at the roads at fredericksburg, virginia, where the storm is starting to make its presence well known. >> here is another viewn virginia. this is in warrington. the snow is falling hard there and the roads are beginning to turn white. if you are heading out this morning, make sure you use scaution. >> ts the way it will be for the next several hours. >> 6:00 a.m. right now. many of you will not head out today. federal government closed today. emergency employees and teleworl ees should continue to work. >> every major school district in our arealso closedhis morning. let's take you through them in gtryland. allegheny, wash, frederick, montgomery, an prince george's county public schools are all manassas, fredericksburg and alexandria e all closed. as are loudoun counties,ic fred shenandoah, warren,

culpeper a prince william and king george county schools. >> inrg west ia now, morgan, berkeley, mineral, grant, hardy, h hamshire. >> live look here for you from chopper 4 up over the d.c. region right now. you can even see the snow falling there. the very first flakes of what will no doubt be a very snowy morning. >> exactly. >> we have you covered, though. torm anderage of this its potential impacts and the steps already taken to get the roads ready. >>issa mollet has a check on the roads and. lauryn is outside and bill you're inside. tell us what's going on. >> snow movingck in q here this morning. that is the reason for the winter storm warnings tha we have in place. and, again, this is going to ontinue to fill in here during

the morninghours. a little bit of a break and all that in the ohio valley. that iom allg down in the form of rain. so, this will start out as all snow and it will end as all rain. snowfall am if you live around the d.c. metro area, if you're expecting three to six inches, you'retust ab pleased with this event. winter storm warnings here for the rest of theda european model says two, two, three, four inches of snow.ca and the ame model says little bit less than that. agreement , a lot of here. these numbers were a lot higher yesterday. storm team 4 forecast. three to six for most. two to three on the southern end of the d.c. metro area and three to five on the northern subur and bigger winners up across parts of northern maryland and northern parts of the shenandoah valley. temperatures trending downward now as the precipitation moves on in thhere. forecast for today will be a cold and a snowy one. this morning changg over to rain later.

that could cause some iciness. for more on that let's go to my freezing cold colleague laouyn in the snow. >> you're so fun. seniorit absolutely. i keep adding layers. listen, i was out here 30 minutes ago and i have snow on the ccker iccentally le leftleft on the table. that wet snow to begin with. good snowball making snow and after that turning to a slushy, icy right around noon. if the kids want to get out and about do it before lunchtime. quarter inch of ice. that's serious on top of this snow for theas a in red. and yellow just to the west of i-95. that's where we're lookingt a coating and then maybe some isolated glaze here and there for the i areasgreen including southern maryland. but, ain, we are looking at messy conditions all throughout the day. already stickinght now and through the middle part of the iciness and then slushiness

later on tonight. we'll give you another timeline coming up and talk about our weekend and feel like spring over the weekend. rightow let's sho you the roadways with melissa mollet. >> the beltway university boulevard so cool for us ae the snow coming down paubece of where the cloud and see the snow coming down from above. we're all excited and kind of traffic 93rnerds over here. inner and oer loop looking clear. it is not necessarily ashuck and lauryn have been saying, hitting the prouground right no. bowie, westbound 50 and two lefk lanes b by a crash and west springfield and before fairfax county parkway. left lane blocked there by a disabled vehicle. aaron? >> thank you. 6:05. storm team 4 has been tracking

today's winter weather for several days now. many local areas paying attention to spent yesterday treating the roads and snow will make things slick and you have the rain and the ice andhat will only make problems ghworse. rit now the snow is falling in rginia at a pretty good clip. >> megan mcgrath joins us from right near i-95 in fredericksburg to continue our team coverage. megan, what are you seeing? >> hey, guys. we're on plank road here in the fredericksburg area. l take ae look here because we are seeing it start to accumulate on the roadway here. ju can see all of the white there andt the tire tracks down the center of the lane here. everything else is white. we're defin seeing some slick conditions out there right now. ow, we are making our way to 95. we're stuck at a red light here. so, let's go to some video that we shot a little while ago in the downtown area and see some of the snow that has been fallin in the very beginning just st k

