melissa mollet is standing by. let's start with storm team 4's lauryn ricketts in forchuck, telling us about a little rain t moving through area. >> we have some rain down to the south. staying east of d.c., south and east of the beltway. not to say we couldn't see a few sprinkles try to move north as here,ystem moves out of but again, most of this is staying south. a loturf moi with this system as a stalled frontal system is creating rain showers and an

melissa mollet is standing by.th this very cold morning. >> goodng mor temperatures have fallen into the teens. there is optism in the forecast and sunshine today and a whole lot less of a gusty wind will allowemperatures back in to freezing. as you

let's talk about traffic with melissa mollet. >> good morning,lauren. 95 near the beltway,verything is cleared out. no worries as you're approaching the beltway. inner loop and outer loop, no problems. everything is nice and green. k road wor in the way. that's a nice 2019gift. 270 southbound, 70 to the spur. 60 miles per hour. you'll be there in 27 minutes. >>nk melissa, tyou. >>> developing this morning, students and parents will notice increased security at three prince gorges cnty schools. >> threats were made yesterday and they are adding at william wurt middle olsc blade denseberg high school and park high ol. police telling us none of the threats are credible. >>> it is day 12f the partial government shutdown. today people planning to vanit of the smithsonian museums or the national zoo will have t change. throws cases are officially closed until the shutdown iser they have been moving prior year funds to stay open to the public until now. coming up on news 4, tracie potts will have more on the bipartisan meeting taking placeu to help keep with this matter. >>> praying after a d

wtop's jack taylor is inor melissa mollet.e's tracking any trouble for your morning commute, with this weather. we want to begin with meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. when is this rain moving out, chuck? >> probably shortlyfter ontime today. a very rainy commute on the way in. likely to not have toou worry rain on the way home. no matter when you drive today, theve winds could b gusty at times. another ribbon of heavy rain across southern virginia. that's all coming in our direction.

jack taylor is in for melissa mollet this morning. let's begin with meteorologist chuck bell. it's weirdly warm out there, chuck. >> climbing in the overnight hours as sur of very warm air, not january-like at all has come up the east coast. it's winter and snowing on the back end of this. our temperatures will tumble later on in the day today. no snow in our forecast. but sure is going tbe a windy day today. heavy rain across parts of north central north carolina now. that is the wave of heavy raini thatbe affecting us, especially for the second half of the morning commute. it's raining all over i-95. a few breaks in northwestern virginia and eastern west virginia. are yo kidding me, it's 56 degrees in clinton, maryland at 4:00 in the morning. 55 in lorton. 41 in leesburg. a surge of warm air, temperatures way up into thes 50 through the morning. then as we get towards noontioe, the front by that, will turn the rain off sometime early this afternoon. and then the win come back around to the northwest and temperatures will fall fast. as you go out the door this morning, take t

we've got melissa mollet talking abtrt fic. melissa? >> good morning. brand-new problem. aspen hill. chopper 4 showing closure.s this is bonafet road. big crash here. another ambulance we hear chopper 4 called out to the scene. another person still trapped. this pointown at this morning. we have some other issues s well. we'll talk about all of that when we're back with more news, >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> this morning new details on a plan to ease tffic jams a possibly expand the beltway and 270. >> boy oh, boy. the maryland department of transportation has received more than 2,000 comments. only on 4. scott mcfarland with whate some aying and the fight others are wagging against widening those highways. >> reporter: sal elowich's town house sits in the shadows of the highway. >> i am really grateful that governor hogan is on record as saying that no homesy or prope will be demolished. i mean, we intend to hold him to that pledge. >> reporter: more than a yeaag the governor announced the state will consider ambitious plans to ease gridlock on 270 and the mon

we'll bring in melissa mollet, who's standing by for us. storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts here as well. ladies, happy new year. >> we're glad to see you. it's our first new in the new year. >> and we brought in lauryn for a ltle extra. >> wake everybody up this morning. when you wake uprnhis g, you'll be dealing with rain showers in portions of our ea, but nverybody is seeing them. everybody is seeing a mild morning. but look at this, a lot of rain along this moisture train. rain mainly to the south of us. buin it is tto get into the d.c. area. fredericksburg, southern maryland, you're seeing rain, even leonardtown, st. mary city. you're getting a nice dose of moderate rain. if you're hitting t roads early this morning, know as you leave southern maryland, you'll be dealing with tho showers. 46 degrees, not bad out there. it's going to be cool and cloudy. we'll be looking at those temperatures rising. we'll talk about how warm it's going to get and peek into the weekend. that's let's take a peek on the roadways with melissa mollet

