she's in alexandria. what's happening over there? >> cabin fever is huge here in alexandria. we're starting to see signs of life here. with me is the mayor of alexandria. he's going to talk about what's happening in the city. i know, mayor, you were out shoveling all day today like many of our residents. >> of course. you know, this is the best thing to do so you don't have cabin fever. what i want to stress, i want to thank the city employee whose have been working pretty much around the clock. since 7:00 a.m. friday morning when the storm came through and now the second. they just have been doing a great job. and compliment our citizen whose have been very patient and listened to the call to stay in so that they can remain safe and stay off the streets so we can get the streets plowed and cleared. also, i want to make mention of the fact that we have been today -- crews have been out checking on buildings. buildings and schools and everything else for structural -- make sure that they have no damage or anything and that -- if there's a need to remove snow off rooftops, we'v

she was seeing blocks of ice out in the alexandria area. very dicey drive for those that choose to make it. continuing north on to 395, live from duke street a couple of lanes are open for business but going southbound we have a downed tree at the ramp at king street blocking access to get on to king. moving to a glance of the district. 7th and h street, we have limited lanes because of the packed snow and now more snow on top of it and the side roads untreated. silver spring, colesville and university, the roads will have to be retreated as the snow continues to fall. andrea, i wish you could make it stop. >> i wish i had that power, too. some areas seem to have lucked out so far this morning. jessica doyle discovered pavement when she headed to land this morning but then look at what she found. good morning, jessica. >> good morning. i'm also putting in a request, please make it stop, andrea. make it stop. what i have in my hands, i showed this earlier. this is a solid block of ice. can you hear that, solid. this is what you are finding o

the cabs are over here in alexandria. they have been getting a lot of use to that because people don't want to wait arnd, what to get to where they need to get, and that has been the grocery store for a lot of people. the cabs here in the city of alexandria, it is $5 extra to take a cab because of what is going on, them having to deal with the weather. we have seen people out and about. metro officials say the above- ground metro will close if the snow gets above 8 inches. people are still taking it, metrobuses still working. they will make the determination. as long as the roads are good, the metrobuses will still go, but they may shut them down for a time. from alexandria, natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >>> the scramble was on early this morning at the airports. hundreds of travellers arrived early hoping to beat the storm to get out of town. many flights up and down the coast were canceled. southwest airlines cancelled all flights scheduled from dulles airport, bwi, and philadelphia after 2:00 p.m. >> after five months o

jessica doyle is live in alexandria with more. where are you, jessica in. >> well, andrea, we're on king street and south royal. we had an emergency crew vehicle drive past us and you can pretreat but once that snow covers the pretreatment you are out of luck. we have to tell you this morning the city of alexandria declared a blizzard warning until 7 p.m. tonight. that alert went out at 8 a.m. this morning. you know, part of that, they are telling people to stay home. they are asking you to clear off your hydrants and we have a clear hydrant here. the reason this hydrant is clean is because this spot where we are at is 15 to 20 national guardsmen are staying and emergency crews from other locals who have come to alexandria to help out because the situation is so dire here. so much snow accumulation. the city hasn't been able to keep up with it. i want to tell you about the roads. we have people walking on the roadways because there is no sidewalk. there is caution tape it is because of the risk risk of falling snow. so much wind a

and karen from alexandria says, stop being a weather wimp. area have it relatively easy. many of us included where it snows in feet from october to may. and stop whining, learn to drive in and plow the white stuff. as they still predicted six more weeks. a good deal. all right, everybody seems to like the snow. and they did send a list of things that he does not like about it. the suv drivers who feel like they are seeing it and they cleaned the snow off the vehicle. nonfour wheel drivers on the road spinning all over the place, where are they doing there? drivers that do not turn on their headlights. >>> okay, by the way, i have a question for you. has anyone ever died in the snowstorm because of the bread or toilet paper? just curious. probably not, ron, but if the cable ever goes out, that's 100% fatal. or else, you could just jump on your computer and send us an e-mail. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. am i the only one for them? i'll be right back here tonight at 11 to 7:00. we'll see you there. topper keeping an eye on the storm. bye. >>>

alexandria schools are on a two-hour delay. also closed clark, culpepper, frederick, orange, page, rappahannock, shenandoah and spotsylvania county schools all closed. >> in west virginia, berkeley, grant, hardy and jefferson county schools are closed. mineral and morgan county schools are also closed. >>> today is your last chance to see one of d.c.'s most popular attractions. tai shan, one of the national zoo's three giant pandas is leaving for china. today is the last day for visitors to see him at the zoo under an agreement with the chinese government, he was only on loan as part of a breeding program. tomorrow he will travel by fedex along with his 2-year-old female panda from the atlanta zoo. >>> schools are closed. maybe a lot of kids will head to the zoo to get his last visit before he leaves us. we'll miss him. >> indeed. you need to dress like tai shan this morning. we have another cold day. the overnight storm that came through is now off to the east and gone. around our region it left in its wake about three or four

