. >> news 4's transportation reporter, adam tuss, is live in leesburg. adam, that's a lot of snow. >> reporter: well,mean, this kind of tells you about the cleanup effort that's going on, right? obviously, parking lots like this, accumulating the big piles. after all of this melt you start to get the refreeze overnight and the black ice, which is a concern in parking lots like this. look at this video we shot earlier, as we were rolling through a gas stationhat was completely covered with ice. that was a problem in the reston area. then again, you have to give vdot credit. a lot of blacktop out there. we have the video from chopper 4 that shows how much ofn area we were dealing with snow. 10 to 12 inches in some spots. more than that over the last couple of days. vdot has been reminding everyone to be patient. eyey are going to get to everything when an get to it. again, you have t careful. the black ice is hard to see until you're on top of it. it scattered here and there. when you pull into parking lots, eaten condary off the path roads, that you might

we're going to check in with adam tuss in the storm team 4 by 4. here's a live look in the virginia area. adam and amelia draper getting you prepared if you plan to be on the roads tonight or tomorrow morning. >>> and julie carey joins us on set with the story of two virginia women whose family was torn apart by a deadly shooting, father and son gone, their killers still >> i would ask do you miss >>> well, here's another live look at what's happening outside. this is i-270 in clarksburg. you can see the snow most clearly aroun the street light there. traffic is moving slowly, the roads are wet. we're keeping tabs on a slowly evening >>commute. here's a look at storm team 4 rada showing the snow mostl north and west of d.c. some of you may only see rain tonight. amelia dper is tracking it all. >> the national weather service has i shoul a winter weather advisory for just about everybody in our area. all the counties here in purple. this is in effect now untiln 4:0 a.m. friday. overall this is a low impact event but the commute right now and early to

. >> news 4 adam tuss joins us reve now from the road. adam, where you and how sit looking? >> well, we are on fox mill road, aaron, in the okdon slash vienna area. you can see that this road is ig reald shape. melissa was talking about the main roads. they are fine. this is a classic secondary road in northern virginia and the road crews have been out in force salting and getting it all down to really good pavement. but, i got to say there are some spots where it does change over, especially if you get off a road like thiso into a parking lot, sidewalks also going to be an hesue. i think biggest problem this morning likely will be you just getting to yourcar. that's going to be a big problem for you this morning just to make sure that you get your oting on the ground. but as you can see right now, roads like this, fox mill road, not in bad shape. gwe'reng to head up towards leesburg which got about three inches by someots last night. and we're going to see if we can find any other problem sps. ain f you see anything out on the road that you want me to one check out, contact

news 4 is working on the roads right now, checking on the conditions. >> adam tuss is live on the roadhis morning. adam, where are you? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, look, aaron, we're in the vienna area. roadre did do a good job. look of the the windshield, this is shady mill lane in the vienna area. there ar s certain sideeets that look a lot like this. ondary roads for the most part in really good shape, but then you get into the neighborhood streets and if y don't have a car that does well in the snow, i got news for you, you might be digging out or might not even be able to get up certain hills in certain parts of the area. across fairfax county, we have seen conditions kind of vary depending on where you are. butagain, it depends on really your neighborhood street, how many times the plows come through. i will say on the main roads, there's a lot of salt a l of treatment that's gone down on the road. but for the most part, we are dealing with this kind of condition in certain neighborhoods. so just be aware, certain sidewalks and in parking lots you'll be dealing with s

adam tuss in southwest d.c. ank you, adam. >>> later hetoday, first pat collins snow stick challenge winner will be chosen. >> news 4 viewers sent in pictures all weekend long, with hopes of trying to win a famous and coveted snow stick. pat had a special visitor during the storm coverage yesterday. the mayor measured the snow live on the air.t and d fun with the mayor, too. >> bet you would like one of these. >> i would. >> you can't have this one, madam mayor. after pa the mayor brought over her baby. she's adorable. and all three posed for pictures with pat's snow stick. that snow stick is under lockdown. >> it's hard to get. but prebldent pro doesn't have water service now. >> you don't tell the mayor no. one of the pictures shows a woman with a mink code, and a snowblower. kind of appropriate there. s another picturws somebody in an inflatableic n costume. >> i think i see a mermaid. no that's elsa. sorry. >> let it go, eun. >> i know. i see pandas. >> a ballerina maybe. >> love all of the pictures, chuck. >

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news 4 justin finch is on the road in maryland. >> but we begin with news 4's adam tuss tracking the conditions for us in northern virginia. adam, tell us where you are and what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: well, we are in the herndon area, eun. we've been seeing changing conditions all over the place. look at the windshield of the storm team 4 x 4 here, you can see it's actually not too bad. a lot of these secondary streets they have gotten good treatment. but, it's when you pull into arother s, like parking lots and those neighborhood streets thin you start to issues like this. you see that they need a whole lot of work. this is armstrong elementary school. you know a lot of people were wondering why fairfax countybl schools had even decided to close today. well, take a look here, tsi walk is completely covered. the parking lot completely covered. a lot of things that need dug out here and a lot of the secondary streets, the neighborhood streets, also an issue this morning. so just be aware that if you're gettinground this morning, conditions can change very fast on you a

