its parking lots and also counting on better driving conditions come monday for its school buses and students who walk. that's the latest live on new hampshire avenue in montgomery county. jim, back to you. >> thanks, chris. metro is promising tomorrow will be much better than today. this video show what is commuters faced during the morning rush today. long lines at metro train stations and walls of snow blocking the bus stops as chris just mentioned. a transportation reporter adam tuss is near a bus stop in northwest d.c. he's got more on why metro is charging peak fares without peak service. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. you know, trains aren't running as frequently as they normally do during rush hours. out here at the bus stops we're dealing with this situation. you can't even get to the bus. you got to go around to the

side. now, metro relies on the local jurisdictions to help clear some of this snow, but still a lot of people are saying what they're paying doesn't equal the service they're getting. trains have been running less frequently than rush hour levels since the storm, so why should you have to pay rush hour fares? well metro says it gave riders a free day on monday, but now service is ramping back up. >> you know, we're moving back to the system as it is, and i just think that's fair as well. >> metro's board would actually have to change the fare structure to reduce peak fares at peak travel periods. trains continue to run with longer wait times and some rail cars still have to go through maintenance before they can even be put back into the system. metro's promising more frequent trains tomorrow, but they may be six rail cars instead of eight. meanwhile, scenes like this playing out on social media, packed platforms. how much will this storm cost metro? >> it's close to about $7 million that we've lost in terms of revenue, and you think of it,

it's almost like a bell curve. you know, as people started to not use the system as much as the system approached, the revenues went down. >> reporter: and there are other expenses like overtime, contractors that have to be paid to remove the snow, even putting employees in hotel rooms. bus service trying to regain footing but there are challenges there as well. metro relies on jurisdictions to help clear the bus stops. most bus service is expected to be running tomorrow however. metro wouldn't put a grade on its post storm efforts. the gm only saying that the agency responded well. now, again, on metrorail for tomorrow, the transit agency says things should be back to rush hour levels, although trains might be shorter on the bus side of things. routes should be about 98% running for tomorrow. doreen, back to you. >> adam tuss, thank you. thousands of drivers slapped with $250 tickets for parking on snow emergency routes in d.c. are getting a break. today mayor bowser announced she'll forgive more than 2,800

tickets that were given out on friday, the first day of the storm. that's about $700,000 in fines. mark segraves is live at 6:45 tonight to explain why it may be hard for the distrt to collect on all of the tickets handed out during the other five days of the snow emergency. the snow days are stretching into more than a week off for a lot of students. there are more school closings and delays to tell you about for tomorrow. in virginia, arlington county, prince william county, loudoun, manassas park, and fauquier county schools will remain closed. some virginia schools will open on a two-hour delays, alexandria city, falls church, spotsylvania, and winchester. in maryland, prince george's, montgomery, washington have decided to remain closed. you can always check our nbc washington app for the full list. a blizzard is officially one

for the record books now. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric association administration that is, it ranks as the fourth most powerful snowstorm to hit the northeast in more than 60 years. the storm affected 102 million people. it covered 434,000 square miles and dozens of states. nearly 24 million people saw more than 20 inches of snow. the big concern now is the potential for refreezing tonight. doug in the storm center now with more on just what we'll see overnight. doug? >> well, jim, we are going to see the refreeze but it's not going to be this evening as it was last night. last night we started to see that refreeze around 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 as temperatures fell very quickly. they're not going to fall that quick tonight. right now 36 gaithersburg, 36 in baltimore. those are the coolest numbers. 37 in d.c. and 40 towards reston. we have some cloud cover.

