snow, leaving thousands without power. at least three people were killed. >> meanwhile, closer to us in fredericksburg, no major issues but icy roads are still forcing schools to close today. despite thewarnings, it still came as a surprise to some. >> we expected it in january, february. >> the snow is over but tisre's the rk of a refreeze. the temperatures will be dipping way down below freezing. >> let's take out that word possible. we're going to see the water freeze very, veryquickly. the sun is down and the temperatures are falling. this only hped to create more

around the area. raofigh, norfolk seeing som it, but for us, it was out of here. we didn't see much in the way of nicer temperatures. the windills, 28 many d.c. actual numbers will be into the low 20s a refreeze definitely has gone. parts of the county saw none at all. others had a little more. >> not quite picture perfect. but a glimp of some of that snowfall remaining in parts of prince william county. >> you like this? th yeah. growing up i area, i'm pretty much used to it. >> that's part of why his car is spotless. others were out scraping. clearing off the ice and snow

before drivi o to work. an announcement came sunda ght on twitter. >> this is why they are having a rough go. slick roads made it hard for others to getwn some roads and even sidewalks didn't look much better. just walking down the sidewalk. i think it is fun for the kids. >> he considers this a sort of west christmas warm-up. >> you just have to do your part. some might we're in the clear. not so fast. the concern will be refreezing. crews have been working hour afterhour, today and tonight,

to make sure they get a cap on it somehow. >> and again, 20 miles, 10 miles to the rt 32 in this kansas sprins. so we'll continue to fall below freezing. so heads up to those who saw the snow yesterda you will see a refreeze. we're tracking yet another storm. no snow with this one but we'll talk about when it moves in. >> were you part of this thi morning? a story many of y hbeen shg o you facebook page. shutting down hov lanes.

live this evening, is it looking any better? >> i can tell you, the police were on the scene trying to investigate to figure out how it happens. i ca tell you, that it back to three hours before the hov lanes would reopen. >> it was a scary moment for fence drivers while traveling northbound. >> we started seeing the ergency vehicles. >> thomas and his colleague were in a meeting just after 10:00 when they saw eight cars and two dump trucks had collided right outside the office window. he jped on his bike and headed to the scene to snap these tctures. >> ae you see a car that's raised up, you think it is a pretty pad crash.

>> virgini state police and arlington fire and ems arrived on scene.bu despite how bad things looked, only one person was taken to hospital for minor injuries. while cars and trucks were towed away. this isn't the way anyone wants to start their week buttal say it could have been a lot worse. >> yeah. when you have a crash during rush hour, bad things can happen. >> we're standing in the parking lot. that can give you some perspective of how close he was. while the cause of the pileup is still under investigation, police are reminding drivers to not followoo closely to the vehicle in front. meantime, we are following breaki news out of charlottesville. two hours ago, jurors began deliberating t sentence f james fields. he was convicted of first-degree murder along with some other

charges on friday. this involving the death of heather heyer at the union tight right ral last year. >> that's right. julie carey has the latest live from charlottesville. >> reporter: they just rang the bell and that means jury has a sentencingcision. when i'm done talking to you, i'll be heading inside. they heard emotional testimony from the victims of this car attack and fm heather heyer's mother. some of them calling what happened tohem a living nightmare. now, susan told jurors that her entire family wasted by the loss of her daughter heather saying we are forever scarredy pain. she also added, i do not hate mr. fields. i am leaving him in the han of justice. heather heyer was killed when he rammed his car into a grom of

counter demonstrators. one of the women who survived his deadly drive is hoping for a life prison term.sh had her pelvis broken in six places. she told jurors, i am not the same person i was before that day and i will never be the same. plea know the wor is not a safe place with fields in it. the defense cled just one witness today. the psychologist who examined james fields and reported there was a long history ofmen illness in the mily. he said he was diagnosed with bipartisan disorder as a r. todd something very unusual. so grown violent outbursts that hedas expel from preschool and put on psychoticedations at the tender age of 6. that you hetestifie fields was not insane when he drove his car into the crowd. we are expecting the decision any minute and y see, there will be a press conference on the courthous steps.

