they have school closings, no activities on the weekend, transit is cancelled. full snow mode. derrick ward is live in st. mary's right now. >> what is it looking like? >> reporter: it is nice to look at and not bad to get around in. we are in leonard town. take a look. this is the scene. again, you can see they have decent snow. snow on the grass. the non-paved surfaces. paved surfaces, whether treated like these roads or just the ambient temperature makes it so, you can pass, there is no snow on that. we're even seeing grassy areas that are starting to be cleared of snow. we're getting the mix of rain and sne thow folks have talked about. mary's county, they are putting a lot of things on hold. high school activities, practices, games, things like that, outings, they've been postponed, put off because of this weather. they got ahead of the storm in terms of treating the

temperature drops tonight, because we get the temperatures near or at freezing, and what's wet, what's on the road, what's on the surfaces could indeed freeze over. this precipitation is coming down. if it continues, it could be an icy problem come tomorrow. the temperatures from what i understand, and not stealing the weather folks thunder, is there can be melting of whatever is on the road. no problem for folks getting around. fewer reasons for them to come out because activities have been cancelled. live in leonard town, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you very much. folks, check this out. some thick flamkes coming down, coating trees and everything else it hits. richmond, virginia, folks are waking up to a winter wonderland. >> from the capital of the commonwealth, let's go to the deep south. this is atlanta, georgia. look at that. it is covered. some parts of georgia, get this, more than ten inches of

early friday to prepare for the weekend. >> and then there's this. a football field coated in snow. not much of a shocker. but it's mississippi. from georgia to mississippi, we talked about louisiana, you know these folks are stoked because they don't usually get snow like we get snow but it is hitting hard there. even went to houston. >> crazy. >> i know. >> because of all of this, we decided to postpone our nbc 4 community shred at fedexfield. it is popular so we want you to be informed. sheryl on twitter said it would have been nice to do it with hot chocolate and shred the snow. we know it is kind of dangerous to be on the roads, too. we're going to get you a new date as soon as we reschedule it. we'll pass it along to you. we have some new video for you this morning. prince george's county firefighters were on the scene friday night battling a large fire in capital heights. you can see the aftermath right there. the town homes on

suffered more than $200,000 in damages. the red cross is now helping the 12 residents displaced from their homes. thankfully, no one was hurt. a school threat landing a 17-year-old in a detention center. police in falls church say the teen made threats to shoot up his school. the student attends george mason high school. investigators say he told other students that he wanted to hurt classmates and teachers. police found replica type weapons, including bb guns, in his home. another student turned him in to administrators. the teen isn't being identified because of his age. and this is a story you will only see on news 4. an associate superintendent in prince george's county is on administrative leave all because he is accused of chasing a student and grabbing her after she apparently littered. a source tells news 4 mark f faucet was driving behind a bus. trash hit the guy's car and he

school. >> the administrator followed the bus to the school and boarded the bus and tried to confront the individual. they reported it to the school. >> faucet is accused of chasing the girl and grabbing her arm. he denies he grabbed her. the school's spokesperson said an investigation is underway. an argument between co-workers left one man dead after a shooting on the old walter reed campus. d.c. police arrested 59-year-old wright on a murder charge. they say he shot and killed brian gibson yesterday morning off of georgia avenue. both men were shuttle bus drivers and drove construction crews to different job sites. police don't know what sparked the argument, but they do say these guys have a bad track record. president trump urging voters to cast a ballot for roy moore. the polarizing republican in the special senate election happening in alabama. p

style rally. it was in pensacola, florida, last night. that's less than 30 miles from the alabama border. it actually shares the same media market. >> and we want jobs, jobs, jobs, so get out and vote for roy moore. >> the rally was not officially held for republican candidate roy moore. nine women have accused moore of sexual misconduct. he has consistently denied the allegations. new developments this morning in the russia hacking probe. in a new court filing, robert mueller's prosecutors say paul manafort heavily edited an op-ed defending his work in ukraine. the piece appeared in a use cra -- ukrainian english language publication this week. because of that, he violated a gag order and shouldn't be released from house alert. his rn

but say it shouldn't be held against him. for all things politics, tune in here tomorrow on nbc 4. "meet the press" with chuck todd will have binterviews with berne sanders and senator scott. that'll air at 10:30 on "news 4 today." holiday travel is about to start off over again. a few simple downloads could ease the stress of all of it. >> we are working with you for thbest appse

