this is 9 news now. we have another winter wonderland this morning, but our overnight snowfall will not be so pretty for commuters. good morning, everyone. i'm andrea roane. and i'm bruce johnson. as we start the second hour of snow coverage let's get up to date on the latest school closings and delays -- these

are running at the bottom of the screen. if you need to check on private school and businesses, go to our website at wusa9.com. howard bernstein is here with weather. angie has what the weather is doing to her traffic. let's start off with howard. >> a lot of bus won't be on the road so that's a plus as the cleanup begins. we are done with the snow and bruce was saying, okay, what about the next snow? how much the next snow. >> you say a minimum of sing inches. >> i am going to tell you it is a conservative amount, very conservative. >> very. >> you were whispering in the newsroom something much bigger. >> you got called out. >> look, prepare for a significant snow. be prepared not to be able to get out. prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

>> prince georges county is just come in as closed, as well. we have another maryland school. let's get on to today. the snow has ended. meteorologist devon lucie has been with me all morning. we have been watching the snow reports come in and we'd love to get yours. at wusa9.com you will see a tab for submit storm reports. we'd love to snow how much fell at your house. storm system started out west, with three to four and now exiting stage right. you can see it toward southern new england with light snows up there. a little snow shower action in western pennsylvania, cleveland and ohio and in new york. t it always seems to be snowing upstate new york. spots west are a little colder, especially in culpeper. light winds they must have breaks down to 21. pax river is damp and moist with that snow. in the lower 30s. only an inch south. some areas had six inches.

we will tell you who got what and a look at the storm potential when we join you at 5:15. here's angie. thank you so much, howard. hello, everybody. welcome to wednesday. you want to factor in extra minutes if you are one of the few out there trying to make it to work or going to school. in rockville, this is something we have been tracking since overnight. it is closed at gaither road because of an overturned tanker truck. crews are trying to remove the fuel from the truck. there is a way around it. take 355 to red land. and those are two alternatives. moving outside to 270, heading southbound you are all clear. building volume going northbound and that's because at shady grove we have a issue. it is adding to the slow go. this is something we have been tracking. on the american legion bridge,

notice the flashing lights. new crash activity on the left side taking away the left lane. slow approaching the scene but the main delay stretches from new hampshire to georgia avenue. our next stop, this is 66 eastbound. tracking this trip, it is problem free. you want to take it slow on the ramps and those bridges as you just saw on the outer loop. and in northeast dc, north capitol street is closed between d street and channing because of police activity. now, over to you. we want to go outside for a ground view of what commuters are facing this morning. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is joining us with more. >> hi, kristin. >> good morning. i'm happy to report it is a very nice morning. it stopped snowing. the roads are looking really good and i want to take a moment to stop and smell the roses because in my opinion i think this is the most beautiful snowfall of the season. the stuff is sticking to the trees.

i got my cup of coffee from the 7-eleven across the street and people seem to be in good spirits. take a look back here. these parking lots. we are at the woodmore shopping center and they have been working nonstop to make sure the sidewalks are clear and the parking lot is paveed and we haven't seen any problems. them roads as i heard jessica doyle say in virginia the roads are actually soaking wet. there's no ice whatsoever on the main roads here in silver spring. that's the good news. now, some other good news for the kids out there. i have to put the coffee down, because i want to give you a snowball report. for the kids in montgomery county, i understand schools are now closed. so you are going to have a snow day and let's see what the conditions are like. this stuff is not quite as light and fluffy as we have seen. if i take the giant scoop, i can compress this thing pretty tight but it is actually pretty a decent snowball. first one i have made this

morning. i'm impressed by it. we will be live all morning long. main roads are looking good. be careful of the service roads. montgomery county schools are closed and, you know, it is gorgeous outside. enjoy the morning. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. well, as kristin just showed us, the snow stopped falling earlier this morning. it is still causing school closings. we are hearing that charles county schools in maryland are closed this morning. >> the race is on for d.o.t. crews in the district and elsewhere to clear off as many main and secondary roads as possible before the coming rush hour. when the snowfall prediction was increased to three to six inches the city went in to full deployment. >> every truck we have in the district of columbia's inventory, which is about 200, will be on the streets.

