also into washington county, maryland. you're not in the advisories. everyone else is. we're looking at a little snow. i'll get there in a moment. 22 right now. cold enough that anything that falls is going to stick. 18 gaithersberg. it is 15 in winchester. the air is also a little dry. that's one reason that early snow will evaporate. look at the relative humidity. 55%. you have a spread between the dew point of 8 and the temperature of 22. 14 degrees. for us to get a good snow going, we have to moisten up the atmosphere. we can't have 55% humidity and get a good snow. you want to have 85, 90, 95, 100%. bic bigger picture, snow showers here. they're ending. here is the system. it is coming out of the tennessee valley. warming up in southern kentucky. we've switched over to rain. there is an area of snow and sleet, freezing rain in between. a little bit of an icy mess. the problem across parts of alabama yesterday with some ice. the snow extends really from chicago and parts of wisconsin and minnesota all the way across parts of northern north carolina. and this whole t

washington. i'm pamela brown. >> i'm scott thurman. closed, culpepper, fauquier, king george county, prince william county, rappahannock, spotsylvania as well. >> the federal government is open today for those of you wondering and don't forget there is a complete list at the top of your screen all morning long. >> let's check in with jim in just a minute but first a busy day for adam. >> yes, yesterday was a bit busy. the snowfall averaged an inch and a half across the region, i would say, on average. some areas 2.5 pushing 3 inches but i measured about 1.6 at my house in arlington. let's talk temperatures outside. it will be slow getting out of the neighborhood. it is doable but some snow cover and slick spots. 25 now at reagan national. 12 in martinsburg. 19 in frederick. we'll be in the mid 30's today. above freezing, which will help melt things down a bit. possibly some icy refreezing spots on the roads tonight. mostly cloudy tomorrow. we'll talk more about the weekend and snow chances coming up. let's go to jim. >> we have some issues out there as you might expect. on the beltw

most of this has been mainly western carol county and extending up into washington county. that's where we see most of the activity tonight, but most of the state as you see relatively clear. we did have more significant snow shower action down on the lower eastern shore earlier today down towards salisbury, wooster county. take a look at the skies above. glen oak, nice looking day at times, but boy it felt cold out there. temperatures not all that harsh but the winds are up early. the temperature just dropped big time. gusting 30, 35. winds are going to stay up all night howling on the windows kind of deal. then we will be cold and windy tomorrow. probably had five to ten miles per hour more of wind. it's really cold stuff. the mid 20s will continue to fall toward the teens the overnight. let's take a look neighborhood by neighborhood. we see snow showers out there tonight. mainly lake effect snows up there in the pennsylvania. future cast keeps us dry tomorrow, but a mixture of clouds and sun will be the story. tonight, cold, windy and snow showers. gusty and blustery tom

through frederick county in washington county. a wind advisory until 7:00 a.m. gaithersburg is a point. 19 degrees right now. when you factor in the wind it feels like it is in the single digits. for tomorrow morning scumbag it will only be colder than that. -- for tomorrow morning, it will be colder than that. >> you will want to bundle up at the bus stop. >> they winds have already caused damage. jay korff has more on the problems left behind. >> a short distance from where we are in these woods a massive tree toppled down onto beach drive in upper northwest. for now, it is shutdown. the debris is that widespread. the likely culprit is the wind. >> very, very cold. >> cold does not quite describe this night. >> it is just cold. >> howling winds wreaked havoc on the region, toppling a massive tree on both lanes of beach drive. forcing park police to shut down the road until a crew could clean this up. whipping winds also took manageable temperatures in the mid 20's and pulled them into single digits. >> it is supposedly just to cover the wind. >> it is freezing

prince george's county, montgomery, arundel, howard county, frederick county, washington county and allegheny county. > now to virginia schools close include prince william county, stafford county, culpepp culpepper, king george county, sponsis sill vane yann, page county, shenandoah and warren the. >> two-hour delays inclu fairfax county, loudon county, manassas park city schools and winchester city schools all on a two-hour delay. >> west virginia, here are the schools closed berkeley county, headlamp shire, jefferson counties. two-hour is hardy county and morgan county schools. >>>now, the d.c. schools have not reported any closings or delays. and the full list is running at the bottom of the screen. and of course you can see it at nbc washington.com. >>> and we shall see how the school buses and children fair this morning. a lot of slick spots on the sidewalks still remain, especially after the re-freeze overnight. >> we're down to 20 degreesn much of the region. it's going to take a while all the way through the morning hours before we get above freezing. and it's 26 at national airport.

