reporting live from alexandria, darcy spencer, news4. jim, back to you. >> thapgs, darcy. >>> an unusual accident killed an accident at a quarry just south of fredericksburg, maryland tonight. he was killed by a rock crusher. no other details right now being released. outside still a little chilly out there. doug kammerer says it might warm up is weekend. what do you think? >> no. today was 39 degrees. that's the highest we've been in the last four days. the warmest we've been all week is 40 degrees. we're no going to be anywhere close to that tomorrow. we're sitting at 29 degrees. we have a wind chill of 25 degrees so a very cold night once again, but not nearly a cold as it was last night. temperature last night in frederick at this time was 7 degrees. we're at 27 right now. in quantico, there is a developing storm system making its way through the south right now. i'll let you know how that coastal storm will develop an what i think it may bring for the weekend and the week after. jim? >> thanks, doug. here's the deal. all the news co

are you still out that way in alexandria? >> reporter: we've been looking at this the past wk or two weeks. this storm will be a coastal storm. typically during la nina winters, they are not able to come up the coast with a lot of energy that's what will happen with this next one as well. i'm not expecting much snow. 34 degrees, the current temperature. windchill around 29. a very chilly night. as temperature fall below freezing, just about anything that meld will refreeze overnight. down to 28 in hagstown. fwhik baltimore. annapolis at 31 degrees. down toward leonard town, down to 24. same thing with salisbury. satellite and radar showing the stormystem down to the south. around texas, oklahoma, and arkansas. that's the storm that will move to our uth. what it will bring? we'll talk more abou that coming up. overnight and into early tomorrow morning, just the cold. we've been talking about this for the past two weeks. we're now dealing with the coldest december in ten years. 25 degrees at 5:00 a.m. 25 by 7:00. we'll be start

alexandria 2.3, dulles virginia .8. but we can handle it.r satellite radar pictures showing we did see the low pressure system move off to the coast. we are expecting the clouds to clear out by late this morning and we should see the sun make an appearance for today. currently 19 degrees in gaithersburg. 25 in washington, d.c. reagan national air force. again, well below freezing with the sun coming out later today, should help us do you know, melt some of the snow we are still seeing out there this morning. okay. this is what we are looking at. the satellite radar picture, we have a possibility of a storm developing as we come up along the coast for late tomorrow and into sunday. this futurecast here is showing the coastal system kind of will move on up to the south and east of us. it area in green you see below here is going to miss us by tomorrow. but this is just one model. we have another one we do see a possibility of snow again late saturday and into sunday. the first track we saw no problems, the second model is basically dc having s

at the numbers and show you the temperatures. 24 in alexandria. with the wind, it feels like 15- 17 degrees. any time the wind gusts, the temperature will go down. look at germantown. 22 in waldorf and it feels like 10. it is a fish -- is officially still autumn. the temperatures have been dropping all day as the cold wind continued to come in. right now, temperatures range from 27 at reagan international, a 54 in caribou, maine. 16 in indianapolis and pittsburgh. factor in the wind and the wind chill is way below zero. the wind chill here is 14 degrees at reagan national airport. that will not get any better. the future wind chill from our computers show us what the wind chill will be in time. by early tomorrow morning, single-digit wind chill will be commonplace. it will be the same around lunchtime. we will get a break on friday and saturday, but until then a stream of cold air will continue. this front will move out of new england and this will sweep east. we will also watch thursday when a little weather disturbance developing to the west may

this is video from the salt dome in alexandria this morning. trucks loading up with tons of salt to put down on roads. especially those slick side streets. >> in montgomery county they are keeping an eye on the roads hoping avoid accidents. the goal is to prep the roads in every neighborhood. >>> d-dot has crewed outputting down brine on the main roads. that started yesterday and will continue. full deployment today. in maryland trucks have pretreated roads, concentrating on the main roads in prince george's county and south. v-dot pretreated the roads yesterday and crews are out there now. stacy cohan is live in alexandria with more on the road situation. stacy, have you seen a flake yet? >> reporter: no flakes. i'm okay with that. they're coming i'm sure. and just to make sure they are ready here in virginia, check it out, there is a long line of trucks and plows and spreaders and they are all waiting for us. and everybody has been in a really good mood. see, he is waving. how are you going? rock on. it's the first snow of the year and we're

