welcome to your monday. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. it will be a tough monday, but this time tomorrow you may be enjoying a snow day. we'll get to melissa mollet for that traffic warning, first chuck bell has the storm team 4 forecast. everybody wants to know about the snow. >> looks like a winter wallop coming our way. nothing likely to happen until after the sun goes down today. you have all day today to get things done. make sure you have your errands ready to go. gas up the generators. we do expect at least some power outages. this will not be a powdery snow, this will be a heavy, wet snow. the rain/snow line is in play. snowfall amounts will vary widely. get things done today. temperatures will be above freezing. upper 30s and low 40s. plenty of sunshine for much of the day. storm impacts, just about everybody gets an inch. the overwhelming majority of the area gets between 4 and 8 inches of snow.

coming in this afternoon. could be a little wet rain/snow combination south and east of i-95. don't have any advisories in calvert or st. mary's county. however there's quite a bit of snow in the forecast. a solid 4 to 8 inches inside the beltway. 8 to 12 inches for much of western fairfax, loudoun and montgomery counties. a lot of places in northern maryland and the panhandle of west virginia have a chance of getting more than a foot of snow. melissa mol llet has more troub for inbound travels. chopper 4 over indian head highway at beltway. now after the beltway, we are shut down. the chopper showing you a live look there. look at that traffic there headed inbound. it has started to build here in the past couple of minutes. all lanes blocked there due to the investigation. you can use oxon hill road and livingston to get

as you widen out to the rest of the beltway, beltway is okay. inbound 66 at the rosslyn tunnel, we have that crash. green line, normal service resumed. we'll look at some travel times coming up. thank you. we want to take you live to that closure melissa mentioned on indian head highway. >> justin finch is live on the scene. what's going on now? rn >> we could see a reopening soon. prince george's police remain on scene after hours of investigating. two vehicles were involved in this, a mercedes suv, a dodge sedan. we know that close to 1:00 this morning that dodge sedan was going northbound on indian head highway, at some point it collided with

sparking a fire to the dodge that sedan driver was hospitalized. the suv driver is expected to recover. back out live here, there's still some wide debris fields out here, a sign toppled in the island. southbound indian highway lanes have not been affected by the crash or the investigation. as you can see, it's still taped off despite both vehicles being gone. this area could reopen soon. live in oxon hill, justin finch, news 4. back into you. >> thank you. let's take a live look outside right now. hard to imagine, but at this time tomorrow we'll be seeing a lot of snow on the ground. today in d.c., 200 salt trucks will hit the streets to coat the roads with salt. this afternoon, mayor bowser will hold a news conference to talk about the plan heading into tomorrow. vdot trucks started laying down brine on highways over the weekend. officials say the mixture will break down the first couple inches of snow. if you live in an area where this m

the crews have not started pretreating roads. they'll lay down that salt once the changeover to snow happens. vdot is asking people who don't have to be out on the roads today and tomorrow to stay home. storm team 4 predicting one to two inches of snow could fall every hour once the storm begins. >> montgomery county is bracing for some of the most snow. our meteorologists say 6 to 12 inches could fall in that area. county executive ike leggett says every inch of snow costs the county $1 million to clear. >> we have a plan. i hope we don't have to utilize the plan to the fullest extent. it means we'll be hit with a great deal of snow, ice and wind. >> the snow is expected to be heavy and wet, which could mean power outages as well. >> this storm could have or will have a bigger impact to our north. molette green has a look at how other places are trying to get ad

bracing for blizzard conditions here. new york could see 12 to 18 inches. wind gusts could be 40 to 50 miles per hour. the mayor there urging folks against any unnecessary travel from philly to boston snow preps have kicked in as well. boston could get 12 to 18 inches, in some areas across northeastern massachusetts up to two feet. eun? >> molette green, thank you. if you have travel plans or just want to know how to take metro during the storm, we have you covered. adam tuss will have a live report at 6:30. and make sure you check out the nbc washington app to keep track of the storm. we'll also help you started your day even earlier tomorrow when news 4 today starts at 4:00 a.m. it took four years and now a virginia man is going on trial for the death of her 1-year-old son.