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we have snow falling, chuck. >> we do. we have the pat collins snow stick out here. this is not a stick worthy snowfall at all so far. let's take a measurement for you. >> you can't even put your footprint in it yet. >> two flakes deep. >> this would be the time to go run errands, right? >> fortunately, the road temperatures are above freezing so we've had little in the way of accumulation on the roads, which is excellent news. try to get the errands finished

temperatures are going to be steady in the 30s today. we're not warming up much for the day. but what we are expecting is a snow fall to pick up a bit. light to moderate around noon. 3:00 p.m., little more steady. that's where the d.c. metro area will get the bulk of the snowfall. the mid-morning/early afternoon time frame. we stay under the winter weather advisory until 4:00 p.m. you have the shovel. ready to go. >> think this is overkill? >> for now, yes. >> just a bit. we'll have a check of how much you should expect in your neighborhood, plus a forecast for tomorrow. all that is coming up in a few. back to the snow-free studio. >> i know. thanks, guys. i like that, two snowflakes deep. >> he got his hands on what are prized positions. >> i know, right? >> i know people in very low places. >> keep it close to ya. >> right. thank you, guys. we'll check back in shortly. regions much

something they've not seen in decades. you can see how snow snarled traffic along highways. that's northern mexico. hundreds of vehicles were left stranded in mountainous regions. for those not stuck in their car, they had a little fun. they celebrated the historic snowfall with snowball fights and a walk through the park. always good fun. we are working for you this morning to let you know where the trouble spots might be. let's continue our team coverage of this snow with news 4's justin finch. he is live for us in the outer loop of the beltway. justin, i see you're finally starting to see some snowflakes. >> reporter: yeah, we are seeing some snow, megan. may not be a lot but it's our snow for now. we made our way from the beltway outer loop, crossed the river into virginia and we're on a toll free 66 east going into d.c. take a look. the roads are looking pretty good this morning. we've not seen much accumulation on them.

friday across our area in preparation for the snow coming down today. what we've seen throughout the morning is traffic moving at speed. we've also begun to notice here on the sides of the road, you know, in the medians, all the hills here, that dusting is beginning to accumulate. the ground is getting colder. the roads appear to not be there at this time. of course, we've seen several crews on standby with the salt, ready to go, just in case the snow fwin begins to pick up qu and they have to get to work with the salting. we are seeing traffic move smoothly at this point throughout the area. we have been in northwest. we have been in prince george's and fairfax. across the area, consistent care being given to the roads this morning and people being able to move about and make their errands and activities happen so far early into our snowfall. we do know that areas

virginia, some school actives and games were cancelled because of the snow. it appears right now they were on track in doing the right thing. the good news is that our roads are looking nice and sharp so far. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you very much. be careful on the roadways. >> i like how he is owning it, too. >> this is our snow for now. >> for good reason. because of what you see out there right now, we want to make sure you stay safe so we're working for you. keeping you hopefully at home this morning instead of trying to venture out to the nbc 4 allstate community shred. it's been cancelled. it is going to be rescheduled. we'll get a new date as soon as that comes in. meantime, the first who came in from outside, that was pretty quick. >> very fast. i'm a trained runner. >> yeah, you are. >> no sweating. >> not in 30 degree weather. >> can we talk about the snow stick? i don't have one. >> nor will you. >> how do we get one? >> no, no. these things are locked in a vault. >> i know. >> underneath the

>> only two people know the combination and both don't work here. they're elsewhere. bob ryan somewhere is like, i know the combination. >> apparently we won't need it for right now anyway. >> not right now. i don't know that this is going to be a stick worthy event. we've not had any -- we only had one december snow that was stick worthy. that was the december 19th, 2009 event, the pre-christmas blizzard eight years ago, if you were here for that one. outside this morning, it is a cloudy sky. there's the view from our city camera overlooking the potomac river, the george washington parkway, passing to the north side of the runways there at national airport. not a lot of snow coming down but it is enough to whiten the ground in places. that's how it'll stay the next hour or so before it picks up a bit. there's what you need to know about the snow today. 90% chance of our first inch at national aodyrtill be in the one to four inch range. outside the beltway, more like the two range.