they have a couple shelters open in alexandria and throughout the region. you can find an entire list on our website. back to you guys. >> thanks. we can't get over those 12 cases of wine. there were eight customers, right? >> right, of course. >> and by the way, hold up that towel. that's an awfully small towel. that won't do me much good getting out of the shower. >> it's a wash cloth. >> i was worried for a second. het me wipe the lens for you. >> as we know, the crews have been working hard to keep the roads as clear as they can. this is a tough storm. >> that's not keeping folks from getting stuck in the snow. bruce leshan is live in gaithersburg with more, where i originally thought it stopped snowing, but that snow reversal has captured you, hasn't it? >> this is absolutely miserable. we were out here for the last storm, this one is much more uncomfortable. the wind, the blowing snow. the wind definitely the story of the night. if you go up and look at the street lamp, you could get a sense of how the snow is absolutely blowing sideways at this point

in alexandria they have a buddy system. check on your neighbors, especially if they are elderly and homebound. >>> let's start out here with brian van de graaff with the latest on the storm. some areas, brian -- is it way west, where they are starting to see a f snow flurries? >> yes, far west, alison. this is the snow, the closest here in southwestern virginia and down toward staunton. we do see little bits on the radar, but nothing down and south " -- in southwestern virginia. this will go north word. it will affect the rest of the metro area at 10:00. you can see all the moisture down to the south. more energy off the atlantic coast as another load starts to form. that brings in the energy with cold air and brings us the snow temperatures outside this morning -- some of us are above freezing and we may climb into the mid 30's for a little bit before the temperatures drop and the snow starts to fall. becoming a storm system off the coast, and that will kind of wallop us later tonight and tomorrow morning. snow will contin

in virginia, fairfax, alexandria and mt. vernon and dominion hospital, they all need people to come and help them shuttle their critical staff to and from the hospital. they have to be there. >> so essential. our continuing coverage of the blizzard of 2010, this historic day, continues right after the break. stick around. >>> all right. we are back with more of our coverage. those are the snow plows. much of the day they were idled because it was too rough for even them to get out. now with this storm starting to edge away from us, they are starting to getting in to clear off this next foot of snow that we have gotten throughout the day. >> yeah. the plows did it in d.c. for a spell. also in montgomery county. pepco also sheltered in place because it was too dangerous to get out there. as you see right there, you can't see, there was very, very little visibility, if any at all. well, chris gordon saw his share of plow trucks driving by in bethesda throughout this day. chris, how is the scene out there now? >> well, when you

franklin street in oldtown alexandria at route one.hat is tied up eastbound because of an accident. all, michigan avenue blocked off in each direction north capital street because of police activity and metro's red line. there was a problem with the switch. the switch malfunctioned just outside of the twinbrook stop. as a result, you can expect additional delays in the area of glenmont. >>> unseasonably warm temperature are forcing olympic organizers to bus in extra snow into vancouver. that is coming from about 150 miles it where the game are scheduled to take place. organizers are stockpiling snow to be on the safe side. the winter olympics open february 12th. >>> the washington capitals go if a franchise record 11 ones that i row -- in a row last night. >> here is what happened. >> score! >> that would be the first on the night but not the last. the caps take the 11th straight record-setting win scoring four unanswered goals. they beat the bruins 4-1. >>> on call this morning, a push to require insurers to cover a type of autism tre

that is what is going on in alexandria. natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >>> from the metro to the airport, long lines at airports across the region. reagan national and dulles international airport were pact earlier this morning. flights up and down the east coast are canceled as crews worked to keep the runways cleared. cancellations and delays are leaving many people first. . >> we were on hold 35 minutes. we got to the airport and everything was frozen. hopefully i can get back to san antonio. >> that may be the story for a while because many airlines have already canceled flights through sunday. the local airports will remain open despite the cancellations. >>> the police are telling drivers to stay off the roads tonight. jim ross has a look at the traffic. so far, not too bad? >> i really thought it would shape up like this because people expected it to be a mess. when they know we are expecting 20, 30 inches of snow, people say of the roads. the school system's alter their schedule, so did the feds. things shake out for

this is a big change for alexandria. alexandria schools now clos. >> kids there are celebrating.it's about 6:21. let's check in with tom kierein to get the latest ton forecast. >>> the storm is over. it ended several hours ago. we may have a lingering flurry here this morning and then sunshine breaking out. radar not showing anymore precipitation around the region. these are some of the snow totals. thank you for checking in this morning. generally three to four inches fell around the metro area. we have temperatures at or a little below freezing. there may be slick spots on the untreated surfaces. most of the roadways have been so well treated they're just wet. storm system now affecting southern new england, maybe flight delays. there for tuesday sun breaking out. highs climbing into the low 40s and freezing again tonight. watch out for patchy ice and 20s tomorrow morning. into the low 40s tomorrow afternoon. looks like a major winter storm developing on friday. could have heavy snow friday afternoon and evening and into saturday. should end saturday afternoon and then sunday s

our jessica doyle is in alexandria. what do you see out there? >> reporter: well i'll tell you the snow is still coming down but it's sort of an icy, rainy, snowy mix. it's very cold and miserable out here on foot, which a lot of people are. this is the building behind us. this is the hotel monaco. this is where a lot of national guardsmen are saying to help out. and we caught up with a crew of folks in from out of town that are helpingment and i caught up with a lady named jeanette who is in town and this is what she had to say. >> where are you from? >> we're from the department of forestry and we have 7 of us from an incident management team yesterday that help with the eoc. >> reporter: and what sort of jobs have you been assigned. >>> >> we're broken out into several different locations just filling in where they need help. it's a lot of snow to take care of. >> reporter: now you were telling me that you guys are working on finding hydrants. what are you doing? >> they have a group specifically tasked with locating the hydrants. they have ma

