but heavy snow tomorrow morning. >> that's why we think all schools -- at least most schools. can't say allschools. what are we dealing with? nothing tonight. this is all wednesday and wednesday morning.no 5:00 a.m. area wide by 6:00 a.m. it's everywhere and it'sng coown pretty good in parts of the area. we'll see a couple inches of snow by 8:00, 9:00. and by 1:00 alreovy changing to ice. look at the ice from d.c. all the way down the blue ridge back up towards the west of the appalachians. this is going to be big time ice zones. western that's something we'll be tracking for you because of that a winter storm warning for everyone in pink. a winter weather advisory ththe so where this will be snow and quickly change to rain. much more on what t eect including the updated snowfall totals map. so far so you know, wdy's home school class will take place tomorrow. >> i expect everybody in their

seats. so whether it is snow, freezing rain or ice, one thing for sure it's going to be dangerous. >> tonight the crews are already pulling out all the s to make sure the roads are ready. >> these are pictures from chopper 4 over dulles. those are snowplows. look at those. this is chopp 4 pushing in. those are the swplows on the dulles runway preparing to keep the runway clean so everyone can get in and out. i know you're hoping to get out of town, and hopefully that won't be a problem, but who knows. >> adam tuss has been out with them all day long. he joins u now live from merrifield, hey, adam. >> reporter: you're talking about the airport, a lot of airlines are starting to give if you and change fees want to check in with your airline. theor the road crews, yeah, timing of the thing, that is going to be the trick with all of this because we're talking about a rush hour storm, both

the morning and evening. look tonight as the roads are treated. you can see the white lines on the beltway. it's w movingell tonight but you might want to head out right now to get anything done that youwe need to do a wait. remember this? well, it won't be too long before we're looking like this again. l >> it'se a never ending storm this year. >> reporter: in virginia, the message is to stay off the roads. >> the tricky part i going to be when it comes during a commute. we've got wednesday a.m. and p.m. rush we're concerned with. >> reporter: all across the region the pretreatment has been well under way. now it's time to brace for an early morning battle. >> the good news is the temperatures on the pavements well as the air temperatures will be right around freezing and that salt isti eff at that range. >> reporter: the road crews don't wait while t storm is going to have your plows ready to go. you line them up, if you need

it, you come a pick one up and go back on the road. drivers in long lines to fill up the gas tank and shoppers loading up as well. >> snacks, milk. ve >> got to ha the pirate booty. >> got to have the pirate uboot. ove the pirate booty, right? >> reporter: for now we get ready for another blast of winter weather. here we go again and road crews again are telling you, if you can stay home tomorrow that really is the best plan. they don't always say that, jim, so that lets you know exactly at they're thinking. back to you. adam tuss. adam, thanks so much. storm team 4 working for you around the clock as the winter weather rolls in. you can get up to the minute recasts and check live radar arem right fro your phone. download our free nbc washington app. we're hearing that montgomery county schools will also be closed tomorrow. we have another developing story we're following this evening, a triple shooting in

district. the latest in the series of brazen day time this time two of the victims teenagers. all unfolding aew hours ago not far from the fort dupont ice news4 pat collins with that story. >> reporter: the scene, the silver car in the apartment complex right across the street from the fort dupont ice arena. it was a drive by, i counted 14 shell casings on the ground, at least nine bullet holes in that car. ere was a sense of urgency here. one after anotherndhe w loaded into ambulances and then taken osp to the al. in that car three victims, two paengers, one 21 years old, the other 15. one shot in the back. the other shot in the leg. they're expected to be all right. the driver's said to be about19 his wounds said to be more serious. they say he's in a fight for his life.

