in maryland, prince george's, calvert, charles and anne arundel county schools on a two-hour delay. >>> the closures, rappahannock, federal government is on a two-hour delay in the d.c. area with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. >>> right now, it is not a day you want to head to the beach. take a look at a snow-covered boardwalk in ocean city. we'll try to bring that video to you. snow continues to fall this morning. that beach community and other parts of southern maryland are expected to get pelted. >>> justin finch is live at the beach where a blizzard warning is in effect. justin, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, aaron, eun, the only relief about being out here is that it feels warmer here now than it did this time yesterday closer to d.c. we're on the boardwalk off the baltimore avenue and 7th street. i'll stand back a bit and try to show you something here. an experiment we're trying to devise. to show you how the visibility is easily reduced conditions. the wind is whipping the snow everywhere. it's pushing snow across the boardwalk on to the beach and off of

larry: montgomery and anne arundel county on a two hour delay. st. mary's and calvert county schools have closed. kids in d.c.,e schools are opening on time. get up and get going. list of closures and delays on the bottom of the screen. roadways. julie is tracking that. let's start with veronica johnson. veronica: if you have to go outside, make sure you are prepared, dress in layers. temperatures are below zero. this morning, even layered up, i have been shivering. mind, all the signs of hypothermia. you don't want to feel lightheaded or dizzy. we talk about heat stress, but there is a thing called cold stress. it is minus four in d.c.. minus six lovettsville into leesburg. traveling, the cold temperatures down to atlanta. freezing, atlanta, georgia, even around nashville. and the other thing we may have to worry about. julie: tell the truth, the reason everything hurts is because you are trying to dance like a new robot from the jay-z video. veronica: i thought you were going to say i am getting old. i see veronica trying to do the robot like this.

officers believe that driver dropped him off on annapolis road in anne arundel county. he was last seen as a costco store in beltsville. the family is asking search parties to meet with the fire department at 11:00 this morning. >>> one of hollywood's biggest nights. the golden globe awards. they aired here on nbc and will no doubt -- they're going to be a big topic of conversation today. one big moment, oprah winfrey's speech after being given the lifetime achievement award. >> so i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women. >> oprah quickly became a trending topic on twitter. a lot of folks wondering whether she should run for president. we have more on the big night. >> good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen. >> host seth myers resided over the golden globes amid headlines of sexual harassment in hollywood. actors and actresses wore black. stars, including meryl streep, walked with activists fighting against workplace abuse. >> i've never been so excite

anne arundel county police are still looking for leads to help them find the shooter in their pleading with anybody. if you have pictures or video or social media from that party, share the things with >> fresh off her rousing speech last night at the golden globe awards, oprah winfrey is actively thinking about a run for president? >> she really riled things up and some sources said her confidantes have been urging her to run and they said the conversations have been going on for months. no official confirmation from oprah winfrey who received the cecil b debord -- cecil b. demille or -- cecil b. demille award. >> for too long, women have not been heard or believed but dared to speak to the power of those men. their time is up. [cheers & applause] >> women and men that attended the ceremony called attention to gender inequality in sexual misconduct and as for the awards, winners included francis mcdormand and lady bird won best picture. with everyone talking about oprah and the power devote an entire half-hour to the discussion. join us for and off script where we talk about the #meto

they've expanded the search into anne arundel county. he may have been given a ride to the gambrell area. he responds to the name danny if you see him. >>> senate democrats will host a news conference to discuss reinstating net neutrality. you'll remember late last year the fcc repealed those rules. net neutrality prevented internet service providers from favoring certain websites and companies over others and charging connection fees based onos back in place. they say the rules micro manage the internet. the conference is scheduled for 10:30 at the capitol. >>> the president is back in washington after visiting tennessee and georgia. his legal team is considering the possibilities of president trump sitting down to be interviewed as part of the ongoing russia investigation. right now it's unclear whether that interview, if it happens, would be conducted by robert mueller himself. coming up, tracie potts will join us live from capitol hill with the latest on this. >>> new this morning, national champions again. the university of alabama