sticking to the grassy sreas and thrted to stick on the roadways, which have been pretreated. that gives you an idea. we're right around 32 degrees here. so, the freezing mark. so, we are starting to see thatc mulation even on the roadways. talk to a man a little while ago who has been out and about driving and hescribed the conditions for us. >> there's black ice, definitely. starting to get colder now. so, i'll be careful and hopefully everyone else will. >> taking a l livek now. just came off plank road. the road leading us to 95 south. you can see this is in better condition and that is what you would expect. the major roads and majord ramp hose arteries, they have all been pretreated and the road crews aretaying on top of those major roads. we are just starting to merge now on to 95 south and you can see aittle bi there is some light stuff here on the roadway,

but a little bitha better plank road. you can see just how the snow is coming down. this is kind of heavy snow at this so, as this continues, because, again, we're right around 32. wenge g to see these accumulationsti ce to build. so, keep your speeds out there down to a reasonable level here and you can see the conditions here live. a big truck going by us right now. starting to get a little slick out there, gang.ea take it . back to you guys. >> that is the advice to you, too, thanks a lot. > local power companies are also prepared for today's snow storm. if you don't feel like you are ready yet, you still have iftim. ou lose power at home, check on your loved ones and the elderly to make surere the safe and make sure you turn on water to a trickle to the pipes from freezing. double check that your cell phones are fullyharged and keep a flashlight on hand. pepco has extra crews on hand t

road crews spent hours treating the roads throughout our area. >>in justin live in warrington, virginia, with a look at thes conditithere. justin, good morning. >> ase you can the snow is falling on me, too. and the microphone. having toconstantly knock the snow off my body because the snow continues to fall in such a great clip out here. this is main street. we have seen plows make several laps around this area,ut as you can see, they are reallyke having t this work up because this snow is just coming down. now, based on measurement, i would guess that you have an ch or so of snow here. we first saw flakes around 5:00 just before 5:00 and started to pick up. it has not let up since. the good news is that vdot and other crews have ngen out treaoads since yesterday trying to get ahead of this snow that we are now seeing fall out

re. as you c see, looking at main street here we have seen, they have just got to keep working because this snow is fling sosteadily. have not seen many cars out here. that's a good thing because crews need that space and time to work. we saw virginiic state p advise everyone if they have to go out, to save that trip to midday because that way hopefully mostf the road work would be done and the storm would begin to transition out and they'll have that road ready for most of what begin to fal ter that mid-day time. as of right now, if you donve to come out, don't. it is cold out here, i'll tell you. for the most part, we're seeing the snow fall very, very steadily and that is a good reason that sools arelosed and stay inside and watch it fall. >> justin, thank you. well this morning, other parts of the country are dealing with a big snow cleanup. >> david culver is live with new

video of snon the midwest. a whole lot of snow, david. >> it is coming our way. gives us a glimpse of what we're starting to see. you saw that with justin. chuck bell and lauryn ricketts say the same storm that caused this is the one moving into our region right now. this is out of wichita, kansas. they're waking up to a big range in snowfall and we're talking from two incheto nearly a foot in some spots and ten inches in total there. you can see it caused quite a he mess on roads. even for some folks a mess to head out in and some wrecks in some parts, as well. schools there are closed. this is the most snow they have exced in about three years. and you can see the blanket is in other parts ofcour try, which indicates if you have somewhere to travel to today, you may encounter some issues. ave a lette green will look at how this is impacting flights. we'll have send it back to you. >> tdavink you.

