not to be this weekend as blizzard 2016 has packed a mighty punch in downtown d.c. alison: it is a bizarre picture, you are right. ry is the perfect word for it. you know that normally there are people all over the place, and you go there after the storm and there is no one. it gives you that otherworldly feeling like a neutron bomb went off or something. alison: that is an area where there are a lot of people out and about normally. we will see how long it takes to get everybody back on the streets, back to normal. leon: let's get up to gaithersburg with kevin lewis. where are you and what are you seeing right now? kevin: we are actually at a tow lot for three companies. i want to point out there have not been much volume today. this was the screenshot taken at the wednesday night during wearable commute home, a line of cars, accidents on i-95, all around the beltway. 05 today, aken at 5:5 lot of red and orange, but no car accidents. that is because so many people are staying off the roads. these are all the cars that were taken in this week. are no cars, inside fr

this is downtown d.c. right now, looking down pennsylvania avenue. the skies are beginning to clear a little bit as the snow moves out. if you look at top the white house, you can see the flag. i'm going to jump in quickly and show you, right over there, the flag still blowing. the wind is brisk. it is 28 with the wind out of the north at 20. the wind chill factor is still in the teens. it will stay that way overnight. map, a lot going on. these are the snow totals, gives a good indication of where that bull's-eye was. we thought it was going to be the west of d.c., and this area over here, 33 inches winchester, 32 leesburg, bwi marshall 29.2, and reagan national quite a bit less at 17.8. let's talk about the top snowfall totals. bwi marshall in the record books wiest event on record. dulles looking at number two on the list, 28.3. the old record, six years ago, the blizzard of 2010, 32.4. reagan national airport, right down here, tied for number four at 17.8. the record, we knew that was not going to happen, 28 inches. the airport1922, was not there

police reopened several blocks in downtown d.c.. an overnight shooting shut down the street during the height of the rush-hour commute. thousands of workers were forced to find a new way into their office buildings. reporter: this is one of the d.c.,t areas of downtown and it was shut down for hours to cars and pedestrians. police and investigators canvassed this area foot by foot all the way from k street to m street as they searched for evidence. the first 911 call came in at 2:50 this morning. when police showed up there was no shooting victim but later, a man suffering from gunshot wounds turned up three miles away. thece won't say why he left scene, but they say he suffered nonlife threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital. whohe sun came up, folks headed to work had to navigate the crime scene. officers turned people away for more than six hours. employees had to find alternate entrances to their building. >> i guess i will have to find another way into the building. it's annoying. reporter: police say the investi

police reopened several blocks in downtown d.c. after an overnight shooting shut down 18th street from k through the height of rush hour morning commute. what a mess. sam sweeney explains thousands of workers were forced to find a new way to get to the office. sam: good afternoon. this is one of the biggest areas of downtown d.c. and shut down for six hours to cars and pedestrians. police and investigators canvass the area foot by foot from k street to m street to search from evidence from the overnight shooting. the first 911 call came in around 2:15 this morning when the police showed up to 18th and l. there was no shooting victim. moments later, a man suffering from gunshot wounds turned up more than three miles away near the georgia avenue petworth metro station. police won't say why he left the scene but say he suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital. meantime as the sun came up, folks heading to work had to navigate a three-block crime scene. the officers turned people away for more than six h

my son is in downtown d.c. this is a live shot outside the door. a little bit of flurry activity. not much on the ground but a little bit can get there. >> little differentic looing over. -- looking over. you can see snow has covered the roads. the main street there on the camera shot. we looked at that 35 minutes ago. the roads were just wet. a little band of snow. it's not much. not much depth there. that's the problem. it's 24 degrees. the ground is cold. and when there's no traffic or treatment you'll ind up with an icy -- end up with an icy spot or two. boone, kenton, and carroll counties from the winter storm advisory. the purple county, still under the weather weather advisory. dropped trow kenton, carroll from the winter storm warning. you still see the precipitation trying to come back this way. we have a couple of bands of snow. there you see the one band there. peeking out just a little bit. we looked at it on several different radars. not as impressive on -- on -- one radar as it is on this composite picture. we have another band of light snow shower activity into cler

and the sunglasses in the morning, about 27 degrees downtown d.c. through the daytime tomorrow, sunshine sticks around all day, with the exception of late evening into the overnight. that is when clouds increase just a little bit. as the cloud cover increases, a better chance of showers and rain. until lateot come friday come early saturday morning. tomorrow morning, 30 degrees at 7:00 inside the beltway. by the afternoon, middle to upper 40's for daytime highs. will hit 46ple degrees. showers late friday, 70% chance. saturday, showers end in the morning, may have snow flurries sunday. a lot of people have the day off for martin luther king day on monday, lower 30's. we are the dead of winter. leon: and you are talking hurricanes. alison: you threw me off with hurricane stuff. is it summer? steve: not quite yet. alison: thanks, steve. robert: the wizards had bradley beal back. a completely different team. sports is coming up. and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. posting milwaukee tonight, bradley beal making h

