we have another winter wonderland this morning. many of you will be able to enjoy it, but our overnight snowfall will to the be so pretty for come how ters who have to get in it. >> as we continue our special snow coverage, let's get you up to date. in maryland these schools are closed. these maryland schools are opening two hours late. >> in virginia the following schools are closed.

orange, page, prince william, stafford and warren county schools all closed this morning. >> winchester city schools opening two hours late in virginia. >> they are closed. they are opening two hours late. they are all closed this morning. these are running at the bottom of your screen. you can log onto our website. we're following breaking news at this hour. several people have been hurt in a fire in southeast washington. >> we're told an apartment building has been evacuated. at least three of the injuries are children who were pulled out of the building. they are in critical condition. the fire has been knocked down. we have alive crew in route to

the scene. she will have traffic for you in just a moment. >> hey. >> howard burnstein starts us off. >> it is over for now. get ready. we have another storm coming friday into saturday and will be larger than the one from last night that dropped half a foot of snow. and much larger is what i'm leaning toward. this morning let's show you what is going on. we have the storm system pulling away. behind it some snow in western pennsylvania. northeast in ohio. we're seeing a little of this now in the form of light flurries and snow showers. here is frederick and to the north of washington there, up 270 and 70. between frederick and hagers town there you will see some of that very light snow and snow

shower activity. otherwise it is free and clear at the moment. that wasn't the case a few hours ago. we have been tracking the storm all night. he joins us noise. >> reporter: to be very careful. you saw him come out here and you had to snow blow over the weekend. this is nothing like that. if you step on that after a little while it is a slush and it is hard to remove. you have to do the upside down shoveling method. this is the type of snow to take your time. take several breaks because this is a very high water content snow. the thunderstorm we had nearly 1 inch of rain create 15 inches of snow. a lot of wet snows are 10 to 1. this is a pretty hefty amount

of weight i have in the snow shovel. to be careful. a great packing snow as opposed to what we had on saturday. a lot of low level moisture. still around o in culpeper. watch out for the fog over the next couple of hours. >> reporter: the time now is 7:04. although we have some well treated streets out there, we're seeing quit a few problems. 7th street at if h. they are blocking the left lane there, because of smoke reporters at the gallery place met pro. the red line being delayed bus of that as well. >> here is the breaking news we told you about. it is shut down at 1 9th street in southeast dc because of a house fire. it is blocking all lines.

we have a crew in route to the scene. we'll bring you the latest later. your main delay stretching between edsel and seminary. no incidents, no accidents to report. the same for capital beltway. from 95 to georgia avenue, that is the wrong shot, but that is the main they we're dealing with. finally, it is still closed at gaither road in rockville. that is because we still have crews trying to remove that fuel from the tanker truck that overturned at 10:00 p.m. last night. back to you. thank you angie. >> jessica doyle is standing by. jessica, it looks pretty. how is it really out there for commuters? >> reporter: it is pretty good.

the commuters are driving through pretty quickly. they are at speed or over speed this morning. they were treating the roads last night and getting it in good shape. there are really icy patches out there. we want to let you know, you want to be careful. use your common sense. if you think there is black ice on the road, there probably is. i want to give you a little cautionary tale. i direct you to my own feet. these boots i am wearing today have seen me through lots of snow storms and have kept me dri and warm. the ice has melted this morning. it is like a rainstorm out here. if the is damp. you want to dress not only for snow, but for the equivalent of a rain storm. keep those feet dry. no high heels and open toed shoes today. you may see around this area too, there is a lot of fog so

if you're taking to the roads, if you're driving to work, be sure to keep your lights on. don't forget even though the sun is coming up here because the visibility is not terrific. that will be away the other drivers see you as you're driving around. again, you're going to want to keep your speeds down even though the roads look pretty good. be wear of the ice patches. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. >> our snow stopped falling early this morning. >> the race has been on for the dot to clean off the main and secondary roads as possible. when the snowfall was increased 3 to 6 inches the city went into full deployment. >> every truck that we have in the district of columbia government inventory which is about 200 will be out on the streets. we will call in private contractors also to help out.

he was out early this morning. he was speaking from northeast washington. things are running smoothly at the airports. >> the board showed some delays and cancellations last night, but right now neither airport has delays greater than 15 minutes. the fog might be part of the reason. you can check for updates. click on traffic and then airport status. our special snow coverage will continue throughout the morning. >> that is right. we'll look at the headlines also and the latest on the toyota recall. >> one of the country's highest ranking military officials backed president obama's plan to do away with the don't ask don't tell policy. it is 8 after 7:00. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. 7th street is closed at h street because of smoke. more on your roads and trains. >> it is 7:11. some toyota dealerships have the parts they need to fix sticky gas pedals. toyota insists this is a mechanical fault and increasing a reenforcement bar can help. but a lawyer sued the auto maker blaming the problem is electronic. investigators place most of the blame in that flight on pilot error. the jet crashed into a neighborhood in buffalo last february killing all 49 people on board and one on the ground. >> they are telling lawmakers it is time to abandon the "don't ask, don't tell policy" for gays in the military.

mike mullen is the first sitting chair of the joints seats of staff about rolling back that policy. 7:12. here is howard. >> good morning. the snow is over for now, but we have another storm or two that we'll be dealing with over the next couple of days. i can tell you more about that when we come back.

welcome back to 9 news now. it is 7:14. ra lot of you young people know this but in case you're walking up, we want to tell you about school closings and delays. these are closed. calvert, charles, montgomery and prince georges county schools. >> these are opening two hours late. allegany, carroll, frederick, howard or washington county schools, get up and you're on a

two-hour delay. >> the virginia these schools are closed. fairfax counties, frederick, fredericks berg city, and orange county, page county, prince william county, shenandoah, stafford and warren county schools all closed. in west virginia these school districts are closed this morning. berkeley, grant, hampshire. >> opening two hours late. hampshire county is opening two hours late. berkeley and grant are closed. >> they are closed this morning. again these school closings and delays are at the bottom of your screen and we have our special coverage until 9:30. you can always log onto w

u.s.a. 9.com. >> i am going to call my neighbor and maybe i can ask if you need me to pick up gas for the snowblower i will. they took care of me last time. it will be a significant snowfall into friday night into saturday. saturday a snowy day. then by sunday, we'll make the snowman today and make his family on sunday. think we might be making the rest of the grandkids on tuesday or wednesday when that third storm is coming. let's talk totals right now. we have had a lot of snow reports coming into the weather center. thanks to you folks. he is enjoying the beauty of the snow and showing off his juggling. >> reporter: i can do it with

