good morning, everyone i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 5: a.m. now. the storm doesn't look as bad as it did earlier this week. that hasn't stopped people from preparing, including the road crews. the roads are being treated. despite the government shutdown, nthere's a p in place to have the roads treated and plowed. >> melissand is sg by with a check on the commute. but we need to get tl chuck bel to find out more about the snow. >> all right. it is a cold and breezy friday morning. there is nothing that's going to fall out of the sky on your fridav. you just all day today and the first part of tomorrow to prepare forome snow four things you need to know about the next couple of days, sunny and cold today. snow moves in rotomorrow,d lunch time or shortly thereafter. there's a chance for a wave of snow on sunday. today's forecast, cold and breezy. teideratures will reach the to upper 30s. currently, windchills are in the teens. you will need your winter coat

for sure. there's yr.r plan temperatures staying below freezing until 11:00 this morng. it will be barely above freezing during the day today. the storm, as i've been mentioning, is coming out in t parts. part one in missouri, part two in west xas. that's why the forecast is a tricky one. the second wave is likely to deliver snow only to part of the area. which part? mainly south o that's where the winter storm watches are at this point. that saturday into sunday. snowfall amounts will vary a little bit. here's our local forecast modell this goes up through pre-dawn sunday. i thi everybody has a chance for a solid 1 to 3 inches tomorrow. second wave is like lly to leave mor snow around the city. mostly coming tomorrow. a chance for moreh snow can p totals in that 3-5 inch range, around fredericksburg and culpepper and more snow in the mountains of west virginia. a check of the forecast and

model output to show you why this is not a slam dunk in thef cast. melissa? >> thank you, chuck. looking at the roads. inner loop outer loop of the beltway, nice and dry at this point. 's not going toe the situation come this weekend. looking quite good. no major problems ere. nice and green. still have this in fairfax. eastbound 66 at 123. work zone with two left lan getting by. as you can see here, through that section, especially through 123, it's moving along nicely. nothing inhe way. 270 southbound from fedarcreder down to the spur. it's going to take you minute there's. nothing in your way there. northbound and southbound looking good on270 right now. 301 at 5, nice and clear. the government shutdown has entered its 21st day. today marks a tough milestone for many of the furloughed workers. i

the first payday since the gridlock began and no paychecks will be given out. >> nearly 1 million workers now face the reality of making mortgage pments or paying rent and utilities without that paycheck for workers, including machinists, treasury employees and workers that haven't worked since before christmas. some of them took to the streets yesterday to protest the shutdown. fley gathered around the aio headquarters and then went to the white house. their rallying cry, no paychecka no. >> i feel like a bum. today makes two weeks since the last time that i worked. it's only so much you can do. i'm literally unemployg >> we're try cut back on expenses. just trying to make it through. >> along with frustration, many in the crowd expressed hopelessness. they don't see mrey signs that blicans and democrats can find common ground to end the shutdown.

thousands of furloughed workers have low cupboards. >> on saturday, there is going to be help with groceries. justin finch has more. >> reporter: goomorning. we're really glad to share this news and what we know must be a very difficult day for hundreds of tusands of furloughed workers and their families. such a need for food and necessities at this time, waking up o this payday without pay. that's why theapital area food bank is stepping in to help. we g a look at the preparations as they get ready for the big day tomorrow, when they openiv up free pop-ups to hand out groceries to furloughed workers and contractors. we have a map to sw you the locatis. you can see where they are teaming up with grocery stores here.

off of thee in keterring. and inth d.c., nst, off richmond highway and allentown road in camp springs. spoke with the capital area food bank president and ceo. she spoke with us about the need for this effort. >> often, what we're seeing is food is that part o the budget at people tend to squeeze. the food part of the budget is where they make reductions in. >>eporter: they will have groceries, fresh produce and nonperishable items. back to you. >> justin finch, near the capital. thanks. despite theim negative ct of the shutdown, the president is digging in.um mr. trp says that shutdown will continue until he gets $5 o billion r a wall along the southern u.s. border. yesterday, he took his mesge to the front lines and visited

the border in south texas. he praised border patrol agents and met with victims of crime of undocumented immigrants.he meanwhile,'s questions of whether the propose ld wall will actually work. exclusive photos show a regular saw was le to cut through the prototype during a departmenurof homeland sy test. the president says that will be fixed before the wall goes up. >> common sense. they need a barrier. if you don't have it, it will be nothing but hard work and gruelingroblems. and by the way, and death. and death. a lot of death. >> the president says if the stalemate continues, he will declare a national emergency and redirect already appropriated funding towards his border wall. more on the shutdown coming up throughout this bst. we have resources on our nbc washington app for struggling furloughed workers. just search shutdown.