we have a little bit of a southerly wind that will keep temperatures up and that will stop temperatures from getting down below freezing until after around 10:00, 1: 11:00 tonight. travel troubles again. you know you will see that during the day tomorrow. take your time, pack your patience. we have all had to use a little bit more of that over the past couple days. it looks like we'll need it tomorrow, too. walking still tough. a lot of that ice continuing. driving going to be on ice covered roads once again tomorrow morning. parking still a big problem. most of the siparking on the si roads still having a big issue. i think the snow will melt, i'll show you when coming up. thank you. six teenagers are in police custody after police say they attacked a man afterhe got off a metro train. surveillance video shows a rush of people inside the gallery place station this morning. you can see a man fall to the ground. then a group of teens running

back to get onto the train before it leaves. a witness described the chaotic scene. >> ten of them, at least ten, just stomping him, hitting him. i could hear people screaming, but no one doing anything. >> officers took those teenagers into custody at the woodley park station. we're told they're all wilson high school students. they are all facing felony assault charges. pat collins spoke to riders who talk about their safety concerns and that's coming up in our next half hour. tonight there is new information about concerns that federal regulators expressed over certain air bags made by a company called takata. those are car bags that is. our consumer reporter susan hogan has a follow up to a story we first saw here on news. >> that's right. within minutes of our story airing we were inundating with viewers asking how do i know if i have a takata air bag?

the answer is simple, there's in way to know. but what we found, more evidence of government concern just weeks before joel knight's air bag exploded and killed him. 52-year-old joel knight was a ford loyalist but what he didn't know, that loyalty came with a price. >> i was just totally shocked when they told me the air bag exploded. >> reporter: the takata air bag in night's truck ruptured to violently a preliminary autopsy report showed this metal fragment shot out of the air bag and into knight's neck severing his spinal cord. >> i have never heard of an air bag ever exploding. you're like what? you know, something that's supposed to protect you is what killed you. >> reporter: the takata-made air bag in knight's truck was not part of the 19 million vehicles already recalled. and if drivers wanted to know whether they have a takata air bag in their car, safety advocates tell news4 there's no way to find out. >> the only way you know who

made your air bag is by, you know, vis-a-vis the recalls or other types of things. there's no identifying information. >> reporter: the national highway traffic and safety administration issued a consent order in takata in november 2015 expressing its concern over several air bag inflaters saying in part, nhtsa does not share the same confidence as takata and the long-term performance of such inflaters including the sdi inflater, one of the same model inflaters that ruptured and killed knight just six weeks later. >> you have to get that information out there and you have to tell people. >> reporter: nhtsa is working with takata on phasing out all air bag inflaters that use ammonium nitrate as a propellant but car safety experts say that is a big concern. >> you can see there's a period that extends out through the end of 2018 where these inflaters using the ammonium nitrate can still be put into vehicles. >> reporter: one month after

joel was killed, nhtsa investigators inspected his 2006 ford ranger and confirmed his air bag was defective and that same day recalled 5 million more vehicles. >> he saved 5 million people on this earth, so i just look at it that way. i have to because i'm -- i'm really upset that someone could be so inconsiderate of someone's life. >> now, just this week the knight family filed a lawsuit against ford and takata. now, we have a lot more information for you regarding takata air bag recalls, including all of the vehicles now included in this latest round of recalls. just go to our nbc washington app and search air bags. >> really troubling story, susan. these air bag inflaters, do they ever test them? >> they actually did. nhtsa did test these particular

inflaters and in every single test they never failed. but it only takes just one. >> that is all it takes. all right. susan hogan, thank you. >> thank you. the fight for last-minute votes. how candidates o both sides are playing their cards in the days leading up to the iowa caucus. i'm julie carey in loudon county where they are working to move massive piles of snow. three northern virginia districts, kids are loading up the backpacks again. i'll show you how the conditions there are improving coming up. my daughter saying mom, mom, the baby coming. the baby coming. i say wait. >> and so it did. a baby boy born on the side of the road thanks to help from a local police officer who pulled them over just seconds before

it's another republican debate night in america, but this one is different. four days before the iowa caucuses, the candidates are getting ready to debate without front-runner donald trump. he's holding his own rally nearby. steve handelsman is in iowa and keeping an eye on both events for us. hi, steve. >> reporter: hey, doreen. thanks. good evening from des moines. i think it's unique. i don't think this has ever happened before. this is the main event, you can see the people building up. this is the iowa event center

where the so-called main event, the main debate, takes place but is it the main event? just a short drive away is donald trump. he's going to have a rally. he says it's all about trying to help veterans but it's crystal clear that trump has calculated as he has done from the beginning that this is going to help him, and so he's out there going to do his event, and the fact that his event will be simultaneous with this debate here is another reminder that the republican front-runner is writing his own rules. on debate day in iowa, a big question, will donald trump dropping out hurt or help him. at java joe's cough ffee shop, y whitman is more eager to back him. >> he's his own person. he isn't even spending money on his campaign. >> reporter: so you're going to caucus for him monday night whether he debates tonight or not. >> you bet, you bet.