prince, to collect $500,000 in life insurance money. prosecutors say he also killed his ex-girlfriend and his mother, however a judge is banning any evidence from those deaths in the current trial. the man who is accused of jumping the white house fence friday night is expected to be in court today. the secret service says jonathan tran who is from california, made it on to the south grounds before he was arrested. he claimed to be a friend of the president and said he had an appointment. according to court documents, police found two cans of mace on him. he is charged with entering restricted grounds while carrying or using a dangerous weapon. we could get to the bottom of president trump's wiretapping claim today. that's one of several headlines we're following from the white house and capitol hill. lawmakers are asking the justice department to produce evidence today to back up the president's claim. last weekend president trump

accused former president obama of tapping the phones at trump tower. president trump is expected to send coming his budget this week. it's expected to include a big boost to defense spending. the assoat pssepts ci sh t environmtaprecge and education departntou segna cs. the congressional budget office could release its score on the republican plan to replace the affordable care act as early as today. they will look at how much the plan will cost. trump will hold a listening session on healthcare this morning. kellyanne conway is likely to face questions on healthcare when she appears on "the today show" this morning. you can watch that here on nbc 4 after news today. it's finally time for march madness. the ncaa men's basketball tournament is happening this week. even if you're one of the few without a bracket, there are plenty of teams from around the area to root for. west virginia is playing thursday, they' a

getting closer, vcu is a ten seed thursday night. mt. st. mary's has a play-in game tomorrow. the virginia kcavaliers are playing a five see the d in the region. and the terrapins are taking on xavier. we talked to the terps head coach. >> we are thrilled to be picked sixth. >> yet you put your hands to the face. >> i was getting ready to fall down. i jumped up. i'm getting hold. >> come on, coach. maryland plays xavier on thursday. he's being measured, because he w wants to save the excitement for the game. >> the maryland women also looking forward to the ncaa women's tournament. that bracket selection is tonight. the lady terps are one of the best teams in the country. >> they have momentum

into. 6:09, here's something else to celebrate. a d.c. celebrity ringing in a triple digit birthday. she'll have high-profile help. and the snow is coming. >> y you have all day today to get done what you need to get done, whether that's going to the store, filling up the generator with gasoline. you have until after the sun goes down tonight to get it done. get it done today. rain, changing over to snow overnight tonight and early tomorrow. should be lots of snow. some places it will be this deep. yes. i'll show you where coming up. and ferguson, missouri back in the headlines. what sparked new protests at the site when a teen was killed by police nearly three years ago. your time is 6:09.

okay. not so great news because of the weather, the cherry blossoms are in danger because of this latest cold snap. the national park service says anything below 27 degrees can damage them. the tidal basin may spare the blossoms by acting as a thermal blanket to the trees. chuck bell is monitoring the forecast closely because of the snow heading our way. >> the blossoms will take a hit, but the trees themselves will be okay. the blossoms this season are in grave danger. the open waters do have a bit of a moderating effect, but look how much colder it is as you get away from the water. it's back to the upper teens and low 20s this morning. afternoon highs today, this is not the problem. the problems roll in tonight and by this time tomorrow it

be some combination of heavy rain to heavy snow across the area. the rain/snow lane ine is a fac for this event. so areas north an west, where it's almost all snow could get 8 inches or more right inside the beltway probably 4 to 8 inches on average. most of southern maryland might not get an inch, but could get up to four inches. i'll show you our future weather and let you know when the snow is likely to start and stop coming up. it's time to go over to melissa mollet. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic, northbound indian head highway after the beltway, all lanes blocked because of this crash investigation. you can use oxon hill road and livingston road to get around the closure. talking about northbound lanes. southbound unaffected. 28 at liberia avenue, a crash there, a brand new one in manassas. chopper 4 over the beltway. taillights here are the inner loop at 66. everything there rolling along

66 inbound, 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, you're okay. 270 fine. top of the beltway looking good. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. at least 38 people are dead and several more hurt after a bus plowed into dozens of street musicians in haiti yesterday. the driver was speeding away from a hit-and-run accident. they say he initially pit two people at a bus stop at a town in the northern part of that country. one of those two people was killed. developing this morning, threats continue at jewish centers across the country. a jcc outside of rochester, new york is back open after it received a second bomb threat in a week. that's one of six threats made yesterday. so far this year, 130 threats have been made across centers nationwide including in maryland and virginia. ferguson, missouri back in the news today.