. >>> we're going to tell what you the officials in old twn alexandria plan to do to turn that fabulous waterfront into a top tourist destination. >>> don't expect baggage fees to go away any time soon at the airport. >> airlines are making me money than ever charging passenger for their bags. a new government report shows airlines made about .5 billion on baggage fees during the last fiscal year. that's a $150 million increase over the previous year. if there's any good news here for passenger heading into the busy travel season, some hotels are now offering to pay baggage fees to attract more customers. >>> an event to honor the los angeles lakers for their accomplishments on the court took a special twist today. instead of the traditional ceremony in the white house, the president and the lakers surprised students at the boys and girls club in southeast washington. they all me care packages for wounded soldiers and some of the area's homeless. terwards, they praised the lakers as one of the great sports franchises and thanked the players and the coach for sharing their preciousime wi

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time to check out if kristan fish soldier in the kings town section of alexandria. cars are moving pretty quickly. >> >> reporter: we are getting ready to head into the heart of the morning rush hour. so far so good. no major problems to report. that is exactly what we want to hear, one part of this area got an inch and a half of snow. check it out manchester on this side of the intersection. you can see that traffic is certainly picking up more drivers on the roadway. but for the most part, we haven't seen any problems at this intersection. we have seen a ton of snow plows, a ton of salt trucks, and that is exactly what we want to see. tell everybody i think they have done a really, really nice job overnight. main roads looking good, no problems getting here from northwest dc. as we go to the side road, there is still some snow on the roadway. certainly your side streets, neighborhoods, driveways, parking lots there is still snow and slick spots. for the morning commute, we might see some icy patches developing. there are still some kids out there who aren't going

alexandria properties, as well. we are all excited about the permanence and the growth sector. with that, let's look. [applause] >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a ge

reporting live in alexandria, i'm armando trull.. >> thanks a lot for that report. prewinter blizzard in the midwest delayed or cancelled 1,500 flights in chicago alone. as for reagan reports, the heavy snow collapsed the roof of the minnesota metro game forcing today's nfl game to be postponed and moved elsewhere. >> snow inside through the inflatable roof of the minnesota vikings stadium early sunday. and crashed on to the field. the roof couldn't hold the weight of 17 inches of snow that fell on minneapolis. workers spent the day clearing the roof, but the cleanup will likely take days. the nfl was forced to move the vikings giants game to monday night in another city, detroit. further east in chicago, teams cleared their field before the bears/patriots game. >> this is bear weather, so we're prepared. >> the blizzard blanketed the upper midwest. >> the arctic hound is howling and its bite is as bad out there. all the snow swirling around here. >> reporter: firefighters rushing to put out this fire in minneapolis got stuck in sno

parkway, old town alexandria. let's see how we're doing on the tripn the outer loop, college park to silver spring. travel lanes are open there. a couple issues on the beltway. inner loop, allentown road for an accident. also in college park, word ofan accident. ramp from the beltway on to route 1. obviously things getting a little tricky. metro with no delays. fredericksburg 300 slightly delays. brunswick 870, 20 minutes late and 872 is six minutes behind schedule. eun. >> jerry, thank you. the snow is falling, it could make for an interesting commute. this is a live look at the roads in virginia. road crews have been out all night preparing for slick conditions out there. you have to be caref. tracee wilkins has been checking out the conditions of theoad all morning and she joins us live fromspringfield. tracee, goodmorning. >> reporter: good morning. this gives you a good idea what the road is going to look like. right now the snow is not sticking to the roadways. really stick to go grassing et cetera. in terms

alexandria properties, as well. we are all excited about the permanence and the growth sector. with that, let's look. [applause] >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a

the ship rocked and rolled for more than a day and as the captain slowed to enter the harbor in alexandriagypt, the ship's stabilizers lost their effect making things worse. >> all hell broke loose. >> couric: the captain decided to bypass alexandria and the ship is now headed to malta for repairs. nearly 30 passengers were hurt, though none seriously. in other news, the mona lisa has fascinated art lovers for half a millennium. there's just something about that gaze. well, now italian researchers say they've discovered what appear to be letters painted into her eyes. they're too small to be seen by the naked eye but are visible with a magnifying glass. in her right eye what looks like the letters "l." and "v" perhaps for the artist leonardo da vinci. in her left eye what could be the letters "c" and "e." that ought to keep art history buffs busy for another 500 years. coming up next, on this court, she rules. steve hartman's "assignment america." >> couric: and finally tonight, gran bury, texas, named for a civil war general, calls itself the town where texas history lives. well, some nat