washington, d.c. and the close-in counties.rince george's county, montgomery county, fairfax county, loudoun county. winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning for snowfall and some light accumulations. out to the west, that is a winter storm warning in effect until tomorrow morning. they will get a lot of snow be maybe up to a foot or more in some lakes in extreme person western maryland and portions of west virginia. our temperatures, 36 degrees. winnipeg update the bug for you. 36degrees here in washington. 32 in gaithersburg. fredericksburg is at 34 degrees at this hour. satellite-radar picture for the region shows you the cloud cover that we've got. we have a lot of clouds during the course of the day today. pretty active system here. snowfall, significant snowfall across portions of ohio, kentucky, west virginia. that is where you will get the higher amounts. it is rain moving up into portions of new england including some areas of heavy rain. for washington for today, winter weather advisory in effect unti

allegheny, frederick, howard, montgomery prince georges and washington county are on a two hour delaye following counties in west virginia are start go on a two hour delay as well. berkeley grant hardy, jefferson and westmoreland. schools in hamshire county are closed. >>> the list just keeps getting longer because they are waking up and talking and seeing the conditions you are talking about, really cold. >> reporter: still below freezing temperatures. when you talk about the facts there is still lingering snow left over on the untreated roads or less traveled roads as well, all the snow turned into ice this morning. we are still talking about slick conditions to start off your friday morning. and very cold. here's a look at your forecast for the bus stop as you are getting kids red any morning and hopefully they are happy. this morning mostly sunny and cold. 16 to 27 degrees, your sunrise at 7:21 this morning. snow totals just in case you are curious, not a whole lot. but not bad here. reagan national an inch and a half. frederick, maryland, two and a half. alexandria, you come in a

across portions of washington county, frederick county. and a few tiny little flakes made it into columbia and a little over aa county. it's possible yet this evening. we'll see a few more flakes of snow. and again tomorrow as well. some of the flurries can make it down all the way from the great lakes. take a look at the warnings across the region from frederick county west. we have a wind advisory through this evening. and far western maryland from frostburg west, a winter storm warning in effect for 4 to 8 inches of wind blowing snow and really cold temperatures out there. and bernadette in the outback has a look at those temperatures and what make its feel like out there. bernadette? >> reporter: i can attest to the wind. it is blowing around. and the cold air has arrived. okay. here are the temperatures we're dealing with right now. it is 27 degrees in baltimore. single digit negligence the mountain -- digits in the mountains. and 30s all the way to ocean city. as far as the winds go, they be have been gusting up to 40 miles per hour.

back toward fred rick and washington county and maryland. part of west virginia, underneath that wind advisory and windchill advisories in those same locations. mostly for the ridges. where are they now? nine degrees in frederick. quantico around 14 degrees. and fredericksburg around 17 degrees. windy and very cold into the d tomorrow. maybe a couple of flurrs tomorrow. the wind will stay up right through the day tomorrow and then we watch another system off to the west. right now this system looks like it could come close enough to give us the potential for some snow. we'll be talking more about that but first we have to get thugh this very cold period. 24 to 28 this evening. we make our way into tonight and tomorrow morning. numbers, 18 to 22. the windchills tomorrow, between five and ten degrees with wind gusts upwards of 30 miles an hour. then through the day, high temperatures, 29 to 32. the windchills all day long will be in the teens. so there you go. on wednesday, 33 degrees. 35 on thursday. 41 on friday. again we're talking about th

everyone from washington county out toward allegheny in the freezing zone, which again is responsible for that is this wind from the north/northwest. just around 12 miles per hour. just a light wind out there. nothing too breezy. nothing too blustery. it has definitely been helping us tap into this air. it's just a steady, continuous flow that has been running down across the east. so this is what we're dealing with. this is expected to track far enough to the east that all we get out of it is just potentially a coating across most of the state. and then maybe trace amounts to about an inch or so, heading down to the lower eastern shore. they are the closest proximity to where that low is going to be tracking offshore. looks like we're going to miss that. although it will be cold enough. the cold air stays in place. temperatures only be be in the 30s. our computer models now have it just glancing the eastern seaboard. so we should expect nothing more than flurries. and maybe just a trace of snow around the area. tonight, going down to just around 20 degrees. partly cloudy. below the a

winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning for washington, d.c. and some countieso the north and north and east. partly sunny skies. windy and cold this afternoon. high today in the 20s to about 30 degrees. winds gusting up to about 45 miles per hour. five-day forecast, it remains cold for the rest of this week. our average high is about 48 degrees. we won't see that for quite some time. breezy tomorrow. still, 32 degrees. thursday, clipper system could brick us some snow showers, maybe some light accumulations. friday, partly sunny, saturday, sunny. that is a look at the weather. now, let's get a look at traffic with julie wright. >> slick road conditions. we cannot emphasize that enough. just because there is not a lot of snow doesn't mean it is not slick out there. definitely have conditions to deal with on the on and off- ramps. we are told they are treating the bw parkway yet again as you travel between laurel and the capital beltway. this is 355 here in rockville and again, in some areas, the left and right turn will be very tricky for you. pick the lane you

he was a co-founder of the washington sports foundation. the county committee of the -- foundation and a proud member of the san francisco -- office. first the board of education expresses there's severe -- sincere condolences to the family. meeting adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> we are joined today by president reilly, vice preside

icy, slick roadways north and west of washington, loudon, frederick, howard county, northern prince george'sve a coating of some light snow, as does northwest washington. right now here's the sky over the potomac river. cityamera is looking north towards prince george's county. wind swept waters of the potomac. strong gus down thepotomac. gust at national airport 30 miles per hour. their temperature there only 23. and the air is very dry. you definitely need skin lotion and layer up this morning. it is only near 20 degrees throughout the entire region. weather watchers are reporting. thk you for checking in. windchills single digits to near zero. farther east, 10 degrees in washington and around the bay. that's what it feels like when you step outside. these are the latest wind gusts. they've been 30 to 35 miles per hour to near 40-mile-per-hour gusts farth west where temperatures are only in the single digits. western maryland, west virginia, on it here they could get 10 inches of fresh snow today. maybe an additional passing snow shower midday. layer up at the bus stop. watch out for the s

south of washington, prince george's county, fairfax, and prince william.is is rapidly moving east. the thing s it is so cold, this snow is sticking, not going away. 20 degrees around the region, all of this coming from a rapidly moving west to east area of low pressure, that right now is moving out of eastern kentucky it will move off to the east. and it will to the north, just an inch, up to five inches, thankfully, melty tomorrow, and saturday and sunday. it looks like suay will be snow-free. colder than average into next week. >> check on the road conditions. steve? >> we will start with a map, here. this isn't the sum total what have is going on rit now. many, many accidents. still snow on the interstates, we will look at what the american legion. snow cover on the major intetates. back to u. >> on saturday, barry parked his carutside the encarnacion center. barry left his keys in the ignition. it was recovered in ward. >> the career development center lped unemployment residents get jobs, and their ged. >> this is a student at strive for success, and

winter weather advisory, washington, all the counties here. let's push on. thank you. all the counties in the immediate washington area under a winter weather advisory that goes to the pennsylvania border. that is a change overnight. off to the south, the purple and punk you see to the south, that is a winter storm warning. heaviest snow accumulations will be to the south where we could see 3, 4, maybe 5 inches of snow here in richmond. enough to cause some problems with the coal temperature. 22 at reagan national. humidity, 50%. winds out of the north and west at five miles per hour. here is your forecast. check out these high temperatures. you want to emphasize this will be part of the problem. we are not going to get above 3 #. we'll stay firmly entrenched in the 20s for most the area. that will make it very difficult to get the snow up and off the roadways as it falls across the region. 28 the daytime high in washington. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie and get a look at traffic. >> on the roads right now, you are going to find yourself on dry pavement e

we're seeing that snow right along the potomac, right through washington, d.c., loudon county, portions of frederick county as well as portions of montgomery county. you can see where i'm talking about. just to the south of gaithersburg, towards new brunswick, just to the north of leesburg. herndon, ashburg, sterling, you may see some of these snow showers make their way in. but band of lake effect snow, you may see accumution on grassy surfaces and on your vehicles as well, and maybe on some of the roadways. so give yourself a little bit of extra time this evening. we saw it come toward wheaton, out toward kensington as well. 11 of the last 13 days of dember have beenbove or well below freezing. 24 the current temperature. wind chill up 12. temperatures around the area, 19 in hagerstown, 22 in sterling, 20 in manassas. 40 degrees -- 40 miles an hour in sterling, 30 miles an hour in manassas. there is a wind advisory back to the west including frederick county into virginia well for winds up to 35 and 50 miles an hour, especially along the ridges. a wind chill advisorys wind chills coul

he was a co-founder of the washington sports foundation. the county committee of the -- foundation and a proud member of the san francisco -- office. first the board of education expresses there's severe -- sincere condolences to the family. meeting adjourned. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's needs and therapeutic goals. artists were commissioned to create 100 origi