new 4z is wos 4 is working during t winter storm. keep your coverage on at home and download the nbc wasngton app. >> stick with us for details on the next snow stick challenge. what you need to do to win an official pat collins snow stick. an argument may haved trigge deadly hit and run. this morning one person is facing mder charges. daniel itolaya was when he was crossing fourth street and later died. morris harley argue would him just before he hit him and is charged with first degrmurder. police asking the community for help in finding suspects. the drive by shooting happened yesterday in the southeast. you can s the car covered in bullet holes. a 19-year-old is in critical condition. two oth victims are expected to be okay. in a separate shooting about 15

minutes away from there o stanton road, police found a 17-year-old shot. he is expected to survive. no arrests he been made in either shooting. let's turn now to the ongoing crisis in the commonwealth. virgin republican house speaker kirk cox says lawmakers should come together and decide how to addss the sexual assault allegations against the li lieutenant governor. two women accused fairfax. cox tweeted a legislative forum for hearings should be seriously considered. the house democratsreleased statement saying law enforcement should be the one investigating assaults. the attorney for one of the woman accusing fairfax of assault accused democrats. denied denied all allegations and refused to step down. the blast of winter weather econtinues. >>re getting an update on the forecast and a look at how local airports are preparing for all this. chuck? >> dog walking forecast time. my little guy polka dot

of the snow with his eyes open and reaching for the stars out there. dog walkingas for for today. if you need to adopt a dog, go to humanealliance.org. wet rain and mess for walks later on in the day. get the walks in early, everybody, while it's just snow.

it is a weather alert day here on news 4 today. the d.c. region bracing itself for wintry weathe filled wit snow, ice and rain. check out this live picre from chopper 4. look at all that snow. we are seeing it fall throughout e regio already. schools and government offices have closed in advance of this storm. all that informati running at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >> like warp speed in star trek the way the snow is hitting the camera lens. >>bird's eye view. we're keeping an eye on the skies as the snow moves east.

here's a live look at flightaware.com.ts plenty of fliut there, but some may be surprised when they arrive at airports in our >> news 4 molette green is live at reagan national where a number of flights haveeen canceled or delayed. some flights getting out of the area. molette, good morning. good morning to you. these fliers are happy to get on thoserelights that not yet canceled. take a look behind me. american airlines counter and it's pretty steady. and it's been thith way ughout the morning. many fliers are checking bthore even come here with their airline to make sure their flight istill a . we have seen cancellations grow throughout the morning, most of them at bwi, marshal and here at reagan national airport. many fliersry are ting to get out of town to warmer destinations, including one family i spoke to with two young gis who are staying home while mom goes off to the philippines.

take a listen. >> we're giving you those books to read and mom is going to sit on the plane. hiwhat do you about all of that? >> that will be cool. >> ally. you're leaving them to deal with the snow and the ice. >> i think that will be cool actually, still, reading. they love to read. >> okay.pe le keep rejecting the books that i'm offering. i have this one. weather words. i figure chuck bell knows the rms in this book. the one on the end says snow. right here, snow. yeah, we know all about that. okay. so, the airports do have an icing, deicing plan in place. and they're bracing for all of that. and we have talked to these fliers this morning. we want to make sure they don't even have to deal with anyys der cancellations. they're trying to get out of dodge before all of tha hits us right here at reagan international airport.ri i'll this back to chuck

bell, as well. this book. ye. and lauryn. >> all right, molette. >> people at reagan national seem to be going somewhere warmer. et see what we are dealing with and what is to come. lauryn. >> some snow pushing into the a area and lot of us seeing it touching the ground and touching the surface right now. flakes are flying and starting to stick to even treated rfaces at this point. again, stay where you are unless you need to absolutely gate out on the road once the snow starts falling that's when we see the temperatures drop. see them drop here and there across the area. that tperature was at 37 degrees and now thethnow falling he evaporational cooling and see the temperature come down to the freezing mark. start to go back into the mid-30s by the noon and lunch hour and into the afternoon. even this temperatures stay into the mid and upper 30s and that is