two. the snow totals coming in, because we're going to be able to make more snowmen and maybe snowball fights today. 5, 6 inches on the ground. maryland, clark'sburg checked in with 6. da mass skas, 6.4. waldorf checked in with 2. we have west virginia snowfall. that is the most we have seen so far. that is probably the most we don't out of this event. 4 to 6-inch totals. this weekend won't be like what we have right now. this is the first wet packing snow. unfortunately it makes it a very heavy snow to remove in the shovel that you'll have to do this morning. next, it will start off wet and then dry. for the latest on that i'll send it back to howard. >> i have been figuring out

snow ratios. 1:31 at the end of the day. starting wet and finishing fluffy. we may crack the 40-degree mark if we can get sunshine and i think we will. friday, the morning is okay. afternoon and evening, the snow and then the snow might mix in with rain before going back to all snow friday night into saturday. a couple hours latina lot of spots. 28 to 35. we have fog now, but even by the time the school begins, the fog will be gone. it went from fine to none in about five minutes over there. partly sunny, sees pli chilly. northwest winds 5 to 10. tonight cold, back in the 20s, a refreeze will occur. there is the storm from last night, quickly a way from us. i have been sneaking into

frederick county. zoomed in up there. you'll see woods bureau down to the north side of frederick there. you may see a couple of flurries and snow showers. >> light winds, 3/4 at culpeper. a quarter art dulles. those are the worst visibilities we have but a damp morning out there. 33 at national. cambridge is 34. annapolis is 32. >> winds, not much to speak of. she had about 4 inches of snow over there. with the cold air in place, that will be coming down. that will be a source for some cold air. this is where we are going to

combine and probably get a big pick here. friday after saturday. sunday digging out. it is 7:20. >> we have issues on our roads. we have issues on our train tracks as well. northwest dc, 7th street still closed at h because we have crews at the gallery place metro. addressing a smoke issue also a dreading the red line riders. we also are going to take it to the maps. southeast dc. we're losing all lanes here, because this is closed at 19th. we have crews, fire and rescue out there and a 9 news now team on the way. in northeast dc, police activity still blocks north capital street at channing, michigan, w and adam. first street we know is closed

at brian, adams and douglas because of the same type of issue. 95 north bound, we're below speed. an accident at the prince william parkway. we're below speed from 95 to georgia and we're taking on an extra ten minutes or so for that commute. now over to bruce. >> now we want to check in with folks at metro. kathy is joining us on the phone. what is going on out there? >> reporter: we have a news update. the situation at gallery place and red line has cleared up, so we can run tracks on both lines. there will be some residual delays for the next 30 to 45 minutes but we have restored service. >> also at twin brook you had a switch disruption. >> reporter: yes, that is

through twin brook. they are able to go through that station but just at slower speeds because of the switch problem. >> give us an overall update. tell us about rail and buses. >> reporter: we have about a dozen routes that are on snow emergency routes throughout the system, but most are running. just be patient. they are running on the same icy roads as all the cars. >> thanks a lot. the capitals keep the nhl's longest streak alive. >> media day coming up in sports. stay with us. >> here is a look at who is celebrating a birthday today, february 3rd. he is 77. football hall-of-famer, 70 years old. when nes paltrow's mom is 67.

another hall of fame quarter back is 65. actress morgan fair child is 60. he was in the producers, nathan lane 64. and rapper sean kings son turns 20 today.

good morning. i'm brett hay were with your wake-up sports. the caps are the number one team in the conference. that has never happened before, nor has it happened they won 11 games in a row. he is riding a personal seven- game win streak and he stood on his head again, 41 saves, kept them in the game early. then the offense took over. that made it 2-1 in the third. then with the boston goalie yanked, that is just cherry

picking. caps win 4-1. 11th straight longest streak. they are the most decorated team in major league soccer but they only won one in the last 11 years and that is not sitting well with the boys. a new coach and former player, a new goal tend der in perkins and a new commitment after missing the playoffs to getting back in. in miami yesterday, supermedia day. forced indoors because of the rain. then super bowl idol as they attempted to sing beyonce's song. ♪

"all the single ladies, put your hands up." >> i am not sure what to think about that. i hope they play sunday better than they sing. have a great day. >> we'll be right back with more weather coverage including the newest school closings coming up. >> our spring of winter storms means you'll be paying more for lots of different items. >> nailer road closed at 1 9th street bus of crews responding to a house fire. i'll have the details coming up. keep it mere on 9 news now. look at you.

body rested. stress gone. mind sharp. because unisom gave you deep restful sleep all night. morning early birds. unisom. good night. good morning. it may look pretty in your yard but the snow is causing some problems for the morning rush-hour. >> welcome back. special edition will be with you until 9:30 this morning.

in case you're just waking up and you don't know this, we want to update you on these schools that are closed. maryland, these are closed. >> these are opening late in allegany, st. maries and washington county schools all opening two hours late. these schools are closed. clark, coal pepper, fairfax. these are closed. orange county, page county, prince williams, shannen dough was, stafford and warren county schools all closed this morning >> they are opening two hours late. they are closed this morning hampshire county schools are opening two hours late.

>> in west virginia, all closed this morning. of course these closings and delays are at the bottom of your screen and you can always check at w su a 9.com. we have flurries to the north, but for the most part today and tomorrow are quiet days. friday, afternoon and evening to saturday, we will have the storm. we had 16.4 inches at national. in some areas, they had 24 inches then. we're looking at a significant snowfall. >> we're talking about something that could match those numbers. >> yes, it could. if it comes to fruition.

i don't want you to panic, but it could be another crippling snow storm as it comes to saturday. >> let's talk about today. here is a picture from one of our regulars in the chat room. he wanted to talk about some of the fog and you can also see the snow covering everything, a beautiful flocking snow with the wetness and light winds that stuck to everything. she measured 6 inches out in the yard there at the burns steen compound. culpeper, a quarter. some of those really low visibilities there. we're at 3 miles here at reagan national, not bad, but watch out for low visibilities. dulles as 28. annapolis 32. over the cross the bay, cambridge at the freezing mark.