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he was a co-founder of the washington sports foundation. the county committee of the -- foundation and a proud member of the san francisco -- office. first the board of education expresses there's severe -- sincere condolences to the family. meeting adjourned. commissioner brandon: ready? ready? the meeting is called to order. >> commissioner brandon. >> here. >> commissioner lazarus. >> here. commissioner crowley. >> here. >> item three, pplease be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. item four, executive directors report. >> happy holidays. i am peter daily. i think

another half-hour tour of of good morning washington. >> the top-10 according to you tube for 2010. >> and there's a caution for commuters in montgomery county. a look at the weather, coming up. >> there's of winter weather advisory. snow north of >> live and in hd, this abc 7 "news at noon." this is good morning, washington on your side. >>> slippery roads and snow to start your work week. good morning, washington, is monday, december 30, i am greta kreusz. >>> begin with a look at school closings and delays in the area. >>> we begin with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >>> we have a little more than snow flurries. in arlington, some cars have a dusting on them. otherwise, south of the metro area, we have pictures that you sent in. this is a coating of snow. in spotsylvania, thank you for the fatah, she measured two inches. it varies in accumulations. that is down in spotsylvania and fredericksburg. that light snow is pushing off to the east. it is encouraging onto 301. isolated light snow in the morning. it will be up to about 1 inch but it could be higher around spotsylvania. the highs are in the low 30's. >>> numerous accidents tha

all the counties in blue and it does include washington, d.c., prince george's county, montgomery county, fairfax county, down towards stafford, into stafford as a matter of fact and up to the north, howard county, places like that. winter weather advisory to 9:00. we do expect a dusting of snow to generally about an inch or so. we will continue to see cloud cover through the morning. you can see how the snow is moving mainly to the north and east. we've got another couple of hours to go through before we're done. the day planner for today, cloudy this morning with snow showers. we'll see a little bit of sunshine later in the afternoon. our highs today only in the 30s. we've probably seen our high. 37degrees a couple of hours ago. the other thing you want to know, very windy today. winds gusting up to about 25 or 30 miles per hour. there you go. more coming up shortly. >> you can almost feel the chill as you are talking about it. >> let's get a look at traffic this morning. >> a lot going on right now, top stretch of the inner loop, route one college park had accident activity there bloc

he was a co-founder of the washington sports foundation. the county committee of the -- foundation and a proud member of the san francisco -- office. first the board of education expresses there's severe -- sincere condolences to the family. meeting adjourned. announcer: so, what's the biggest issue in america today? i don't think we're probably ever doing enough for our environment. the war in iraq religious yahoos freedom of speech i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. i probably believe in all those causes, but i'm...i'm not really doin' anything. 5:18 commissioner chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of december 14, 2010. >> alioto-pier present. avalos present. campos present. chiu present. chu present. daly present. dufty present. elsbernd present. mar present. maxwell present. mirkarimi present. mr. president, all members are present. commissioner chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me for the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, i just want to menti

county. that's advancing south and east. that's on top of other snow shows that passed northwest of washington overnight, montgomery, frederick and northern loudon county too. it's frigid. near 20. winds whipping northwest. single digit windchills. highs today near freezing. a passing snow hour fromime to time. still frigid wednesday. a bit warmer thursday and friday. a look at the weekend in ten minutes. >> as you make your trip to hyattstown 270 at the truck weigh station, 109. the traffic, because of the accident, is crawling. 355 is the alternate. nodoing much better. things will be tough unti you clear the accident scene. then your pace will pick up. conditions are quite slick. bear that in mind. 395, completely different story in modern virginia. nothing to worry about all the way into owntown. parts of montgomery county, i wanto show this to you. that's what it looks like in takoma park on philadelphia avenue. if you're heading out, jst be aware. out to the rails quickly. metro, vre, okay. marc brunswick 870, five minutes. >>> one airline charging a fee that may save passengers money. >>> stay with us for coverage of t

winter weather advisory continuing until 9:00 for counties east of washington. at the photo. this is from heather thompson and she's in bum pass, virginia, which is south and west of fredericksberg. but that is a good coating of snow. there is a road there. >> that's a pretty picture. >> you can see the tracks on the left. >> many thanks to you, heather. and you can see more significant snow to the south. and earlier our computer indicated about 2 inches of snow across portions of the viewing area south of the city down toward fredericksberg. so let's tack a look at the hd radar, and again the snow shower activity is generally east of the district and working across the bay. two bands still here on the eastern side of washington, toward -- toward annapolis. so in southern maryland, you'll be dealing with more hours of snow, at least the potential for snow showers. fredericksberg as well where it's been snowing for much of the morning. north and west, just a few flurries expected as the worse is pushed to the east. showing you the winter weather advisory and in e