. >> news 4's transportation reporter, adam tuss, is live in ruston for us. what are you seeing? >> we are in good shape. then, you come to a spot like this. ande,ou can there's just ice covering some entire spots.h is a gas station in the reston area that hasn't gotten a lot of treatment at all. this is the kind of thing that you might find out here. you will have to be careful when you pull into parking lots. there's black ice out here. as we make the turn on the road here, you can see that the main roads here, sunrise valley y drive, the have been treated. look at ts video from chopper yesterday over northern virginia. just thef amount o snow we were dealing with in this area. we are talking about ten a inch to foot in some spots. it really became just a cleanup effort. for the mostpa , vdot has done a good job. they have been asking everyone on social media to be patient, m. they continue to try to clean up from the stor >> the report from northern virginia, main roads and secondary roads are in good shape. there are tricky spots to run into black just be aware that's out the

in the district, adam tuss. news4. >>> and theoad crews tell us they are now increasing their pothole patrols across the region. >>> a space hereater appears toe responsible for this early mornin fire in southeast d.c. take a look, firefighters rushed to this house before sun rise. they tell us a woman in a wheelchair was successfully rescued from the hou and is expected to be okay. there were two other men outside. thze was put down in about 15 minutes. firefighters tell us it's important to keep space heaters fary from any flammable objects. >>> a bill that would add clergy to the list of mandated child abuse reporters took its first step forward today in the virginia general assembly. many churches have their own policies in place that require it be reported but the practice is not required by law. this measure would exempt the confessional booth when church doctrine requires confidently.me several f members of the life church support this where a youth and music teacher was convicted of indecent liberties fo

. >> adam tuss is live for us on theroads. adam, where are su? what are ying? >> reporter: we're in oakton. vdot have been out on the main roads. 66, the beltway looking good. on t secondary side roads, you start to see salt and sand put down. and temperatures are cold this morning. in the subdivisions, they've been getting there. vdot has so many lane miles to get to that it's s takinge time. with all of the melting that happened and the refreezing overnit, that's the concern as you walk to your car this morning. so far, so good. we have not found major areas. this is what it looked like yesterday. all of the snow just blanketed northern c virginia andered the area. we whe dealing wit so much to clean up. right now, as you tack another look out of our drive, cam he pretty much blacktop everywhere. that's good news. we'll continue to dve around. if we find problem spots, we'll let you know. >> adam, have you seen ice or what looks like black ice on your travelsfa so >> it's really spotty and hard to knowess you get out and step on it. we've been driving through

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. thanks for joining us on this snowy, sunday morning. there are a few schools calling off tkeir w activity for the day, but we also know that fauquierounty as well aspirins william county schools will be closed tomorrow. so far those are the only school closures we know about, but you can bet there's probably more coming in. be sure to che our ticke at the bottom of the screen for the updates. so far that's the latest on school. i know a lot of kids will be doing wear your pajamas. >> a couple of tricks. >> pajamas inside out. >> flush ice cubes down the toil. >> all that kind of. outsideave take a look this morning several inches. we're talking about 6, 7, evenh more that all across the d.c. region. regan national is still covered this morning. >> and massive winter system is far from over, folks. let's start with chief meteorogist doug kammerer. he's track the storm as it moves through our region. >> good morning, door. >> goodng. we talked bond market snowfall yesterday before the snow started falling. we said about 6 t 10nches in and

i'm david culver in for adam tuss. >> good to see you.s to you. >> through the one at that so we'll have to keep close to these mugs. >> a very coldke w. i'm ready for spring. i don't know about you. >> you'll havo wait a little longer, right, lauren ricketts? >> can we just channel energy. >> just a few more months. listen, i've got warmer temperatures on that ten-day forecast. so things are going to warm up a bit. >> yes. >> possibly into the next workweek so not this week but possibly into the next workweek as temperatures start to warm up bit.tle we'll show that you in 20 minutes. first let's talk how cold it is ide. ake a look at the capitol camera temperatures out there in the 30s and 20 sun coming up at 7:18 but it's a beautiful view. d.c. seems to be the warm spot coming in at 32. outside the beltway temperatures are in the 20s so it's a little chilly out there, and it's going to be chilly asou wakep this morning. again, 20 minutes after 7:00 the suns rights, and then we're look at quieting and calm conditions through the mornire

adam tuss explains. >> reporter: one of the things metro has to figure out is howe they going to grow as our . gion continues to grow 2045 regional planners think population is going to go near 7 million, that's up from 5.9 million right now and metro certainly a big part of how everybody gets around. one of the bigssues is, capacity, how will metro carry everybody? they have a plan in place now to tincreasehe number of eight car trains, those longer a car a trainsoss the system but something you've heard about for a long time and now could really start to gain some steam is a newunnel that would connect rozland and georgetown. rozland is known as the choke int of the metro system and that is something that regional planners will have to try and figure out. take a look at paul wiedefeld when we sat down with him and he talked about the system getting better. is there another slogan coming out? >> not so much a slogan, but we have to be better than good. >> reporter: better tha good. adam tuss, news4. >>> today metro leaders are scheduled to get together and talk about some of the ways

