tomorrow morning. hello, everyone, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim adlai. we will see a bit of everything with this one, folks. it's going to be a mars. ng with 2 to 4 inches of snow in the district. to 7 incheso our north. >> then the snow will switch over to sleet and freezing raio for of us, making for a wnright, even dangerous day. >> a lot of you being told to stay home tomorrow. the federal government announced it will be closed tomorrow, along with almost 200 schools and businesses in our region. you can see the ful list rig now on our nbc washington app and scrolling at the bot m of your screen. >> we've got team coverage for you tonight getting you for the day and night ahead. let's begin with doug and amelia in our sto t centering all of this out for us. hi, guys. >> watching this storm systemts makeay up from the south. the snow beginning to move into virginia. by by tomorro morning, 6:00,7:00, we're expecting the snow is

start. snows just one part. >> right. ice is the other big factor. freezing rain to sleet t mix in in the mid to afternoon hours. >> that could be a big problem up to the north. let's take a looyo and sho what's happening right now on the radar. you notice all the moistureki its way our way. tons of rain. just look how expansive this snowstorm is. from the dakotas all the way towards the atlantic. our region, sno startino move in parts of virginia. it's going to takegts time workts way in here. the atmosphere very dry, but over the next couple of hours wu will con to see it move our way. by about 6:00, 7:00, i expect it inside the d.c. metro area. to the it's going to come in a little sooner. if you're traveling 5:00, 6:00, up i 95 from fredericksburg it's going to be a mess. o look how mucthe area here around 1:00, the mid-atlantic is ice covered. this is sleet and freezing rain. that's going to cause a lot of

problems, too. winter storm warning in effect or everybody you see here in pink. winter weather advisories. even here we think schools could close or delay. much more on this and the timing of the event over the next half hour. for rightnow, let's g to shomari stone. a mari, this is going to be big system tomorrow for the rush hour, but also tomorrow evening withhe ice expected in your area in gaithersburg. >> reporter: that's right, doug. here we go again. another w sterrm. people are concerned about the potential ice and not looking forward to snow tomorrow. some folks tell me tonight they decided to go and fill up their tanks. inm standing here by i-270 and montros road b me. this is one of the bus sst roads in tte of maryland. it's been treated very well. drivers tell me they don't expect too many cars and suvs out here because schools and the

federal government are closed. take a look. our dash cam shows pretreated highways and maj roads in c., maryland and virginia. emergency officials recommend you stay off the risky roadways tomorrow. no problem for molly o'leary. >> you're not going to drive tomorrow morning? >> no, stay ephome. >>ter: storm team 4 says we will most likely see up to 4w inches of sn the d.c. area on wednesday. >> i'm happy. >> why? >> just one more little bit of winter before spring. >> reporter: tonight people spring into action. buyinglast-minute ice melt at hardware stores. >> getting ice to be ready for thewalkways. >> to prevent people from falling and breaking their back walking up my driveway. we're on a pretty steep hill. >> reporter: rob greene is ready but had dresnow. >> i'm sick of shoveling. that's for sure. but,ow you we'll deal with it. >> reporter: and molly o'leary won't deal with it. she'll relax inside. >> what are you going to do at home? >> just watch tv.

>>s watching n 4? >> yes. >> that's all you need to watch. >> yes, yes. >> that's right. she'll watch the news leader that is working for you. now, it's worth mentioning real quick if you are shoveling snow, make sure you do layer by layer, because when you do too much,n that's w you can break your shovel or have a medical issue. live here. back to you. i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> all right. some good advice there. shomari, thank you. from the roads to the air, this storm hasn't hit and travellers e rushing to get out of town tonight to beat it. a lot of them rooking their flights becauave wsen 4'ssoz d jackie bensen joi live from reagan national. jackie, what are folks telling u there? >> reporter: well, jim, you are right, a lot of flights have already bee cancelled. we have learn that many airlines are already waving change fees. the departures board at reagan national airport tells the