we know that president trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen wily publi testify in front of the house overnight and reform committee. that's scheduled for february 7th. last month, cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. his crimes include making secret payments to two women who say they had affairs with president trump and lying to congress about dealings with russia. his blind loyalty tohe president helped him cover up the dirty deeds. the associated press reports that troops have started withdrawing from oksyria. the man declined to discuss timelines or locations. lastre month,dent trump shocked u.s. allies prompting a dramatic resignation from jim mattis, saying isis was defeated

and he was pulling u.s. troops out of syria. we have about 2,000 troops in syria. right n despite past denials, the vat ran hican has confirmed tha cardinalald wuerl knew allegations about theodorerr mck a decade ago. megan mcgrath joins us from northeast washington. what can you tell us? >> reporsr: the big question what did he know and when? the archdioceserm cong that donald wuerl knew about sexual allegations against theodor mccarrick years ago. now, wuerl last summer insisted that h he no knowledge of alleged abuse by mccarrick. however, in a statement to nbc news, these archdio says that wuerl reported an allegation about mccarrick to the vat rica in 2004. that allegation involved allegedlyeinappropriat relationship withn adult

sminarian. the archdioceses that wuerl's statement denied abuse of a minor, not an adult. cardinal wuerl stands by the a statements didn't mean to be imprecise when she said nhe sah knowledge of allegations of sexual misconduct. an ongoing jucontroversy. the latest twist. i'll h ce moreoming up later in the show. back to you. >> thank you, megan. washington-lee high school will be known as washington-liberty high school. therlington county school board chose that name last night. the board voted tore ve confederate general robert e. lee's tame fro school following the deadly attack in charlottesville. three brothers will be in prison for their part in a role that left a lice officer dead. this is video of the shoot-out just released yesterday. elijah and malik ford recorded their brother, michael, opening

fire on prince george's county poce. michael called it an attempt of suicide by cop. yesterday, he received a 195-year stence. his brothers received 20 and 12 years. detective jacai colson was shot and killed by taylor krauss. krauss mistook colson for the suspec colsons are suing krauss and the police department. the colsons allege that the police chief and the former state attorney proteed krauss from criminal charges. brooks is the county executive. she released a statement saying, ultimately a grand jury of 23 prince georgians reviewed the id ce and declined to indict ss officer kr i can never begin to understand what they feel as grieving parents. krauss is employed by the police department, which would not comment on colsons accusations. after 5:00, a shocking development out of wisconsin this morning.

>> a teen that went missing has been found alive. 13-year-old jayme closs was found in the rural town of gordon about an hour from her home. lice say they have a suspect in custody. a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. look for updates in the nbc washington app. workingou 4 yr health now. the opioid epidemic is affecting middle-aged women at acking rate.ov doses have quadrupled. the biggest increases included synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and valium. most people who die from overdoses first use op after a legitimate prescription from a doctor. the birthrate is plummeting across the country, but especially here in the dmv. a new study from the cdc, says the fertility rate is 16% below what is needed for the population to replenish itself.

d.c. has the lowest ity rate in the country. ras in marylan and virginia are below the national average. only two states, south dakota veand utah, have rates abohe replacement level. researchers say economics and te fewe pregnancies may play a role in the lower birthrate. lower your rates of serious illness and death. what doctors say you should eat more of to do th a. >> a look at a cancer treatment and the local woman who says it changed hli . chuck? >> good morning, everybody. dog walking forecast on a friday. cute hammer here, a 3-year-old beagle mix available for atopgs adoption at the humane rescue alliance. he will go on a walk but keep the pace up.s it windy and cold. it will be cold and dry through friday. but sw remains in the forecast for saturday and potentially sunday.