nighttime lows in the middle to upper 20's. 32, 33 downtown d.c. cloudy skies, the wind eventually turning calm early tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning you will want to bundle up, 35 degrees fairfax,d.c., 30 montgomery county, aspen hill in germantown, 20 9, 30, ashburn 27. the futurecast looks like this, scattered showers early tomorrow. i don't take it will amount to a lot. the late afternoon come into the evening, look what happens off to the north and west -- warrent winchester,k, moderate rain, moving off towards the north and east. it is gone by about midnight tomorrow night. another round of showers saturday. saturday afternoon come saturday evening. by sunday morning, everything should clear out nicely. don't expect a lot of sunshine in the morning, low 30's friday morning. to 45in the afternoon 38 degrees, depending on your location. the neck seven days, 53 the high saturday. near 60., looks good, fast-forward, wednesday, see that closely? flurries. have not seen that in a long time, the first time this year. i don't think it will amount t

capital beltway partly to mostly cloudy skies, nighttime lows, lower 20's in the suburbs, lower 30's downtown d.c, fog possible in the morning. tomorrow, near freezing bethesda, college park, fairfax, upper marlboro. be on the lookout for treated sidewalks that may have refrozen. the temperatures will be above freezing midmorning into the afternoon. the futurecast, clouds break apart and reform in the afternoon. scattered showers developed during the evening rush. early wednesday, maybe across southern maryland, leonardtown waldorf, could have some flakes of snow, but nothing expected to accumulate, nothing that will bring major problems. the day planner shows daytime highs tomorrow middle 40's. the extended outlook, the temperatures rebounding just in time for the weekend. it is early next week, 45 saturday, 50 sunday. middle 50's on monday. alison: not bad. thank you. leon: it looks like the wizards hate the snow more than the rest of us. erin: they had five days off because of the blizzard, so maybe that was not good in terms of momentum. their first game back did not go quite as planned. >> a

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arlington and downtown d.c., we're seeing the first real signs of winter. >> some of you had to wipe the snowflakes off your windshield on your evening commute and some in your backyard. >> huge flakes came down outside our nbc4 studios. tonight, our team wants to make sure you stay warm and get you ready for tomorrow. >> shomari stone is in bethesda. first, we check in with meteorologist doug kammerer. what's the latest? >> we told you the clipper system would move in with snow. we saw that earlie and most locations coming up with a trace or coating of snow. that system moved out of the area and you saw how heavily, maybe 10 or 15 minutes at the most and then out of here. what we told you was behind you was the cold. look at the winds bringing cold. 37 in leesburg, 37 in martinsburg and 35 in martinsburg and 38 at patuxent river. take a look at these numbers at 11:00 at night. 23 degrees the current wind chill. we saw high of 47 today and 5 in martinsburg and 20 in culpeper and 10 in gaithersburg and 20 overnight. coming up, i'll show you what you should expect hour by hour and how

it took an hour and a half to get to the hotel in downtown d.c. so that was back -- there was backup then. today when we were getting to the live shot, we were going drive out here. we're seven, eight blocks away. we couldn't do that. we statewided to walk. it was -- we decided to walk. it was 10, 13 inches on the ground. it was tough to get a few blocks. certainly a tough day for anyone going outside to use their vehicles, guys. >> i'm curious, you cover natural disasters and major events of that sort all over the country in lots of ways. when you look at the preparation and people getting ready for this compared to other events that you've covered, where does this stack up in your analysis? >> reporter: it's a significant storm. we were in boston last year around this time when they had the ice and snowstorm. they got storm after storm after storm. of course, in that area, they're more used to the steady snow. what i can say is the region has been crippled. when we cover wildfires, snow disasters, you can typically see an area where folks are ab

this is downtown d.c.is is the major financial center, this is close to all the government buildings. this is really the heart of the city. this should have been done earlier. however, officials are saying, look, we've got a lot of the residential roads as cleared as possible and now we're focusing on downtown. d.c. effectively today is completely shut down, the schools are closed, federal government closed, local government closed, local public transportation schedule is running on a very reduced limited schedule. i was walking around here last night and i have to tell you because of the freezing that was going on last night, there is a lot of solid ice under a lot of these roads and we are not talking about side alleys, we're talking roads that have offices on them, roads that have businesses on them, roads near the verizon center where the clals and wizards and a lot of sports are at. this is going to take at least the rest of today i suspect into tomorrow. the other problem you are starting to see is t

we have piles and piles of snow here in downtown d.c. outlying areas of western maryland. the areas of western maryland. the my mayor is tay off the roads, c roads -- their job on the roads. at reagan national airport, snow crews are on the roadways trying to clear that out. flights are not going through today. meanwhile, the metro is also suspended temporarily now. we will see when that opens backupmyra: thank you. a lot of the talk ahead of the nfc championship is centered around the weather. conditions are supposed to be less than ideal in c today, so the panthers practiced outside in the snow, just in case that could give them an edge over the cardinals who enjoyed 75 degree weather. both quarterbacks are quick to say that both teams will have to in concord, north carolina one , church is offering a bit of spiritual advice, and a good helping of carolina panthers passion. deah calloway is known as the sign lady at poplar tent presbyterian church. she usually crafts witty phrases that encourage people to stop by church and think of god. but lately, her signs have also s