we'll start off with alexandria first.eltway the ramp to get on southbound telegraph road a disabled vehicle is blocking that ramp. over into the suitland area just got word of an accident. this one is westbound on the suitland parkway at suitland roadblocking off the right lane. let's head out now. over to video of the 3 rrd street -- 3rd street tunnel. we've been telling you all morning long about these icy conditions. i believe it's the icicles dripping down on to the road and freezing. be careful. keep your speeds down in the 3rd street tunnel this morning. 395 you can see the brake lights begin at duke street. they're going to continue as you head over from the beltway all the way to seminary road. your lanes are open. then again from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. now a look at your travel times. it's a 17-minute ride, more than normal on the outer loop from 95 to 270 at this time in the morning. 66 same thing. route 7100 to the beltway 21 minutes. and the beltway from 395 to the toll road a 17-minute ride.

that is a live look at a salt dome over in alexandria.rews across our area, maryland, virginia and d.c. are getting ready for the first snowfall that is going to be i guess area-wide because we've had some showers but this one will hit everybody. so they will be out there getting ready and you can expect to deal with this a little bit later on today. and take a look at this. this is a lighthouse on lake erie which is encased in snow and ice. this happened after those chilling winds moved through cleveland blowing water and snow all over the cleveland harbor west lighthouse. the recent storm left more than a foot of snow in parts of that area. that is pretty. >> amazing beautiful. wouldn't want to be hanging out on it. >> it is beautiful. >> it almost looks like a christmas ornament. >> okay. so stacy is out at the salt dome. >> it won't be that bad around here. >> the temperature are cold which means that snow will probably stick around. >> you got it. it will stick immediately. stole the words right from me. >> okay. >> temperatures are

census data shows fairfax, arlington, loudoun county, howard county montgomery, alexandria and falls church are among 17 places in the united states where more than half the residents have at least a bachelor's degree. fairfax and loudoun counties along with falls church are the only three places in the country with a median incomes of more than $100,000. we are rich. [laughter] >> 22 degrees on this wednesday, 6:12. >> 1 companies discoed is 43 pages. at one company is 43 pages. >> the bitter cold snap, that's coming up. >> one more day in jail for the founder of wikileaks. the latest on the legal battle >>> checking our top stories on this wednesday morning, the bitter cold weather will stick around at least another day. it's taking the big toe. firefighters had a tough time battling the blaze in landover. and dozens of a desperate residents are in the cold after of orla problem at their building apartments. >>> a virginia man was arrested after he used facebook to threaten metro. the fbi said awais younis of arlington told a friend that he would use pipe bombs to kill people on me

a soldier put her -- >> she's at war with her brother, she needs to sneak ban back into the alexandria palace undetected, she has a retainer row her into the harbor in a sack of some kind into which she crawls and the retainer slips her over his shoulder, walks across the palace grounds and in some way she makes her way surreptitiously back to her palace and before caesar which is an ingenius and cunning entrance if you're talking about a man like caesar. >> charlie: when does she see caesar? >> i don't know, sometime in the next couple months she see pregnant so she obviously sees him and they become allies. >> charlie: what does he think of her? >> there seems to be a great rapport. it is not obvious that he should have sided with her. she's at war with her brother, the brother would have been the obvious alternative, somehow she murst have convinced him that she was the more resourceful ally, there is a great debt to be paid, her father owed the romans money, somehow she must have convinced caesar that she was more likely to be able to cough up that mey than was her brother and t tw

cc>"vamos a cons pistas para el autobu en la calle 7 en washington y tambien en potomac yard en alexandria..." en langley park por ejemplo, se construira un centro especial para hacer conecciones de autobuses "ahi siempre vemos accidentes peatonales ya sea al cruzar o cambiar de linea...dara orden dijo" tambien mejorara algunas de las senales de transito... se construiran mas paradas de autobuses como esta, con un techo y as para sentarse ya que no existen en todas partes.... y tambien se revisara la eficacia de algunos semaforos... y como ocurre en las estaciones del metro, algunas paradas de autobuses, se anunciara cuantos minutos falta para que llegue su coneccion... " nuevos anuncios que van a decir cuando llegue el autobus que el puede leer que el autobus llega en 5 mart trip, añadirle fondos, y eso puede hacerlo en cualquier estacion de metro y en algunas tiendas c-v-s y giant foods... uraz incendarranos y tres ninos en una vivienda de baltimore, y provoco daños en otras tres vivis de las cinco de la madrugada... los bomberos tuvieron que batallar