video of michael brown and new protests today. molette green at the live desk with what's going on. >> demonstrations overnight, they focused on a food market. >> protect, whoo we have to protect us? >> the crowds chanted outside the store that 18-year-old michael brown visited before a police officer shot him. new video that is part of a new documentary raises some different questions here, possibly challenging the police narrative that brown committed a strong-armed robbery at the store. this is video from the documentary, stranger fruit, which claims brown was making a drug deal at store, not robbing it. police saying they cannot confirm its authenticity, but that it is not relevant to the investigation. brown's shooting 2 and a half years ago sparked protests there

it's the fight on the speedway. a lot of people will be talking about this today. this happened at the monster energy nasz car cup series in las vegas this weekend. joey logano ran into kyle busch's car in one of the last turns. after the race, busch went after logano. he was tackled by his crew. he was pulled away with a bloody forehead. >> can you spell success? >> we want to congratulate everybody who took part in the annual fairfax county spelling bee. this happened yesterday at lanier middle school. there were 65 contestants from around the county. they took turns spelling tough words like insulburg, nockmusic and the winning word was sorral or something like that. this year's champion said winning was bitter sweet.

>> i'm excited but sad because i wanted my sister to win, i wanted her to be runner up because it is her last year. i'm still excited. >> spoken like a true little sister. >> they have been practicing spelling together for about an hour every day. she will be moving on to the scripps national belling bee in may. someone is getting ready to have the best monday ever. the person who bought the winning powerball ticket in last month's 4$435 million drawing i set to claim the prize today. a single ticket was sold at a gas station in indiana. >> that ticket matched all six numbers. the winner can take the 435 million payment innen sta insta over 30 years or just take the cash. >> take the cash. why not. >> i imagine i would take one ticket to somewhere warm right now. >> if you can do it, get on the whisper jet, head down to miami beach today. >> right now.

8:00 p.m. after that all bets are off. once you get past 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight, things will go downhill and fast. look at that stream of headlights there. a busy day today. we can get snow in march. we had snow every march for the last three years in a row. i haven't been able to dig up yet if we had snow after our first 80 degree day which occurred on march first. wow, is it cold. the ground is frozen solid again and ready to receive snowfall. storm impacts, i think, everybody gets at least an inch. most everybody will get 4 inches or more. i think at least half of the news 4 nation, areas north and west of 95 get at least eight inches of snow. there will be pockets up in northern maryland, towards the northern end of the shenandoah

amounts of the storm. there is the area of low pressure moving into sweftdouth iowa. winter storm watches and warnings are up. here's future weather to help you time it out. by 8:00 tonight, nothing to worry about. the storm is going up the coast. so the bad weather starts here in washington and then eventually goes up to philly, new york and boston. so, as far as snow, everyone should be getting in on some combination of rain. but mostly snow by 10:00. the real catch in the forecast, that's the rain/snow line. that area of pink, that's the transition between all snow, north and west to almost all rain down across parts of southeastern maryland. so, there's going to be a big range. could get our first inch of snow before midnight tonight. by the time all is said and done, 12 inches er more, frederick, hague

that's where things get dicier. 4 to 8 inches of snow. lower amounts down into st. mary's county. it will be cold all week long. let's go over to melissa mollet. >> breaking news, northbound indian head highway, all lanes blocked after the beltway. use oxen road and livingston road to get around that closure. as we widen out, eastbound 66 at the rosslyn tunnel, crash there in the left lane. look at liberia avenue at 28, crash there. eastbound 610 at annville road. lanes blocked because of the work zone. chopper 4 on the way to a problem on the inner loop at