today we're looking at clouds slow to break so peaks of sunshine this afternoon. partly sunny conditions later on. high temperatures above ho. some melting today, some melting tomorrow. then snow after that. >> reporter: we begin in southeast dc, nailer road is closed at 19th because we have fire and rescue on the scene of this house fire. we have a team in route to the scene as well. we'll have more on that coming up. moving over to northeast dc, police activity still keeps north capital closed at michigan, channing, w and adams. first street is affected. keeping things moving we open that door and take you outside. drivers are moving at speed but there is congestion on the outer loop between new hampshire and northern avenue. eastbound it looks like

that trip is doing over kay. no incidents, no accidents but plus five minutes you'll have to give yourself from nuttily to the capitol beltway. >> we have a couple alerts for you. smoke alert. red line riders seeing delays. we're getting word of orange line riders seeing a delay because of a disruption at the westfalls church station. i'll send it back to andre ya. >> we want to check in once again with our live crews. nice hat. a lot of reporters can't pull that off. >> [ laughter ] . thank you, bruce. it definitely keeps you warm. it is pretty cold out here. we had that beautiful snowfall overnight. it has been a picture-perfect

snowy morning here. this is looking like almost a normal commute but we have fairfax county schools out. some have liberal leave policy today. lots of people at this red light here. earlier we caught up with v dot and he gave us some advice if you're taking to the roads this morning. even though the main roads are treated, here is what he had to say. >> take your time even though the snow is not accumulated on the roads right now. just kind of take your time and keep in mind it is cold and there is a possibility of ice. there is a lot of sand down. just take your time and don't push it. now, as you can see, the fog is starting to lift here. we even have some patches of blue sky. it stopped snowing here about 3:00, 4:00, but i want to show you the conditions of this

parking lot. this was plowed earlier this morning. if the is slick. it is like a sheet of ice here. we still have big chunks of ice. we have some snow. we also have puddles so those are conditions you want to be aware of today when you're out and about walking around as a pedestrian. keep these things in mind. back to you. thank you, jessica. more storms and cold this season. the demand for home heating oil is up. prices are climbing at the pump and probably in your utility bills as well. >> i stayed home and i keep my thermos stat turned down a little bit, i wear sweaters and sox in the house. >> i didn't buy the fruits i would normally buy because it was, too expensive. >> you can see the results of a bit erwin ter in the produce i'll where prices are climbing because of the cold snap in

florida. we have been enjoying snowy conditions around the washington metro area this morning. >> you can share foe photos. that is near winchester. >> pretty sight there. police have made an arrest in the murders of a mother and son entail city, virginia. investigators say she knew the victim. 41-year-old. they didn't give any motives though. the victim's husband found the bodies friday night. we know the name of a man struck and killed. the 30-year-old of maryland and 34-year-old of the district.

prince georges county police did not identify the 30-year- old woman arrested in the crash. the chief medical examiner said the student was murdered but did not release details of how she died. she disappeared last october. her body was found last week about ten miles from the arena. martin o'malley looked for the positifs. >> the state of our state is stronger than most and in areas like public education, it is stronger than every state in the union. [ applause ] >> the ailing economy. he is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that would encourage business owners to hire more people. he is asking for legislation aimed at helping struggling families avoid foreclosures. >> we want to return to this breaking news. we understand the most

seriously injured victims are children. dc fire and ems spokesperson joins us on the phone with more. tell us more about this and where did this fire take place? >> good morning. it started around 6:00 in the 1900 block of nailer road southeast. 1920 nailer road, a three story apartment building. they were able to gain access. they found three children and were all unconscious. the fire was quickly contained and confined to the apartment in the kitchen area. the cause of the fire, still under investigation. we believe that the children were found in the back bedroom and the fire originated in the kitchen. >> tell us more about these children now. do you mav any ages and do you

know their conditions now? >> still sorts all that out. i believe they all have been resuscitated, all in critical condition. they are at the hospital. paramedics did a great job, but i'm still sorting out the ages. two of the kids were younger than the other but they were all young children. >> what about adults in the home at the time. >> still sorting all that out. preliminary report there were adults home and the door was locked. they went to seek help and call for help and the door locked behind them and they couldn't gain access but for whatever reason, adults were in the area. they couldn't get access to the apartment. firefighters arrived moments later. talk about working smoke

detectors. this isn't the time of year we have these and we remind people to have working smoke detectors. >> that is critical. this building did not have a sprinkler system. i don't have updates yet, but this is a great time to check your smoke alarms and make sure they work. that is not only for the people in immediate danger but those around you and indicates there is a problem and someone will call help and we will get there as soon as we can. thanks a lot for that information. we have alive crew on the scene there and we will go to that live crew as soon as they are up and ready. >> charges in michael jackson's death could be later today. no problems to report along

395 northbound in virginia. good wednesday morning. you're watching extended coverage. we'll be back in a moment.

good morning in the news right now at 7:44, the trial is under way of the deadly street raping crash. jurors heard some. o911 calls from the february 2008 wreck. prosecutors say they plowed through a crowd of spectators. taylor's charge vehicular manslaughter. >> they plan to choose michael jackson's daughter with manslaughter and the pop superstar died from an overdose of prescription drugs. they are retracting a study

linking childhood vaccine toss autism. it focused on the measles, pumps and other studies have not found such a link. the most popular attraction, the last day to see it. traffic conditions and people try to make their way into work. howard. >> a beautiful picture out here. cleaning up will be a mess. a heavy snowfall. get ready. this may be the teaser snow for things to come.

a potentially bigger snow may be on the horizon. we'll talk about a friday, saturday timetable tonight. we want to update you at 7:47. >> we are told three children have been critically injured in southeast washington. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, bruce it is a heartbreaking story this morning on nailer street. fire broke out around 6:00 a.m. and now three kids were taken front burning building. two are in critical condition.

joining me now to tell what happened is deputy fire chief cross white. >> we received a call for an apartment fire. it was a very normal, looked like nothing showing from the front there. they found that they had an apartment fire on the second floor. upon extinguishing the fire, rescue was happening at the same time. three young children were taken out. two infants and one child. >> how are they doing now? did they suffer burns or was it smoke inhalation? >> right now, their injuries i'm not aware. when ney left here they were in very grave condition. right now we've been told they are in critical condition at this time. they are breathing on their own which is really good information. >> reporter: clearly this just happened. i know it is under

investigation but do you know where the parents were when the fire broke out? >> that is part of the investigation process. they will determine the cause and origin. also they will put all the pieces together. >> reporter: we don't know the cause of the fire yet, but do you know exactly where it broke out? >> it is an apartment on the second floor. we don't know the area of oh gin at this time. they are going to get all that information. >> reporter: was the fire contained to that one apartment or did it spread through the entire apartment building? >> the fire was contained to that unit itself. the building was evacuated. after it was deemed to be safe, we returned all the occupants back to the apartments due to the inclement weather. >> thank you for joining us.

the investigation continues. we'll be live throughout the morning to bring updates as they become available. >> all right, kristen. at least two of the children have been delegated critical condition so our thoughts are with them. >> we're done with the snow now for a couple days but the next storm could be a whopper of the storm, much more than this one. tuesday we have perhaps another more minor storm. >> it is weary. >> it is winter though. a winter we haven't seen since 2002, 2003. we might be, if we get enough snow, approaching top ten of the snowiest winters. we're somewhere at 28. when we know what national got, we'll know where we stand. >> we have been getting great input from you out there submitting snow reports.