robert irving is the uncle of the two passengers in the car. he was here when it happened. >> it was all these young guys, man, they hang together, don't bother body. you know how young guys is, listen to music, having fun, that's it. they do it every day. and somebody just rolled up on them and shot in the car.r: >> repor the shooting began around 1:00 this afternoon. police have spent hoursec cong evidence and information, but they say they need the public'sin help to the gunman. >> we have three people, three man beings fighting for -- one is fighting for his life. the othre two still suffering from gun shot wounds. it's not fair and the community should be outraged and they should contact us with any informatio s they have tove these cases. >> reporter: in southeasco pat ins news4. more breaking news. just in the last couple minutes another shooting was reported on

stanton roa t we'red the victim is a boy. pat collins is headed to that scene. 'll have updates. he is back in the ring tonight. bernie o sandersicially running again, announcing his 2020 campaign launch today. but this will be a far different campaignhan his 2016 bid. with sanders entering an already crowded field of democratic candidates tha includes five of his senate colleagues. >> our cpaign is about transforming our country and creating a g oernment based the principles of economic, social, racnml, and envital justice. >> three pmaries and caucuses in 2016 against hillary clinton. in a campaign video today he said he wants to build on the energy from that campaign. he wants a millionon people nade to be a part of his effort now. long-time trump political adviser roger stone is going to

be back in federal court later as the judge considers the condition of his release. the judge ordered the new hearg on thursday -- or ordered i for thursday after tone posted a photo of her on instagramt had a cross-hair near her head. stone later deleted the imaged an said it had been misinterpreted. eventually apologizing in writing to the court. stone faces several charges including lying to congress. theame jud is also presiding over paul manafort's d.c. case and chargesoz against a russian military intel officers. we are learning more tonight about the case of a man accused of raping disabled women. he was supposed to be caring for. both women gave birth to baby girls. julie carey has been digging through new court today that raise questions about why the suspect wasn't stoppedas before there second victim.

>> reporter: 60-year-old bernard tts king is behind bars held without bond. until recently he was a behavioral specialist at the mvle center. betts kin is now charged with raping two women in the program. newly filed court documents reveal signs of trouble first surfaced in october of 2017 that's when the family of the first alleged victim discovered she was five months pregnant and notified police. then in february of01 the woman gave birth to a bi racial baby. when she was asked who might have all thessaulted her, she s don't know. in november of 2018 another woman gavebirt police learned of that case

early last month. this time police said the victim was able t tell them betts king was the man who assaulted her.nt another imporiece of information, a dna test was recently done o the second baby born, the results show quote a 99% probability that betts king is the father. the time line in the case raises euestions. if policnd mvle knew about the first pregnancy in 17, how was he able to strike again. the police did answe in writing. they said because of the victim's intellectual possibilities they had to consider all the males she had contact with as possible suspects and they said detectites weren't in pn to do dna tests on the first baby becausehey had not narrowed the field of suspects. it wasn't until the second leged victim was discovered that they were able to make the connection to bernard betts

king. julie carey, news4. a statement tonight from th mvle center says they are cooperating fully with polic c bunot comment on the investigation. developing this afternoon. the man who's accused of tarting a fire at d.c.'set c court. mark segraves just left the courtroom. and the thing that attcted us in the news room, mark, is this sketch that shows a stuffed monkey that was brought into court today by theparents. can you explain what that was about? >> reporter: i can tell you wha. i kn that is ryan rimas has appeared twice before a federal judge a both times his parents were in the courtroom and both times they brought with them that stuffed monkey. looks like curioge ge. today they propped that monkey up in the seats right nexto em as they watched their son plead not guilty to trying to set comet pizza on fire.s

prosecuty the man seen fighting with police in this video is the same man seen from this surveillance video inside comet poing. 22-year-old ryan rimasgeas ch with arson with the incident i january. prosecutors say he went into the restaurant about 9:30 in the evening sprayed lighter fluid on theurtains in the restaurant's game room and tried to light them on fire, but couldn't get itlit. according to prosecutors, he then left the restaurant and came back a minute or two later and was able to then light the fire. according to prosecutors it was a patron inside the restaurant who pulled the curtains from the ll bare handed and stomped out the flames. about two weeksla r, on february 4th and 5th, ryan rimas climbed the fence around the washington moment and was arrested both times. during the first incident he

fought with two park police officers who had to use a baton, pepper spray and finally a taser to subdue him. in 2016 comet pizza gain the center of national attention when edward welch went in with an automatic weapon. about the same day the fire was set at comet pizza a conspiracy theory video was posted on a youtube page that appears to below to ryan rimas's page. that video has since been taken down. his parents sat in the courtroom whenhe t son first appeared before a judge but decline to answer any questions from news4. this is ew evidence presented in court. this is the publicity photo ryan