trickier, lower elevation and down next to the warm waters of the potomac, not to mention the runways. more snow likely into southern maryland. the trick is time for travel. i think it is likely to be after midnight tonight and before 9:00 a.m. tomorrow with a re-freeze issue. the roads are above freezing. likely not to be the case in the morning. tag nbc washington in any of the social media posts. there's my handles. again, our custom tailored storm team 4 forecast available on the nbc washington app. right now, in washington, it is light snow at 34 degrees. wind out of the north. with temperatures just above freezing, it'll stick to the grass but not the roads. colder in the shenandoah valley. that's where the snow is the lightest. wind chills are into the upper 20s and low 30s. not a lot of wind out there now. one to four inches for most of us today. cold and windy tomorrow. we're watching for a chance of

tuesday morning. have time between now and then. the planner for today, temperatures low to mid 30s and staying there all throughout the day. not likely to drop below freezing until after 8:00. last of the snowflakes likely done between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. there's the string of snowflakes, appalachians and western north carolina, where snow has been measured as much as 15 to 18 inches in western north carolina. for us, light snow just about everywhere now. seeing a lot of great pictures on my twitter feed. @chuck bell 4. i'll tweet them out for the rest of the day. again, here's future weather. the mix of rain and snow across the bay and southern maryland could limit amounts just a smidgen. around the d.c. metro area, should be all snow all the time. this is future weather at 4:30. 5:00 or 6:00, a quick end to the snow. as far as how much, one computer model thinking it'll be a little less than two inches. i'm cautiously optimistic, two to as much as four

woe won't be a big problem on the roads. tomorrow morning we could have a black ice issue so be careful for that. on monday, everything should be melted and gone before the end of the day on monday. that's good news. 30% chance of rain which could have a little ice early tuesday morning. really cold. another shot of significantly colder weather comes in on wednesday. wednesday's high temperature is below freezing with wind chills down near zero for much of the day on wednesday. that could lead to another little chance of some winter weather thursday afternoon.

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welcome back. tis the season of giving, right? how about considering a gift that also lets you give back? >> yeah, exactly. so some retailers are donating a portion of their sales to charity, which is always a good thing. it encourages you to shop, which is a good thing. we turned to susan hogan. she explains why you should take a closer look at the fine print. take a look. >> reporter: want to fill your holiday wish list is good for a cause? some stores promise to contribute a portion of every sale to charity. >> ideally, it is a win-win. but you have to make sure that the companies are as generous as they want you to think they are. >> reporter: consumer report says the key is transparency. look on the company's website for ima

policy. amazon's smile, for example, states very clearly that they donate one-half of 1% of all eligible purchases to the participating charity of your choice. >> you want to be spectacle if the retailer says it'll give a portion of the proceeds but doesn't tell you how much. >> reporter: don't give anyone your business strictly to support a good cause. make sure you're getting the same price and service you would get if you shopped somewhere else. for example, buying a $400 television on amazon's smile results in a donation of roughly $2. but if you can get a better price on that tv elsewhere, you can use the extra cash to make the charitable donation on your own. you should also take a closer look at the return policy, especially turg tduring the hol season. make sure whomever you're giving the gift to can exchange or return it if they have to. back to you. >> good advice there. thanks. 9:25, the

let's set you up with four things to know on this saturday morning. a live look on the roads right now. st. mary's county. you can see the roads, they look wet. the snow is coming down. traveling, not too bad at this hour. the trees and dpragrass, partia covered in the image. sending in push alerts to the nbc washington app throughout the day to keep you updated. two off duty officers have died after an accident on i-270 in rockville. montgomery county fire and rescue spokesperson said one person was a rockville firefighter. the other was an fbi agent. police officers will give an update around 10:00 this morningmemorn morning. follow updates in our nbc washington app. the search for the remains of pamela butler has ended. police and their canine officers searching i- 95 in stafford county friday morn but found nothing. it's be the site of major construction over the years so authorities find it best to end the search. because of all the snow we've been

to postpone our nbc 4 allstate community shred at fedexfield. rightly so. you don't want to get out in the stuff unless you have to. it'll be coming down for a couple hours. >> afternoon and evening. >> couple inches expected around here. two to four on average, i think is a good, safe bet around here. now that it is snowing, i feel a little more confident about that. if anyone is going to get more than four inches of snow, i suspect they'll live in st. mary's, charles counties. those are the biggest places for the potential. >>en that nks. good to have you