we will also call in private contractors to help out. >> the mayor spoke in northeast washington where crews picked a salt and sand mixture to spread on to the streets. 9 news now reporter jessica doyle is standing by along route 123 near tysons corner. how's it looking there? >> i will tell you it is cold out here but it is lovely out here. i will show you this tree i have behind me. you can see how that snow is sticking to the branches, to the limbs of the tree. it is really making it a beautiful winter wonderland out here and the trees aren't the only things looking good. we want to show you the roads. they are looking terrific and we are talking about the main roads. if you are traveling the beltway in northern virginia you will find basically open pavement, if it wasn't for the white stuff you would think it had rained overnight. i will tell you my daughter

goes to fairfax public schools and you have been reporting as welfare fax county public schools are closed today and it is not because of the main roads but the side streets. the side streets in many neighborhoods and communities haven't been treated the last week. the plows have not gone through them. now we have this four to five inches of fresh snowfall on top of ice snow pack. citgoing to make it treacherous for folks as they travel around their neighborhoods today. keep it slow. the other driving tip to remind you about, a lot of sat trucks and plows. you want to be careful that you don't try to pass them. if you have to get around them go slow but don't try to race around these trucks as they try to get their jobs done and get us on our way. back to you. >> good advice. we will have to see how backed up it gets to local airports today. reagan and dull plus report the runways are clear of snow this morning. the board showed delays and

cancellations. we will check back later this hour as we get closer to the first big wave of morning takeoffs. and chuck for update at wusa9.com. click on traffic and then airport status. our special snow coverage will continue throughout the morning. we will look at a few other headlines coming up including the latest on the toyota recall. one of the country's highest ranking military officials backs president obama's plan to do away with the don't ask, don't tell policy. it is nine after the hour. you are watching 9 news now.

in the news now, some toyota dealerships have the parts they need to start to fix sticky gas pedals. toyota admits this is a mechanical fault and inserting the steel shim can fix the problem that causes the pedal

to stick. ntsb investigators place most of the blame in the crash of continental flight 3407 on pilot error. the jet crashed in to a neighborhood in buffalo last february killing all 49 on board. and one man on the ground. think crash raised questions about equal standards for national and regional carriers. top pentagon officials are telling lawmakers it is time to abandon the don't ask don't tell policy for gays in the military. they are proposing rolling become the policy which was instituted in the clinton administration. school closings are pouring in now. we will update them for you next. maryland's governor touts noteworthy accomplishments in his state of the statices. here's howard. >> all warnings and advisories have been cancelled as of this time. the snow is gone for now. we will have that sun itled seven-day forecast when 9 news

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welcome back. we want to rundown the major school closings we have so far this morning --

check the closings at the bottom of the screen or log on to wusa9.com. >> we are just hearing that arlington county schools are closing. >> it will be interesting to see how they will make them up. , we have lost three or four already and we have more in to next week with two more storms in the seven-day forecast. >> and a lot of the snowstorms have occurred on the weekend which is a good thing. >> the next big one but the problem is, even down south, schools were closed on monday and tuesday in parts to the south because of the saturday event. if we get another big saturday event that could be bigger than last weekend we will have a lot of schools that will close for a couple of days next week and on top of that i'm looking at

another storm, maybe not as big, on tuesday. >> please. come on. >> just the messenger. let's talk about the weather. devon lucie has been with me all morning. the storm is over but pretty impressive quick hitter, wasn't it? >> certainly was. many four to six inch totals in many places. i want to hit upon this is not the weekend snow. topper brought out the snow blower, you could sweep it away. this means taking extra time because even this amount of snow, that's just a little bit on the shovel that's a lot of weight. take your time if you are shoveling. see where the current totals stand. many four, to six inch totals. reston five inches that way but out to wild acres six inches there. --

of six inches and a that's the latest on the totals. make sure you have plenty of windshield wiper fluid. the spray will be a big problem throughout the day. >> may as well get a case. spray will be a problem as we go through the next week really. we will be talking about a storm at least twice as big, not more than that as we get in to friday night, saturday. 42 this afternoon. here's storm number two of three. this looks like the bigger one. the bus stop forecast, momslikeme.com this is not for the kids but the commuters. looks like most schools will be closed. some are delayed. partly sunny and seasonably

chilly. and tonight, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and cold. in the 20s. a lot of refreezing and slick spots by tomorrow morning. the storm system pulled away quickly this morning. about to clear the delmarva. behind it you see low clouds. the moon is dimly visible but a lot of moisture in the air. visible is becoming a problem. culpeper, quarter mile. a mile at dulles. three in annapolis. we have local license fog. that could be an issue over the next couple of hours until we need to get the sun to help out or the storm gets far enough away the low level moisture can get mixed out. keep that in mind. temperatures in the upper 20s to the west. culpeper to 19. they are dropping quickly with clearing for them. patuxent river, saint indigos in the low to mid-30s. wind chill is 25. northwesterly winds at 8. big storm across texas right now. energy coming from the southwest. we expect that moving in on friday night in toe saturday.