rimas used to become an actor. ethat's the sacket he was wearing when he tried to set the fire and when he was at the washington monument. they sayt's further proof he's the man responsible for the fire. another life lost on one of our area's most dangerous highways. ahead at 5:00 tonight what we're learning about the victim in the latest crash on indian head highway. >> he was a good dead. > the backlash against the makers of a powerful prescription drug. patients in the u.s. are learning why ey're paying so much more for it zblr. the apology from a luxury fashion brand over a design that some say closed the line. arlinon county schools announcing they are closed as we continue coverage of the major storm coming our way. with the snow, of course,

comes the s pat colliw stick challenge. tune in to news4 today tomorrow morning to find w outhathat t

controversy over the best selling drug in the we're talking about humira which has 16illion in sales globally. it can treat people sufferi from crohn's disease, psoriasis, auto immune. but it comes at a cost. it costs five times more here than it does in europe. >> that weighs heavily on me. w i nevet to skip a dose because if i do there's a chance the medication can stop wo ning. yod to take them on time as best as possible. so i'm willing to do whatever i can to not miss a dose, even if that were to put me in debt becae i don't want to end up

in the hospital again needing surgery. joining us is nbc's kristen dahlgre dahlgren. i understand thiis expensive but why so much more expensive in our country? >> reporter: it's a question, wendy. it's a helpful drug. people say for them it can be life and death. but we started tot look a those prices and the differences. and in some countries in peeu like the uk, it's one-sixth the price it is here in the u.s. what's going on, in europe now there are similar or generic versions available, so the maker ended up dropping the price of humira over there because of the competition. here in the u.s., it's still xclusive with humira, other companies have sued trying to get their drugs or bio similar versions to market. and yet avi still has the patent

here in the u.s. its original patent on the drug, which every drug gets a time exclusive. its original patent expired in 2016. there's 247 other patent applications on this other drug, that means nobody else can sell aersion here in the u.s. avi isn't the only company doin this. we spoke with an attorney he said of the top 12 drugs, each has an average of 1 patent andy pant applications. so flooding the government, here lse will be nobody able to sell a version of it until 2023. >> 16 billion worldwide, it would seem to me they have made their money off of this. all right. thank you, kristen. >> reporter: you bet, yep. much more ahead tonight including how the u.s. legal

system allows rahu to be so costly and not have any competition. that's tonight on nbc "nightly news." doug joins us with our wednesday wallop. this is going to affect the morning commute s ae of us coming in in the afternoon. >> this is going to affect everybody all daywednesday. depends on which hours you're talking about. the morning commute wl be snow. the afternoon commute will be ice and rain, depending on we.re you it is a two-fold system. let's show you outside right now, we have the cloud coverage. temperatures wise we're around 40, 41 degrees. notice the wind at 8 miles an hour. that'sng go thi s nft colder air, that' why this is a going to be snow. nothing at 11:00. notice by 5:00 a.m. here comes the north.n everybodyirginia seeing the snow. and by 8:00 we are seeing the

snow, it is coming down, it is accumulating we could see snowfall rates of an inch an hour at times, i think between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. that's when the heaviest snow comes through. even 11:00, still the d.c. metro area. here comes the sleet pom moving in first. it over to freezing rain. look how much of the area turns to ice. so how much snow before we get the changeover? i'm still going 2 to 4 in d.c. t 3 down to the south. 7 if ossibly as much as you stay a little bit longer of snow upst towards hagn and frederick. how, the snow changes to ice. watch how mf this changes over. by 4:30 it's all rain, by the evening rush all rain in the district. teezing rain back to the west and that's where wnk we could have a problem tomorrow afternoon. we're talking about the snow

rly. tomorrow afternoon it's the ice north most likely d.c. and westward. >> yes, especially along the c i-ridor and the maryland/pennsylvania border. this includes frederick, and washington county, frederick county in virginia and parts of loudon county and uppergo mory county. damascus you were dealing with the ice last week, likely dealing with it ain tomorrow the concern is going to be later in the day tomorrow where we're going to be seeing the changeover. we see sleet mixing in in the midday hours and sleet changing to rain in theafternoon. the counties i just mentioned in red, you could see a glaze to a quarter inch of ice accumulate. we're talking about the potentialor power outages and treacherous travel out there, especially ithe afternoon and evening hours. freezing rain is a possibility until the eveningho s, until as late as 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. up around the