., i would have told people don't drive into downtown d.c. why? not because of the roads, there was no place to park. >> that was the point. so monday, we had a rush hour in washington even though the government was off, most businesses. people just for some reason thought they could go downtown and it was a mess. >> and d.c. made more than a million dollars in parking tickets and $65,000 in fines. the mayor was front and center, she did tell people to stay off the streets, she imposed a snow emergency until wednesday evening help how do you think muriel bowser handled this one? >> this is one time in terms of tickets, remember we talked about the proposals she had about having $1,000 speeding tick tickets. this is the one time she can stand firmly on we told you not to go into the city, no to the put cars on the streets. and so now that they have been towed, you will receive tickets. i think the key is even though they received $1.2 million in ticket, how much of that money really will they get back. >> i think she did a great job and here's

that meeting taking place in downtown d.c. today. the attorneys general for d.c., virginia, maryland meeting for an hour on the topic. it was the first of its kind gathering between the three a.g.'s to discuss the ways to work together to reduce the availability of illegal guns and generally reduce gun violence. they say this was a first step in the process. hope that the communication and the information sharing increases specific actions will then follow. one idea discussed is to enlist gun sellers in the fight to make sure illegal guns are not on the street and crossing state lines. >> a lot of them will can be helpful to enforce the laws as we can. >> we want to be part of the process and be helpful. jeff: one idea discussed today the attorneys general creating a code of conduct that gun sellers would sign as a result of moving forward on this pledge. these are just ideas at this point. coming up at 2:00, more reaction from nova firearms. plus the numbers that the attorneys general put out today. they say helps further their caus

feels like seven in downtown d.c. seven degrees over at andrews.orrow morning, the wind chill factor will have it feel colder in district. a cold, cold morning. head to southern maryland, leonard town and charlotte hall, looking at the temperatures around veer row -- zero. it's 14 for the bus stop pickup. daytime highs in the upper 20's. keep in mind the morning wind chills, many from four to five degrees below zero to five above. check out what is going on with the big snowstorm or the potential for one. doug:ing we have potential. a little system might be flurries wednesday night but the big event if it happens is friday, friday night to saturday. it is starting out in the pacific ocean. many storms start this way with a big area of low pressure. moving across the u.s. interacts with the winds and that is what we look at. over the course of the next few days it will make a transcontinental trip. it should develop to the lower mississippi valley and move northeast. this is a generic track. in these storms a difference in the track of 40 to 50 mile

one in downtown d.c. as far as closure goes. we'll have the details on that. a delay on 66.e on all of this coming up. >> and they were shooting a music video in the park when a police officer approached them but it's what that officer did next that surprised everything. the video a lot of your co-workers are going to be talk about about. >> it's a first day back to work. that walk to metro is going to be a cold one. tom kierein is back with a >>> in the fight against isis, we're showing bombs dropped on isis and vehicles near baghdad. nbc has not gotten authenticity at this time. >>> an officer crashed a music video shoot. this is on georgia avenue yesterday. he started playing a pickup basketball game. he's in full uniform. full gear and bulletproof vest. they say it was a great to have the hangout time with the police officer. >> love it. skills too. 6:41 now. >> tom kierein is out there. tom, it looks leak you're prepared. >> it is. the commuters are layered up just like i am. you need a hoodie, scarf, hat, coat. the temperature dropped about five degrees here just in th

. >>> "the washington post" today officially dedicated its brand new digs in downtown d.c. the post and its print and other media operations are now living in the one franklin square building on k street. secretary of state john kerry and mayor bowser were among the government officials who attended the ceremony today. the grand opening focused on reporter jason rezaian who only recently won release from iran after nearly 550 days in captivity. >> but just knowing the lengths you all went to to keep my story alive is truly humbling and should make us all proud to be a part of the future of "the washington post." >> rezaian got a long standing ovation. he also greeted the secretary of state on stage who helped negotiate his release two weeks ago along with four other u.s. citizens. >> well deserved applause there. >>> we told you about those school closings. they were changing by the minute. we just learned that prince george's county schools will be close tomorrow as well. you can add them to the list. >>> if the snowstorm was a sunday, this is like the cherry on top. parki