georgia avenue. >> melissa, thank you. thank you to the arc in southeast washington. i hosted their wacky and whimsical tea again this year. my sixth year in a row. the event raises life-changing programs for thc. t a se t dcer from the washingtonalt thc. just a terrific place. >> do a lot of great work for kids in the community. getting in shape at the supreme court. a workout class has been a tradition for decades. >> now it's days are numbered. why exercisers are being kicked out of the court. ♪ i never nedded y eneeded you right now ♪ >> do you recognize this singer? it looks like miley cyrus, but it's her younger sister, noah. she'll be on the ellen degeneres show this afternoon performing her hit song "make me cry." you can watch the "ellen show" this afternoon at 3:00, right before news 4 4

the workout class that sandra day o'connor started at the court more than 35 years ago is being forced to move. it was popular with female employees and other womho participat. a sprs t co said they made the change because few employees attended the class. it will move to a nearby church on monies and the eastern market on whens and fridays. we want to wish miss virginia mclaren a very happy birthday. >> she turned 108 years old yesterday. you may remember her with this famous meeting with the obamas last year. she will be celebrating this year with the globetrotters. >> show them a few moves. >> the globetrotters

her 107th birthday last year. the team will make a custom globetrotters themed cake for her today. >> she's awesome. it's 6:26. a raging inferno and a devastating loss for one community. how a piece of history went up in flames. >> i'm adam tuss, a lot of people getting out of dodge before the snow starts falling. i'll tell you about the overall travel impact coming up. so far this winter we've only had 1 1/2 inches of snow at national airport. we may get four times that much snow in the next 24 hours. you have all day to get things done. don't waste that opportunity. it will be an ugly slow go on tuesday and wednesday. forecast coming up.

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your backyard. breaking news overnight, a fiery crash. one of the busiest routes out of prince george's county turned into an investigation scene. and wiretapping deadline. the justice department has to come up with evidence that president obama bugged phones at trump tower. good morning. it's 6:30. we're waking up to a busy morning on this monday. >> melissa is monitoring a crash investigation on indian head highway. first we want to begin with the major winter storm just a few hours from dumping a whole lot of snow on our doorstep. >> give it to us straight, chuck. >> here's the good news for snow lovers, this is probably our last best chance at significant snow around here. school kids across the news 4 nation, get your homework done, but in all likelihood most of the area schools will be closed tomorrow, possibly wednesday and some may on into thursday.

of snow. number one thing to know about the weather, get it done. if you need anything from the store, bread, milk eggs, get that done today. get your generators fueled up. power outages will be a concern. this snow will have a lot of wind, and it won't be a powdery snow. it will be a heavy, wet snow. temperatures in the teens and 20s this morning. we will be above freezing this afternoon. it will be a cold day. have your winter coat, your hat, scarf and sunglasses ready to go for today. snowfall amounts inside the beltway, likely to average 2 to 4. big winners or losers depending on how you feel about snow, the northern valley and out near the shenandoah valley. let's get over to melissa mollet who has breaking news. >> breaking news in oxon hill. look here, northbound indian

all lanes blocked there because of this crash investigation. use oxon hill road and livingston to get around this mess. we are seeing that volume build northbound. chopper 4 headed to the inner loop at 202. check the inner loop at georgia avenue, nothing there. eastbound georgetown pike, near difficult run bridge, a crash there. inbound 66 at the rosslyn tunnel, you can see those showdowns, but the crash is on the shoulder. that will ease things quite a bit here. when we come back, a look at travel times. eun? >> thank you. 6:32. preparations are underway to clear runways and train tracks now. >> news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss live at ra reagan national airport. >> there's going to be two big impacts here. let's start with metro. when we get anywhere over 8 inches of snow, metro starts to

rail service. so we don't know how much will fall and where, but that's something to keep an eye on if the snow total starts to get above 8 inches. metro has already started to make changes. metro access will stop running today at 4:00. certainly with the snow falling tomorrow you can plan there will be a bunch of changes. from an airport perspective, my goodness. a lot of people getting out of dodge already before this thing hits. we have already seen widespread delays and cancellations in other parts of the country, specifically chicago. we caught up with a couple people here today who consider themselves a bit lucky to be getting out before all this starts. >> not particularly. not supposed to snow until later tonight. i figured i would be okay. >> just fortunate. it's our first big snowstorm, luck of the draw, i guess. >> you're looking live at the

national. it's been very busy this morning. a lot of people coming and going. anywhere up and down the northeast corridor will be tricky over the next couple of days. if you have a flight, check to see that you can get out today, maybe earlier, or tomorrow after all this hits. >> adam, thank you. >> watching your top stories on this monday, starting with a crash that will impact the drive for a lot of commuters in prince george's county. north bound route 210 north of the beltway shut down. there was a crash and a car caught fire. one driver is in critical condition. >> new threats against jewish centers are happening across the country. this includes a jewish community center in new york that received a bomb threat for the second time in a week. there have been nearly 130 threats across the u.s. since january.