county here shortly. so definitely expect some snow. good news, temperatures are generally above 32 in the immediate washington area. it will take a while to stick on the roadways. we have a winter weather advisory into effect until 9:00 a.m. accumulation, a dusting to about an inch. this will be our first measure storm of the year. in pink, that is a winter storm warning. that is 10 to 15 inches of snow so that is a little more serious as the lake effect snow starts to kick in. the temperatures will continue to fall as cold arctic air moves on in from the north and west. our forecast, we'll lose the snow after the morning. maybe some flurries in afternoon and partly sunny conditions with highs in the low to mid-30s. we get really cold tonight and really cold the next couple of days. i'll show you the five-day in just a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> let's check the roads with julie wright. i guess if there is any good news, that is there is not a lot of traffic this early. >> yeah, imi let the dog out this morning and they saw the white stuff fall and they were like oh, no. this morning, you're right. we are

county in the meantime. and christmas displays are at the center of it. washington post metro columnist robert mccartney will talk about the religious and anti- religious displays and what they mean for freedom of speech. >>> and as we go to break, a live look. this is dale city virginia as we get ready for the snow here in our area. we're back in just a minute.  >>> making headlines this morning, a rocky -- iraqi intelligence agents are warning of terror attacks over the compass holidays. they're captured insurgents though told them al-qaeda is planning to attack targets in the united states as well as europe. there are no specific details about which countries would be attacked. >>> the much anticipated report on the war in afghanistan shows we are making some progress despite the bloodshed. the classified review by 16 intelligence agencies shows there are serious challenges in afghanistan. one expert tells fox 5 we're definitely making progress on the military side but not as much on the political front. >> well corruption in afghanistan and political legitima

county. >>> the washington examiner reports the death penalty is now off the table in the yardly love murder case. according to the paper, there is a growing consensus that former university of virginia haguely will reach a plea. his next court appearance is scheduled for january 21st. >>> a judge in virginia has struck down a key part of the health care reform law. the judge ruled that the provision requiring americans to buy insurance is unconstitutional. the ruling could set the stage for a supreme court fight. the suit was filed by virginia republican attorney general ken cuccinelli. we'll have reaction coming up on 9 news now at 6:00. >>> senators got their first chance today to vote on the tax cut deal hammered out by president obama and republican leaders. while many democrats have criticized this deal, more and more say they are going to vote for it because they don't see a better option. joel brown is live on capitol hill with the latest back and forth. joel? >> reporter: anita, this tax cut deal remains controversial but at this point there seems to be some growing momentum behind

washington get in the way. alert,ght's education baltimore county superintendent is already starting to lobby lawmakers less than a month before the start of the general assembly. he invited members of the county delegation to baltimore county for a series of meetings. the superintendent says he just wants to make sure both sides deliver the same message and annapolis. the session starts on january 11. and in the nation's capitol tonight, you could call it a tax triumph for the president. take of the senate approved a sweeping package that would prevent a tax hike for millions of americans next year. -- >> the senate approved a sweeping package that would prevent a tax hike for millions of americans next year. >> the motion is agreed to. >> by a vote of 81 to 19 they overwhelmingly passed the decision to pass the tax cuts. >> whether you agree, everyone should understand this is one of the major accomplishments of any congress. >> the bill would save millions of americans from facing higher taxes. it also includes a cut in payroll taxes, tax breaks for individuals and businesses and extended jobless benefits for

a mechanism where you can of regularly get your message to washington, either by going yourself to testify, or sending residents of the county. i can honestly tell you, they do not see enough immigrants in the halls of washington. when i started as an immigration attorney in 1974, i met one of your commissioners. my workload was interesting at that time. it was half family visa. the other half of my caseload were mexican immigrants who had just been arrested. for a period of time, i was the only legal services attorney in northern california who represented low income people. i would interview people who had just been arrested. at night, i would be filling out visa forms for my chinese clients. today, as i said on the board of the asian american justice center in washington, d.c. off, and the locally, and my day job is helping to supervise immigration attorneys at the immigration clinic at davis. i see a range of clients that have pressing needs. while we all hope and wish for compehensive immigration reform, i have got to tell you from what i've heard the last several months, the question we all have to ask ourselves is at

