satellite picture radar combined, the clouds are in place, precipitation on the other side of the mountain. the evening commute is fine. you have time to do some errands and you're in pretty good shape until after midnight. it's the sleet and freezing rain that is going to cause the problem. everybody can drive in a little light snow. we'll come back and talk about how long it's going to stay below freezing. in our newsroom we're gearing up for whatever this storm will bring. >> we'll have any closings or delays that come over the weekend. it will be on the air and on the web. >> of course, we're keeping an eye on the roads to advise you if and when things get really bad, our ken molestina picks up our team coverage from gaithersburg where people already are getting red ditch reporter: yeah, they're getting ready and like topper just pointed out, what we're talking about is not a snow event, but the stuff that is expected to come, this freezing rain, all this messy ice over the roads, is dangerous enough and it is scary stuff. i wanted you to look behind me

at this salt. this is all inside the state highway administration salt dome out here in gaithersburg. crews have been coming in here throughout the day loading up their trucks. that salt then is going out onto the roads. to the right of this salt dome there are some big cylindrical tanks which inside we're told is the liquid salt brine. these are all the chemicals being used to treat the roads. what we're expecting is that nasty dangerous freezing sleet and rain to set up on the roads. so folks in montgomery county are not taking chances. a similar type of operation we're told is happening in virginia. vdot there tells us about 600 cruise will be deployed to the roads starting -- crews will be deployed to the roads starting at 8 p.m. tonight. take a listen to what they have to say about their operation this evening. >> pretreating is definitely important. it helps prevent the bond of

the ice to the pavement and that's our big concern when we have these wintery mixes with the rain and the ice and snow. we're not really sure 0 we're going to get, so the big -- what we're going to get, so the big concern is ice and freezing pavement. reporter: we want to let you know pg county operating on a modified snow operation tonight. they have 128 vehicles that have been deployed throughout prince george's county. they'll be out there 12 hours. again the main concern tonight is pretreating roads and making sure that motorists are safe. back to you guys. >> ken molestina, thank you. several airlines issued weather waivers at dulles and reagan national airport. so far united, jetblue, continental and delta are letting customers change travel plans for this weekend without the usual penalty fees. della is issuing waives at bwi marshall. let us know what the weather conditions look like in your

neighborhood. tonight one person this is custody and police are searching for two others after a home invasion in maryland. the attack forced authorities to order nearby charles carroll middle school on lockdown this morning for a time. scott broom ventured out into the neighborhood as the manhunt unfolded. reporter: this drama started with 911 call that came from inside the house while the home invasion was going on. police were matched while a desperate fight was happening -- matched while a desperate fight was happening inside. new carrollton police arrived just as three suspects were fleeing on foot from the house. one was run down and arrested in a foot chase, but two got away. new carrollton and prince george's county police responded with a manhunt that included tracking dogs, a u.s. park police helicopter and with early reports that an assault weapon might have been involved, the nearby carrollton elementary school was put on lockdown. investigators later determined

that no such weapon was used and the lockdown was lifted. as detectives converged on the house where it all started to piece together what happened. >> we believe three suspects forced entry into the home, stole items from the house while residents were inside and fled the area. we have two suspects outstanding we are trying to find. reporter: police said two college students preparing to return to school after winter break were in the house when intruders broke in. they both suffered scrapes, bumps and bruises from fighting the home inschraders on. the victims declined -- invaders off. the victims declined to talk. there may have been drug evidence thrown down on a front yard about 1/2 mile away. tonight investigators try to figure out why this particular home was the one that was targeted. scott broom, 9 news now. >> new carrollton police issued descriptions for the attackers and you can find those on our website, www.wusa9.com.

the alleged shooter in the killing of washington redskins safety sean taylor is now set to go on trial april 16th. eric rei rivera jr. and four men from the ft. myers area are accused of killing taylor in 2007 during an armed robbery at his home. all four have pleaded not guilty. a fifth man has pled guilty and is expected to testify against the other. two sisters killed in a house fire in maryland today in a row house along harrison street in cumberland. the body of a 7-year-old was found in a second floor bedroom. the 10-year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital. the girl's mom and a 7-month- old baby escaped without injury. the flames spread to five other houses before it was over. the red cross is helping those families tonight. the cause of the massive fire is under investigation. potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars now missing from a nonprofit that 9 news now has worked with for decades. in fact, we've even had people on the board of directors.