>> reporter: republican corey miller is not happy trump dropped out. >> it goes along with everything else we have seen. he's not as interested in the people sanchez i'd like him to be. >> reporter: claiming he was treated unfairly in the first fox debate, he rejected bill o'reilly's plea. >> you're depriving the people of seeing you in a forum they need to see you in. >> no. we're going to help a lot of veterans. >> reporter: he plans an event at drake university. a few miles from the debate. the former iowa front-runner, ted cruz, wants to debate trump tonight or separately saturday. >> it's not that he's afraid of me. he's afraid of you. >> reporter: or trump has made a crafty move. >> voters get to see just him on the stage. >> reporter: and in today's poll, trump has widened his lead in iowa with four days until the vote.

the trump thing tonight, whatever you want to call it, is going to be so big that mike huckabee's people are walking around here saying huckabee is going to head over and join trump after this event. so it is an odd one with four days left, doreen, until the caucus vote. back to you. >> the countdown is on. thank you, steve. now to the democratic side of the race and bernie sanders insistence that he will not run negative ads. his campaign has produced a new ad that does not mention hillary clinton by name but indirectly criticizes her in part for accepting speaking fees from gox. nbc's andrea mitchell caught up with sanders today. >> reporter: why isn't that a negative ad? >> does it mention hillary clinton? >> reporter: no. >> does it have any image of hillary clinton? >> reporter: no. >> is it true in american society wall street spends huge amounts of money on dozens and dozens and dozens of politicians? it is true. >> he also talked to andrea mitchell about his new medical report, his health record. you can see that on "nbc nightly

news" right after this newscast. from tonight's debate to the final vote on tuesday, we've got the caucuses covered. aaron gilchrist will join steve handelsman in iowa this weekend to bring you live team coverage morning and night here on news4. there is a new chapter and a new home for "the washington post." that newspaper celebrated the official opening of its new office today. the gathering drew a host of government officials to the building in downtown d.c., and as tom sherwood reports, the spotlight was also on a colleague recently freed from iran. >> reporter: downtown snow and traffic had secretary of state john kerry walking to help celebrate the post and its new leased space on k street. >> a special, special time. >> reporter: kerry greeted jason rezaian, just recently released after 18 months captive in iran. kerry helped free him. both emotionally moved today. >> i have prepared a few words

and i hope you don't mind if i read. i have not been around a crowd for a very long time. there's so many people to thank. >> reporter: reporter bob woodward told news4 the modern digital facility is a statement about the paper's future with its new owner. >> it shows and proves that jeff bezos, the new owner, is all in. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser, happy the industry giant stayed in d.c. >> they've been committed to the district of columbia, not just in delivering the news, but they've been a fabric of the business community, the public education community, and they've made a huge difference here. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan spoke for all local leaders present. >> quite frankly, the mayor and governor mcauliffe and i were just happy to not be on snowplows. >> i think i speak for muriel and larry, we love read "the

post." i'm not saying we love reading it every day. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4. the zika virus, it's spreading, and tonight there's an alarming report from top health officials. a man wanted for a crime that started inside a busy convenience store. we'll report why the victims may not even know they were targeted. wolf pack violence. a man on his way to work beaten up by a group of teens at a metro

doug is ready with our forecast. seems like it took about 15 minutes for all that melted snow to ice up last night, and we've got problems again tonight, don't we? >> yeah, we do, but they're not going to happen nearly as fast as they did last night. last night at this hour we were already below freezing in many areas. tonight it kind of takes a while to cool and the reason why, we have the cloud cover across our area, south winds, too. out there right now we are on the chilly side but we're not quite cold. we're not quite below freezing. again, it's the cloud cover. it's those winds out of the south at about 3 miles per hour. current temperature 37 in d.c. 36 in baltimore. you don't see anywhere, anywhere in our area below freezing. so when will that occur? here we are with future temperatures. by 10:00 tonight, notice starting to see it in our northwest zones. temperatures close to that freezing mark. that's when we start to see things freeze up again, right around that 9:00, 10:00, 11:00