he disappeared from a cost co-parking lot on anne arundel could you tell the say police say his death do not look suspicious, but there are questions was he picked up at some point and drop off in maryland and how did he then get from grand brills to bwi airport. they say his family may have a statement to release >>> dc police are investigating a shooting near georgia washington university hospital in northwest, we're told a victim walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds after being shot outside the entrance of the hospital on 23rd street. it was placed on lockdown for a short time while police investigate. >>> and just in case you were among those wondering why so many schools were delayed on tuesday, take a look. my goodness. this is video of man leaving his home in loudoun county virginia. he gave it a go but it wasn't happening. the man's family posted it on social media, just another day leaving the office and the #black ice is real. it has more than half a million screws and more than 300,000 shares. >>> 4:35 is the time. fortunately. mike thomas, we don't have to deal wit

montgomery, anne arundel schools will open two hours late. alexandria, falls church, two-hour delay. jefferson county schools in west virginia are on that two-hour delay as well. the federal government is open for business. we're working for you if you have to go out in the cold. exposed skin out in those elements for a short time, it can cause serious damage. news 4 went out to see how you can protect yourself from frostbite. numbness, blisters, color change and the smell of your skin. if you have any of these symptoms, seek treatment early and try to get to a doctor. clean, dry, running them under room temperature water. >> if you have a cold temperature injury and then you treat that area with something that's too hot, you can make the wound worse. >> the bottom line is, bundle up out there in this very cold weather. the nightmare continues for those trying to get up around the northeast part of the country. a major winter snow has left airports closed, hundreds of flights delayed. take a look at this map from flight aware. anywhere that y

anne arundel county police are looking for witnesses from that party so they can identify the shooter. >>> a child says two men tried to kidnap her from her yard before school. the 8-year-old was waiting for her dad outside the family's home at elm and pine avenues in tacoma park yesterday. the girl says a gray mini van pulled up. a man in the front passenger's seat tried to open the door and told the girl he had candy. the child said she pushed the door closed, ran inside and told her father. she said the man who spoke to her has a nose ring, a pimple near his eye and a flower tattoo on his left hand. the gray van has dents and damage below the rear passenger window. >>> anyone walking to school or work this morning, you are going to want to bundle up, way up, sheena. >> oh, yes. we're not even talking about the wind chill this morning, eun. some of our degrees right now. that is the actual temperature. the winds are calm in the district. it is 16 degrees. another very frigid start to the day. but a little bit of an improvement this afternoon relatively speaking and they'll talk abou

frederick, howard and anne arundel schools will close three hours early. montgomery schools will close two and a half hours early. charles and prince georges county schools will close two hours early. afternoon and evening activities including the board of education meeting are canceled. >>> in virginia, prince william county schools are closing three hours early. arlington and alexandria city will close two hours early. falls church city schools are on an early release schedule and day care will close at 4:00 p.m. there. a lot of other districts canceled classes because of the extreme cold. the early dismissals and cancellations are closing in the bottom of the screen and they're in the nbc washington app. >>> let's head causing these delays and early releases. >> along the periphery we have the wintry weather and this is going to be causing a real headache for that evening commute. i want to show you where it is situated and the leading edge is crossing over the i-81 corridor. the pink color on the radar is denoting the sleet, freezing ra rain that's get

anne arundel, montgomery, prince george's county schools are closed today.eral government is on a two-hour delay with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. >>> we want to begin with a look at the storm team 4 forecast. with what we can expect. >> it's an incredible winter storm. we have winter weather advisories and storm warnings that go up and down the entire eastern seaboard. so just an enormous amount of impact if you're trying to go on the roads or the rails or the runways today. you need to plan ahead. everything is going to take longer. i suspect a lot of flights may be canceled as well as the school closings. you can track it on nbc washington app as well. >>> my colleague sheena parveen is out on the weather deck. >> don't remind me, chuck. i am outside. in the wind and the snow. it's still snowing in the district. currently, though, it's 24 degrees. feels like 8 degrees. these are nod wind gusts, they're sustained 15 to 20 miles per hour. they'll be gusting closer to 35 going through the morning. temperatures below freezing. this is an issu