a significant snow possible. i may turn that to likely tomorrow. and then as we get in to sunday and monday we are dry. and on tuesday another storm may be bearing down on us. highs in the low 30s. >> feels like ground hog day, oh, wait, that was yesterday. 19 minutes after the fave clock hour, tracking the tieups on the outer loop at the american legion bridge. crash activity response on the scene still taking away the left lane for drivers. slow approaching the scene but the main delay stretches from new hampshire to georgia avenue. moving to virginia and checking out the beltway on the inner loop at braddock road, getting word of an accident taking away the right lane for drivers. i like what i see, nice, clean and green. drivers are moving at speed, volume light. taking 9 news now video. this happened overnight. around 10:19 last night. crews are on the scene. gude drive westbound close at gaither road because of an

overturned tanker truck. use 355 to redland. moving to the district, a live shot, driverring cross the bridge in to georgetown, take it easy on the bridges and the ramps. now back to you. now for a quick look at a few more local headlines today. police have made an arrest in the murders of a mother and son in dale city, virginia. the suspect is natalia wilson of arlington. they say the knew the victims. they did not give a possible motive for the murders the victims ' husband found the bodies monday night. we know the name of the men struck by a drunk driver in maryland. they are -- police have not identify the woman under arrest in the crash.

governor o'malley looked for positives in his annual address at the state house in annapolis yesterday. >> the state of our state is stronger than most, and in areas like public education it is stronger than ever state in the union [ applause ] >> reporter: much of the speech focused on the ailing economy. governor o'malley is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that will encourage business owners to hire more people and asking for legislation aimed at helping struggling families avoid home foreclosures. our time is 5:21. the capitals keep the winning streak alive. we will show you the antics in miami at the super bowl media day. that's coming up in i was active, eating healthy.

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good morning, everyone. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. it is february and the caps are the number one team in their conference. that's never happened before. nor has it happened they have won 11 games in a row. you can check that off the franchise to do list, as well. caps and bruins last night. theodore riding a personal seven-game win streak, longest of his career and he stood on his head again last night 41 saves. kept the caps in the game early and then the offense took over. semins made it 2-1 in the third and with the boston goalie yanked that is ovechkin and

that is cherry picking. caps win 4-1. 11th straight longest winning streak in the nhl in eight years. >> we like to point out dc unit ready the most decorated team with four championships but they have only one won in the last 11 years and that's not sitting well with the toy bush with the boys. down in miami yesterday, the human car wash that is super bowl media day. 2000 reporters forced indoors due to rain. bet that smelled great and then this super bowl idol as the player attempted to sing beyonce's "single ladies ." >> in the club, doing my own little thing ♪ [ music ] & don't be mad if you want &. &

if you want it then you should have put a ring on it &. >> she started a dip and now i'm hip. & all the single ladies, all the single ladies put your hand up. >> i'm not sure what to think about that. i hope they play on sunday better than they sing. i'm brett haber, have a great day. >> that's a hoot. >> we'll be right back with more weather coverage including the newest school closings and delays. plus, this is the last snowfall for the panda tai shan. we will go there. our string of winter storms means you will be paying more for a lot of different items. we are hearing about an accident on 95 northbound at back lick road. we are also hearing about slush and snow report in the the hov lanes. more tieups to avoid and more winter weather we can expect. we will have the updates when 9 news now returns.

welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. our special snow coverage continues. >> let's start with the latest on me major school closings. in maryland --

joining us this morning. angie goff is here. she will have the traffic in a moment, but howard bernstein, the man of the hour, and maybe the man for the next several days. >> pace yourself, people. pace yourself. you know, it may be a training session. >> in to next week. >> this is heavy snow sox little shovels. bend your knees, don't want a back like i have got. take your time and as bruce eluded to. >> no, i said. >> you will be shoveling this week an you said next week. >> we have two more storms we are looking at on the horizon and the saturday one looks like a biggie. don't ask me. i'm not telling yet. we will keep asking until we get answers. >> we think it will be a lot more than this morning. we'll just say that for now. storm system is pulling away. you see some snows lingering

across southern new england and new jersey. they will be pulling out. and some snows back with a northwesterly flow in pennsylvania and ohio but for us we have cloud cover lingering and fog. culpeper 19. as we look at this visibilities with 32. the visibility has dropped to zero. reporting freezing fog on the hour. three-quarters at dulles. watch for patchy dense fog and highs around 40 or so. we'll be back with the seven day and devon lucie is joining me. >> quickly we want to look at the tieups we have been tracking all morning long. good morning to you. on the outer loop, crossing the american legion bridge, crash activity and crews are on the scene. getting drivers to push to the right. the crash activity is taking away the left lane. the main delay between new hampshire and georgia avenues. westbound gude is closed at gaither road in the rockville area. as we move to the maps, and that's because of an overturned tanker truck. crews are trying to remove the

fuel from that truck. as a result, if you look at this 9 news now video taken overnight, what you want to do is use 355 to redlisten and around the scene. moving to 270 southbound, everyone is moving well. little volume at montgomery village avenue but going northbound, flooding is taking away two lanes near the shady grove exit. that's the latest. back to you. we want to check with our live crews. jessica doyle is in virginia, seeing how drivers are doing in tysons corner. >> i will tell you a half hour ago this parking lot here was covered in snow. we have a guy over there who's been cleaning it up. it has taken him no time to move the snow out of the way it is because the snow is so light and fluffy and people have done a good job cleaning up after the snowstorm on saturday. if you look at the roads you will see it looks wet.

almost like we had rain overnight opposed to snow. vdot has been out all night taking the snow off the roads and treating. you will find very good conditions on the major highways. the neighborhoods are a different story entirely. but this wet roadway can be very deceptive because that can ice up. you want to be careful on the bridges, on the ramps, on the overpasses. we are at tysons corner and you can see we have a couple of large buildings here. very foggy. howard was talking about this a second ago. this freezing fog. thisaway people will see as they move out and about today. as for the roadways, again, looking very good. it could be slick in spots and you want to be aware of that black ice but the temperature does feel warmer here now. so we might be in good shape today. guys, back to you. >> thank you. across state lines in to montgomery county. >> that's where kristin fisher is watching the rush hour develop in silver spring.

good morning, kristin. >> good morning. the bad news of course is that it snowed again. you know, roads are pretty slick this morning but they are looking pretty good, especially on the main roads but the good news is, it is absolutely beautiful outside. in my opinion the prettiest snowfall of the season. i want to show you video that our photographer kevin king shot in silver spring. check this out. the trees are stunning. as you are driving in to work you may have a longer commute but look outside the window. it is looking really nice outside. an you are not going to see just a little bit of white but a lot of white because the snow is really wet. really sticky stuff. kind of slushy. almost looks like the base of a ski resort at the end of the season when you have slushy snow you are trying to get over. gorgeous outside. here in montgomery county, schools are closed. so if you want to get your kids outside, go for a walk. it's not that cold.

looking really good. that's what i recommend doing if you are one of the lucky few that get a snow day. take a look at this. we are parked at the woodmore shopping center in four corners and we parked our live truck here at 3:00 a.m. this morning since then snowplows have paveed the parking lot and you can see the wall of snow that piled up in front of our live truck. if you are parked on the side street and the plows have come by and you have a smaller car, bigger cars may be able to get over it but if you have a smaller car plan a few extra minutes to dig this out. we may get out of here with our live truck because it is a heavy truck but if you have a smaller car you will not be able to get over this. andrea and bruce, looking good this morning. pleased to report that to you. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. you may think with fewer people driving in bad weather the price of gas may go down. >> that's not the case, we're toll. because with more storms and

cold season the demand for home heating oil is up. you'll see prices climb at the pump and probably your utility bill, as well. >> yeah, i stay at home and i keep my thermostats turned down a little bit. wear sweaters and socks in the house. >> i didn't buy all the fruits i would normally buy because it was too expensive. >> reporter: you will see the results of the bitter wenter in the produce aisle where prices have been climbing since the cold snap in florida. bad weather could dampen the economic recovery. well, you have one last chance to see the national zoo's top attraction frolic in the snow. >> today is the last day that tai shan will be on public display. tomorrow the 4 1/2 year old cub will depart for china. he are was born in july of 2005 as part of the zoo panda lease. >> a big bouncing baby boy.

