the beltway area turned into snow. it will make it easier for commuters out there. here's a look at live doppler 9,000hd. the back end of the storm moving in. here's a look at the snow north of town into gaithersburg, reston, even rockville seeing some snow. the pink is the mix and then if you look in the beltway and south and east, we are looking at light rain. now this snow can be changing over to snow by 7:00 or so. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for frederick, washington, jefferson counties until 8:00 tonight. maybe get 1 to 2 inches. here's our future cast. at 7:00, you can see the district is included in the snow and we may see a break tonight and by midnight, this should be pulling on out. we'll talk more about that and some accumulations when we come back. back to you. >> all right anny, you are just part of our team coverage tonight. ken is also out there covering the snow. he went west to leesburg, virginia, but we begin with our scott broom in myersville,

maryland. >> lesli, that's a measure of just how far we had to get out of town to find some significant snow on the ground. i'm on top of south mountain. here west of frederick. it is still snowing. there's an inch on the ground, but the roadway, i-70 behind me is clear and people are moving with the temperature around 33 degrees up here on the mountain. let's take a look at activities in frederick county. maryland officials really anxious today because they remember that big storm back in january when there was gridlock on the roadways. so federal employees were released early into maryland and also maryland's highway officials were warning people about the possibility of big problems on the roadway tonight, but if you come back live and look at i-70 here in frederick county, you can see that those problems did not develop this afternoon and things are in good shape. let's take a run over to virginia, where my colleague is standing by in leesburg. >> hey scott.

what a difference an hour makes. the last time we were live on the air, we saw significant snowfall. now, really i can't tell if this is snow or rain or a little bit of both that is falling down here right now. if you wanted to make a snow man, this isn't the kind of snow you would need. let's show you video of what it did look like an hour ago when we saw some snowfall. it did go on top of the cars parked out here and some of the roads around here did become wet. the motorist had to deal with lower visibilities. the motorists that i spoke with stay having the snowfall and not sticking is a good thing. take a listen. >> not sticking means no accidents. so when i come back out here later to pick up the kids, i don't have to sit in traffic. >> i'll tell you what, again when i heard that the snow was coming, we thought we were going to build a snow man and show you it here on the air. that's not the case.

whatever snow was falling for the most part is gone. the small, cold, drops of rain that is falling out here. >> i bet a will the of people trying to get home tonight are thankful that you don't see. you can submit your storm reports with any pictures or video of snow you happen to have at wusa9.com. >> 9 wants you to know about the dangers of under age drinking. one week ago, we launched a series of reports to show you how this crisis has escalated. we began when teenage customers have been buying boos for years. today, we went to the dc agency that investigates alcohol violation to find out what it's doing about the town square market. our bruce johnson has the alcoholic beverage regulation administration's response to that report. >> the board of the district's alcohol beverage met today. behind the scenes, the staff

confirms to 9news now they launch add separate investigation of the town market square liquor store following andrea mccarren's exclusive report last wednesday. >> do you need a fake id? >> usually, no. >> for several weeks we watched and video taped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol in northwest washington. 16-year-olds, 14-year-olds, buying natural life coming out of here with cases of beer. >> we sent a team out. >> the spokesperson says within the past week, they sent their usual under cover team to the town market square to try and make an illegal purchase. >> the team is generally metropolitan police department. a group of youth advocates from the national capital coalition to prevent underage drinking. we went to the store. and we found no violations because he did not sell to the minors. >> we should point out that

the undercover team they sent to this liquor store to buy booze didn't reflect the normal customer base. they were all african american. >> our reports show that these are caucasian youth. do you know go look for caucasian young people? how does this work? >> i would say we will continue to monitor it. i don't want to speculate on who would go in there the next time. >> this number show in 2008, there were 151 liquor sales in the district. last year, the number dropped to 89. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> here's a brief time line of what has happened. before we began shooting our investigation, 9news now alerted the metropolitan police that this was selling to teenagers. that was back in early december of last year. mpd told us it brought the attention to the attention of abra that same week. we waited to confront the store

owner. that's more than a month after letting the authorities know what we found at the town square market. 9news now repeatedly requested interviews. they have all been turned down. we'll be staying on top of this story and bring you the new developments as soon as they happen. anita. only on 9, the 22-year-old convicted in the crash that killed three people wants to appeal his sentence. in his letter, he writes, quote, kids think this will never happen to them, so locking me up for all these years doesn't send a message. if there needs to be a message, 5 to 10 doesn't send a message? we have seen a lot of reaction on our facebook page. and we invite you to log on, read it, and join the conversation happening now. >> opening statements in the yeardley love murder trial. uva lacrosse player beat her

