current mayor bowser will announce a commission that will honor the late marian barry. today would have been barry's 79th birthday. the announcement is this morning outside barry's old home. >>> howard university will in-augustin- enaugustenaug in-august rate its 17th president and it coincides with the charter day commemoration. howard's chapter was approved by president andrew johnson in 1867.charter day commemoration. howard's chapter was app. >>> all that white is costing a lot of green. this morning we're taking a look at how much money we're talking about. >>> airports across the region are still playing catchup. what you need to know if you're trying to get away this weekend. >>> and a live look at the roads in fairfax county at 4:37. you can see it is a mess out there just like pretty much everywhere else. >>> welcome back. right now things are getting back to track on our local airports. thousands of flights were canceled nationwide yesterday because of all the snow. right now reagan national is reporting 37 cancellations, dulles has 5, bwi marshall only 4. >>>

there is a special election to fill the seat held by marian barry. he tied last year. tom sherwood will moderate the debate tonight. >>> the new mgm casino will mark a construction mile season. it is on track to open its doors next year at national harbor. an event today will mark the hiring of the 1,000th member of the workforce. . . >>> sthors will be talking about the 40 bhld budget plan of house of delegates approved last week. the house rejected a plan from governor hogan to scale back education funding. >>> today investigators are trying to figure out why a house was rigged with a device to blow it up. an electrician found what he thought was a suspicious device in the house in milton massachusetts just south of boston. police worked through the night to make the house safe and they say the house was about to go on the market and had been rented before p. the twicedevice was rigged to blow if somebody switch order a light. police now questioning the renters. >>> stand by me you've lost that loving feeling by the righteous floors and stand by sly the family stone,

mayor bowser will announce a commission whose job will be to honor the late marian barry. have been barry's 79th birthday. he passed away last year. the announcement the is this morning outside his old home in anacostia. >>> today is another brutal day even though the snow is over dealing with? really frigid temperatures. >> cover your face up stay wrapped up out there. it will be tough. tom kierein is in the storm center with a look at the forecast. >>> amelia showed us how we need to penguin walk on the sidewalks. watch your footing this morning. and use a soft foot on the accelerator and the brake as you're driving this morning. this is what wisconsin avenue looked like about 2:00 this morning. i took this picture and it has been plowed but still has a coating of snow on it. so you have to break very slowly and only accelerate very slowly as most roads are covered like this that have not really been treat aed with a lot of chemicals. we'll stay below freezing with p temperatures in the teens here through the morning hours. and we'll have bright sunshine. and then that s