it's the local chapter of the national academy of television arts and science and they have voted to proceed with filing criminal charges against their former treasurer after they found the money missing last november. bruce leshan has been looking into this and it feels very close to home. >> it does feel close to home, but everybody, just about everybody, is familiar with the emmys. they're among the most prestigeous awards in television. local reporters, tv stations, even the washington post, the washington redskins pay hundreds of dollars apiece every year in membership and entry fees. it adds up and now it looks like a whole lot of that money has gone missing, perhaps as much as half a million dollars. the local emmy board has voted to proceed with filing criminal charges against its former treasurer and trustee, a former fox 5 account around named mike sefus, but -- accountant named mike sefus, but an attorney for the board says he has yet to

actually file the charges or contact the fbi or local authorities. the allegation is that sefus took somewhere between $250,000 and half mail ondollars in the money. -- half a million dollars of the money. he did not answer his door friday. we heard plenty of stories about how the the money was spent but don't have any confirmed. documents obtained by 9 news now suggest that sefus agreed to repay the emmys $20,077,000. $277,000. the regional chapter is just out with a statement insisting the missing money will have no impact on its annual events including the big black tie regional emmy awards. it insists there is no leadership of the chapter, but the news release and the designated spokesperson have left out key questions like how hundreds of thousands of

dollars could disappear before anyone noticed. wusa channels 4, 5 and 7 as well as the washington redskins, stations in baltimore, richmond have members on the board, our station representative resigned from the board yesterday in protest over this incident. we don't know about the other stations. >> as you said a lot more questions, bruce, thank you. well, on a nice day people have been known to line up for blocks at their favorite food truck all over the district, but the mobile meal vendors have been the sticking point for a while in d.c. surae chinn is live in northeast with a look at new proposed regulations. some people get ready for these things before they even arrive. reporter: oh, yes. even on a cold day like today folks were lining up and just like the food trucks behind me they've been scrutinized before and these new proposals has a lot to do with where they're parked and how long. as it stands now, they can't park if no customers are being served, but that could all

change with this new proposal. >> one of the best barbecue in d.c. reporter: it's farragut friday. >> it's something that we look forward to every week. reporter: meaning people gather around and have a lot of choices from a meal on wheels. >> trucks have kind of taken over the square and a lot of people like getting their lunch out here. reporter: it may start to get easier for both parties. d.c. has worked on a 30-year- old ice cream truck rule. if there's not line, you have to move on. >> food trucks need regulations that work, plain and simple. trucks shouldn't have to move if there are no customers. reporter: the new proposal would allow vendors to stick around if they pay the meter. >> to wait for the truck operators. reporter: line or no line. >> what about the customers? >> yeah. good for them, too right? >> i don't really see the difference between them pay being the meter and a car, seems like the same thing to me to the city itself. i'd rather have the food trucks. >> there's traffic all the time. so just because there's not a line now doesn't mean there won't be in 10 minutes. reporter: it's a quick easy

way to grab lunch but regular brick and mortar lunches say don't forget for every parking space necessity take could be a potential customer for them. >> -- they take could be a potential customer for them. >> they take a lot of customers for lunchtime from around here. reporter: clint park owned his restaurant 15 years and has gained loyal customers. >> places like this will be hurt by it. reporter: that could happen, too if a new restaurant pops up on the block, too. if your food is good quality people will go there regardless. >> competition is good. reporter: now there are more than 1,150 licensed vendors in the district. the proposal relaxes some of these old rules and the exception goes to dessert trucks. they are not serving anybody, they've got 10 minutes to pack up and leave. with this proposal you've got 30 days from today to go ahead and comment and make your information known, but you have to have it in writing to the e- mail or writing and sending to the d.c. consumer and