hour. by in addition night, below freezing in the manassas area. by tomorrow morning, everybody below freezing. maybe d.c. right around freezing but even inside the metro area we will see frozen roads and a lot of ice on the sidewalks. so once again, pack the patience, give yourself lots of extra time. storm team4 radar, not much to show. we're not going to see anything either. we have a front down to the south and another one back to our west. take a look at what's happening down to the south. a tremendous amount of rain down here. we're talking big-time rain down toward florida, even severe weather, another possible tornado today around delray beach in florida. that storm system was the system i talked about earlier trying to move up the coast. it's going to stay offshore, as expected, and we'll continue to watch for that. notice up to the north, we're watching another system. that's this system up towards the great lakes. that one has more cold air with it. it also has the chance to bring us a little bit of light snow. speaking of light snow, back towards the mountains of west

virginia, maybe western maryland, they'll pick up a couple inches of snow. winter weather advisory in effect back towards garrett county in maryland. now, the bus stop forecast tomorrow, 30 degrees. rather slick early tomorrow morning. 7:00 to 8:00 a.m., some schools going back to school. tomorrow afternoon not bad but it's going to be a lot colder tomorrow. a high temperature in the 30s. falling temperatures by 3:00, 4:00. around 36 degrees. windchills tomorrow will be an issue. let's take a look at the windchills, between 25 and 30 early but by 4:00 windchills between 20 and 25, so falling during the day. it will be a very cold friday afternoon. but the cold air with this next system does not stick around for long. high temperatures moving right back up. on saturday, a high temperature of 42 degrees. back to 49 on sunday. some areas close to 50. sunday a really nice day. great ski weekend by the way. monday coming up, 63 degrees. and we go even higher. as we know that comes at a price. i have that for you coming up at 6:45. >> thank you, doug. coming up tonight, new

reaction from metro riders after a big fight on metro. coming up on news4, the district issued more than $1 million in parking tickets during the blizzard. i'm mark segraves. the mayor today announced she is going to void thousands of those tickets. i'll tell you who has to pay and who doesn't. some northern virginia students will be heading back to school tomorrow for the first time since the blizzard hit. we'll tell you why o

right now a big brawl on metro today. one man injured, six others arrested. but the investigation is far from over. another snow day for some students tomorrow as others get ready to head back to class for the very first time. why it's taking so long to get back to normal in some places. also, thousands of parking tickets issued during the snowstorm are now being thrown out. and a surprise delivery as a local police officer delivers a baby on the side of the road. >> he wasn't waiting. he was ready to come out. first to those chaotic moments during the morning rush. a man attacked inside a busy metro station. >> and tonight six teenagers are facing serious charges and riders on metro are calling for action. it all started at the gallery place station on the red line. a guy knocked to the ground

after he got off the train. then his attackers used that same train in an effort to get away. pat collins is in chinatown tonight with more on this. pat? >> reporter: jim, a group of teenagers beat up a man who was just trying to go to work. why? wolf pack violence. it happened right in the middle of the morning rush hour. this security video shows a group of teens attacking a man at the gallery place metro station. police say they beat him, kicked him, and then those teenagers ran back on the train to make their getaway. leann wiggins was on that train. she saw what happened. >> these kids, ten of them, at least ten, just stomping him, hitting him. coy he i could hear people screaming but no one doing anything. >> reporter: later at the woodley park station, police stopped the train and arrested

six teenagers, all students at wilson high school. no comment from the school today. he s they say the case is still under investigation. now, police are calling this a case of wolf pack violence, and most of the riders we talked to today are not happy about this sort of thing. >> these kids are just wild these days. so i mean, you know, just got to have more police around. >> i think there needs to be more done. there needs to be more security, more patrol. >> there is a lot of dangerous people out there. i just didn't think that would come from teenagers. >> i guess they're different from my days. so i'm scared of them, too. so when i see them coming, i cross the street. >> reporter: now, the teens are charged as juveniles with felonious assault. a judge will decide what's next. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. a new explanation from metro after two green line trains