overnigh why we wil see the switch over to rain. go out and play in the snow and kids get out at. ab once i knew school was canceled, i was sleeping in and i'd hit the hills later on in the afternoon. that'sot going to be the case later on today. if they want toe he snowball fights and get out before noon. an icy mess later on. north and west of d.c., reports of already two ihes on the ground. and i've seen some good pictures come out of the front royal area. two to four along the d.c. area and southern maryland and also maryland, as d, well. i had a couple people write me down from our friends in southern marylan today. on top of the snow, then we are going to get the ice. this is definitely where we can have some problems and power outages. a coating just to theest of d.c. and then maybe some slight ice accumulation here and there

south and east and mainly a rain event. again, the snow moves in through lunchtime and then we start to see that switch over t a freezing mix. mainly sleet. and then some freezing rain will work its way in and then the rm air wins out. and that's when it changes over to rain. some of the colder valleys. shenandoah valley hold on for some time and spotty showers on into the afternd even into tomorrow morning. but most of this is an after thought before we get into morrow night, most of it will be gone.bo talk more aut the ten-day forecast with chuck and first let's talk with melissa anmolle the roadways. >> chopper 4 showing us cool shots here this morning. m super excited we get to see the snow coming down from above. this is something we typically don't get to see. headed from green belt and back up. as far as it coming over that area right now, it'sll g. not necessarily hitting or sticking to the roads. just not reaching it quite yet.a the is showing it all over

the area. all of that white we typically see green and white for snow. westel spring before fairfax county and left lane blocked by a disabled vehicle and crashed with an overturn vehicle. 270 at middlebrook and northbound a southbound, no doubt, going to look different later. more news, w ther and traffic straight ahead.

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legal action against. >> good morning, everybody. our cityamera shot of reagan national airport is getting fuzzier and fuzzier all theus te be snowflakes are flying out there. big impact of snow for the first part of your day. if you don't have t travel, i would stay indoors and off the roads. how much to expect and when it will come to an end, comin right up. a live picture from fredericksburg where the snow ic reallying down. look at that car just covered in snow. our tm coverage continues ea ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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we are in weaer alert mode for another snow day across our area. this is a live look right now at fredericksburg, virginia. look at all that snow. coming down for a few hoursmo ng its way north. >> that's why i did not drive to work this morning. check out this view from chopper 4. a few minutes ago. you can see the snow coming down nm itlew over bethesda there. the federal govt and just about all of our local schools are closed today. you can seehose closures at the bottom of your screen.

also in the nbc washington app. >> help me clean off my car when i go home. thanks, aaron. >> okay. >> now, let's get you to your team coverage. we are working for you on the roads and in storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts and chuck bell inside with more on our forecast. >>g,ood morn everybody. snow arriving on schedule. we love it when a forecast comes together. all snow for ts morning. we have bipartismieen png mix a rain and ends as all rain tonight. this thing will be in and out of here in a blink. i don't think anybody will have a peek ofnow around by the end of the day tomorrow. but all a white out here early this morning ashe snow is quickly overspread the d.c. metro area and two inches on the ground and a couple inches out on the ground near front yal, well.

keep those snow repor coming in @@chuckbell4 on twitter. most of the d.c. metio raria between three and six inches of no. little more to the north and less to the south and great conversation on social media, as well. tweet me your snow repor and ow pictures and snow stick challenge today. drs up as youravorite movie character and scene and act it out and win a snow stick. how about scarlett o'hara. m frankl dear. >> i love that you went to that one, chuck.en li it's snowing and we're already seeing it right now. about an hour ago i came out and the first flakes started flying and now you can see me the grass is already white. this is accumulating pretty quicy and know they treated the roads inside the nbc parking lot and a lot melted on contact. yo can seerom our live shots, justin out there. already starting to sti on the roads and melissa will tell you more about that. i'll tell you about the ice we

get after the snow. north and west of d.c. could have a quarter of an inc of ice. the ice problem is going to be big as we head into thertiddle f the day and then turn more slushy. this morning snow continues to pushn from the south and west and it is sticking immediately. several inches are going to be on the ground before we start to see ts switch over to a sleet and then eventually freezing rain. snow will continue to the nor and west and hold on to colthr air from nn shenn andoah valley. you'll have freezing rain whi everyone will have plain old rain. get out and play in that snow early. melissa, let's look at those ause everything is starting to stick right now. >> just like on the top of your hat. you look ce out there. 66 out there and you're starting to see that snow hit the ground now and stiing to some spots through gainesville at this point this morning. we have been seeing that there right here. let's look else where. inner loop and outer loop of the