it's in the area of 15th and l streets downtown, d.c. we are told the l.eet sidewalk and the curb lane will be closed for the next two years. the fannie mae organization will take over the new building when construction wraps up and scheduled to be 2018. >>> emotional moments on this martin luther king day. the pastor gunned down during the charleston massacre was honored in washington. they honored clementa pinkney. his widow accepted on her husband's behalf. >> he lived a life like the dr. martin luther king jr. he was about service, peace and taking action. >> reverend pinckney was one of nine people shot and killed during a bible study at the emanuel a & e church. the alleged gunman hoped to start a race war according to police. >>> tonight we learn of the passing of another music icon. the guitarist with the eagles and the founder of that group, glen frey has died. the statement on the website said frey was battling multiple ailments and he and don henley formed the eagles in the early '70s. that band was supposed to be recognized at the kennedy cente

look for clouds later tonight. 35 degrees in downtown d.c. winds pick up heading through the day tomorrow. increasing clouds by midday. take you through the extended holiday weekend. saturday with a high of 51 degrees. these are flurries that you see that won't amount to a lot. dr. martin luther king day, temperatures of 30 degrees. tuesday and wednesday next week is 30. 40 by thursday next week. no big snowstorms on the horizon. check on traffic with jamie. jamie: we have the sun glare still. look at new hampshire avenue. we have the sun glare. let's move to the maps. we had a crash near connecticut avenue. but the delay remains. georgetown pike you hit the thick of it. you continue through maryland. 33 minutes is what it will take you from 270 near the spurt to 95. heading to baltimore 95 is what you want to take. we have a crash there. with the left lane blocked we have a big backup already. this is building. you can see how clear 95 is. 95 from d.c. is the best option. we'll have more a across america, people like basketball hall of famer

tomorrow morning the temperatures downtown d.c. should stay above freezing. fog tonight. the winds are out of the southwest. relatively light. 41 for news time hour. middle 40's tomorrow. take you out with a weekend outlook. 45 on saturday. 50 on sunday. look at monday on the seven-day outlook. 55 degrees for daytime highs. there you have it. the thaw begins and the clean-up continues. jonathan: thank you. comem up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the only way to share where the crews can't get is by air. so we will give you an aerial the crews can't get is by air. so we will give you an aerial wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i lst laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. jonathan: r.f.k. stadium is where all the plowed snow will go in d.c. until it goe

temperature trend, 10:00 tonight in downtown d.c., 30 degrees. getting home late on metro the temperatures will fall in the 20's. be on the lookout for the slick spot. forecast for the overnight, 15 to 25 degrees. scattered clouds. we will see a nicer weekend ahead. warmer temperatures on the way. 46 on saturday. 53 degrees on sunday. it gets better after that. take a look at the seven-day outlook. monday near 60. middle 50's on tuesday. by wednesday, what little snow remains will pretty much be gone. 64 degrees for a daytime high. chance for thunderstorms. check on traffic. >> cheers to the weekend, steve. thank you for the warmup. for folks traveling 29 northbound through four corners heavy stacked up there. the roadway reducedded to one lane between university boulevard and southland avenue. it looks like the left lane gets past the snow removal project that has been going on for the last several days on 29. the lanes are narrowed by snow. causing lanes from 355 in friendship heights off and on, on the beltway. causing delay for folks on georg

>>> we have a traffic alert if you plan on traveling near the old washington post building in downtown, d.cs are closed near l street and 15th street for demolition work. this will also impact everyone, it doesn't matter if you drive, walk or ride your bike, work to tear down the building will take place 24 hours a day through april. some lane closures will continue for the next two years. crews will be putting up a new building for fannie mae in its place and the new build is on franklin square. >>> the founder of space ex, thinks it was ice. it could have contributed to ice buildup that may have caused that rocket to collapse. it had been launched successfully with an ocean monitoring satellite and was landing on a barge in the pacific, but one of the support legs broke. that rocket toppled over and as you see now burst into flames. >>> well, with another year of travel in the books what can we expect? 2016? experts say many new changes in the travel and hospitality industries are fueled by millennials. >>> i'm tom sherwood along the anacostia river in southeast. there's not just a lot of

according to a police report, scott stockard was arrested in a hotel in downtown d.c.secret service agents found an unregistered shotgun and rifle in his truck and hundreds of rounds an ammunition. according to court documents, stockard claimed to be jesus and said his parents were john f. kennedy and marilyn monroe. a judge ordered him released on high-intensity supervision until his next court date. >> powerball fever is in full swing. the jackpot surged to a mind-boggling $800 million and of course, you can -- you probably are not going to win because the odds are against you, but why not? you can't win if you don't play. despite the odds against you folks are buying up their tickets and they are dreaming big. >> because when it gets this big for a few dollars i get 24 hours to bunching what i would do with that money. a flat in paris and pay off my daughter's loans and if i win so much the better. >> you can probably buy half of paris with this money if you do match six numbers in saturday's drawing because the lump sum means you take home $496 million and that is