. >> "washington journal" counties. host: this week "washington journal" examines food policy in america. today we talk about the sustainable food movement. tomorrow, we move onto childhood nutrition legislation, and friday, regulating organic food. the segments that already took place you can find on our website, c-span.org. our guest this morning, susan prolman, is the executive director of the national sustainable agriculture coalition. we have a special phone lines for you to call. susan prolman, talk to us about what is sustainable agriculture. guest: there are many components of sustainable agriculture. first, it should provide a livable wage, care price for the work they produced. there is a problem where farmers and ranchers can barely break even. we are trying to make it economically sustainable and viable for them. sustainable agriculture also supports rural communities. money in local and regional food systems keeps circulating into the rural communities and the local area. it attacks the environment said that

county. nine here in washington and five in southern maryland. ten in annapolis. 23 degrees. feels like 9. a northwest wind at 18 and bone dry air. dew point at 5. indoor humidity without a humidifier 6% and maybe less. snow showers through 1:00 here and some still in maryland not just the mountains. those will diminish but the snow showers in the mountains. tonight also will be going winter storm warnings are possible and by thursday here's the next system. this is going to slide to our south the way it looks. our next threat for something really is saturday nighting sunday morning right now. so, 30 degrees today. the snow showers this morning for the most part. 32 tomorrow. more sunshine. slight chance of something south on thursday but i think it misses us. on friday looks okay. 42 okay. saturday night, sunday morning could be a coast aol storm or could go out to sea and colder and windy on sunday and monday. monica has the time saver traffic. >> the good news is this roads were treated overnight in maryland. the bad news is we still have had problems. and back to good news. southbound

county. >> reporter: down here in spotsylvania, they're dealing with colder temperatures, lots of wind and also heavier snowfall than what we saw in the washington area. the school system decided that conditions were bad enougto delay schools two hours. the decision to delay school in spotsylvania county got mid reviews from parents. >> i don't think that school should have been delayed. it's nothat bad. the roads actually look good. >> it's okay. you know, i think maybe the weatr delays a couple hours is fine. >> reporter: for the most part roads were wet but not icy. the snow cover pretty muchtuck to the grass, making this first major snowfall pretty easy on commuters. >> i'm fr minneapolis originally, so this is nothing. >> reporter: you guys got it really bad out there. yeah. my parents are holding tight, hunkered down in the house. >> reporter: waking up to snow-covered cars and grass was a shock for some who weren't expecting it. >> i got up, and i didn't know that we had snow, so i was just surprised. >> reporter: the snowfall is expected to keep up until about noon. in spotting vain ya, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> taking a look outsi

the green light on 95 and baltimore washington parkway. 270 has a low volume growing south into montgomery county. no evidence of that act 109. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:11 on this wednesday morning, 22 degrees. >> get with a program. google is here to help parents. >> more than half the nation in the grips of a bitter cold spell. farmers are or about their crops in the south. more on that is coming up. >> the laforce vs three speech. why the military branches can' >>> welcome back. checking our top stories. it will be another bitter cold day across the d.c. area, but the freezing temperatures are taking a toll. firefighters had a tough time battling this blaze in landover. dozens of gaithersburg residents are in the cold after the boiler problem left their building without heat. >>> an arlington man was arrested after allegedly using facebook to threaten metro. awais younis told a friend that he produce pipe bombs. he's under mental evaluation now. >>> the air force has banned access to "the new york times." and other web sites that have published sensitive data. the army and navy have no

the county responded to accidents all over the county, including one not too far from where i'm standing at the corner of washington boulevard and canton ave. that was a two-car accident that slowdown traffic this afternoon. -- that slowed it down traffic this afternoon. issues all over the county, but no fatalities, luckily. some fender benders that created frustration for drivers in the area. >> i think they should have had the snow plow trucks out early. it has been a mess since i got here. i just watched it get worse and worse. until a few hours ago the trucks were not even able to get up the hill on katelynn avenue. >> it is still a little wet and as the temperature continues to drop, this will " -- create a slippery scare for drivers. baltimore county was in full effect today, standing by to help with that snow removal. i talked to a county spokesman and they said they had 300 pieces of equipment out on the roads today. a lot of the main thoroughfares were cleared out in plenty of time for drivers to get around. the county wanted to make sure everyone was safe on this first snowfall. >> we have this to tell y

to put aside political squabbles and focus on security what's he's got richer counties following the meeting in washington. obama basically has two weeks or so to have his arguably major foreign policy achievement passed by the senate and his pushing really hard the christmas break is coming up and after the holidays if by then the treaty is still not ratified there will be some dark days awaiting obama started more republican senators will come will take office than many of them are skeptical about the treaty where this is the substance of the start treaty its content has long stopped being the focus of discussions here in washington or in partisan games sort of scoring a political point seem to be more important to some politicians don't that was actually at stake and that's the point obama's been making for weeks what heard him call for republican senators to step away from this all while being desired to undermine his presidency and really look at the treaty itself and how important it is for the u.s. national security to take a listen are reminded that the room the the street has been vetted for seve

