north and west of town. officially at national 34, but 30 in manassas and gaithersburg and this is kind of troubling because the air mass is very dry. so temps will fall even farther when we get precipitation falling. 27 in hagerstown, 28 in martinsburg and winchester. the entire metro area is under a winter weather advisory from 9 p.m. tonight through saturday at 1 p.m. which makes perfect sense. even southern maryland will get an initial shot of mixed precipitation. in terms of the ice accumulation, we're getting more and more concerned about it because the cold air is a little stronger and deeper. we could see a 1/4-inch of ice from manassas towards d.c. and out toward culpeper and even .1- inch towards gaithersburg and even ice on 95 towards frederickburg. so we're concerned about the icing on the trees and also the power lines. satellite picture radar combined, i know it looks like it's snowing overhead. it's not. it's just evaporating. all the precipitation is back to the west, so the rest of the evening rush hour is fine.

you can do errands until 10:00 tonight. in fact, you can go out for dinner till about midnight. after midnight, though, things start to change to sleet and freezing rain, low temperatures 28 to 32, winds easterly at 10. we'll come back and tell you who gets above freezing and when. all larges on deck for area road crews. trucks are load -- all hands on deck for area road crews. trucks are loading up with salt and sand to make sure we get through the weekend. ken molestina standing by live with more on that. reporter: this is the beginning of the anti-icing process. over my shoulder crews are showing up to load their trucks up with salt and head out to the streets and dutch the salt, make it safe. the highway -- dump the salt, make it say. the highway officials in maryland calling expected conditions treacherous. take a look just a couple minutes ago what it looked like. the trucks began to line up just before 6:00 we're told. there are two waves of trucks

coming in tonight, one at 6:00, the folks here now, second wave at 8 p.m. now a very similar situation is going on in virginia in that region. we spoke to the spokeswoman out there, jennifer mccord who had this to say. >> today we have our crews out pretreating roadways. they're putting down liquid magnesium chloride on interstates and salt brine on other major roadways. tonight we'll be bringing in 600 trucks and they'll treat the road tonight. the biggest concern tonight is ice of. reporter: the big concern, ice, clark county also all hands on deck with crews also there working to get the salt and brine on those roads to make sure they're safe for motorists. now, folks, just because crews are out there doing this that doesn't mean it's a good idea to drive tonight. what we're expecting tonight is very dangerous, so you don't need to be driving on the roads. it's better to probably stay home. back to you.

a chaotic scene in new carrollton today where a neighborhood was turned upside down following a home invasion. charles carroll middle school was locked down during the search. one person was arrested. our scott broom was the first reporter on the scene. reporter: i'm scott broom in new carrollton where police have captured a home invader but they're looking for two more suspects after a violent break-in at a home here on carrollton parkware this morning. new carrollton police arrived -- parkway this morning. new carrollton police arrived here just as three suspects were fleeing on foot from the house at about 11:00 this morning. 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 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. >> three suspects forced entry

into the home. we have two suspects outstanding we are still 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 off the home invaders. scott broom, 9 news now. >> new carrollton police believe the two suspects they're looking for are armed and dangerous. food trucks have become all the rage in d.c., but they've been operating on old rules and when they're not serving customers, they have to keep moving. it's the old ice cream rules put on the books 30 years ago, but a new proposal says food trucks would be able to park and sit there as long as they feed the meter whether or not there's line for their services. the only exception, dessert trucks. they will just have 10 minutes to pong and get out if they aren't serving -- pack up and get out if they're not serving anyone. we talked to the lunch group on farragut. >> i don't really see the difference between them paying

the meter or a person paying the meter. i'd rather have the food trucks. >> just because there's not line now doesn't mean in 10 minutes there won't be. >> they take a lot of customers from lunchtime from around here. reporter: d.c.'s consumer and regulatory department is accepting comments over this thing the next 30 days. you can send or e-mail those to the d.c. government. a proposal to redevelop the safeway in tinleytown is meeting resistance. plans call for the supermarket at davenport and 42nd street northwest to include parking garage and housing units above and behind it and the safeway would grow from 34,000 to 58,000 square feet, but some residents and the advisory neighborhood committee say the project will be out of scale with the area's many single family homes. developers are scheduled to reveal a revised plan in a neighborhood meeting this evening. the prince george's county planning board approved a plan for a student apartment and retail complex in downtown