story. air travel in a significant portion of the u. is being impacted ahead of a wintery forecast. >> we got lucky to rebook tonight. s >> reporter: touple changed plans, heading home to boston a headingy to avoid snow to the d.c. area. >> we reached out to our airline this morning befor they declared the actual, like, weather change, so we called them back later this afterno. they -- g a push notification from them and they were able to get us on to a flight that got out 9:00, so we're back home by likeor10:30. >> rr: chopper 4 captured images of swplows on stand by at dulles airport where a higher snowfall total is expected. >> the taxiways will be treated. the snowplows are already on stand stand by ready to go. everything that would go into snow removal, ice prevention, those arehe things that or

airport operations team is working on. >> reporter: possible iing conditions later in the storm are also being prepared for. >> abundant deicing equipment, abundant snowplows. even our dulles toll road. we women have our instruction out. they've already started pretre so they will be on standby as well for know removal. >> reporter: if you are flying tomoow, even if you are headed somewhere warm, lucky you, you should check with your airline before heading out in the rning because of the ripple effects of those cancellations. live at reagan national airport, jackie bensen, news 4. >> all right. jackie, thank you for that. news 4 working for you throughouthis winter storm. make sure to turn us on when you wake up in theorning for live weather and traffic alerts. >> and for details on the next snow stick challenge, pat collins will tell you what you eed to do this time to win an

official pat collins snow stick. tune in on "news 4 today" starting at 4:00 a.m. now tore someing news this evening. president trump announcing tonight he has nominatedeffrey rosen to be the next deputy attorney general to replace rod rosenstein. rosen and currently deputy secretary at the department of. transportati he'd also been a white house adviser in the office of management and budget and a partner at the same law firm as attorney general william barr. if confirmed, he'd take over where rosenstein left off, overseeing rert mueller's russia probe. since jeff sessions recused himself from the investigation. rosenstein is planning to leave the administration next month. >> tonight, some voters in northern virginia have elected the yngest member of the virginia general ossembly. justne of two breaking stories out o virginia that we're following tonight. leon harris at our live desk with me on the newest delegate-elect. leon? >> well, doreen, he's a young one. dr. ibrahim samira is a

27-year-old dentistt and j won district 86 tonight. he's become now the legislatives bodyond muslim member. the democrat capturing more t tn ha vote in the three-candidate race today. out ampaign manager sent this victory picture. you can see him with his hands raised up in victory. beat out republican greg nelson and independent candidate connis haut haines-hutchinson. a website ptited some srael comments he made in college. dr. samira apologizedt. for t also in virginia tonight, new fallout from one of the two women accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. virginia republican house speaker curt cox tweeted today that a legislative forum for hearings should be seriously considered. he says he's hoping for democratic support for that idea, but the meredith watson, one of the two won accusing fairfax of

assault, accused the democrats of cowardice, aldding they are ducking an effort to hold hearings. house democratssed a statement saying law enforcement should be the ones investigating this. the lieutenant governor says he is not stepping down and he denies that he ever sexually assaulted either meredith watson dr. vanessa tyson. jim, doreen, back to yo >> all right. leon harris. leon, thank you. new tonight, a driver is charged for murder for running over a man he allegedly was seen arguing with two weeks ago in >> police found and arrested the driver today. daniel was hit crossing 4th street near t street and later died. witnesses say the driver sped away from the scene. police now tell us thatriver is morris harley. tonight harley is charged with first-degree murder. kind of a bizarre day in federal court today. the parents of a man accused of setting fire to a d.c. business

ought a stuffed monkey into the courtroom. it's not c exactlyar why. their son pleaded not guilty to seeing f inside comet ping-pong last month. surveillance video captured much of that earlier this month, cell phone video showed remus struggling with u.s. park police. police say he climbed the around the washington monument on two separate occasions. new details now in the case of the "empire" actor who claims he's the victim of a hate crime. jussie smollett was accused of lying to police over ten years ago. in 2007, he allegedly gave his brother's name when an l.a. police officer pulled him over on suspicion of dui. court records show smollett pleaded no const to giving false information. now two brothers claim they were shired toge an attack on smollett last month. police want to question smollett again, but so far he has not agreed. >> they have to reinterview him.