>> can you remind us, what is the breadth of the sentence he could be fang? wh kind of leeway does the judge have in adding or subtracting to what the jury comes up with? >> reporter: there could be up to six life terms, plus t additione for some of the lesser charges. and then judge can onlyth reduc charge. he cannot increase it. and that will hapn a few months from now. >> all right. live in charlottesville. e have more information on the crime, the trial, and reaction from a local victim. you just have to search charlottesville. a former arican student accused of being a russian spy will be back in court this week toe her plea. mari buttina is accused of being a foreign agent. prosecutors said she tried to

infiltrate organizations in the u.s. aiat incdes the nra. she remns in custody but her new hearing is set for this wednday afternoon. to politics, we know the current chief for the vice president will not taking the role for the president. and it appears half a dozen m me being considered. among they willk meadows, mulvany is that steve dtoirr munchin. thers also tal of matt whittaker. two possible outside picks, the president of citizens united who has worked on the trump campaign, and the new york president levine. and there are challenges from kansas and louisiana which those states wanted to strip

medicaid funrom planned parenthood. it is not used for abortions but the states wanted to stop plmned parenthood f getting any federal money after a series of videos surface that have since been discredited. justice kavanaugh is among those who decided not to take case. dylon augustyniak is accused of shooting and killing steven wilson last week inside a model home. police say it was a random robbery. in astatement, his family said we are grateful that steven wilson's suspected killer will be detained until trial. we are confident the state's attorney will get a conviction. the winter storm just missed

most of e'. ll have a closer look at where the storm stands in the record books. and then home security cameras appeared to catch young pirates in maryla. lice say she is not the one to blame. and check this out. a pickly debate over keeping g theses as pets. against the law in a lot of towns. now t of our towns are considering a change to the rules. what is that? >> iiton't know. buits.

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hey, amelia. these areas all set record amounts forth december 9, yesterday, check it out. at one point, there were almost half a middle people without power because of the state of emergency. parts of north carolina picke up a winter's worth of snowfall over the weekend. what they wouldt exp an entire winter, they already saw in it some locations. when we talk about it, the one th loving as a snow

border, the winter green s resort reporting almost two weeks of snow roanoke5 reporting inches. almost a foot of sno yesterday here's the map. you can see that virginia andh nocarolina, especially western parts of the state, saw the storm. the gradient so iressive from nothing at all in washington to about 50 miles south in fredericksburg, almost a half a foot of snow. saint mary's county, kin george, stafford, redericksburg, parts culpeper. you really saw the most and you could be dealing with black ice

tomorrow morning. package thieves, a common nuisance this time of year.ft it is not that you see someone put their kid up to it. this is reporting last friday at a home along inez court. this child who appears to be no older than around 00. looks back for directions and th then snatches the package. >> it is always bad. but at the same time of year, to commit such an act, and then to have a child do it. >> they're hoping they can use the video to help track down the parent or older person who put the kid up to it.

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liveock produces a great deal of methane so eat less meat. going vegetarian a couple days a week could cut back on the demand and p rta withular old tomato sauce is vegetarian. you know? n'if you a using a device, go unplugged. to the pickly issue of keeping hedge hogs as pets. i illegal in d.c. but tonight there's a push to change the rules. both sides of the pickly debate.

>> now the battle is about the african pick my oghedg >> i think they're fun, adorable. >> when they looked into getting one for their capitol hill home, they found out they're illegal in.c. so she convinced her d.c. councilmember charlesllen to change that. last month, the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to legalize they will. but then thesc humane alliance stepped in and convinced lawmakers to back off legalizing hedge hogs. chris shinld her with the high school ain't s alliancd oftentimes when people buy an exotic pet like a hedgehog, they end up in shelters because they can't care for the properly. >> usually it is animpulse purchase. >> reporter: he points to

turtles as an example. >>hen theynd up here unwanted, not properly cared for and treated cruelly. >> reporter: she spoke to from ice lamd where she is wearing her hedgeg hat, doesn't think it is fair to ban them. >> there will behings tha you th an owner will need to do and sxlern address s pet can have the best life possible. that's not something that isju with hedge hogs. >> reporter: the planning commission gave preliminary approval toal ling hedge wets.as >> i don't know. i agree the humane rescue alliance. i always go with them. it is a peculiar animal. if you're not prepared they'll just end up in a shelter. >> and the impulse buy isthere. >> exotic may not necsaeslyri be a good pet. if you're wondering, none of the major pet retailers in our area

will actually sell you a hedgehog. so there is that. next, a police dog attacks a young woman in and there are questions the >>nine training. and a very cold night ahead. temperatures could be down into the teens.