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news 4 adam tuss joins us live from vienna. adam? >> good morning, aaron. yeah, tak a look out the drive cam of the storm team 4 x 4 here, the road contions are in really good shape for the most part. now, it's going to be those side s, the secondary streets and the sidewalks and the parking lots that are going to be the reml pro this morning. honestly i think you'll have more of an issue j tt walki your car, maybe pulling into a convenience store, something along those lines. that's going to be the real problem spot for you to watch now.for this is 123 in the vienna area. you can see it's been treated. it's in good shape. we have a lot of salt on thend gr for the most part, road crews have done a good job. the temperatures are cold we'll drive around all through northern virginia checking out the road condions. you have a problem spot, i encourage you to tweet me and we'll come tak a loot it and see if we can get the road crews take care of it for you. guys, back into it. >> adam, thank you. >>> our coverage of this latest round of wintry weather will cont

news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live with details. adam, good morning. >> good morning, eun and aaron. yeah, as you can are fewer people on the road, right, because of the government shutdown, and that is leading to actually an increase in the travel time that the amerin of me that you have to spend on the road is actually improving. thne is some good , i guess, if you're not a government contractor. so you can look at it two ways. now one of the main areas of impact is here along 270. guys, take a look at some of these numbers that have justme ut and we're taking a look at this report this morning. we are talking about the biggest impact on 270 from i-70 in the frederick area down to 370, which is basically the connecter to the c and shady grove, the commute time there has gone from 499 minutes to minutes. that is a difference of 20 minutes or a 41% increa. that is certainly helping anyone who comes along this but it also shows you just how heavily impacted our roads are, our traation systems, our networks are and everybody who is now

news4 transportation reporter adam tuss with growing concerns for pedestrians in the city. >> reporter: seminary road, the traffic moves fast, the pedestrians often have to hustle to get across. and last night the road proved deadly. >> that t did it happen?here >> right here. >> reporter: 53-year-old yosuf holser lived nearby his apartment just steps away. his family in new york city tells use was a dedicated government employeehi and t than hard on his 90-plus-year-old parents. we talked to hisho neighbors w said they didn't know too much about him but they heard the rens lastight and they aren't surprised this could happen here. >> even if there are signs, crosswalks and everything else, pe are not alwaysofbservant the rules. >> reporter: one of the first things you notice aboutemary road, crosswalk or not, is just how wide it is. five lanes of traffic on the eastbound sound, three in th opposite direction, eight total. it takes a long time to get across t road. >> tragedy, sadness. >> reporter: mike doyle is cofounder of the group alexandria families for safe streets. he said semin

have residents and cyclists at adam tuss joins us from 17th street with more on this.er: you know this has been a growinge debate in city since there's this new emphasis to put more bike lanes in the city. let me tell you what's it's going to mean for 17th potentially. you see how it's one way for rush hour in th morning. d dot is considering taking that restriction away, making the road t lanes in each direction permanently and potentially down the line aing a bike lane. that has someeople a little bit upset because they feel like they weren't consulted about it. they feel there is a be lan in this corridor not far aw a from here they say frankly they don't want a number of parking spaces to continue to be lost. that is a debate we hear over and over again should these lanes be put in with parking then going away in its place. talked to the shingtonrea bicyclist association about it, they said even though there's this renewed emphasi on bike lanes there is push back. >> we hear from s people iport it, but not on my street or not where i go because it might inconvenien

to first lets go transportation reporter adam tuss.e's looking at one spot that's now being called dangerous. ad? >> reporter: well, they are everywhere. potholes and huge craters lining some of our busst roads. >> somebody has to sndp up a get it done, make it safe. >> reporter: perhaps the worst stretch of road isn't just a road, it's age br look at the memorial bridge as major craters and potholes have developen the out bound lanes of the bridge. clearly this is not a gtud siion on the bridge. you can see it isown to the rebar, the metal there underneath the road surface and it is causing some of these drivers tohe avoid large hole, going in the opposite lane. >> somebody has to fix it. i got on the phone and e-mail to contacts i have, and nothing happened. >> reporter: bill u memorial bridge all the time. he reached out to us at news4 because he believes the bridge is now dangero. >> cars dodge the potholes and usually one way going toward virginia and you'regi d yourself into oncoming traffic, which is not healthy. >> we tried to