if he doesn't submit torv reinwing by the police then there is going to be aboutmate questions ask the veracity of his allegations. >> also new tonight, chicagopo lice are dismissing a tip that smollett was seen in an elevator with the brothers originally accused of attacking him. next, the story getting a lot of attention o our nbc washington facebook page tonight. >> ah, controversyt a christian school in our area and a child is caught right in the when he was told he could only bring one of his two moms to a mother's day event at his school. new legislation introduced tonight that could help parents like soem. plus clinics claim it's the fountain of youth. the fda is warning against a trendy new medical procedure. we are in weather alert again. doug and amelia? >> the snow's moving in guys. by early tomorrow morning, that's the first part of the storm that is going to have a bigmpact on the morning commute. >> it's all about the ice for the second half of the day.

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closing school in our area. doug is back in 2 1/2 minutes to break town the snow, the ice and the rain. > tonight parents say they felt singled out by their son'sn private chris school because of their sexuality. now they're the face of a bill that would all private schools to be sued for alleged discrimination. news megan fitzgerald spoke with one of the boy's mothers today abouthat led t all of this. >> like any good parents, tee yaw na hawkins and her ex-wife anisha want to make sure their 7-year-old son gets a good education. at's why they chose national christian academy, which is a private school in for washington. tiana says she and her family have enjoyed their experience, but last may that changed when they received this invitation for i amother's day a. >> they specified on the invitation only one mother or one mother figure allowed per child. so since we have two moms our family, of course that was cause for concern for us.

>> reporter: tiana says they asked the school for there was an oversight and would both be s the d to attend, but s principal refused. >> we don't agree with your lifestyle. >> reporter: i spoke with printepal andrewrt today who told me, quote, we didn't discriminate against them. it was clod off to everyone, like aunts and grandmothers that wanted to attend because we uddidn't have thet at the time. but we made a way in the end for everyone to attend. >> i coun't believe tha after we had been supporting and servin in this school for three years that we wld still be treated that way. ow reporter: so tiana and her family are the face of a bill that the aclu is cking at the state house that would allow private schools to be sued forl ald discrimination. opponents of the bill say people should choose schools that align wth their values. >> what ild say to those who say, why would you pick a christian schl? ll, because we're christians. we believe in jesus. we believe in the love of christ and we believe that it should be extended to all.

>> reporter: megan fitzgerald, news 4. working for your health tonight with an unusual treatment to prent aging and the serious backlash it's getting from the fda. peoplere getting blood transfusions from teenagers in hopes of a more youthful appearance.re companies selling off two liters of young blood for as much as $12,000. they're promising better skin coloring and less severe wrinkles, but the fda says there is noroof about this. >> this therapy is not a fountain of youth. it's not a pnyven therapy in way. and for most people this is just a waste of money. >> the fda alsoheays young blood infusions can pose significant risks to your overall health. let's check back in with doug and ameliahe in storm center. so, guys, when we will start to see those first flakel? f >> jim, i know you sleep in on wednesdays -- >> i do. only wednesdays. >> so, for you -foyou know what? most people, it's going to

be by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. that's when most people are getting up and ready for work. do thinkhe morning rush is going to be a problem because of the snow. the afternoon rush because of the rain and the ice. >> afternoon hours, snow heavy inpots during the afternoon hours. really looking northwest of the beltway foreally impressive ice concerns. >> the storm system makinwa its our way. you can already see the snow moving in. the atmosphere at the surface very dry. it's going to take a lot of time to actually moisten the atmosphere so it does reach the ground. snowing down in roanoke. for us, coming in a little bit later on some of the computer models. here it is 6:00 a.m., still not in the district. earlier it was looki like maybe 5:00 a.m. some of that ting snow as it comes on in. by 7:00, 8:00, and comg down heavily by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, by 11:00, switching down to the uth and possibly farther north

here. that's what we're watching pep when does that changeove happen? that's what we've been talking about for days. by 1:30, you notice moste of area now over to ice. let's talk about how much snow we t, really through about noon tomorrow. 1 to 3 to the south, including fredericksburg. 2 to 4 in manisis over to d.c. same deal to the north. 4, possibly up to as much as 7. 4y inches pre good for areas like leesburg and parts of montgomery county. then, guys, it is the ice the west. what i mean by that is the ice is going to be a major factor. in the green here, low impact from ice, but rht around parts of montgomery county, western fairfax, you could see cting of ice that could add to the roadways. big time ice problems, u to 1/4 inch or more. that could bring power outages. more on what you can expect in your area, here is amelia. >> we're goi zone by zone snarting with the d.c. metro zone. moving into the area between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m.