this is devin lucy. >> a couple notes. this is the heaviest, thickest, wettest snow we have had so far. removing that this morning, take your time. take several breaks. i also want to note that i'm seeing a little blue sky. we have a little fog out there. visibilities reduced. if we can get rid of this low cloud cover, we'll have sunshine late afternoon, late mid morning to more this afternoon. virginia snow totals, 5 inches. wild acres, 6 inches reported there. maryland, snowfall totals there, many ranging from 4 to 6 inches. southern parts of maryland, 2-

inch. even checking with west virginia, snowfall totals, 6 1/2 inches there. way out there, 7 inches of snow was the highest report we saw. i'm going to call this the week of the trifecta of possible snow storms coming in. one now, the possibility of this next one by this weekend and then tuesday's storm. >> everyone is focusing on the friday/saturday snow. that looks like a real significant storm. friday, morning should be okay. afternoon, mid afternoon toward evening the snow will begin. could mix a little south and east but you're going to go to all snow during the overnight friday the way things look like now. mostly cloudy. sunny breaks. a little blue outside with the fog as well. 28 to 35. sun came up about 40 minutes ago at 7:12. then this afternoon partly sunny, seasonably chilly, low 40s. a couple of flurries out there.

northwest winds at 5 to 10. tonight partly to mostly cloudy, cold. >> thank brett for e-mailing that to me. you can do that your self. visibility at zero at dulles. 3/4 in frederick. we'll watch out in the next hour or two with low visibilities. temperatures in the upper 20s. winds are light. they have been light much of the morning. dewpoints in the 2 oz. humidity 80% and no winds at national. there is the cold air and up in canada there is more cold air. that is one piece of the equation for the weekend. the other part of it, it is forming back here. you can see the spin. this is the upper storm starting to come in and then it pulls all that moisture up and it is starting to get wet in texas and all that is headed our way. here is your seven-day

forecast. low 40s today and tomorrow. here is the next significant snow friday afternoon evening, through saturday. then another storm tuesday. as we close the 8:00 hour, we want to start with northeast north capitol street all lanes shut down between v and channing, use georgia, sherman, 13th, 14th and there has been ongoing police activity all morning long. >> this is the heartbreaking story of that apartment fire that keeps nailer road shut down at 1 9th street. we heard live three children injured in that. the good news is is that the blaze is out, but we have road closures and crews on the scene. the beltway in virginia, we're theyed up toward route 50. no incidents or accidents.

66 headed eastbound still slow from nuttily to the capitol beltway. drivers out on this interstate dealing with fog. things moving well here from 121 down to the split. remember, we are tracking all your tie-ups this wednesday morning at w u.s.a. 9.com. look for the gold and black banner at the top of the home page. >> we want to check from the dc department of trans or fakes. we have some kind of barricade situation out there. >> there was police activity along north capitol street but we got word that has been cleared. police cleared that scene and north capitol street hat been reopened in both directions. that was the only significant traffic issue we have had this morning that was not weather related. >> thanks a lot. one last chance to see the

national zoo's top attraction. the cub will depart to china. it is part of the zoo/panda's relief agreement. they have to be sent back to china. >> we have more coming up as far as another snowstorm. >> that will come late friday into saturday. we have a few flurries, snow showers out there. you can see them. even up to charles town. berry ville. harpers ferry in eastern washington county. you may run into flurries or a light snow shower but the big show is over. what we'll watch in the next

couple of days is the next storm and how big it could be. you hear the word significant and we think this will be the biggest of these three storms and, you know, soldier of us are going to see more than a foot. how much more we don't know yet. >> you have our attention. when can we start talking predictions? probably tomorrow we'll throw out numbers to be more specific but this will last friday to much of saturday. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪

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it is 8 a.m. and we are continuing our special winter weather coverage. >> federal workers are on unscheduled leave. now to the school closings and delays --

deep in their beds. but these students have to get ready to two. two hour delay. let's go to howard bernstein who has warned us there is more to come. >> that is friday and saturday. a slight bit more before the morning is out. i have been watching on

doppler. a couple of flurry and snow showers moving out of the mountains of west virginia making progress toward us. go to live doppler hd. i want to show you what is happening. to the west and northwest, we are seeing faulkier county, prince william county, haymarket, gainesville, you may be seeing a couple of snow flurries or snow showers. and up to loudoun county we are looking another snow moving out of west virginia. these are light flurries and snow showers here. west of leesburg, purcellville, and harpers ferry. if we go more to the north and frederick county we are looking at light snow showers and a couple pushing through carroll county. the snow showers coming out of hagerstown in to middletown and north and west of westminster. on the weather computer top temperature the other concern other than the flurries are the visibilities which are really low. especially to the west. here in town, we are not too bad. lookok at dulles.

that is below leesburg. dulles is at zero. three quarters at manassas and culpeper. talking about visible let's go outside to devon lucie. what's it looking like. >> i can see a little blue sky. a thin layer of fog and you get above that and we have a couple of clouds beyond that. later today we will have to get through a bright day and a lot of reflecting sun light coming off the snow. speaking of the bright snow it has a lot of heft it to, too. take break and maybe smaller shovel fulls and maybe not the typical snow shovel i have here. make an smaller shovel will make it easier for you. this is such a high water con tonight snow we will have temperatures in the upper 30s to 40s make sure you keep the windshield wiper fluid on the full levels out there. >> good advice. stock up. we have more snow coming over

the weekend and maybe next week, as well. there's the snow showers in pennsylvania. some are 'niquing in the western suburbs now. temperature-wise, upper 20s and low 30s. slick spots especially west and some roads that haven't been plowed will certainly give you problems. temperature in the upper 30s. low 40s with peeks of sunshine this afternoon. we have had a rough start on the roads with all of the weather. here's angie. >> thank you very much, howard. we want to begin in dc. naylor road in southeast remains closed at 19th. and that is due to that apartment fire. the good news is that the blaze is out but we are fire and rescue crews that are still on the scene there. our kristin fisher is on the scene with the latest details. in five minutes, we will have that live report for you. moving to inbound new york avenue, no problems to report to the third street tunnel in virginia. i-95, checking out a-okay, as well. lanes are wide open on this

