major changes for some northern virginia commuters specifically those who use i-66. >> and those changes start today t fox5's melanie alnwick is live along i-66 in fairfax county with what you need to know about those changes. good morning, mel. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys, yeah, this is a big change for commuters who especially for carpoolers who are used to having this stretch of i-66 inside the beltway all to themselves. well, today they're going to have to share it with single drivers as well, at least those who are willing to pay the tolls. let's take a look at the lanes in front of us right now. obviously this is not a problem at this point because the tolls do not go into effect until 5:30 this morning. so, everything's moving along smoothly. but we'll come across some of the toll gates. we didn't see any of the -- there's no dynamic pricing on the signs just yet because they have not switched on. let's give you a sense of what this is going to affect. it's going to be eastbound toward d.c. from 5:30 in the rn morning. and then in the afternoons westbound as you're coming

it also has 16 northern virginia lawmakers upset.ling for these tolls to be stopped immediately. they want to go right back to our old hov rules until we come up with a better solution. they've even written a letter to the secretary of transportation to try and step in. they held a press conference today. take a listen to to say. >> if the tolls were four dollars we wouldn't be standing here. none of us knew the tolls would be this high. frankly this was an issue there we had resolved in 2016. we had a very specific deal with the governor that we would make improvements and once they were made we would go forward with the tolling and the fact that this got out of sequence i think you know what, maybe we should have known better but the bottom line is here we are. >> reporter: now these lawmakers say they're upset over this week's toll prices rising to more than double what they say was expected when these tolls were first discussed years ago. and the fact that the tolls started before any added lanes and infrastructure was built to a

this is why north carolina units always had a hard pull of it in the army of northern virginia. they were widely suspected of being halfhearted on secession. north carolina was the tail end of secession. 20th of may, 1861, a lot of people in the army of northern virginia strongly suspected that north carolinians cannot be trusted. then there is the virginia problem. so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians, and that is especially true in a p hill and richard whewell. if you start with long street, not a virginian, and you go down the command list, it is one non-virginian officer after another. lots of georgians and south carolinians. mississippians. gary: ardent fire eaters. allen: but always feeling they are somehow second-class confederates in this army dominated by virginians and they don't always deal with that terribly gracefully, nor do the virginians. the virginians are not shy about letting other people in the army of northern virginia feel they are somehow along for the ride in the heavy lifting is being done by virginians. gary: did

. >> today on fox5 news morning, major changes for drivers in northern virginia as part of i-66 officiallyurns into a toll road. >> twitter attack. president trump lashes out at the fbi as the nation's focus once again turns to russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. >> looking live outside, we're in for a mild day of temperatures in the 50's but you're going to need to bundle up before heading out right now though. it is cold out there this morning. and we say good morning to you. thank you for join and us. >> it is monday, december 4th. >> that's right. mike thomas is talking about our cooler temperatures, erin como is talking about some pretty major traffic issues on tap today. mike what's your headline. >> cold out there you got it for sure maureen. we're deang bit of frost so be ready especially if you live north and west of town to to a little scraping. later this afternoon highs in the upper 50's. details coming up. >> right now we have an apartment complex fire in southeast. adjustments on the red line still causing delays plus big news on 66. we have a lot to get you a

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if anything, however, jackson had just committed the army of northern virginia to battle before they had become unified, while at the same time, by committing the army of northern virginia to battle with his men, he is going to limit general lee's opportunity to maneuver. to historiank joseph harsh, he would lament to this in his seminal work on the maryland campaign. he said "victory would conquer, if at all, through bloody combat and through tactical blunders by the enemy. there would be no heavy victory from easy fighting." by 10:00 p.m. on august 28, general pope received news of the fight that had taken place at his headquarters in centerville. the news that pope heard was that jackson had been discovered in the vicinity of grove and had been engaged. pope deduced that "the prospects of crushing jackson was certainly excellent." he subsequently drafted orders for august 29-based upon this intelligence. his orders were drafted based upon a leaf that king's and rickett's divisions that had been involved would be blocking jackson's escape routes to the west and preventing any junct