separated right before they pulled into the navy yard station. happened a few week ago. metro says a spring in the coupler that holds the trains together wasn't as strong as it should have been. there was also too much moisture present in an airline that is part of that coupler. nobody was hurt in the incident. metro is checking all of its rail cars and is now recommending periodic tests of its coupler units. a customer found a skimming device inside an atm at a convenience store in loudoun county. now investigators are trying to track down the person who might have put it there. this is the person of interest. a customer found the device at a store in sterling on rock hill road back on december 30th. investigators say the man that they're looking for left the store in a blue minivan, possibly a dodge scaravan. the death toll from last weekend's blizzard is growing. the storm claimed 51 lives along the east coast.

car accidents, carbon monoxide poisonning, and heart attacks while shoveling are to blame. virginia has the highest state death toll at 12. there were three shoveling deaths in prince william county and a man in leesburg died after walking home in the blizzard. there were four deaths in maryland and one in d.c. tonight students in alexandria and in falls church are among those planning to go back to school tomorrow. bureau chief julie carey joins us from loudoun county where some parents are wondering whether their kids will even be able to go back to school on monday. julie? >> reporter: well, and here is why. what you see right here, the main thing standing between loudoun county students and a return to school. sidewalks buried under feet of snow. sidewalks the kids have to take to school. but in about a half dozen northern virginia school districts, the 11th hour plowing and shoveling paid off, they will welcome students back tomorrow.

right in the middle of alexandria's del ray neighborhood, mt. vernon elementary relies on this small parking lot and the street for teacher parking. today they were furiously loading the snow onto trucks and carrying it away. >> this whole area here and down here is where we have probably a couple hundred students get dropped off by parents and we have staff lined up. >> reporter: principal peter ballas opened the school to teachers today. >> my teachers started e-mailing me wanting to any if they can get in here and get to work. >> reporter: and this second grader playing in the snow is eager to get back as well. >> i would like to get back to school because i miss my friends. >> reporter: in falls church, these boys shoveled off their bus stop to speed the return to class. with its snow-free sidewalk and steps, that district's school will also welcome kids back on friday. compare that to the scene at loudoun county stonebridge high school. the school district deployed 90

pieces of its own equipment across the county with 40 contract trucks also pitching in. high schools get cleaned out first, but there are 89 schools in all. >> we come in and we focus on the larger schools first, the high schools which are the bulk of the snow removal. and then we step down from that. >> reporter: but here is the big problem. what you find off school property. subdivision sidewalks buried in feet of snow, and while residents cleared out this bus stop, it's crossing the snow pile to get to the bus that could be a challenge. >> we're pretty confident we're going to have the schools ready to open on monday. the big question, the big unknown right now is what the local community support as far as being able to get the kids safely here. >> reporter: school officials and parents alike hoping some of the warmer temperatures ahead will melt some of this problem away. back to you in the studio, jim. >> thanks, julie. the focus of our flash survey today, more than 79% of people who voted said that the local schools made the right decision about closing right

after that blizzard hit us. the zika virus is spreading and quickly. up next, the urgent warning from health officials as they respond to this international problem. and there are new questions as demonstrators decide how to honor the legacy of a woman who kept a vigil outside the white house for decades. and, of course, we're talking another cold night tonight and that means ice is going to be forming, but this time a little later than it did last night. plus, travel troubles again. we'll see those.

tonight there is growing concern about the spread of the zika virus. today the world health orths sa organization said the virus is spreading explosively in the americas. it predicts up to 4 million people could be infected in the

americas this years. there are already a million cases of zika in brazil. the w.h.o. called an emergency meeting for monday to share information with member nations. health officials say the virus is not that dangerous to normal, healthy adults. the real risk is for pregnant women and their unborn children. >> normal, healthy adults, it's not a terribly dangerous virus. for pregnant women though, as people have probably heard, there's a much greater risk for passing on zika virus to the fetus, which is being linked to some severe birth defects that go under the general heading of microencephaly. some reports are stating the babies have smaller heads and have brain developmental abnormalities. >> open our nbc washington app for a breakdown of what you need

to know about the zika virus. we've just learned that a d.c. firefighter who was ready to retire before facing discipline is going to have to stay on duty for now. lieutenant guy valentine is facing a trial board for the botched response to a toddler who was choking on a grape. the lieutenant was just blocks away from the choking toddler but he didn't update his status with dispatchers so they sent paramedics who were more than a mile aand the 18-month-old died. d.c. fire says it has blocked his retirement and will pursue a trial board. the lieutenant is expected to appeal this decision. vance? >> thanks, chris. a former judge in charles county, maryland, will appear in front of a judge on monday. his name is robert nalley. he's charged with one count of misconduct on the bench.

