materiterrible. these roads. it's nothing like it. >> snow, snow and more snow. people hitting the roads early this morni dealing with the aftermath of the record breaking storm. and speaking of record breaking, check it out. a winter wonderland. our biggest snowfall since the january 2016 blizzard. so what happens dnight? how cill it get and what will we be dealing can tomorrow morning? ice,snow? we'll be tracking it all. >> i want to get it solved. not just delay . >> a this morning, president

trump rejecting a suggestion by a top republican to reopen the government. the latest on where the debate stands on day 26. good morning and welcome. >> we begin with the snow that has shut down much of the area this morning. from t federal government to almost every school system. >> totals range from to 12 inches and could take days to clear d neighborhood roads. that's the most snow we've sn since 2016. >> here's a look at a few crashes inthmaryland. say they've received about 1400 callselated to the snowstorm which included hundreds of crashes. >> the next concern, melting and a refreeze. have we stayed above freeze iin

this morning? what do you think? >> what we're going to see throughout tat day is tempes warming into the mid-30s. right now, we're just below or right around freezing, so some melting then a refreeze. i have t tnk the gang, this is the ninth largest january snowfall on rord based on the 10.3 inches that fell at reagan national. the seventh biggest two-day storm in the last 30 years and it was a long duration storm. we had snow and reagan national utr a consecutive 35 hours there. so really impressive in the time as well as the amount. here's a k loob at the radar. we're all dry orw. for the my of the workweek, we stay dry. wen had some time to cl. i'm working on update iing this. parts of gaithers burg had over a foot of snowfall. i'll have more on that plu what u can expect tomorrow morning coming up at 11:20.

>> thank you. that winter blast of snowfall may be over, but now it's all theay melting that turn to ice. >> this is a look at chopper 4 video showing some of the show in the tyson's corner area today. >> justinivinch the in alexandria with a look at the conditions there. justin rngs good morning. how is it look iing? good morning, i would say the conditions are are good enough to get outside. now that a we have the advantage of daylight, we can kind of seer which areas ally improving and which also need some work. we had the advantage, too, of having chopper 4 fly ove this area hd give us a bird's eye view of the situation here on the. grou as you mentioned, we did have chopper 4 over in the tyson's corner area. as you can see down the, it is just a blanket of white. equally covering homes,s roadw

and land as well. and we are also on the ground down there for several hours this mornin beginning our morning in fredericksburg working up here to northern virginia. what we saw was really a mixed bag. main roads looking prey good. route 7, b 95, looking clear. diciern points o overpasses, ramps and bridges. for the most part, clear. the trouble spots were really the secondary streets where plow us were still going, but needed more to get those areas really super clear. still lots of slush and ice on those roads as well. and as you make your way on to those main roads, still seeing icyconditions, too, and that continues well into this morning just a few hours or so ago. and today, lots of schools are out, more places too, some are still going to work. one guy said this weather, thi snow, actually put a smile onon

his face is way to work today. >> i love ht and humidity, sweat and 92 degrees, but shortchange is good, too. >> i'm more on the heat and humidity. i likethat. this, we can deal with it. it's nice to look at, but the conditions that we're seeing now are are going to lead to some icier, more treacherous conditions downth the roagh. keeping an eye on that is melissa and she has been this s andn some wild stuff on the >> absolutely.u and ow charles county was expecting to get a lot of snow and we had totals up to 8 inches out here in the area, but no school today and delays of the government really helped those road crews get a good start and clear those major arteries right way. as you can seebehind me, route 301 is clear and cars are moving at speed and now the work begins

really get to th side streets and those neighborhood streets. o get crews are working through to all of you out there. and residents we found are doing their part, too. this winter wonderland is snowy and bright with snow men with enough arms to take flight, but all around charles county, people are digging out. neighborhood streets like this one in waldorf off route a8 ers are doing eo their part to clear their property. leslie griffin is using his trusty snow blowe e the first snow of 2019. >> just being outside. playing. you know, bigger toys for bigger boys. >> others do it the old fashioned way.ov shing their driveways and wa sides. janet love who pushes her shovel like the a labor of love. >> well, when your husband is not very well, you know you have