maryland/pennsylvania border and i-81 corrid as we talk about our bread meter, i'm saying it's half a two day supply. tomorrow you want ty s home and delays likely by thursday morning. by thursday afternoon we're getting around no problem out there. the road conditis tomorrow morning wi morning, is all about the snow. tomorrow afternoon our concern is ice, especially north and west of the beltway. by thursday morning, still slush out there again, especially north and west. i think we'll see delays on thursday, not lot of cancellations coming in. if the kids want to go sledding tomorrow, they better get out before noon. the snow stick challenge, same thing you have to get out there early. >> grilled cheese, i see that. i went 2.7 inches, she went 3.1 inches, whoever wins out bet gets gried cheese and tomato

soup. winter storm warning 56 chance of early showers thursday. 46 on saturday. a.m. chance of rain sunday but look at this, 70 degrees before we watchrm another potential s next week. that's something we'll track for you closely. this cold acrs the region, look at it, it' all across the nation now. even atlanta at 33. where can you go to get warmer air? you have to go south. look at orlando, 80degrees. let's go down even warmer down- u need your shades -- oh, wouldn't you know sherree burruss is down there spring training. you got the lucky straw this time. i know you're hap to be down in west palm. >> reporter: absolutely, doug.ha to say it is actually cloudy now, so it's not as warm. but we are prepared for the elements. i have the sunglasses, we have our sun screen. you know t whats warm weather means, it means baseball is

here. coming up wll hear from the players how they're excited to start a new season. we'll mak sure to absorb this sinceeather for you guys it looks chilly back there. >> just a little cold. 36. all right, guy we'll check back with sherree shortly. coming up, the world says t good buy a fashion icon today. how designer karl lagerfeld is being remembered. for black history month, news4 is recognizing black women past and present who are breaking down barriers. just ahead the story of a local woman who helped develop that gps

you know i whosn't worrying about tomorrow's snow? the nats. >> the boys in florida, west palm beach, the first workout for all the players and sherree burruss is killing us with the shades and going sleeveless. it was sunny, what are you still like1 instead of 82 down there? >> something like that. nice and warm needless to say. it feels so good to be in warm weather and hearouhat nice of a baseball hitting a bat and glove. today the first full squad workout for the nationals a wrapping u couple hours ago. there were some young excited fans getti the day started kicking off the day for a hot and beautiful one in west palm beach for some

the tone was set when the last week for all the playe wh travelled for spring training, those who live in florida in the off season and the veterans of the game, they share the same excitement that comes with the first day of workouts. >> you get on the mound and face hitters you want to have f itl like baseball. nothing like getting on the mound and having a hitter ready to swing the bat. >> it'sood to get down here with the guys, be in the beautiful weather, obviously b d k into it. >> you have the gan back together and everyone is here enjoying sunny florida and hopefully, you know, going to produce something yeecial this ar. >> reporter: b today's big news, former orioles star man any machado heading to san diego. reportedly 10 years, $300 million, it's the biggest free agent contract in the history of american sports.

so bryce harper, your move is up next. we're still waiting to see where the former nationals star goes. when ithold some o players here that manny machado signe a contract they were interested. so coming up we'll share what the players had to say -- >> wow.>> 300 million. >> is it too late for us to become baseball player i can catch a ball. >> and he has to live in san diego, too. >> imagine all the sun screen. a lot ofo that goes sun screen. as our weed week coverage continues on new at 5:00, d bycal marijuana is credi some with treating a host of medical problems. >> itan help with almost anything, cancer, seizureseizur headaches, nausea. coming up a beauty queen using her voice toat adv for

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right a now 5:30, a winter weather alert. folks we've got a nasty one headed our way. storm team 4 is tracking snow, e, freezing rain, waiting for you when you wake up tomorrow morning. >> those guys are ready in leesburg. you're looking from chopper 4

over a vdotw plo lot. school closures i coming with rapid fire this afternoon. fairfax, prince george's unty, arlington, montgomery county all ing. not just delayed, they're closed. a complete list is controlling at the bottom of your screen. we have team coverage for you as you can imagine to help you get ready. >> cory smith is b standing but we begin with doug in the storm center. >> 41 degrees right now i washington. 30 in state college. 27 up in northern pennsylvania. high pressure dominating this area that's bringing down the colder air and continues to reinforce the cold air through the day tomorrow. this is a cold air damming effect, it dams the air right up against the mountains, that's why we have the snow, go to ice for aprolonged period of time eventually we go to all rain. this isoing to be a major