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forward to spending more time with her grandkids and doing it all with her signature smile. >> i'm just so happy. >> reporte cho --orgetown, amy >> you deserve it. you've come a long way. >> reporter: -- news 4. reminder that our annual heth & fitness expo begins tomorrow. it is at the washington convention center. there will be plenty of demonstr professionals offering screenings and answering questions. everything is free. check it out. let's look atfour cast. chuck bell is tracking some snow. >> our first chance of snow in two months. the last time we had snow was november 15th. your friday, you have all day today and the o first part your saturday morning to get out and get done whatever you need to get done. 29 degrees in washington. that northwestwind, n as strong as yesterday, is still significant enough to keep windchills down into the tee to around 20 degrees. your winter coat will be your best friend today. temperatures will get aboveng

freezin the middle parts of the afternoon and be around freezing by 6:00 this evening. your friday, sunny, ld, 38 degrees and breezy. the winter storm, we'in wat for it now. the main area of low pressure is across new mexico and west texas. ce leading edge is coming out in aple of pieces. the first piece is the one that has the best chance everybody in the area an inch to 2 or 3 inches of snow tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. the second, the biggeriece of energy, arrives on sunday and it seems to be taking more southern track. it may favor the southern half of our viewing area for additional snow on sunday. still, a long way to go. here's future weather. on saturday morning,louds and by saturday early afternoon, snow breaking out. and the most tikely tim accumulate snow will be from about middle parts of saturday afternoon, up to about midnight saturday night into early sunday morning. thereafter, will have to wait

and see. our cputer mod hinting at most of the snow sunday will be in the southern half of the region. before the sun comes up on sunday, the first wave of snow chances, on average, 1 to 3. that's a good bet for everybodyo additional on sunday, is more likely south of town. and snowfall amounts there could be a little more impressive. our map is 1-3 for the metro, 3-5 from fredericksburg and petersburg. no all that typical. your five-day forecast. snow chances high on saturday and sundayry weut just in time for the monday morning commute. melissa? >> i like that drying out. what's left on the roadst.on't like t fairf fairfax, eastbound, 66 at123. that just cleared. 66 into town, out of town, nice d open now. inner loop and outer loop, same

situation. had some earlier roadwork that's out of the way. we don't have to worry about that. as we look here at 95, inrg viia, quantico, to the beltway, as you're headed inbound, you're okay. southbound, approaching quantico, a little of a delay. and south of quantico, we normally see this about this time of day. nothing abnormal. we look in town and out of town, no problems. >> melissa, thank you. if you're 1 of the 800,000 federal workers missing a paycheck today, you're no doubt trying to figure out how to pay the bills. >> thetep to help. and later on "ellen," timothee chalamet stops by to l talk "beautiy" and working with steve carell. llen" at 3:00 and stic"ek

s you're watching new4 today. er this morning, hundreds of thousands of fedal workers will not receive a paycheck so beoecaf ous t he ghelp, major w carriers are offering assistance, including at&t, sprint, t-mobile and verizon. each of those carriers are offering payment options. check with those folks for the best option for yo l there's a of anxiety for a lot of the federal furloughed workers. >> so many of the workers are worried about the finances and the domino shutdown this can

crte. susan hogan is working 4 you to see what you can do to lessen the blow. >> reporter: that's right. a majority of furloughkers don't have enough savings. recent survey found that 78% of americans live ck payco-paycheck. for those of you with a mortgage, some lenngrs are offessistance programs to federal employees impacted by the shutdown, such as waiving late fees. but you need to contact your emnder immediately to let know of the situation. anr those of you who rent, contact propertyers or your landlord and see if you can thwork out a payment plan them or at the very least ask if they will waive a late fee for you, as well. the same thing goes wi credit card companies. don't wait until you payment is due. talk to them now and see if they will waive your late fee. and consider talking out a n. short-term l some banks are offering furlough loans to those employees who have paychecks deposited into a

checking or savings account. these loans don't require a credit check and have 0% interest, as well. cut all unnecessary spending. we cannot stress this enough. be protive and talk to your creditors now. 5:26 right now. still ahead, a d rescued after a lifetime of abuse. new video may show the people . behind this ca plus, local parks trashed. hundreds of tires tossed out in public places. where they came from and what's being done to clean them up. commute forecast on your friday hmorning. yoe nothing to worry about. dry pavementlo all day . it will be cold and breezy. the seat heaters need to be on the seat heaters need to be on hi for tod