to do what youan to help him. that's what i tdid. i also helped the neighbo yesterday across the street. she's a female, too, at home alone. >> you're just spreading love. >> yes, i do. that's my name. >> love it. love it. >> yeah, you do, you love to see neighbors helping neighbors on a day like this. he first snow of 2019 and a chance to check in with the sheriff's office and they tell me no majors iss to report on this snowy monday. but of urse, the expectation is tonight, there will be some areas that will refreeze. there are slushy spots all around the county u. so you need to be careful whe you make your way out throughout the day and of course if the sue sets and you out, be really. the latest. back to you. >> good advice. thank you. if you have a flight scheduled for today, be sure to check with your airline before

heading to thairport. according to the website flight ware, there are a lot of delays and cannes lacellations. dull us international has 30 delays and nearly two den cancellations. marshall has ten delays and four cancslations. this live look at reagan international. t has 81 delays and 60 cancellations. again, double check your flight status with your airline before you head to the airport. take a look at this. an intense snowstorm caused a delta plane to slide off the tarmac after landing at an airport of cincinnati. cials say the plane ran off the pavement into the grass there sunday mornin all 120 passengers on board were safely tak off the flight. nobody was hurt. right now, president trump is on his way to new orleans where heill speak at the farm bureau annual convention. >> questions continue to mount about the president's behavior when it comes to russia. this comes as the government shutdown enters its fourt week.

the latest from the capitol. >> reporter: now the longest in u.s. history, the government shutdown has federal worke worried about making ends meet, includingl border pat agents. >> a lot of the employees work double shifts and with no paycheck. so that's a slap in the face. >> reporter: and still no g se on eithee of the stalemate in washington. >> president made numerous offers tbout shutdown. reasonable, too. moving further to the democratic side. >> reopen government. whye punish peoho are applying for food stamps because the president is having a temper tantrum? >> reporter: the president is also lashing out at a bombshell "new york report saying the fbi opened an investigation into the president's behavior following his firing of james comey, looking into whether he was working on behalf ofrussia. the president responded on fox news. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr.

president? >> i think it's the most insult inthi'g ve ever been asked. >>oeporter: the president a denied a "washington post" report that he took extensive steps to hide conversations he's had with p russiansident putin. >> des the president hav a right to conceal these conversations? probably, but i donnk it's the rigts thipg to do. >> it's pretty much up to him. just the basic fact. de reporter: both stories putting the pre on defense. as for the government shutdown, one senior republicas suggesting the president reopen the government for several weeks so thaton negotia can continue. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. happening today, wisconsin, the man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and killing her parents is set to be charged. jake patterson shot her before kidnapping the teen in october. she was held captive in a cabin for 88 days before she managed to escape and find help. it is unclea how they are

connected or whether there is any connection at all.>> road conditions are improving slowly after this weekend's winr blast. most dangerous spots tef the

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metro bus services have limited service today. this bus got stuck. the icy condition made it too dangerous for passengers and drivers. today, metro buses are limited nl major roadsand passengers should expect delays. pl if you to drive in the district, you need to know the street situation pretty hit or miss. if you leave your parking spot for the road, there's something you shouldn't do. >> adam is live if northwest now

with more. good morning. rn>> good g. yeah, we're at the point in the storm, guys, where people are starting to mark thees parking sp with theiro household items. plastic chairs, a plastic crate. neither is legal to do in the district. it makes for a great seat, it does show we're at the point now where we're all cleaning up. take a look at we goz to ride along with thelo snowp driver today. when it's time to push the snow out of the way, most people would. eric gets to work. he's not a city contractor. >> i just drive around ap hel my neighbors out. >> eric doing it just because. >> i hit the alleys as well. so the trash can get through and ke neighbors. >> then those li little maxwell. he wants to eat what he calls -- >> snow burger. made out of snow and it's yummy.