great through alexandria and arlington. no problems at falls church. the roads looked to be saved in maryland. no problems on the beltway. 70, 15, 341 good. back to you. >> thank you. >>> seems like things might be fine. it's 34 degrees. >>> state and local governments are struggling to balance their budgets. it takes them drastic measures. ben nelson has more. >> you expect to pay for the damage to your vehicle. but he did not expect to pay nearly $300 bill from the police department in the pennsylvania town will be held a fender bender. >> i learned that this is a dud that i am liable for. on a ballistic. >> she was even more surprised when her bill was $1,500 from the fire department that showed up after she totaled her vehicle. $50 for every room and $50 for a shovel. $125 -- $175 for the traffic cones. >> it's not fair because they show up whether you call them or not. >> it is called the "crash tax" and it is gets in on across the country as the government struggles massive government shortfalls. >> we think it is completely fair. >> nyc plans to

things have dropped quickly since sunset. 31 degrees in alexandria. there was a high of 37. 39 an 22 the highest and lows for reagan national airport. -- high and low for reagan national airport. 31 in annapolis. plenty of cold air. puddles of water and sludge are going to freeze solid lead tonight. -- solidly to not. colder air is waiting. some of that will be here by sunday night. what we have been talking about all week is what the computer model has told us will happen during the weekend. this system will be far enough off shore to leave us alone. high pressure will dominate through late sunday night into monday. on tuesday, perhaps some snow around the area. our forecast through tomorrow will be kind of cloudy. in the morning, the sun will shine through it. it will be mostly cloudy in the breeze will pick up a bit. we might get some more melting under way. if the storm goes farther out to sea, we would not get any flurries. look ahead to tuesday, the next system will bring a 30% chance of light snow in the area. christmas eve and friday temperatu

but first doug is out in alexandria and will tell us more about our weather today. >> reporter: we've shown you the lights over the past two weeks, right? >> say it again. >> reporter: i said we have shown you some lights evidence to pt two week. >> some wonderful lights, as a matter of fact. >> reporter: wait until you see this house. take aook at this. this is just an amazing, amazing house. this is one of those streets. we want a house that stops traffic. that is this house. i'm with some of the neighbors that said, we saw you on tv and we love this house. this is bill. first off, introduce your family to me. >> this is my wife and my daughter. >> this is such an amazing display. you put this to music. you have 12 song? >> 13 songs this year. >> and the lights go to the music. he puts it on 88.1 locally. >> 88.1 fm is my station. >> and it wasn't even bill or his family that had us come over here. it was a neighbor that said, you've got to go check out this house. it is amazing. and you guys need to sit here for -- for an hour. we don't have that much time. we'lcome back to you a l

we're talking about the old town alexandria waterfront and what officials are hoping to do to transform that. to make it a place you are desperate to go to. >>> a new warning about the dangers of secondhand smoke. where you live could put you children at risk even if no one in the family smokes. >> reporter: i'm liz censhaw will tis the season for >>> tis the season to give and so many organizations want your money. >> how do you decide where to give? >> reporter: about a third of america's charities reported an increase in donations so far this year. with that that, charities are still financially strapped because of an increase in demand for services and less gvernment support. organizations are not shy when it come asking you for money. so do your homework and make sure you know where your money is going. >> they think i'm rich. i cannot give to all these people. >> nancy from silver spring, maryland, considers herself and her husband charitable people bunot rich. >> we do given to six, seven, eight charities or something. and then through the church. >> reporter: the problem? charit

and i want to give a shout out to my parents from alexandria, virginia. i miss you and love you and i'll see you soon. >>> this is the time -- i'm trying to be too fancy. tis the time for the holiday deliveries but a warning for the gift deliveries. does that rhyme? >> they are easy for criminals. one grinch has taken advantage of the holiday season. wisdom martin talked with a family that became a target. >> the grinch hated christmas. >> reporter: for the castle family it's an annual tradition. grandma comes down to celebrate the holidays. >> she comes down from boston and ships the gifts so she doesn't have to travel with them. >> reporter: monday the boxes were delivered. >> i saw him come to the house and leave the packages and i was in the kitchen preparing dinner so i didn't immediately go down to the front door. >> reporter: but minutes later they were gone. >> i assume the postman had taken them with him or because it was so windy, that they had blown away. >> reporter: the post man did not take them back and the wind was not the problem. it turn

