caroline: arlington county says it's listening. in arlington, caroline tucker abc 7 news. scott: metro is about to roll out its newest rail cars. the long awaited 7,000 series cars will be placed in service on the blue line on april 14th. among the improvements wider aisles, new seats uncarpeted floors and digital sign boards. metro will phase out rail cars that have been in use since metro opened 40 years ago. starting tomorrow commuters should expect delays as the reconstruction of the 16th street bridge in northwest washington enters a new phase. drivers are being urged to use georgia avenue as an alternate route. the work on the bridge is expected to take four months. only one lane of traffic will be open in each direction on 16th street as well as on military road. people in arkansas and oklahoma are cleaning up after a series of tornadoes swept through several communities killing one person and causing widespread damage. >> like this. scott: at least seven tornadoes struck parts of oklahoma and arkansas yesterday. in sand springs, he canoklahoma a tornado damaged a g

if you -- arlington.if you go up past the graves of men who died defending the union and you go up to the arlington heights which george -- which robert e. lee's father-in-law originally built as a monument to george washington but now it's the national robert e. lee memorial and you stare across the potomac river at the city of washington, you'll see the washington monument rising in the distance. but before the washington monument is the lincoln memorial. and that's a powerful symbol for our country because for all of robert e. lee's connections to george washington he is no longer the american that we most closely associate with george washington. that honor belongs to a son of kentucky who was born without a single connection to george washington. that honor belongs to abraham lincoln. herman melville once wrote: who looks at lee must think of washington so deep with grievance meaning, it is fraught. why i think we've hidden the fraught for too long. i hope you'll read about it in my book, and i hope

live in arlington, tom roussey abc 7 news. alison: cars were slipping and sliding on maryland roadways as well. roz plater is in frederick where she has seen lots of drivers struggling. how are things looking now? roz: the much icy everywhere you turn. officially we got nine inches of snow, but tonight they are moving into the big piles. im 5'6" inches, and this pilot is easily twice my height. they are working against time. at this point, everything is freezing. >> is a cold enough? roz: it is cold enough to freeze. so begins round two the battle now to beat the ice. ice on the sidewalks, black ice on the roadways, and the stubborn kind in parking lots. something this houston man has never seen before. >> it's a new experience for me. roz: at its height, near whiteout conditions on 270. we spotted bit bid outs and strata drivers one after the other. >> a truck was coming into my lane, cut me off, and i slid. i went into the ditch. roz: the snow has stopped falling, plows are trying to get down to bare pavement. followed by th

gallows road shut down between arlington boulevard and woodburn road

peggy fox joins us from arlington where now they're getting low on salt supplies, peg? >> reporter: that's right. it's a good thing topper doesn't have more snow in the forecast because arlington is about to run out of salt. this is their only supply right here and because of those low supplies they've been cutting back on the amount of salt they put on the roads and that might have had something to do with all the problems today. >> this car was trying for over an hour to get out of that parking space right there. >> reporter: the owner had to call a tow truck just to get his car out of a parking place. that's how icy it was this morning in arlington. >> i'm watching the cars slide around. i think because it's sunny people must think it's okay to drive, but not quite. >> reporter: arlington county police blocked off several roads, mostly hilly and shadowed roads around the courthouse. one car slid on beach street into a tree. others could not make it up the icy hills. is that this one here is not good. i'm the -- >> this one here is the good. i'm the fourth car i've se

gallows road shut down between arlington and woodburn and prosperity near arlington boulevard closed. alternate will be lee highway. travel times looking good on the main routes. in the outer loop 270 south everything rolling along nicely. 66 inbound at 95 north no major problems. remember to listen wtop for the >>> metro transit police say they want your help to identify this person. they're not calling him or her a suspect but a person of interest in several robberies at metro concentrations on the blue line. cell phones have been taken. if you think you recognize the person call metro transit police. >>> your kids will have to go to school an extra day at montgomery county schools. the last day is june 15th. they cancelled seven times this year. the state has waived two of the day due to financial concerns for the county. >>> 5:42 now. no snow! >> once and for all, no more snow days! >> maybe a little rain. tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> we're getting rain later today. the city camera showing a dry sky this morning. mostly clear now and a chill in the air. te

peggy fox reports from arlington tonight where the problem is not enough salt. >> reporter: arlington county has been cutting back because of its depleting supply of salt. maybe that had something to do with the blocked off and slippery roads this morning. winter held its icy grip through afternoon despite the bright sunshine. on i-66 through rosslyn icy actions among those sections shaded by the sound barrier five cars crashed into each other. >> it's slippery and too dangerous outside right now. >> reporter: this morning the icy roads and highways were treacherous. this tractor trailer crashed on i-95 in the southbound lanes just south of the occoquan bridge. on i-66 a tractor trailer ended up on its side. this morning most neighborhood streets in fairfax county looked like they'd seen a plow truck or two but not in arlington. tires were spinning, cars sliding. >> i think because it's sunny outside people think it's okay to drive but not quite. >> reporter: the worst streets were veatch and 14th near the courthouse, hills too icy to drive. >> reporter: stuck? >> yes. >> reporter: di