i will say we're here in alexandria. it is starting to snow here. so the storm is starting to move in. i want to toss now to my colleague, chris gordon. chris, what's the situation where you are? >> i'm in rockville, jane. the snow has picked up in the past ten minutes. we're on rockville pike. we dealt with some of the problems today, lingering problems about plowing main streets, which still have packed ice and snow like rumble strips when you drive down rockville pike, which is where we're standing, and power outages. montgomery county executive ike leggett came out and spent some time with us here and he'll answer those problems. this is the south woodside neighborhood. about two dozen houses without power. jim has a generator going because he has five dogs, five parrots, about a dozen exotic fish, and he's got to keep one room warm for them. he's just about out of firewood. he is very worried about tonight's snowfall. >> it scares the devil out of me. we have half of our house right here is all flat roof. ovmy garage and library. i'm worried ab

the toll road to alexandria, a 10 to 15 minute delay. on the other side of 495 i-95 to route 50 is jammed. a live shot at silver spring, this is an area where we have downed trees in the area. shut down right now between georgia and lay hill road. downed trees on top of power lines. we've been seeing this in many areas. take randall road as an alternate and finally a wrap up in the district where it's busy. it's friday, no rain, no snow but of course the winds. we have signal lights out in many spots there so do use kaupgs and treat them as a four-way stop. back to you. >>> now to a story you'll only see on 9:00. a disturbing new facebook attack has targeted at least one montgomery county school. the predator poses as a flow student, asks to be facebook friends but as andrea roane reports that's when the trouble starts when an unsuspecting student accepts that online friendship >> can i see the pictures? >> reporter: students who attend the bethesda chevy chase high school were friended on facebook who is a porning on rafr who uses a nam

she's live in alexandria, virginia, and the snow is falling on you and belated happy birthday. we didn't get a chance to say that to you yesterday. >> it is a winter wonderland and perhaps the greatest birthday present i received is the fact i woke up this morning with only two inches on the ground falls church. the snow is really coming down now. it is very picturesque and the roads look pretty good. i drove from falls church, virginia, took columbia pike to 395, drove around the micking bowl a little bit to see what it was like and came in here, i'm at king and royal street in alexandria. the roads are down to pavement on the main drag. you can see people driving. this woman is driving around the corner. people are driving at speed or above on the major highways because it is just that good out there until you hit alexandria. i want to show you what i found here. this is going to give you the impression of what is on the roadways. this is a hunk of ice and almost as hard as a brick. in fact it looks that way. this is stopping people in the intersections. if they are having pr

and alexandria, abc7 news. >> and thank you. and the folks expect to be locked up for a while. >> that's a lot of toilet paper. >> our crews are working every angle and good morning washington will get started half hour early tomorrow morning and up to date information on the forecast and the traffic conditions. we'll have it all beginning at 4:30 a.m. and join us for the extended coverage beginning at abc7 news at noon and we'll stay on the air for you through at least 6:30. in the meantime, coming up on abc7 news at 11:00. the partys in a local neighborhood home where this was discovered and why it could prove costly for the man living here. >> two breaking developments in the problems with toyota. the alert that every prius owner needs to see plus a different vehicle is now under the microscope. >> and all eyes in this area are on the weather and more specifically, how much and when it is going to start. doug is updating his complete forecast, that's coming up next. doug is updating his complete forecast, that's coming up nex

two inches here. 4.2 in alexandria. seven in smiths burg. arlington has three and fredericksburg has three. we'll break down the snow and talk more about the wind. anita. >> topper, thank you. >>> here is the look at the very latest. the federal government will be closed again tomorrow marking the third day in a row it will be off because of winter weather. vdot has enough salt despite earlier reports of a critical shortage. the maryland state highway association is facing a dwindling supply of salt and said they won't be using as much. >>> and the power companies have been working around the clock trying to get customer's heat and light back on. here is a look at the latest on the outage. according to pepco, they still have 11,000 customers without power. dominion only has 600 and gbe is reporting 205 customers out. the high wind and the heavy wet snow make for a deadly combination, especially when it comes to the trees. in fact, all day long, crews have been chopping up trees, casualties of the winter weather. brittany morehouse joins us w

jessica doyle is in alexandria. how are things looking there?till snowing or raining, or what is that? >> it is a combination, andrea. it is very fine snow. when it comes down it feels like really, really cold rain. it sort of melts needily on contact. they have been plowing the streets here. the surrounding area, 395, 95, 50, columbia pike they are down to pavement and not having troubles getting the snow off because it is falling slowly. we haven't had a ton of accumulation. the problem is the remainedder of last week's storm. what i have in my hand, a big chunk of ice. is what folks are trying to navigate and this is nothing. let me show you what else i found. this one i will have trouble lifting this probably weighs 20- pounds. we have got more, though. this shrined up here. this is what people are trying to get through this morning. if they are driving on the roadway, the pavement is fine. it is these accumulations of ice and snow that people are trying to get around. i want to direct your attention this way. if you walk to the sidewalk, we

