you'll be glad you have an ice scraper, portable phone charger when you need that. and you've heard it a million times, but you want to drive slowly. leave yourself extra time and always be careful. it is 4:on 30 now. some parts of the northeast are getting slammed with winter weather. >> molette, what are you seeing? >> it's coming down in the northeast. check out this video. school buses going nowhere in western new york. stuck in that snow there. a band of lake-effect snow expected to drop 3 to 5 feet of wet stuff throughout the weekend. 29 inches fell so far causing white outconditions. that horse ask buggy struggling there. >> thank you,

storm team 4 weather alert day. >> there is chuck belg telling us what we can expect heading outside today. >> spill some excitement around. what little bit of snow we've had will be rapidly ending aa cross the area here. snow is likely again starting tomorrow, probably about the time you wake up. the big winners tomorrow lk south and east of the washington area. could get up to 4 inches of snow across southern maryland and we've got at least five days in a row of cold weather coming our way. for now, the last of the snowflakes are down around st. mary's county and calbert. send me a picture with one inch of snow on the ground in eastern west virginia. temperatures right now, only in the 20s and thirds and we'll stay up into the low 30ser

melissa, you might get a peek of sunshine. >> that would be nice. crossing my fingers. 95 southbound before 175, left lane gets by the crash. otherwise, we're quite quiet early this morning. that, again, is going to take time because of the fuel spill and the big mess left behind. we still have this one-mile backup on 95 southbound. if you're head dollars out, don't feel real confident because we have the left lane getting by. i would take an turret route if you can. we'll take a live look at 95 in virginia coming you. we are taking a closer look at the road melissa was just talking about. >> for some of you, they will be wet. megan mcgrath has been showing us the conditions through throughout maryland today. megan, good mor

we're here in frederick just off of market street. not a ton of snow, but you have, you can see, that it's coding the grass here. i'm mott seeing the snow spoking through like we did in gaithersburg. you can maybe get a better idea looking at the poll here. that would be about 2 inches or so. but not causing any major problems. everybody knew this light dusting of snow was coming. the road crews were out there in full force for the last 4 hours or so. they pretreated those roads and they're in pretty good shape there. we were driving on to 70 earlier. just west pavement. take a look at this. this is a side street off of market street here in frederick. some of these areas obviously were not treated. you can see some slick spots.

encounter here today. just here and there, residential treats. those secondary roads that weren't treated with chemicals, they may be slick this morning. once you get out there to the wet roads, all we saw was smooth sailing. we are seeing some accidents in the area. be mindful of that. coming up in the next half hour, we're going to talk to one person who has been out and about on the roads. we'll hear what he has to say about the conditions. back to you guys. >> thank you for that. stay with us. storm team 4 will have the latest updates for you. 4:34 today. a northern virginia man will be sentenced for trying to help isis. last october, 26-year-old harris kamar aburke

wolf attacks in the u.s. he worked with a government informant to take pictures of d.c. landmarks to use in propaganda videos. kamar faces up to 20 years in prison. also today, a maryland state police cadet will be charged for causing a crash on the beltway. he lost control and hit another car. karen holt williams from temporariel hill was killed. he faces a maximum of five years in prison. montgomery county police say social media is at the center of a murder investigation.. the body of 22-year-old jordy mahia was found by hikers last month. that discovery was made nearly one month after his mother reported his missing. she says he drove to maryland to meet a woman that he met on facebook. detectives say a group of gang members pretended to be that woman. five of them have been arrested. more

expected to be arrested in a federal bribery scheme investigation. it centers around the prince georges county liquor board. the board licensing office and two liquor stories were raided by the fbi yesterday. boar director david sun and commissioner soud face charges here. sun allegedly arranged prescribes to business owners to help pass a bill allowing liquor sales on sunday. opportunities for corruption arise when there is a nexus between government officials and private citizens who stand to gain financially from the outcome of those decisions. the owners of two liquor stores were arrested. tracey wilkins broke the story mid day. today, president-elect donald trump is set to meet with directors of the fbi and cia. he'll sit down with current

intelligence james lak clapper. trump will be briefed on the intelligence community's findings of russian hacking. u.s. intelligence agencies are more confident than ever that moscow tried to interfere in that process. intercept shows russians were behind those stolen democratic e-mails that wikileaks released last fall and senior russian officials celebrated donald trump's win as a win for moscow. that is according to "the washington post." president-elect donald trump has repeatedly expressed doubts in the intelligence community. officials are worried that he will not accept their findings today. tracey pots will join us to break down concerns about trump's briefings today. first lashl mesh obama will release her final remarks as first lady at the white house. this is part of an annual white house trati

right now, a live look at storm team 4 radar. you can see snow moving east of us, but that's just the first round. chuck and sheena are tracking what you can expect over the weekend. now is the time to get your car ready for winter. the sts you can take so you ep