melissa mollet is standing by. let's start with storm team 4's lauryn ricketts in forchuck, telling us about a little rain t moving through area. >> we have some rain down to the south. staying east of d.c., south and east of the beltway. not to say we couldn't see a few sprinkles try to move north as here,ystem moves out of but again, most of this is staying south. a loturf moi with this system as a stalled frontal system is creating rain showers and an area of low pressure is moving off the coast of norfolk. entually that rain wil continue to dip to the south. south and east of our region, that's where you're seeing showers. calvert county, st. mary's county, southern charles countyk and b through king george, fredericksburg, and stafford county. just getting a few light showers out there right now. again, all of this will continue to sink south. but there could be a few sprinkles north before it starts to do that. iy rean't think all this is going to be out of here until about 9:00 a.m. temperatures fairly mild

melissa mollet is standing by. but first chuck bell with this very cold morning. >> goodng mor temperatures have fallen into the teens. there is optism in the forecast and sunshine today and a whole lot less of a gusty wind will allowemperatures back in to freezing. as youep outside, same goal numbers. mid teens around the city. the winds are nowher near as strong as yesterday, but even a little as the feels-like temperature is back down. so heavi coat, hat, scarves, gloves all railroad. tomorrow and thursday, you're probably going to need i here's your school day forecast. mid teens in the next hour or 34. climbing up to a closer look on into the beginning of the weekend coming up in a few more minutes. all right, melissa, what have we got? >> we're seeing northbound at i. right si blocked by the disabled vehicle, not really causing any issue there.g so we're go to take a look a oumething else coming up. centreville, eas 66, 29 centreville, crash on the left side. 95 in virginia, no issues. white's ferry shut down

melissa mollet is standing by with a check of you traffic. >> but let's start with chuck bell. 's cold. >> melissa -- mollette, sorry out that. 5 to 15 below 0. so col my brain has done frozen up. temperatures won't recover a lot. upperteens, low 20s. at most, another cold start tomorrow morning. milder weather and rain returns for wednesday and thursday. >> all right, chuck. thank you so much. an electrical heater started this early morning fire in southeas d.c. firefighters say they rescued a woman and she is expected to be okay. >>> tonight news 4 is gettingu eady for change. >> how to take control of your career especially ithe fear of the unknown. here is a look outside right now on martin luther king, jr. holiday. >> you can expect a lot of road closures in d.c. for the parade. a check of your traffic is next. stay with us. >>> good morning, i'm melissa mollet with a look at 46rs. in mclean, spring hill road near old dominion drive, downed polls and wires. not sure why it came down. it is windy. i have to warn you this morning. springfield befor 95 before franconia road ca

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we begin with lauryn ricketts. we're talking about this cold, too, yelauryn. >> , absolutely. that's really going to be the main story today, guys. the winds out there. and we have a few isolated snow showers out there rig now. but again, later on today.e and of coursead that snow yesterday, but from what we're looking at right now, we're looking at snowfall totals that were anywhere from about an inch, koetding to annch up to about 3 inches. look at leesburg, frederick county, maryland, 21/ we are looking at some very snowy conditions north and wes of d.c. not so much in the d.c. and points to the south and east. the crews out there thank goodness for you guys because you did a lot of work overnight and shows this morning. 23 degrees is your temperature right now. hattty much staying below freezing mark as we continue through the day. so as you wake up tmos ing, icy spots this morning. the sun coming up at7:15. ill help melt some things along with the wind that's going to help dry the pavement out. w but td is goi

mollet. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. let's talk traffic. college park, outer op. still have the left side blocked by a debris. ladder is in the a roadw several vehicles have struck it. hopefully they get this out of the way soon. rest of the beltway looks okay outer loop ough the near route 1, we're not seeing much of a slowdown. prince gorges county, into town, out of town, no problems there. southbound 295 pennsylvania avenue, that uneven pavement, that project still underway. have some complaintsf tha uneven roadway. 66 here, fairfax county to the beltway, 65 miles per hour gets you there in nine minutes. eun? >> melissa, thank you. >>> this morning, students parents will notice increased security at three prince gorges county schools. >> police are investigating. molette green is live. what are we hearing about the threats,tt mo >> reporter: well, chris, this is the first day back to school for those udents, for the teachers and the faculty in prince gorges county and threats came via e-mail or social media. 're outside blatensburg high sc ol. williamwurt midd