. >>> i'm adam tuss. are you a crimina if you go too fast in your car? well, inne part of the >>> >>> a violent s art 2019 in the district. a victim is an innocent bystander shot in the head out with friends on new year's day. mark segraves has reaction from d.c.'s police chief and the mayor as she gets sworn in for a second term. >> reporter: a fequent scene, yellow tape and police lights ct leaving vms dead or fighting for their lives. that's how 2018 ended and 2019 began. a teen shot on barnabyt. southw shots rang out hire onennedy northwes an innocentbystander shot in the heed. the chief says a group of people wererguing whe a person took out a gun and opened fire, hitting an intentbystander. >> i don't want to leave the impression it happened but i want to illustrate how it is to use a firearm. >> reporter: 160 murders in the district last year, up from 116 the year before. as theayor was sworn in, she reflected onnnocent victims on the spike in murders like this 20-yearld, killed in a hail of gunfire as she went out b to ice cream and wendy martez

social media, ddot, dpw, they respond. >> adam tuss, on the national mall. anks, adam. >>> our team coverage goes to virginia. >> justin finch is live in fairfax county with a checkth o roads. how are the conditions, justin? >> reporter: hey, eun, aaron. now on a neighborhood street, south columbus street. one guy waking up and trying to pull out. he got his truck out of some snow. so, that's going to be the routine for a lot of people who have to go out this morning. kind of going into. the stre you can see, plows have been through. seeing a lot of black top here this morning. alsoce underneath, as well. hard to see if you're not os these are the conditions that people are driving on this morning. en though you'r seeing black top and slush, there's ice underneath and that can be dangerous. live in fairfax, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, >>sir. now, over to maryland for a look at conditions there. >> molette green is in waldorf this morning. she's been monitoring conditions there.g. good morn >> reporter: don't let the blacktop you see on 301 fool yo

adam tuss discovered, though, not only are the museum and zoo workers happy the shutdown is over, so are the anima at the zoo. >> reporter: at 8:00 in the morning, the national zoo back open fbusiness. >> it's energizing. >> reporter: perhaps one of the happiest to welcome everyone back,he panda cub putting on a show in the trees. and a happy spector joyce carter. she missed it and says he's a bit big er. >> he's grown. i tuned in on the c panda this morning. you could tell, he was sitting up there communi with his father through the howdy window this morning. and they looked about the same size. i mean, heea rllywn has gron 35 days. >> reporter: the elephants are right here where you left them. zoo leaders say the shutdown hasn't been o eas staff or the m animals. >> we observed some of our mo intelligen animals like great apes and elephants, they do know when the visitors aren't there. and there was more interactionee between thers and the animals. >> reporter: museums reopening. lonnie welcong visitors back to the museum of and an-american histo culture. >> it's been a million reu

i'm adam tuss.ll tellou about a law that just took effect. >>> a young girl overcomes her battle with leukemia and credits the kindness of strangers. we have the >>> tougher >>> tougher rules on d.c. roads. one of the changes, criminal charges for driving 35 miles per hour over the speed derelict. adam tuss explains the questions the new law raises. >> reporter: here's a question. if you are eeding, are y considered a criminal? well, in one part of the area, you could be. go 30 mper hour over the posted speed limit and the law says you are technically a criminal. >> i hope it. i do. >> 30 miles an hour is quite a limit. >> reporter: it does happe police reports show yesterday, new year's day, two vehicles were stopped ang the parkway, one for goingur67 miles an in a 35-mile-an-hour zone. the othe going 71 miles per hour in a 35 map zone. should the driversbealled criminals? >> i don't know if it classifies as crimil, but it's dangerous and unsafe. i don't think you should be speeding 30 miles over t

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> if you like warm wet - k ricketts is delivering today. >> i'm trying today. don't think you'll be saying the same thing about tomorrow or wednesday or thursday or even into next weekend because that's when t bottom falls out. temperatures will be all over the place but today we've got a warm day and temperatures n ris r 60 degrees. yesterday they were 54 degrees and it wasn't that bad once that rain finally got out of here and the skiespened up. it was beautiful. dsday maybe a light jacket because of the w so even though the temperatures will be near 60 and still have some breezy conditions. tomorrow winter gear and tuesday shorts and winter gear and a windbreaker and everything because it's going to be mighty chilly as we get into wednesday and thursday. current temperatures out thered 'in leesburg and 'already in washington at reagan national airpor 30s and 40s across the board and it's a mild day with temperatures rising to near 60. gusting rthwest winds up to 24 miles per hour and sustained so to 20. listen, those temperaturesinre to