regulatory commission with the district. back to you, anita. >> a lot of people really enjoy those. we'll see what happens. thank you. the assistant men's basketball coach at university of maryland is under arrest tonight charged with dui. the announcement about coach dalonte hill came at a news conference today. head coach mark turgeon said hill will not make the team's next trip to temple university. hill was assistant coach at kansas state before joining the terps. after a lackluster skins season some football fans are contemplating a change this weekend. dave owens is here to talk about the allure of the ravens bandwagon. you sure we're not traitors if we get on that bandwagon? >> let's start with some perspective. the ravens haven't been in existence that long, just since '96. the redskins have been around since 1932. so the burgundy and gold fan base runs deep. we know it's well entrenched, but here's the thing. in the last decade the ravens

have far exceeded the redskins in terms of success and they're one game away from the super bowl and they've also had eight playoff appearances as well versus just two for the redskins. the cities are relatively close about, 45 minutes apart. this week the purple and black celebrating 12 wins, division championship. i'd say redskins fans would certainly like that, but back to the original question, are some redskins fans jumping ship to another bandwagon? we asked that question on facebook and here's what we got. check this out. tiffany, very blunt, she said nope, got to stick with my redskins. now john on the other hand, he took it a step further. i like to watch joe flacco and ray rice, but any redskin fan seriously rooting for ravens should be stripped of their burgundy and gold card and run out of redskins country, all right. jean says of course i'm rooting for the ravens. redskins are nfc. ravens are afc. you can root for more than one team. i do. the redskins are lousy and the ravens are winners.

well, there you go. like them or not you can watch the ravens here on wusa9. the afc championship game is at 3:00. then we'll break it down on our 6:30 newscast afterwards and have a full postgame coverage on sports plus at 11:30. so in our unofficial polling, lesli, two no's and one yes. overall we received about 60 responses and there were more no responses, in other words, i'm a redskins fans and i'm not rooting for the ravens, but about 30% said yes, i'm a redskins fan, but i'm now on the ravens' bandwagon. >> there's going to be some fierce football watching this weekend for sure, dave. still ahead in this hour, the attacks are flying as the clock ticks down in south carolina. we'll have a primary preview. rescue crews return to the costa concord, why but rough weather ahead may force them -- concordia, but rough weather ahead may force them to stop again. up next, not one, not two, but all five metro lines will have some track work going on

this weekend. what you need to know is next on 9 news now.

this weekend red line riders, it's their dawn at some major track work on metro.

-- turn at some major track work at metro. starting tonight at 10:00 shuttle buses will be provided between the stations. you ride another line, you're not off the hook. trains will be single tracking on the orange line between the east and west falls church stations as well as the stadium armory. on the blue line it's a single track between braddock road and van dorn street. green line riders can expect the same between naylor road and branch avenue and the work will be between braddock road and huntington on the yellow line. all those lines should be back to normal when the system reopens monday morning. our colleagues at usa today posted this video today from inside the costa concordia as the cruise slip started to take on water one week ago. you can see water pouring down the steps and passengers running to try and find a safe way out. we have the latest on the search for the 21 still missing. reporter: rescue officials

allowed crews to resume the search for victims on the costa concord, why but for now only above the water line. -- concordia, but for now only above the water line. divers went to deeper waters after the cruise line began to shift on the reef. even the slightest movement could put rescue workers in danger. a fire department spokesman says as soon as we were given the go ahead our crews got ready and returned to the ship immediately. once it's safe divers want to finish searching underwater areas of the bridge where passengers gathered before abandoning ship. rescue crews are worried about the rough weather ahead and also about the wear and tear on the fuel tanks which are scraping against the reef. the ship is carrying half a million gallons of fuel and crews rushed on friday to finish surrounding it with oil barriers. the view of the hull shows the catastrophic damage and underwater pieces of the wreckage lying on the reef

