. good evening,everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. the winter storm already forcing some schools to close tomorrow. here's a live look outside where the snow is coming downn fredericksburg, virginia, and we'll give you a list ofat schos ill be closed tomorrow in virginia. meanwhile, i'll tell you about the schools, pepper county, stafford county schools all closed. you can see t ft snowling even sideways, really. e'll keep you updated as closings come in. somara theodore will lead our

coverage. we are in weather alert mode tonight because of the winter storm. you can seet how much snow has come down in parts of virginia. sohe big question now, really, is what's next? somara joins us new counties that have added to the advisory. >> now we are seeingnc p william county added to the advisory. the storm was able to nudge farther north. itw much farther north wil go? holl get to that in a moment. i want to show you under the winter weather advisory. if you live in a county shaded in purple, that's you. one to three inches ofain ssible. maybe an isolated four inches. farther south, stafford, st. mary's county under winter advisory, three encinches plus

snow. fredericksburg, notice how we're looking at this bright white in contrast with that lighter gray. that's tell us where the heaviest snow is falling. down towards fredericksburg, we already saw reports out of andmary's at three inche continuing to rise. that's also impacting the visibility. ss than a mile in fredericksburg, which tells you howly the snow is coming down. so he d.c. metro area, not much. you might see flakes flurries coming in. we'll talk about that in just a moment. back to you, erika. >> somara, thank you. the further south of d.c. you go, the more snow, places lik fredericksburg have seen pretty heavy flakes in the last couple hours. amy is live for a. taut the conditions there. have you seen maybe even

treacherous conditions on the roads, lot of spinouts maybe? >> reporter: erika, yeah, the snow is comingown pretty hard here in fredericksburg. we he huge flakes, already three to four inches built up. it is absolutely gorgeous out here, the snow and the lightsesn the t look like something out of a holiday card. of course, not too many people out hereight now. 's pretty much a ghost town at the moment. we have also been monitoring the conditions along the roads. earlier tonight alongth i-95 s we passedha car thad spun out or crashed along the side of the road. that was just one of several crashes reported today by the virginia department of transportation. the snow has been coming down faster than they can keep up with we noticed several stretches of i-95 did appear to have not been plowed. we did see a salt truck doing its thing on the rols, but stil a very slippery condition.

we recommend you stay home tonight if at all possible. as the temperatures drop, those dangerous conditionsre only going to get worse. as erika mentioned, ks frederrg, spotsylvania and pepper schools will belod tomorrow. we'll have a full list of school closures in the app. sadly this winter storm has already killed thr people in other parts of the country. in south carolina three men werd found inside a home yesterday. fire officials say they foun elevated levels of carbon dioxide inside the home. deputies say they also being red a generator worked on as well. thisree crashed into a family's home in danville right on t virginia/north carolina line. firefighters cleared the debris. good news is w nobody hurt. in north carolina tonight, a state of emergency.eo this is vrom the boon and

raleigh area. around 250,000 customers are without power in the state. some places have received as much as 12 inches of snow. so much more ahead on the winter storm, including a repor from prince george's county. stm team 4 doug kammerer going to cover it tonight along with football and the latest information on our app. we take a turn now, switching gathers, one of the worst ever losses at fedex field but maybe, maybe there's a silver lining. sherree burruss joins us live. this is a far cry from where the redskins stood a month ago. what happens now? >> reporter: that's a very good question, erika, because it's night andre day dife from just four weeks ago. they were comfortably in a playoff spot. but now they're playing for eir postseason lives. today at the gam there was a special guest.

yes, this is santa clause. sit is theson of giving and mark sanchez might have taken that a little too literally day. the redskins from their own end zone, sanchez intercepted by curtis riley. a 7-0 lead ballos to 40-0. still in the third quarter, the guy they signedust this week, joshjohnson, comes in. he provides that little bit of spark. an eight-yardr touchdown. here he connects with crowder who breaks free for a 39-yard touchdown. a little too late. they drop theirourth straight. head coach jon gruden naming hnson new starting quarterback for next sunday. erika, it's going to be his first start inen s years. coming up in sports we'll have more fromis teammates on his action out >>here. herree burruss out at fedex field for utonight.

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attack a mounting county woman says she was badly injured while walkedh r pet. how officers are responding to the incident. >> reporter: i'm in the brandy wine area of prince george's county where the snow is coming down. i'll tell you about the co nditions coming up. we have more live pictures for you on this winter storm. these from the airport in

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a traumatic p sceneying out in tacoma park this week after a woman is attacked by a police dog. the k-9 somehow got loose, clamping dnn her leg and she tried to pry its jaws off her leg. derrick ward with a frightening story. >> reporter: she usually has no problems with dogs. her husky is testament to that. early tuesday morning they had a run-in with anoth dog that left her scarred and in pain. tacoma involved was a park police dog. >> we heard, like, abo 20 police cars coming past us. seemed like they were chase ing a vehicle. ter: they were. the car stopped on carroll and officers swarmed the area.

among them, a k-9 officer from the police. >> somehow is dog got car without a leash or a harness. initially it was giving her some chase around the car. she was yelling athe dog .trying to get it in ord >> reporter: other officers you do not hurry blooks along, in the process she fell into bushes. >> the dog pretty much immediately came over me and walk behind the police personnel and came and attacked my left leg. >> reporter: the dog held with enough force tt sheouldn't scrappy. the wounds to her leg required 21titches and she got cuts to hands trying to pry the dog's jaws open >> that's scary to me that, you know, that type of training isn't down pat with the dog. >> reporter: police eventually rushed her to the hospital where, besides the stitches, she had to get a tennous shot. days later walking is still painful, as are the thougwis that encounter with the police k-9.