factor as we move through the tomorrow. this whole thing moving in around 5:00 m. tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., and then ice is a bigger issue to the north and west. some of the same areas hit by it hard a wk ago. cory smith is live in frederick. this is thea around where frederick is, a lot of power outages, downed trees and power lines. >> reporter: yeah, that is certainly weighingn the min of homeowners here in frederick. the salt is out heret' been out here since about 1:00 this afternoon. a clear sign that people out here in frederick are preparing for the worst. >> we got a big o blast coming in. >> reporter: in frederick, this is a sign of what'so come. these salted sidewalks are a pre-emptive strike against mother nature who's expected t bench a half a ft of snow.

how are you getting prepared for it? t i'm going to look out window, see what's going on and then i'll decide what my attire will be for the day. she's taking things more seriously, especially with the little one in tow. >> i guessust stay home. >> reporter: with any weather ent our minds go to travel nd ions, how icy my roads are going to be. if you're a homeowner, another danger. look up. >> you can see it's been tripped up. >> reporte when bob sma s ught the home, it was the trees that caught e. with freezing rain and ice in the forecast he's worried about them losing limb >> you hear a crack and then the next one and next one. >> reporter: that's what happened last weekn damascus when this branch barely missed a mean. dan yates encourages homeowners to look in their yards tonight. >> there are cracks you can see

in the tree, swollen areas, disturbances in the soil for a tree that may be uprooting. >> reporter: i keep checking social media to find out what's going to happenith frederick county public schools tomorrow. they have yet to make that decision. we are going to bell over this story today through tomorrow. our news4 today team will be guiding you to work if you have to go to work tomorrow. we'll have updates on school closures and delays all morning for you. keep the nbc washington app close by. we'll have the latest developments on the winter storm and the information you need for the closures and everything se. from the navigation in your car to the smart watch on your wrist, even the tags on your social media post, gps anchnology. it be found almost everywhere. >> but you might not have thought much abo those behin it. well, tonight, a preview from our black history month special. justin finch brings us the story

of one of the hidden figures who developed it. >> reporter: ask gladys west what went through her mind watching hidden figures she'll tell you it was her own story. >> we were doing the same things exactly parallel to it, except they were at different institutions. doing almost exactly. had the same computers and everything. yeah, that was cool. >> reporter: back in 1956, dr. west began working as a mathematician at the u.s. naval weapons laboratory. the second black woman hired, she recalls, among only a few other african americans, including her husband. and in her mostly white work place she made it her mission to stand out. >> i was conscious that i got to do more, i can't be like everybody. i got to do more.

so i put that strain on myself. >> reporter: she was part of a team that helped develop the global positioning system, or gps, in that era before high-tech computers, she was the compu computer. measuring and mapping the earth, calculating distances and more. in the past year that work earned dr. west newfound recognition from air force honors to internet memes. >> find out what dr. west thinks about her place in story. it's one of the stories you'll see during our news4 black history month special called she thrives. set your reminders and dvrs and join us this sunday right after "meet the press." >> it's going to be really special. as special as she is. there is a new controversy tonight. it involves a luxury fashion designer, burrberry, apologizing for this. what this model was wearing on

walk. t the new twist tonight in the jussie smollett saga. what a witness is telling police they saw on

and where will the homework meter fallor tomorrow with snow in the forecast we have loudon and alexandriaou aing they are closed. what about the districts that haven't announced i'll have more on this outlook plus any delays on thursday

doug and i are breaking down the forecast in the zone by zone forecast in about 15 minutes. there are new developments tonight in the case of jussie smollett. the "empire" actor who said he was the victimf a hate crime last month. chicago police are investigating whether the entire event was fabricated. two brothers had been arrested before were released over t weekend after they told detectives they were hired to stage the incident. today, chicago police tell nbc news they're investigating a tip that smollett was seen with the two men on the night of the alleged i attackan elevator at his apartment building. police have requested to talk with jussie smollett again but so far he has not agreed. burrberry apologizing after it show cased a hoodie that comes with a noose around the neck. show cased it during a recent fashion show during london's fashion week.