. >> northern virginia doctor accused of unborting his own baby. he is accused of allegedly spiking former girlfriend's tea with high dose abortion pills after his request to get an abortion. she was rushed to hospital where she lost baby. she told policeler excon shaiting multiple charges and is due in court many march. >> a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration attempt to dramatically reduce access to free birth control pill. it requires most companies to cover birth control no additional cost. the new policy with health and human service as louz more players to opt out of the rule for more ol ar religious reasons. if promotes religous freedom and several states are suing sump administration over the new role rule. >> paul manafort will soon be free from house arrest and facing changes of monday laundering and failure to register as foreign agent. today a federal jm ordered he could leave his house after the court previously held him on multi-million dollar bonds. and the judge says manafort will be monitored by gps and have a curf

. >>> we are following a developing story in northern virginia. two parents are dead. a third person is in critical condition. several others who were inside the home at the time were not injured and police say there is no threat to public safety. northern virginia bureau chief peggy fox has more on the story. >> at 4:00 in the morning a neighbor saw the lights on here at this house and thought it looked strange. a half hour later three people were shot, two of them dead. neighbors describe a gut wrenching scene, a 9-year-old boy screaming. later we parents had been shot and killed. buckly, and scott friker. >> they had two children. neighbors saw the 9-year-old boy screaming and police comforting him. >> he was very friendly and he played out at the hoops all the time and i just i'm sick about it. >> they saw another person come out in a gurney but could not tell who it was. >> neighbors saw the flickers at a holiday party recently but detected no sign of trouble. >> police tell us several people were inside the home when the shooting happened. those people are being

. >>> more people are packing up and leaving virginia, but not northern virginia. new report from the university of virginia says since 2013 more people are leaving the commonwealth. new births are helping the state grow. federal defense spending cuts are a big reason people are leaving. the report says northern virginia will continue to see more people move into the region in the coming decades. by the looks of this, a family may need to find some place else to stay. a fire gutted part of their georgetown apartment. this happened overnight. it was a second story apartment on wisconsin avenue. one person was injured but t yet. loved ones of a beloved teacher helping strangers. here's news 4's derek ward. >> a local family turns its tragedy into something positive for streaming and gaming are only as good as your internet. for so get the best internet - with the 100% fiber-optic network. with fios gigabit connection you get the fastest internet available with download speeds up to 940 megs plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online

. >> do you see a difference between the army of the potomac and the army of northern virginia in which they were politicized? >> they were both highly politicized, but the issues are different. the real questions swim around a, virginia, and the dominance of virginians in high command there. and b, whether you are sufficiently, or being suspected of being sufficient. this is why north carolina always had a hard pull in the army of northern virginia. they were widely suspected of being half parts on the subject of secession. it was the tail and of secession, a lot of people in the army of northern virginia suspected the north carolinians couldn't be trusted. then there's the virginia problem, that so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians. that's especially true in atl score. the odd man out are the people in long street's corps. it goes one non-virginian officer, non-virginian brigades, a lot of georgians, south carolinians mississippians,. but always feeling as though they are second-class confederates in this army dominated by virginians. they don'

. >> a northern virginia tina rested. what we've learned about his disturbing man's for high school. and a congressman 5 million offer that now employed his resignation. the news at 10 starts right now. >> and we begin with the winter warm alert. this say live look at the nrodz california maryland and the snow is has been coming down and we're told it won't stop soon. >> winter weather aid vice ryes and warnings are in effect across the country. list start with indicately and the latest on what you can expect, hey, indicate lip. >> sarah, tonysh the snro is a few hours away from y u and it will be know fall of the season. it's a saturday. and this is a snow that while not major or significant will have impacts out there for tomorrow. all right. winter storm warnings upgraded for places like stafford and spotsylvania in virginia and since we were last on the area they include southern maryland where southern part of counties is snowing all days. up into the eastern shore. winter weather advisories in purple and that includ