derrick ward, news 4. ar tacoma police say the dog has been taken out of active service while they investigate the incident. we continue to follow our top story, trm winter s bringing snow to many parts of our region. news 4 continues the coverage in brandy wine, maryland. >> we're in branch avenue in the brandy winerea of prince george's county. you see the road there, the snow isg com down. but it's not really laying on the roadway. but the recognioadways are wet. if you're out and about, you definitely want to be careful. we just spoke to one person who was putting some air in his tires. >> reporter: what are the conditions like out here? >> it's cold. slick. so people just t no be careful while theydriving. like i said, i'm trying to get out of here.

>> reporter: there slick road conditions, so you want to take it easy if you're out and about this evening. d'arcy experienc spencer, news 4. >> about how many inches are we looking at for places like brandy wine where darcy was? >> probably one to three, a few isolated areas of but you head to fredericksburg, five inches easy. some areas have already received the and four inches. we're only going to climbnt this whole system is out of here. if you live in a county in purple, you are under a winter weather advisory. the difference b ween that a the areas in pink, that's a winter storm warning. when you head farther south, we're talking blinding conditions down to half a mile visibility becse of the wind as well as the snow. we're talking way more snow b a

litt farther south. i want to show you the storm. we're going to zoom in and take you south of the district where they're seeing some of the heavier snow bands set up. seeing breaks here. we look for tshading. you see this gray shade? this is the lighter snowersus e bright white that's coming down heavier. it really has been bright white in fredericksburg, so that tells you how much snow is coming down. a few paces north, washington, d.c., is completely dry. this is a very stark line of demarcation. the dry air keeping the snow to our south but we are ttarting pick up some flurries possibly in southern fairfax county, prince william county, you were d to the winter weather advisory. you could get an accumulation of snow.ri southerne george's, same scenario for you. we're looking at l htsnow, some flurries, no major accumulation there. here's aoo at the forecast

totals. i made this map for you justo help out outline it. d.c. metro, light snow. we had when we hea from calvert county to prince william. that's our best bet at seeing one to three inches. some places could get four inches.ed icks bureau, stafford county into st. mary's county, that's where you're t four to six plus inches of snow. so here's a few "a" future cast here. i'm using this forng ti it struggled a bit about finding where t no-snow line is. 10:00 p.m. you can see that's roing out. by about midnight everything should have moved out of the area. tomorrow morning we're waking up to dry conditionsn the d.c. metro area as well as plenty of sunshine. now, if you move through monday afternoon, we still want to keep into a there are going to be delays because farther south we could be talking about refreeze as well. as far as your weather questions go, any snow north of c.,

maybe a few flakes. but for the most part, no a will this la night? no, it will not. problems tomorrow morning, most certainly. it's going to be south. i'stick around. have the ten-day forecast towards the end of the show. back to you, erika. come up, we'll have a live report from fedex on the redskins and that very tough loss. t.at's coming up next in sports. t.at's coming up next in sports. stay with us for t

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the house. had 178 yards in this one, averaged more thanya 12 s per carry against awa "d" that s once top in the leue. worst halftime deficit in fedex field y.hist with sanchez struggling, here comes josh johnson, signed on es wedny, hasn't thrown an nfl pass since 2011, but his, late workght yards, score. he is next week's starter according to jon gruden. with more sherree burruss joins us live from fedex field. ooh, that was ugly. >> this was such a bad game and the complete opposite of what ed the redskins . it was a chance for them to get back in the playoff race. instead they got pummeled by the worst team in the division. >> one of the big thick padless, and we got put to our backsideretty good. that [ bleep ] to us,at i happened. >> that product we put on the

field today was not a reflection of the inguys' work dthe week and inti pracce. however, it did look bad, and it's a reflection o all of us. >> we got cornershat can play, d lines are stacked. the mos talented defense i've been on, but the result isn't there. >> we had two quarterbacks, you know, whatever thee cas s it's still the nfl. these are professional players and we have to prepare ourselves every day. >> reporter: ts team so patched. the quarterback said he played ea madden just to learn their names. still working to get this team back on track. or> ravens and chiefs, lamar jackson looking his fourth straight win as a starter. his team in the thick of the afc playoff race. tied a 17-17, jackson with an absolute dime to john brown, o of two touchdown passes for jackson.

ravens are up seven. under 1:00 left, same score, 4th and thre and mahomes comes through. overtime.ng to in o.t. kc up three, robert griffin iii, and griff throwsa rope to willie snead but h can't come up with it. chiefs win 27-24. ravens still hold on to the second wild card spot inhe afc. how about some hoops? snow day in charlotte. rams fresh off an upset at texas. one one, but then the cavs tied jerome hicks, the trip uva holds out bcu 57-49. finally, guys, the terrapins

playing for a national championship in men's soccer. >> thank you so much. we'll let you take another lk at the forecast. things changed after today. >> tomorrow we're actually dry. that doesn't mean people to soe h towards areas that are being impacted by the snow now won't have a bad rid in tomorrow, but keep that in mind. for the rest of the week we're dry. >> careful on those streets this evening. if you don't have to be out there, please stay home. we'll see youonight after sunday night football. doug will be here as well, so we'll see you then. good night.

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