and left her to die. defense attorneys say the young man had no idea he hurt her so badly. bruce leshan is live in charlottesville with what happened in court today. bruce. >> yeah, this was our first chance to hear in detail the prosecution and the defense theories of this case that has touched so many hot buttons. college binge drinking, domestic violence, wealth and privilege. >> the first photograph of huguely in nearly two years, looking much thinner. it is just before the prosecutor told jurors that he beat yeardley love and then left her alone in her room barely able to move, unable to summon help until she died, possibly as long as two hours later. innocent prosecutor quoted an e- mail huguely allegedly sent love two days before killing her. you said you would get back

together with me if i stopped drinking. then you went and bleeped mike burns. i should have killed you then. here's reaction from a potential juror who almost made it on the panel. >> i'm not sure if it was first or second degree. i don't think it was premeditated. >> but you are convinced he was involved already? >> oh yes. >> huguely's lawyer admits some, but not all of it. there was no reason, nothing he did to her that would cause george to think this would be the horrible result. and then the deference attorney quoted from the police interrogation of huguely, just hours after love's death. the detective, did you hit her head into the wall? did you crack it? huguely, no. you guys said she had a black eye and a bump on the head. i never did anything that could do that to her. >> huguely's lawyer said she

never intended to hurt huguely love. the only verdict is involuntary manslaughter. back to you. >> bruce leshan, thank you. >> coming up tonight at 7:00, getting on the ballot in virginia may be easier. we'll tell you the changes proposed in a bill by the house of delegates and how it would be more candidates to choose from. >> we'll see you then. still to come, a change in the works at some local airports when you head through security. and up next, on the heels of sweeping three, rick santorum talks about what it feels like being the underdog. ♪

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a clean sweep, rick santorum gaining momentum in the race to the republican nomination. the former senator won the colorado and the minnesota caucuses and the missouri primary all last night. and while none of those contests were binding for their delegates from the convention, santorum is truly seizing the moment. >> one of the great gifts that i had in my political career is that no one thinks i could win

anything. the gift of being under estimated is a wonderful gift and i think we might have seen some of that last night. >> a lot of people were surprised. santorum was speaking in texas. the man who had been considered the republican front runner before last night's result is focusing on the state of georgia next. newt gingrich met with workers at a manufacturing plant in cleveland today. ron paul is shifting his sites to maine, whose caucus results are due to be saturday. lesli. >> all right, still ahead, you may have seen the president at the white house science fair, but have you seen the experiment that made the secret service jump? we're going to show it to you coming up.

new doubts whether nicotine gum and patches are worth it. research found nicotine replacement didn't help stop smoking long-term. without professional, stop smoking help.

happy birthday to the boy scouts. the group was first incorporated in 1910. today, it estimates it has

114,304,329 members and another 33 million volunteers. in the last 102 years, 117,649,303 merit badges have been handed out. the top five are first aid, swimming, camping, and citizenship in the community. aspiring scientists of all kind came to the white house for a science fair. >> did you see the footage that gave the secret service a scare? president obama helped joey prime his harsh mellow cannon and fire it into the white house state dining room. the 14-year-old came to our studios last night to talk about it and said he was surprised by the attention. >> i kind of wasn't expecting it because other people were telling me, i don't encourage him to shoot it. >> mike was also at that science fair and he's going to introduce us to local winners and their projects next thursday in his cool school

segment. >> let's get to breaking news. metro tells us the escalators are not working at the station's north entrance. normally, that would be a minor inconvenience, but not so much tonight since the south entrance is closed for eight months for on going escalator repairs. so, passengers are asked to go to the north station on the red line instead of the dupont circle station. >> congress passed a bill that would speed up the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on gps technology. the bill also requires the faa to open u.s. skies to drone flights within four years and that's got privacy advocates worried. the legislation will lead to widespread use of drones for surveillance by private companies. >> not many of us like going through airport security, but there could soon be an alternative to frequent fliers and belt removal we have all come to deal with. >> i'm kristin fisher, how

would you like to go through airport security without having to pull out your laptop? that's all about to become possible thanks to a new program. >> tsa is about more than just speeding up travel as part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> secretary janet said it is being tested at seven airports. but it's been expanded to 28 more airports by the end of the year. in order to be eligible, you have to be a u.s. citizen and a member of a participating airline, frequent flier program. >> when the person arrives, they will have on their boarding pass, embedded in the bar code, the fact they are part of the tsa precheck program. >> they will be directed to their security line where they can keep their clothes on and laptops and liquid in their luggage. kristin fisher, 9news now. >> that would save a lot of