his attorney said a grand jury has met secretly in alexandria, virginia, to debate espionage charges for assange. meanwhile he'll be back in court in the u.k. tomorrow fighting extradition to sweden where he is wanted for sex crimes. >> reporter: tonight julian assange remains in prison. tomorrow he will be back in a london court fighting his extradition to sweden. the founr and editor of wikileaks h been accused of sexual misconduct and rape by two women in sweden. allegations he vigorously denies. >> julian? no way. julian would not bite. >> reporter: nbc news has learned a swedish lawyer is flying into london for tomorrow's court appearance. the british media is reporting his legal team is hopi to use him to convince the judge the allegations he faces have been trumped up. and that his accusers have hidden agendas. while assange prepares himself for his court appearance tomorrow, his website wikileaks may soon have a battle of its own. competition. a group of former employees have decided to go it alone to launch a new whistle blowing website. they're reported to be unhappy about

stacy cohan this morning is at a salt dome in alexandria with all the details. good morning. >> good morning. these are the folk you want -- the folks you want to see during a snowstorm. the folk with the salt and sand that will make your roads clear. i know it is just an inch to 3 inches. but it is the first snow. we had a little snow earlier this week and washingtonians, we don't like to see the snow on the roads. in the district, they were out brining the roads yesterday so pretreating them. they will be out in full force today. the same goes in maryland where the roads were pre-treated. they are telling us they will concentrate in prince george's county and south of there. v-do the treated the main roads in virginia yesterday and they plan to have the trucks out in force by 7:00 a.m. in montgomery county, can you check snow plow status. this is real time online tracking with street by street plowing information on the web site. there is various colors. some colors indicate the plowing is in progress or that it hasn't started. one thing you can't say is hey,

. >>> are breaking news is coming in from the king street metro station in alexandria where a woman was struck and killed. >> the victim was 25 years old. police have not identified her. there was a fire and ems crew nearby when she was struck by this van. they were able to rush her to a nearby hospital, but she died shortly after. there are still a lot of questions. the van was heading into the parking lot. we're still unclear if this woman was walking toward the metro or away. >> would be victims winter coat still pinned under the rear tire of the van, police and fire rescue have closed off the parking lot for hours. >> i think you have to be quite defenseless. >> adjust after 6:00, up for some unknown reason, a woman was running through the kids and dried parking lot of this busy metro stop. she was struck and run over. >> there are pedestrian crosswalks in this parking lot. she was not and one at the time. >> the driver stopped immediately and is cooperating with the police. detectives are also interviewing several witnesses. police say it is too early to know if these were factors.

scattered clouds today, breezy and coats, temperatures in the teens. 19 in alexandria and sterling. 23 a silver spring. the windchills are in the single digits. high temperatures today are near the freezing point in the lower 30's. it will be gusty today, not as windy as yesterday. you'll notice the wind out of the west at 10-20. if there's a chance of light snow tomorrow, a trace to about 1.5 inches expected, like temperatures near 30. >>> try to find something to talk about. right now i am running out of material. that's great. yesterday it was treacherous. but this morning is so much better than it was. that's a good thing. interstate travel looks good. beltway travel is clear. if no troubles between hagerstown and baltimore on interstate 70. if no issues to report outside the beltway, on 66 there's lingering roadwork inside the beltway, glebe road westbound. georgia avenue and dennis, you can see construction cones and the left lane. everybody is being pushed over to the right. no delays getting through. we will keep an eye on it. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:42, 21 degrees. >>

. >> virginia police say they have so far charged 25-year-old mohammad tishal of alexandria. i believe we have a picture we want to show you with one count of felony hit and run with more charges pending after witnesses say he hit five vehicles at a high rate of speed as he drove west on 66 on his way out to the airport. virginia state police began to get calls about a hit and run driver just after 9:00 this morning. the striking vehicle, a blue super shuttle heading westbound. sky fox was overhead as the van was towed from the main terminal at dulles. instead of stopping, police say the driver twice sideswiped a dodge charger before rare rear ending a pacifica. sending it off the road and in to a ditch. police say the driver rear ended this taxi cab which left the roadway. >> suddenly he came from the left side. >> reporter: sadder was driving his car west when he says the van came up behind at a high rate of speed. >> i wondered what happened. i came here. >> reporter: before hitting the cab, police say the driver of the super shuttle rear ended a chrysler pacifica, sending