college park. the proposed new development is scheduled to be built on the maryland book exchange property. opponents said the complex doesn't comply with an earlier proposal for development along route 1 in college park. national republican leaders have been slow to endorse him, but virginia governor bob mcdonnell is now backing mitt romney. mcdonnell tweeted his support this morning. romney is one of only two republicans who qualify for virginia's primary. the endorsement comes as romney heads into his final day of campaigning in south carolina. . race is on to fill the council seat left empty by harry thomas, jr. the former ward 5 council member resigned two weeks ago, part of a plea deal on charges of tax fraud and embezzlement. several candidates are lining up to replace him. we talked with a community activist who said whoever wins, they will have to work very hard to reunite the ward. >> 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. >> those interested in run having to gather 500 signatures by february the 15th. the special election will be held may 15th, the last day to register to voted may 5th. wolf trap is doing some damage control after its lawsuit against a small community arts center in barryville, virginia, started outrage on social media sites. the foundation is demanding that the barns of rose hill change its name because it sounds too much like the barns of wolf trap, but the barryville leaders say they had their names first. >> the two barns sat right where they are today and the house sat over closer to main street. >> chip shooty grew up in barryville and said these barges have been fixtures in the towns for year. the 100-year-old dairy barns have been refurbished and turned into a new community arts center called the barns of rose hill. >> the property was named after

smithy's wife. >> but that name is target of a lawsuit by the wolf trap foundation which says it's too similar to its barns of wolf trap. >> the idea that someone would buy a ticket for an event of some kind here in the barnes of rose hill mistakenly thinking that they were going to wolf trap, my goodness. >> ann lessman is chair of the barnes of rose hill and says the community has a deep attachment to the name and she doesn't think they should have to change it. after a six-year fundraising campaign the barnes of rose hill finally opened its doors the first week in september with a different event every night. it was a few days after that when they received a letter from wolf trap's attorneys. since the news broke people expressed their opinions on social media sites. one person started a facebook page called big bag wolf trap bully. >> i really do -- big bad wolf trap bully. >> i really do not see us as a threat. >> they say they can't fight the lawsuit on their budget but don't plan to willingly change

their name. >> our annual budget is about $150,000. we have one part-time employee and the whole board is volunteers. >> wolf trap foundation ceo terry jones says the problem is that the barnes of rose hill is not only a similar name, but offers the same art and education programs as wolf trap. he wants to encourage the arts in clark county and hopes they can resolve the situation amicably. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> several residents tell 9news they don't plan to attend any wolf trap events until the foundation backs off. natalie hallway, caylee anthony, elizabeth smart, all three of them went missing and all three made national headlines. coming up tonight on 9 news now at 7:00 why one group charges that another common denominator between those three victims is the same reason others who have gone missing are not getting the attention they deserve. we'll talk about it at 7:00. coming up in this half hour more arrests connected to the brutal hazing ritual at florida a&m. we'll tell you more.

plus call him the crooner in chief, president obama and show time at the apollo, those stories and more just ahead.

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along ♪ >> what a voice, etta james is being remembered this evening. the three time grammy winner passed away after a long battle with leukemia. she was 73 years old. ♪i'm so in love with you >> all right. president obama channeling his inner soul singer, big fan of etta james at the apollo theater last night and this was part of a whirlwind fundraiser tour of the big apple. he attended four fundraising events in new york that produced more than $3 million for his reelection campaign. coming up on 9 news now for a second time crews are battling destructive brushfires in nevada. s

four band members at the florida a&m university have been charged with hazing. investigators say the students were beaten and paddled during

initiations last year at a home game in tallahassee or at a home i should say in tallahassee. hazing at the university has been under interference scrutiny even since drum major robert champion died last november. investigators say he suffered blows to his body during a hazing ritual. at this point no charges have been filed in his death. firefighters are battling a fast moving brushfire in nevada. the flames erupted thursday and forced more than 10,000 people to get out of their homes. bigad shaban has more from reno of. reporter: the keniso family still doesn't know if their home near reno, nevada was destroyed. janice evacuated as the flames swept through the lot next- door. >> it just came from nowhere. reporter: there are among more than 2,000 people not allowed back in their homes. the fast moving wildfire has destroyed more than two dozen houses. firefighters are making progress and have the blaze

about 50% contained. >> our primary focus today is extinguishing hotspots and securing the perimeter. reporter: flames broke out thursday and heavy winds caused them to spread quickly. the last few months have been unusually dry in reno. in fact, the city set a record this winter, 56 days without any precipitation. >> the grass is still extremely dry and essentially we're still in august conditions here. reporter: but it is raining lightly now and heavy rain could be on the way. that should help douse the flames, but with all the charred land it also increases the chances of flooding. bigad shaban, cbs news. >> this is the second major wildfire to hit the reno area in two months time. 30 homes were destroyed in a fire just last november. >> they've got major wildfire action. we've got some other action coming this way. >> we do. i wish it were all snow, but it is not going to be. so we're looking at a mix which means some sleet and freezing

rain after midnight. the evening rush is fine. you can probably go out to dinner, get home by midnight. let's start with our live shot, our live weather camby michael and son, live shot -- cam by michael and son, live shot of the capitol. we're 34 with a dew point at 10, but that's kind of troubling because as precipitation falls the dew point comes up and the surface temperature goes down. satellite picture radar combined, clouds came back in a hurry after lunch. we do see echos to the north, but again that's just dry. it's too dry. it's virga evaporating before it hits the ground. temperatures, 32 in arlington, bethesda, 31 in great falls and reston, 30 in sterling. up north 32 rockville and gaithersburg and laytonsville, 34 college park and a bit above freezing in beltsville, 33, but 31 in laurel and also columbia. not a snowstorm unfortunately. periods of snow between 10 p.m.