beltway. nice and clear as far as any problems but all of this white showing you where it is falling and not hitting the ground or sticking to the roadways insell of t spots but in many of these it is and it will as the morning develops. dale city and crash with an overturned vehicle this morning. marc and vre runningoday as far as metro all stations open. running every 12 minutes. metro s, limited service on the main roads only. aaron? >> all right, melissa, thank you. our team coverage continues fredericksburg. the snow has been falling there for an hour or so alady. >> megan mcgrath has been there allorning. megan, is the snow piling up? >> been snowing since a little after4:00 in the morning. started out pretty light and you can see coming down now and que anaccumulation here on the cars. if you look over my shoulder here, you can see thi parking lot, it is covered. it is covered with snow. now, i'll jump back in the truck here and we're going to go out

to, this is warrington road here that we will make our w to. let me buckle up. we are seeing some very slushy conditions out there this morning. so, they did pretreat the roads. we have seen therews out there. they have been doing their work this morning. but just because it's right around freezing and because of just the amount of snow that has fallen the last couple hours, it is starting to stack up. you can see how snow cthered is. this is warrington road right out here by the stoplight. take a look at video we shot earlier. these are the conditions j t about 15 minutes ago on 95 in the southbound direction. so, a little bit better, but we were starting to see some snow cover especially on the side of thed and the center lanes. everything has been pretreated, but we are right around degrees. that is a bit of an issue. a little while ago we did talk to a man who has been out and about. he has been helping stranded motorists and he described the conditions out plthere. >> c cars in the ditch that

we had to pull out so far. we are currently on call in case anybody takes out any power poles or trees come down. they are calling for ice to startaccumulating eventually later on this morning. >> and a live look right now. you can see it is kind of snow coutred. be caref there, gang. back to you. >> megan, thank you. our team coverage continues now with justin finch. >> he is live in warrington, virgv virginia. good morning to you. >> good morning. just off lee highway here, we're traffic go by. as you can see on that roadway, quite a bit of accumulation on e roads. so, vehicles out there are having to take it easy. we're also seeing these plow trucks move along, aswell. vdot has more than 500 apparatus out here working around the roads secure these and safe. if you can see in the light of those vehicles there, there's quite bit of build up on that

n ad, despite it having b plowed. you can see how much snow has fallen a as you can see just a plateau of white out here. it looks to be at least more than inch of snow has fallenn this area and looking at the snowfall right now it has lightened up a bit. not quite as intense as we sawi ea but certainly still falling and we know it will be falling for a good time to come out here. so, that is why as a result, we have seen so many school closures this mning and some people having delayed schedules going into work. right now saying if you can stay inside, they advise you to do so. as you can see looking around here, there is some work to do to get these roads in shape for later on today and going into tomorrow. live here in warrenton, i'm justin finch. >> justin, thank you. it's a snow day and that means the pat collins snow stick challenge. here's what you have to do to

enter. chuck laid it out for us. in honor of this ekend's oscars,io wa we want you t act a scene from your favorite movie. >> use the #snowstickchallenge. they will win a snow stick. very hard to come by. stay with news 4 all day for team verage. you have a star trek uniform already. >> no you didn't. just put me like that 6:37. other top stories this morning. president trunominating rosen for the next general. rrently deputy transportation secretary. he served in management and budget. would irmed, rosen replace rod rosenstein. you may remember this video of an encounter betweene a n american and a group of students from a kentucky catholic school