interstate. drivers are moving at speed. this is the outer loop. we have a little congestion between new hampshire and georgia avenue but no incidents or accidents to report. going to the maps again, i want to show you the bw parkway, heading southbound at 202 we have crash activity. looks like metro and vre. the trains are on time but marc has a couple of problems here. camden line 840 is running 50 minutes behind. and we know 842 and 847 are 20 minutes late. that's the latest from the rails and roads. now, back to you. we have been with you since 4:00 this morning bringing you updates on the weather. >> doesn't seem that long. >> we will go live to jessica doyle. she's at tysons corner. >> i want to show you guys this is a little guy that my daughter brought home from school this week fairfax county public schools in preschool has been focusing on snowmen lately and he's smiling because he had

has a lot of company lately, a lot of snow but today it stopped snowing here at 3:00 the morning. vdot was out all morning long and you can see traffic was picking up here in tysons corner. we're on 123 here and this is the main drag. it goes down to the beltway. how do you know things are getting back to normal in washington, d.c.? because the traffic is picking up. if you are one of those folks who doesn't have to go out this this today, say your kids are home from school and say you have unscheduled leave, liberal leave policies at work and you get to stay home here is another option for you guys. if you get to go out, this is great snowman weather, great snowball packing weather and we have a little company with us this morning. frosty will make it away with a musical interlude, guys ♪ [ music ] ♪ maybe an option for later. back to you. >> i love it. >> thank you, jess. virginia promises to get

roads cleared no matter what the cost. the problem is it needs to find money to do that. after saturday's storm vdot is out of snow removal money. the northern virginia area has spent $32 million this winter and as you heard howard say time and time again there is more snow on the way. they spent the same amount last winter, and just $20 million the winter before. plows and salt trucks have been out for hours. let's look at connecticut avenue and van ness streets in northwest washington. you can see down to the payment, roads are clear but still wet. about 200 trucks have been out all night clearing the path. the director of the department of public works is reminding you to do your part as well. >> i want to remind residents to clear their sidewalks. tomorrow is a school day, so we want to have the sidewalks clear so pedestrians will stay on the walk and not walk in the street. >> and schools are open in the

district. if you have any questions about plowing be sure to call 311. things are moving well so far at the regions three airports. we check the websites for national, dull lens and bwi all show few cancellations. and plenty of cancellations last night. so there maybe a bag log of flyers trying to leave town today. stay with us throughout the morning. we'll be with you until 9:30. >> howard says there are two more storms heading this way. and at wusa9.com follow howard's forecast. go to traffic page and check out live cameras and upload your snow pictures. it is all at wusa9.com. we are following breaking news this morning, several children hurt in a fire. it happened along nay tore road in southeast washington. kristin fisher is on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: sad story for a snowy morning. two children are in critical condition and another is in

hospital. three children total after a fire broke out inside of the their apartment at 6:00 a.m. this morning. now, this is a three-story apartment building, about five houses down on naylor road in southeast dc. dc fire and ems arrived on the scene shortly after 6:00 a.m. we spoke with the deputy chief a few minutes ago. here's what he had to say about what firefighters found when they arrived on the scene. >> approximately 6:14 this morning our office of communications received a call for a fire. when units arrived it was normal, looked like nothing showing from the front there. as they made an aggressive interior attack they found a fire on the second floor. upon extinguishing the fire rescue was ensuing at the same time and the rescue squad removed three young children, two infant and one child. we have been told from the hospital they are in critical condition at this time. they are breathing on their own and have a spontaneous pulse

back and that is really good information. >> reporter: two infant and one child in the hospital. we don't know if they have suffered burns or if they are suffering from smoke inhalation. it is likely one of the two. we have dc firefighters on the scene right now. they are investigating exactly what caused this fire. they are also trying to figure out what where the parents were when this fire broke out. we don't know for sure if these children were alone. but we are hearing reports they were found in a bedroom by themselves. questions are clearly rising where were the parents here when this fire broke out? so firefighters are investigating that and they are investigating the cause of the fire as we speak. now, if there is any good news in all of this, it is that that fire was contained to that one single apartment. this is again a three-story apartment building. no other units were affected. however, residents were evacuated but have been let back in which is of course a good thing since it is quite

cold this morning and very snowy. so, andrea, we will have more reports throughout the morning. back to you. our time is 10. a check on other stories making news is next. more trouble for toyota. in three minutes who might be wrong with the prius.

good morning. we will have the latest traffic and school delays coming up. al-qaeda may attempt an ago attack on the u.s. >> the director leon paneta says the timetable table is three to six months. he said al-qaeda is looking for new recruits he emphasized there are no specific threats. the warning is on the heels of the bombing 0 the jet on christmas day. the accused terrorist is cooperating with investigators. they are crediting the suspect's families for getting

him to talk. more problems for toyota. the prius hybrid this time. the ntsb has received 100 complaints about the car's brakes. there are problems in japan, as well. this follows the ongoing problems involving gas pedals and floor mats. gm is looking in to complaints with she cobalt. the problem is with the power steering. it is linked to 11 accidents so far. gm's review involves the 2005 and 2009 models. our storm alert focuses on school closings and delays. we start in maryland. these schools are closed -- two

hour delay in winnest cher city schools. federal workers, you are unscheduled leave this morning. get the list of closings and delays at wusa9.com. they are running right now at the bottom of the screen. hopefully my wife has already shoveled the drive and the sidewalk and the neighbor's sidewalks because i had to be in early. i had to get to the hardware supplies. >> my wife takes care of me right now. >> i tell her bend the legs. >> this is heart attack type of shoveling. it is heavy, wet snow. 15 minutes and then take a break. 15 minutes take a break. you will get it done.

don't have to get it done in one shot. a touch more snow right now. a couple of flurries and snow showers coming down. devon lucie is with me all morning and right now in the weather center checking out the radar. >> i will show you where we have had the fog form. we have more cloud cover building in and right now doppler 9,000 shows some areas may have a few flurries. not expecting anything in the way of accumulating snow. as we head though western maryland, northern maryland we could see a few flakes flying in carroll and washington counties. westminster to finksburg and washington county, hagerstown and south on i-70 toward meyersville, middletown and frederick if you go that way. heading to northern virginia you could see a little bit in the way of flurry activity. and not accumulating snows but loudoun county to faulkier and prince william county. olney, toward manassas, manassas park and further to

the central parts toward catlett, maybe even cromwell. you can get caught up on the snow totals that you submitted through storm reports on wusa9.com. i have an uplink on there and the story for the latest on there. >> go to the weather page at the bottom. the weather headline and you will see the story of the totals you sub mythed. 40 tomorrow, partly sunny and then friday, here comes storm number two. will this be snowmen the sequel? we'll find out but a major storm any way you slice it. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, sun is up 7:12. this afternoon, partly sunny and optimistic we will see some sunshine, seasonably chilly with highs in the low 40s which is average for time of the year. northwest five to ten. 5:32 on the sunset. on the, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. another cold one. refreezing slick spots.