. >>> now let's get to melissa mollet for a look at traffic. >> middle of the beltway, inner loop atbas road. everybody splitting left and right to get around it. it has caused fret >>> 95 north of prince william parkway, the crash blocking the lane. outer loop out of coles ville, same situation. cleared crash southboun near 370, but still slow. >>> melissa, thank you. >> we'll check your forecast en we come back. stay with us. >>> washington currently onl d terees with a northwest wind that has the windchill down to minus 3. windchill minus 10 in moving county, minus 12 in the panhandle of west virginia and only plus one in quantico. yodll certainly n your heaviest winter coat. temperatures in the single numbers. we'll have aroireu a warmup tod. tomorrow tracking a chance for snow, but not more than a half inch. a nice warming trend coming in the weekend. or >>> chuck, thank you. another update in 25 minutes. for now back to the "today" show after this short break. have a great day. >>> 7:30 >>7:30 on thursday morning, the 31st of january, 2019. this is the scene a newark airport. a

. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with yr commute. let's beg with chuck bel and a look at the numbers, if we have to look at them. >> you have to look. you have to look. it is a very cold beginning thursday. one more day closer to the weekend and one more day closer to the beginning of the end of the cold. etwe have to through today first. dulles airport has recovered to ab zero. it's plus-one and minus-one las. hour zero in front royal. 12 in annapolis. and 13 down in st. mary's city this morning. windchills are generally at or below zero. most of fro northbound 5 to 10 below zero. your planner for artoday,y a cloud to be found today. the little snowpack is the a reason we' cold as we are. we'll get back into the 20s for today. tomorrow, back closer to 30. chance of light snow coming your way tomorrow. let you know how much of an impact it will have on your friday in a bit. >>> for now, let's see if trfic is impacting your morning. iley's crossroads, carlin springs road to leesburg pike. we have some closures through that section. ta

wtop's jack taylor is inor melissa mollet. he's tracking any trouble for your morning commute, with this weather. we want to begin with meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. when is this rain moving out, chuck? >> probably shortlyfter ontime today. a very rainy commute on the way in. likely to not have toou worry rain on the way home. no matter when you drive today, theve winds could b gusty at times. another ribbon of heavy rain across southern virginia. that's all coming in our direction. a 100% chance of rain which will at times e to heavy between now and noontime. you can see the moderate rain moving in towards the warren ton area and wetds r through the d.c. metro area. could pick up a quick inch of rain. a flood watch is in place for the rest of the keep in mind that most of the rain will be done, probably not long after 2:00 in the afternoon. temperatures, it feels like an april morning. we are in the mid to upinr 50s many spots here this morning. our average temperature for this time of e day, a this time of the

melissa mollet, i'll show you the ten-day forecast coming up. >> thank you.nner loop is where chopper 4 is headed right now. sounds like we still have delays over the area. hyatssville where chopper 4 was, southbound bw parkway at 50. middle of the road blocked by crash there causing slowdowns. germantown, southbound 270 aft 118. the left side is blocked by a crash. we're seeing pretty good delays southbound there through germantown. intown 14th street bridge, that crash is off to the left of the roadway and prince george'sow county into out of town, don't have any worries there. eun. >> tha you, melissa. >>> today d.c. willoegin look like d.c. again. the government shutdown is now over and hdreds of thousands of furloughed workers will return to their jobs. among them national park service employees. er the weekend they could be seen walking around. they answered questions and made sure the returning crowds were taken care of. families enjoyed walking p the steps to the lincoln memorial again. national park service workers say they are just glad to be back a