the desn sparked backlash online. one of their own models o poste it instagram saying she raised concerns but she was ignored. burberry said it removed this item from i collection and apologized saying quote we are deeply sorry for the distress caused. patients and doctors are turning to medical marijuana. the beauty queen promoting pot for pain relief. the first fat car crash

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m > storm ttracking this coming our way. it's going to be a mixed bag of wintery weather.

doug and amelia break down what we can expect county by county in just a few minutes. some are calling it ae mirarug effective in relieving pain. >> as more states legalize marijuana for medical use the federal government still classifies it as a controlled substanceic with no m value. >> doreen gentzler joins us with the debate over the healing power of pot. >> it is adebate. medical marijuana is legal now in 33 states including maryland and d.c. yet there's no scientific proof that it works for a varie of symptoms and illnesses. however, don't try telling that to the people who rely on the drug to treat their chronic pain. that includes a former miss maryland world >> it really is the miracle drug l >> thisal beauty queen is turning her pain into platform

to promote medical marijuana. >> it can help with almost ything cancer, seizures, headaches. >> she was crowned miss maryland world in 2015. behind her beautiful smile she was suffering with chronic aches, anxiety and fatigue. >> havesteo pe row sis. a seire disorder. i have a pituitary tumor. >> at one point she was taking ten pills day and getting little relief. so she turned to medicinal oils. >> i felt like i had to try it. all the pills weren't working. >> anarr duggar is a believer too. 's a board certified anesthesiologist who left his job in medicine to open six clinics. >> i felt i was part of the problem prescribing opiates to

patients and this wasn't benefi ting them way we hoped. you'd see patients become addicted, drug seeking. >> reporter: 71 dispensaries are open in maryland now with five is in d.c. marijuana is not legal in virginia but dispensaries selling oils are set to open. the science has been slow to catch up as businesses open up. dr. cogan is the medical >> hopefully with time and research we'll be able to figure out. but nonetheless i think potential is big and it's there. >> last year the food and drug administration approved the first and only drug derived from marijuana to treat two rare forms of epilepsy and reduce the frequency of seizures. >> there's a lot of medications used in what's called off label. they're approved for a certain indication but we use them for a

lot of otherngs because we've seen benefit. >> the scientific studies maybe limited right now, but for syanne and others, it's not hype. >> i've experienced firsthand what the bin fits are. so now i feel inclined t advocate for it and be a voice for peopleho are too scared to come forward and share their experience. she was using medical marijuana up to three times a day. she saidt made all the difference. she was taking ten pills a day, she'sed decrehat number and she's working on de-reecreasing more. research shows that death by opioid overdoseell by 25% in states that legalized medical marijuana. that's significant because so many opioid addictions beginth chronic pain. >> that's a pretty impressive statistic. >> indeed. >> thanks, doreen. interesting story. let's turn tthe weather.

that's all everybody is talking about for tonight, tomorrow, all day tomorrow. >> it really is all day tomorrow. this is a one-day event for the most part before temperatures soar, close to 60 by thursday. it's hard to imagine we have a inter storm moving in the in about 12hours. >> when is the snow and ice ooing to melt on thursday? i'mng at information we're getting and most of it should melted by thursday afternoon. >> the storm is all down to our south, but look at the moisture from wichita, kansas all the way towards the coast and that moisture is going to make its way our way overnight. right around 5:00 in the morning st areas south and west of d.c. seeing the snow. everybody seeing it for the morning rush, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 going to see heavy snow during . that ti that's when we expect to see the most accumulating thsnow. by 1:30, it is all ice. look how much of this is ice. mostly sleet, but then changing

over to freezing rain, especiallye in stern zones before becoming all rain in the late evening hours. snow begins before dawn wednesday. quick accumulationsp to about 3 inches in most areas by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. wednesday night freezing rain becoming all rain. snowti ces to the north and west, upwards of 3 to 6 inches more in those locations. wednesday freezing rain i-81 to the lama/pennsylvania border. treacherous travel for the xpening commute. wet that to happen. how much snow before we do change over to ice? 1 to 3 down to the south. 2 to 4 in the city towards fredericksburg. around fairfax going about that 3 to 4 inch mark. montgomery county, loudon county, 4, 5 inches maybe as much as 7 inf somee higher elevations. but i like the lower numbers there as well.oi this is to be a big one. we're getting a lot of school