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early on this friday morning. you can't tell it from this live picture, but it's cold outside. going to be a frigid friday around here. if you bundled up with the extra laye layers yesterday, keep them ilt. you wl need them again today. >> the cold temperatures come as we prepare for another blast of wiweather. we're getting some snow. major roads in our area have been pretreated ahead of tomorrow's snow. let's check in with chuck bell before we look at the comm we. what a talking about here? >> all day today and tonight and tomorrow to if you need to get out to the store and pick something, whether it's salt for the sidewalks, or a shovel or grocery stocking, you have all today and tomorrow to get that donef chances snow, area-wide, an 80% chance everydy gets an inch a chance of 4 inches or more,

40%. and most of the 40% will be on the southern and western half of e viewing area. most of the area, we will be stuck in that 3 inch range. the additional inches will come on sunday. you have time to fine-tune the additional chances for snow on sunday. your friday, it's cold. temperatures a below freezing everywhere this morning. the friday planner is stilled with sunshine. i'll show you the model outputs on our model. and we will detail that on our forecast that you can get on our nbc washington app. a couple things in the district. 295 southbound at pennsylvania avenue. rough, uneven pavement because of the joint expansion project they're doing.

in southwest, overlook avenue at chesapeake st through that section, dark traffic lights. trt it like a four-way stop. that area starting to see issues. inner loop and outer loop, nice and green. nothing in your way. isn't that nice ony a fri morning? looking at 66, fairfax to the beltwa miles per hour. going to get you there in eight minutes. if ytb're nd on 66, also good. don't have big worries. and top of the beltway, 295, route 1, 29, and 95,th eveg is going well northbound and southbound. aaron? a, meli thank you. it's 5:32. day 21 of the governmen shutdown. it will be the day so many of your friends, neighbors, family members really feel the shutdown's effect. thousas of workers will not be paid today. some haven't been allowed to work since before christmas. >> others haveeen working this entire time but won't be paid

today, either. frustrated furloughed workers took to the streets yesterday in protest. among them were machinist, treasury employees and contctors who haven't worked in three weeks. they gathered outside of the afl-cio headquarters and marched to the white house. the rallying cry, no paycheck, no peace. workers said they are feeling n'hopeless because it doeslook like republicans andemocrats will make a deal anytime soon. the president says if he doesn't receive the funding from congress, he will declare a national emergency. if families are struggling to payor groceries, there is relief on the way. we'll tell you where to receive free food.

justin finch is live in northwest washington with information about pop-up food markets. justin? >> reporter: that's right. this is coming atust the right time for so many furloughed workers and families, who are penny-pinching. what comes off of their list first is food. that should not be. that's why the capital area food bank is worng to ease that burden tomorrow. the preparations are under way, for the five pop-upke m across the dmv tomorrow morning. they will serve about 250 people peil location. we want to show you the maps so u can see where the pop-up markets are going to be. they have teamed up with grocery stores off of rockville, on rockville pike, off of richmond highway and off of allentownam road in springs.

also, the food bank account telling us, this is nging to be anng effort. >> we plan to hold the markets until t end of the shutdown and until federal workers get the next paychecks.e we start with ve locations this weekend. and depends on the need, we'll be able to better target where we post the pop-up food markets during the duration of the shutdown. r orter: so, as you heard there, we could see the pop-up markets for weeks to come. one more time the map where you can see theoppop-up markets. they will be in rockville, alexandria, and rock springsin 9:00 a.m. saturday morning and going until noon. you will need your valid employee i.d. as a contractor or government wker onfurlough. we have details on this and

other shutdown offers heren our nbc washington app. we're live in northwest. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank y. aob fair is scheduled today for furloughed employees to work in the fairfax county school system is at capacity. the district is having another hiring event in false church next tuesday. it's for substitute teach positions. there's several forms you need to fill out and information you need with you. for a list of everythinne you to have, head to the washington app. we're staying on top of t breaking news morning. the associated press reporting that u.s. troops he started withdrawing from syria. the report sites the u.s. military spokesperso for the u.s. coalition fighting isis, the spokesperson did not discuss time lines or locations for security. pr aident trump shockedies prompting a dramatic resignation by defense secretary james mattis sing that isis was