and very cold. >> so it's like, is there any bread of swrjust snow? >> snow. >> to us, yeah, this is a big storm, but bob foster visiting from minnesota, this is no big doleal. >> it's nothing. >> he's here celebrating theof birtis new granddaughter. she's just four days old. what's the >> isabel grace. >> born during a d.c. snowstorm. >> absolutely. yeah. so we're loving it though. i said it reminds me of home. re so today, just taste of a bid west winter right and no big deal. ys, if you sta to see streets that look like it hasn't gotten a plow, i've been telling everyone 311 is to who contact. most streets are startikg to

lookicthis. get douk to pavement. that's good news. don't do this. this is guys, bag to you.ty. guys, i can tell you,en we' driving along i-270 throughout the morning here. we see a lot of vehicles slidinr off thed or having a near spin out. or even just trying t dig themselves out of a snow pile. so a lot happening on the roads as people are trying to travel to get to where they need to be t. want to get to some vio we shot early this morning from chopper 4 flying abovnt montgomery c police officer was assist iing a driver on 270 when she was struck by a car. everyone is ok j. but it'st one of dozens of crashes that we've seen and first responders have seen over the last 24 hrs. now i want to bring in pete with the montgomernd fire rescue. pete, like i id, 24 hours, you

seen dozens of crashes. many seem to be along 270. what's to blame? slick roads, people going too fast? things.bination of yesterday and the weather then we had a significant dose of presip talgsation last night. the road crews are out working all day and night, but y have the areas,e especially elevated ramps and bridges and overpasses where you have some pretty slick conditions. this morning, i'd say in the 6:00 hour before the sun came , we had a number of crashes as you mentioned. most were alonghe 270 border. some in clarks burg, but most near the beltway and where we are t re. so m it is you know a combination of speed and slick road conditions. >> sounds like folks need to slow down. also, we were talking earlier about the snow on top of the vehicles. a lot of people rushing to get to where they need to be, they're not fully their car.off is that a problem? is it legal? >> i think it can be a problem.

i've seen it in my travel thiyo morning wherhave a, some cases, most of the people around here have a foot of snow. so some of the minivans,uv dss, even trucks have that snow on top of their vehicle. you get out here now going at a good clip of speed, that has a tendcy to blow off. not only may slide down on to your wind shield,ut fly on to the motorist behind you. it can be a hazard. thank youht, people, so much for joining us. really important words there. if you are hitting the roads, be sure to slow down and clean off your entire vehicle because that's the snow that's coming off your car could contribute to an accident. back to you. >> all right. megan fitzgerald, thank you.

one way to spend a know day sunday. an epic snowball fight on the national mall. dozens o people gathering for a friendly battle in the snow. some would call it friendly. we were out there right in the middle of the action. not the first for the district either. for year, people have spent their snow days t near city's historic landmarks just battling it out. >> looksike fun though. >> it was. a blowout in boston and thriller in new orleans. leaves us with some great match-ups for championship weekend in t nfl. in new england, the patriots jump out to a t lead byhe chargers. pretty much or by halftime. final score, 41-28. tom brady and the atriots will go to kansas city to play the chiefs on sunday for a shot at the super bowl in new orleans. the action was much tighter. saints and eagles were neck and neck all afternoon. eagles came up short with a late fourth quarter drop on their final drive.