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were racing when they plowed through a crowd of spectators. bullock pleaded guilty last week and taylor is charged with vehicular manslaughter. in los angeles, prosecutors plan to charge michael jackson's doctor with manslaughter as soon as today. they will file a criminal complaint against dr. conrad murray. atlanta medical journal is retracting a study linking vaccines to autism. since then a dozen other studies have not found such a link. we will run down the latest closings and delays coming up. plus a look at the traffic conditions in the skies as well as the roads. the latest snowstorm is a school kids and photographers dream, beautiful. but we could have a wintry nightmare before the week is out. we listen joined by devon lucie when 9 news now returns.

welcome back to 9 news now. we want to check on the plowing efforts. >> with us is john from the dc department of transportation. how are the roads out there? >> the main roads appear to be in very good shape. they have all been treated and are wet. and should be mostly clear. you might find some slush on the sides of the major road and maybe in turn lanes, that sort of thing. but the main roads are in good shape and the crews continue to work on the residential streets. they are still treating residential streets but the main roads look good and the government offices and schools will be open this morning on time. >> update us on federal workers. they are also in today, right? >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear what you said. >> federal workers should report also, correct. >> i believe so. they maybe on a liberal leave schedule but the federal government is open as well as the district government. all of our offices will be open. >> let's go back to the

secondary roads. that's always a complaint. we understand you need time to get the main roads plowed, salted, but what about the secondary roads. >> we are still working on those. we have light plows that work on residential streets from the beginning. but when we have, when the main roads are in good shape we can shift our larger heavy plows to the residential neighborhoods, as well. there's obviously not a ton of snow to plow on the ground this morning, but we can treat. one thing that will help is when people get around and drive around and there's traffic on the roadways and that will help as well to clear the roads, but one of our big concerns is the pedestrians. you know, because the schools are open there will be a lot of kids walking to school and we really need one, drivers to be on the lookout for pedestrians of all ages and also we need businesses and residents to

shovel their walks because the last thing we want is for people to walk in the roadways because the sidewalks aren't clear. so if everybody can get out this morning and do that that would be a big help. >> that includes local government, as well. that was the complaint during the december storm, as well. john mentioned that federal government is on unscheduled leave. that's at the bottom of the screen and other closings and delays are always there. >> okay. let's get you updated on the schools we know that are closed or delays in maryland. -- in virginia --

>> in west virginia -- closings and delays are constantly running at the bottom of the screen. if you didn't hear your school jurisdiction, you can go to our website at wusa9.com. they are updated there constantly. >> we were just talking about this storm, the snow is over. >> we are done. little fog leftover and we are done. talk about the weekend. >> it will be another big one. bigger than this one and maybe twice as big, maybe three times as big. >> don't make any weekend outdoor plans. >> except for shoveling on sunday. >> what about you talked about

tuesday. something else. >> may not be as big maybe like this one. let's not get ahead of ourselves but there is something down the road for next week, as well. devon lucie has been with us and we are talking about the upcoming forecast and he has been tasked with tracking the snow totals and he has more. >> we will get the totals in a second. but i want to say this heavy thick, wet snow. shoveling the sidewalks, give yourself plenty of time to get that done. this is a heavy snow. where you can't get the snow where you stepped on it turns in to ice and that's hard to remove. if you packed down some of it, such a high water content that's the tough part to remove. the latest storm reports, looks like northern virginia is coming in with more widespread totals. 5.5, 6-inch totals in northern fairfax loudoun

i want to say to the older brother and sisters that will be getting together with the younger brothers and sisters and doing this this afternoon, don't pack it too much. that's an ice ball and that hurts. >> talk from experience. you must have had an older brother taking out out on you. talk about this afternoon, 40, 42. melting done. great igloo making snow, too. friday here is storm number two of three. we'll see snow by the afternoon or evening. in the upper 30s if we are lucky. at the because stop for those going late, mostly cloudy upper 20s to 3 # mid-30s. partly sunny and if we see a little sun i want will be optimistic. tonight, lows in the 20s. the storm there it is and there it goes. quickly leaving, southern new