police arrested scott stockard in a hotel in downtown d.c. they were acting with a tip from north dakota with a man to kidnap bo, one of the obamas' dogs. he had hundreds of rounds of ammunition and he also told police that he's the son of john f. ken ken and marilyn monroe and officers say he had mental health issues and stockard has been released into a supervision program. >>> there's something missing from d.c. bus shelters. news 4 has learned that someone is stealing the benches. mark segraves found the problem is getting so bad ddot had to ask police for help. >>> there are helpeds of new bus shelters across the district, equipped with new maps and electronic signs with realtime bus information and benches, but as news 4 looked up and down 14th and 16th streets in upper northwest, we found shelter after shelter, after bus shelter with no benches. >> i see that. no place for me to sit. >> benches are held in position by four bolts easily accessible from the rear of the shelter and while scrap metal only goes for between 20 and 70 cents a

the gathering drew a host of government officials to the building in downtown d.c., and as tom sherwood reports, the spotlight was also on a colleague recently freed from iran. >> reporter: downtown snow and traffic had secretary of state john kerry walking to help celebrate the post and its new leased space on k street. >> a special, special time. >> reporter: kerry greeted jason rezaian, just recently released after 18 months captive in iran. kerry helped free him. both emotionally moved today. >> i have prepared a few words and i hope you don't mind if i read. i have not been around a crowd for a very long time. there's so many people to thank. >> reporter: reporter bob woodward told news4 the modern digital facility is a statement about the paper's future with its new owner. >> it shows and proves that jeff bezos, the new owner, is all in. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser, happy the industry giant stayed in d.c. >> they've been committed to the district of columbia, not just in delivering the news, but they've been a fabric of the business community, the public education community,

we are in the heart of downtown d.c. a lot of hotels, a lot of government buildings, a lot of public space. while the main areas are open for all intents and purposes, a lot of it is still shut down. it's not anywhere near 100%, and the expectation is it will take at least throughout the night to get this to a point where it's at least viable for tomorrow. the metro transit and up and running with limited service, same with the bus service. and we're getting reports all across town that a lot of neighborhoods, residential, still have not been plowed. a silver lining, all the power is still on in these places, but what's going to happen tomorrow in some of the neighboring areas of maryland and virginia, reports of government office being closed, schools being closed. we don't know the status of the d.c. schools and the federal government. however, if they continue running through the night, you should be okay, but some of those residential areas, you will still have trouble getting your car out because you don't have the

so it's a very different story here in downtown d.c. as out in the suburbs and across the metro area. alison: they can just talk a walk down the street -- take a walk down the street. check back in with us soon. party on, man. alison: let's go to steve rudin now with the latest models. seems like everything is following what you said would happen. steve: exactly. everything is gelling together. we are look for more moderate snowfall to continue through the late evening hours and early tomorrow morning. this is what it looked like earlier. we are hoping that delaware on the weather bug network, time you. for now snow will overspread the region. arrivedded here and will arrive there as they move through the next several hours. look at the cute picture. gus' long lost cousin. it's joy in the snow. enjoying it. to figure out waldorf, maryland. thank you for sending this in. appreciate it. from stafford, virginia, the reed family. you can see how the snow beginning to accumulate on their deck. the next one, see it, send it. we need your pict

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nhl they would like to see that postponed because having thousands and thousands of people in downtown d.c. is not a good idea. however, the most important thing, craig, is this real fear because of the high winds that are going to be generated from this storm for power outages. you know d.c. very well. a lot of homes, a lot of businesses built around trees. we have a lot of parks here in washington. the worry is those old trees fall on the lines and then people are stranded without power for quite some time. so, that is what the worry is more than anything is the power. a lot of folks taking heed. metro's closed until sunday. come 11:00 p.m. tonight. a lot of the bus service is reduced, taxis are reduced. they want you to stay home, but if you stay home, be very careful during the power outages. check on the elderly. that's their main concern at this point. >> a buddy of mine in d.c. said pepco is already calling folks to give them a heads-up that they will likely lose power, so. >> reporter: yeah. >> luke russert for us there in the nation's capital. luke, thank you. nbc meteorologist dy

were to give you that an right now just looking around here at freedom plaza in the middle of downtown d.c. where so many government buildings are, streets are not passable especially if you're trying to get in. also, the metro system is not working. you pretty much say good by to the possibility of folks getting around and the city up 100%. congress is not slated to come back until tuesday. we'll see if they make that. probably because they are slated to come back tuesday evening and they do a good job of clearing things out over there. the airports today are still closed. they got to get those back up and running for those members of congress to get back. >> the sun over your right shoulder hitting the trees that's a welcomed sight. >> reporter: a welcomed sight. >> for your and many other washingtonians. thank you. >>> one footnote on an area very close by luke, virginia. virginia state police, we were watching the number of crashes they had to handle. yesterday the number when i was speaking with you on a saturday was about 1023 if i remember properly. virginia state police 20 minutes