this isn't just an arlington problem. it's a region wide problem. >> and construction on this project is expected to wrap at some point next year. now, county leaders are hopeful that they can make 15% to 20% of the housing in arlington to be considered affordable housing and they know that's going to be a tougher goal as time goes on. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> a new nilsen report shows that services like netflix, hul amazon are growing in popularity. now 40% of households have an on-line streaming account. study found mostly young and middle aged households with families. log on to watch programming. >> the newest addition to the barbie line will hit store shelves this fall. but at least one advocacy group is already raising questions about what's called the wi-fi barbie. yep, wi-fi barbie. designed with a microphone that can send audio to servers over the internet. those servers then process an appropriate response from the doll. the company that created the technology says the messages would neve

arlington police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for 50 car break-s in. antoine kennedy is charged with larceny, destruction of property and destruction of burglar's tools. she was captured while trying to break into a car on wilson boulevard and he's accused of stealing from vehicles on north scott street and north clarendon boulevard in the section of arlington. the department of veterans affairs is investigating how sensitive personal files were sent to the wrong person. it's a problem brought to light by the "7 on your side" i-team. investigator joce sterman has the story of the local woman trying to make it better. >> it's ok. it's ok. >> caring for her husband is her primary job these days. battling to get the vietnam vet's medical care covered is a close second. >> when she asked the veterans affairs for a copy of her husband's medical files, her fight took an unexpected turn. >> this is the medical records of another veteran. >> what was supposed to be his records was a package of files containing everything you'd want to know about an iraq vetera

arlington boulevard. gallows between arlington and wood burn. so basically that square again, around the hospital. 270 and montrose road as we look out other roads. no problems here. everything looking good. 66 through manassas inbound about 42 miles per hour. no major problems. 95 inbound a little slow through stafford county and more toward triangle it clears up bit. >> all right. melissa, thank you. turning now to the storm team which is watching for rain in the day ahead. the showers you see west of us are expected to arrive in our area in the hours ahead. meteorologist tom kierein is live with what you need to know before you leave your house this morning. good morning. >> good morning. grab an umbrella. the last day of march showing up. looking off to the east this morning mostly clear sky ahead of the rain. chill in the air for the morning then the rain moves in. warmer weather later this week. a look at that coming up this half hour. showing rain in this area in green in western pennsylvania. northern end is snow that stretches to michig

here in arlington, they actually ran out of salt to treat the roads.nd the shipment with the new salt coming in isn't due for another few hours. it certainly can't come soon enough. >> the main roads like wilson boulevard. >> to sidewalks. >> there's a lot of ice to side streets. >> we have to drive very, very carefully. all over arlington friday there was plenty of slipping and sliding. >> resident antonio anthony was not happy after hearing the county ran out of road salt during the storm. >> should have got ahead of this. surely knew what was coming. >> especially this morning. >> harry wang is the director of water, sewer and streets in arlington. because the county has been hit by four major storm events in the past six weeks dramatically depleting its salt supply. now they're using sand because the new shipment of salt did not arrive in time for this storm. >> not caught off guard. we

no better place to ponder that question than arlington. if you go past the grave and died defending the union and go to arlington heights which robert e. lee's father-in-law billed as a memorial to george washington but is now a monument to robert e. lee at the national robert e. lee memorial it used tear across the potomac river at the city of washington you will see the washington monument rising in the distance. before the washington monument is the lincoln memorial. that is a powerful symbol for the country because for all of robert e. lee's connections to george washington he is no longer the american we most closely associate with george washington. that belongs to a son of kentucky born without a single connection to george washington. that honor belongs to abraham lincoln. herman melville once wrote who looks at lee must think of washington. hiding the fought with deepest meaning. i think we have had for too long. i hope you will be about it and i hope you will come to washington i am thankful to you all for coming and i will be ha

hank silverberg is live at i-66 in arlington. could they have an easy sell this time? >> reporter: maybe, maybe not. they are sure of is that i-66 both directions in rush hour is very crowded and slow. so they've come up with an idea that's been floated for years, of course, the express lanes, but these express lanes proposed for i-66 are not the same as the ones done already on i-95 or i-495. i-66 at rush hour inside the beltway slow, congested, often in both directions. it's frustrated motorists even while restricting them to two people per car. so express lanes with tolls similar to other local highways are touted as a solution, this time unlike the fight against the express lanes on i-90 5, arlington county is on board. >> they're going to look -- i- 95, arlington county is on board. >> they're going to look at all the impacts of people bailing out of 66 onto arlington streets. >> reporter: motorists would pay the toll with ez pass, but this plan does not include a private company by transurban making a profit. this time virginia would get the toll money. >> it's g