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what's u heading for now and how life affecting will it be?e >> l as we know it will change. >> what about those people with two feet of snow? >> yeah. how about that? >> that's just the ski area. >> it is. it.y do love the interesting thing, some of the ski resorts trying to open up. a lot of them trying to open up this weekend. unfortunately, mother nature is turning, bringing us warm rain this weekend. that's not g d atall. this was also in our southern zones. you go 50 milessouth, yep, even some sledding. chopper 4 wasver the fredericksburg area a littleea ier today. tech they will, they've been out there all day.

you can tell all the snowrack in that snow. >> out there currently, on the cold side. down to 37. winds out of north, 14 miles an hour. th puts theindchill in the upper 20s. the current is 28 degrees. it is a chilly nig and they'll be really cold by the time you 0ske up. everybody in the by this time tomorrow morning. 36 in leesburg. like i was saying earlier, if you're down in the southern zone, watch out. this refreeze will happen very, ve quickly over the next one to two hours. if you're thinking of heading out, anything that looks likeil waterbe black ice. so please be careful.ca yo see it winding down. and then today, an upper lemel enhanced the storm like boon north carolina. around the raleigh area, ove olk, it is starting to out. for us, there is nothing left. we won't see any oain snow. until today on friday.

it will be friday and saturday that we share th . from d.c. to chicago. back toward kansas city. no real storm making its way our way but tomorrow will be a chilly day. moly sunny. another chilly day. the temperatures around 44 degrees. we'll continue to s this -- oh, spotsylvania county closedo tomo we saidy, life changing things going on right now. what's the other one? fredericksburg. i think we're seeing some school closures ande may see more in the southern zones. 44 on wednesday. 46 on thursday. rain, here it comes.

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it's going to take days for many people to dig out from this storm. >> jay gray continues our coverage fm charlotte. how much did they get, jay?r: >> repor hey, adam, wendy, it depends where you're talking about. n the charlotte area, some places saw close to a foot in other areas to the north, they got well over a foot. 're getting a break right now. you this day, we've seen rai an sleet and snow. we've seen it all, a wintry mix reat has really caused a mess

across the entiron. you talk about power outages.ee down, lines down, and the crews are continuing to work around the clock. we've had real problems on the roads. cars are stuck and then you have the air travel. charlotte, a major hub and we've seen thousands of flights either delayed orcanceled. that will have an effect out and of other airports because connections and things like that. so while we're getting a bit of a break, the temperaturesoal t's veea on arist everything on the ground, water, ice,in will refreeze and it will be a mess tomorrow morning as well >> all right. thank you for theupdate. i have an update on breaking news. reached a sentence for the white it turns out that's not the der

case. we thought bell rang andhe courthouse realized the jury hae reacd a decision. it was actually notifying court that it wished to go home for the night and continue deliberations tomorrow. st weekhat same jury convicted james fields of murder for plowing his car into a crowd of. proteste also, a loudoun county fire captain was arrested in a dui crash. brandon billingsley crashed near damascus last month. he was off duty at the time but he was driving an unmarked loudoun county vehicle. they say he left the scene of the crash and he has beend pla on administerirative leave. and gunfire epted just after noon today on elvins road.

corey? >> reporter: the flashing lights behind me tell nev police are still at the scene. it was a shooting investigation but within the last hour it did turn into a homicide investigation. all we know now is that when ficers got out here to the scene, they found one man lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. naturally, people living here are very t concerned forir safety. a lot of kids live around here but more than y that, thee fed one the senseless violence plaguing their co>>unity. eporter: john rose has livedou in seast all his life. he is desensitized to the violence. things like this have become the northerly.he precisely problem. >> getting off their lazy butts and dng something about it. >> evidence marshallers show the extent of theviolence. residents emerged from their homes only to realize they were in the crimesc e. shell casings, bullet indicate how close they were to