and 2 p.m., but the snow goes to a mix overnight and the problem is the mix continues through morning west of i-95. that's awe change from yesterday. we thought the cold -- a change from yesterday. we thought the cold air would get out of here through the morning. that means icing on trees and power lines is likely, perhaps as much as 1/4-inch of ice. here's the deal. 10:00 tonight everything is south of us, but by 2:00 in the morning we've got a mix going on across the metro area and snow gaithersburg north of frederick. yes, we could see a trace of snow downtown before the changeover and maybe an inch or 2 in frederick before the changeover. by 6 a.m. notice we see the rain right around i-95 corridor. you will turn over to rain in charles county. the rest of us north and west of town will remain freezing or a bit below. by the time we get above freezing, everything moves away from us, doesn't really do us any good which is often the case as we get cold air wedges

that sit in east of the mountains. they're very hard to dislodge. ice potential, we could see 1/4- inch of ice around the district through bethesda, rockville, gaithersburg and back to manassas and culpeper and .1- inch up near gaithersburg and fredericksburg. that will make roads slippery in and of itself. yes, we could see a little snow, maybe a trace dune town, an inch or so in -- downtown, an inch or so in gaithersburg and clarkbsurg. tonight snow developing before midnight, changing to sleet and phrasing rain overnight, lows 28 to 30 -- freezing rain overnight, lows 28 to 32. tomorrow morning the mix conditions west of i-95, temperatures 28 to 34. by afternoon mostly cloudy skies cold, the mix ends early, temperatures 32 to 40. maybe 40 in southern maryland for a high and maybe 32 up near frederick, so a wide range of temps.

break it down. 28 to 32, ice in the morning, cold by noon, still looking at 31 to 38, so some areas below freezing at noon and by evening everything shuts off, temperatures 32 to about 40. next three days a break very briefly sunday, then another system coming at us. we could have a light knicks again, 34 and finally we are in the 50s on monday with some showers and rain and even a thunderstorm. all right. next seven days. after monday we really rethe reap the benefits. we have more weather on our website, www.wusa9.com and we'll be here all night. i heard there were some big football games going on this weekend. do you know anything about that? >> i don't know. >> they're not going to get snowed in in new england, though. >> is it super bowl or bust? the ravens have been good, but is that good enough for quarterback joe flacco?

we'll explain in a minute. maryland basketball has been a very positive story this season until today. we'll explain and a lot of people talking about the nats in a big way. they've made another big move today. i'll explain it in sports next.

and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> if you juxtapose the 10 years of maryland football coach randall reds edsel and mark turgeon it's night and day. delante hill was stopped for dui and will not be on the bench the next two games pending further investigations. here's what head coach mark turgeon had to say this afternoon. >> we're working with all involved again and the facts of the incident and will handle the matter internally once the inquiry is completed. coach hill will not be with us the next two games pending further investigation. when ravens and patriots meet sunday, a force of two twills will be on display, the high powder offense of new england against the rock solid

-- powered offense of new england against the rock solid defense of baltimore. joe flacco has been the man under the microscope all week long. he threw for two touchdowns last sunday for the texans, but he certainly wasn't great and that's kind of been flacco's m.o., decent not great and he agrees with that. today he talked about him and his team taking the next step. >> you got to win the super bowl to be a special team. you can't get to the playoffs and lose every year. we're definitely good and that's without question. to be a special team you have to win the championships and we're working towards that. >> watch it right here the afc championship game, the early game at 3:00. we'll break it down on our 6:30 newscast afterwards and have a full postgame coverage on sports plus at 11:30. some baseball news and it's bag. the nats locking up a key player to their future, michael morse, signed him to a multi-

year contract. he had 35 home runs, 95 r.b.i.s and batted over .300 last year. our game of the week, last week we had 18,000, today slightly over 5, so not as many, but still good and the winner, georgetown day at st. andrews, a boys basketball game, got 80% of the vote and we will have highlight tonight coming up at 11:00. so good stuff. >> all right. good thing they're playing. although the big stuff doesn't come until after midnight? >> it won't be a driving problem with the snow. that occurs around 2 a.m. and post and tomorrow morning early. >> okay. good to be ready. >> now we know. that is it for us. you can stay with us here on wusa9 and the cbs evening news is next. at 7:00 derek is here with the area's only local newscast and don't forget to join us monday morning 4:25 a.m. >> and as always www.wusa9.com is auto. take it easy throughout and --

is on. take it easy out there and have a great weekend.