that's what a lot of people are doing here in arlington. everything went really smoothly tonight, but there's some concern. there's a shamrock crawl on saturday, which is one of those public crawls that have created so many problems in arlington. this is a scene last summer at a pub crawl in this corridor that led to 25 arrests. >> you get 4,000 people in any given area there's going to be some problems, but when overall the county and police department does well maintaining the crowd. >> reporter: one of the 12 bars participating says stepped up police enforcement should help prevent repeats. >> it's nice to have the restaurant full at 2:00 in the afternoon on saturday. so would we go under without it? no. >> reporter: it cost arlington 15 to $20,000 in police overtime during last summer's event. this time the event organizers will pay for such overtime. mark webster is the general manager at this irish pub which does not participate in the crawls. >> some of the people that it brings isn't exactly the consumer you want in your restaurant.

live in arlington, chris papst, abc 7 news. leon: all right, chris. alison: see you again soon, chris, with that. thank you. meanwhile, check your kitchen. we'll tell you why wegman's is recalling some of its nuts leon: from the classroom to a jail cell. reaction from the sentencing of a local university professor for arson and burglary. alison: we weren't the only ones dealing with a little bit of spring snow around here. a look at the winl leon: an american university professor was sentenced today for setting fires and breaking into a pharmacy. a judge sentenced him to two years but suspended all but one year and one day of that. sam ford now with reaction from her husband. >> i think the symptoms was probably as good as could be expected based on the reality of the situation. sam: friends leaving the court did not complain about the sentence. the 38-year-old received. he was an american university professor last september when he was arrested in a bizarre case where he set fires, perhaps to distract authorities so he could burping lashize a new mex

jeanette: reporting in arlington, jeanette reyes abc 7 news. leon: the federal highway administration is kicking off national work zone awareness week. this year's theme is expect the unexpected. state and federal officials teamed up for a ceremony at the washington boulevard bridge over the columbia pike in arlington. they were joined by workers and families affected by work zone clashes including the widow of carlos keen a vdot worker killed in 2012. >> i would like to ask everybody to watch these workers on that road because they're just doing their job. they have a family at home that wants to see them come home. and our lives will never be the same. leon: in 2013 the most recent data year there were 579 fatalities. alison: there was a milestone for t.s.a.'s precheck application program. more than one million travelers have now enrolled. t.s.a.'s precheck launched in october of 2011. it allows low risk travelers to leave on their shoes, their light outer wear and other items in select screening lanes. leon: the start of the spring season ha

we did speak with two arlington parents today. one that said she's content with the district's decision and another mother who said she wishes her kids were in school today. >> two-hour delay makes more sense this morning. they have to make decisions they think. >> 9:00 this morning, i was out driving. and it was fine. i think a two hour delay would have been a better choice. >> here it is. a sloppy mess that we've seen all over the place. arlington said they are confident with their decision of closing school today. alexandria say they are confident with their decision of a two-hour delay. coming up at 6 of -- 6:00 tonight, we'll hear from both districts as well as how other districts neighboring and otherwise work together making these calls that some days can be very tricky especially on days like this. jeff goldberg abc 7 news. >> you've heard that saying, march comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. we want to put a bit of a spin on that as the question of the day. so fill in the blanks here. without using the words l

for six weeks he says the arlington county jail refused to provide an interpreter. he doesn't read or write english. he does know this word. >> i took out a paper and pen and wrote interpreter. and every time i made that request i was denied. >> he filed a lawsuit against arlington county sheriff beth arthur and the virginia department of corrections. 27-page complaint claims they violated the americans with disabilities act. arlington county sheriff's chief deputy paul larson tells me they plan to fight the suit. did you provide him with an interpreter? >> again, i'm not going to get into the specifics of that but i'm very confident that we did what we were supposed to do. >> reporter: debra packin with national association of the deaf. >> my reaction unfortunately, is that i'm not surprised. it's happening all over the country. many prison systems do not understand how to work with deaf people. >> reporter: attorney larry tannenbaum's law firm is taking on the case pro bono. >> he went six weeks without any medication to treat his back. >> reporter: he says he ple

jay korff has been looking into this and is live in arlington. jay? jay: leon:, and unbelievable story. we are learning a lot more about what may have caused the concrete stoop to collapse, causing three people to fall. this woman walks gingerly into her arlington home following the scare of her life in an unexpected place -- her welcome mat. >> she is shook up. jay: the concrete stoop caved in. monday night two people and a child were about to walk into the house when the concrete stoop collapsed. his daughter and aunt were not hurt. he says his home, built in 1947 is solid, but recently he noticed minor porch deterioration. >> the old concrete was falling off. jay: he said the contractor said it appears the original builder never filled the hole and the concrete had no rebar. jay: a nationally certified home inspector told us, i think a moisture and lack of ventilation were driving forces here. i could see how overtime there would be the potential for collapse. the home inspector says the takeaway for homeowners is to be aware of flaking, ponding, o