republican plan to replace the affordable care act could come as early as today. all eyes will be on the justice department today. >> that's because lawmakers demand they face an important deadline. molette green has more on this. >> this goes back to president trump's explosive allegation a week ago, and that is that president obama trumped the phones in trump tower before the election. the deadline is today for the justice department to turn over evidence backing up the president's claim. one high-profile republican asking president trump to prove the allegation. >> the president has one or two choices, either retract or provide the information that the american people deserve. >> a spokesman for former president obama has denied the accusations. this is likely to be a topic when kellyanne conway appears on "the today show." you can watch that interview here on

>> molette, thank you. look at this video, a home built more than a century ago and became a fixture in riverdale park, maryland was devoured by flames. >> this morning investigators have not said what sparked this fire. the house went up in plames on saturday night. the home had been built by one of the town's earliest mayors. no one was home at time, but a family pet died in the fire. the news 4 iteam shows you what is being done in our backyard to protect our border sglosz aborders. and where is the storm? >> the problems arrive here after the sun goes down tonight. the computer model estimates the first inch of snow on the ground between 10:00 and midnight tonight. by the time all is said and done, many spots of the news 4 nation may have over a foot. we' i'll

if you're just waking up and checking facebook you may see this announcement in your feed. this is from the washington, d.c. snowball fight association. just when you thought the snowball season was a write-off, it's game on. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the snowball fight, the interstellar snowball fight right at dupont circle fountain. aaron and chuck, good luck. >> tomorrow morning out there. >> not today 10:00. tomorrow morning at 10:00. >> i could throw a few things at you. you're all excited about this snow. >> yes, it will be a dense, moisture-laden snow. it will look like blowing concrete and a lot of

heavy concentration of the snow, power outages will ab serious concern. this is our computer model output. the first inch by 11:00 tonight. by the time you get up early tomorrow morning -- we go on at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. early start for news today. we'll have the latest school closings and the like. not just on air but on our app as well. get your nbc washington app ready to go. snowfall amounts coming down fast and furious during the rush hour tomorrow morning. by 8:00 tomorrow morning, look at the huge difference. nothing in southern maryland. about 4 inches inside the beltway. potentially 12 inches or more for areas north and west. i'll show you our forecast -- i'll show you my snow lines coming up and the ten-day forecast, too. breaking news here in first 4 traffic. this is good breaking news. northbound indian head highway after the beltway just got word from justin finch out at the

cleared. northbound and southbound running just fine. yes, it's still purple meaning there's a closure but that will ease. chopper 4 on the way to a problem on 270. did have chopper 4 over the outer loop at 202, that's cleared out. looking at 270 and those travel times coming up. >> thank you. march madness is here. i'm not just talking about the weather. from the cinder real will stories to the local teams going to the big dance. we'll get you ready for the office pool before you head into work. and the new case against the man who made it over the white house fence with a weapon. takes 12 hours to steep... and almost no time to sip. keep on with ultra smooth taste, now available with a sweet and salted kick. america runs on dunkin'.