. >> he's going to check in before melissa mollet. aese numbers are ridiculous. >> mostas have fallen into the teens. 11 at gaithersburg and only 6 at annapolis, 16 in washington. noth muc of the wind compared to yesterday but enough of a breeze to have wdchills downn the single numbers to near zero. put on your heavy coats, everybody. sunny and cold. the good news is the winds will turn to the south later on. most areas, not far above freezing but above freezing nonetheless. tomorrow, zoomingo 50 degrees bun but there are rain chances. for now let's go to "first4 traffic." >> looking good. school delays. not going to see too much in the way of commutes, about two hours. 68 miles per hour. it's going to take you 26 te mi same thing northbound. no roadwork northbound. , a live look at germantown road. no problem. g you'reng to need your seat heaters. in prince georges county, l everythingks good. nice and clear. 60 miles an hour isour travel time there. eun? >> thank you. >>> the winter blast is not only affecting our bodies, but the r

melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the roads. let's start with storm team meteorologist lauryn ricketts in for chuck with a look at our forecast. >> we ve some rain to the south. not everybody seeing those rain showers out there right now. but a few of us are. this moisture train continuing along ant stalled f system. an area of low pressure around the norfolk area. that's going to continue to pust out to atlantic and bring this rain to the south. if you're in fredericksburg, st. mary's alunty,rt county, king george county, and off to the northern neck, you're seeing a f sprinkles. just light stuff. again, most of this staying south of the beltway and will continue to move to the south as we move through 8:00 or 9:00. it is a mild morning out there temperatures in the 40s. 47, that's above our average daytime high. as you're hitting the road, know fterwinds will pick up about 9:00. that rain will be out of here after about 9:00. then we're looki at temperatures right around 50 degrees today and dry. we have more rain on thewe way

. >> melissa mollet has a che on your commute in the first 4 traffic but we begin with lauryn ricketts. cold, too, lauryn. >> we're certainly talking about very chilly conditions. the main story today, not the little bit of snow that we got yesterday. really not even the ice. re all ws were out t night. thank you to them. we are talking about winds and very, very cold, dangerously cold wind chills headed our way. snowfall totals, nothing to write home about. we picked up a quarter of an inch in d.c., north and west of town an inch to 3 inches. but as we gohrough the day, maybe another snow shower to create some lowvi bilities. snow squalls moving through the area possible. nothing out there except for a few icy patches. 22 degrees is our temperatures lght now. weip as we go through this hour and then start coming back up. we're not going to war t up much today. and actually it's going to feel a lot colder in a couple hours than it does now because winds picking up around 8:00 a.m. we'll talk about the impact of the win just how coldt's going to feel as we head into the overnight. wind

fo now let's go to melissa mollet. >> actually we're goingo talk about the reason for all of this nonsense, what we hav to do as a cause and effect. layer up with your warmest clothing before we go out. don't do what i did. i got mine. >> i'll have to lend you mine because it'shat kind of day. lat another it led to se car trouble for a man in washington. a quick trip to the store ended up staking much longer because his car couldn't start. a stranger stepped in to give him a jump and get his car going again. >> it'sterrific, really great. i feel like these types of communityrings everyone together as a community. >> they were able to get the car going again, but i'm sure we' going to see a whole lot of this throughout the day. >> it's way too cold. cars act up. >>> d.c. has activated a hypothermia alert because of the temperatures. homeless shelters are teaming up. staying out for several hours in weather like this, it causes hypothermia. >> we try to help each other in our predicament. >> if you see someone who needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's s an emergency. >>> furloughed feder

let's check on your cmute with meghan mark melissa mollet. how is it going, melissa?outhbound lane, manassas eastbound 66 a crash with one right lan blocked and the beltway right now we're sw inner loop across woodrow wilson and outer loop georgia avue, outbound 95 has delays. aaron. >> thank you, melissa. did you get a new phone or tablet or computer over the holidays ? so, don't let your old electronicsndit around collect drugs. >> susan hogan is working for you and will show you how to swap those old electronics for cash. we'll take a break right now and your forecast is up xt. >>> good morning, everybody.ty cally cold january morning. temperatures in the 20s to around 30 degrees. it will be a cold day today but not unseasonably so. today's high temres up in the low 40s, plenty of sunshine around. ten-day recast, it's all about the cold. tomorrow it arrives changing some rain in the afternoon over to snow. around sundown tomorrow. could have school delays or cancellations. wednesday and thursday will be bitterly cold. chuck, thank you. another local update in 25 mi