time, wouldn't it? >> all right, so the weather. >> yeah. well, you know, we're seeing a rain event around the beltway, but north and west. a little bit of snow shower activity. we are now the back edge of the system is moving through. may also see snow coming to an end, starting from the west and heading up to the east. i want to start with our winter weather advisory still in effect until 8:00 tonight. this may come down sooner as the snow showers come to an end. this includes washington, frederick, and overson counties until 8:00. here's a look at live doppler 9,000. you can see the snow is starting to wind down. the areas you see in blue are scattered and looking at rain mainly in southern maryland and out toward the bay. i'll zoom in. dulles right now is reporting snow. gaithers burks gaithersburg. a mix around the beltway. for the most part, looking at a

mainly rain event. could change over to snow as temperature falls. here's a look at a picture we just got in from my friend on facebook. you can see the road, there's no snow, but there is snow on the grassy areas, on his buschs. he is reporting 2 inches of snow. frostburg, maryland, getting just over an inch. stevenson, virginia, about just under an inch. and winchester, an inch and a half. not a big snow maker as expected. here's a look at our michael and son camera. light rain in the immediate metro area. temperature 37 degrees. winds are light at this hour, east, northeast at 5 miles per hour. right now, temperatures in gaithersburg at the freezing mark. leesburg same deal. martinsburg 33. temperatures will drop into the mid 20s out in the north western suburbs. could see some slick spots developing. this is a minor snowstorm. the timing not so good. mainly wet roads. maybe snow on the grassy areas

and again, watch for the slick spots across the overpasses and the bridges early tomorrow. here's a look at the future cast. you can see the snow starting to pull away from the west tonight and by midnight, a lot of it will be ending and dying down. in fact, we'll start to see the clouds clear on out as high pressure gains control for tomorrow and into friday. here's a look at our final call for snow. a trace to an inch around town. you can see 1 to 2 inches northwest and at most 2 to 4 inches toward oakland and cumberland and the mountains. here's how your forecast is shaping up. once we are done with the snow, we're talking more sunshine thursday and friday. mid 40s for your thursday. friday in the 50s. saturday we're going to be cooler. temperatures in the low 40s. canadian cold air coming in from the weekend, which means by saturday night into sunday, we're going to be much colder. look at sunday morning and overnight low in the teens. so definitely bundle up for the weekend. parents, if you're taking your kids to the bus stop, walk him,

because the sidewalks and the draws could be slick tomorrow morning. >> apparently all is not well in terps land. >> no, ever since randy came in as head coach, the players have been leaving. 23 players. eligibility remaining. maryland football since randy took over. now they may be losing their quarterback. plus, they are getting help tonight against the knicks. find out what it is coming up next.

now, 9 sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> is he or isn't he? university of maryland had their own brett favre on their hands. it was being reported that quarterback, danny o'brian decided to transfer. the school refuses to confirm or deny that claim. now the washington post is saying o'brian will take the weekend to seriously consider whether to go or not. the 2010acc rookie of the year was benched half way through the season and fight for the starting job. he would have this h two years of eligibility left. >> a showdown with syracuse. a tough place to play for any

visiting team. tonight should be especially loud. means coach will be ranked third for most victories of all time. they are well aware of what's at stake. >> this rivally goes back a long way and we split with them last year and all the expansive stuff, and in the hundred for the national championship, we are right behind them. it's going to be a huge game. >> it's going to be fun. the washington wizards have something to do tonight. win two games in a row. they are playing the new york knicks, but they will have some help. no amari who is out after the death of his brother, and recovering from a groin injury. two big losses for the knicks. the wizards sticking to their original game plan. >> no adjustments. we are going to play the same way whether they're in the lineup or not.

we won't make any changes in how we play them. it's kind of where we are trying to get to as a team. >> to the high school game. time now to vote for this game of the week. garfield going for 21 straight against hilton. gaithersburg looking for the 44th straight win. d.c..highschoolsports.net to vote. spending his offseason making others brighter. today he helped deliver 7,000 gift filled baskets at georgetown university hospital. part of a nationwide project called super baskets of hope. and they do that in every town that there's an nfl team. so great day for them there. glad to see that. all right, that's if for us. the cbs everyoning news is next. >> and derek is back here at 7:00 with our area's only local newscast. and don't forget to join andrea, mike, howard starting

at 4:25 a.m. talk about what the commute is like after the snow. >> have a good night.