where the ship ran a ground. amateur video from the night of the wreck shows a crew member telling passengers everything is under control and that they should return to their cabins. two american passengers are now home in minnesota. the sisters described the chaos as the ship started to tilt. >> i looked around and i saw that people were in this lifeboat and this whole lifeboat was full. reporter: that spot where passengers scrambled for lifeboats is one of the places search crews are looking for bodies. cbs news, giglio, italy. >> the ship's captain is under house arrest. that cruise line suspended him and says it will not pay any of his legal expenses going forward. thattitis storm in the pacific northwest is now being blamed for three deaths and for the fact it's more than 280,000 homes and businesses are without power tonight. seattle, tacoma and olympia are among the hardest hit areas and there's word it may take into the weekend or later to get the

lights back on. the good news is the warming temperatures ought to melt some of that snow and ice, but that could cause flooding. at home we're dealing with our answerer alert it. is topper's time to take -- severe weather alert. it is topper's time to take it away. >> mainly we're looking at sleet and freezing rain after midnight. the evening rush is fine. get the kids home maybe by 10:00. if you're out tonight, i'd be home by midnight. you can drive through slight snow, but don't wait for it to start to sleet and freezing rain. a live look outside, still a very nice evening. clouds have already moved in. this is brought to you by michael and son, our live weather camera and we're looking at temperatures on the chilly side. what really jumps out, if this clicker ever begins to work, is the dew point. it's 34 right now, but the dew point is 8. i don't want to get too technical, but here's the deal. when we add moisture to the

atmosphere, this temperature will drop and the dew point will rise and the further they are apart, the lower they'll end up meeting together. so that's one reason we're very concerned with this particular system and winds light out of the east at 3. that's not going to bring much warmer air into the surface area. it will to the upper levels of the atmosphere and not to the surface and unfortunately when we talk about sleet and freezing rain, we're really concerned about surface temperature. satellite picture radar combined, there's the snow already pushing from portions of the midwest now into the ohio valley. you see a little snow over cumberland and parts of our northern suburbs. it's not hitting the ground. it's too darn dry. 32 arlington and bethesda, 31 great falls and reston. so another troubling fact is everybody right now is already flirting with the freezing mark. 34 college park and 33 in beltsville. so here's the deal. not a snowstorm, more of an ice storm, period of snow between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. so yeah, we might have a

dusting downtown, maybe an inch up north of gaithersburg and maybe an inch and a half towards frederick and western loudoun county, but it will eventually kick to sleet and freezing rain overnight. it's going to stay a mix now west of i-95 through tomorrow morning. that's not good. icing on trees now is likely from the district north and west. so here's our futurecast. you can see the little batch of snow, this is the blue, it changes to the magenta or pink pretty quickly and then it stays essentially a mix west of i-95. the problem is by the time temps crawl above freezing the system goes away from us. really we're looking at some pretty serious icing i think north and west of town, especially north of clarkbsurg. here's ice potential, maybe 1/4- inch north of gaithersburg and maybe 1/4-inch also out in fairfax county and towards manassas and leesburg. we'll keep you posted. again severe weather alert day. for tonight snow developing before midnight and changing to sleet and freezing rain

overnight, low temperatures 28 to 32 and winds easterly at about 10. next seven days, here's the deal. the mix continues now west of i- 95, got a wide range of temperatures tomorrow between 32 and 40, southern maryland probably hits 40. up near frederick you'll probably struggle to get to 32. we get a break saturday night which is bad because then we get icy spots and rounds sunday. we could see a little mix or light run on sunday afternoon, temperatures still struggling to get above freezing and look what happens. i did it. i put a bolt in for monday, 54 with rain showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. is that crazy stuff? >> it's crazy stuff. >> nice and bolts and okay. still ahead tonight new guidelines could change the services available to thousands of children diagnosed with autism. but first remembering a legendary song stress who just lost a lengthy battle against cancer. a look back at the life of

etta james next.