we're talking about that northern virginia ride who had trouble with her wedding dress. march shell abate i finally received her wedding dress yesterday after weeks of battling with ups. so she bought her wedding dress in california. first grade teacher -- from california to maryland. it was shipped to maryland again before ending up in the midwest. ups promised it would be delivered and the company made good on that promise. >> very apologetic. they said they were disgusted when they heard my story and my description of the conversations that i've had with customer month. >> she's thankful and relieved that all of this is now taken care of. she can focus on her big day that's weeks away. we saw the picture of the wedding dress. it is gorgeous. >> if i were -- i'd have to carry it with me from california. put it on the wedding day. it's the end of an era for generations of families in montgomery county. >> 60 years in business. the brothers who run the store announced on facebook they lost their lease due to redevelopment in the area. the story -- the owners are looking

nothing towards the shenandoah valley or across much of northern virginia. we'll kuip posted on that. here's the way the day is looking. the little snow chance during the middle of the afternoon. we'll show you that on future weather in a few minutes. back over to news. >>> chuck bell, thank you very much. we are following a developing story in charles county. authorities are searching for a gunman in waldorf. a man was killed on holly avenue last night. chopper 4 was over the scene as investigators collected evidence. deputies say the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. this right here, this will take time to repair. take a look at the damage after a car crashed into the d.c. warner theater. d.c. police say the department of public works van that was parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs. one woman was hurt. she is expected to be okay. >>> a heartbreaking story continues as we continue to cover the southern california wildfires. they continue to rage out of control. san diego firefighter killed trying to fight the thomas fir

folks taking it very seriously across the dmv and northern virginia.ews out there pretreating yesterday. not expected to be a big event tucker says but you know what, better safe than sorry so when you are out and about tomorrow, you can res a today. welcome back to fox5 news morning. weather and traffic on the 5s at 6:35. very scary moments for a montgomery county resident after he was robbed by three armed men in his gaithersburg apartment on teachers way. police are looking for three suspects but they only have descriptions of two. the first suspect an african-american man has dark skin short hair and a day old period. that's how they're describing it. also an hispanic man with what they describe as a chinstrap type beard. the suspects stole guns from the home. police say they got away with an old 2004 or 2006 white ford crown vic with a new maryland style tag with the look of a maryland flag on the bottom of those tags. looks like a police vehicle there. >>> also developing overnight in maryland, over 50 firefighters worked to put out flames at a h

right now at 11 one day after fbi agents swarmed a quiet northern virginia neighborhood we are learning more about what led them there. plus, a devastating fire in gaithersburg forces dozens to leave their morning's tragedy. in the dangerous cold stick ting around . when will we see a warm up? is it even on the seven day forecast? we'll check in with gwen. one day after fbi agents raided a home in northern virginia we're learning it may be linked to ter rims. agents swarmed a condo complex in sterling yesterday. now we have learned the man who lives there is a us citizen and he is suspected of supporting isis. after combing through court documents, fox5's lindsay watts has new details. according to the federal affidavit we've obtained the suspect's name is sean andrew duncan. this is the sterling townhouse where he was living and you can see evidence of the fbi raid. this break here in the door. according to investigators duncan moved to sterling from pittsburgh over the summer. people in this quiet townhouse community cannot believe the fbi investigation here is linked to terrorism. a

. >>> a bizarre scene on a busy northern virginia road created rush hour mayhem.e a look at this video here. a naked man on the back of a flatbed truck. you see it and he just starts hitting that truck repeatedly. this is on route 28 not far from dulles airport. drivers stopped to record the chaos. >> get in the car. get away from him! oh, my god! >> you can hear one of those drivers yelling when she realizes something is very wrong. a witness tells us the man started to take off his clothes and became violent after being involved in a car crash along sully road. no word on how he got on the truck but eventually he left and then ran into the woods. he was caught by police, arrested and was taken to the hospital. he has not now. last night one of the world's largest menorah's was lit on the ellipse in d.c. it did take a couple of tries apparently. ♪ ♪ >> local rabbis had to deal with some pretty windy conditions, as you might imagine, as they tried to light the national menorah. celebrations for the eight night holiday started last night. the crowd was treated to d