alexandria holds at 31. a couple of snow flurries or snow showers possible in the morning on tuesday. it could cause some minor problems early on for the rush hour. and then in downtown, 31 cleveland park. in montgomery county, temperatures here will not break the freezing mark and windchills all day in the teens. so even though we're painting 30 in darnestown and 30 in olney, it will feel worse. the next three days doesn't get much better. 30 tomorrow and maybe a snow flurry or snow shower in the morning. and then back in the mid 30s on wednesday. and then back in the mid 30s on thursday with a little better chance of some precipitation, some snow or a mix on thursday. we'll talk more about that and we'll come back and talk about a better chance for snow over the weekend. anita, back to you. >>> coming up next, caught on tape -- check this out, officers chase down a squirrel after a woman calls 911 to say she found this little guy swimming in her toilet. >> don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. you ne

. >>> in other news alexandria police have not said if a driver will face charges after hitting and killing a woman. the accident happened just before 6:00 last night outside the king street metro station. poli say the woman was running across the bus stop when a shuttle, a hotel shuttle van hit her. we're told the driver stayed on the scene and was questioned by authorities. other metro customers say that parking lot at the king street station can be difficult to cross at times. >> the buses do do a good job here. but once you get past here, whe the trolley comes you're on your n. >> police say the victim was a 25-year-old woman from maryland but they have not released her name. >>> detectives near frederick, maryland are trying to figure out how a man got trapped in a rock crusher and died. chopper 4 was over the scene at laurel sand and gravel. investigators say around 8:00 last night the worker was using the crushing machine and somehow got stuck. >>> metro is stepping up security at all of its bus stops and train stations. >> metro transit police are going to randomly select riders and

i want to thank alexandria properties for allowing us to get this building, the architects, the builders for a spectacular job. the project management for door and a great job keeping everything on track. and i want to thank the actor core team for doing the entire interior design, robert for handling the facility management itself, belly for assisting robert and working on all the different aspects -- billy for assisting robert and working on all the different aspects. john cummings for all the work they did it in the computer area and the i.t. design, and elizabeth for making sure we stayed on budget. and we did. everybody did a tremendous job. it is an example of how the employees of nectar have excelled at allow us to have this as bardeau. -- as our new home. most importantly, i think mayor newsom for all the work he has done in bringing nectar to this site. if i go back a number of years, when i was a ceo of another company, mayor newsom called me up and said you really should think about moving from colorado to san francisco because we have great opportunities for you. he was absol

we're live in alexandria, roby chavez fox 5 news. shawn, back to you. >> quickly do we know if the woman was with anyone else or by herself? >> reporter: at this point we believe she was by herself. we don't believe she was going to her car. a lot of folks will leave from the metro staying here walking their way onto king street going into old town. so that could have been what happened. at this point they haven't identified her because they've not been able to reach next of kin. >> roby chavez, thank you. >>> our other big story tonight, donovan mcnabb will not start against the rival dallas cowboys this sunday. the benching sent shock waves through the nfl and has many wondering if his days in d.c. are done. fox 5's lindsay murphy is working this one tonight. >> thanks, wisdom. when asked wednesday if he felt he would be the starting quarterback on sunday, donovan mcnabb replied yes, yes indeed, if only he knew then what he knows now. turns out mike shanahan has other plans and mcnabb is now benched for the remaining three games, b

>> reporter: in alexandria, d- dot trucks stood on stand by -- stood by. >> we pretreated and that should help us out and we have to keep monitoring it and stay on it and try to keep ahead of the storm. >> reporter: now about 700 v- dot trucks are spread out across northern virginia. >> we have like 88 pieces of equipment on the interstate and the rest of them are spread out through the secondary and primary routes. but i think we're getting ahead of the game this time. >> reporter: as the road crews get to work, others are opting to take a day off. >> i'm getting ready to go home and build a fire and stay home. >> hunker down? >> hunker down. >> are you ready for winter? >> no. too cold, too early. >> reporter: and many places are closing early. manassas city is closing two hours early. and prince william county is one hour early. there you go. so for all of the kids, i can't help myself, for all of the kids getting a little extra time off and not in school today, i just have to do it, to give you guys a good snow ball report. and i'm sorry to say, this stuff is not too sticky. it's pret