right now we'll check on your morning commute with melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic.andale, little river turnpike near humme road. we have a crash that just popped up and we're seeing lane . closur inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, just a couple slow spots. in clinton, northbound branch avenue before sur rats road, left lane blked. >>> a reminder this weekend is the nbc4 telemundo ea44h and fitness expo at the washington convention center. storm team 4s tracking a little snow. don't let that stop you. the expo will be on no matter what the weather. we'll be back with your forecast. hey! havertys is having a big sale. #newlivingroom you know, people don't actually use hashtags when they talk. #thisgirldoes like that. no one ever does that. #havertysboom stop it. #youstopit havertys 201 kickoff is on get an extra $100 off every $1000 you spend... ...on furniture that's already marked down.gs it's savn top of savings! havertys #lifelooksgood z34hbz z16fz y34hby y16fy >>> sunny, cold and dry today. no weather worries for today. a winte storm watch has been issued

melissa mollet h your first 4 traffic alert. >> westbound 50 at mlk jr.both eastbound and westbound this morning. taking anoth look here, you can see it looks a little clear there, just east of this problem. > melissa, thank you. we'll have a look at our forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morning everybody. ill sunny outside. way below freezing, especially across northern rginia, suburb maryland this morning. still only 7 in mon nas sis, 18 in gaithersburg. afternoon highs, we should be above freezing before noon. a refreeze coming tonight and morehawing out and melting down comes up tomorrow. have a good one.yo what if u lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. so, if you lose your network connection... ♪ ♪ you won't miss the deadlines. having the confidence of something that's never gonna go down would be priceless. one more way we go beyond. call today and pay just $49.95 a month

. >> melissa mollet is standing by but we begin with storm team 4 lauren ricketts. how's it going, lauren? >> not that bad. have some fairly mild conditions. yesterday we went into the mid 60s. early in the morning, too. now the temperatures stuck in the 40s. a little bit more seasonable for this time of yoyear. can see we have beautiful conditions out there right now. the temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. 41 in gaithersburg. 30 out in the shenandoah valley. the next couple of hours we are looking for the tperatures to go down a bit. we are staying in the 40s for the daytime hnghs toput likely in the mid to upper 40s. not much going on on the radar. we are dry. however, as i widen this view a little bit we've got some rain down to the south and some more rain down towards texas area. before that we do have some more rain and showers to get through. so we'll talk about rain for today and tonight coming up in a ittle bit. >>> goodmorning, lauren. taking a look right now springfield, before the beltway, left side blocked by a crash. 66 int town andut of town,

we'll bring in melissa mollet, who's standing by for us.ryn ricketts here as well. ladies, happy new year. >> we're glad to see you. it's our first new in the new year. >> and we brought in lauryn for a ltle extra. >> wake everybody up this morning. when you wake uprnhis g, you'll be dealing with rain showers in portions of our ea, but nverybody is seeing them. everybody is seeing a mild morning. but look at this, a lot of rain along this moisture train. rain mainly to the south of us. buin it is tto get into the d.c. area.

jack taylor is in for melissa mollet this morning. let's begin with meteorologist chuck bell.warm out there, chuck. >> climbing in the overnight hours as sur of very warm air, not january-like at all has come up the east coast. it's winter and snowing on the back end of this. our temperatures will tumble later on in the day today. no snow in our forecast. but sure is going tbe a windy day today. heavy rain across parts of north central north carolina now. that is the wave of heavy raini thatbe affecting us, especially for the second half of the morning commute. it's raining all over i-95. a few

. >> melissa mollet is standing by but we begin with storm team 4 lauren ricketts.? >> not that bad. have some fairly mild conditions. yesterday we went into the mid 60s. early in the morning, too. now the temperatures stuck in the 40s. a little bit more seasonable for this time of yoyear. can see we have beautiful conditions out there right now. the temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. 41 in gaithersburg. 30 out in the shenandoah valley. the next couple of hours we are looking for the tperatures to go down a bit. we are staying in the 40s for the daytime hnghs toput likely in the mid to upper 40s. not much going on