. >> in most locations it's going to be a little sprinkling, northern virginia, of from d.c.th and east that our primary area of concern is. >> okay. >> forgetting a little bit of snowfall here. biggest concern hours is unfortunately that afternoon commute time so that could be a problem. >> sprinkling that sticks. >> this is why because temperatures are below freezing around the region. 30 degrees this morning in washington. manassas at 27. again, look at that area of concern north and east. gaithersburg is 22. westminster 25. baltimore 24. temperatures not expected to reach above freezing in those locations, so, again, any snow that does come down should stick to the ground and, yes, those roadways could be a little slick as well so do take caution later today as you're heading home. two pieces of energy we're watching one over the great lakes and one in the carolinas. it's not one that's going to give us jackpot snow totals but a few special north and east of town could get an inch or two of snow. i'll show you the snowfall map in just a winter weather advisories go into t

about northern virginia. governor has been advocate on cracking down on illegal immigration. >> his travel ban, immigration policy scared folks and have hurt small business especially in northern virginia and policies have been a disaster for the state. >> he's been a frequent critic of meto kch the most alarming things he's seen is met wrote board did not fix the system when they were seeing there were problems. there it's a big reason mc call off says until the last day of office he'll speak with new reform board. >> the real problem beginning 2006 when it hit 0 245z what you start replacing parts. he didn't do any of that. so literally for the last 11 or 10 years the board did not do what they were supposed to do. >> and governor mc call uv says in his term he has never seen anything right now like the backlash over sexual harassment in the workplace which led us to ask whether or not there needs to be change of legacy in a man he calls best friend former president of the united states, bill clinton. >> no

. >>> fbi agents swarm a northern virginia neighborhood. tonight, what we've learned about the raid. >> and plus, we're hearing from the family of the father found killed along a highway. >> whoever did this to my son murdered my son please come forward. >> and the extra tight security holiday week. your news starts now. >> and we begin with a winter weather alert. temperatures as you know if you stepped outside plummeted below freezing as we head into the new year holiday weekend. >> and there's also a possibility some areas see snow tonight. road crews are getting ready and the virginia department of transportation says crews will be out this evening to treat the roads. since roads are cold and any snow will likely stick and driver's license should pay attention to ice that may development on wet pavement that will create slick conditions. vdot is urging drivers to stay off the roads altogether ft. weather takes a turn. >> are we talking significant snow? >> the districts snow team is going into action. 200 trucks will hit the road and pr

aimee cho is riding around northern virginia. she's going to have a look at preps. >> stafford county later this morning to begin searching for pamela butler's remains. the d.c. woman disappeared in 2 2009. jose rodriguez cruz said he buried her body. they closed the garrison exit starting at 10:00 this morning. rodriguez cruz pled guilty to killing butler earlier this year. >>> hundreds of people gathered at the lincoln remember a man as fun-loving. he was shot and killed by u.s. park police last month. the family is still looking for answers demanding transparency throughout the investigation. police say they followed his suv after a hit-and-run accident on the gw parkway near reagan national. officers tried to stop him but they led him on a chase. he was shot three times in the head after that chase. through the tears, friends and family honored him at last night's vigil. >> my dearest -- angel. full of love, you always expressed that happiness. >> his family says he was unarmed and fbi is now investigating that case. >>> it's

northern virginia kids need a heavier jacket this morning.luence of the jet stream for a couple of days. that means increasing chances for cold between now and the weekend. the polar jet takes over early next week. the clouds will be increasing. mostly cloudy and cooler day. near 60 with the sun today. in the 40s all day tomorrow with a lot of clouds around. chilly and kind of gray. the sunshine back. chilly sunshine on thursday. back to clouds and 50 degrees on friday and 60. but with quite a bit of rain likely on sunday. sheena will have a closer look at that christmas eve, christmas day forecast and the christmas plunge after that. >>> 6:41 right now. pullover controversy. local police accused of racial profiling. the redskins player lays out his case on social media. >>> the clock is ticking down to buy your holiday gifts. i'm aimee cho hitting the stores to find out what cool new gifts you can buy coming up. >>> he's handsome and talented. he's a lot of things. talking about idris >>> 6:24 right now. if you're trying to get your packages