anne arundel, st. prince george's, calvert and charles county schools in maryland are closed as well today. federal government is also on a two-hour delay with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. >>> there is a blizzard warning in effect in ocean city, continue to pile up this morning. you're taking a live look at the boardwalk courtesy of ocean city live.com. you can see the snow blowing in the wind, sometimes sideways. it's pelting the beach there. justin finch has been there all morning long. justin, how is it looking now? >> reporter: eun, that's right pelting the beach and pelting me and my photographer nick as well. i can tell you right now, it's really beginning to pick up in terms of the snowfall out here. i made a bit of a snowball to show the kids what they have to look forward to later on today. should have a pretty good launch there. looking out here across the boardwalk, this has been our state throughout the day today. it's really impressive to see how the tracks we've made minu

we did ask dehaven's son ifhe arundel county area and they say that they do.may be why they want to take this lead extra seriously as they look for their father who has now been missing for almost a week. we have additional resources on our nbc washington app. the family also has an account set up on twitter and facebook to inform the public. in beltsville, i'm justin finch, news4. back in to you. >> news4 begins now with the storm team4. >> now at 6:00, a winter weather advisory for all of us as rain, freezing rain, and sleet impact the rush hour ride home. the big concern right now, ice on our roads. >> most major school districts making the call to dismiss students "early today" to get ahead of the system. now we're looking ahead for any potential school closings or delays tomorrow. >> our storm team4 by 4 has been tracking the evening commute for us. this is a live picture right now as they drive through the chevy chase area. so far no have had some issues. >> it is slick out there. our team coverage begins tonight with doug and amelia in storm center 4. g

montgomery, prince george's, anne arundel closing several hours early. a lot of parents had tke we talked to a prince george's county spokesman. he said as longs as the weather is okay in the morning they want the kids to get in a few hours of learning while they can. if they do let out early, they are trying to make that call as soon as possible so parents do have time to make plans. all the parents we talked to today said they get why the schools let out early and they don't mind. they just want their kids to be safe. >> ice is dangerous so i understand. i know people make fun of washingtonians foreclosing clo early, but ice is closed. >> this is the only snow day. other than the last one. >> reporter: and even though we haven't seen too much ice out here yet, we are always working for you and trying to make sure you're prepared so we are giving out free storm team4 ice papers. good stuff. we are at the aspen manor shopping center. we'll be here the next couple hours if you want to grab one or back to you. >> thank you, amee. crews are working to patch

county -- from montgomery county all the way back toward anne arundel county. a snow day, so some of the kids are excited about that, but if you have to go to work, take it easy. loudoun county, fairfax county, d.c. public schools closing. if you have updates, hit us up on twitter. you can also hit me up, @abc 7molly, and also wjla.com /weather/closings. julie, over to you. julie: everything to the east is snow-covered. centercenter centreville, waiting for the bus, it is looking pretty good. we are getting a report that plow,rash involves a northbound beach drive, connecticut avenue. it looks great so far. no incidents reported. 66 at the beltway, patrick henry drive, we have crash cleanup. only the left lane is getting through. this is the westbound side heading towards the capital beltway. in some areas, the commute is a little better than others. for example, 270, see pavement. it is still a slow ripening out of frederick. travelte commute to back down from 109. some ramps and bridges have been treated, some have not. allow extra time out there on those roa

police had gotten a tip that a man had picked him up and dropped him off in anne arundel county so they began searching that area with no luck. sadly, his body was discovered in a wooded area near bwi thurgood marshalll airport yesterday and today we spoke with a county executive. this story hit him very personally because his wife has alzheimer's disease. >> i know what it's like to wake up and not have your loved one there and search and pray you'll be able to find him. so it does, you know, tou emotionally. >> reporter: anne arundel county police are telling us that there were no signs of foul play. they will tell us later how and when he died. >> darcy spencer live, thank you. pat? >>> 51 republicans and 49 democrats were sworn in as delegates today in the virginia assembly. this is a razor thin race in newport news. last week, a federal judge ruled against a new election in house district 28 even though some voters got the wrong ballots. >>> the number of water main problems in our area continues to grow. this picture is coming out of laurel. you can see water pouring down a prince