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our transportation reporter adam tuss has a closer look. >> reporter: empty trains and bumpy roads, ait of a met for for this shutdown's effont transportation. >> i don't know. it seems like nobody's here. >> reporter: take a look. ddle of the day on metro, ually you'd have a lot more people on this train, this rail ore thatpty, the one b and the next one is empty. metro says it needs a few more days to t measure effect but when a 16 day shutdown happened in 2013, the transit agency lost about $5.7 million buc and ridership was down 25%. eantime, of course, government workers could also be losing money. >> i just think it's terrible. >> reporter: her daughter is furloughed. sheorks for the natural history museum and n iso longer on the train to work because she's staying homeo >> shedn't mind a vacation so much, but not knowing from one day to the other, makes her unhappy. >> reporter: and on the roads, eing made on time. take a look at this potholeng a the gw parkway in alexandria. some have been compg about it for days. the park serce tells us they are still making emergency repairs

transportation reporter adam tuss along 17th street tonight with that story. >> when it comes to bikees, are we building them too fast? >> we don't want to lose all our parking. the objective is not to remove vehicular traffic in the city. >> reporter: or not fast enough? with bike lanes every year.reets we would argue they're building too rslow. orter: this is a debate along a stretch of downtown d.c., the 17th street corridor, orich could see major traffic changes and me bike lanes put in. >> we'r putting the cart before the horse and could end up wit a disaster. >> reporter: he's a long-time resident here and points out he is not anti-bike and there is already a bike lane. but the potential for moreas concerns. >> the city needs to do more about reaching out to the people and assuring them tn'ir lives wobe turned upside down. >> reporter: but cyclists say they need safe infrastructure to get around safely as well. for many bike is the only form of transportation. >> we hear i support biking but not on my street.hi >> reporter: n has been decided about adding new bike lanes here alo

ll underdetails s investigation but the car that hit him did stay on then adam tuss, news4. >>> bitter cold in the midwest tonight coming our way. >> so is some snow. it's going to make for a tricky ecmmute tomorrow night. amelia's full forast is coming up next. >>> also. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in ashburn where piles of glass mark the spot where multiple vecles werehi >>> so when do we become minnesota? how much time do we have? >> we're going to see theold ally creep in here throughout the day on wednesday. thursday is actually the coldest day out of the work week. a high of only 23 degrees. it's going to feel like 5 during e afternoon wit breezy winds out there. but before we get to thattt ly cold air, we're dealing with a wintery mix tomorrow, we could see rain and snow, maybe a bit ofn sleet e freezing rain move into areas north of washington as early as, 5:00 a.ut i think a lot of us stay dry until about 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. we continue to track a wintery mix throughout the day. and throughout 4:00 and p.m. we see any mix become all snow as temperatures fall and that

i'm adam tuss i'm going to tell you about a rash of break-ins and where they happened. >>> we have a winter eather advisory going into effect because some of you could see snow >>> well, ate's about 5:1 folks. we have another night of brutal cold on tap. ande there is s light at the end of the tunnel. doug is back in 30 minutes with aec ft that includes the 60s. >>> atonight, rare glimpse at what's often considered an invisible crime. we're talking aboutuman trafficking. >> an investigation by the news4 i team reveals a fast rising number of trafficking rings booked and broken up by the feds. including one operate a few blocks from the white house. as scott macfarlane reports, the cases are difficult to crack, even though the bad guys are suspected of operating throhout our region. n>> reporter: atht in the heart of d.c. so many people, so much action. it's easy to miss something that might not look right. like this car and a young girl, just 15 years old in the lobby of a d.c. hotel. surveillance images captured her walking in an upstairs hallway with multiple men. >> this could be

in the district adam tuss, news4. >>> the teenager at the center of this now infamous confrontation at the lincolnme memorial over the weekend said he did nothing to provoke anyone. the teen is nick sandmann, he goes to a catholic high school in kentucky and he was in washington for the march for life. he says he and his classmates were verbally attacked first by a group calledhe hebrew isra israelites. you can see them in this video. that's when nativeri amen nathan phillip, a veteran, started beating his drum. he said he was there to diffuse the situation but he felt intimidated byta thements staring him down and making racist gestures. >> i intervened and things escalated from there. >> in his elanation nick sandmann said he smiled because, quote, i wanted him to know i was not going to become angry, intimidated or provoked into a larger confrontation. the high school the kidsfr game condemned their actions, apologized to phillips and said they're considering discipline up to and including expulsion from theaschool. protest there is planned for tomorrow. >>> it has been two yrs sinc