alexandria is two hours late. morgan, jefferson, mineral, berkley, and pendleton county schools are closed. hamilton is on a two-hour delay. we are falling the conditions on the road. we have the very latest from -- >> i am wearing gloves right now. we are at the landscaping company with about 50 or 60 snowplows taking care of the secondary roads. you have been out since 10:00 last night, but what have you seen? >> there is ice and snow, and the secondary roads are covered in ice. the parking lots and sidewalks, and we are trying to get this open forhe morning. >> what about the neighborhood roads? >> most of this is covered in ice, and this has now frozen and become high. >> the roads are looking ve good this morning. you have had a very busy season so far since december. how does this compare to the others? >> this is not quite as bad. the temperatures were much colder, and we have the chemicals to put down the salt. we have some radiation -- >> what kind of advice do you have for the drivers? >> they shod use c

that is alexandria city schools. they will open two hours late this morning. but in west virginia, more closures, berkeley county, grant, hardy, jefferson and morgan and mineral county schools closed today. hampshire county schools on a two-hour delay. that may change. make sure you check the top of your screen for continuous updates. >> the federal government is open today. there is unscheduled leave in effect and we just heard from several more systems that are closed. that claws charles countedy and manassas park as well as falls church city schools. all of those are closed today. in the district, schools are open. >> prince george's county closed also. they just reported a second ago. >> i'm a little surprised. i knew we would have alet of delays. >> we only had about two inches where i was. >> tucker and i are very happy because this played out as expected. started in the evening, went to the early morning hours. some of our viewers to the east still getting snow. generally speaking, two to four inches is what people found across the region. let me show y

alexandria city. arlington county, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools closed. >> coning with closed schools, manassas city, manassas park city, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania county. stafford and warren county along with winchester city and fredericksburg schools all closed today. >> in west virginia berkeley, hampton shier, hardy, jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county and grant schools heater is working harder to keep your home arm. your bills cou go up significantly this month. a few easy steps can help you cut your heating costs and save money. you want to cut your heating costs and you don't want to spend a lot of money doing it. take a look around your house. home improvement expert says the fixes are right in front of you. first keep your air vents clear of all furniture, otherwise your heater has to work overtime to pump o the heat and that means higher bills. >> if you put your sofa on top of your floor vent you are blocking that heat and

alexandria and d.c. updated theirs. you can see them on wusa9.com. just click on 9 news extras. >>> the worst of that storm missed us but folks to the north are not quite so lucky. terrell brown is in new york city with the latest. it's finally you and not us, terrell >> reporter: sort of. we have paid our dues, you've paid your dues. at this point it looks like the worst of the storm is over but the damage, derek, has already been done. we're talking about travel nearly impossible. it's been miserable all day long and nearly a million customers are without power in new york and across the region. this storm isn't totally over just yet. an army of shovels and a fleet of plows are attacking the snow. it's a losing battle. >> the boss cleaned it twice last night. the guys did it twice today and i'm going to now. >> reporter: the storm is sitting over the northeast and could dumb up up to 30 inches in some places. the new york suburb of mt. pleasant has been anything but. >> the heavy wet snow created havoc in our community. >> reporter: the downed powe

i want to show you the pavement here in downtown alexandria, old town here, we actually see pavement. wet pavement. a huge progress here throughout the day. i want to bring in major bill yule and councilman, frank fan in here. are you proud of what your city has been doing today? >> i'm proud of everything we have been doing, particularly the folks that have been working around the clock since 7:00 a.m. and the operational center and having to implement the snow emergency we have in place. and think of citizens who have been patient and stayed in. being safe, stay off the streets, let the plows and equipment get up and do all the work, but yes, very pleased. we have 521 miles of streets in the city, so we are trying to take care of the emergency routes first for ems access and get to residential neighborhoods as quickly as we can. we have done a great job. >> as we turn into night side, what are the challenges and what are the needs? >> ahead of us is being safe for all the emergency vehicles, that's our main concern. we are going to get the plows out tonight, they will be out tomorro

they include alexandria city, arlington, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools. also closed today clark, culpeper, fauquier, frederick and king george county schools. >>> manassas city, mns park, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania and winchester county schools are closed. >> in maryland carroll county schools will close 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> we have not heard from prince george's or anne arundel. >> by the time children are coming home from school we could have three to five inches on the brown. between now and then we'll see big changes. there's a look at the radar. good morning, i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have some snow falling. south is all rain, moderate to heavy rain. the local radar is showing, perhaps, just a few sprinkles, maybe a little bit of sleet in southern maryland. that pink zone, st. mary's county to near charlottesville. panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries at this time. the temperatures are a little bit below freezing in most areas. a little above freezing in washington and near the bay. near 30 in prince willi

