snow quickly moving into our area and i'm going higher with the snowfall totals. snow is expected here in charles county. people are getting ready. i'll tell you all about it coming up.

a home on this quiet residential street. details coming up. new calls to extend the security perimeter and how local airports are responding in the wake of what happened. another round of snow on this storm team 4 weather alert day. some of you who missed out on the snow earlier, are getting a taste of that storm tonight. we kick off our team coverage now with wendy in the storm center. it was a breeze for most of us this morning, but this is a different issue tonight. >> the fact that virginia is getting a blizzard tells you how serious this is. >> good thing this is saturday. if this was happening on a wednesday completely different situation. look at what's happening right now. winter weather advisory in and around

as the storm makes its way. we have an advisory that has been shifted off to the north and west, including portions of montgomery county. these counties have been introduced into the winter weather advisory. the storm itself is going to be further to the west. down to the south and east that's where we have those winter storm warnings. on the radar now you don't see anything, but all you have to do is widen out a bit. notice where the snow is. a lot of moisture with this. here is the snow in towards southern maryland. starting time, by 4:00 a.m. in the city accumulation by sunrise ending 1:00 and turning cold. by 2:00 a.m. it's going to be starting down towards southern maryland. this is a completely different system

>> reporter: to comment on what you said a sheriff's deputy told us they had a little snow yesterday and then it stopped and right now they plan to be out tomorrow morning to help people who may need assistance due to the two to four inches you mentioned. officials warn people to be careful if you have to go out tomorrow. we're here on berry road about half a mile from where the road meets up with 301 and the primary roads have been treated. the national weather service issued the weather advisory for charles county starting at 3:00 early saturday morning to 3:00 in the afternoon. officials are asking people to again minimize driving during that time. two to four inches of snow is expected to fall by itself or in combination with sleet and freezing rain. it could ca

this is why some drivers told me they're filling up their tanks tonight. >> my brother lives around the corner. i'm getting gas because i'm out here and the snow is am cooing and my work day starts monday and i want to be ready. >> reporter: some people told me plan on going to convenient stores that are still open. also earlier this evening they went to grocery stores. of course they're not expecting a snowmageddon, but they are concerned about potential freezing rain and snow on the roadways. they want to be careful. live here in wal dofr, news 4. virginia is closely watching for price gougers who may try to rip you off. in maryland they are urging to minimize your travel because of the hazardous conditions. if you want the latest on the storm download our nbc washington app. we are getting new

police say opened fire in the baggage claim at one of our country's busiest airports. >> when the rampage was over, five people were dead, eight wounded and the gunman was in custody. we are at ft. lauderdale hollywood internationally now with the story. >> reporter: late friday planes stuck on runways for hours began unloading passengers as hundreds forced to evacuate earlier made their way back with stories. >> there was a pop, pop, pop, pop, and then a herd of people started running down the way and trampling over people. >> reporter: the chaos and panic began after 1:00 p.m. >> people started running this way and that way. >> reporter: authorities the 26-year-old man opened fire in the baggage claim area of terminal two. witnesses say the gunman never spoke and was able to reload his hand gun at least

until he was out of ammunition. >> once he finished shooting he threw his gun on the ground and lay on the ground until the first officer came. >> reporter: an eyewitness says this was the gunman and he was taken into custody. >> the subject was interviewed intensively by a team of fbi agents and broward sheriff's deputies. >> reporter: he is a former member of the national guard serving in iraq for ten months. family members say he was undergoing treatment for mental health issues. he flew on a delta flight to ft. lauderdale. his weapon in his checked baggage. witnesses say he retrieved his lug gaj and loaded the gun and began shooting. operations at ft. lauderdale airport remain shut down. the fbi has now filed criminal charges against the suspect for interfering with ora

an international airport. as far as criminal charges for those killed and wounded, those are to come. his first court appearance is set for monday. reporting in ft. lauderdale, nbc news. our team coverage continues here at the the live desk where airports around the country are stepping up security including those in our area. here is a look at the security in place at reagan national where boards are alerting passengers that flights to ft. lauderdale are cancelled. they asked passengers to be extra vigilant. officials say they will have a heightened level of security. last year a bombing in brussels ignited calls to extend security to public areas. right now security protocols are focused on protecting aircraft and large parts of most airports are open to

to the check in and baggage claim area would cost more and simply offer a different target to potential attackers. at the live desk. you can see more videos and photos from the scene of that shooting our nbc washington app. search airport shooting and our coverage will continue tomorrow morning on news 4 today. no details on a double shooting in fairfax that left one woman dead and a man in critical condition. police have not released the names of the victim and the suspected shooter, but neighbors say they've been concerned about the father's behavior toward his family. >> his daughter is going to be traumatized by this. >> reporter: as homicide detectives and crime scene investigators filled the area, neighbors grooefd for the teen-age girl who came home to an unimaginable horror. her mother shot dead and her father w

this neighbor says many considered the father's behavior somewhat unusual. >> he didn't want to socialize with us. if his children tried to play with a friend, the other one would tell on them for playing. he was controlling. >> reporter: police were called to the home just off little river turnpike about 3:25 this afternoon. video from chopper 4 shows the crime scene and scenes to the right of the screen at the rear of the home what appears to be boxes used in bee keeping. a neighbor we spoke to once invited them to watch a story that aired in 2007. it showed him in protective gear helping to remove bees that had clustered on a fire hydrant and boxed them up to take them to a rural area. investigators are expected to remain on this

street until well in the early morning hours. we have learned that the truck driver who was killed yesterday is the single father of five chair. police say he lost control of the truck he was driving. it was a trash truck. they were trying to figure out what went wrong. the road conditions were not the problem. chin is survived by his daughter and four sons. his brother will take care of his children. loved ones are raising money for the kids. they've raised more than $24,000. in two weeks donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united stes and tonight we're getting a glimpse at the news that trump was skeptical of. russia did meddle in the election intending to hurt hillary clinton and help him win. that's according to officials and at today's briefing trump issued a statement saying the hacking had absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election.