and areas like alexandria. the highest totals in the mountains, 6 to 10 inches and this little band of 3 to 6 goes through richmond, so, lynn, philadelphia, new york, boston does not get this storm. this is literally isolated just to that area between richmond and d.c. >> lucky them. bill, thanks so much. >>> grinches take hold on wall street. beer is booming and the world's most expensive christmas tree. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines straight ahead. >>> coming up sydney crosby puts his scoring streak on the line. a great finish between the knicks and the celts. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. here's some top news. greece's government is condemning violent protest that's rupted across athens yesterday as demonstrators angry over budget cuts clashed with police, torched cars and hurled gasoline bombs. arriving was part of the country's seventh general strike. but unionsup set over a set of austerity measures meant to pull greece out of its worst financial crisis since w

mohammed teschale of alexandria. witnesses say he was going perhaps as high as 90 miles per hour, crashing into almost anything in its way. he hit six vehicles and sent two people to the hospital. a woman and her 1-year-old daughter. no word tonight on their injuries. >>> a group of d.c. business leaders and college presidents today pledged to help the district's next mayor get city residents prepared for new job opportunities. vincent gray heard employers say they can't find enough qualified d.c. workers to hire. while 700,000 jobs exist in the district, only 30% of the jobs are held by d.c. residents. >> i think there is a mismatch between the training encouraged by the government and those jobs that exist. and that's a rapidly-evolving process. but we need a system in which we are constantly in touch with what is coming, what is next. >> there is no lack of commitment from the business community or from the employer community to helping. and i think what the mayor- elect got was some promises to partner. >> busine

passengers took these pictures showing e damag it was on its way to alexandria, egy egypt. >>> children aren't the only one who's say the darnedest things. >>> top quotes for 120 and several adults wish thethd take back their words. >> i'm not a witch. >> those words are from christine o'donnell and they have earned her share of a top honor. according to yale university, o'donnell's i'm not a witch ad that aired during her u.s. senatepa

. >> reporter: masonic temple in alexandria, the windchill in the teens. the wind and cold were today's story. the howling wind sent a chill straight to the bone. >> i have been working outside for almost 30 years and these are the kind of days that really are the big ones. >> reporter: at this construction site in fairfax we clocked the wind gusting at 10 miles an hour. the windchill about 14 degrees. >> how are you dealing with the cold? >> walking fast. >> reporter: at the keeno christmas tree lot the winds kept customers at home and toppled dozens of trees. >> it has been a problem for us because we can't set them back up without them falling down again. >> reporter: unveiling a new online way to track the progress of snowplows in your neighborhood. here is how the transportation department explained. >> if you're sitting home in a cul-de-sac and trying to make an informed decision of whether you should go to the airport or head to new york you can now look at our map at the progress we are going to show. you can type in your own address to start. the

>> i'm with the water out of alexandria, virginia, i want to address legislative things but public engage meant. i think the most important things we can do in terms of communication with the hengs, is water is one voice. it's very important. when i say water, i mean water and waist water. it's very important that the message dare that i completely agree it has to be clear and distinct but right now we have echos and when we speak to washington there's an echo effect and we need to be one voice and i think that needs to be clear. >> thank you. yes? >> hi, i'm with the california public utilities commission. i watched the news last night and another senator was really claiming on the debate on global warming, gee, i think you're saying it's profitable for the green industries now and i'm thinking, of course it needs to be profitable and really the fossil fuel and oil industries that are making hundreds more times more profit and that's what drives this. if we could internalize externalities and middest oil and regardless of your political leaning if you or we could internalize that that's

, forest heights in prince george's county, 1.3, frederick, maryland, 1 1/2 inches, damascus 2, alexandria 2.1 and frostburg, maryland, 2.5. culpeper, spots veil ya closer to 4 1/2 or -- spots sylvania closer to 4 1/2 or 5 inches and no school tomorrow. meanwhile very light feign flakes that you could almost sweep off, but they stuck to everything. -- fine flakes that you could almost sweep off, but they stuck to everything. tomorrow the problems will come from a refreeze of what is left. these temperatures have tanked with the clear skies and snowpack and the fact that we do not have wind tonight. it's 8 in martinsburg, 9 in frederick, 16 in gaithersburg, 20 in quantico, 14 in manassas. in the district it's still 25 degrees. that's cold enough that in some spots if we take in the single digits salt won't work at that temperature. so there are going to be some slick spots if they were not treated earlier. 9 for winchester, 16 centreville, 14 bowie. tonight we are reminding you there will likely be icy spots in the morning. low teens, single digits in the suburbs and 22 degrees downtown. so