that's the latest from alexandria. i'm jane watrel.k to you. >> he needs a plan "b" for part two. rt two of the snow. >> that's right. we'll have to go out and find out what he did with it snow. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> lcoming up, metro's snow pla. riders may be able to get into town, but will they be able to get out? we'll find out next. >>> well, here's a good sign. more salt arriving in maryland. today a ship filled with salt made a massive delivery in baltimore. this is one of the nine ships arriving from mexico and chile. they're carrying 40,000 tons of salt each. all that salt is being loaded on the trucks and shipped out there over the state of maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, too. montgomery county officials tell us the county has 100 trucked going back and forth from the baltimore docks to get salt and sand. >>> the storm has postponed business on capitol hill this week. the u.s. house of representatives has canceled recorded votes for the remainder of the week due to the weather. lawmakers won't be back next week either. that

she is in alexandria. how is it looking over there now, jane? >> it's looking good, doreen. it's nightfall now. there's just a light breeze with snow flurries going. nothing like the winds that we experienced earlier. we've got the great signs of life. we've got snow plows. this is obviously a private contractor behind me. the city of alexandria's snow plows have been going up and down the streets, clearing things out, getting things ready. we talked to the mayor. they'll be out here all night clearing roads even though there won't be schools tomorrow and a lot of the services as far as like city hall services won't be going. i want to show you what things looked like earlier today with near whiteout conditions. i want to show you video that we shot of the masonic temple, which is a huge symbol that can be seen for miles in old town alexandria. the masonic temple, which is on a hill, was -- you could barely make it out. you could barely make out the outline of it. and also driving around the city was very treacherous in these conditions. fortunately, most people stayed off t

they all head to the alfred street baptist church in alexandria for a festival of historically black colleges and universities. students are often granted scholarships right then and there at the festival whichhas been held for the last eight years at the church. >>> the terps hit the hardwood for a crucial acc home game and it was -- has an ending yo've got to see to believe. lindsay murphy is up next with sports. >>> good evening. i'm lindsay murphy. maryland entered today's acc game against georgia tech. they're a perfect 5-0 at home against acc teams. this is the terps' fourth game in just eight days the terps work it own tsenior gravis vasquez. he gets 2,000 career points. the sixth terrapin to reach that milestone. terps up one trying to play good defense in the last second of the game. tech is up one with three seconds to go. listen for the whistle. it is blown right before he launches a hail mary shot that actually goes in with under a second to go. but the whistle blew because gary williams called a time-out so the terps have 1.5 seconds, enough time for one shot and here it

surae chinn has been in alexandria all day. she joins us live to tell us all about it. surae. >> reporter: old town is desserted right now. but don't let this all fool you. it seems its people know exactly what to do, where to go and how to weather the storm. the record breaking snow chilled the streets of the usually bustling old town alexandria. ♪ music playing >> reporter: but residents and visitors found the perfect place to thaw out tonight. >> we have a drink right here. >> reporter: the irish pub managed to stay open through the blizzard, putting their workers in hotels overnight to make sure they would be here for patrons to stay well hydrated. >> i've been sitting in my apartment for four days and i needed some beer. >> we walked down here when we found out they were open and decided to come out and hang out with friends. >> reporter: a few blocks down, jackson 20 served a lively crowd. >> we have a very social block. >> reporter: this group of six are all neighbors who walked down to this watering hole. >> we have been hanging out since friday night together.

alexandria, four inches. we are a little suspect of that. we will say four inches in alexandria.six in winchester, 3.5 in frederick, maryland, 7.5 in forestburg and mineral county, 7 inches, as well. satellite picture, radar combined. here'ses in aive area snow right now. we will watch this rain line creep pretty far north but i think it will get in to southern st. mary's and calvert county. i think it will happen. it will retreat late tonight and go back to all snow. in the meantime, the snow extends to the shenandoah valley to charlottesville. let's talk about more snowfall amounts and doppler radar. devon is out on the terrace. >> we are looking at moderate snow continuing out here. flakes aren't as large as earlier but steady moderate snow region wide. let's go to doppler 9000. we tweaked things before so you can see where the moderate and heavy snows are. we brought them in to blue shades. where you see a steady blue or the darker blue, that's steady to moderate snow. you start to see some purple shades coming in. brighter shades in the blue shades. that is where you know th

gusts at 43 earlier in alexandria. here is the storm's center and the track. it is making a move towards the new england coast line, but it is with lashings snowfall throughout the area. snow showers and flurries throughout the county. the jackpot continues to be through parts of new york state. it makes the loop in land tonight and tomorrow. it is also going to bring a better chance for more of the snow showers and snow squalls. the biggest part of the story is the wind. likely across the viewing area tonight and tomorrow with wind gusts at times of 55 miles an hour. it is going to take until the weekend. we will talk about that the next hour. >> i get chills just thinking about it. had >>> no question about it, everybody was watching ogi. the russians were dominated last night in hockey by the canadiens. there was a whole lot of concern in washington when he got hurt. he was a non factor in the game itself. when he tried to knock the puck out of the air with his nd, he showed a whole lot of pain as the thought of a season-ending injury really went through th

so that we pretty soon filled up the graveyard, the national cemeteries in alexandria. and at the old soldiers home and washington. and needed new burial space. so the quartermaster's office of the union army looked across the river and found this place, arlington and thought it would be a good place to begin burying people. arlington happened to be the home of robert e. lee, the confederate general, so not only was it a convenient place to begin military burials from theo be a matter of justice, maybe even indication, if you want to call it that. the first material burials and the very first of those burials was a private from the 67 pennsylvania infantry, named william christman. he was a farmer. he was from a poor family and he came to serve in the union army. unfortunately, he ended up in hospital in washington. he got a case of german measles, which killed many, many service members on both sides of the war. he developed peritonitis from his measles infection, and he died in a washington hospital. was brought across the potomac river into arlington as the first mil