arlington county. the clouds rolled in and then the rain moves in and that's the way it's been and is now and got some questions of how much more rain we'll see during the evening hours. as far as rainfall so far not been a whole lot. .19 of an inch in frederick and around the region it's cloudy with temperatures holding in the 40's tonight. big question we have right now about the mardi gras parade our steve rudin is there checking out the route and everything else that is expected. umbrella is not a good sign. >> not a good sign at all. at least the parade is going to go on as scheduled as mentioned earlier, the roads will start to close around 6:45. it's quiet out here right now. this stuff out of the way and you can see not a whole lot at this time. the rain continues to fall. but let's take a look at stormwatch 7 live doppler radar and you can see we may see, we may get lucky enough to have a little bit of a lull in the heavier rain as we move through the early evening hours during the parade time

jay korff is live in arlington. what happened here? jay: we have three people -- a mother, two-year-old toddler and a little girl -- who were about to enter the home when the concrete slab collapsed. moments ago, the aunt came home from the hospital with a minor back injury. she said that she was going -- thought she was going to die and held onto the little girl, preventing her from getting hurt. >> the little girl is in my arms all the time. but when i felt it, the second time, i felt i died. jay: we also hearing tonight from fire officials and concerned neighbors in the wake of this bizarre incident. >> you heard something give way and shrinking. jay: arlington county fire officials say it was one of the strangest calls they have ever had. two women and a two and a half-year-old girl were about to walk into this house when the impeccable happened. >> they open the front door, set the groceries down, and the bottom dropped. jay: a neighbor said that he heard cries for help. >> you usually hear kids screaming and some of the is consol

brianne carter live in arlington tonight with more. brianne? >> well alison we just learned within the last hour one of those women released from the hospital with a broken foot after this. take a look here along the steps. you can see straight down with that debris there and a large hole. and now after that we talked to some neighbors here in the community living along the street who say they're taking precautions. >> able to go down through there. >> out early this morning checking the concrete leading up to his north arlington home. safety of the steps that he walks on every day. >> it's deteriorating. there's space to get down there. under our steps, it's a foot lower than the rest of the ground level. nothing like the one that collapsed. >> that collapse that he's talking about happened just two houses down. monday night, two women and a little girl were coming up the steps of this madison street home when the bottom just dropped out. with nothing below the top slab, the three were plunging down 15 feet. >> i feel bad. i go down two separa

leon: arlington county leaders are exploring the idea of accepting advertising on arlington transit buses and at bus stops. as inside nova previously reported the arlington county board member brought up this idea yesterday. he tweeted the county manager. we'll take a look at the idea. they're placing ads on art, transit stations and bike share could contribute to revenue for the county. alison: tuition is going up at virginia tech. undergraduate tuition and fees are rising nearly 4%. that's about $468 more a year. in-state graduate students will pay an extra $531. it's even more if you're out of state. at $1,097. room and board also increased nearly 4%. a mother is in jail charged with a despicable crime. coming up where she's accused of abandoning her 7-year-old daughter for up to 10 hours. leon: and using a bit of creativity to save her own life. what one woman did in an effort to find a kidney donor. stay with us. alison: a mother in dallas is charged with abandoning her 7-year-old daughter. leon: yes. according to court documents, the little girl told police that her mother told her

arlington county police are cracking down on it. maggie megan mcgrath live. >> reporter: well aaron, yeah some people call this the intersection of doom. i'll step out of way here. you can see why it's such a treacherous intersection here. of course you have all the car traffic that drives through here. this is lee highway and north lynn street. you have the crosswalk here. a lot of pedestrian traffic. it's a little early but later today we'll see lots of pedestrian. there's a cyclist who crossed their the street. there's a bike trail nearby. they were actually last year 20 collisions here with seven injuries. arlington county police are going to be out at this intersection later on today as well as a number of other busy intersections in the area writing tickets. not just to drivers but pedestrians as well as people who are on their bikes who are not obeying the traffic laws. here are the intersections where they're going to be enforcing. lee highway and north lynn street. north courthouse road and north 15th street. columbia pike

she worked for the county and she was known for maintaining arlington county's. runners on your marks, lottery registration is going on right now for the 40th marine corps marathon. if you want to register for a chance to run, log on. the lottery lasts 10 days and runners will be notified by e-mail starting march 25th. final preparations are under way for tomorrow's rock 'n' roll marathon in northwest washington. about 30,000 people will line up along constitution avenue in the morning. marathoners will run through all four quadrants of the city before ending up at r.f.k. stadium. the race starts at 7:30 tomorrow morning. metro will be open early tomorrow for the marathon and there is also a list of road closures you might need to know about. go to our website at wjla.com for that list and for more details about tomorrow's rock 'n' rollmarathon. history made in the streets of boston. big change just around the corner and why st. patrick's day is taking center stage. also, a local school mourning the loss of a student. circumstances surrounding his death. what you