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storm team 4 weather center with a look at some really cold temperatures. as you walk outside, you're going to need the warm coat this morning. 33 degrees in the district. gaithersburg, 27 degrees. we did see the light snowfall this morning. some cars have a coating of snow on them. some areas saw around 2 inches of snow. but that is long gone across the area. we're seeing dry conditions now. if you're waiting at the bus stop by 7:00 a.m., you'll be seeing some flurries across the area. but 8:00 this morning, 31 fwres and cold and by the afternoon, we're only looking at the mid 30s. so it is going on stay cold outside. we have some snow chances for your weekend. i'll show you the timing of that and how much you can expect, coming up. right thou, 270 northbound. neegs and dry. of course, my sidewalk was not nice and dry. so b

out today. if you think things are okay, may not be. with a fuel spill, it will be quite a cleanup and still have that backup hanging around. if you're headed that way, you might want to take an alternate here. beltway at indian head highway, no problems there. beltway is rolling along pretty well. next, a live road on conditions in northern

live look at storm team 4 radar this morning. you can see a little bit of snow has moved out of our area and it is hovering over southern maryland. >> news 4's justin finch is

warning from drivers. >> hey there, good morning. so far, still a few flakes falling out here. >> there is a chance that you maybe encounter some slick spots this morning in leesburg. vdot is still very much out here. plows on stand by to come back and hit a few of these areas that may experience some icing throughout the morning. again, we are still below freezing in this area. drivers are now waking up, beginning now to make their way on to the road here. they are pretty much abiding by the speed limit. drivers coming by us right now and vdot is asking you to be careful because there could be some troubles out there that you can't quite see. back in to you. >> thank you, justin. it is

congress will mead in a joined session to officially count the votes that make donald trump the president. >> the president-elect is squaring off with top intelligence officials. >> first, those officials will be back here on capitol hill for another briefing before head to go new york where they face a skeptical donald trump to suggest russian hackers tried to hack the c and others. we now, nbc, have confirmed details from this report that the president-elect will hear later today. that indeed they have identified who got information, the russians who got information from the dnc and identified the fact that not only were they trying to hack democrats, but the white house, areas of dwoft and private businesses back to

hearing today. and lawmakers are blasting donald trump for apparently asiding with julian assange and wikileaks in the midst of these russian hacking claims. can you explain what's going on here? >> yeah. so in the midst of all of this tenseness with the intelligence community, he tweeted that jultan asans sajult an julian assange said he did not get his informationing from the russians. when trump tweeted that, it did cause angst in the intelligence xunt. now he's backing off a bit saying the media is trying to pay him with assange. it is 4:47 right now. we are exactly two weeks with away from president-elect trump's inauguration. >> spectators will not only see new people on the stage, but hear a new voice announcing th

brockman has been the announcer at every inaugural parade. this year, he will not be. trump's committee wants steve ray to take over. ray volunteered for the trump campaign. the inauguration committee offer charlie the new position. charlie says he's been looking forward to the inauguration. >> i have got friends and family and expecting me to do this and i want to do this. we also spoke the to steve ray on the phone. he says he expects charlie and hopes he accepts the new position. we now now what the official stikts for the inauguration will look like. 250,000 tickets will be distributed next week to congress.

mall. >> maryland senator chris van holen offered his first speech on the u.s. floor yesterday. the democrats clammed the gop's plan to repeal the affordable care act. i team's scott mcfarland said it is unusual for a new senator to make a speech on the floor so soon. a virginia congressman is trying to make it he easier to cut federal workers pay. congressman morgan griffith represents virginia's 9th district. he and other house republicans are working to reinstate the holman rule from the late 1800s. it let's lawmakers cut an individual's pay to $1. but that rule could undermine decades of civil service. >> it's beyond silly. i don't know how to comment on it. >> is it an attack on civil service? >>

>> there are about 350,000 federal workers in our area, plus the postal service, secret agencies and the military. being a mother with three kids is hard work. >> it is. 100%. 3,000% true. >> maybe you should have read that. >> yes. >> it can be particularly hard if you don't have a car. one northern virginia mother says for two years, she and her family did not have a reliable way to get around. not any more. catholic charities of arlington gifted waday sheriff with a new car yesterday. she and her kids came to the u.s. from liberia to escape an ebola out brebrea breaoutbreak. sheriff says it has been hard being a single mom on top of that without a car. >> i leave my kids home because i can't take them to -- i'm so grateful that we are going to go to mass as a family.