interception. he rams at the superdome on sunday. nfl confirmed the rumors maroon 5 will heaine thi year's super bowl halftime show in atlanta. >> travis scott and big boy will also take the stage. set for februar 3rd. you know record breaking snow means the first challenge of 2019. a look at what people ado willing t >> here's a look at the current temperatures. ameila is back with a look atti how much me can w

the first sfoe of 2019. >> it does take a lot of effort. this morning, had a lot of fly aways. trying to tamp those down. sorry. challenge.ick

the first one of the wreer is the funnest. folks got creative as usual. >> pat announced the best would win a coveteded snow stick. we talked about this this by.ing, really hard to come you sent all the great pictures all weekend long. now the deadline has passed and today, the winner will be picked. walk us through the best. >> strike a pose. we call it a sunday snow suit challenge. and it xwoez like this. put on your best snow outfit. go outside. strike a pose. tweet the pictu to pat snow stick. best picture gets the stic strike a pose. hold the pose. we got scores and scores of entries. in theff the wall category, how about the woman in gown with the mink and t snow blow eeer a ady or the woman in the wedding dress? talk about a whiteout. we call this back to the '70s.

bell bottoms and all. strike a pose. in the anil section. the dog. the dog with the trapper hat and scarf. and the one dressed as ashark. chasining snorkele are rs in th snow. strike a pose. and then there are the kids. noing more adorable than kids in the snow. snow has a way of making kids smile and those smil smiles have a way of me iing us alrthappy. in nohwest, pat collins, news 4. >> very fun. hopefully you were able to get day.de and enjoy the snow this is a member of my family. he was loving it.nu

so conti to share your pictures with us. weove them. >> there is some melting we nee to get done. >> so much melting needs to happen. with real easy 'sbu eye from storm system up through montgomery county, howard county, loudoun county so that's where so many folks live and just trying to find a placet to that snow today. could be a little tricky. check out temperatures. we're going to have a little melt iing today and temperature above freezing, but not a b ton of melting. however what you're really going t hear when you're outside snow falling off the trees. tha going to be happening out there today. right now, our temperatures just at our below freezing. 32 in shgton. 30 in fredericks.

above freezing in leesburg and the river as well. looking at the latest visible satellite imagery, a lot of ,unshine developing. for the afterno partly to mostly sunny skies. that's going to help melt all of the snow. marshall picking up almost 10 inches. resten seeing 9. leurg almost afoot. gaithe gaithersburg over a foot. almost 10 in annapolis. baltimore picking up 9nches of snow. it was impressive by far. as the storm got closer, it only developed on friday, as we got into friday night and saturday, we were see iing the potential r over a foot of sno.in some sp truthfully though, that potential looked like it would be around washington which did happen then areas to the sou but what happened with thest m storm, the heaviest snow in d.c. and areas just to the north. i'm going to be breaking that down at news 4 tonight.

here'spl youner for today. again, sun and slush with a high of 36 and.3:00 p by 6:00 p.m., we're at 33, we r start to see treeze overnight. temperatures dipping into the 20s. so some black ice and think some delays are l aely oncein on tuesday. just based on the amount of snow that needs to be cleared off of the roads, especially the side roads, more on wintryer wea in about 20 minutes. >> all right. thanks. >> our coverage of thisek d's record breaking snow continues after the break. from road conditionsupo the clean >> and don't forget the fup, too. look at these kids already out this morning doing a little of sledding and h okay.

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over. we have to deal with the melting then the refreezing. the ice. >> this is a look at chopper 4 video showi that snow the this morning. >> justin finch is in alexandria ing at conditions there. hey, justin. >> hey, there. good morning. if you're in alexandria, yeah, don't d b surprise fd you see a mixedesbag when it coo the streets. some roads are very well maintained. some secondary areas that need a few more passes from the plow. but here at the ma sonic temple, we see a lot of people hitting the roads and sledding and having fun. n a monday morning snow day with no school a work if you're lucky, you want to have neighbors lhese to show you how to really enjoy a snow y. sam and his sister took turns sleddi ing ding dowir front hil

