weather, we heard it, we felt it, the winds are blowing through our area tonight and meteorologist, anny hong is outside on the weather terrace, anny, how is it going? >> it's cold out here and yes, it is windy. in fact, we saw pretty impressive wind gusts go through earlier today and this evening. monterey, virginia, getting highest wind gusts. even alexandria, virginia, tonight, 51-mile an hour wind gusts. hagerstown 53. bwi getting 54-mile an hour wind gusts. it's been a blustery day and evening. right now, the wind gusts not as bad. around 28 in downtown. 24 in gaithersburg and 23 in winchester. we'll see the winds start to diminish slowly over night into early tomorrow. when you factor in the windchill, the air temperature, it feels like in the 20s. 28 in downtown. 23 in frederick. 21 in hagerstown. even manassas feels like 27 degrees. overnight, becoming clear, breezy, and cold. a 1 to 2 blanket night. if you are waking up tomorrow night, bundle up. lots of shine. you will want your sunglasses. temperatures in the 40s by 11:00. andrea will talk about your weekend forecast and a mild war

we'll tell you right after the break. >>> plus, anny hong will have your full 9news forecast.hat you can expect tonight and for your morning commute. stay with us. >>> in montana, four people are lucky to be alive tonight after a plane crashed into their home. they took off on saturday afternoon, a short time later the plane went down in a residential neighborhood and landed upside down in somebody's house. the owner inside the house, they were not hurt. and now somehow, the pilot and the two passengers, they managed to walk away from the plane with only bumps and bruises. >> we started digging into the side of the plane and there is a passenger there hanging upside down. now, they said to get me out of here. that's what we did. >> the federal safety investigators are still trying to determine exactly what caused that crash. >>> the coast guard rescues the oregon family that was lost in the mountains for six days. the family of three divides in the mountains without food, water, or even warm clothing. they spent six days on the edge of the fort to survive that, drinking water

anny hong, 9news now. >> still ahead, decreasing your bottom line.n does it make good financial sense to refinance your mortgage? we'll break it down. >> teachers often stay after school to help students, but not today. for many teachers in prince william county. they protested. i'm peggy fox. coming up, i'll tell you what it's all about. >> but up next, president obama's new budget plan is under fire. we'll break it all down when we come back. >>> president obama delivered his 2013 budget plan. the $3.8 trillion spending plan cuts to military and domestic spending. and the renewed plea for tax hikes todd very wealthy. at $350 billion to stimulate job growth. but the forecasted $901 billion deficit does fall short of the president's goal of cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term and the republicans already say the cuts in the president's proposal just don't go far enough. >>> president obama unveiled that budget proposal at the campus of the northern virginia community college today. >> plan would create an $8 billion fund to help c

anny hong is here with this debate. out this. >> it's all in this book called, bringing up bebe and it's about an american mother in paris and she says french parents have a certain attitude when it comes to raising better behaved children. she says french kids eat more varied diets than american children do. they sleep through the night earlier than the average u.s. infant and according to the author, more self-sufficient. able to amuse themselves without the help of their parents. >> french mother of two, peggy, prides herself in raising her daughters the french and american way. >> certainly have more exposure to different food. i mean, i do shop in the bakery. >> she is a director in georgetown says french parenting starts with the belief that children can learn self-control. that kids must not interrupt adults, for example. they should wait patiently for meals and learn how to play on their own. >> we should still be able to enjoy your adult time and it's important for the balance at large of the family. >> french p

anny hong has the latest on our snow from the weather terrace. we are talking about snow still north and west of town, but around the beltway is still mostly rain with a little bit mixing in. here's a look at our live doppler 9,000hd to show where we have the snow around leesburg and gaithersburg and frederick and if you look just around the beltway, we have mainly rain. leesburg and reston now starting to see some snow. you're looking at a mix also before it does change over to snow. and looks like around the beltway and points south, we're looking at mainly rain. a winter weather advisory in effect north of town and washington, frederick, and jefferson counties. here's a look at the roads. time saver traffic. >> you're going to need extra time if you're moving toward the capital beltway. mainly because of the warning from earlier. everybody is really taking it easy. taking a live look at 270 and middlebrook. most of the slow traffic starts at the beltway, moving toward the frederick county line. up beyond father hurlly. also let's take a look a