with more on the power situation and the wind alert we go to alex trevino in alexandria, virginia being blown around by the wind. good morning. >> good morning. the families who wake up here on m long avenue will wake up to no power. let me show you what happened. we have downed lines and cables snapped. they are just dangling on the road. at the other end of the street a huge telephone pole nell down. not safe for the people on the street. we talked to a woman who lives at the corner house on the block who describes what happened. >> 8:00 last night there was a loud boom like a transformer blowing and the lights went out and about three or four seconds later they popped back on and then it sounded like a second boom and they went out and have been ever since. >> reporter: donna robinson's main concern is when children, who walk to school in the morning it will be a dangerous situation. again, downed lines. if you see them, stay away. report them immediately to your power company. we will be out here monitoring this situation here where these downed lines are in this part of alexandria.

negocios siguen sin electricidad...y los sistemas escolares en farifax, montgomery, prince george, alexandria, y arlington entre otros han suspendido sus clases hasta el viernes.. mientras tanto, en las carreteras y calles continua la batalla para despejar la nieve caida en la primera ronda de esta tormenta... el ejercito de trabajadores cas sin descanso se apresta a otras jornadas duras... maria rosa lucchini estuvo con algunas de las cuadrillas y informe.. desde el viernes pasado que este hondureÑo no para de trabajar.... y los pronosticos no son tan alentadores...una vez mas, prepara su equipo...y espera pacientemente otra larga jornada... "no he descanzado, ayer que nos cortaron, que cancelaron, suspendieron las labores para hoy otra vez regresar a las diez de la mañana" asi como el, decenas de otros camiones se encuentran en las carreteras principales en guardia... armados con sal y arena... y es que se pronostica mas de 10- pulgadas de acumulacion...la region todavia no se ha recuperado de la anterior tormenta... j

this is in alexandria. deejabj's stayed open late. >> it is unbelievable. it is such a long line. " i know i'm not going to be out and about. i will be at home. i figured i better get while the tting is good. >> many rushed to try to get snow supplies in fisher hardware. 400 snow shovels sold out in one hour. an argument broke out over the last shovels in the store. >> we have known for a few days the storm is on the way. some schools are waiting. some are already maxed out on snow days. many districts waited until last night or this morning to decide whether school will be open. >> the most important thing is the safety of the kids. everyone is looking at the buses on the roads, the kids walking on the sidewks. >> most school districts are hoping to get some class time in. some school districts are opting for early dismissal. >>> for up-to-the-minute forecast, log onto wjla.com. >>> 4:40. >> we have other news to tell you. more troubleor toyota. they are set to around -- set to announce another round of recalls. >> mayor fenty has declared a snow emergency

this is an alexandria, a top of the building. everything blanketed in white. look at this little mohawk there on that guy. this is a really great picture. the melting really began and will continue tonight. we're back in the 20's. we are keeping an eye on this next system that could bring major snow friday afternoon into saturday timeframe. we have to keep a close eye on it. maybe another store next tuesday. >> a lot of good pictures. those were needs. > -- neat. >>> the lawyer for the americans arrested in haiti say their kids to be decided today. -- their fates to be decided today. they say they are taking refuge in their faith now. the investigating magistrate will mee with all 10 of the americans and will report to eight district attorney, who will then decide if the americans will be formally charged with a crime. >>> out next, prosecutors closing in on the doctor to michael jackson, but more complaints are coming from the jackson family. and later today on "oprah," shawan "american i owe" and took -- she won "american idol" took broadway by storm, and no

. >> reporter: margaret of alexandria was a passenger on the florida-bound boeing 737. she said it took a while for her and the other 142 passengers to figure out what happened. >> we sat and sat for a while. then we were told there had been this accident and we would have to return to the gate. >> reporter: the 737 apparently suffered enough damage to its stabilizer to prompt airline officials to take the plane out of service. the smaller shuttle had 91 passengers onboard. no one was injured on either aircraft. given the number of planes that land and taxi every day, incidents like this are rare but happen enoug and are dangerous enough to make the most-wanted list, areas where they think there is the most needed room for safety. passengers like margaret are seasoned in the ways of airways. >> people were calm. travel these days is never easy. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. >>> up next, earlier this week d.c. officials said it was broken and would not be fix. news4 has video of d.c.'s famous snow melter today. what changed? also talking about more snow. >>> we are f

here we have a look at the weatherbug network. 40 degrees at this hour in alexandria after a high of 45 degrees. the wind chill factor is playing a bit of a role, it feels like 35 degre. here is what we have in terms of the almanac for today. 47 for a high temperature after a morning low of 36. we are capable of making it into the low 80's, although that is not going to happen anytime soon. raleigh is looking at 47 degrees. warmer air just to the south and west of us, 50 in atlanta. we are watching an area of low pressure in that will develop over the next couple of days over the gulf of mexico. it will transfer its energy just off the coast of the carolinas and looks like it will remain for an up offshore that we have the potential for some warm air mixing in with the system, giving up a mix of rain and snow starting tuesday afternoon. we are not expecting anything significant to develop from the storm system. a few scattered snow showers and just rainshowers out there. an area of low pressure finally moves out of here, the same low that brought new york city and connecticut and pen