the violence. too close for curtis howard.t >> bothered me. yeah. seeing the kids out here and knowing they can't play. please stop this. the kids have a right to live just like we lived. ou >> days like this make him wonder if anybody is listening. >> put the guns in the trash c and g back to school and get an education. >> we asked for a descrtion of the gunman and they weren't able to supply that. live in southeast. news4. we did have a few weeks left in what has been a deadly year in the district. there have been152 murders in 2018. the same time last year, 106

people have been killed. that's now almost a 50% increase this year over last. ron prince was recruited as football player 50 years ago. 30 years later, he is bison bound. he is leading the team that he says can win and winbig. he was a former heacoach at kansas state and an assistant at virginia where hech coa alongside mike london who left just a f weeks ago for william and mary. a big part of what brought him to d.c. the foundation of the program laid by london. >> we are really good friends.

we go back a long way. had he not been the coach here, i know his values, i know who he is as person and what he attempted hn instille on a day-to-day basis. and i think that is something that must be terrific and very attractive tome. >> he already has the support of his starting quarterback, kaelin newton, brother of cam newton. coming up, we'll hear from newton on his new head coach. a young woman attacked by a police dog in thmaryland. is raising some new questions about canine training. >> very scary to me that type of training isn't dow pat with the dogs. and we're here for aniold t with clear skies and dry air. the temperatures already falling to around or below freezing. i'll let you know if you can

welcome back. news4 working for your heah with an alert about a national vaccine shortage. it protects against painful rash known as shingles caused by the chicken pox virus. there is a shortage after they

lowered the recommended age toc e it at 50. the vacci maker glaxosmithkline said it is shipping out a new s every two to three weeks but it can't keep one the demand. if you're trying toind it, be sure to call your pharmacy. a dog taken off duty for now was in a incident. a woman said the dog attacked her lhving her w a pretty serious wound. >> reporter: she usually has no problems with dogs. her 11/ar2--oyeld husky is confirmation of that. but a dog left her with scars and pain. it was a police dog. and it happened near carol and maple in at a comba park. >> we heard 20 police cars coming past us. it seemed like they were chasing

a hicle. >> reporter: they were. a canine officer from the tacoma park police. >> she went to her car to getth dog and somehow the dog got out of the car without a leash or a hness and initially, it was giving her some chase around the car. she was yelling at the d g trying toet it in order. >> reporter: other officers tried to help but in the ocess, she fell into some bushes. >> they dog pre much came over to me and walked behind the police person and he will clamd on my leg. >> she couldn't 43 herself even with the help of officers. tie had 21hes and less serious cuts to her hand trying tory the dog's jaws open. >> it is very scary that that type of training isn't down pat with thatdog. >> reporter: she had to get a tetanus shot and days later, walking is still painful, as are

the memories of that dog. >> police soo they areking into the incident in the meantime, that capinnhas been taut of active service. if you're heading out and about document, remember the hat and gloves. it's cold. ine temperatures are drog into the teens. the next big storm on the horizon. and how stores are secretly scoring and tou howt number is affecting the deals you

so two people who contact a store about a product mightet very different responses.

>> susan hogan is telling us about how a secret score may be affecting us as shoppers. most of us have no idea this score even exists, oris how i even calculated. when we started asking questions, we found retailers don't really want to tell us. >> did you know while you're tracking the best les, retailers are tracking you? they're hook at your spending habits and how often you shop. then giving you a grade called a clv, or ctomer lifetime value. it's a score you have no way of seeing. >> a ltle big brotherish. >> that's not good. >> i think it makes sense. >> reporter: why a retailers doing this? experts say it is to call in to their best customers.

>> when you call in, you have a complaint, you're seeking a discount, hey, mybo nei got this and i didn't. they know who you are and they'll know whether you deserve it or not. >> shoppers make big purchases and spend more money. they would be likely to get a refund without much trouble. >> it will be pely based on what you've done and what they think you'll do next. >> reporter: in short, he says it comes down to your relationship with theta reer. >> if we see you engaging with the company more deeply, we have sense you'll be worth that much more in the future. >> reporter:esearchers don't share that information. it is different each place you spend money. >> so one clv with my cell phone company or my gym or someplace i've opened up a line of credit. >> reporter: some think