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whiteout conditions. a first look at the impact of this major winter storm before it gets here. >> that's why local road crews are already in place. a look at the work being done now ahead of the storm. and we are talking four inches or more. dig out that shovel, will you need it in less than 24 hours. >> this is it. our last big chance for a major winter storm. and now it is just hours away. >> we are tracking this winter storm, that means you will get snow. how much depends on where you live. >> chuck bell is here to break down what you need to know. chuck, good morning. >> i wish i could tell you it was going to be all snow everywhere for everybody all the time. that would be a much easier forecast. this will be a night mare of a

forecast because the rain/snow line will be in play. here's the way it will break out on future weather. by 8:00 tonight, what should start out as light rain or light snow, primarily light snow up think 11:00. during the overnight hours tonight and tomorrow, 2:00 a.m. tomorrow, the green is rain. calvert, charles, st. mary's county. the blue is all snow. the rain/snow line is on that area of pink. any wobbling of that rain/snow line north or south will impact snow amounts across the area. what we can say with the most confidence is that southern maryland may get next to nothing. northern maryland, northern shenandoah valley could get a foot or more. inside the beltway, about 4 and 8 inches of snow. the whole snow forecast and the ten-day coming up at 6:51. >> it is hard to imagine but by this time tomorrow we'll all be seeing a lot of snow on the ground.

inches of snow could fall every hour once the storm begins tonight. today in d.c., 200 truck also h trucks will hit the streets to coat the roads with salt. this afternoon mayor muriel bowser will talk about d.c.'s snow plan heading into tomorrow. vdot has already std implemeinitsn pn. truayi wnr already te montgomery county is bracing for some of the most snow. 6 to 12 inches could fall in that area. the winter storm heading our way in hours is wreaking havoc on the midwest. >> blake mccoy has a look at conditions in chicago. >> good morning. i have the snow blowing at me in my face in chicago. we have not seen snow in chicago since the start of the year. it's been a very mild winter. all of that ends today. already an inch of snow here on the ground. expecting up to six inches by the end of today. it's also snowing overnight in pla

wisconsin. this will be a fairly typical snowstorm for people in this part of the country. it will explode as it heads east. 12 to 16 inches in cities like philadelphia, boston, new york city. that snow will start tonight and go into tuesday and wednesday up into the boston area this has the potential to have serious impacts, especially on travel. we're watching flight delays closely. that busy northeast corridor is going to be hit hard. guys, back to you. >> all right. thanks to blake mccoy in chicago. our team is working for you to get you through the storm. now is the time to turn your alert on on the nbc washington app. we'll have your school closings early tomorrow starting at 4:00 a.m. following breaking news in oxon hill. indian head highway has just reopened after a bad crash. you're looking a mangles cars being towed away. justin finch has more

investigation. justin? >> good morning. traffic reopened here close to 6:30 or so this morning after crews came through and doused those areas where fuel spilled on the road. with traffic moving again, the focus moves to what caused this crash in the first place. looking at have from earlier, we have two vehicles involved here, a mercedes suv and a dodge sedan. prince george's county police spent hours surveying both vehicles before towing them away. this all begins close to 1:00 this morning with that dodge sedan going northbound on indian head highway. at some point it struck that mercedes suv and then a fire breaks out. the brunt of that blaze borne by that sedan. the suv driver is expected to recover. both vehicles taking heavy front-end damage in this crash. back out live, we have traffic moving on both sides of ind

head highway. two people are hurt, no word on the condition of the driver of the dodge sedan. i'm justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >> thank you. a virginia father accused of killing his son will now go on trial. prosecutors say joaquin rams murdered his son prince to collect more than $500,000 on a life insurance claim. rams says prince died from a seizure in manassasecutors expe killed his ex-girlfriend and his mother. however a guj is bjudge is bann of those murders from this trial. the man accused of jumping the white house fence friday night is expected to be in court. the secret service says jonathan trad he sou grounds before he was arrested.

restricted grounds while carrying a dangerous weapon. court records allege tran was carrying two cans of mace when he was arrested. as the white house and congress consider building a new border wall and beefing up border patrol, the feds are training those protecting the front lines here in our area. >> scott mcfarland and the news 4 iteam got the chance to go inside a massive facility where border agents are learning to protect themselves and the country. >> standing above u.s. customs and border protect shion border fence. we're not near the rio grande or in the southwest u.s., we're five minutes from frederick county, maryland. u.s. customs and border protection has a major training facility here, training border agents how to defend themselves and protect the southern and northern borders of the u.s. >> help may literally be a couple days away if we run into