ximmer joins us live from alexandria with the latest.eau. >> they are going to need that salt because there's a lot of work that needs to be done over the next several days. this is a 24 hour operation. these crews working around the clock in 12 hour shifts, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 7:00 p.m., the next round of crews will be coming in, working until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. they are going to do their best to keep these roads open and operational for as long as possible. >> vdot crew member working the roads across areas of northern virginia are trying to catch up on the last storm while at the same time, gearing up for the next one. >> we are trying to get ready for it. we certainly didn't ask for it, mother nature has her own method. >> since january 29, crews have been on 12 hour shifts, alternating 24 hours around the clock. >> have to imagine this gets exhausting. >> it does, my wife refers to herself as the snow widow. i have been home six hours. >> one after another, salt trucks line up. in springfield, where some of these truc

virginia where alexandria city schools are closed today. arlington, clark, culpeper, fairfax, fauquier and frederick county schools are also closed today. >> also closed today, fredericksburg city schools, king joan, loudoun and manassas city and manassas park city schools. page county, prince william, rappahannock, shenandoah, spotsylvania, stafford and warren county schools and winchester city schools are closed n in maryland, allegheny and charles county schools are closed as well. >> we have a bunch of early dismissals including the federal government which plans to let out four hours early today. it already has been unscheduled leave policy in effect. d.c. public schools will dismiss at noon today. in maryland, anne arundel county schools will dismiss two hours early. carroll county schools, two hours and 45 minutes early, howard county schools, three hours early and montgomery county school will dismiss two and a half hours early. make sure you continue to watch the top of your screen and go on-line to myfoxdc.com. we'll update all of

we have pictures from the commissary near alexandria, virginia. fort meades commissary looked as busy. food has been disappearing from the aisles. federal government sent workers home early today. many school systems dismissed early. brian is live in towsend to give us an idea of the rush and current conditions. >> reporter: we have been out here for about two hours now. i can tell you the snow is really starting to come down here in the last few minutes. it is starting to stick to the ground and the roads in the last half an hour. what you can see is lock raven boulevard. that snow just started to stick a few minutes ago. you can see there is a coating of snow and ice on that road already. people are still out and about getting their last-minute supplies knowing they'll be snowed in all weekend. we are near a giant. there is also a dominoes pizza. drivers have been in and out constantly alling night long. since we have been here in the past two hours the roads have gotten pretty bad. it is as if people know there is a deadline coming, if not alre

virginia, alexandria, fairfax, shenandoah, stafford and more and county, king george and manassas city are closed. west virginia, -- berkeley and jeffersonill be closed 3 for updates on closings and lay, keep an eye on the top of your screen. we have more live storm coverage from maryland. the grocery stores and hardware stores were slammed today. >> absolutely. this could be the big one we have been waiting for for about a month at half. this is the type of storm that justifies what people rush ou to the grocery stores. many people say they're afraid it will be stranded for several days. in this area, in the windows here, is usually packed with hundreds of shopping carts. you can see at this moment there are none. the bad-is on. >> it's a battle of the desperate >> -- the battle is on. hundreds of people left work early and refining themselves writing for the bare essentials and tried to grasp how much snow will what their area in a date. >> i live in a small part in and get cabin fever easily. >> the lines are long and constant. many are here to stock up on bill cantwell of paper. th

alexandria, you may be able to get home before the rain rolls in and it's just right rain.ford, and down into fredericksburg. let's go back to the computer. temperatures are great right now. reel above freezing. 40 in brookville, 40 in bell haven. you have to go far west and north to get 30s. 39 in remmington, even only 38 in edenburg. tomorrow, breezy and cold. primarily flurries. by afternoon, windy and cold with flurries. now more snow showers developing tomorrow night. 36 to 40 for highs. as the storm does a loop, this will do a loop much like a hurricane. our best chance for accumulating snow will be early on friday. satellite picture, radar combined, we have one little storm in the midwest and this is kicking this storm out and forcing this storm to develop further out to sea. good news for us, it will pass far to our east, it gets up to new york city, it does a loop and comes back around. that's what will generate our snow tomorrow night and on friday. no matter which way it goes, we talk about winds coming tomorrow afternoon. next seven days, 30s tomorrow. 35 on fri

we hear that's the case in alexandria. let's talk to the fire chief there, adam steele. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so you pulled your plows for a while? >> we did pull them for a will. the visibility got down to zero, so we temporarily suspended all of our plowing operations. we've been fortunate that visibility has improved somewhat, and now drivers are back plowing, at their discretion, with a pretty strict safety margin. >> are you hitting the main roads right now, or are you trying to get into any neighborhoods a this the juncture? >> we worked the primary and secondary streets after the last storm and had a monumental effort to get down every single local street to make it passable for emergency vehicles. now with this new storm, we're working primary and secondary streets again, and with the blizzard and the witness we're having a tough time of it. our drivers have been working, literally, around the clock since friday morning last week. >> you mentioned emergency response, what kind of calls have you head