. >> now we want to get a check on the situation in downtown d.c. and how the district is responding to the snow. >> reporter: mark segraves has been all over town all day. right now he's in chinatown, i believe. what's up, partner? >> reporter: we're outside of the verizon center where the caps were supposed to drop the puck right about now. even this morning they were still going to have that game, but after d.c. mayor bowser and her director of homeland security said that the nhl was actually putting lives at risk by going forward with this game they finally decided to postpone the game tonight and the wizards game tomorrow. mayor bowser just had another press conference 30 minutes ago and she complained that residents are still not taking heed to this storm that there are still too many cars out on the streets of d.c. it is a snow emergency. your cars will get ticketed and towed if they're parked on major roads. more than 2,000 cars have been ticketed and about 200 cars have been towed off of the streets. drivers will have to pick those cars up-

dig-out, and i have to tell you, right here in downtown d.c. federal office buildings as well as some retail spaces and some private office spaces. and the dig-out is going slowly. it's going slowly for a few reasons. number one, they were a little delayed. this part of town did not get plowed out yesterday. now they brought in private contractors, these dump trucks and tractors to get this out. a lot of folks are driving around, and it's causing somewhat of a traffic jam. you'll see these plows trying to do their job, and they run right into private vehicles that are out, cab drivers swerving all over the place. the police are trying to get a hold on it and they're doing better than a few hours ago, but it's going to take some time. in terms of how the dig-out is going, we talked last week about how this is not something that d.c. does extraordinarily well. i have lived here my entire life. i want to show a picture that our picture at the "washington post" and msnbc friend, he tweeted this from his neighborhood in northwest d.c. still waiting

this is in the center of washington, in downtown d.c., where there's buildings in theer riff that could block some of that wind so you can imagine what it would be like closer toward the shore or out in the suburbs themselves. all that being said, though, you are now seeing whiteout conditions here in d.c. and we are really three-fourths of the way through this storm in terms of what the overall snowfall will be. expected to lighten up around midnight tonight and shouldn't be that bad getting into the evening. but this is why mayor bowser of washington said please get off the roads yesterday at 3:00 p.m. and continue to stay off the roads, you really shouldn't be there. i see a few folks walking down the middle of the road because the sidewalks are not plowed at all, imagine if you are a driver out there, which you shouldn't be, an emergency personnel or a plow, it's hard to see someone walking down the middle of the road now with these type of wind gusts so please, please, please stay home. the other thing we're starting to see thomas is the accumulation of large snowdrifts, anywhere b

what you are starting to see in downtown d.c., walk with me a little bit, a few street closures right now. i presume that's for the march for life which is surprisingly still going forward today despite the weather conditions. however, you are starting to see the few people who actually came to washington, they are starting to try and make their way out of the city right now. all that being said, this is probably about a little less than usual traffic for this time of day here on the freedom plaza in downtown. are you starti you are starting to see them trying to leave. the mayor said she would like everybody off the streets from 3:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. really through sunday morning, shelter in place because this is going to be the largest storm to hit d.c. if the things the meteorologists have been looking at pan out since the 1920s. all that being said, the big worry here is power. you know very well a lot of houses in d.c., lot of apartment buildings built around trees, older trees, lot of parks here. the big worry is, is that the power will go out, the streets will not have b

d.c. getting pounded. allyson: nothing like the nations capital. >> good morning here in downtown washington, d.c.. snow has been falling for 17 hours straight. wind gusts, high. there have been about 12 inches of snow that have fallen. the national weather service predicted 20-30 inches total. plows have been cruising here. we are in the shadow of the capital. they are try to keep this clear so emergency officials can get through. it is pretty cold. a heavy band of snow came through around 2:00. the snow continues to fall here in our nation's capital. on a positive note, they are allowing splitting -- flooding on capitol hill. allyson: take a look now at pickens county. road conditions there, a little icy. you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ video camera on the spot. (burke) smash and grub. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum

this is the downtown heart of d.c. there's a thoroughfare.d some of the snow drifts on these cars we've tracked in. that goes all the way up to your chest. this is quite the historic snowfall here in d.c. largest since the 1920s. >> it's got to be until at least tuesday until things are back to normal. luke russert, thank you. >>> airports in blizzard stricken cities are slowly returning to the people moving business. how long it might take to resume normal air service. >>> also, eight days before the iowa caucuses. the candidates are criss-crossing the hawkeye state. that include donald trump. a trump remark is eliciting more rival reaction. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. it's like incredible. >> is that the kind of comment we've come to expect from the republican front-runner. a spokesperson for the trump campaign will join us after the break. why blend in with the crowd? why shy away from the extraordinary? why fit in, when you were born to stand out? the 2016 nissan altima