you have to be able to deal with situations like that. >> why is this sprawling training facility so co washington, d.c. and not in the desert? what else do they do inside this highly secured complex? our news 4 iteam report coming up later tonight. for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 iteam. >> we have to think about important things like how we'll get to work tomorrow morning with snow on the ground. >> the chuck bell shuttle is what i think we need to do. >> i operate nonstop service from my house to the station. be at one of those two points. >> so find my way to your house is what i'm saying. >> you and i went home together in the uber car -- >> easy. >> we are both married. >> we were ride-sharing is what i meant to say. snow is likely. how likely? one inch or more is a sure thing. four inches or more is dog gone likely. 8 inches or more inside the beltway, a real possibility, but not quite as likely. chances of getting more than a foot of sno

extremely low. but the very fact it's even a possibility lets you know this will be a high impact event. 19 this morning in gaithersburg. 18 at dulles. 17 at warrington. the ground is getting frozen solid again. the kids headed to the bus stops this morning, there will be school today, tomorrow, probably not so much. low to mid 20s this morning. highs today, upper 30s and low 40s. winter coat, warm hat, scarf, sunglasses today. no need for the umbrella, that comes tomorrow. there is the area of low pressure dropping into far northwestern missouri. that's the area of energy that will eventually get off the coast of virginia beach, and then put a ton of snow in our area. winter weather advisories, anne arundel, prince george's county, no winter advisories in charles, st. mary's county, lower eastern shore. but the areas of pink, likely will have

where this rain/snow line sets up will have a major impact on mouch sn how much snow we do or do not get. first inch of snow possible by midnight. our computer ser cranking out anywhere from 10 to 12 inches or more for northern maryland. that's a reasonable bet. inside the beltway, 4 inches or so. south side of the beltway, 8 inches to the northwest side. shenandoah valley could get a foot or more in some spots. it will be a slow meltdown for us all week. >> no doubt this will be an issue on the roads tomorrow morning. we'll start at 4:00 a.m. for you. northbound 210 after the beltway, that's cleared out. no worries there. 70

looking okay. a little slow. had reports of a car fire. beltway, no major issues right now. new hampshire avenue at norwood road, we have a crash there north of the beltway. through prince george's county, no big worries there. 66 and 95 are okay as well. east georgetown pike near difficult run, crash there. 270 is a little bit slow. you saw that from chopper 4. top of the beltway, 28 miles per hour from 95 to 270. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. [ cheers ] >> they waited a long time for this. the northwestern university wildcats are playing in the ncaa men's tournament for the first time ever. northwestern will be an eight seed in the west, which means they could face maryland, vcu, or west virginia if the stars

they beat maryland. >> i know. several regional teams playing in the big dance. virginia cavaliers are a 5 seed in the east region. the terps are a 6 seed in the west. virginia tech, 9 seed in the east region. all these games happening on thursday. also, west virginia playing that day, they're a 4 seed. vcu, my rams, playing a 10 seed that night. and mount st. mary's have a play-in game tomorrow. they would face villanova if they win. >> here's four things to know. indian head highway is back open after a bad crash at livingston road. there was a crash, a car caught fire around 2:00 a.m. one driver is in critical condition. >> today lawmakers wanted the justice department to turn over evidence backing up president trump's claims that barack obama tapped his phones last year. the "today" show will have more on this in a few minutes. don't be surprised if

see road crews out already this morning. they've been out trying to get ahead of the impending storm. download the nbc washington app to see when the storm hits your neighborhood. and metro access bus service will be suspended at 4:00 this afternoon. >> the big question is how much? i think most areas inside the beltway, probably between 4 and 8 inches. northern suburbs, gaithersburg, great falls, potomac, leesburg, some places could get 12 inches of snow. >> boy. >> whew! >> we're on at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> make it a great monday.

good morning. monster in the making. a crippling snowstorm set to hammer the east coast. the biggest of the season. tens of millions in its path, from philadelphia to new york and boston. up to two feet of snow before it's over. four inches an hour. this morning, everying you need to know to get ready. put up or shut up. the trump administration being challenged to produce evidence today to back up the president's claim that barack obama ordered the wiretapping of trump tower. but will they? and what happens if they don't or can't? we'll ask one of the president's top advisers, kellyanne conway. the victim. the lyft driver