lows in the 20s. the fog devon was talking about, we are seeing it west of town. can delouse, zero visibility. a half mile from leesburg. 3:00 quarters manassas. some visibilities have been low in the culpeper area. they are reporting quarter mile visibility. we are at 2 1/2 at reagan national. it will slow things down, along with the snowy streets and side roads. an area of disturbance across pennsylvania and ohio. a little finger of it sticking down here in virginia. the main storm there and it quickly goes away. 434 national. 29 dulles an martinsburg. 28 frederick. 29 bwi. annapolis, pax river and cambridge 32 and fredericksburg you are looking at 33. winds are calm. the wind chill is the same as the temperature, 34. humidity is high 86%. there's a lot of cold air. a little bit in the northern part of the country but in canada a lot of cold air. we will be pulling in on that

with the next couple of storms and in the southwest look at the moisture, lasts six hours. it blossomed across texas in response to the upper energy coming across. this is the friday saturday storm developing now rain here in texas but with the cold air coming down it will pass to the south. ingredients for another major snowstorm are coming together. that's what we will carefully watch the next couple of days. here's the seven-day forecast, 42 today. 40 tomorrow. friday morning we are still okay. by friday, mid to late afternoon, here it comes again. the snow, which will be heavy at times, i think friday and saturday. significant snow. i think we will change that to likely and dry digging out on sunday and monday p.m. and another storm possible on tuesday. >> i wish i could change your mind, howard. thank you very much. 18 minutes after the 8:00 hour. praise our road crews for doing such a great job treating the roads but let's not use it as

an excuse not to watch our speeds this morning because we have slick spots all over the place. start with the bw parkway, approaching 202 we have crash activity. police are on the scene. moving over to the beltway in maryland, here's the outer loop. happy to report no real issues. a little volume between new hampshire and georgia avenues. sticking with the beltway. this time take it over to virginia. that's where we have a report of an accident. this is near the dulles toll road. actually that's not the right map. you want to watch your speed out there. we have a good amount of volume. 395 northbound. back outside, things moving well here between duke and seminary and crossing the 14th street bridge and finally wrap it up with a fire out in southeast dc. we know naylor road is closed at 19th street. the good news is the fire is out but crews are investigating. now, over to bruce and andrea. you may not be a fan of snow and ice but the weather is good business for some people,

like snowplow operators and anyone who sells shovels. >> but the economic impact is not as rosy as it once was. >> from the pump to the registers, and the malls. >> reporter: the truth is cold weather chills the economy. here's how. first let's take the cost of energy, which means you will pay more at the pump because of a surging demand for heating oil. because suddenly each barrel of crude oil is being split in two, shared by the heating industry and gasoline suppliers. so it hurts here and at home. >> oh, yeah. heating prices have gone up, too. obviously we have had a cold winter. >> i stay home and keep my thermostat turned down. >> reporter: you will pay more for groceries as the freezes hurt crops. josie said she noticed a huge difference in the price of fruit following the florida emergency. >> a couple of weeks ago they were 98. so that was a pass.

i didn't buy normally the fruits i would buy because it was too expensive. >> if i bought a lot i would feel it. >> reporter: the cold weather hurts retailers as people bundle up and stay home but that is god news for you if you want to shop because the trickle down affect is deep discounts. >> she says if that is true she is optimistic based on what she is seeing inside the mall. >> it is not that crowded, no. >> reporter: an economic cycle that surely proves big. >> you have to think everything affects everything at some level. >> reporter: the unusually cold winter has the impact we are theying economists may need to temper their enthusiasm about an economic recovery. brittany morehouse, 9 news now. still to come, we get a closer look at the roads in maryland. many roads are looking good but what about those side streets? we will get the answers in two minutes.

we're back with the extended coverage of the latest winter blast. loo a live look at route 355 and shady grove road in rockville, maryland. joining us on the phone is the snow operations center manager in montgomery county. steve, thanks for joining us. tell us what do the roads look like out there? >> the main roads are looking good. mostly wet at this time. the neighborhood roads, however, are still snow covered. the ones we haven't plowed yet but the plowing operations we have been doing that for several hours now and we are working through the neighborhoods. >> about those neighborhoods, we always get the calls people want it done like yesterday when can they expect to see some pavement on neighborhood streets? >> probably sometime this afternoon at the very latest. the weather is working well with us. the temperatures are coming up above freezing right now. we're looking at temperatures just below freezing to above freezing and that's helping everything. >> how much snow did you get out there? and a question, why do they

cancel schools? is it because you couldn't get the snow up soon enough? is it because the ice or the kids having to walk to the bus stops? why did they close the schools out there. >> to get an idea from them as to the reasons they close but one inputs of the decision is the condition of the roadways by the time they knead need to get the buses out and children walking to school and at that time we predicted it wouldn't be clear enough, roads wouldn't be clear enough for all of that to happen. >> okay. >> got it. i'm sure the students aren't complaining about that. steve, do you have any money left in the snow budget? howard bernstein says we will get walloped this weekend with more snow. any money left for this? >> there are a lot of folks working on the budget. that's one of this things i didn't concern myself with. as long as the snow is coming down we will be plowing and salting. >> thank you very much, steve for that valuable information. up next we continue the winter

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with back with extended coverage of the latest winter storm. here's a look at route 108 and georgia avenue in olney, maryland. and now a live look at tysons corner in virginia. people will head there to go shopping and check out a movie sometime today. >> good idea and now to the district, main roads in the city are pretty clear, as well. side streets, though, can be a little slippery. so take your time. thank you for starting your wednesday with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm bruce johnson. we will be with you until 9:30 this morning. first the closings and delays lists. federal workers are on

unscheduled leave. we are finished with the snow today but don't put away the shovel. here's howard. >> that's right. clean it off. get it ready. maybe sharpen the blade on it. we will have some snow returning to the region on friday, some time friday

evening at the latest. looks like it will be with us friday night and much of saturday. this could be another major league snowstorm. it will affect us and probably cause more delays and closings for the beginning of next week and a storm after that on tuesday which isn't looking as big as the weekend one. go to live doppler hd. the main storm is gone. we have a little area of some light flurries, snow shower activity extending to the west of washington now and it is moving to the east southeast. it is through parts of faulkier for the most part. eastern faulkier and warrenton as you go up 29 toward manassas you are seeing that. manassas, most of prince william county, western fairfax, a light snow or snow shower. i want to zoom in here as we head to eastern loudoun now, seeing heavier on the eck keys. this is nothing like what we saw. but to the west, around dulles to chantilly and route 50 between olney and chantilly toward fairfax.