live in arlington, chris papst, abc 7 news. alison: thank you, chris. we have an update now on some closures along the appalachian trail in maryland. earlier this week, the department of natural resources closed all but one of the shelters and campgrounds along the 40 mile stretch of the trail. that was for tree inspections after that tree fell and killed a hiker last weekend. today, all but one of those shelters and campgrounds are back open. the pogo campground which is near south mountain state park will stay closed through the weekend. members of the maryland senate unanimously voted to repeal the state's stormwater fees. the measure known as the rain tax required nine counties to pay fees to help cover the costs of cleaning up the chesapeake bay. governor hogan vowed to repeal the bill and the measure heads to the house. leon: we got some rain today. soft rain. doug: a little rain, a little snow. if you got in the mountains as we told you, they had real snow there. frostburg and steve rude sin ready to give us the lowdown and numbers here. tell you

he's live in arlington with what he's finding. stephen? >> maureen, drivers all across the metro area right now are dodging potholeds like the one that you see here on this stretch in arlington. come tomorrow, think about this. all that snow the drivers aren't going to be able to see thotholes and they could be in for some problems. drivers are watching the road and dodging little divots to great big dugouts in the pavement. >> felt like i was in a stagecoach. >> across the metro area the cold, snow and salt are tearing up roads and leaving them packed with potholes. >> they're terrible! they need to be fixed. >> those at the wheel are growing weary of winter and what it has done to their commutes. >> like -- >> some say they constantly have to be on the lookout for potholes. >> really pay attention to take your time. >> with another winter blast on the horizon, most jurisdictions and agencies we checked with including vdot have preps on their agenda. not repairs. some drivers have no choice though but to deal with the effects of bumpy roa

we have about 7,000 people that cross from arlington key bridge into the district every day. you imagine 7,000 potential cars that we are keeping off the road. not only do we ask people to engage in a car-free diet where you can lose at least 2,000 pounds in one day because you leave your car at home. >> i like that. >> we encourage people to commute, use bicycles. but you have to be safe. we participate in bike to work day and all those things that need to be done. which have to continue to do more and we do it in different languages, too. >> that's great. like cars, some bodies are bigger than others too. we'll take another quick break and be back to wrap things up. stay with us. >>> welcome back. street smart is our topic today. let's wrap up if we can, captain, with something you mentioned during the break. when it comes to pedestrian or bicyclist, there's no such thing as minor damage in an accident. >> correct. every time a car and pedestrian try to occupy the same space, the pedestrian loses every time. it's a serious injury or a serious collision they'll remember for

he says that's rarely the case at the columbia pike and dimwitty street intersection in arlington. >> my daughter goes to school and i worry about her crossing the street. jeanette: arlington county police say jaywalking pedestrians and distracted drivers are mostly to blame for the roughly 90 pedestrian-involved fatalities a year in the metro area. that's why they're out in full force today to educate people through literature and sometimes with a citation or a ticket. officers will focus on the rosslyn, columbia pike and courthouse areas. >> and 99 times out of 100, the person that is struck by a vehicle is not going to win. and, you know, cost you your life over something that is just an easy behavioral change is not worth it. jeanette: it's simple if you're driving, be aware of your surroundings and get off your phone. if you're a pedestrian avoid jaywalking and probably a good idea to take off those headphones. >> i'm hoping they can do something about the danger of this busy road. jeanette: jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. autria: they will be at north courthouse road at north 15th s

post your pictures like sue did in arlington with this shrub with icicles on it and this street lamp was transformed into a chandelier by the icing we had yesterday afternoon. still in place like that this morning. here is the timing on yet another icing event coming in tomorrow. 9:30 10:00 in the morning, increasing clouds. but by around noontime that's when we'll begin to see sleet moving in here. it's after that not until around 2:00 or 3:00 that we'll have sleet moving into the metro area, northern virginia, much of maryland and then after that the sleet should give way to icing and the icing will be in place during the evening hours. just north and west of washington, this green zone may be a little bit of light rain by the evening hours, as well. so for the drive time commute, most main roads are wet like this but watch out for icy spots, we'll have the fog around as well. then drying roads for the afternoon as temperatures get into the low 40s. keep up with all the changes with the storm team 4 weather app, and then tomorrow morning, we'll be down to the mid-20s and we get the

check this baby out here on walter reid drive in arlington.icles are dodging that big pothole as they go by. but come tomorrow's snowfall, they're not going to be able to see it. they'll probably drive into it. vdot reports some is 1500 pothole complaints since january. the string of storms this winter has roads packed with potholes all across the region. >> but, you know it's the weather. you got to tolerate it. and we all got to be a little bit forgiving because they're doing the best they can. >> we talked with a number of jurisdictions and organizations, agencies like vdot and they say once this next storm is over and out of here they're going to be taking a very aggressive effort to repair these potholes. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> a pedestrian struck in fairfax county is in the hospital now with life threatening injuries. emergency officials were called to centreville around 6:30 this morning. police say the victim is an adult woman and the striking vehicle stayed on the scene. police have not said how the accident h

