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tonight. chopper 4 showing you now the crews getting ready right now. not so much the amount of snow we're going to get that's the problem. it's how cold the surfaces out there are. so whatever snow will fall is actually going to stick and pile on. >> you can look right now on the radar and starting to move in the western zone and to reach the ground. but once it does and move into the dc area over the next couple of hours. you see the moisture and then not a very powerful system at all. some moisture associated with it and moves across our area and you can see the snow to the west. notice our zones to the north,

west virginia, under the winter weather advisory and areas to the north there. the most snow from this. not expecting all of that much. dc area, back to the west, you could see it around winchester and hagerstown and it will move in quickly and once it does, could be dealing with problems early tomorrow morning. what to expect in your area. got a brand-new snowfall amount as well as taking you hour by hour for the frigid windchills behind this next system. >> uncomfortable stuff out there. thanks, we'll get back to you in a bit. in the meantime, news4 shomari stone. >> reporter: it's absolutely freezing here. you can move out of the way and you can see this truck right here with the gentleman here. they're concerned because of

temperatures and came across some drivers filling up before the potential snow hit overnight in dc. the crews pretreated roads with salt brine and juice to help roads stay above freezing and crews will send out more than 200 trucks to treat primary and secondary roads and residential neighborhoods 2:00 saturday morning. we talked to a mother and daughter moments ago about the snow. >> i don't mind snow as long as we can get out. i just don't like ice. >> it's a great driver. i just worry about the ice. >> reporter: crews in maryland and dc and virginia will be out. if you come across these trucks, stay out of the way. treat with rock salt or kitty litter in some cases. the last thing you want to do is be in home at bed after falli

live here in northern virginia, i'm shomari stone. >> now you can get back in the truck and warm up. we'll talk to you soon. other parts of the country getting slammed with the snow. some complain about the coel and we don't have any but they've got a lot more snow to them than we see here overnight. parts of eastern iowa declare a snow emergency that lasts until tomorrow and expecting wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero and meanwhile in michigan, a massive 40 car pile-up on highway 31 just off of lake michigan in the western part of the state. one car spun out this afternoon and that caused the chain reaction. luckily, only minor injuries involved in that situation. and yes, it is snowing once again in erie, pennsylvania. the city expecting at least another foot of lake-effect snow this weekend. they've already been hit with more than 100 inches of snow in the month of december. so they've got a tough road ahead of

now, breaking news here. prince william county. police say that one of their officers had to be taken to the hospital tonight after getting assaulted by a suspect. this happened in the corner of princess ann lane and west longview drive. at last check, police still searching for two suspects. they've got one person in custody and we've checked but police are not saying exactly how fast they were hurt. keep you posted on that as we learn more. fbi agents spent 5.5 hours at a virginia town home today but details about why they're there still sketchy at this hour. field office saying to us that part of court authorized law enforcement activity. from the eastern district of virginia in alexandria. jackie bensen was there and the investigation. >> reporter: the raid on the home on courthouse square in sterling ended with a long line of

deputies leaving the townhouse carrying boxes marked with red and black evidence tape. among the containers, long boxes they use to transport guns but don't know what was inside the boxes. >> when i pulled up from work, i saw all the undercover cars and i was like, oh my gosh, what's going on? all the fbi jackets. it's serious. that's when i told her, you need to come outside. >> reporter: chopper caught these images of the extensive law enforcement presence including a large white vehicle used as the mobile command post. neighbors at the quiet complex say the home's occupants just started renting it last summer. >> it's a little confusing. i really don't know what's going on yet. >> reporter: investigators removed more than two mini fan loads of boxes marked evidence and fbi official tells news 4, the only information this was quote "authorized,"

enforcement activity. a raid like this normally conducted part of an investigation and it purpose would not be public information unless charges are filed. in sterling, jackie bensen, news 4. new video of a three vehicle crash that left the van on its side in the district during the evening rush on kentucky avenue and yuma street, northwest, near the metro station. dc fire and ems said one person was seriously hurt here. three others have minor injuries. more details coming up about the main on i-95 in virginia yesterday that start when a convicted felon with a violent past shot and killed his wife. stafford county deputies say he shot his wife three times in their fredericksburg apartment and then took off from the scene. speeding down i-95 but he started shooting at them on the highway. one bullet going through a windshield on the driver's side of a