radica> the forc the swome march to move the mar for life will go on as planne les check in with melissa molletranch avenue has just about cleared out of the way.66 95, nothing in your way. 270 looking good. going about 45 miles per hr headsouthbound. aaron? melissa, thank you. americs spend more on pres drugs than people > today at 5:00, san hogan is working with you for four ways to help you save at the pharma. we'll >>> good morning. cloudy,d and dry to start off your thursday. we do have a winter weather advi for this evening and into the late hours of tonight for the northern parts of the wash viewing area here. do keep that in mind. a slushy inch or so around town, across parts of northern.hree starts after the sun goes down today. we'll be back to dry weather tomorr. highs in the0s. lots of rain over the weekend whh could either start or end with a ltle snow ahead of a big drop in temperatures next week. >> chuck, thank you. anothe local news update in about 25 minutes. >>> back to the "today"w . ♪ when was the last time you felt... free. it's time to uncover that feeling again. with the

. >>> now we want to checkth o commute with melissa mollet. melissa. >> things looking better.ill justit ae bit slow. inner loop and out loop okay. lorton, 95, a crash in the right lane,0 southbound looking pretty light. >> all right, melissa. thank you. >> we'll check your forecast next. stay with us. >>> what a great l begin a new mday and work and school week for many. a nice golden glow in our sky. sun coming up as of 7:28 in the morning. it's seasonably cold. most areas in the 30s. a northeast breeze, windclls down closer to the 30 degree mark. you'll certainly need your winter coat for today. quickly this up morning. it will be mostly cloudy later in the day today. any rain chances hold off until after midnight tonight. nice and mild for tomorrowgut turnindy and colder wednesday and thursday. there is a chance for snow this coming weekend. >> all right, chuck. thank you.r anot local news update in 25 minutes. >> now back to the "today show" after this short break. have a great day. denise? oh hey, sandy. hey. this is a trick my nonna taught me to make sure my produce is f

. >>> let's check on your commute with melissa mollet. >> good morning.ad. still pretty slow this morning because of an earlier crash. we just have the delays hanging around. suitland parkway after stanton road southeast, left lane gets by there. in laurel, northbound 98 a couch in thero . >>> nbc4 responds is working for you. what you need to do when your car has a major issue but is not part of a recall. >>> this weekend is the nbc4 temundo 44 health and fitness expo. >>> storm team is tracking some snow. don't let that stop you from coming. your weather is next. you know, people don't actually use hash#thisgirldoesyalk. like that. no one ever does that. you know, people don't actually use hash#havertysboomyalk. stop it. #youstopit havertys 2019 kickoff is on get an extra $100 off every $1000 you spend... ...on furniture that's already marked down. it's savings on top of savings! havertys #lifelooksgood morning.thursday temperatures are in the 20s. windchills in the teens as you step outn the door your thursday morning. it will be sunnier today than yes

. >>> i'm melissa mollet with look at traffic. 295 still slow southbound inbound on 50 slow as well. two earlier crashes there. inbound canal road near fletcher's boathouse. an animal was hit and lanes blocked on both sides. >> another local news update in 25 minutes. >>> we're back to the "today" show after this short break. have a great day. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. so, if you lose your network connection... ♪ ♪ you won't miss the deadlines. having the confidence of something that's never gonna go down would be priceless. one more way we go beyond. call today and pay just $49.95 a month for fast, reliable internet. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> quicksnap. brees. pass is incomplete. no flag. >> we're back now with the nightmare thatee hoda has b having for the last two days. that non-call.ke it bhe hearts of a lot of saints fans. so many people saying what happened, why wasn't that called as pass interferen

. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with your commute. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.re >> the c temperature at national airport is 10. the windc has made it minus 1 at national airport. and outside of the city, dulles has dropped below zero. 1 in leesburg. 4 in 9 at ft. meade, and 13 in st. mary's county. a it bit of a breeze, not too windy, but enough of one where we havedc winlls down to 11 below zero in gaithersburg. single-number southern maryland. limiting your outdoor activities n. best you shorten up the dog walks. dog paws are sensitive to cold sidelks. the sunill be out from start-to-finish. afternoon highs in the low to mi mid-20s. we're talking about snow. melissa, i'll let you know how much next. >>> starting with the rails. marc just got word that we're going to have to expect delays on the penn line. major delays onmarc. if you take the penn line, that's something you have is deal with orning. leesburg, evergreen mills road down. northbound 95 after centerport parkway. indian head highway after berry r