>>let's first go to adam tuss.dam, road crews alrrydy working very hard out there. >> reporter: basically, thika, ey're not going to take any chances. look at lee highway here, you can see all the white stuff on the groundight there. that is salt ban solution that's been put down on the roads in northern virginia, it's pretty much everywhere. take a look. we were out as we saw these road crews all over the place making sure they don't take any chances and get this stuff intoou the , even if if it's a couple days elier. we'll be monitoring that over the next couple days. maryland and d.c. are getting ready as well. listen to v-dot, we don't know how much is going to fall obviously but vdot saying that they are going to be prepared. >> right now we have a very high congidence level that somet is going to materialize. these other storms maybe we get something, maybe we don't. but we have a high confidence it's going to happen so we're going to go ahead and e.br >> there is also a question aboutds federal recause of th

. >> adam tuss, news 4. >> i almost bit it. >> those craters are crazy. >> it's a nightmare. >> what you're saying is adam needs to focus on some of the other areas. >> memoria bridge because people swerve around the lanes. everywhere is a nightmare. >> but these temperatures aren't healthy. >> going to be an issue. >> because the moisture gets in there and freezes and expabds. potholes come and then we wm and cool back down and we've got roller coaster temperatures. today is wmer than yesterday. yesterday we made it only to 42 degrees. today nearing 50 and tomorrow in the upper 30s and then we keep th roller coaster of temperatures and we add some snow to the mix as well. let's go and take a look outside because it's not that bad out there right now. temperatures above the freezing mark. however, that's in d.c. eltside theay we still have some temperatures that are below thareezing mark and possibly icy conditions. i had snowts e my apartment when i left this morning, so, again, a lot that have is going to melt today and refreeze tomorr morning and we had some of that melt yesterday,

adam tuss working for you all over this story. he's on the bridge tonight. get an extra scoop of ice cream, adam. >> reporter: thank you. i will take an extra scoop. and it was nice for the national park serviceo come out here today. they have been doing a lot of patching on the bridge this afternoon and we're told more work is going to be done because if you can believe it, there's more potholes that are still out there. progress on the bridge. huge massive craters now being fixed by national park service road crews. and make no mistake, this took a lot of work. >> i take this bridge virtually every morng to go t work. it's gotten to the point where over the weekend you could see the metal under the asphalt. >> reporter: bill was hopeful we might be able to get some action to me a fix. covering perhaps you this will wake up somebody. >> reporter: today, despite the fact that the government shutdown is cutting back some park servicework, road crews here making fixes.is cene with cars dodging the potholes reminiscent of another pothole situation which happene

. >> adam tuss is driving in northwest d.c. this morning. adam, what do you see? >> so good to be with you guys this morning. let me sw you what's happening out here. a tale of hit and miss out here. this is river road in northwest d.c., after you come in from maryland, across the d.c. border. take a look, guve. road is covered here it's clear that the plows have been here. it's dealing with snow cover in this area. this is what you're going to find. certain major roads like this, still have aot of work to do, a lot of cleaning up to do. and the side streets. some are clear and some look like they need a whole lot of work. we're talking with city leadeye erday. they were telling us that it's going to take some time. really, all t of road crews in the area were waiting until thed snow sto falling, which happened a couple hours ago in some spots. aey're going to go after clearing of the roads. i think you will see major improvement today. this is what you're finding out here. it is not the best driving situation. if you can stay home, that's clearly the best bets mo

adam tuss is out in front royal, tracking the road conditions. gat are you seein right now? anylurries where you are? >> reporter: not much right now, amelia. take a look as we can show you what's going on from the 4 by 4. we have pretty much clear pavement in front of us at this point in time. it's a good news situation right now. if you are hoping you can get out in this area srt driving around, not too bad right now. we'll continue to track it. we tnk it's going to come from this area and ride into the d.c. metro so we will stay on top of it, continue to track it. but right now, not much falling at all. nothing on the ground. as you were mentioning, a lot o, chemic lot of treatment on the road. we'll follow it for the next you knowurs and l when it starts to move in so you can bere pre for your ride home tonight. >>> we are working for you as this winter weather movesug th you can get alerts on the nbc washington app and storm team 4 will be tracking thete s all night to keep you up to date. so keep it locked right here for updates on news4. >>> let's turn to a fire that

adam tuss checked out all of the road closures and the parking restrictioyou're going to be facing thiskend. >> downtown d.c. about to g busy as we have two marches back-to-back. tomorrow the march for l te and then women's march on saturday. this is freedom plaza and the setup under way for the women's march which closes this area saturday. but first tomorrow, capital one e arena, that is the hot spot for road closures and a lot of thea around downtown tomorro be aware there will be road closures and parking restrictions. on saturday they're expecting freedom plaza to be the center point for all of it and there will be some other closures around the area. in years past the women's march has produced huge numbers of crowds on the national mall, they moved it off the national mall this year. and the mayor talking about this today, she said she doesn't expect the crowds to be as large because of the weather. >> t weather conditionsly may actu temper participation. so we will continue to prepare based on the activity that we see. we don't have any concerns about supporting orthem. >> rr: y