federal officials are prosecuting nalley. they say he ordered a sheriff's deputy to use a stun device on a criminal defendant back in 2014. two months after that, nalley was kicked off the bench. he's now facing up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. through his lawyer, nalley declined to comment to news4. a long-time protester who stationed herself outside the white house for more than 30 years died this week. now a small group of supporters and her lawyer are meeting on monday to decide what to do her protest signs and other belongings that were left behind in lafayette park. the protester who was known to everyone as connie, maintained a vigil against nuclear bombs and war. under u.s. park service rules, the protest site must have someone present there 24/7 or the belongings will be confiscated. if you are old enough to remember being around on january 28th, 1986, you probably know

exactly where you were when the space shuttle "challenger" unfolded on live television, the disast disaster. by 1986 space flight had almost become routine but many were paying special attention to this launch because a teacher from concord, new hampshire, was part of the crew, christa mcauliffe. her two children and their classmates and her parents were there at the launch. it was a frosty morning at the kennedy space center. 73 seconds after liftoff, thrill turned to disbelief. the "challenger" broke up in flight. it exploded into a fireball. all seven members of the crew were killed. they were remembered today in ceremonies at the kennedy space center and all over the country. up next, some good news for thousands of drivers ticketed during snowzilla.

and not your typical traffic stop. a local police officer delivered a baby just

during the recent snow emergency, the district ticketed thousands of cars. more than 5,000 tickets were issued. at $250 a piece, that added up to nearly $1.4 million in fines. but today a change of heart. not everybody is going to have to pay. mark segraves is in northwest d.c. now with our report. mark? >> reporter: hey, jim. time to get our calculators out and figure all of this out, but as you said, today d.c. mayor

muriel bowser saved thousands of dollars $250 each. she voided 2,829 tickets today, but that still leaves more than $600,000 in ticket that is do have to be paid. of course, that doesn't mean the city is actually going to see all of that money. forgiving $700,000 in fines will make lots of people happy. many saw the ticketing as just another way for the city to make money. >> totally unfair. i think that they gave notice but they should have not given as many tickets out and had given people more of a chance to have a couple more days. >> reporter: while the mayor has now forgiven more than half the tickets today's move still leaves $669,750 worth of ticket that is have to be paid. but because those tickets like any parking ticket can be contested, the district may not see all of that money. the mayor defended the ticketing

of more than 5,000 cars as being necessary to clear the major roads to plows and first responders could get through. today she voided all the tickets issued on friday saying people may have been caught off-guard. >> if you're on a snow emergency route, you kind of understand that if there's going to be a snow emergency, you better get your car out of there before it begins. so i can't say that i have any sympathy for people who didn't move their cars. >> reporter: now, it will be months before we know how much money the city actually collects from these tickets. the adjudication process, and there are some tickets that just will go unpaid. here is what's important to know if you got one of the tickets over the weekend. if you got a ticket on friday and you already paid it, you'll get a refund. if you didn't pay it, just throw it out. you don't have to worry about it. you will still have to pay your $100 tow fee and your $20 storage fee if you were one of the hundreds of cars that were towed. if you got a ticket on saturday,

sunday, monday, tuesday, sorry, you still have to pay that and you better do it within 15 days before it doubles. doreen, back to you. >> thank you. a first for one alexandria police officer as he helped catch a baby instead of a criminal. a pregnant woman was being rushed to the hospital when the officer pulled the car over on duke street early this morning. >> i have a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road here. the female is having a baby. >> within a minute of the traffic stop, a minute, officer michael garcia helped the mother deliver her baby boy. the baby's grandmother and three other children were in the car. they were driving from ft. washington, maryland, to the hospital in alexandria. >> i was so afraid at first because this is really fast, my baby is coming really fast. >> this is her third baby. she named him joshua. everyone is healthy and doing great we understand. just joshua, not storm or duke