clreings y. that's why the homework meter is set at a nice poi here. >> the homework meter is all the way up. as you pointed outr, earl it's probably the parents setting the alarm, so parents probably don't need to set the alarm tomorrow morning, if you do it's probably a quick check seeing sool has been cancelled. some delays are possible think i morning but i the d.c. metro area south and east we're back to business usual. here's your four zone forecast starting with the d.c. metro area, prince george's county, anne undel, arlington, the st inrigdi acts to fall. between noon and 3:00 we see sleet mixing in, maybe a brief period of freezing rain. by 3 to 5:00 p.m. it's all rain in the d.c. metro area. taking you back to the west now in our western zone, frederick, loudon, culpepper counties.

snow begins between 4:00 and 11:00 we're seeing sleet mixing in. we could have a prolonged period of sleetg mix to freezing rain. between 1 a 2:00 p.m. ice accumulation is likely.p. by 5:0 trackingai m freezingain especially in higher elevations. in the mountains, snow b between 1:00 and 5:00 a.m. heavy snow in spots l hagerstown, martinsburg, front royal. but area wide some heavy snow out there tomorrow morng for the afternoon and evening hours, tracking sleet and freezing rain. mainly all rain by 10:00 p.m. in the mouain zone. but we could see big issues with ice.th heading t southern zone, there's a chance for sleet down in our southern zones, areas like southern maryland, stafford, king george's. for the afternoon hours it is

all rain out there. ading into work tomorrow, if you have to head in you're dealing with snow. coming home you'lle potentially dealing with icy road conditions. >> thursderybody changes. look at thursday morning, chance of showers early thursdayut morningp to 56. some areas even a little bit warmer. 52 on friday so all the snow is guardianship. 46 with rain on saturday. watch this, boom, hello 70. a chance o rain early in the day then some sun in the afternoon with clouder c high of 70 degrees on sunday. then we start to go bac and by the middle of next week we're talking another

a local road that is infamous for deadly crashes claims another life this time fourhildren are left without their father and step father. >> it has happened again, folks. ur prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins explains why police say drivers like you are the key to preventing more tragedies on indian head highway. >> i'm going to miss him o >> reporter: juan castillo was a

passenger last night when relatives say a car slammed into killing of the vehic him. >> he waited for the green light and the car pushed him and he's dieing, dieing. >> reporter: the wreck csed a chain reaction. >> a 55 mile an hour collision when they're approaching a red light, that speaks to driver behavior. >> reporter: it is the firstly deccident this year on the road known as the highway of death. there have been more than 60 tal accidents in the last decade on route 210. last year alone there wer five people killed and 354 accidents. shortly after a suspected drunk driver killed three young children, the county executive and police chief launched a campaign to increase traffic enforcement. but they say driver habits have to change. >> we're losing liveshen it's preventable, distracteinand

xicated. we have to change behavior. >> reporter: his family recently moved to thi area. they say they're well aware of indian head highway's grim history. >> we live here around six months and now he die. mr. castlo was just about six miles awayrom his home when this crash happened prince george's county police are still investigating a cause. no word yet on posble charges for the driver who caused this crash. in prince george's county, i'm tracee wilkins news4. >> there's a winter storm knocking on our door, and time's running out to get ready forat wh coming overnight. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm leon harris. and now at 6:00 we're getting you ready for the snow, ice and rain headed this way. talking about the challenge for road crews a the impact where you live. >> breaking news anoth teenager shot in the district. that makes three today, along with a fourth adult victim. news4 patollins is at the

latest scene. new bombshell from former fbi acting director andrew mccabe who says he told congress about a counter intelligent investigation into president trump. >> did anyone object? >> that's the important part here, no one objected. >> announcer: news4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. hours from now snow will be moving in time for the morning commute. while road crews prepare, schools are not waiting. >> check out the bottom of the screen, you see the scroll, prince george's county, arlington, loudon county, fairfaschools have announced they're closed tomorrow. we expect many more to follow. >> we have team coverage starting with doug and amelia in storm center 4. >> tomorrow morning we expect e snow to come in. this snow is going