. ♪ at last my love has come

along ♪ that may have been etta james best known song. interesting, though, it did not win any of her three grammy awards. >> tonight friends, family and fans are remembering the singer who died just before her 74th birthday. >> we take a look back at legend's life and music. ♪at last my love come along. ♪ reporter: it's the signature song of etta james. >> every time somebody gets married they say sing it. reporter: james was born in 1938 to a 14-year-old mother and a father she never knew. she started singing in a baptist church in los angeles,

then joined a girl group and finally started making solo records. but it was the 1961 hit song at last that put etta james on the map. rolling stone magazine ranked james 22nd on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. the three time grammy winner got a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 2003. singer beyonce played james in the 2008 movie cadillac records and she sang at last for president and mrs. obama's first dance at the 2009 inauguration festivities. james made disparaging remarks about beyonce's performance which james' son attributed to drug induced dementia. james battled heroin addiction earlier later on, but her health declined dramatically in recent years. her sons and husband argued over manage james' $1 million estate and -- managing james'

$1 million estate and medical care. >> i want the best care for my mother, period. reporter: a judge ruled james' husband would remain conservator and $350,000 was allotted for her care. james suffered from dementia, kidney trouble and eventually leukemia. etta james always said she never liked encores. ♪at last

the gop presidential candidates now have just one more day to make their case to the voters in south carolina. those voters will head off to the polls tomorrow for this state's primary. danielle nottingham is in charleston watching the race for president. reporter: derek, the gop candidates are spending this last day before south carolina's primary criss- crossing the state trying to get any possible edge on their republican rivals. >> your guys are great to be out here of. reporter: mitt romney dodged raindrops on his last day of campaigning before saturday's south carolina primary. he promised supporters brighter days ahead if he wins. >> i'm going to make sure the next generation has a more prosperous future than the generation i've enjoyed. i love this country. i love you for being out here in the rain. reporter: once the clear frontrunner here mitt romney is

now neck and neck with newt gingrich, but that was before gingrich's ex-wife told media that her former husband wanted an open marriage. gingrich scored points with the audience at thursday's debate with his response. >> the story is false. every personal friend i have who knew us in that period says the story was false. reporter: gingrich canceled his first appearance friday. his campaign said the crowd was too small and it allowed him to spend more time visiting a children's hospital. ron paul did appear saying the debates are helping his campaign. >> debates have always been very helpful in promoting what i've been talking about on sound economic policy and changed foreign policy. reporter: rick santorum continues to push himself as the only candidate for conservative voters arguing both romney and gingrich have supported healthcare plans that resemble president obama's. >> once the government has your health they have your pocketbook and everything else that comes with it and we are no longer free. reporter: the four candidates have just hours left to sway

voters. a recent poll suggests about half have yet to make up their minds. mitt romney said he has a lot of ground to make up in south carolina after coming in fourth in the 2008 primary here. he admitted today this is a close race. in charleston, south carolina, danielle nottingham, 9 news now. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell endorsed mitt romney today. the republican governor called the former massachusetts governor a results oriented conservative who can appeal to democrats and independents. >> he is the consistent results oriented conservative who has the best record and the best message on jobs and on cutting spending. that's what people are going to be voting for. that's what americans need right now. >> mcdonnell says romney's always known south carolina will be a tough race, but the virginia governor says romney is on a roll. the race to fill harry thomas, jr.'s d.c. council seat is underway. the former ward 5 council

member resigned two weeks ago as part of that huge plea on a tax fraud and embezzlement charges. we'll hear the challenge for the next council person is to bring the divided ward together. reporter: starting at 8:30 this morning folks can come here to the board of elections to fill out paperwork for their bid for the ward 5 council member seat. so far 20 people are fighting for the job. 30 minutes after the doors opened frank wild filled out his paperwork at the board of election. each hopeful must gather 500 signatures by february 15th. >> dcoee.org and look up your voter registration. make sure your address on file is up to date. you sign a petition with an address that does not match the address in our file, then your signature will be invalid. reporter: the special elections to replace disgraced former council member harry thomas, jr. will be held may 15th, candidates already lining up to replace him including

political newcomer kenyan mcduffie say the ward needs a fresh start. i sat down with long time ward 5 activist debbie smith steiner who is not running but says the ward is now deeply divided after thomas' corruption conviction. the next leader she says must work to unite the community. >> right now where we currently are is that everybody is jockeying for their position to see how they can get this particular seat in order to be in control. reporter: even though there's no official council member seat for ward 5 now, all constituent services are still being answered heading over and being addressed by council chairman kwame brown. outside d.c. board of elections and ethics, delia goncalves, 9 news now. d.c. councilman marion barry is having minor surgery today at sibley hospital. his office says the operation involves the urinary tract. the former mayor is expected to be released tomorrow.