team to come up with a plan to aggressively combat cyber attacks with a report expected 90 days after he takes office. congress officially tally the electoral college votes today democrats objecting many times. >> there is no debate. is it signed by the senate. >> donald trump finished with 304 electoral votes ahead of hillary clinton's 227. crews race to the scene to fight this d.c. house fire. the recalled item investigators say sparked the flames. mother nature setting her sights on dozens of states and millions of people. the winter weather we're dealing with here is hitting hard down in the gulf coast. doug will help us break down this massive iceberg that's bigger than new

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were searching for a band it. this man walked into a rock store, picked up a fossil and stuffed it down his pants. it was part of a marine animal that disappeared along with the dinosaurs. that fossil is worth several thousand dollars. a crime caught on camera. crooks smash into a gas station and steal the atm. police say after they left the scene they repeated the crime at another gas station a few miles away. at least six stations have been hit like this over the last two weeks. the police think the cases could be connected. developing tonight, folks in our region among the 73 million from the gulf coast to the northeast under winter advisories, warnings and watches. >> storm team 4 tells this is a potentially historic winter storm. >> reporter:

tonight millions in the path of a massive winter storm plowing into oklahoma, causing hundreds of accidents in a matter of hours in tennessee. >> please don't hit the buses. >> reporter: stranded school buses get no help after the snowplow coming to rescue them loses control. amanda watching it from her front porch. >> snowplow, oh my god. >> reporter: heavily snow in the northeast. in connecticut two students and their driver okay after their school bus flipped on an icy road. watches and warnings in effect from texas to the southwest and new england. states of emergency declared in georgia and north carolina. >> it looks as if this will be a significant snow event. >> reporter: shovels out of stock at this store where they've sold more than 1,000 pounds of ice melt. >> you get ice build up afterwards so it's the nature of the beast of what comes.

a winter's worth of snow in one day. a last minute rush to the grocery store. >> i learned last time. we're trying to make sure we're prepared. >> it happened. so now everything's listening. >> reporter: most atlanta schools dismissed early hoping to avoid another 2014 when a storm trapped many students at school overnight. >> the reason why we're doing this is so we don't have an accident like whahappened last time. >> well, that -- >> it came quick. >> yes, it did. >> it sure did. >> it's moving in quick right now. it's going to continue to do so. got you. out there right now, what are we dealing with? it is cold and that snow is coming in fast. how cold are we? look at these windchills right now. 18 in d.c. and two below in pittsburgh. we're in for some cold air on the backside of the storm. no snow right now. we're all

have to go very far down to the south moving into the richmond area and into southern maryland and back to parts of blue ridge. here's the main storm. the upper level low is back towards memphis. it's picking up this moisture and the surface low will go along the coast here. that's why we have winter storm warnings from alabama, charlotte into portions of richmond an most of the del mar vau. a blizzard warning in the rest of the purple is a winter weather advisory through the d.c. metro area. let's take you hour-by-hour here. right now nothing in our region, but by 2:00 we'll see it down to the south and by 4:00 it's encroaching on the washington, d.c. metro area. by 5:00, notice the shift here. it was moving up to the west, but notice the shift. that's the storm taking form out to the atlantic. it's around

are at 10:00 in the morning from d.c. south and eastward, the lighter snow to the west. it gets out of here by 5:00 and everybody starts to clear out and it gets cold. first off snowfall amounts. let's show you what's happening. flurries possible to the north. big area down to the south. i'm going three to six inches or more down around leonardtown. that's where you could see things. around waldorf. i have most of d.c. one to three and i've added parts of fairfax, prince william over towards culpepp culpepper. most of montgomery county now under that winter weather advisory. just flurries possible, maybe a quick snowshower, but i'm not expec

saturday for you. accumulation by sunrise. that's important because the roads will be covered in many areas. ending after 1:00 and turning extremely cold. let's look at those numbers here. windchill tomorrow morning in the teens. tomorrow afternoon 13 to 16. that's the windchill all day and tomorrow night we're below ten degrees. some very cold numbers. even colder by sunday morning. one degree in the gathersburg area. cold on sunday. 27 for a high. 31 for a high on monday. tuesday at 40 as we start to get warmer and we're back in the 50s and 60s by wednesday and thursday. a chance of rain on wednesday and thursday too. not snow, it would be rain, but we're getting through the next 24 hours first. we're on at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we have a staff that's on, we

an iceberg the size of delaware is getting ready to break away in an art kau and this could lead to the collapse of an ice shift. a crack in that ice shift suddenly grew by 11 miles in december alone and now that iceberg is only attached by a thin thread of ice about 12 miles long. scientists have been keeping an eye on the crack for decades and say part of the break is natural, but they say there could be a link to climate change. we've been seeing a lot of this with the icebergs. >> as warmer air temperatures and warmer ocean temperatures. this is actually a floating iceberg on the ocean. if it moves off it does not create the sea level, but it allows the land ice to move on to the sea and that would increase the le

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