house in arlington cemetery. i recently saw a wonderful print, a bird's eye view of the city of washington in the 1830's from arlington house. very unusual. most bird's eye view's are from the capital. you can see the vast expanse of tidal marsh south of georgetown. lee went to his friend and said we have got to find a solution. we've got to hold the union together after all the sacrifice made. we are not going to tolerate a seat of government so far to the north as trenton. they came up with a wonderful compromise called the dual residence. "seat of government," "federal town," these terms are not in the dialogue. dual residence. they would have six months in the trenton area on the delaware and six months on the potomac in the environs of georgetown maryland. this is a government that had no source of revenue, sometimes could not even pay the interest on its debt. certainly could not pay all the claims of americans from the war itself. it is now going to build two federal towns. philadelphians were outraged. ph

there is this moment in arlington. so many people go to arlington. there is this massive appearance for the commemoration of the war. barely a day or two later, there is this event to mark the passage of the preliminary draft of the proclamation and there a few hundred people. and a few visitors stumble in and are not sure why they are there. and yet there is this moment in arlington cemetery where some and he people do not know that there is an entire section of arlington pushed off behind in section 27 dedicated to african-americans. there is a cemetery where they entered -- they interred people who were part of the contraband camps. there was a thriving community schools, businesses, churches. they were making their way out of no way, despite what you read in the paper. must stop this government handout, the echoes, they have not changed. but when you go to the reality of it, there are these graves. on memorial day, the colored troops not able to celebrate in the grand unknown soldier, you find -- "while services were for the tomb of the unknown,

the two women tell police they were at boston common mall in arlington on mashlg 8th going store to store inquiring about jobs. according to the search warrant affidavit, another mongolian woman approached them. she told them she owned a house cleaning business and had a home that needed cleaning. a man who worked at the mall drove them to his burke home. there the women say they were offered wine. they say their customs dictate ta they drink it. but both say they both soon blacked out and remember very

. >> so arlington county has just announced its plans to make up some of the year's snow days and it includes some full days on days that only should be half. and the district says today's cancellation shouldn't change that. the snow day puts charles, montgomery, prince george's and federal counties all two days over their budget. alexandria is one day over. loudoun county has four days left to use. fairfax and prince william counties have three days and district has one. the "good morning washington" team is ready for any closings or delays that come in tomorrow morning. we hope you'll join us starting at 4:00 p.m. leon? >> alison, we saw a bit of civil disobedience on capitol hill. 25 families showed up to go sledding on the capitol grounds after u.s. capital police denied d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton to open up the hill for shredders from the storm. they did show up. however, their ban was not enforced. no one was ticketed and no kid got hauled off. good thing there. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in dupont circle. he's got more on the city's response and normally we'd

this is 35th street in north arlington. you can imagine if you live on a steep hill like this just getting down the road might be a area today, patience, a must. spinning your wheels on the ice. sure it can lap to anyone. take a look at this huge tractor trailer stuck in all the ice at the montrose crossing shopping center in rockville. >> what will you do? have to come get a super wrecker? >> a big tow truck. >> what kind of tow truck takes care of a tractor trailer? >> the bic, old ones. you know? >> reporter: throwing salt around on the sidewalks of the district is a must to melt whatever's become frozen. shoveling out the driveway no easy task. sometimes takes more than one to get the job done and then there's the task of walking. very carefully, of course. >> not cleared pavements yet. this beautiful packed ice material that won't melt for a week. >> reporter: walking around arlington thinking fondly back to the south of england. what's it like in an english countryside? beautiful? >> yeah. it's green. it's you know --

we'll explain what arlington is doing to keep you safe if you walk to work or school or drive for that matter. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> thank you for joining us. i'm erica gonezalezgonzalez. we're supposed to start thinking about springtime. walks on the water. beautiful weather. oh no. no. not this morning we're dealing with winter. >> yep. tom, it just overstayed its welcome. >> yes. like the weekend guests that wouldn't leave. here is a look at the washington monument under a cloudy sky. we have a few flurryies flying through the area this morning to remind us that march is a moody month. we have a few scattered flurries passing from northwest heading southeast. getting a few of those. maybe a few sprinkles of light rain from prince william county to dale city and waldorf, another batch of flurries there. and temperatures are above freezing. the flurries that are falling inging are meltings. we're in the mid to upper 30s. around the bay upper 30s. off to the west shenandoah valley in the upper 30s. up near the pennsylvania border in north freder

arlington county police cracking down on pretty much everybody right now. this is a look at the intersections where police are out in force today. megan mcgrath has what you need to know. >> reporter: drivers, pedestrians and cyclists you need to pay attention to the traffic signals and yield when you're supposed to or you run the risk of getting a ticket. police are going to be here at this busy intersection of leigh highway in about a half hour cracking down. it's part of a larger pedestrian safety campaign. heed that order or you may be slapped with a ticket. arlington county police are cracking down on jay walking, speeding and other violations that put pedestrians in harm's way. for the next several weeks, police will focus on busy intersections like this one, clul columbia pike. >> speeding is a common one. vehicles passing school buss when the stop arm is out there, pedestrians entering the intersection when they don't have the walk signal. just behaviors that could make a difference in saving a life. >> reporter: most people who pass by got informat