haymarket and gainesville seeing a couple of flurries right now. just about seneca and darnstown, and montgomery county. as we go in to fredic, up 15 through point of rocks, frederick, urbana getting in on light snow action as well about to clear out of eastern washington county. middletown, meyersville you may see a few flurries and one more stop on the doppler in to carroll county. you think finksburg in the east. but westminster and almost in to baltimore now approaching route 892 some light flurries. the other problem we have now the snow is gone is a lot of low level moisture. that is allowing fog to form. visibilities are actually up to an 1/8 of a mile at dulles. they had been zero. and now up to a mile and 3/4 at the air park in montgomery county. improving conditions. the storm is leaving. little piece of energy in ohio and pennsylvania giving us a little activity we have got right now. it will be passing through

washington over the next hour with light flurries or snow shower. temperatures running upper 20s in culpeper. most areas in the lower 30s we will get some melting today and some sunshine and partly sunny later on. the clouds are slow to break and high temperatures 40, 41, 42. angie goff, happy wednesday. >> yes, happy wednesday to you and everybody who's joining us early this morning. we still have an accident on the bw parkway. it is heading southbound here at 202. we are slow approaching the scene. we know drivers are losing the right lane. we are tracking more crash activity. this time on the capital beltway. the outer loop in virginia at the toll road plaza, trying to access that. we are finding a wreck here. you want to be careful crossing the bridges. the american legion bridge was a trouble spot for us this morning before you get to the scene. live video of an incident we have been following since overnight. the roads are closed in

rockville still. west gude drive shut down all lanes at gaither road because of an overturned tanker truck. crews are out there trying to remove the fuel from the truck and get it out of the way. use 355 to redland to get around it. moving to virginia's side of things, 66 eastbound, dealing with a little fog. slow from the nutley area to the capital beltway. and in southeast dc we are tracking this. crews are out here investigating an apartment fire and naylor road is shut down at 19th street. that's the latest. now, back to you. our team of reporters has been out all morning long bringing you the latest conditions from the region. jessica doyle has been live in the tysons corner, virginia area. >> the snow stopped here in tysons corner about 3:30, 4:00 this morning. not after it dropped about three to four inches. we took some measurements in the parking lot before they came and cleared it out and it was measuring 3 1/2 to four inches throughout the area

here. as for the roadways, they are looking really good. vdot came out overnight. got the snow off the roads. did the de-icers. so it is looking good. as you can see the traffic is really moving through here. this is 123. it goes through the beltway. it is a main drag here. i spoke to a police officer not too long ago and he said in terms of the beltway today what you can expect in terms of road construction, unclear at this point if they will continue with those lane widening projects today. so we will have to keep track of that but there are projects going on with overpasses. so folks who are traveling around should keep that in mind. people might be asking us this morn hong kong, why are schools closed if the roads look this terrific. i will tell you why, this is why. this is the kind of ice you will find under the snow. a lot of these little side streets the buses need to go to they have snow on top of crusty ice we have had since saturday when the first snowstorm came

about. you can see it on the pavement here. so this is the problem. the kids trying to walk to school. i can tell you on my street in falls church last night we had a school bus trapped for two hours because our streets had never been done. that's the issue. we have heard from vdot, 25% of the side streets have been plowed so far and treated. just to reiterate, though, the main streets are looking good. beltway looks great. 50, route 7 was clear but it is cold so keep your eyes out for the black ice. keep those speeds down. back to you in the studio. >> good advice, jessica. thank you. in the snowstorm and one expected this weekend will take a financial hit on the commonwealth. vdot in northern virginia has spent the entire winter weather budget and today is only the third of february. the district started to get

ready for the snow before it started to fall. a live look at the sousa bridge and pennsylvania avenue. you can see it is pretty clear of snow. a little wet. while you slept 200 trucks spread salt and sand an cleared away snow. city leaders remind you to do your part, clear your sidewalk. it's the law and they encourage you to help out your neighbors. we will be here with you this morning until 9:30 bringing you the latest on the storm. and you know we will be here preparing for the next winter blast, as well. follow the forecast at wusa9.com. you can also go to the traffic page to check out live cameras and upload your snow pictures. share. it is at wusa9.com. at this time we are following breaking news this morning. several children hurt in a fire. it happened along naylor road in southeast washington. kristin fisher is there at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: well, andrea, the fire is now out. firefighters are on the scene trying to determine exactly

what caused this fire to break out, but the real story here are the three children that were affected by this fire. two children are in critical condition. another is also in the hospital because they were entrapped inside of this apartment where the fire broke out around 6:00 a.m. this morning and we have new information about their condition. maybe not about their condition but definitely we now know their ages. joining me to tell us about that is pete with dc fire and ems. what more do we know about these children? >> the good news is -- unfortunately they were found unconscious or semi conscious. they were resuscitated and essentially revived by paramedic and transported to the hospital. they are in stable condition but they are all critical. we have 5-year-old boy, 2-year- old female and a 5 or 6-month- old female. they were all found unconscious and resuscitated and they are in stable condition but critical at area hospitals. >> really young infants there.

what about the parents? where were they when the fire broke out? >> that's all being sorted out. there is a little confusion about that. when we arrived on the scene we were directed by an adult the kids were in an apartment. the firefighters were able to find them quickly. the fire was significant but confined to the kitchen area for the most part of the and looks like everybody should be able to get back in. there are 36 unit but the apartment was confined to the apartment of origin and we are sorting out the circumstances of what happened. >> thank you very much, pete, for joining us. back to you. >> thank you for that update. ahead, new outrage over wall street bonuses. the culprit is aig again. plus, new concerns over al- qaeda, what the cia is saying and how it plans to keep us safe. we'll be right back.