though they don't quite agree yet on which is better. >> i like how like the bigger hill is much more easier to sled on. i think that hill is much more better. >> are the kids excited by this first snowfall of the new year? absolutely, but mom and dad are, too. >> i was worried abo not getting any snow because a lot down.es, it's a snow let >> spent two hours sledding sterday sh, looking forward to another couple today. it's like being a kid again. t until you have to hit the roads,er says. >> i admit people struggled to drive in the snow around here. we just drive slow. >> the driving struggle across northern virginia is real. main roads and highways lookene well maint with icy and slushy spots here and there. on his way to work, their coighbor said he didn't mind the winter itions. >> more is more exciting. tlittle is jus a pain. >> secondary and neighborhood

roads treacherous in place, but the plows were hitting them too. though they'll need more time before they can get good at the main roads. and if you have toead out at some point today by cou, make sureive yourself more time and be very careful on those ngads. still secy spots out there. that black ice that can be a major problef and speakingad conditions and black ice, i know that that's something malette is seeing, too. >> definitely. we got a chabs at the top of the hour to take a closer look at the neighborhoodstreets. now we want to show you some other areas around charles county. we wereen the m along some of the busiest stretches in the county. along some of theusiest streets. 301, 228. western parkway and saw the assault tcksreating the roadways and plow trucks moving the snow. some not s white and pristine

anymore. it turns yucky and blacke when thirt and cars get to it. the area is really diggin out no school and a late start for the county government helped a lot with the road crews and lots of shoveling and shoveling ande shg and a lot of businesses who have been feeling the slowdown because of the partial government shutdown, those ona leo town road, they're still feeling a slowdown. take a listen. >> what do you think about the first snow o 2019? >> it's good. it's not away yet. >> why is it not good? >> because it's not working out. everythings stuid. >> and we get a chance to check in with charles county sheriff aes office. they report no major issues around the county. just getting into those neighborhood issues and side streets with those crew, that's going to be the major work throughols the day. iheard from a relative of

mine who said put your gloves on so i had to dig through the vehicles to find my mittens. they're on because it ser cold out here. when nightfall comes, whatever is slushy and wet is going to turn icy so you reay need to be careful outadere on the ys throughout the day and into the night. that's latest along 301. back to you. >>oong outis for you. t that heartening? you know? >> yes, it is. >> we just have to get justin a hat and we'll be good to go. thk you very much. check out this video in virginia. in frfax county. a viewer took this drone footage showtig the cons there. our coverage will continue all day. stickith us on air and online for complete coverage. a new nationwide push is changing the wayfi police rs collect evidence in an effort to solve violent krips by connecting them. the news 4 i team found some

departments are not toing it evhough it could help solve crimes in neighbori cities. jodi shows us why. >> gun violencehe is most difficult thing we have to deal with. >> with 160 murrs in the districtce last year, the po chief knows the value of strong evidence. that's why his offers are required to pick up every shell casing, even if the call was just for sounds of gunfire. years ago, that wasn't the case. >> if you arrived ed on thene s and nobody was injured and you didn't have a crime, you would clear theno scene with eport. now we handle it completely differently. >> it's called comprehensive collection. d.c. is one of the nation's siaders. every goes into the bullet network. experts compare 3-d images side by side with casings in the system and tie crimes together. >> having that kind of information is remarkable for an investigator. >> b's the head of the a

firearms division says for e years, lorcement wasn't use iing it to its fullest potential. now leading from small cases elp solve bigger ones, but not everyone is on board. the new 4 i team investigates what's keeping some local police departments from wruzing this technology and what's being dope to fix that. that's tonight on news 4 at 5:00. more snow. ameila is back afterhe break with a look at the next threat of winter weather. we're not done yet? >> not yet. many months ahead of us and take a look at this view from chopper 4. snow every which way. i dot know where i got that. every which way? e that means we likely to have more delays and consolations tomorrow. you can look for updates as they

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plows are out, but haven't been everybody yet. if you plan to drive, the street situation is h or miss. >> adam has been checking own road conditions for us. hey, adam. >> hey, guys, we have good snowball making weather out here nonow. here's ather one. pretty good snowball making weather. take a look at river road. this is a busroad that comes to the district and from maryland, but still some work to be done out here. but the clean up does now start to continue and some roads are getting down to paift. take a look at we goz to ride along today with the snowplow. >> when ihs time the pus the snow out of the way -- >> most wepeople wave. >> eric gets to work. he's not a city contractor. >> i just drive around and help eighbors out. >> he's doing it just because. >> i hit the alleys a well. you know so the trash guys can get through and my neighbors.