he is 75 years old and barry has survived prostate cancer, also had a successful kidney transplant three years ago. barry is running for a third consecutive term in the ward 8 council race. tuesday's vote on a controversial measure to fight online piracy is being postponed. senate democratic leader harry reid made the announcement today in the wake of a storm of protests from the tech community and others. they're concerned about overregulation and censorship. earlier this week major websites like wikipedia blacked out their sites for a day in protest. now lawmakers are trying to reach a compromise. the u.s. supreme court is one of dozens of courthouses all over the country demonstrators took aim at today. they're protesting the two-year anniversary of the high court's controversial citizens united decision which removed most of the limits on spending by corporations and labor in federal elections. still to come, a local university sees a surge in

potential new students. reporter: i'm kristin fisher at the home and remodeling show happening this weekend at the dulles expo center and it's featuring some of the hottest new products in home remodeling. i'll give you a special sneak peek coming up. don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

welcome back. big changes could be coming for the many families coping with autism. a panel of experts for the american psychiatric association is reassessing the definition of this developmental disorder. researchers want to narrow the criteria which many experts feel is too vague and has contributed to the skyrocketing number of diagnoses in recent years. on the downside the changes may factor out some of the higher functioning kids on the autism spectrum like those diagnosed with asperger's syndrome limiting their access to educational and therapy services. the university of virginia has set a new record. that school received a record 28,239 admissions applications and that is up 18% from last year. the school of engineering and applied science had the most applications and the number of

international students applying also rose dramatically. the dean said an increase was expected but not by this much. students at one local high school staged a pep rally today as part of a new anti-bullying campaign. it took place at bladensburg high and the goal is to raise awareness about both bullying and cyber bullying. it's a message that resonates not only in prince george's county, but across the country. coming up a local coach becomes the legal guardian of a foreign player to help her get to this country, fair or unfair? we'll bring you that story in sports. >> we're looking at temperatures in the low 30s and upper 20s and some snow, but the real problem, mixed bag is on the way. we're looking at 34 downtown, but everybody else right around freezing or below, 28 in martinsburg and winchester. we'll come back, tell you when the mix begins and if it ever changes to rain tomorrow. also concerns tonight about one of the aircrafts flying in

and out of a local airport, what inspectors want to know about those super jumbo jets just ahead. deal chicken is working hard to find only the best deals in town. here's today's deal just for you. 50% off a two night escape package at historic hotel brexton in baltimore.

one of the original tuskegee airmen was buried at arlington national cemetery. retired air force colonel luke weathers jr. was a congressional gold medal recipient who shot down two german fighter and served from 19forth 2 to 1945. at the -- 1942 to 1945. at the burial today a four-jet flyover was performed. if you've flown out of dulles there's a good chance you've seen a super jumbo jet take off and land but now europe's safety agency is ordering airlines around the world to inspect those a-380 aircrafts. airbus found new cracks in the metal brackets inside the wings and so airlines like dubai

emirates now have between four days and six weeks to carry out those visual checks. one american carmaker is back on to. gm has retain the title as -- on top. gm has retain the title as the world's largest auto seller selling more than 9 million vehicles worldwide last year and had a net income of $7 billion for the first three quarters of 2011. the company said it will share its full year results next month. another automaker is rewarding its employees as it continues to gain ground. for the first time in three years ford is giving its salaried workers both merit raises and bonuses. the 2.7% base salary increase will take effect a 1st, which is all -- april 1st, which is also april fool's day but not a joke. >> no. good news for the housing market, home sales reaching their highest in years. >> if you're looking to sell or remodel, we've got event for you. kristin fisher takes us on a