tomorrow morning, at 7:00, 9:00 in the district, arlington alexandria, i don't see a huge problem. western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, snow developing. the winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the morning monday. i suspect that will cancel out earlier. the liver, to the west, the winter weather advisory starts earlier, 4:00 in the morning. western maryland, this is where you need to watch out. this is where we look for the snow to develop. these are four-hour increments. this computer model, noon time, everything in pink and freezing rain. the blue is snow. northern montgomery county frederick county, washington county, gary county, allegheny county, those of areas that will likelyee snowfall before changes over to freezing rain. 4:00 in the afternoon, not quite out of here. 8:00 tomorrow night, the rain mixing with sleet. the temperatures will increase above freezing. that is good news because the roadways will dry out. be prepared for slick spots early monday morning. delays, probably so, especially to the west and east. 10:00 to

this photo by jesse mcguire taken in arlington. this photo of a street lamp looking like a chandelier taken by sue kromer. send your photos and i'll share. going forward tomorrow, we have a chance for the another round of icing and freezing rain. this area in pink may start out as sleet, there is out in the panhandle of west virginia by around noontime tomorrow. then during the afternoon, that is when that moves farther east. the pink zone is a zone of maybe sleet to mid afternoon. by 5:00, that hey may transfer over to icing and freezing rain similar to yesterday. could get some icing during the evening hours. rain the area this green. for the morning commute icy spots wet pavement main roads. afternoon commute, drying roads. low 40s during the afternoon. all these up and down changes, you can keep up with it with the storm team 4 ach. tomorrow after that mix, we'll get warmer air moving in and rain moves in on wednesday with temperatures in the 50s and another mix looking likely for thursday. stay tuned. still cold friday into th

arlington, montgomery county all have 24 hours.ll have to clear your sidewalks by tomorrow evening. and prince george's county 48 hours to clear your sidewalk. how about fairfax? prince william counties no law requiring you to shovel your sidewalks, but, of course it's still highly encouraged. the last thing want to do is make something difficult for snob get around. you know. you don't want an accident to happen. of course so if you can get out there, do a little at a time a little bit, a little bit association that tomorrow you don't have as tricky of a time trying to get all of that frozen ice out of your way in the morning. >> a lot of people complained they can't find salts. there's just no salt out there to be had. >> we actually reported that a couple days ago. we had a few people tweet tom in the morning saying i can't find ice-melt. easiest way. thankfully great reason to have fireplaces going. take the ashes from the fireplace, and use that for traction. you can use kitty litter. use sand as well. it's not as harsh on you

>>> a week-long pedestrian safety campaign is under way in arlington. police are targeting certain busy intersecs where they'll put a lot of extra enforcement. >> we put those locations on our nbc washington app. it's not just drivers who are under scrutiny megan mcgrath discovered. >> wait. >> reporter: heed that order or you may be slapped with a ticket. arlington county police are cracking down on jaywalking speeding and other violations that put pedestrians in harm's way. for the next several weeks police will focus on busy intersections like this one, columbia pike and dimwitty street. >> speeding of course is a common one. vehicles passing school buses when the stop arm is out there. pedestrians entering the intersection when they don't have the walk signal. behaifrs that could make a difference in saving a life. >> reporter: most people who got by got informational pamphlets, but police did pull several drivers over, this one for failure to yield to a pedestrian. the lesser violations there were warnings. it's all designed to keep people safe and

blue and yellow lines still single tracking between arlington an pentagon city.e an update on this crash outer loop at arena drive. it's on the shoulder. might see some police response. wider look at things, otherwise beltway looking quite good. no major issues inner loop or utter loop. prince george's county overall moving quite nicely for us this morning. and 66 at germanengineer jermantown road looking good. i'm back in ten minutes and we'll take a look at some travel times. >>> police say a shooting in silver spring we told you about is now a murder case. they say jonathan lopez was shot in the stomach while walking with a friend on piney branch road on monday. the attack was apparently random. shomari stone talked with one woman who gets her gas near the location of where it happened. >> i'm scared for myself now. probably stop getting gas from here. probably go to another site. >> no one has been arrested for the crime so far. if you know anything about what happened, call montgomery county police. >>> a man is in custody this morning after a police chase t