police say a man loaded a shopping cart with explosives and net them off in australia. the plan later turned himself in to police. they are trying to figure out his motive. the threat of terror is more serious at home. intelligence officials say another al-qaeda attack is imminent. >> top intelligence officials are bracing for a terrorist attack on u.s. soil within the next three to six months. >> director blair. >> an attempted attack, the priority is certain i would say. >> mr. panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> general burgess. >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> reporter: at a senate hearing on tuesday, they told lawmakers al-qaeda is sending operatives to the u.s. to carry out the plots. leon panetta says it is not so much that we face another 9/11 but terrorists are getting smarter and quicker. >> the greater threat is that al-qaeda is adapting their

methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: intelligence officials are especially worried about who al-qaeda is training. they say more recruits are individual terrorists armed with simple devices like the ones used in the attempted christmas day bombing. cbs news learned the suspect in that case has been cooperating with officials since last week after being persuaded by family members. he allegedly tried to ignite explosives hidden in his underwear to bring down the detroit bound airliner. he has been discussing the contact and providing information on terrorism probe. >> we have good intelligence and we are getting more. >> they say with a recent security changes made since the attack, someone like him would be caught before boarding a plane but he warned a more careful and skilled terrorist may not be detected. tara mergener , cbs news, washington. they have been in trouble before and it is happening

again. aig is in the spotlight for $100 million in bonuses. the insurance firm was bailed out by u.s. taxpayers. today the "washington post" reports that aig will pay out $100 million in bonuses and that is after making $20 million in cuts. in exchange for the cuts the bonuses are coming amonth ahead of schedule. we want to get to the list of delays and closings. you know by now federal workers are on unscheduled leave. >> and in virginia these schools are closed -- you can

get the entire list on our website at wusa9.com, also here at the bottom of the screen. no excuses, you can get your home work assignments on the internet and everything because there's more to come. >> yeah, this could be a problem with all of these closures, these school days have exhausted pretty much their allotment for the year and i'm telling you we have not one but two storms coming in the seven-day forecast, even the one when we have had saturday storms they have been lingering in to closings on the week. we will talk about that in a moment. let's get started with a great picture sent in to us.

look at a picture from gainesville. thanks to andrea out there, a beautiful snow, four or five inches for them and that is a pretty common number. some areas six or more. as little as nothing in reedville where it was mainly rain. what we are looking at the next three days, 42 this afternoon. 40 tomorrow and then friday in the afternoon, mid to late afternoon, snow returns could be mixed south and east but it will be all snow by saturday morning and last through saturday. a significant snow is heading to the region. momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, upper 20s to mid-30s urn mostly cloudy skies. could be a passing flurry this morning. the sun came up at 7:18 and will set 5:32 this afternoon. seasonably chilly today and low 40s. tonight in the 20s. more slick spots for thursday morning. northwest winds five to ten miles an hour. the storm from last night. that quickly exited stage right

but look at what is happening. another piece of energy through ohio and pennsylvania. moderate snow here and a finger of snow has come down through maryland, through virginia and even though lightly we will tell you about it. here's meteorologist devon lucie. >> we thought we'd break out with sun as i saw blue skies on the weather terrace, now the clouds have back in. look at doppler 9000. some lower clouds are developing with light snow coming through. as we go to northern virginia, that's where most of the snow is moving through now. frederick, montgomery county, down i-270 may see a few flakes falling and fairfax and loudoun county and prince william county, you could see a few flakes falling. we will see the general area of that light snowfall moving south, southeast in to the general movement and eventually across the potomac in to maryland. not expecting any accumulation

but may see a few flakes fall as the final portion of the upper-level storm rolls through. we are dealing with a touch of fog. visibility is slowly improving. a quarter mile at dulles. those areas had been zero and we sit with 2 1/2 mile visibility here in washington. temperature, well, upper 20s, 27 culpeper. 28 montgomery county and frederick and easton. but many areas, up around that freezing mark. except here in town, 34. wind chill 34. that tells you about the wind speeds. cold air to the north in canada. some of it is sneaking in to minneapolis and in texas, watch over the last 12 hours, the last six how the moisture has exploded here in advance of the upper level energy feeding in to that and that's the system that's moving toward us for late friday, saturday. a lot of moisture to work with. the seven day, low 40s the next couple of days. snow returns on friday afternoon and everyoning. dry on sunday and monday and then another storm is possible by tuesday afternoon.

wow. angie? >> all right. thank you, howard. you can always stay connected for your traffic needs through twitter or facebook. i heard from capital weather and he said what's up with the outer lap in virginia. we have an accident near the dulles toll road exit. it is taking up two lanes. as a result we are watching the taillights stack up around the american legion bridge area. moving to the outer loop, this time in maryland, between 95 and georgia avenue. a different scene here. looks like that delay really cleared out nicely. we are tracking the bw parkway, heading southbound toward 202. that's where we are losing the right lane because of more crash activity. we are checking on southbound 355. this is something new at marnelli. we have more crash activity. it is blocking the right shoulder and blocking the right lane, as well. 270 southbound, wrap it up with that and take you outside. northbound we have some congestion around the germantown road area and then just got word of another accident in the area, as well.

few things to look out for. that's the latest. now, back to you. have the day off? here's something you can do. 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 panda will depart for china. he was born in july of 2005 and is part of the zoo's panda lease agreement with china. all offspring must be sent to china. our time is 8:49. maybe tai shan can be a teacher while he's there. the 16 baby giant pandas are attending the first day of nursery school in china. their panda habitat was severely damaged in 2008 but so far they are recovering nicely. >> is that the cutest video or what? >> 8:48. ahead in sports the calves go for a record-breaking win. and sewell bowl media day. what some players did to really

steal the spotlight. we'll be right back.

good morning, everyone. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. it is february an 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, and you can check that off the franchise to can list, as well. caps and bruins last nigh. theodore riding a personal seven-game win streak. longest of his career and he stood on his head again last night. kept the caves in the game early and then the offense took off. senin made it 2-1. and this is ovechkin and this is just cherry picking. 36 of the year for ove. amounts win. 11 straight. the human car wash that is super bowl media day, 2000 reporters forced indoors due to

the rain. bet that smelled grit. manning and breeze held court. dwight said he will try to play and then it was time to play for super bowl idol as the players attempted beyonce's single ladies men -- >> just in the club, jest woke up doing my own little thing ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> if you want it then you should have put a ring on it. & all the single ladies, all the single ladies. >> you have to put a ring on it. a super bowl ring on it. that's a look at sports this morning. i guess that's what they are going for. i'm brett haber. have a great day. 0 ahead other stories making news today, driving faster through virginia, the latest on the push to raise the speed limit. we'll be right back.

good morning. we're back at 8:55. a live look at arlington, virginia. the roads around the pentagon are moving well this morning.

now to other stories making news. an arlington woman is behind bars accused in a double murder. >> the victims were found 24 hours ago in dale city, virginia virginia. the boy's father is 47-year-old natalia wilson's husband. she is charged in their murders. police say they all knew each other. police now confirm morgan harrington was murdered. the body of the virginia tech student was murdered three months after she vanished. still no word on how she died or who killed her. this morning, prince william county is the new deputy executive. after a seven-month search the board of supervisors appointed her on tuesday. she's been serving for the past 11 years. you could soon be legally zooming along virginia highways at 70 miles an hour. both houses of the legislature passed it yesterday approving

the height from 65. it would only affect interstates in the most part of the commonwealth. the governor is expected to sign them in to law. stay where you are because we are staying here with you. extended coverage of the winter storm will go on. we will have the traffic and the street and school closings three minutes away.

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