last week the northern virginia transpart taition commission in arlington met with frustrated drivers hoping to discuss a proposed solution for the skyrocketing fares. some possible solutions include cap ping toll prices and changing the hours when drivers are charged tolls. no word on when or if any of the actually happen. up next, disturbing new details about sexual misconduct allegations against a hollywood legend. corey what are you working. >>reporter: now we're talking about net neutrality. what does it mean and is it actually going to affect it? i'm going to break it down. will it cost you more money? what do you need to know? also coming up on the final five un emanuel bass door nikki hail i showed off some classified evidence to prove that iran is up to no good. what exactly did she show off. join us tonight at the final five at # one:30. ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in

hours away from historic changes for drivers in northern virginia . what you you need to know about the new tolls on i66 ahead of the monday morning commute. plus presidential push back, president trump launches a twitter tirade against the fbi. and a star stud td event in d.c. for the 40th annual kennedy center on rs. a look at awful the highlights. a super site in the sky, what makes tonight's moon so special. fox5 news at 11 starts right now. our top story tonight major changes are on the way for some northern virginia commuters, specifically those who use i66 and these changes will happen for the busy monday morning commute. fox5's evan lambert has what you need to know. so car pool ers will still be able to use this section of i66 for free, but you will have to switch your regular e-zpass here with this new one called e-zpass flex. set it to hov mode you'll hear that beep and that means you don't have to paism these change s only going into effect during rush hour from five:30 to nine:30 in the morning heading east towards the district and from t

but according to virginia lawmakers, northern virginia is they now want to cap or even scrap the cost tosmght tonight critics met with norn virginia transportation commissioner in arlington hoping to propose a resolution heemplet in case you're wondering, the commission they received that toll revenue and in turn turn over that money for new buses and other transit option. well, the commission decided not to take action on this issue tonight, but there were still plenty of people riled up about the toll cost. loudon supervisor ron myers says for him in addition to pg contact the tolls at $5 he would also like to see the hours changed for when drivers are tolled. i know it's only four daze. but this wasn't what was told to us. we have two and a half timeframe where people are getting tolled now when it was restriction free before and those are a lot of people who are working hourly jobs coming between five:30 a.m. and 6:30 a significant toll to get to work every morning. they're taking routes in arlg to be. they're taking dw park parkway and those routes have been atrocious. if you tak

. >> well, the toll for driving the 10-mile stretch on the new i-66 toll lane in northern virginia it hit a new high. take a look. a driver tweeted this image yesterday morning before the toll road. as you can chris cane 82 also wrote that's insane. drivers have expressed outrage over the pricey tolls. last week the northern virginia transportation commission in arlington met with frustrated drivers hoping to discuss a proposed resolution for the skyrocketing fares. some possible solutions including a toll prices and changing the hours when motorists are charged tolls. no word on when any of the whene place. that's a lot of money to travel a little stretch of road. >> it is but it's what the market will bear, right? so, the only thing that will change that is if no one drives it. >> yeah. >> and it is free for two or more people if they're in hov mode. >> or it encourages you to carpool which might be the point. >> exactly. >> good morning ladies. happy friday. >> happy friday. >> it's real cold, mike. >> lots of questions on this friday. yeah its freezing outside. that's going to be

live in northern virginia, evan lambert fox 5 local news >> thank you. i don't think it only brightened up that one man's boring workday. people all over social media were saying my gosh have you seen the naked man running down the highway >> it's wild. >>> stay with us we'll have u to the minute election results out of alabama. hear from the parents of a virginia high school student who was physically friday class by a teacher. and the discipline that educator may face. >>> marina marraco is live in northern virginia. marina what are you working >> reporter: tonight, a warning from local officials while they're asking residents to be extra vigilant when they let their pets out. flush flushts out. flush flush test test test test test ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in your heart. ♪ (vo) going on now, our subaru share the love event