for everybody, snow is falling heavily at times during the first half of the day between noon and 3:00. sleet, f aezing rainoss the area. in the d.c. metro area, maybe a glaze of ice, especially in montgomery, fairfax and parts of prince william counties. by 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the d.c. metro area, it is all rain. a very l chance we continue to see freezing rain after 5:00 p.m. in the d.c. metro area. out to our western zone here, the conce for ice starts to happen between 5:00 and 6:00. between about 11:00 and 5:00 p.m. freezeing raiing rain to s. up to 2/10 of an inch of ice. we will be dealing with power outages and treacherous travel between aboutnd 5:00 11:00 p.m. temperatures continue to warm actually. ethere is just the chaor pockets of freezing rain, mainly in the higher elevations.

out in the mountains, hagerstown, martens view, we're talking about a 1/4 to an inch of ice. snow begins 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. during the afternoon hours, sleet and freezing rain for you. even up unti1:00 p.m. on your wednesday in our mountain zone, there is still the chance forfr zing rain out there. then we head down to southern maryland. this forecast a littl bit more cut and dry. snow begins at 5:00 a.m. around the midday hours. just the chance for sleet and a thernoon and evening hours, it is all rain. doug, we can't stress enough. if you h to go into work, snow going innd we're going to be worried about ice coming home. especially northon of washin >> yes, snow is a big factor, but ice may be the biggest factor here whee look at this forecast overall. tomorrow a weather alert day. tune in tomorrow morning. chuck bell w ll have theest for you very early in the morning. melissa ma lay will be here. a.m. showers on thursday.

look at that, rising to 56 by late in the afternoon. 52 on friday. the weekend, 46 on saturday sunday, chance of a morning show and driving up to 70 degrees. reallyreuite nice t could be a chance of another storm into the middle part of next week. let's not even worry about that one just yet. >> one storm at atime. l right. thank you, doug. >> i am just focused on sunday.> that looks sweet out there. >> doesn't it? coming up, the nationals prepare for life without bryce harper, plus something the maryland terrapins haven't done cancer won't wait for appointments to open up, test results to come back,

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have.e the team we we look at it this way, we're going to talk about and worry about the players that we have. >> when i play defense, if he's there or not, my throws are the kme. and i thhat's good to kind of separate us, you know, mentallye have to be focused on what we have to do every day, und us atn who is a the time. that's our job. >> at the end of the day as players, you know, we hope he gets something that really thiscts what he's worth to game. >> reporter: all the players we spoke to today said they wish bryce the and would welcome him back with open arms. from west palm beach, sherree burress, news 4 sports. >> paul's behind her. while she looks for white sand, we're going to deal with the white stuff tomorrow. >> she's just being cruel. that hurt. the relax. the sunshine. >>ave, thank you.

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all right, everybody, welcome back. there it is, the radar. the storm system making itsay closer to our area. we do expect to see snow areay wide about 7:00 tomorrow morning. make sure you tune in. chuck bell will have the latest r you. expecting 2 to potentially up to 4 inches in the d.c. metro area downtown. for me to win the grilled cheese d tomato soup, it's got to be.7. >> 2.7 or less? >> at theye airport. or less. >> amelia makes it -- >> 34 degrees tomorrow. notice by thursday, 56 and most

of the snow, especially the d.c. metro area will be gone by thursday. jim, like you mentioned, you want to see the 70 again. there it is, coming up on sunday. this is a one-day quick hitter. >> hold out for sunday. >> exactly.

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