let's get right to your commute with melissa mollet. >> in alexandria, the ramp to van doorren has anearlier crash. brock is ound middl where the crash is. live look at germantown road. you can see those delays heading southbou. inbound clara barton parkway, the ramp is blocked. >>> we'll take a break and checn your forecast e come back. stay with us. so you finally got fios, huh? yep, and wanna know what the best part about it is? nope. gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies in 4k? the best part about it is, right now, my mom is streaming classes... ...my dad is streaming games... and because the fiber-optic network gives you insane speed and capacity... ...they don't have to ask you to get offline. exactly. you owe me so big time. right now is your last chance to switch fios gigabit connection and get a year of amazon prime on us. hurry, this offer ends january 30th. stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours.

of the >> right to melissa mollet. >> a big mess outer loop at old georgetown road.ane is getting by. chper 4 showing the pictures. the backup, 8 1/2 miles. if you're heading to virginia, get on the outer loop at old georgetow georgetown, get off at new hampshire avenue, take colesvilleav or georgiue into town. outer loop southbound 270 at middle brook, crash blocking two lanes. southbound atgo mory, crash cleared. delays still hanging around. >>> the domino effect of the government shutdown continues. federal employees may run into nancial trouble if they have student loans to pay. >> tonight susan hogan has suggestions on what y should right now if you can't make your next payment. there are a few school delays in virginia. all of them at the bottom of your screen and on the nbc washington app. >> your forecast is next. >>> good morning everybody. no weather worries today other than the subfreezing start this morning. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. another freeze tonight. tonight clouds come in and chances for rain and wet snow later in the day tomorrow

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the rails and roads.start with meet rolls chuck bell. he has a look at whe things and right now. >> all right. all is quiet on a monday morning. thats such a relief. don't want to have to face putting your face into the fan onday morning. so that's not going to happen. omorrow, all bet are off f tomorrow. temperatures in the mid-20s in the shenaoah valley. softbally cold but dry. enough sunshine today to bring afternoon temperatures into thee mid-30s bly this afternoon. today's high up near 42 degrees. again, no weather problems today. starting by lunchtime tomorrow, rain change to go snow for the tuesday evening commute. by the time you wake up on wednesday morning, there could be one, two, three, maybe four inches of snow? a fpots on the ground. so school delays or cancellations will be likely on wednesday morning. coming up in a few more minutes, th timing of th switch from rain to snow which could snarl tomorr's evening commute. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. taking a look at the roads

. >> and i'm melissa mollet. many driveways, roads sti slick. the school bus is proof. >> this is a school bus fairfax county public schools stuck in the ice. students were on a two-hour delay this morning. no word yet on how long that bu. was stuck th >> a lot of roads look like that throughout the area just untreated. adam tuss continues our coverage live in tyson's with a look at conditions there. you found some snow, adam? >> reporter: yeah, it's -- absolutely,li a. take a look. that's 123 in the tyson's area pretty t much down black top but you guys mentioned some of those sidewalks, a lot of t areas are still tricky. as the sun came u across the area today, a picture perfect scene in some spots. trees lined with ice, but some s,roads and sidewa well, less than picture-esque. >> it's a lot, buthe main roads is good, so we canth deal wi this. >> >> reporter: he commutes all the way to greenbelt. >> they haven't touched this b much,ut what are you going to do? i guess i can bring my jet tomorrow. >> reporter: many commuters just gettog back t

i'm melissa molette. >> a i'm mollet green. >> 55 members took the oath, it was the largest number ever for the group which was founded in . 19 like the black caulkoco taucous 116th congress will take the oath of ceremony this afternoon. and also be sworn in, elaine laura, abigail spanberger and jennifer wexton. they are all democrats and three of the five newcomers to congress are from virginia. >> and they'll get right to the first thing is ending the partial government shutdown. hanging in the balanre government workers, their families in anticipation of a paycheck after the holidays. tracie potts reports on what could be next for this costly political battle. incoming house speaker nancy pelosi tells the "today" shows democrat want to end the shutdown but won't approve one dime to buildnt presitrump's border wall inmexico. >> are you going willing to pay for the wall? >> no mexico is not paying for it and, b, we have better use of funds to protect our border. the president kno tweets overnight he'll work with democrats but there can be no real borderecurity withouthe wall. how long