defeated and he was pulling troops out of syria. we have about 2,000 troops in area. developing this morning, officials are investigating a hoax e-mail that threatened warren county public schools. the warren county shiff's office says the e-mail was sent yesterday by a resident in frederick county, virginia. we're told that the hoax e-maild stthere's a bomb at our school. officials say all of the public schools in warren county were searched and determined to be safe. no word on if the sender has been found. art the warren county sheriff's office wants to rom anyone who may know about this. humane rescue alliance needs your help finding a man who may be involved in an animal cruelty case. the humane rescue alliance received word about an amman danned dog on 62nd street. surveillance video hows a man hitting a dog, posbly with an

object and dragging her away. the dog was found rith severe in to all four legs. >> she's a mixed breed dog. she is approximately 35 to 40 pounds. she's red and white. we have shared her image widely because we feel like somebody may recognize her and may know where she previously lived. >> you can be eligible for reward if you have information about the dog or the man. what came to the aid of this baby alone and

you'reg watchews 4 today. >> a wisconsin bus driver is being credited with sing a baby she found walking around outside alone and barefoot. look at this.

look at this video released by the bus icmpany. irina aw the baby on a freeway overpass, wearing a onesie and a diaper in freezing temperatures last month. she stopped the bus and ran over to the child. she carried the baby safely inside her bus. a passenger wrapped a coat nd arim. d police say the mother haleft the baby outside. i mean, it's just so alarming to see that little baby, really just in that diaper, barefoot, walking around this overpass.oo thanksdness she was there. imagine you walk through the park and you find these. >> police say 1 man is responsible for dumping up to 1,000 tires in d.c. they usedo hidden videmeras to catch hidden dumpers. the tire shops that paid mcdonald c may faceminal charges, as well.

nba fans are getting a w prevf how in-game sports betting will look tonight. nbc sports washington is airing an alternate game broadcast for tonight's wizards/bucks game. the game will look something like this with stats and betting lines along the side of the fr e here.ou the that owns the wizards is sponsoring the look and they hope it will lead to betting through the broadcast. the game starts at 7:00. > one of our forecast models is more optimistic than others for how much snow we'll ended up with. the reason we can't give you 100% is because this same mod sexual the one that was on the low range yesterday. i'll s coming up.forecast map

you're watching news 4 today. >> fears come true for roughly 800,000 federal workers today that aren't getting paid. the gsernment shutdown now in its 21st day. ghd there doesn't seem to be an end in >> growing pressure from workers and labor unions has not moved th need until the standoff between the democrats and the president. tracie potts is live on the hill with the president's trip to the border that was supposed to drum up support f thewall. >> reporter: there is some support for the wall, like where lindsey graham says president should use the emergency declaration to get the pentagon to build i and go around congress, given this roadblock with democrats. on the other hand, you have some republicans who say the toorwith them down at the immigrantsing into issues of

th cntry, crime committed bys immigrants country.no says he it emergency declaration. white house lawyers ang wor on the legal justification for that now,he president sayse could doing that within days. tomorrow, this becomes the longest government shutdown in history. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. now,eveloping this morning, despite past denials, the vatican h confirmed that cardinal donald k wuerlw of misconduct allegations against the theodore mccarrick a decade ago. >> reporter: the archdiocese of washington knew that donald wuerl new ofmisconduct against theodore mccarrick. and he knew about the allegations aon time ago.

now, wuerl last summer insisted he had no knowledge of alleged abuse by mccarrick. however, in a statement to nbc news, the archdiocese says that reported an allegation about mccarrick to the vatic in 2004. that allegatn involved a elationship with an adult seminarian. the archdiocese says that wuerl's statements denying abuse refer to allegations involving a minor not an adult. and wuerl stands behind the statements and didn't mean to be imprecise or misleading to anyone. that's the latest in the ongoing controversial here. also worth mentioning here, cardinal wuerl has since retired. ng some newst about the replacement. >> megan mcgrath live for us. thank you. d.c. police are giving u better look at the man accused