our northern virginia bureau chief sat down with the governor to talk about his legacy. he hopes helping northern virginia commuters is what he's remembered most for. >> not that i won't be known for the tolls. i want to be known that i'm opened up and finally came up with a solution to move more people. >> mcauliffe says his day -- in charlottesville that ended with a death. he's not saying if he plans to run for president in 2020. >>> embattled senate candidate roy moore is picking up key endorsements one week before election day. president trump tweeted that the senate needs the republicans to represent alabama. the republican national committee for alabama to support moore. several women accused moore of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers. former white house chief strategist steve bannon is campaigning for more today. alabama voters head to the polls for the special election next tuesday. >> new overnight billy bush is sticking to his guns on the "access hollywood" clip that cost him his job. president trump heard bragging about inappropriately grabbin

we know the name of a man who caused chaos in a highway in northern virginia yesterday.rash not too far from dulles airport. he ran into traffic, jump odd a truck and assaulted the driver while he was naked. he he will face several charges once he's re lease from the hospital. >> a 23 year old woman is charg ed with voyeurism. marina maracco is live with details about this. >>reporter: a temple hills woman was arrested incident that happened back on december 1 right here at the saint could he let a school of washington. this is a school for children as well as adults with intellectual disabilities. according to dy police she pulled out her phone and used snap chat to record one of the students undressing inside a bathroom inside the school and then posted it to social media. that woman from temple hills has now been charged with voyeurism. >> no bale for the man arrested for a botched suicide bombing in new york city. accused yead oh allegation a maid his first appearance from his hospital bed . he was not required to enter a plea, but did answer the judge's questions. h

right now on fox5, one day after fbi agents swarmed a quiet northern virginia neighborhood we are learning more about what led them there. a devastating fire in gaithersburg forces dozens to leave their homes. residents recount the morning tragedy. president trump's message to protestors in iran. what heightened security measure s are in place as people prepare to ring in yeemplet a squirrel's revenge on some homeowners. your news starts now. one day after fbi agents raided a home in northern virginia we're learning it may be linked to terrorism. yesterday agents swarmed a condo complex in sterling. now we have learned the man who lives there is a us citizen an is second suspected of supporting isis. after combing through court documents, fox5 lindsay watts has new detaissments according to the federal affidavit we've obtained the su pect's name is sean andrew dunk can. this is the sterling townhouse where he was living. you can see evidence of the fbi raid, this break here in the door. according to investigator s duncan moved to sterling fredericksburg pittsburgh over the summer. people i

especially i suspect in northern virginia where we're dealing what nightmares from the new tolls there. i'll show you exactly where the rain is falling. if your in reston, bethesda, sprinkle starting in the spur towards gaithersburg. all along 270 up into 70 and 15, you're going to be dealing with that rain right now. this includes bucky's town frederick, meyers town, middletown, burks ville as well. as i widen the picture this is what we're looking at now. this rain continues to push into our area the next couple hours. we'll keep you updated here on news4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 what is happening in your neighborhood. he can see activity, all of this with the cold front that is going to bring big changes to our temperatures by tomorrow. but for this evening, despite the rain, it is mild out there. we're at 59 degrees right now and we'll see our temperatures kind of hanging out in the 50s with showers continue, susan, through the evening hours. coming up i'll let you know when they come to an end. and again when that cold air arrives, and we also have lauren out in the storm team4 by 4