anny hong joins us live with more on the story. anny. >> these brave women came forward to the washington, d.c. city council here today to talk about their experiences being sexually harassed on public transit. they told us they were groped, also exposed to indecent sexual acts. city leaders were surprised to learn these claims were being committed not just by fellow male transit riders, but transit workers, including bus drivers. >> if the train is crowded and they take their hand and you know, they are rubbing your behind. >> i was riding the metro from silver spring and a man got on the station and he exposed himself to me. >> walking into metro station to go home, a young male growned me. >> they are victims of sexual harassment. harassment not just from fellow riders, but also from metro workers. >> i actually don't feel safe on metro and sexual harassment has happened to me. >> these women went to the city council to create a public awareness campaign and how to report a sexual harassment claim. >> we aren't talking about flir

i'm anny hong at the national to show you how thousands are coming together. [ male announcer ] thisas how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> beaten, raped, verbally attacked. hundreds of women are at the gaylord national hotel and conference center to help victims of such terrible crimes. how some high profile women, even stars, are helping empower others. >> more than a thousand women, even some men from 96 countries are here to help fight violence against women. some stars, including reese witherspoon and the princess of den denmark are here to help. >> i can't accept the fact that one in three women will be the victim of violence. >> reese witherspoon brought her star power along with denmark to the second annual world conference of women shelters. >> victims of domestic violence are an extremely isolated group in our society. we chose to work for helping wo

i'm anny hong in northwest d.c. with the story of a fellow firefighter who is giving us insight into what these men were going through during this tough probe through recovery. >>> tonight, two firefighters are still in the burn unit after being badly injured during a wind swept fire in riverdale heights, maryland, two days ago. >> annny hong spoke to their fire chief to give us insight on the road to recovery for these guys. >> you really deal with recovery for the rest of your life. there's not going to go away. >> the physical scars are there. >> i have second and third degree burns. >> but so are the emotional scars. >> that's why you have to have the support of people that were injured or going through similar situations, because you can relate to them. >> riverdale volunteer fire department chief recalls a moment he was seriously burned when fighting a house fire in northwest washington a year ago in april. four firefighters were injured, but ryan had the worst of it. undergoing several surgeries, including sk

i'm anny hong in northwest d.c. with a story of how their road to recovery is just beginning. >>> best in show at 136th annual westminster kennel club america's dog show is the pekingnese. >> oh, the top dogs honored at westminster, many other less fortunate dogs hoping to be the top dog in your home. our anny hong joins us with a special friend here from the washington animal rescue league. who is this? >> we have carnac here, one of the dogs that needs a loving home. he's sweet and gentle and gets scared easily. he is very shy, not quite clear if he was abused or not, but the washington animal rescue league just received a group of dogs that need special homes because they were rescued from a home of a woman hoarding near 100 dogs near macon, mississippi. their sad faces, cowering bodies and eyes full of fright say it all. these two cocker spaniels had very little contact with humans, no healthcare and were living in very unsanitary conditions. >> they're still pretty shut down, hiding, pretty typical not seeking

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let's go outside to anny hong. what's it like out there right now?reporter: it is cold out here, not as windy, but still on the breezy side, temperatures only in the 30s when you factor in the wind gusts, oh, yeah, feels like the low 20s in downtown. then it get worse in the suburbs, 16 gaithersburg, leesburg 15, winchester feels like 11 degrees, andrews air force base in the feels as well. if you don't have to be outside tonight, be inside. our wind gusts are around 21 miles per hour in downtown, 33 andrews air force base, hagerstown 29 miles per hour. we've got high pressure building in, so we did see dry conditions today. the clouds are clearing out and we'll see more sunshine tomorrow and also some milder air coming this way with the winds coming out of the west for your monday. so tonight it's clear, breezy and very cold conditions once again, two blanket night, lows around 18 to 25 degrees and winds will be out of the west 10 to 15 with gusts higher than that. i'll let you know how mild we get. we're talking 40s, maybe 50s and our next chance a

we are live in temple hills, maryland, anny hong, 9 news now. >> what a great rescue story. thanks for bringing it to us. >>> we have an update on a fire that broke out friday in district heights. today we learned a 2-year-old girl who was rescued from that burning house has died. mariah hood passed away yesterday at children's national medical center. the fire broke now the a two- story house on hil-mar drive early friday -- broke out in a two-story house on hil-mar drive early friday morning. >>> an apartment fire left a won dead in takoma park in the 7600 block of maple avenue. firefighters found a pile of burned clothing and towels. they later found the victim believed to be about 56 years old. investigators say the woman's daughter was with her at the time. >>> the northwest washington liquor store exposed by 9 news now for allegedly selling alcohol to underage buyers was back open today after the arrest of the owner on saturday night. scott broom is here now after going to the town square market, i believe, today for some reaction. >> i walked in and talked to an unnam