he renamed the place and annapolis, severing the upon us connection to anne arundel, the wife of the second lord baltimore. governor nixon to desk governor nicholson only removed the capital, he wrote a plan for the city that symbolically cemented the church of england to the civil authority of the royal governor. i wonder how god felt about that demotion. [laughter] predated the plan one by nicholson for williamsburg by four years, making it the first real city land in the chesapeake. 1699, a visitor described it where onelling houses can afford good accommodations for a stranger. there's also a statehouse and a free school built with her, which make a great show among the parcel of wooden houses and the foundation of a church, the only brick church in maryland. over the course of the 18th century, annapolis prospered due to its role as the seat of government and the port of trade. from a town of 40 houses, it grew, adding first small principally framed buildings in the first quarter of the century, and larger one-story and two-story dwellings built more frequently in brick. it is p

he may have been picked up along route 1, dropped off in anne arundel county. police do not expect foul play. >>> police are asking for your help in a similar case in d.c. 81-year-old delmar mosley has dementia and he's missing. he was on 24th street northeast in the woodbridge neighborhood. he was wearing a black and white plaid shirt, light blue jeans, black delmar is in the early stages of dementia and may be in need of medication. we've boasted these pictures on our twitter page. you can retweet from there and help us find him. >>> today lawmakers get back to work in maryland and virginia. terry mccall live will give his father well address before ralph northam is sworn in on saturday. danica rome is one of more than ten democratic women joining the assembly. in maryland, some lawmakers have outlined a proposal to create an individual health care mandate at the state level. federal lawmakers got rid of it in the gop tax bill. now according to this agenda as well, democrats pushed to override governor larry hogan's bill on paid sick leave. news 4's cover it

larry: montgomery and anne arundel county on a two hour delay. st. mary's and calvert county schools have closed. kids in d.c.,e schools are opening on time. get up and get going. list of closures and delays on the bottom of the screen.

they've expanded the search into anne arundel county. he may have been given a ride to the gam bebrell safer in prince george's county a korccording to police. >> they say violent crime is going down. adam tuss has a lock at the newest statistics. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. certainly this is great news for prince george's county. a county that has been battling crime for so long. now the police chief here says crime is down more than 50% over the last decadement take a look. there was a press conference yesterday where not only the police chief but the county executive and the multiple other officials came out to tout the statistics. really something that they were absolutely wanting to show off. let take a closer look at the numbers here. we're talking about big-time statistics here. 18 fewer murders than in 2016. 6.6% drop in violent crime. the 7th year in a row with the reduction in crime. county executive rushern baker >> how do we make sure what you see today is not an anomaly. this is seven years of work th

. >>> montgomery, anne arundel and fairfax county schools will open two hours late. arlington, alexandria and falls church schools will also open two hours late in virginia, as will jefferson county schools in west virginia. the federal government is open today. >>> let's go back to the breaking news melissa mentioned that could impact your commute today. water main break in d.c. causing a major icy mess. >> here's why. take a look at these temperatures. any water that hits the road is going to turn into ice. news 4's megan mcgrath is live on 27th street to let us know which roads are blocked because of this. that's a really busy area for commuters, megan. >> reporter: yeah. it's kind of one of these strange little areas where there are all kinds of access points to several freeways, parkways and roads. it all is in this look at all of the ice on 27th street. we're near virginia avenue here at the watergate. there was a water main break. the water has been shut off. you can see what water did come gushing out, it immediately froze on all of the roads. this is causing

montgomery, anne arundel, frederick county schools will open two hours late. arlington, alexandria and falls church schools will open two hours late in virginia. as will jefferson county schools in west virginia. the federal government is open today. >>> we are constantly updating these as districts make additions. you can check the nbc washington app as well. >> we let's check in the forecast first with meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, eun and aaron. friday off to a frigid start. no doubt about that. not going to warm up much today either. 14 the current temperature at national airport. that's one of our warmer locations because it's down by the river. windchill, 3 below zero. windchills around the area, minus 5 in frederick maryland. minus 8 for hagerstown. minus 9 winchester. not quite as bad across parts of fredericksburg and stafford. even the windchills there are barely above zero. there's your daily planner. plan on being cold through your friday plan. going out to dinner or a movie with your sweetie tonight, hold them close. anything for addi