but we have to be better than good. >> reporter: adam tuss, news 4. >>> mro leaders are scheduled to meet later this morning to talk about the ways they can grow. adam will cover that meeting and you can follow him on twitter throughout the day. >>> a new study suggests that poor sleep may be an iicator of alzheimer's disease. older adults who d didn't getp sleep, had brain proteins linked to alzheimer's. it's important to note, thisid study not find that lack of sleep played a role in cognitive decline, only the quality of that sleep. >>good news for anyone who suffers with a peanut allergy. there's a new device that can help you determine whether the food you're about to eat contains peanuts. it's a cket-sized device designed to detect peanuts in food. you put a pea-sizeodpiece of fo in a test capsule. the device tests for the nut. if your child sees a msage that says anut found, they will know not to eat that food. t' they see a smiley face, safe to eat. th weekend, we hope you will join us for the nbc 4 telemundo health and fitness expo. it is saturday and sunday at the shington

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald.l, andcontinues to it will continue to fall throughout the afternoon. it looks pretty. >> yeah. >> but driving in it, it's a different story. >> there's onet place where feels like the sun is shining though, and we're talking about the washington convention center, of course, because she is a beam of sunlight right here. >> who doesn't love doreen egntzler, thed herself. good morning, doreen. how are things look out >> reporter: i don't know about a beam of sunshine. ou guys -- you guys are the cheery once at this hour of the morning, but, hey, we are ppen, anple are starting to trickle in. if you can safely get downo the d.c.hi convention center ts morning, we have the cure for cabin fever. our friends from urban evolution have set up a ninja warrior course. check this out. this is the women's tennis tea from howard, and i thought they were going to be demonstrating the ninja course for us. maybe they wl. anyway, urban evolution is aoo pretty organization. they are in alexandria and a

today crews showed up to fix them.or transption reporter adam tuss was there as it unfolded. >> reporter: well t s is what we've been dealing with here on oe memorial bridge, hubcaps everywhere because bad potholes and craters that have developed but now pches have started to be made here on the e ad surface. you can see wherthe work has taken place there. that is good because take a look at what this lood like not long ago. we are talking about massive craters and quite frankly, a dangerous situapon that was here on the bridge. om talked with s drivers who said it was downright concerning and they are happy that the park service has come out here and taken care of it. >> i think perhaps you covering shis will wake up somebody. >> i important to note there are still some holes left on the bridge. the park service ran out of some of that patching cement and patching material tre using here. they do say, though, they will be bac back toyou. >> nice going. thank you, adam. >>> greenland, it's melting faster than scientists previously thought. >> they're losing ice four times faster at the e

adam tuss took a look at how much you're going to have to pay the next time you drive to penn quarter. >> reporter: pretty substantial changes when it comes to parking meters in part of the city. we're talking about the penn quarter section of the district where it now could cost as much as $6.50 per hour to park at metered spot during some portions of the day. now, of course ddot and the city have been workinggrn a p where they charming you more to park during peak events, like a wizards game or caps game. the idea is that you encourage turnover and people won't park for long periods of time and able toople will be finding a parking spot. nevertheless, some people say that's a bit steep, $13 for two hours on the sereet, but t parking changes are going into effect and you should be ready for it. back to you. >> thank you, adam. decriminalize to fare evasion on metro is one step closer to becoming law. d.c. couoril votedhe first time to override a vetorom mayor muriel bowser. we've shown you people cheating the system jumping the turnstiles. under this new law if you're caught you'll f

in d.c., adam tuss, news 4. >>> 5:26 now. coming up, mayhem at mcdonald's. the story behind one customers -- customer's over the counter attack that's going viral this morning. >>> and we have rain early this mortgag morning, drying out later this afternoon. we're looki friday into saturday. we'll time that out for you coming up. >>> plus, he's the capitals' captainnd one of the bestn the league. why alex ovechkin is now sitting out of the all-star game and why it could keep him off the ice here in d.c. denise? oh hey, sandy. hey. this is a trick my nonna taught me to make sure my produce is fresh. but di produce is deliveredesh . every day? yeah. soo.ou don't need.. do that. you're not even going to hold that cantaloupe against your fac the only trick you need to save time and money is to shop at aldi. save on your choice of little salad bar chopped salad kits, now just $1.99. aldi. shop differentli. >>> a live look outside on this thursday morning. looking nice out there now, but you may need to keep the umbrella handy today. 2019 starting off a lot like 2

adam tuss is live, driving the streets of northwest. were you rapping snoop dogg for a mic check? >> reporter: was i rapping snoop dogg thismorning? absolutely. isn't that how you do your mic checks? 100%. you might want to sin a different tune this morning. this is warning street. you're seeing the side streets around d.c. that haven't been really cleared. they probably made one or two passes through hereh w the snowplow. but it's the side streets that te a problem. you havedig your car out and get to that. on the main street, you start to see you start to get closer to roads like nebraska avenue, which we are close to right now, and pulling up to there. it's really a tale of whatever roade you on. roads are salted and a lot of slalh. of the crews were saying they were going to wait until all of this fell and attack it. today, you will see a plan. crewsilay they get to your street. d.c. officials were telling us that ifan you to report your street, you can call 311. in the age of social media, it's good to tweet dpw or ddot and they can help you i will spare you the rapping. this