of secretly recording up a womas skirt. d.c. police released this video from in front of the building where the newspaper pages are everw day. someone e suspect put his phone under the victim's skirt. this was this past saturday afternoon. the suspect ran off after being confronted. 12 minutes before the hour right now. with the snow on its way, people are getting prepared. they're grabbing last-minuteie grocers. >> going to the store sunday morninbl will proba be a much gger challenge, some ohe areas in themv may be worse than others. but in virginia, vdot tellss they are making sure the roads are treated before any serious snowfall. >> we have a high confidence level that something is going te alize. with the other storms, maybe we get something, maybe we don't. we have a high confidence it's going to happen. we're going to go ahead and brine. >> despite the shutdown, roads will be tread and plowed. the park service is taking care of them.

>> better too much than too little. those storms are coming. >> it's never looked like a blockbuster blizzard. that's a shame. blockbuster blizzar easier to forecast because the computer models can seize on them and agree onthem, much father out in the future. he last big blizzard we three years ago, we had confidence that was going to happen, almost six days in advance of the first flake. little over 24 hours aw from the first flake in this particular snow chance and there's not much near that och confidener than snow tomorrow.re snow on sunday is the wild card. au have all d today. nothing to worryut. skies are clear. temperatures are bew freezing. windchills are still down. in the teens and 10s. the high temperature, 38

degrees. and the northwest wind up around 10 to 20 miles per hour. there's the first piece of moisture. the cutoff lows are notoriously difficult to'sorecast. thathe sunday snow chance. this one out here, the leading edge of it, that's coming this way tomorrow. saturday will start out dry. flakes are starting to break out aroung late moro noontime. probably will have of the snow aroundea 2:00. est snow tomorrow. going until midnight tomorrow night. we'll get a break in the action and there's a chance of additional wave of snow on sunday. that storm is likely to taking a southern track. it will favor higher snow totals south of the city. winter storm watch for the city. but waiting for the weather

service on what is a winter weather advisoryor the city. our forecast model, this is through saturday night. one to three inches, on average, for most of the area tomorrow. as you get farther into the future, saturday into sunday, all of themodels, they are additional snow south of town. this is the american model now. 4 to 5 inches down south of the ty. that's t reason we have that in our forecast. mostly mostly 1 to 3 but more south of town. there's your ten-day forecast. the good news is, thisan comes end, sunday night, and not snowing for the monday morning >> i like that, if you keep snow off my roads. a ton or none. if there's abo ton, eve stays home. chopper 4 over b.w. parkway. don't have issue there's.

395 near duke stet. we have complaints getting into the express lanes of ice on t roadway. warning for you there. that could be a situation in a lot of different spots because of the temperature herehis morning. southeast, southbound 295, pennsylvania avue. rough, uneven payment. ansouthwest, overlook avenue near chesapeake. treat that like a stop. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues. 270 looks good. top of the beltway, no problem. nice and clear between 95 and 270. 66 inbound, 46 miles per hour. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway. going to take you 20 minutes. listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. ♪ baby shark ♪ baby shark i apologize in advance.

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>> mette green joins us with a f preview. >> reporter: we get pumped for n this big sta event. i'm in the middle of a spartane obstacle coull around me. i'm going to bring in john, one the instructors, to explain. they're new to the expo this year. you have this whole setup. what is spartan? >> the largest obstacle course in the country, in thewo d. here, we have multiple obstacles to test people's endurance. >> you have folks on the treadmill and then what? >> we have our air runners here. and our military hurdles. go over to our low crawl, which is barbed wire. invert wall. seven-foot wall here. rope climb and theyfi nish. >> people will come down here and try this out.

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the storm doesn't look as bigd an bad as it did earlier this ek we that hasn't stopped anybody from trying to get ready. first significant thing of the season, right? >> ye. >> the roads are being treated already. there is a plahe to have roads that fall under the park service jurisdiction treated and plowed, too. >>s melissa standing by with a check on the commute. but let's begin with chuck bell to find out about the snow. >> yes. remember the school "back to school" with rodney da i have the question in 27 parts. will it snow? how much will it tsnow? e tell you something. most everybody should expect 1 he 3 i to start tomorrow afternoon and go up to tomorrow night. there could be a wave of snow eaat couldre more on sunday, south of washington. the storm iart of looking at a southern track.