tour of this week's hot new products at the dulles expo center. reporter: how would you like a shower that's entirely grout free or how about sleek slim glass solar panels? >> it's about power and money. reporter: these are just two of the hot new products featured as the first ever home remodeling show. >> there are plenty of people interested in improving their personal spaces and i think that's what part of the theme of the show is about. reporter: it brings over 200 exhibitors together under one roof for one weekend. now this is probably the hottest attraction here, the living fountain, but it's also the one thing that you can't install in your own home. every other exhibitor is focused on fixing up what you already have, a growing trend in a down economy. >> more and more people are staying in their homes. they're not moving and so there's every day people thinking about what can i do to my home to make my life better and a lot of projects like

kitchen projects and bath projects really adding value to their home. >> i've got all kinds of ideas of what i want to do with the house to fix it back up. reporter: dehlia flowers designed the new countertops but says the best part of show is the face time with the experts. >> very helpful because you can tell them right up front this is my budget. is it something they're comfortable with and they'll say that's not what we do or absolutely, we will work with you at that price of. reporter: in chantilly, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> i got some ideas. if you'd like to check out the products, the show is this saturday and sunday at the dulles expo center. there is something new on bethesda row. it's just the ticket if you happen to be an owner of a electric car it. is a new electric charging station at 4950 elm street. the gazette newspaper reports the management company federal relate is working with the miami -- realty is working with the miami-based car charging group to install car charging

stations as east coast property including bethesda row and rockville town square. >> times are changing. you are looking at maybe some freezing rain, ice? >> that's the worst. if it were all snow, we could take a deep breath and not worry about it. the good news is it is occurring friday night into saturday. so in that regard is probably is as good as it's going to get, but again not snow, freezing rain and sleet. let's start with live look outside. we're looking at temperatures on the chilly side, even downtown looking at temperatures around the freezing mark. this is brought to you by michael and son, our live weather cam, nice shot of the white house. 34 now, the low so far today. look at the dew point. that's what's troubling. the dew point is 8 and again that, means when precipitation starts, that temperature will fall and meet that dew point somewhere in the middle and that's not good. satellite picture radar combined, the clouds return quickly after lunchtime. we are seeing some returns

right overhead, but it's so dry that snow is not reaching the ground. snow is reaching the ground now the western papa and ohio, indiana -- western p.a. and ohio, indiana and illinois. we'll have a burst of snow and a trace maybe downtown and maybe an inch or maybe even 2 up toward frederick, but it is not a snow event. 32 in arlington, bethesda, 31 in great falls and reston and sterling. we're looking at milder air to the east, 34 in college park and 33 in beltsville, even andrews 31. so not a snowstorm. it's more ice. periods of snow 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. depending where you are. if you're west of town it snows early and kicks to sleet and freezing rain earlier. it kicks to a mick overnight everywhere. the problem -- a mix overnight everywhere. the problem is it stays a mix through the morning including i- 95. so that will cause icing on trees and power lines and secondary untreated roads. by 1:00 in the morning there's

your snow north of gaithersburg, baltimore and frederick. notice it's already a mix now downtown and towards manassas and out 95 and you folks in southern maryland will have an initial mix. east of 95 charles and anne arundel and calvert and st. mary's counties will go to rain tomorrow. the rest of us will have to contend with sleet and freezing rain right through the morning saturday. the problem is when it gets above freezing, the system pulls away and leaves us alone. that's why we're concerned we may see another batch of sleet or freezing rain sunday. we'll keep you posted. let's get through tonight and tomorrow first. ice potential, 1/4-inch possible right around the district up toward rockville out toward manassas through fairfax county. again it is just an ice deal, not a snow thing, but there could be an inch north of gaithersburg, could be a trace of snow downtown and maybe a trace of snow between woodbridge and fredericksburg, so that's the deal. it's not going to be a