as well as county [ bleep ], not washington, d.c. [ bleep ]. >> all right.ino's near brawl with a reporter, the new york gubernatorial candidate confirmed his crazy carl nickname, looking un00 jed in this shooting match with the "new york post's" fred dicker. >> you are stalking -- you're a stalking horse. you're his bird dog. you sent a daughter's house, i'll take you out, buddy. >> you'll take me out? how are you going to do that? >> watch. >> the chuvannah goes to. >> who will it be, chuck? >> we're giving it to carl and the paladino brawl. she may have beaten harry reid. >> until the chicken dance. th we have a special moment, chuck. >> the chuvannah recognize that some people deserve an extra special award and that, in this case, goes to councilman phil davidson. lifetime achievement award for the ultimate viral awfulness. those of us who cover campaigns aren't going to forget this one any time soon. >> my name is phil davidson and i'm seeking our party's nomination for stark county treasurer. i have been a republican in times good and i have been a rep

washington now. getting snow in howard county and arundel, prince george's, the district and northern calvert countynd charles today,he potom. a band of heavy snow there. king george, southern stafford and spoylvania. and culpepper, in towards charlottesville. this is advancing north. this will continue to move up our way. where it is snowing it is at or below freezing. as a result it is sticking to the grassy areas. most of theain roads are just above freezing, so it's melting, dusting to an inch poible. passing snow showers through midday. strong, gusting winds this afternoon, fall out of the 30s to 20s. frigid cold winds. remaining cold thursday. a look at the weekend in ten minutes. jerry, how is traffic? >>> things a little on the tough side. haven't had any incident reported. but it is running slowly to and across the 14th street bridge. pretty typical rushour flow if you will. let's head over to the west, i-66. sorry to say an accident on the left side of the roadway. 66 eastbound near 50 in fair oaks. one more stop over at the american legion bridge. we're doing all right both ways with lane

rebuilding together baltimore is only accepting applications from the pigstown washington village areas and st. helena county. to apply, you must call them by friday. their information is on wjz.com. >>> well, fedex says it is expecting the busiest day in history today. being called green monday, with consumers expected to send close to $1 billion online. fedex is preparing to move almost 16 million shipments of those purchases worldwide. that's 11% higher than last year. >>> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. >>> well, definitely a windy ride out there. wind issues on all of the area bridges. take your time. as far as accidents go, we have a crash, westbound whitemarsh boulevard, past bel air road. all lanes are blocked. and into southbound 95, brake lights there, from whitemarsh boulevard to the northeast side. about 15 minutes to get through. another 15 minutes on the north side inner loop from york road to charles street. over on the west side, traffic still slows down as you make your approach. harrisburg expressway, that continues to crawl along southbound, past belfast road. and we have som

authorities say there are other charges pending and others including arlington county and the metropolitan washington airpor authority police. along i-66, derrick ward, news4. >>> alexandria city officials are getting closer to final plans for a facelift of the area's waterfront. right now, city leaders are holding a public meeting to get the public's input. the current draft includes a path way and park redevelopment as well as a 200-foo pier. they're hoping to attract more businesses. >> in january we'll be releasing a draft plan. there will be men of opportunity to comment on that and we're hoping to have hearings for the final plan in april. >> reporter: tonight's meeting is just the first to a series of meetings, asking for public input about this plan. d.c. mayorelect vincent gray is making good on his campaign promises. he hosted a meeting this morning. something he promised to do during his campaign. he said he wants to create incentives to get company that contract with the district to hire city residents. >>> there are more than 700,000 jobs in the district of columbia. but as dr. fuller sa

washington, d.c. are rig through loudoun county and toward frerick county, virginia. it's bn going on and it has beedropping down to portions of clvert countyown through anne arundecounty. and then even if you are to the sou, thisand aound fredericksburg and down toward saint mary's cnty. let's zoom into theseareas. toward serna park, the area of precipitation starting get less and less. it is starting to weaken a lot. looking at some moderate snow along the eastern shore. this continues to move out to se as well. and then behind that, take a ok. it is just falling apar we are about done. a few light snow showers, a few light flurries. thatill be it through e rest of the ening. it is a cold night but there's no windchill to talk about. the windchi was 27. we're not seeing anything in the wa of wind. that's the good news. 21in frederick. 25 inmanassas. be very careful on tose roadways. they will frze if they'reot ozen alrey. they will frze with e cars onthem. our storm syst is just about out of here. in hind well see the potential for another storm. there goes storm nu