customers should be clued into their secret score. john from the national consumers center - >> these scores are being used to make very important decisions about me. this is what kind of oers i'll be given. whether or not i'll even be accepted as a customer at a bank or anothco mpany. then consumers deserve to know that. consumers are demanding more knowledge and more control. now there is a balance. for companies calculating a score for you regularly, those customers, they view as more valuable. ey may be getting better deals. >> does that include online? >> it includesin o and all

the major retailers. >> if you ask for it, can you get ? >> i want to . yknoueow talking about. it is not like a credit score that you can find out. it is thrgh algorithms. >> will there come a day you go in to buy a pair of socks, no, we don't want you in our store? >> we don't like youror we've been tracking you and we just don't like you. watch. >> it seems uncomfortable. >> so many people are watching. >> retailers arep against the it

compn. >> they're going to put my picture up in the store. an you hate shopping anyway. >> yeah. you. >>lell right. s turn to a check on the weather. >> as consumers, whate would give doug here? >> we know my wife would have a re high score and mine would be very low. >> with you your weather score iste q good. >> some areas say hey, this is great, like down to the and those of you who got it, some of you are ying, not so much. tomorrow morning maybe on the not so much side. why? the ice. the temperatures will be falling quickly. down to 37. we'll nd quite cold yes, we'll see arefreeze. freezing t.

29 degrees. we're already seeing the freeze. if you're going out, really think about this you will see black ice in those areas to the south that did see so snow and some melting during the day today. in the s thatot snow, areas in the purple, nearly 5.8 in stafford 6.0 in fredericksburg and over 3 in culpeper. you still have some melted and that will pose some big time problemsn the refreeze. taking a look at which counties have already called it. yeah. as far asanllations go,

spotsylvania schools have already canceled four owtomo and you can find all of this information by downloading our nbc washington app. and we're working on updating the forecast in our app right now. that's why it is so great. we go in and change the numbers based on the forecast. saint mary's county, stafford, king george, frederick wurg agaire schools are already impacted in parts of southern fauquier county. we could see the potential for ic out there. and it is just bittey cold out there. check out the temperatures in manassas and29egrees tomorrow m. not only is it puffy coat

weher but the gloves, the hat, the scarves as you step out on your esday. and yeah, you want to reach for that large peppermint latte. not just tomorrow but wednesday and thursday. the chill really hangs on this week. our temperatures almost 10 grees below normal. we still need somegle room. it is not feeling very comfortable out there. reach for the umbrella a well. our rain chances start to increase. the weekend i looking less than ideal. >> we'll get much more, maybe one to twoy inches fri into saturday. overnight lows around but everybody in the 20s for the

most part. if you have weekendplans, friday night into saturday. showers during the day. sunday.re rain on this was the upper level system. lighter rain. we'll see another chance of just head intother as we next week. and another storm about ten days from now. so a lite stormy. we don't m seey chances for more rain. the busy holiday sson can bring out scams, of course, and there are warnings that new phishingtactics. it appears to come from major retailers like azon or apple. they involve purchases that you never actually get. if you get something lik, th you should never click any links or download them.

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this story may make you huns riflt studeith special needs are preparing for the real world by learning to become cos. >> call it a recipe for suess. the program is filling students with the knowledge they need for the kitchen. they have special needs and found traditional schools and classrooms weren't working for them. but here they mix lunch with learning. >> we talk about measuring suods. we're mng with fractions. if we're working a recipe, we're doing reading. >> andhey are delivering to it people nearby. not only do the students learn to make the food, ath lot of ingredients they grow right here themselves. >> i learned that you can cook and grow things that i didn't think were possibleo cook.

and i think it is a good program to cook. >> it is designed to give people the skills to cook. >> it is exciting to see them grow and improve. ig most of the care, it is a thing that i like. the importance to have someone care about you. >> amy cho. news4. some areas got half a of snow. a few mile away, others saw nothing. power is sll outn some areas

and spotsylvania schools have announcedhey'll be closed tomorrow because of the wintry conditions. let's go straight to doug for a closer look at the conditions now. >> right now, it is just cold. the temperatures are dropping dropping quickly. we continue to see cheering skies and heighter winds. more snow and rain to the raleigh area. then finally moving out. still some snow close to the norfolk area. for us, it is just the cold. 29, manassas. 30 in fredericksburg. we are already seeing temperatures below freezing. anything that has been melting will just refreeze right now, i'm not talking a