. >>> and a student at a northern virginia high school is under arrest this morning for threatening tohoot students and teachers and to blow up the mason high school in falls church. a classmate reported hearing about the student's plan on tuesday. the school then contacted the alleged student's parents and told them their child needed to stay home until the investigation was complete. a search of thes home found bb guns altered to look like real guns and a letter was also sent home to parents saying "while police believe this to be a single threat made by a single student we urge our students, staff and community to remain vigilant and, yes, if you see something, say something." >>> it's not known at this time what punishment this student will face. >>> now, to capitol heights, maryland, where two families have been forced out of their homes because of a large fire. several townhomes caught fire along dillon court and fire crews worked through the night battling the blaze. according to investigators the fire broke out in one of the houses and spread to the others. two of the homes had

staying on top of the breaking news, fbi raid underway in northern virginia, and here is another story5. his extensive criminal history, and we speak to his family. that's coming up. >>> and also at 6:00 we've learned it was a dc elementary school staff here was found shot in capitol height yesterday. discovered on the road near i-295, and i'm talking to his family next. >> we've been dealing with bitter cold. now, we're talking snow. what will we get? how long will it stick around? we'll have the details coming up. >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> and we do begin tonight with breaking news, this coming to us from northern virginia. >> an fbi raid happening right now in residential area in sterling. we want to get right to our cory kauffman live at the scene. cory, what's going on? >> hey, guys, yes, just finding out information right as we're getting it to you, bringing it it to you. so we're here in the neighborhood of courtyard square in sterling, and the house in question hine me here, looks like townhome complex, right here, this is rather large complex. and it is the one th

a new normal for drivers in northern virginia. take a look at this-- toll prices for i-66 giving many a shock monday morning. they peaked at 34 dollars! by afternoon - west bound leveled out with a high around 7 dollars. of course-- this is part of the new program toll to 9 miles inside the beltway. that was enough to make many drivers pick a differnt route. and that is part of the plan. on one of the most congested roads in our area-- morning commutes will start looking a lot different. increase based on demand. they update every 6 minutes and theres no limit. new developments following a seven on your side i-team investigation.. the principal of d.c.'s ballou high school is out, after we discovered allegations of grade fixing and dismal attendance. dr. yetunde reeves has been reassigned. phelps high school's principal is replacing her. meanwhile, our i-team has now obtained internal documents. they reveal, d.c.'s graduation requirement task force is considering lowering requirements. proposals include not requiring algebra two,

i-95 corridor to the west, northern virginia, winter advisory. in the south calvert county, charles county, parts of the northern neck, west more land counties as well. heads up, we're going to continue to keep you posted. you know last hour we raised tth the snow totals. i have that coming up at 6:25. >> heads up and let's head outside. vdot pretreated the roads in fairfax, prince william and arlington counties. cancellations coming in. king county schools canceled evening activities for tonight. any events at fairfax county zoolz, they have been canceled for tomorrow. >> crews in maryland and d.c. are gearing up for tomorrow's weather. conditions on the road could be slick especially on back roads. news4's kristin wright continues our coverage at 6:30 vdot salt dome southeast and last-minute preparations they're making there. >> news4 will be working for you throughout the newscast tonight and tomorrow morning. chuck bell and somara theodore will be tracking conditions when you wake up. news4 starts at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. and of any time of day

. >> as of january this year there were 1920 folks in northern virginia who were considere >> reporter: the northern virginia regional commission hoping you'll refer those in need to the many shelters opening. back along route 1, the rush is on to get these coats to the kids. is it a reality some of these kids will come to school completely ill equipped for this >> absolutely. earlier today i called a mother who i knew didn't have coats, i called her, you need to come get these coats today. your children need them today for tomorrow. >> reporter: we'll see what the volunteers and fire fighters are doing. to bring warmth to the community there. we should also mention pets. if common sense doesn't kick in for you to bring your pets indoors, perhaps virginia law will convince you that it's necessary, especially leaving them outside for an exposed period of time. there are laws against that. more specific laws in fairfax county about tethering. so, we've asked you, are you ready for this? are you ready for the cold? we've asked you on our nbc washington slash survey, about a quarter of you