>> and catholic charities gives away roughly one car a week. they also teach the families how to take care of their new car. and the impact, you know how much it's going to change your life. it's so incredible to see. wish her all the best. we hope you're literally jumping and dancing for the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. >> i thought you were going to show us some jumping and dancing. >> not at all. >> maybe if you came to the expo this weekend you could see aaron doing it. >> that guy will be doing it. >> and it's great tore i know who wants to learn more about their health and fitness. >> health screenings for earn from kidney disease to glaucoma and a lot of information about mental health as part of our changing minds campaign, as well. >> the expo starts tomorrow morning at o'clock and ends at

find out about our special guests and the best ways to get there on the nbc washington app. we will be there saturday afternoon. >> like 11:00 to 4:00ish, something like that. a panel discussion at 12:30 i think. people will have a chance to ask us weather questions. >> tread lightly, my friends. and melissa will be there saturday morning. >> excellent. and you'll get to meet sheena parveen. >> so many roendz to come. >> up to and including staying out of the weather. it will be a chilly weekend, for sure. 33 in washington. windchills are back down in the 20s and sunday is looking like a very windy ask cold day. right thou, it is 21 in thermont, 28 if in front royal, 32 at joint base andre

a lot of clouds around this morning. staying cold, for sure. but whatever little amounts of snow we're going to get are rapidly coming to an end. there are winter storm warnings down across the lower parts of the dell marva. we don't have any advisories around the washington metro area. we have a winter storm watch in st. mary's county. that's for tomorrow's snow. so this is the current situation with the snow pulling out. these winter storm warnings, and if you're traveling tomorrow south of richmond, towards norfolk or raleigh, they'll have better chances for snow. tomorrow's highs, only up to around 30 degrees here in and around the city. and, again, we could see as much as perhaps 4 inches of snow in southern most maryland out on to the eastern shore. could see enough to coat the grounds here around the city. we'll be keeping a close eye on

really depends on the track of the storm. for more on the storm track and the ten-day forecast, here is my buddy, sheena parveen. >> chuck, we're watching that storm track quickly. if the storm track gets closer, heaviest down to our south and east. we are on the northern edge of this in the district, so that means if the center of the storm moves farther offshore, this area of snow will move farther to the south. so we are going to watch that very closely. either way at this point, saturday morning clearing as we go through saturday afternoon and the good news is your sunday will be nice and dry. here is a look at the totals. much higher down to our south and east, especially closer to the coastline. and if you get closer to the sdrikz, we're looking at about less than an inch. a little farther to the south in parts of charles county near fredericks berg. about 1 to 3 inches. across your weekend, it will be cold drying as we go through sa

and even as we go into sunday, take a look at your sunday. temperatures are mostly going to be in the thirds across the weekend. now we will start to dry out and we go rain in the forecast for next week. chopper 4 over the scene of of a bad accident with melissa molett. >> as you can see from this video, chopper just getting those traffic folks headed by on the left side of the roadway. this is a semi on its side. you can see they have those big wreckers there trying ro right this and get out of the way. and we have the fuel spind to contend with, as well. mott such a hot morning there. 95 south of there, you're just find and the we have the of the beltway moving along just fine. melissa, thank you. some roads have a dusting, others left pretty dry. tracking condition

can get ready. >> right now, a live look at the storm team 4 radar. stay with us. we'll be right back.

tracking conditions across our area. we're seeing how road crews are adjusting. a live report is coming up. another new museum could be coming to the district according to the washington business journal. jane cafritz wants

permanent museum at south dakota avenue and fourth street northeast. there is a temporary exhibit related to this at the national port ral gallery this month. it is designed to trum up interest and see whether you will go there. and stay with us. news 4 continues today right now at 5:00 a.m. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. now at 5:00, a lot of you waking up to a little snow. others, not so much. >> salt trucks were out in full force overnight in d.c., maryland and virginia pretreating and salting the roads. >> but in most places, the flakes didn't seem to stick very much. good morning, everybody. >> we are in storm team 4 weather alert mode this morning. >> we will check in with all of on our crews in just a moment as they're fanned out across the area including meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. we are starting to see a few on school

in right now. >> shannon doe ya county schools are closed today. frederick county schools in maryland are on a two-hour delay. >> in west virginia, berkeley county schools are opening two hours late, as well. so are grant candidate, hampshire county and hardy county schools all on a two-hour delay. the snow stopped just a few hours ago, but some of you could have a slick right into work this morning. >> let's start our team coverage this morning with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> and like we were talking yesterday, this is a less not more kind of event for today. roads weren't cold must have on support a lot of icing, so that is excellent news. we're going the stay on weather alert mode, maybe into tomorrow, too. another chance of snow for our