and hitting his headrest. narrowly missing the deputy. >> they're so professional and they conducted themselves based on the way they were trained and did a phenomenal job and we know there was some divine intervention involved but you talk about a matter of inches. >> fired back. police shot himself in the head before he crashed into a guardrail and later pronounced dead at the hospital. a search of his past court records reveals several offenses. police are not sure exactly why he killed his wife. 36-year-old melissa de. a closing door could prevent planes from the apartment building killing 12 people and say the doors were mandatory for the building and they want to know why they didn't close like they were supposed to but the city tells our sister station that the fire doors were not foolproof and could have been an obstruction involved. we're also getting the first look at some of the victims and

charred remains of the building. exactly 100 days after hurricane maria slammed puerto rico, it could take at least 100 more days for the entire island to get power restored. authorities said today only 55% of nearly 1.5 billion customers have electricity. that's the first time the government released that kind of statistic since winds more than 154 miles per hour slammed in september. all power will be restored by may, five months from now. next thursday, virginia elections officials will draw the winner for a hotly contested house race but there's no guarantee yet that the controversy is going to actually end when that happens. democrat shelly simon and republican delegate david are still all tied up for the race in the newport 94th based district but simon three panel to throw out a ba,

tie and declare her the winner. sister station reports that the loser of the drawing will likely request another week. the power in the house of delegates, may not be decided for some time. normal dc area traffic returns tuesday when people go back to school. several communities will experiment in 2018 with new technology that they think will speed up your drive. prince georges county, montgomery county and the virginia department of transportation all expanding use of so-called smart signals also known as advanced traffic signal technology. it uses road side centers to adjust the signal timing in realtime based on traffic at each corner. our scott mcfarland shows us how it's supposed to work at one location. >> a major intersection at montrose parkway.

automated, computer algorithm supposed to move traffic through smoother and faster. >> said if testing is successful, they'll consider expanding to shady grove road and randolph road. prince george's county is considering for national harbor and bdot are already using it on little river turnpike. new york driveear's drivers too much to drink, rides provide through lyft this year. pay for a free trip up to $13. use the code on web site after 2:00 p.m. on sunday and then download the lyft app. enter the special code in the app's promo code section. pave the way for change to the military in the new year. plus, as new york prepares for the ball drop sunday night. a look at how c

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the u.s. military will make history on new year's day when openly allows transgendered recruits for the first time ever. the pentagon is following court orders that say transgendered people can enlist. in july, president trump said he would prohibit them reversing obama era policy but the courts blocked the ban because it violated equal rights protection. administration is not going to appeal the

a local woman celebrating more than 50 years in the arts was recently recognized for the work she's done in the community. beatrice davis williams is founder of theda isv center in northwest and $3500 grant. shomari stone was part of the event and he later found out miss davis is still hard at work. >> reporter: beatrice davis williams on the move at 76 years old. >> i feel great. i love what i do. i have a passion for the dance. >> reporter: miss davis is a ballet master who has intensely studied the art form for over 50 years. >> i'm a fellow in the council of america which qualifies me to teach not only students but to prepare teachers to teach. >> reporter: her parents

years old. >> needed to put me in an activity where i could use up a lot of energy. >> reporter: she also studied, performed and earned a dance degree at howard university and taught there for over a decade. today, she teaches at her studio on third street northwest called the davis center. >> i teach ballet as the means to prepare young people for the real world. ballet requires discipline. three. >> she's given me confidence. >> reporter: students appreciate her. >> she pushed me and i dance for the nutcracker. >> my husband said dance teachers don't retire. they just fade away. >> reporter: stay around as long as possible. >> as long as i have

i'm going to do it. >> reporter: teaching the art form she loves. in northwest dc, shomari stone. news4. >> see those little girls. a lot better than either of us. that's for sure. no dancing for us this weekend in the snow. how much are we going to get this weekend? what are you going to do, call it now? >> if you coating at your house, i know you don't like it but if you are hoping for it, it's not going to be all that much. another one of the little systems that just comes on in and goes right back out. not a big storm. let's show you what we are expecting. here's the winter weather advisory that goes until noon but notice, it's only in our northern areas and these are areas that could see 1 to 2 inches of snow. the reason we even have an advisory is because it is so cold that