or something like that. >> it need not be. and how lucky that that didn't come friday night, huh, doug? >> yeah. my goodness, what a difference just a couple of days makes. the storm is over. now the only thing they're having to deal with is the potential for ice on the roadways. i'm going to put this back into play mode and show you what we're talking about. we're sitting right now in the 30s across the region. temperatures will drop but not nearly as fast as last night. 32 by 11:00. last night we got there very quickly. some areas by 11:00, 18 already in frederick, maryland. that won't happen tonight. 36 in camp springs. by around 10:00, 11:00, that's when i expect to is he some freezing on the roadways. look at the radar. not much to show you, but some snow up here to the north. i doubt this is reaching the ground but it would be just flurries up towards northern portions of frederick county. here is what's coming though.

we have two systems, one off the coast, one back to our west. this one will bring colder air and a chance for snow, a few flurries maybe tomorrow morning in our area but much bigger concern back towards the west here. back towards areas like garrett county, maryland, western mineral county, 3 to 6 inches of snow toward the western portions of the allegheny front here. so again some good snows for them. for us, we're not dealing with anything. they have a winter weather advisory. we'll see a few flurries, that's about it. a great ski report. liberty mountain open 100%. winter green 100% open. if you're thinking about skiing this weekend, it's the weekend to do it. 42 on saturday. 49 on sunday. great weather on sunday especially, but then look at next week. monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures way above average. wednesday, 65 with some heavy rain moving in that could cause some flooding. talk much more about that

this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> a big night for college hoops. the maryland terrapins putting it all on the line tonight. eighth ranked terps hosting number three iowa. jason pugh joins us from the xfinity center. jason, such a midseason treat for fans. >> reporter: absolutely, carol.

this is the first top ten match-up for the men's program at the xfinity center. not only that, they have a home winning streak of 24 games on the line. everyone looking forward to this match-up. they know they'll be tested against a very good iowa team tonight. >> what a great opportunity for us. we're playing maybe the hottest team in college basketball. it's a great challenge for us, and, you know, i expect the building to be live and excited. >> we lost to michigan state and i think it's a game for us to bounce back and to hopefully get a win against a great team, iowa, that has been dominating the league. >> it's a big game on a big stage. this is what we play for. so i mean we're going to come out and try to show people that we're -- we are for real. >> reporter: now, this match-up tonight tips off at 7:00 between maryland and iowa. the reason why this one is so special, again, this is the first game the students have been on campus for a conference home game, so they'll be fired up, and also you know what? two top ten programs, it doesn't

get much better than this. they will tip off in five minutes. i will send it back to you in studio. >> yeah, iowa undefeated, big ten play. 7-0. this is a tough test. thank you so much, jason. coming off a record-breaking year, kirk cousins is not saying if he's looking for a record-breaking contract. we do know that talks between the redskins quarterback and the team are at beginning stages and cousins isn't worried about the details just yet. >> i don't have any expectations. i just, you know, go forward. you know, knowing that my job was to play football the best i could and whatever i did on the field will speak for itself and we'll let the chips fall where they may. >> reporter: kous since cousins visit with fans in the washington autoshow. he's spending the off-season in atlanta living on his in-laws

basement. >> they have a little trophy shelf down there with her older brother's different sports accomplishments through the years and some of julie's accomplishments, and my picture made it onto the mantel this year, so that was a step in the right direction. they're great people and i feel like i hit it out of the park not only with julie but with her whole family. >> talk about brownie points. am i right? >> the mantel in his in-law's basement. >> with the new contract will come a new off-season place maybe. >> i would think so. moving upstairs. >> bradley beal is back four days after breaking his nose and suffering a can cu ing ing a co. wizards ever hosting the neglecting. >> can't touch my nose, i can't sneeze, i can't pick my nose. it's really just leave it alone for four to six weeks. so until it heals back completely. i'm going to continue to wear

the mask and make sure i'm cautious around these dudes and as much as i can protect it.

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