we sent annie an anny hong to find out.r: this milder weather has a lot of people taking their allergy medications a lot earlier than usual. more people are now suffering from allergies, sneezing, dealing with their itchy throats and their noses. they're also buying allergy medications lately. temperature also is fluctuating a lot more than we normally see this time of year, which is eyebar good and bad things for those -- a good and bad thing for those dealing with allergies. it's good when it's cold because everything is kind of on hold and things aren't blooming, but it's bad when it's warm like today because this is when things are really blooming and the pollen is really acting up. >> i can't breathe. i can't smell anything. i have a constant headache. it's like i was just thinking about it as i was walking down here. by the end of the day i get the worst headache. i can't even think straight. >> the first thing we see in spring is people calling in for refills of their prescriptions and we started seeing that last wee

anny hong, 9news now. coming up at 7:00, a can dated joining tim kaine for one of virginia's u.s. senate seats. we'll introduce you to him. his name is hank. >> okay. we'll see you and a little more about hank later. still ahead, ron paul may be trailing in the race for the republican nomination, but new numbers about how he matches up against the president may change the game. top. >> still very mild outside. a little breezy. we'll show you the numbers. here's what goes in the books. 64 and 36. averages are 50 and 32. record high 77. record low 8. we'll come back and talk about cooler air tomorrow and when you might need your umbrella. >> and up next, remember that playground game, red light, green light? tomorrow it will be no lights at one very busy d.c. intersection. what you need to know about dupont circle next. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us.

in temple hills, maryland, anny hong, fox 5 news. >> what an incredible community story. the elderly man and his son were treated for cuts and smoke inhalation. none of the injuries were life threatening. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> only on 9 tonight we're hearing from the driver of the car involved in a bizarre and deadly accident over the weekend. it happened saturday night on route 9 west of route 704 just outside of leesburg. as peggy fox reports, it all started when one car hit a deer. >> i couldn't stop bleeding. >> reporter: juan delgado had no idea what hit him as drove this xterra saturday night. he soon learned a prius had hit a deer coming the other way had crashed into the windshield. a leg slashed juan's forehead, but he's the lucky one. his best friend and wife's cousin 26-year-old rodolfo villatoro who was in the passenger seat was not moving. >> they pulled him out of the car and start cpr were. >> reporter: because rodolfo showed no signs of life no helicopter was sent juan says. >> he was such a nice friend to have. any time i

let's go to anny hong. >> we have some light snowfalling right now here at the weather terrace in northwestand some flurries. you can see pretty much some widespread light snow showers falling. a closer look and zoom on in for you. where the snow is falling. we have it around bethesda, fairfax, even out to for the bay and annapolis. brandy wine, all seeing some light snow. we're not expecting a whole lot to accumulate. a coating out there. earlier today, we saw more snowfalling. this is in frederick county where he said they had some whiteout conditions earlier today when you factor in the really high winds that came blowing in today with that arctic cold front. how much snow did we get? columbia 1 inch. dulles international reporting just over half an inch of snow from today. the wind, that is the other big story out there. this is through 7:00 tomorrow morning. a high, a wind advisory has been in effect for much of the d.c. area. expecting gusts up to 50 miles per hour. some cold temperatures out here. what does it feel like now? 10 degrees in downtown. manassas, 8. even andrew's air forc

anny hong in the weather center. what's going on? >> light snow falling at this hour, generally northwest of town. we also did see the snow starting to fall this season and picking up a decent accumulations. here's a look at pictures we got in, courtesy of dave johnson. in leesburg, virginia, tonight where they got a little bit of snow. in germantown, maryland, snow total 1 1/2 inch. damascus, 1.4. gaithersburg 1/10th. new market, maryland, 1 1/2inches. here's a look at live doppler 9000. you see where we've got the blue is indicating light snow still falling. northwest of town, south of hagerstown, frederick getting light snow. charles town, win chester and leesburg, you see the purple, that is probably a mixture of probably sleet or rain changing over to some snow. this is mostly wet snow. now, the concern now is overnight into early tomorrow morning. still have a little bit of a moisture coming in from the south and also coming out from the north around the pennsylvania area where a light rain and snow flurries are going to be gen