d.c.? >> hey, good morning. from downtown washington, d.c. it's been coming down hard for about 19 hours here. you'll have a little bit of let up and it keeps coming down. we have about a foot and a half of snow so far here on new jersey avenue right in the shadow of the capitol building. take a look behind me and you can see a few brave souls trudging through this snowfall on the main streets here. there have been some cars that have gotten stuck. had to be bailed out, dug out by the national guard. there's white s.u.v.'s over there you might notice. those are capitol police vehicles. these officers stay overnight in the hyatt hotel so that they'll be able to just be around today. otherwise they'd probably be snowed out of this area. but here is the deal. throughout the day and the overnight. by tomorrow there could be 20 to 30 inches of snow. so the way some people are viewing it is that we're only half way through here in the nation's capitol. it is a serious storm they've warned there could be life and death implications. they told people

. >> good morning in downtown washington, d.c. snow has been falling for 17 hours straight and visibility is low and the wind is high at 40 miles per hour. you can see there's been about 12 inches of snow that has fallen. the national weather service is the snowplows have been cruising new jersey avenue and we are in the shadow of the capital. they want to keep this relatively clear. you cannot see the capitol dome because of the wind blowing these snowflakes. these are called temperatures in a have band of snow came around at 2:00 a.m. and the snow continues to fall in the nation's capital. they are allowing sledding on capitol hill. alyx: we always appreciate the positive side. the national weather service as a blizzard warning will remain in place for washington until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. you are minutes away from today's eye-opener on cbs this morning. here's a look at the other stories you will see next at 6:00 a.m. >> six decades of space travel >> chef michael serves green food in a dish. >> dylan leblanc will perform. >> al

didn't want 10,000, 15,000 people in the middle of downtown d.c. stay home. watch us on television. don't come out. >> that's a good, sound advice. we've both been there in storms. best to hunker down. i'm sorry for my voice. thank you so much. i want to bring you the latest forecast. bonnie schneider is monitoring the storm for us. what do we know? >> kate, that is widespread storm impacking not only the areas with the snow but thunderstorms to the south. i want to get to the snow because it's interesting that when the snow started in washington, d.c. it wasn't just a light snow. i mean, it started to come down heavy and hard and visibility is 3/4 of a mile and dropped from 10 miles an hour ago and quite a difference. snowing heavy into raleigh, into norfolk, virginia. some heaviest snow in the western part of virginia, west virginia. look at the timing as we wrap things up for the storm closer to the end of it. at 11:00 saturday night looking at the worst of it. really, you can see this white band here, some real heavy snow in and around new jersey, pennsylvania. this is going to

we'll see what happens there because you don't want 20,000 people in an arena in downtown d.c. this is that bad that early. so, there's a lot of monitoring going on, but i can tell you that come tomorrow, when this thing keeps hitting, when the power goes out, that's the real serious concern, because the way this city is built with all these parks, with all these trees, that is what they've got to keep their eye on. and this city does not have a good track record of getting power restored or roads plowed when it is this serious of a storm, jose. >> luke russert in d.c. thank you very much. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is on the road now in virginia where a state of emergency was declared earlier. dylan, good morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, jose, i'm seeing a lot of white. we're in the thick of it right now. we're in roanoke, virginia, traveling along i-81 with the intention of getting back to d.c., hopefully before the heaviest of the snow gets there. but the roads have been just covered in snow. the snow started, i'd say around 5:00 in the morning, then it's

this is the heart of downtown d.c. where a lot of the government buildings are situated. few main arteries that have been plowed but side streets, one that co-contain a lot of retail and office space, they are not plowed at all. the snow is very much what it was last night. today's very significant though because it is supposed to get freezing cold again tonight and the worry is that if you don't get the snow off right now while the sun is out, then it will stay there overnight, it could freeze and become icy and problematic. as far as will the city be back to business tomorrow, it is a good question. no word yet on if the federal government will be open, if the city government will be open or schools will be open. i would probably say no depending on what i've seen. metro, our local transit system, still closed, shut down for the rest of the night. a lot of the escalators that people use to get up and down to metro, they were hit with snow yesterday as well because they are only guarded by a canopy. so expect this dig-out process to take a little while. good news -- only