stick on area roads. heads up to fredricks county and baltimore could be and right into pennsylvania. so current temperatures, 24 and 21 in gaithersburg. not only cold enough to snow but stick. not above freezing for days here, so once again, anything that falls will fall and stick on even the roadways. especially any untreated roads. here's the radar. and looks like we've got snow here but a lot of this not reaching the ground just yet. another couple of hours to start to see the first flakes hitting the ground. here's the system itself. it's a very broken up system. this is not a strong system at all. as it comes in, it may intensify around our area and parts of the philadelphia and get on out of here but in philly, expecting 1 to 2 inches. here around 2:00 a.m., notice, starting to come into the dc area

you may not see any flakes at all. if you do, be very small coming down and flurries in the area and you can see the darker shades here and it does indicate some possible light to moderate snow in those areas but by 8:00, just about out of here and 9:00 or 10:00, done here and see breaks in the clouds and then we see the back edge of the storm come through and we could see a couple of snow showers with that. one thing we'll see with this for sure is going to be the wind. the winds will kick up tomorrow night and starts the incredibly cold stretch. it's been cold the last few days. it will be colder tomorrow night. here's your snowfall forecast. annapolis, dc, warrenton, less than an inch in these areas and a gusting to an inch. winchester and maybe martinsburg and hagerstown since you're driving up and some of the ski resorts tomorrow, could get fresh snow towards those areas. i want to showyo

vantage point. some of the computer models. gaithersburg and here's the area up to an inch and down. who's going to get what and when. tomorrow afternoon, 36 and light snow. a few snow showers and windy and cold. windchills by tomorrow night in the single digits. sunday, temperature of 25 degrees of new year's eve and single digit all day sunday and monday and overnight sunday into monday, talking about ringing in the new year with zero and below zero for many of you around the midnight hour. so if you're going to be outside waiting on that uber or whatever you're doing, expect to see extremely frigid numbers. make sure you have somewhere safe to wait because it will be that cold and the 10 day forecast, one of the coele estcn days. to me, this cold for 2 to 3 weeks? that's a lot different than we normally see. >> it's funny how every weekend, it seems like something like that

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miles. >> rockets came to the capital and witnessed team at the very best. he was no match for the wizards. great and everything like that but can't do this. goes over 7'1". number one moment in his career as the wizard and the bench love it. bench made jodie get the 4 point play, gets 22 first half points from the bench. then they get fancy here. john wall, between the legs to bradley beal and 21 points for beal. wizards cruising ahead by 15. kelly leading that charge off the bench. 21 points and the player of the game was one porter, 7 three-pointers r

tie a franchise record with 18 three-pointers and win by 18. 121-108. hosting unbc. justin jackson out for the year. but kevin heroder herder is pi. we mean all the way. first half goes to umbc. buries the 3 and maryland down by 6 with just 18 points at the half. second half, different story. herder putting the hurting on the retrievers. 16 points and come back. they win 66-45 over umbc. final game before big 10 play starts. redskins wrap up the season this weekend. there were a lot of things that went south for the burgundy and gold this year but none worse

than their record in the division. the low came in new york. but the silver lining, they could sweep on sunday. the win, a little over a month ago, may provide insight with how to get that done. >> we go to their place, what type of game it will be. same with philadelphia or dallas. the game within our division. we know what it will be, regardless of the circumstance. they should be aware of that. we have to perform better within our division to have a chance to move forward, so it's an important game. used to try to win the games in the division. >> leon, third straight year that i've sat here and said, hey, maybe next year for the redskins. just two playoff appearances the last ten years. not exactly good. >> not exactly good? >> not good at all. no silver line tlg. lining there. >> just hope you don't say that next year. >> four years, and yeah. >> every time. >>

it is going to be one freezing cold new year celebration at times square this year but millions of people are still expected to show up for the annual here and they test everything in advance including the confetti. so tossed handfuls of confetti. they'll do the same thing for rooftops all over times square on sunday night. windchill does

about 5 degrees below zero. >>

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jessica chastain, timothée chalamet,