county. they were shut down in 1959 till 1964. many of the people in to the march on washington- not many, about 100 or so people who went to the march on washington volunteered in prince edward county that summer to create kind of summer schools for all the kids who had never been to school before or haven't been there for years. there is some kids had to know how to live a pencil. note the above list. they hadn't been exposed to even the most asic teaching and learning that they needed. and so a number of people ended up on the mall that day, sleeping for most of the day it turns out. they were exhausted from their trip and end of the summer committees. but many of those people were essentially children that barbara johns helped to create. the civil rights movement first had to get physically involved. it had to get people to put bodies on the line. and i had to come up with really intelligent strategies for overcoming extremely long odds against them. they were after all a vast minority and they had no opportunity to use any power at the ballot box. when they try to exercise

it does include washington, d.c., all of the surrounding counties, out to the west winds gusting up tomiles per hour. there's even a possibility here closer to the district. so very strong gusty winds. we've seen them gusting up to 36 miles per hour. windchill advisory in effect out to the west. this windchill advisory in effect until 7:00 p.m. we've got significant windchills here. it feels like it's 10 degrees in washington. out to the west, it will feel like it's 5-10 below zero because of the strong winds and bitter cold out there. current temperatures around the region, we remain at 23 degrees here in washington. 18 in gaithersburg. 21 in frederick. manassas is at 19 degrees. annapolis is at 20 degrees. your forecast for today looks like this: windy, cold, a few snow showers possible, we're seeing that right now out toward reston, 30 degrees and there are the strong, gusty winds up to 35 miles per hour. five-day forecast, tonight bitterly cold. overnight lows in the teens. it will feel like the single- digits, or close to zero. tomorrow, breezy and 32. temperatures remain below no

they are just not here in town. 25 in washington. 18 now in prince george's county. necessary numbers have body out in the last hour or o. nobody below20 degrees t hours ago. 16 in culpeper. 10 in manassas. you folksin prince william and fauquier counties, very chilly start. there's a couple of snowflakes. there's achance to see some snow flurries. nothing in the way of accumulation. people get nervous when they see snowflakes on the radar. not a big deal but enough to whitened the ground primarily south of washington. >> snow mcgeddon. i was able to drive my audi all over the place. >> whenit starts like that it makes that glaze. until you have a chance to treat the road or plow it or scrape it. >> made a big difference. thank you, chuck. ine our headlines now a potentially huge day today in the senate. it plans to vote on whether to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell and it appears that there are enough stroets make it happen. republicans scott brown of massachusetts, lisa murkowski of alaska and olympia snowe of maine support the bill. now that it's been separated the p

southern montgomery county, we saw them in sthern frederick county, right on through northwest washingtonre some areas did see a coating on the roadways. that did cause problems earlier. as can you see, we are not dealing with that across our area. what is the forecast looking like, let's go bac to the graphics now, can you see this evening, we're looking at mostly clear skies, windy and very cold conditions. windchills between 5 and 15 degrees.

on washington volunteered in prince edward county that summer to create kind of summer schools for allhe kids would never been to school for our who i've been there for four years. there were some kids that did me no how to hold a pencil, they did not the alphabet was. they hadn't been exposed to even the most basic teaching and learning that they need. and so a number of people who ended up on the mall that day sleeping for most of the day it turns out, they're exhausted from the trip and from the end of the summer activity. but many of those people were essentially children come if you will, of the movement that barbara john helped to create. so the civil rights movement first had to get physically involved. it had to get people to put their bodies on the line, and then had to come up with really intelligent strategies are overcoming extremely long odds against them. they were after all a vast minority and had no opportunity to use any power at the ballot box. and when they try to exercise any kind of rights and privileges as citizens they were terrorized. they were thrown into jail,

montgomery county putting their hypothermia plan in place. the washington humane society reminding people to think about their animals. >> we are getting a lot of calls about dogs left outside in the cold weather. >> right now getting a dozen calls a day. >> it is 26 degrees today. it is bringing inhot water and cold weather. >> reporr: pets need to be with warm bedding. the temperatures still too cold for customers at peabody farmer's markets. and in downtown silver spring, this family coming inside. >> i have my daughter's hat on. >> reporter: sying inside for something warm. >> it is freezing. like yesterday i had on two shirts, a pair of leggings under my jean, a sweatshirt, a scarf, a hat, boots. >> reporter: of course, with the potential snow coming morrow, these layers don't sound like such a bad idea. >> melissa, thank you very much. it iher first day reporting here with us on news4 and we find a nice way to initiate you. welcome to washington. >> it cold. >> i hope that it is not too cold nor you out there. >> thanks so much. >>> a dramatic rescue