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coated road and everything. it's been falling south of the district for several hours now. >> starting to come here in the city, as well. live look outside of ourud s here in northwest washington. >> it is pretty. >> it it is a pretty from distance. as you can see from the radar now, the storm system is just getting started in our area. expected to impact 39 states before it's over. >> federalovernment and school districts are closed in anticipation of what is to come in the next fews. ho the closures are running at the bottom of your screen and the nbc washington app. we want to check in with our crews across theregion. garret joins us live from warrenton, virginia. garret, goodmorning. >> good morning. it's prett'r when y out in it, too. it's not all that bad. it's not that cold. coming down here in warrenton and steady snow and not too much accumulation here. the plows have been hitting it pretty har picking this up as it goes along.

it could be worse. this storm has been working its way east to west for the last few days and dumping feet of snow in california andheocky mountains, colorado and new mexico. across the plains in kansas, they got a ton of snow and wind from this storm. south of us mainly a rain storm, but dumping tons of rainn places like georgia and tennessee and getting the preview here in warrenton now. lots of snow on the front end, slt, freezing rain on the back end. further up the east coast, new jersey, the entire state already under a state of emergency for this storm. it soundsike most of these jurisdictions across the country tsg states, big school distr aren't taking a lot of chances with this snow. and, obviously, that's a goo thing. talking about the kind of government shutdown here that everybody likes with opm telling people to stayff the roads so these plows can keep doing their jobs. >> perfect timing there.

garrettor us in warrenton. >> from warroton, head south fredericksburg, virginia, where megan mcgrath continues our tm coverage. >> megan was the first to show ts some of the snow she was seeing down in t area. still coming down, megan. >> it is still coming down. actually, it's getting a little sloppy out here. take a live look at the road. this is warrenton road. you can see up ahead the flashing lights, the snow plow. they're doing their thing. jump on 95 there and give you an idea of what the conditions there look like. we are starting to see some snow cover in the area. they pretreat the roads and the crews are out there as you can see live here and we are starting to see that accumulation and right around freezing. not heavy traffic, but certainly the roads aren't empty either obviously, people out and about and you can see them here on this road. some peoplmaking their way into work. take it easy out there because we are seeing those road conditions start to deteriorate.

things are getting a little slushy, alo littley even out there on some of the major roads. now, justin is out there driving around in the warrenton area. how is it looking out there? there, megan, first saw that snow begin to fall just fore 5:00. not let up since. easily down below here, more than an inch of snow has fallen here where they were off of leehw hig and a look with daylight now here we and see how much work they have been doing in the past couple minutes here. sha lot more slu and a lot less now. the plows have been circling all morning trying to get those roads cleared for drivers and most importantly before that rain comes a bit later. more than 500 out here working right now. give those guys room t work and to get these roads safe. back inside to you. >> all right,n jus finch, thank you. for another perspective on this storm, l's head inside to reagan national airport. hundreds of flights in our area

have already been canceled or delayed.>> molette green joins us now liveith disappointed passengers. what is going on? >> that's right. the deicingflanes has started right here at reagan national. happening as we speak. i'm right in the area of the american check-in counter. inned out a little bit, but these fliers are keeping their fingers crossed that things will go okay for their early morning flights. want you to look at flight aware map. this is what we are seeing in the skies and planes in the skies and when you go in a little bit closer and you zoom in and you see not uch happening around the washington area because we have seen lots of cancellations and all three major airports with the mostro coming reagan national and bwi. had a chanc to meet a young lady who was excited to go fly into hawaii today. but when she got here at the airport, she got quite a surprise this morning. >> i got my boarding pass late and then i get here and its s

canceled. and there was no snowr anything. >> so, things will be changing throughout the day here at the airports. so, before you leave home, you need to check in with your airline before you arrive at the airport this morning. and throughout the day. back into you. >> all right, molette green live from reagan national, thank you. our team coverage c ttinues in studio with a closer look at the snowy forecast, we tn to chuck bell. so far snowfall for this winter is just a smidgen above average at national airport and dulles. we'll add on to those totals duri course of the day today. most everybody in and around the d.c. metro ar. ifou live within 30 or 40 miles of the city, as long as you're mentally a prepared fo three to six inch snowfall, i think you'll get what you're in expe 30 now in washington. it was 37 degrees four hours ago. as the precipitation has moved in and the temperatures have all