>> then there are those like little maxwell who see the snow for a different reason. he wants toat what he calls -- >> snow burger made out of snow cold.'s yummy and very >> is there any bread or just snow? >> snow. >> andus to yeah, this is a big storm, but to bob foster visiting from minnesota, this is no big dole. it's nothing. >> nothing at all. >> no. >> bob's here celebrating the birth of his new granddaughter. st four days old. what's the name? >> isabel grace. >> born during a d.c. snowstorm. >> absolutely. absoluly. yes. so we're loving it though. i said reminds me of home. >> so today may be just a taste of theidwest winter right here. >> we got a lot of peog e just doine regular shoveling. a lot of clean up going on in

and around the city. a sidewalks sucig part. if you can go out and clear it, you're being asked to do that as well. back to you. >> all right. river road this morning and anks. >> someone tried to save those spots. can't really do that. they're har to come by. dig out your. >> rignd you're wondering can i park here? i know youinuys are s do you love or hate snow? with my job, it's just something ith.al i have no opportunity to love it. no choice. but you guys not huge fans? >> no. >> for us, it's like you have to rk.e to snow da people are sitting in bed cozying up, eating snack,hi wa movies and you're walking into work. your dress, your coat. any. wa it is beautiful out the. that being said and we could be seeing a little bit more on friday and on into the weekend. but i have to say this is other very tricky forecast. the one whave this weekend. we know the it was cold enough

we would be dealing with the snow, the biggest question was how muchsnow. the upcoming storm system for your weekend is what are we gogeg to rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain. that's the biggest question with this storm system on saturday and sunday. at least for most of the workweek, dry and chilly. our next chance for anything is goin come really on thursday night. but with temperatures during the afternoon hours, right above freeze iing, and then dipping i the 20s overnight, we're going to beng deaith a refreeze. pretty much every day this week. so you want to be cautious for black ice. it's one of those things whet if looks wet, you want to treat it as if it's ice. doing the penguin walk. that way you're not slipping our i'm really keeping a close eye on friday, but especially saturday int sunday. the thing is, monday is martin luther king jr. day is most of us are going b to be home,y,o fortunat maybe you're not getting another three-day weekend because you have that on your calendar.l

but we're stmost six to eight days out from the storm system. it's possible we see a pattern. sur to five d out, this is when we start to talk about the different scenarios that we could see. when we're two to three days out, this is when we're letting you know how you should be planning. what are the timing and impacts then one to two days out, we're g you know how should you be reacting? what can you expect zone by so p ne. with every storm, the closer we get, the better idea we'll have on what you can expect. that was true this weekend and it's going to be true for the upcoming weekend. first of all, tomorrow morning. notice temperatures in theea0s. so that there's ice out there. by 11:00 a.m., temperatures will be above freezing r, so we s stt a little bit of melting gep. ouat continues on into the afternoon then again another freeze tuesday night into wednesday morning. here are your upcoming chances for any wintry weatthr. sday night, maybe rain and

snow out there. friday morning, some delays are b possible with some rain and snow showers in the forecast right now. here's the thing though. be all rain, all snow or a little bit of both. as we look to saturday and sunday, it looks like a wintry mix moves in later on saturday then a mix out there on sunday. here's a quick peek at the te h ten-day forecast. i'll have anothertook 11:50. but look at wednesday. high temperature near 60, we might try bringing that down. we're tcking rainnd snow friday morning then a wintry mix for the weekend. >> we'll take all the degrees u can give us. thanks. if you have a day off becausof the snow, it may be your chance to take advantage of restaurant week. more on the deals being offered. more on the deals being offered. >> and a look at way to use