jersey, parts of southern new england dealing with the snow as is western pennsylvania in to ohio and new york state. for us we are done with the storm. so much low-level moisture and light winds that fog is a problem. a mile and three quarters in manassas. half mile at dulles. a quarter mile at the air park in montgomery county. we are at four in washington. watch out especially west of town and also with temperatures now down to 19 in culpeper we have very slick back roads for sure. treat it with a lot of respect if it hasn't been treated. northwesterly wind at seven. the wind chill 26 and cold air to the north. cold air is here and i will show you what is brewing in texas. this is the moisture source. the new stuff that will be arriving on friday afternoon, friday evening and last through much of the day on saturday. significant snow possible on friday in to saturday. i think i will change that to likely soon.

32 for the high on saturday. sunday and monday we dig out and tuesday that's what we are talking about, the possibility of another storm then. angie, good morning. >> good morning. hello. happy wednesday to you. thanks for joining us. we are going to begin with an update on the american legion bridge. notice no more flashing lights on the outer loop on the bridge. looks like things cleared up. all lanes are back open. this is something new at university. getting word of an accident out here. we are seeing a delay from new hampshire to georgia avenue and i expect that to start to grow within the next 15 to 20 minutes. moving to the district, north capitol street in northeast is closed between v street and channing because of police activity. the good news is they are out there directing traffic. 395 travelers, things are slowing down between the beltway and seminary. add five minutes to your commute if you plan to hit the road right now. 95, before that, an accident at the fairfax county parkway. some lanes could be blocked.

main delay stretching prince william parkway to lorton and finally wrap it up with a look out in rockville. we have 9 news now video for you of an overturned tanker truck encased in snow. i believe we have that video for you. let you know that west gude drive is closed at gaither road because of this. back to you. >> and now we want to check on conditions at the local airports. courtney is with the washington metropolitan airport authority and is joining us by phone. how are the early morning operations at national and dulles? >> both airports are in good shape. the snow crews were working overnight to get the runways clear. we expect today to be a normal day for us at both airports. we recommend that people check with their airline before they head out to make sure their flight is on schedule. >> courtney, looking ahead to the weekend and the snow howard is talking about, even though he can't be specific, what is

your advice for people who are flying out this weekend? >> it is the same advice we always give, check with your airline before you head out. we watch the weather just as closely as you do and our snow crews will be standing by weekend, as well. it's been a long winter for us. >> for us, too. thank you for that information. appreciate it. we will update the closings and the forecast coming up on 9 news now. but next, a look at oscar nominees. including more best picture nominations than there have been in decades. hey, you made your own lunch. yep! (mom) i'm so proud of you. the bus is here, gotta go mom. okay hunny, have a great day. look in your bag, made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care.

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well, it's going to be a big oscar season with more nominees than ever before. the nominations were announced on tuesday with a science fiction sensation and war thriller leading the pact with nine a piece. thomas roberts reports from hollywood. >> i'm going to die i want to die comfortable. >> reporter: many are calling it the david and goliath of the oscar battle. the big budget best-selling "avatar" and hurt hour are expecting to be the big vote getters in the best picture category. the director of the two categories are also up for oscars and it just so happens they used to be married, james cameron and catherine big low

are still friends and she said he told her to take on the film about a bombs by disposal expert they have typically contained five nominees but this year the academy doubled that for best picture. "avatar" and "the hurt locker" are joined by -- i plan to grab as many miles as i can. >> reporter: up in the air snagged a slew of acting honors including anna kendrick and vera for best supporting actress and george clooney for best actor. he'll go up against jeff bridges, colin fighter, morgan freeman and jeremy rinna. the best actress nominees include helen mirren, carey mulligan, sandra bullock. >> when you look at him you think of me. >> reporter: bullock is nominated for her role as a sassy southern mom who changes

the life of a homeless black teenager. many predict she will win but she could also take home a razzie award for her role in another movie. a look at the local buzz, we will have more on that tomorrow. we want to know what is going on in your neck of the woods. visit me at oh my goff.tv and submit stuff to share on air today. now over to bruce and andrea with more on the school closings and delays. the big question for a lot of people this morning do i have to go to school. >> let's get the latest. start in maryland --