let's go over to anny hong in the weather center. what's the latest? >> it's turning out to be not a whole lot. the only advisories and watches we have are far southwest of town, into greene county. we had a watch earlier into culpeper, orange county. all those have been cancelled. here's the reason why. the storm track is tracking farther south of d.c., pretty much missing us in a way. we may see a little bit of snow. the coastal storm is coming through on sunday, but it is trending back south. it's turning out to be a minor snow event as of now. we could still get light, wet snow, maybe up to an inch around d.c. better chances will be south of town. the bull's-eye will be around raonoke, virginia. a little change here could mean a big difference when it comes to having a little or a lot of snow. we'll talk more about the snow and a milder trend coming up. back to you, bruce. >> anny, thanks a lot. >>> breaking news. for two weeks we reported on the problems of teenage drinking in the area. we focused on the northwest washington liquor store that has

let's check in with anny hong. >> derek and anita, we have two things we should be concerned about. some areas of patchy fog developing. and also some areas of ice we could see on some of the untreated surfaces and the road. the temperatures are dropping to below freezing. here is a look at some of the pictures we got in earlier today of the snow. this is courtesy of jeffrey thomas coming in from maryland where you can see a nice shot coating the grass and the trees out there earlier today. how much snow did we get? well, not a whole lot. nothing to write to mom about. damascus an inch. hagerstown also coming in at one inch of snow. herndon, virginia almost half an inch. and stevens city getting 8 tenths of an inch. the system has moved on through. you can see part of it moving into new york city but we have clear skies overnight as high pressure dominates our weather pattern over the next couple of days here. temperatures are right at the freezing mark here in downtown, but already did he blow freezing in gaithersburg, frederick, martinsburg, hagerstown, so we have moisture on the

anny hong is tracking the storm.orrow. >> if you have tomorrow off, you may want to sleep in, because i think the major reason for that delay in culpeper county is because of a chance for some slick roads to be out there early in the morning. now, we do have snow falling here. look first at our winter weather advisory in effect south of town around fredericksburg. this is until 1:00 monday morning. here's a look at live doppler 9000. you can see a little light snow earlier this evening, but now most of it still to the south of us. fredericksburg, leonard town. a lot of this snow is actually in some areas really wet and heavy snow. also seeing some rain as well where you see the green. we did see snow also in parts of the fredericksburg area earlier today, falling since this afternoon. we'll talk more about the snow. it should be ending later tonight. more details on that coming a little bit later. >>> a d.c. store that had been allegedly selling liquor to minors for years is still in business in spite of the arrest o

let's get right over to anny hong. >> we're looking at snow falling during the evening commute. not a whole lot of accumulation is expected because the surface temperature is well above the freezing mark. what does fall, a lot of it will melt. right now where is the storm? it's out to the west of us. you can see out into parts of tennessee, st. louis, missouri. you see the green and some of the blue. that is the rain. and also snow coming this way. we'll see increasing clouds ahead of it overnight tonight. here is a look at the future cast. tomorrow morning commute is going to be fine. just cloudy conditions. then you see the blue. this is the light snow coming in by afternoon hours. the purple pink here is the wintery mix. out towards the bay. by the evening hours at 7:00, you'll also see some snow around gaithersburg, frederick and leesburg and then later tomorrow night into the overnight hours a lot of this will be pulling on out. i think the grassy areas will see some accumulations. farther north and west out of town. maybe 1-2 inches. tonight increasing clouds and cold. we

anny hong is here it let us know when it will all die down. >> it's starting to break things up.w seeing scattered snow showers and light rain out there at this hour. here's a look at the live doppler 9,000hd. a little bit of activity. not a whole lot. we'll zoom on in. that's light snow showers and flurries we're seeing. a little bit of mix around bethesda where you see the purple. getting a little bit of light snow and look at

i'm anny hong where special need students are playing their first varsity state championship. >>> tonight a unique event for maryland high schools helps schools bridge a gap. >> students are taking part in a statewide boche tournament. that's creating some special friendships. >> joy may not look like your typical high school varsity athlete, but she is proud to say she is. >> even though we are different and our bodies are different, that means we can do anything. >> she is one of 800 students taking part in a high school invitational. students trained for eight weeks and each special needs athlete was prepared with an able bodied athlete. >> get your boche ball as close to the yellow ball, students are also finding it is bringing them closer together. >> we just became good friends on the team. she is a good friend now, right? >> right. >> invitational was organized by the unified sports program, which formed after state leaders passed a law in 2008 which required varsity sports access to special needs students. >> students learn to accept each other, accept each other's differences. it

let's go to anny hong who is in for topper tonight. >> talking about some increasing clouds overnight tomorrow this time, we could see some light snowfalling. let's go straight to that map to show you our future cast. tomorrow morning's commute is going to be fine. unless you are far north and west of town, that's the areas of light snow, we could see early in the