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it for the first time, we were like oh my god, b how did we not know about that. >> and mike, you're cocktai specialist. so telled outt e wilder brothers, we've always had a maple syrup cocktail on the menu. >> what did you bring today. >> today, i'm featuring the city lights, a really ne blend of maple, grapefruit, ginger and lime. >> sounds >> we generally take it a step further. add japanese whisky and orange curacao. >> what spirit of choice is that with with that mix. this is delicious, by the way. >> beautiful. >> texture is unbelievable. >> yeah. >> and then what's reallyco , it is january for a lot of people so just having that t is reallypect of nice with with the grapefruit then we brought a beautiful also

maple swirp kind of fudge almost. >> it's nice to nibble as you swill. >> very, very cool. this pie isut absy delicious. >> thank you. >> thanks so much for joining us. and you convinced me about the maple syrup. >> awesome. >> all right. thank you. you know despite the snow, t metropolitian washington restaurant week kicks off today. if there'sta a rant you've been wanting the try, this could be a week for you. more than 2 restaurants will off deals for lunch, brunch and dinner ranging from 22 to $35. l.a.s throu lasts through sunda. in the nbc washington app, we have more on the flavor and coming up, the r car and truck of the year. the announcement was just made this morning at the north amican international aerut

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>> you know this weekend's snowstorm didn't keep people away from the nbc 4 telemundo health and fitness expo. it was at the d.c.n conventio center on saturday and sunday. packed house we had this weekend. people were able to take advantage of free health screens, cooking demonstrations. fitness classes. got to meet the team here. chuck and adam and megan there that shot. even the kids got in on it. little workout. >> the babiebabies. let me hold a ba w. know how you like the babies. >> i do. >> they're so cute. ab>> less enj today, trying to get around. >> it's a tough morning commute, even s dangerous fore of us. that includes the first responders. we're in rockville now with that part of the story. good morning. >> good mornin yeah, dangerous is right. montgomery first responders say

in the last 24 hours, they've received dozens of calls for emergencies, many of them right along here on i-240, 270 rather where drivers w ld lose control of their r car and crash. it was a dangerous morning for a lot of drivers in montgomery county after the region saw it first snowstorm of the year. first responders rushing to several crashes on i-270. before 7:00 a.m., all northbound local lanes we blocked off after a police cruise you ara was struck br. that officer was on scene trying to help another driver who had control ofter losin his vehicle. this happened near montrose rose in rockville. then look at this.ss han an hour earlier, tire tracks in thenow show the past this vehicle took when the driver slid off the road, continuing over an on hbankment. thpened near shady grove road. minutes later on 370, two more vehicles hit the hazard lights

in their cars as they waiteor help to arrive. >> most were along the 270 border. some in clarks bur tbut most ne beltway. most of it is a combination of speed and slick road conditions. >> many of these crashes are avoidable as drivers slow down. take it easy. wants to remind folks to clear off the top of your car so it's free of frsnow before you t the roads. that's ather factor that's contributing to crashes on the interstate. back to you. >> dangerous stuff. live for us in rockville. thank you. >> we want to get one more check on the forecast with ameila. all right, what do we have f the rest of the day? >> for the rest of the day, we're going to have plenty of sunshine in washington and now in northern virginia, more

cloudiness. so melting, especially with help from the sunshine then a refreeze. so black ice out t thereight and tomorrow morning. take it easy throughout the day. tomorrow, plenty of sun with a high around 40. mostly sunny skies, a high of 42. thuray, there's a chance for rain and snow showers later in the day. mainly at night and into friday morning, so potentially some delays throughout on friday then for theeekend right now, a wintry mix, going b to be working on more details for ns 4tarting at 4:00. >> all right. thanks so much. that does it forews 4 midday. thank you for joining us. back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> get news and weather dates anytime with the nbc washington

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