. >>> from the rails to the roads, adam tuss exains why the roads are going to affect you. >> reporter: empty trains. d bumpy roads, a metaphor for the shutdown's affect on transportation. >> it seems like nobody's here. >> reporter:okake a lo. middle of the day on metro, you would have a lot more people on these trains. this railc is empty. the next one after that is empty. it is slow-going on the rails. and on the roads, concerns that some roadn' patches a being made on time. look at this pothole along the g.w. parkway in alexandria. some are a complainingut it for days. they are making emergency repairs on potholes. >>> you can watch the president'son addressht live on nbc 4. you can scream it live on the nbc washington while you're there, check out our coverage of the shutdown and all of the resources available to workers who have been sfu furlou furloughed. >>> seven homicides in seven olys. that's what d.c.e are dealing with one week into 2019. the latest happened on "v" street northwest. damon dukes was shot. many residents say they are afraid of the growing violence in the comm

. >> transportation reporter adam tuss working for you. . >>> the government shutdown is finally overanyways, but hundreds ofo nd of federal employees are still paying the price. most of them continued to show up for work even as they missed another paycheck while they waited for one side to blink in washicgton's pol stare-down. harry smith has our "sunday closer." >> reporter: as air traffic was being delayed friy afternoon because of a lack of air traffic controllers, rumors began to t circulate tha a deal to pay government workers was within reach. it is rkable to think that those who are entrusted with the welfare of the flying public had already missed toupee checks. to step away from the politics for a second, it realf is kind nuts. on the ground, we've been more than a little amazed that on numb of trips through airports in the lt month, tsa people have been dutifully screening passengers. i wondered how much us would show up for work if we knew we were not going to get paid, at least notd p on time? the vast majority of americans live paycheck tohe pa, some say up to 80% of us

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. >> i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> yesterday afternoon was very nice, lauryn, after the rain ended. we wut and shot some hoops, myaughter and me and we can go out there and do that again. >> it was gorgeous yesterday, one the rain passed. they cleared rapidly which i knew was going to happen but just didn't know how long it was going to take. all the rain was done by 3:00 and those skies just followed suit. the clouds went with the rain andght bned up the skies with some sunshine hand now we have clear skies overnight and it was chilly overnight manned now we have l clear skies andk at the temperatures responding. you can see in the bottom right corner of your screen. temperature already up to 53 degrees so it's wonderful out there right. however, the only cav vat is we've got these winds. we're going toe h winds out of west northwest at about so to 20 higher gusts and even with mild temperatures it won't feel that bad out there, but it will be a little bit on the breezy side and these are the gusts right now. look at that. leesburg. a little on the windy side out th

maybe adam tuss will bring you -- >> that's right. >> -- a -- >> wendy, we were getting along until you mentioned adam. i want nothing to do with him today. it's the first snow 20619 and you know what that means. we haveeo h our first snow stick challenge of the year. >> that's the hashtag. if you have a picture, pat wants to see it. he w ish his snow stick. you're on connecticut avenue northwest, your usualposition. you had about 6.5 inches down there. where are we now? >> reporter: well, we're just about maybe 6 3/4. i'm going to do a measurement later because we had thatth lul doug talked about but now the snow is picking up and so is our snow stick challenge. this is what's at stake, it's the official pat collins snow stick and this is how you can get one of your very own. here to m helpe is rachel and boomer. this is boomer's first snow and first appearance on tv. we are calling this the sunday snow suit challenge. what we want you to do is put on your best snow outfit, go tside, strike apose, hold that pose, take a picture. send that picture by twitter to pat's snow thstick. best

in d.c., adam tuss, news 4. >>> 4:26 now.oming up, mayhem the story behind one customers over the counter attack that's going viral this morning. >>> a we have some rain showers out there right now. not for everybody, but a good stream of moisture rolling right into the mid-atlantic. how that cld impac your morning commute. we'll talk about who's going to see rain as we head through the morning. that's coming up. >>> plus, he's the capitals' captain and one of the best in the l ague. whyx ovechkin is now sitting out of the all-star game and why it could keep himhe off ice here in d.c. (alex trebek) $8,000. 8,000. now, why is this number so important? because $8,508 is the average cost of a funeral. 've already planned how to help cover your final expenses, like this one, gre. but if you haven't, i'm here to tell you about the number one most popular whollife insurance plan through the colonial penn program. if you're between age 50 and 85, the good news is it's not too late, because yostart here, right now. so call now. yot b