. >> brown: pershing park in downtown washington d.c. was buried in snow this week. acre park is a block from the treasury department and white house and just down pennsylvania avenue from the capitol. the statue of the man it's named for, general john pershing, commander of u.s. forces in world war one, stood tall above the white carpet. if all goes as hoped for by a group called the "u.s. world war one centennial commission", this will be the site of the first national memorial to commemorate this country's involvement in the war. edwin fountain is the group's vice chairman. >> world war one is very much lost in our national consciousness. it was subsumed by the depression and then world war two, it didn't have wealth of newsreels, nightly news coverage, hollywood production and other media and popular culture that later wars did. we're now two or three generations beyond the people who fought it. it's quickly receding in our national memory and it shouldn't. >> brown: world war one -- the so-called "great war" -- began in july 1914 and ended with the armistice on

d.c. or downtown is the knickerbocker storm, january 22nd, we have to get over 16.6 to get in the top 5.nk we'll take it to the top 10. of course, different story in dulles, 32 #2.4 their record. make sure you have things like advil and tylenol for the kids. change your travel plans now in terms of the flights. got a facebook question, hey, can i fly in friday night. weather-wise, you could by friday night but they probably won't let you fly in. keep your devices charged. live look outside, it is snowing. 26 degrees right now. winds out of the south-southwest at 8. not going to snow for too much longer. it's eventually over in fairfax but you see this blue here, this is our live radar, heavier activity down south, 95 through old town and over toward waldorf, everything is pushing pretty quickly. again, it is accumulating very quickly and lowering visibility. if you're not home and you're driving down 50 or going down 301 or 5 down into maryland, take it easy, the roads are covered. heaviest snow 10 p.m. friday to 3 p.m. on saturday. tweet and facebook your pics. totals west of i-95, 16 t

and that is airport in downtown d.c. only one inch, so they went from 14 to 15 inches, and still a ways to get to the 20 inch mark. and now, new york central park six hours ago reported 6 inches of snow on the ground and now they are reporting 14.7 inches already in new york central park. that is not in the top ten. they will get in the top ten all-time snowfalls for new york central park, they have to get to 18 inches, and so we will have a legitimate shot. the biggest snowfall ever was 26.9 inches, and we are obl 11 inches from that, and it could be a close call by the time it is said and done. we also got a e-mail from my friends at the weather channel, they are saying that redhouse, maryland s is the new leader. 38 inches of snow. that is our first 3 foot snow total in redhouse, maryland, and i have to google map it to find out where it is, but i am guessing up there in the western sections of the high country in maryland. but that is the widespread two the three feet of snow. and let me show you where that area is.

snowing for 17 hours straight and right now, just kind of a moderate band of we're on a sidewalk in downtown d.c., just a few blocks from the white house. and the snow is accumulating, depending where you standing, the national weather service says we can expect snow to accumulate late at about one to two inches per hour, with about 20 to 30 inches by the time this is over with on sunday morning. now, we've got really treacherous conditions out here. the snowplows have been trying to keep up, trying to clear the roads as much as possible and get ahead of the snow. and it's kind of a losing battle and it's especially going to get difficult as this blizzard intensifies throughout the day. another factor is just the show here right now, we've got some pretty dry fluffy snow, that's going to turn into wet, heavy snow and that's going to do a number on power lines and tree branches, so we're expecting to outages, this is going to be all day, into saturday night and sunday morning kind of event. reporting from washington, i'm sally kidd. amy: new hampshire got a pass from this winter blast, thousands

. >> reporter: and the downtown dig out continues. d.c. police squad cars were blocking whole blocks downtown to speed up snow removal. there was some traffic on k street, normally one of the busiest business corridors downtown, but crucial service roads alongside k street for deliveries and parking were 100% snowed in late monday afternoon. people struggling to get around downtown today had their own advice. >> one more day. >> tomorrow morning? >> one more day. no, one more day. wednesday. >> reporter: wednesday? >> wednesday. it's a lot of snow down here. you have to think, a lot of people drive in the city and we have to park. there is nowhere to park. >> reporter: well, the schools will wait until wednesday but the d.c. government is going to open tomorrow. the mayor is urging everyone to take metro if you can. i'm tom sherwood, news4. jim, back to you. >> thanks, tom. >>> that monster storm that hit us is still having an impact on air travel. coming up, we'll tell you how long it could take to get things up and running again. and the

d.c. government open? and there are lots of questions, including is downtown ready? today it was still snow packed. d.c. police squad cars were blocking whole blocks downtown to speed up snow removal. there was some traffic on k street, normally one of the busiest business corridors downtown, but crucial service roads alongside k street for deliveries and parking were 100% snowed in late monday afternoon. >> several days of cleanup ahead of us. >> reporter: top city officials were still hoping downtown would be ready tuesday for thousands of commuters and businesses. >> but i went through downtown this morning, a lot of work still. >> yeah. you know, it's an epic storm. we're really dealing with a lot of snow. we'll clear certain areas and then folks will do sidewalks and things like that and we have snow back on roads. >> reporter: but people struggling to get around downtown today had their own advice. >> one more day. >> reporter: tomorrow morning? >> one more day. no, one more day, wednesday. >> reporter: wednesday. >> it's a lot of snow down here. you have to think a lot of people drive in the city