in maryland, montgomery, charles anne arundel, frederick, calvert and prince george's county are on a-hour delay. >> in virginia now. fairfax prince william, loudoun county schools on a two-hour delay. see them there. manassas city, manassas park city, arlington county, culpepper and fauquier county schools opening two hours late today also. >>> it's now we're following this morning. we're talking about that black ice. it may be to blame for this crash that left an apartment complex badly damaged in bethesda. a woman's suv skidded off the road and smashed into this apartment building on clarendon road. all three families living in the building were displaced because of the a damage. the driver was trapped in the suv and had to be rescued by firefighters. she is in the hospital with serious injuries. >>> customs officials made a big counterfeit bust at dulles international airport. nearly 400 pairs of fake air jordans were found being shipped to an address in alexandria last month. real air jordans retail for more than a hundred bucks a pair. if nerp real, they would have been worth $5

officers believe he was dropped off on annapolis road in anne arundel county. he was last seen at a costco store in beltsville. >>> today the teenager accused of murdering a 15-year-old girl will appear in court. charged with the murder. >> investigators say she was a member of the ms-13 gang and this was a revenge killing. you may remember news 4 cameras were there when she was reunited with her mother after being reported missing. prosecutors say she took part in the brutal murder and stabbing of the victim 13 times and slicing off a tattoo. >>> today, nationals analyst ray knight will be back in court. he was arrested back in october for assault and battery. back then he admitted that he was involved in a fight with friends at his apartment. he'll be in the courtroom today. you can look for updates in the nbc washington app. >>> a high-end d.c. jewelry store has been rockbbed for the second time in weeks. somebody hurled a rock through the window. the burglar smashed three display cases. the owner says there will be changes at the store after the latest >> j

jonathan: in anne arundel. -- annandale. the cause is under investigation. nancy: devastating house fire that is caught on video in capital heights. look here. flames shooting from the roof. bursting windows as well. abc7 cameras on the scene as soon as firefighters arrive on the home. and we are told three dogs inside were killed. a fourth managed to escape. the people who live inside the house were not hurt. >> a young mother was stabbed to death in brentwood, maryland. the mayor says it highlights growing domestic violence problem. police consider called around 8:30 this morning and they arrested a man. the mayor lopez lives in that neighborhood who says that people don't always ask for help and may not feel comfortable going to the police. >> there is progress tonight to tell you about cleaning up deplorable conditions in domestic violence shelter. last month we showed you the startling images from inside the family crisis center. tonight, maryland done to improve conditions there. and what i some women who rely on the shelter for safety are afraid. >> t

jonathan: in the national opioid crisis, anne arundel county is now the first maryland jurisdiction to file a lawsuit over the addictive drugs. they are suing the opioid manufacturers and the distributors and the four local doctors accused of overprescribing. county officials say misleading and deceptive marketing by the drug makers accelerated the crisis. the opioid prescription rate is above the national average. michelle: caught on camera, a police s.w.a.t. team swarms an s.u.v. in crystal city. who they were after. jonathan: first, the clerk who outsmarted the armed robber and what the robber did next that had them waiti on the sc jonathan: go more schools announcing friday plans. loudoun county closed. alexandria, two hour-delay. we will scroll the closings on the bottom of the screen. you can go to the website to find them. wjla.com. we will send you texts to let you know. michelle: back with the winter weather alert. live look at bo officials have been urging people to stay off the roads. a winter storm nows new england. they haven't even hit several roads in the area. they have

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police are looking for the gunman who open fire in anne arundel county. >> a misdemeanor charge has been dropped against ray knight, the former major league or who worked on the national's broadcast. he was charged in october after police were called jewish's fairfax county home for a report of a fight with an acquaintance. both men had visible injuries. our partners at the washington post report that the charges were dropped after the deal was reached. >> sports reporter who disappeared on saturday was found safe. police said somebody said somebody spotted courtney roland under a traffic overpass this morning and called 911. officers took her to a hospital where she is being evaluated. she severe reaction to medication and suffered memory loss and became confused and disoriented. >> republicans on capitol hill come to president trump's defense after in new book paints him as mentally unstable. >> mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. but after an electrical fire from faulty wiring, mary's vintage clothing and designer shoe co