frederick maryland two and a half inches, alexandria, 2.3 inches. we can deal with this. we of course can get definitely a lot more. we are talking with the satellite and radar picture. we saw the storm system go on through. now we are seeing areas of variable cloudiness in morning. otherwise more sunshine in the forecast. you may want the shades out there as you are heading out the door this morning. the sun can be bright at times. currently 16 degrees, 25 in washington at reagan national, baltimore 21 degrees. as we head out west, 19 for winchester, so yes, it is cold out there. we are talking about a system for this weekend. here's a look at the satellite radar pictures. we see a system coming up from the coast that could impact us for saturday night into sunday. here's the futurecast. you are going to see the system basically going out to the coast. we are watching it for probably saturday night. this system here and this model, showing it is going to just miss us and go basically to the south and east and head out to the coast. you don't see the green there that mean

al ex abandon ya police say a woman was killed as she -- alexandria police say a woman was killed as she walked through the parking lot. it appears the woman was running through the parking lot when she was struck by this large passenger van. apparently she was hit by the front end of the van as it was entering the king street metro parking lot. emergency crews were on the scene within minutes, but it was not enough to save her. there you can see her jacket lying on the ground. 25-year-old woman was transported to the hospital, but died a short time later. the driver of the van did stop. police say it's a good reminder for folks running around by foot or in cars this holiday weekend to slow it down. >> it's a good time to remind folks to be aware of their surroundings, particularly when they're running through a parking lot, crossing a street. they have to be careful. >> reporter: at this point in the night police have not released the woman's name just yet who was killed here in the parking lot. again, the driver did stop. it has not yet been determined whether or not he will be cha

alexandria properties, as well. we are all excited about the permanence and the growth sector. with that, let's look. [applause] >> thank you all for coming out. thank you, jeremy, and thank you to the staff for being kind of us to let us walk around and see the work you are doing here as it relates to promoting healthy eating and promoting at a very early age and awareness of the importance in terms of making good decisions about what we eat and how we feel, and making sure we make a lifelong connection to a healthy but the. the issue of obesity is important. everyone understands the extraordinary cost, human cost in terms of lives lost because of the consequences of obesity, but also the economic costs to the taxpayers, those that have no direct connection, that are paying the price of our inability to reconcile the issue of obesity. that is why 2006, we initiated a program called shape up sf. it has been recognized all over the country as a model program for any city, large or small. the robert woods johnson foundation recognized the work that was done through our team as th

alexandria police tell us a woman was running towards the station when she was hit and killed by an airportttle van. the driver did stop. >> just in time for your holiday travel a federal investigation concludes the faa is dropping the ball on one key aspect of airline safety. that is the maintenance of the planes thrown by the country's biggest airlines. gary neurenberg reports in some cases the faa is years behind schedule. >> reporter: an inspector general says the federal aviation administration is not reviewing the maintenance programs of the nation's airlines often enough or effectively enough. >> in every one of the eight airlines that the inspector general looked at, the inspections had been delayed more than five years and in some cases they were delayed nearly eight years. >> reporter: the "associated press" got the secret report on the maintenance program. >> it is certainly not as quick or as effective as it should be. >> reporter: maintenance is a continuing problem. this investigation was prompted by reports of huge maintenance oversights at southwest airlines two years ago. s

john shiffer in alexandria now. john? >> for tomorrow's snowstorm, on a level of 1 to 5 with being the worst, it has the level of preparedness of about a level 2 with mobilization of crews out on the road. but at any moment, officials say they can make a call and boost that up to a level 3 or 4, sending more crews out on the road. because the key this year is not to be caught unprepared. are you ready forsnow again? >> no. not really. but, you know, you have to do whatou have to do. >> after last winter, snow snowmaddon that left most of our area paralyzed, most of the residents are ready for the snow. >> last year i had a snowmobile, this year i have a 4x4. >> i think i'll buy a shovel in adnce. >> he certainly won't be the only one. >> when you do shovel, try shoveling to the right. >> the virginia department of transportation tried toxplain to residents what they're doing dierent this year, especially with their fleet of plows. >> this year we'll have as many as 1800, so we've almost tripled the size. >> even though we