snowstorm unfortunately. it would be much simpler if it were. next seven days, morning mix continues west of i-95 saturday. a quick break sunday and clouds come back and we could actually see a little bit of a mixture again sunday afternoon. monday boom, we're in the warm sector, showers, rain, maybe even a thunderstorm, gorgeous tuesday and wednesday, more rain possible on thursday and friday. we will keep you posted all night, but now we're looking at sleet and freezing rain, the worst case scenario. >> not fun, but at least you told us about it. thank you much. let's head over to dave owens for tonight's toyota high school sports report. >> it's an interesting story. you're about to meet a local coach who some say has done great thing. others might disagree and say she was only looking to win games. watch this story and you decide. what was at the core of one coach's decision to help a kid? reporter: she towers over teammates, covers ground like a gazelle, the stroke fuel.

no wonder john jones is headed to clemson. >> going down there visiting the university, it really set a good place in my heart. reporter: her coach has been her legal guardian since 2009. wait a minute. basketball coach becomes guardian of talented basketball player? so she can come to the united states and play on her team? smells a little fishy? not to the coach. >> i'm not trying to win. i'm trying to win in life for these kids. my goal is to get every single person a scholarship. reporter: it's that second part that chef says motivated her when jones -- she says motivated her when jones family which lives in the bahamas contacted her about relocating her daughter. >> her mother called me again and said we really want to come. reporter: come to riverdale baptist where winning is part of the dna. legal? yes, but it begs this ethical question to. what lengths will coach goes to get talented players on their teams and in response to those who question her agenda? >> i think it's probably more so jealous. reporter: not everyone agrees. i spoke with one public school

athletic administrator who wanted to remain anonymous but he did say if this situation occurred in his jurisdiction, it would be looked at with skepticism. addison shepard, a coach at nearby henry wise, is not one of those skeptics. >> she has extended herself and helped numerous people that haven't even played for her of. reporter: besides richardson said when jones first arrived there was no telling she would be dominating. she was only 5 easement it was only later she grew into those size 14 shoes in men. we did speak with coaches on both sides of the opinion. those who thought coach richardson might be more interested in winning ironically did not want to be filmed. by the way, riverdale baptist are currently 16-1. >> they are a powerhouse for sure, dave. coming up on 9 news now at 6:00 for a second time crews are battling destructive brushfires in nevada. why would wolf trap sue the

volunteers who run this volunteer community in virginia? i'm peggy fox. i'll have the story coming up. but first new research looks at how mothers with breast cancer share that information with their daughter. our health alert is next.

in tonight's health alert, sharing a scary family history with your kids, how do you do it? women with the breast cancer

genes br1 or 2 are likely to get breast cancer and there's a good chance their children will inherent this tendency as well. reporter: lauren greers which the grac mutation which puts her at a very high risk for breast cancer and what's she's most worried is her 14-year-old daughter will inherent the gene. after her twin sister and aunt and cousin developed breast cancer laura chose to have herb breasts and ovaries removed -- her breasts and ovaries removed and said she never questioned letting her daughter know of her genetics and a new study found lauren did what most parents do. researchers in philadelphia looked at more than 250 parents who had genetic breast cancer testing and found 66% shared their results with their kids. and some of the children were quite young at the time, but they received this information from their parents. there's a 50/50 chance women with the brac gene mutations pass it on to their kids. most doctors don't want to test

those children until they're in their 20s. >> it's not meaningful to the child, so we shouldn't subject the child to something that won't be constructive for. this. reporter: summer said she plans to be tested if she's older. >> it might worry me if i know i have, it but i would rather have the knowledge that i can help save myself. >> knowledge is everything. now that doctors can isolate these genes lauren, summer, so many women hope scientists will find a way to silence them. it's estimated about 10% of all breast cancers are related to brca1 and 2. a severe weather alert tops our news at 6 p.m. and we got to be honest. we've gotten off pretty light so far this winter. >> but it's about to change. topper shutt is standing by in the weather center with the details. >> i wish it were just a pure snow event. it would be a lot easier to forecast and deal with, but we are on that border in the metro area. let's start with temperatures because we're looking at temperatures below freezing in most spots already especially