fallen way below freezing. now, 30 in washington, 29 dulles and 28 front royal and already a lot of h picturese on social media of a quick two inches or so acrossviorthern inia. that will continue here for the next couple hours. all snow on the front end of the day and then changing over to a mix of sleet and rain during the afternoon and becoming all rain tonight. this is all rain across kentucky and alnnessee. snow here at the beginning and continue here for the next couple of hours and after this little break in the afternoon rolls in tt warmer air will penetrate into the mid-atlantic and this will end as all rain. for no everything is turning white very, very quickly and our high resolution forecast model keeps it all snow between now and noontime. notice afternoon that change over to southern maryland and get up to 00 or 3:00. mostly rain across the d.c. metro area and still pockets of freezing rain or sleet across parts oforthern maryland as we get past sunset tonight. that should all be moderate rain

by 10:00. could still be isolated down below freezing, but not a big problem during the peovernight. eu model still says between two and three to four inches around the . the american model in pretty good agreement here. two to three, maybe four, five. higher amounts. if you get more than six inches of snow out of this and northf the winchester area. but, again, our storm team 4 forecast map. same as yesterday. quick two to three in southern maryland and all g rains ands crunched back down. most of the metro d.c. area and three on the southern suburbs and up to five or six in the southern suburbs and six or more possible there across northern maryland. a lot of fun on social media today including a pat snow stick challenge. forecast for youn instagram and come on in and join the conversation. send us a picture of thean snow i'm happy to retweet it to all my friends and followers.

rain ends tomorrow and 56 tomorrow. that mean these 'tsnowmen, don pick a name you're too fond of. won't make it past the end of the day tomo >> taking a look here, manassas sudley road. everything was nice a clear and dry. we're doing a time lapse on it and we'll show you hows thi develop by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. little bit covered there . tomorr northbound fairfax county parkway and we do have a brand-new crash there. all of that white showing you where that snow is coming down. dumfries and i-95 just kind of eet and you can the snow on the sides of the road. 270 southbound getting some pretty good volume this morning. little bit s there. inbound 395 also a little bit of a delay and marc and no brunswick and no vre.

as for metro, take a look here. all line stations open and no delays right now. going to be running every 12 minutes because of the lighter volume expected. bus limited service on the main roads only. guys? all right, melissa, thank you. 6:55 right now. here are four things to know. the family of a kentucky sdent who was face to face with native american activist nathan phillips. e newspaper falsely accused him of ineigating is incident. 27-year-old dentist ibraheem samirah won special house district 86. ie second muslim member and he could be sworn later this week. go to nbc washington app to see the elects.n resu 39 states are in the path of this same powerful winter storm that is dumping snow, ice and heavy rain on more than 200 million people. is video is from kansas. dylan dryerill look at the big

picture on this storm later on "toda "today." >> we want to see you act out a scene from your favorite movie in the snow. tweet your picture or video to @patsnowstick or use #snowstickchallenge. stay with news 4 to find out who wins. interesting entries, for sure. >> how aboutk jcholson from "the shining." here's johnny. yes. okay. >> little creepy. >> well, hey, just trying to give people some ideas. generally speaking, three inut e rn suburbs to six inches in the northern suburbs. a big-time meltdown tomorrow and some places will be pushing 70 on sunday. >> that's just weird. >> >> i'm sorry. that's just weird. 270 at montrose road. snow on the side of the roadway and volume headednorthbound and southbound. all the white the radar showing you where that snow is falling a

this morningnd now mostly hitting the roads. >>th all right. k you, melissa. that is the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us today. >> "today" show is next in 25 minutes with the very latestyo snow all over the region. take a look at this. enjoy your day, everyone. >> lots of pretty pictures for you to look at across the a gion. make ieat wednesday, everybody.

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