as we head towards the 5 o'clock hour you could be dealing with snow, saint mary's county northern neck of virginia little break and overnight things start to move back in, that's midnight south and east it starts. it starts to build up to the north and west as we head through the overnight hours. by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow likely snowing near d.c. we could get an inch or two of snow possible on the gray afternoon, the storm system should pull away and we'll dry it out. again, this isn't a big snow but, you know, we barely had to talk about snow at all last winter. this is what i'm expecting right now based on everything and i'll paint that o one to three through southern maryland maybe i-95 maybe west of it down to the south in virginia. a dusting to two off to the north and west. you'll have a sharp cutout because of people who get snow and who don't. we got a get a check of traffic and for that we go to erin. >> 4:47. roads already off to an unfortunately busy start. taking a look at breaking news out of dumfries. 95 southbound all main lanes between 234 and 619 are closed with a big crash cleanup sc

not only do you have votes in northern virginia and also have a thriving, growing region as well. we're still growing, and i think vcu is a driver of that, and i think that young people in general moving to the city. ashley: how did millenials respond to richmond's history? mayor stoney: you know what, i think the folks who are moving into the city, just like i did about 13 years ago, you are surrounded by history, basically every single day. but it's -- but history also means -- some of the history here we're not proud of. right? it's a confederate history that kind of is i think a stain on the city's record, you can say. instead of worrying, instead of being stuck in the past and using history as an anchor, we think history should be our foundation to build from, and i think we are rewriting -- we're writing a new chapter in richmond's history. that is a chapter of being a welcome, tolerant inclusive city , that is tolerant of all cultures and all walks of life. we are head down monument avenue one of the most iconic , streets in all things america, i think. one of the first mon

. >> let's move into northern virginia. you lad a part in covering the story of the week last week in northern virginia. >> it was a talker. >> a naked man on top of a truck, a flat bed truck on route 28 in fairfax county. what happened, what is the back story? >> that was just the end of it. we know it started with an accident on route 28. and it quickly escalated. one of the men who was involved in that wreck, jose gonzalez flores, according to police he is the one that we seay se goinr to car starting to trip down to weather out there. and got very violent. started smashing in windows. started talking drivers. and as you see the final piece of video, he jumps on that flat bed and he takes off. they later find him in a drain age ditch and sensitive. i'm even told sflrp sevthere wed fingers. so the question is what was he on. >> he bunched out a window on a truck, too, with his bare hand? >> absolutely. and that is something that police are looking at pl alco. l alcohol, drugs. was it a medical incident. no one was serious

. >> how a group of tip bombers made this northern virginia's waitress holiday season a little brightervictory at home. highlights from today's match-up against the cardinals and what coach jay gruden has to say about the big win. >>> redskins were up 14 to three at the half by the fourth quarter the cardinals trying to get momentum back but the redskins hold on and win 20's didn't 15, take on the denver broncos in week 16 at fedex field. right here at 1:00 on fox 5. >>> the redskins defense kept the cardinals in check this afternoon while the offense got a major boost from a new face, you runningback capris bib. >> everybody had a desire, sometimes you can prepare well and not play well, i think everybody has to understand the difference between preparing and playing well. but for the most part our guys given great effort and sometimes we do and the score doesn't indicate that. i'm happy the way the guys competed, played practiced and prepared throughout the entire season. >> it's hard to win if you're just settling for fold field goals, i was pleased with the red zone, it was a big di

. >> well, the key thing for us is that every bank location throughout northern virginia, so we have 25 branches, we serve as collection points for the coats. so we have lots of generous customers, friends, neighbors, that any berk bank branch. >> so we bring them down to the hospital and bergman takes them and cleans for free and handed out the beginning of january. >> yes, indeed. handed out. salvation army has a distribution center in alexander. so all the coats, the clean coats will be there and handed out to the neighbors who need them. >> it has to make you feel really good to do this every year. >> absolutely. so we continue, we started again seven years ago, really feels good, it's a great thing to do. really fits with the personality of the bank to be involved in the community and help our neighbors in need. so we are staying with it and we'll continue. >> you can drop your coats off med town community hospital through december 8th or through start digging. i know ha i know, aaron, you have a couple of things to bring? >> i'll hit the closet tonight for sure when i get home