the earlier in the war, the national cemeteries were established at it alexandria, virginia and the old soldiers home, northwest washington. they were planned to accommodate all those who died in the washington area hospitals. what happened was the war went on much longer and was much bloodier than anybody expected so that we pretty soon filled up the graveyard, the national cemeteries in alexandria. and at the old soldiers home in washington and needed new burial space. so the quartermaster's office of the union army looked across the river and found this place, arlington and that it would be a good ways to begin burying people. arlington happened to be the home of robert e. lee, the confederate general. so not only was it a convenient place to begin military burials from the civil war, it was also thought to be a matter of justice, maybe even vindication if you want to call it that. the first military burials at arlington came of may 1864, well into the civil war. and the very first of those burials was private from 67 pennsylvania infantry named william chrisman. he was a farmer, he

look at old town, alexandria, 10 1/2 inches. and leaseburg, 12.5 inches of snow.ll right, storm potential. 6 to 12 metro. north, you find 12 to 24. 1 to 2 feet in the panhandle along the pa, maryland border and up into north eastern, maryland, which was going to be the bulls eye. tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy, and cold. winds are still up there northwesterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy and cold. winds northwesterly. they are coming down a little bit. it's a good thing. now in terms of the big picture, look at this storm system. it is just incredible. wrapped down, watch it wrap around these moisture bands from the northeast off to the southwest. that is pretty impressive. again, we commented on this all day. i have never seen heavy snow or moderate snow reported at national, five consecutive hours with a northwest wind. that is a drying wind. that is extremely unusual. checklists, you got your storm drains and your gutters, your downspouts. you got the window wells and from the furnace exhaust. with snow this deep and with the winds that st

moving to alexandria but this will not add any extra accumulation. let's go to the computer and show you that today we are expecting a day where temperatures will be climbing to 40, if not 41, 42. clouds will be slow to break. i'm anticipating a little sunshine today. we will get some melting done today and some melting tomorrow. and beside the storm this weekend there is another one possibly on tuesday. we will have more on that coming up in 15. >>> angie has the latest on the wednesday commute. >> i want to begin with good news. the overturned tanker truck. the incident in rockville. it looks like westbound, it is reopened where it meets gaither road. crews have cleared the scene. on the outer loop. this is what we are dealing with. at the dulles toll road we saw crash activity taking away the left lane for drivers. so we are delayed around the american legion bridge. moving to southbound 355 and marinleel road. 270, nice and green and clean and. we have an accident going northbound at 118 germantown road. you are slow approaching the scene. going

. >> right now, we want to check on snow preps out in virginia, bo is live in alexandria at the salt dome and it is coming down. >> yeah, let me get some of the snow off of the microphone, it is coming down pretty good here, and these crews say they are going to do the best they possibly can over the next 24 hours and several days to come. you know, at some point this snow is going to start coming down faster than they can keep up with it and all they can do is try to keep up. >> crews here at the virginia department of transportation plan for the worst, hope for the best. each of our storms this year, they start out with 4 to 6 and end up with 36 inches. but again, it's the way of life up here. >> area manager, steve shannon supervises operations across northern virginia and specializes in the unexpected. he took this job after leaving the pentagon, serving 21 years in the army with special operations. >> last year, we may have had total of maybe 6, 8 inches of snow total. we got that much in a couple hours last week, so, it is certainly challenging. >> when the snow starts, crews w

. >> reporter: anita, we took a 50-60-mile drive today from alexandria virginia to maryland which is 15 miles outside of baltimore. the first part of the trip was okay. but then things started to deteriorate some as the snow started to fall and also the roads became snow covered. you also see the secondary roads are going to be a little bit covered as well. maybe a little worse. but this is what you'll see. a little bit of snow packed. and if you can just imagine five or six hours from now for the morning commute, it might get a lot worse. plus the snowplows hopefully will get a chance to do one pass over. joe, darcy here just got off of work. he drives a mustang that is behind us right now. joe, tell us how your trip so far is. >> well, so far it's been real slick and it's been sliding and i can't really get out of first gear. >> reporter: okay. and are you worried you have a ten-mile trip to go tonight in your mustang? are you a little worried? >> no. it will be fine. i'll make it there. it might take a little longer than usual, but i'll make it. >> reporter: do you have much exper

arlington, alexandria, even down here in springfield. crews are out clearing as much as they can on the neighborhood streets. it's still is a snowy on the secondary roadways. >> thank you. >>> the slick roads are being blamed for a tanker crashed. this happened just before 10:30 last night. the tanker was carrying 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel when the driver lost control and overturned. they are cleaning up the fuel spill and making sure it does not contaminate a nearby creek. >> and our technicians were able to make an assessment to determine none of the diesel fuel or hydraulic fluids from the truck have made it down to the creek. we have everything contained for now. we will make sure we get everything cleaned up. >> the driver did have some minor injuries but is expected to be ok. >>> you may want to add extra time if you use metro this morning. metro bus will have limited service. the tracks were the de-iced over night. metro access -- uses expect delays on metro access. >>> you cannot log onto our website wjla.com for instant updat