a senior citizens apartment house in arlington. just a few hours after that bank robbery, the fbi shows up here. and they show up in force. >> we saw a lot of federal agents. and a lot of long guns. >> reporter: a lot of long guns. >> yeah. >> reporter: arrested 42-year-old wasas assay. this-in his pockets they found $1,400 in cash. for seniors here it was a scene they'll not soon forget. >> they said the fbi were out here pip said fbi out here? >> reporter: indeed. how did the fbi know to come here? how did they know who he was? i'll tell you how coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins. >>> one man is now in custody after a rolling shoot-out left a northern virginia neighborhood riddled with bullets. he's 19-year-old deontay gaines. he's accused of firing shots that left bullet homes in homes and cars along swans creek lane in dumfries this past weekend. police are still trying to identify the other suspects. >>> check out this shot. a construction accident sent water soaring into the air downtown. things are back to

i'm peggy fox reporting live in arlington. lesli? >> can't get there soon enough. that salt is imported from chile and arrives at the port of baltimore. >>> when wusa9 learned of a woman in a wheelchair stuck in her home because of the snow, we went to check it out. we met melissa ortiz whose only access in and out of her home is an alley. when we learned of her plight, a good samaritan helped her out. surae chinn talked with her today. >> reporter: she is so grateful to her neighbors and that good samaritan. her alley is partially clear now. here's what she had to say today. >> thank you to wusa9 and thank you to my neighbors who came out and helped and there was this man earnest who just appeared out of nowhere to help. i can't find him. we've looked all through the neighborhood and called people and nobody seems to know who earnest is. so i'm thinking he may have actually been an angel. >> reporter: a little snow angel. all we know is his name is earnest and we haven't been able to find him either. the alleyway is partially clear, but coming up at 6:00 we're goi

arlington county sheriff's chief deputy paul larson tells me they plan to fight the suit. did you provide him with an interpreter? >> again, i'm not going to get into the specifics of that. but i'm very confident that we did what we were supposed to do. >> reporter: attorney tannenbaum's law firm is take tong case pro bono. he says abraham missed meals in jail because he couldn't hear the alarm telling inmates it was time to eat. and tannenbaum says abraham couldn't even communicate with doctors. >> he went six weeks without any medication to treat his back. >> reporter: abraham says he pleaded guilty without knowing what he was doing and was released from the jail. the lawsuit seeks monetary damages, the amount not determined. abraham says he doesn't sleep. >> that experience has really scarred me. >> reporter: kristin wright news4. >>> a plan to bring back a capitol hill area landmark is back to its original spot. it's no longer moving ahead. roadside development says after months of negotiations they were unable to finalize an agreement to buy the old hardware site befo

still we caught up with a man in arlington who is taking it in stride. >> i left arlington year ago and moved back home to england. good to be back good to be back visiting arlington. we don't get that much s the south of england so it's quite nice to be back here and seeing it. >> and they're seeing it in the neighborhoods as well. our news4 cameras spotted a lot of people tackling the job of digging out their cars and clearing the driveways. >> no easy task. the chemicals are actually blamed for making things worse. crews had to block part of 13th street to fix an underground cable. it sent huge plumes of smoke billowing from a manhole. fire officials say road treatment chemicals that had dripped onto the cable caused it to start smoking. >>> a dump truck caused a big backup on the beltway this morning. chopper 4 flew over the inner loop when the truck got stuck under an overpass near georgia avenue. lost its load. no one was hurt but at one point the backup stretched eight miles. that truck was eventually removed. bridge inspectors looked things over. didn't find any structural damag

still, we caught up with a man in arlington who's taking it all in stride. >> i left arlington a year ago and moved back home to england. good to be back but no it's good to be back visiting arlington and i've missed -- we don't get that much snow in the south of england so it's quite nice to be back here and seeing it. >> and they're seeing it in the neighborhoods too. our news4 cameras spotted a lot of folks tackling the job of digging out their cars scraping off, clearing their driveways before heading out today. definitely no easy task. the backs, the arms, the shoulders all getting a workout. >>> even with the sun shining it is down right cold throughout. >> and the snow makes it feel colder. we're in for another cold night. let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center. how cold v.j.? >> last night we saw temperatures throughout the area drop to the single digits and teens. and here we go again tonight. so anything snowwise that wasn't cleaned up today, and we did have melting from the stronger march sunshine, yes, that's only going to refreeze.

all over arlington friday there was plenty of slipping and sliding. >> resident antonio anthony was not happy after hearing the county ran out of road salt during the storm. >> should have got ahead of this. surely knew what was coming. >> especially this morning. >> harry wang is the director of water, sewer and streets in arlington. because the county has been hit by four major storm events in the past six weeks dramatically depleting its salt supply. now they're using sand because the new shipment of salt did not arrive in time for this storm. >> not caught off guard. we tried and we don't have anything else to do. >> meanwhile, salt supplies at vdot have also taken a big hit the past few weeks. highways and main roads are in good shape today throughout northern virginia. but the salt pile has just 10% less. >> we think we have enough to finish up this last storm. >> antonio anthony says the best way to deal with slick roads right now is not at all. >> not a bad idea indeed. now, vdot, arlington and so many other agencies throughout the region are going to continue treating and plowi

that's the scene here in arlington. doreen back to you. >> winter storms are taking a toll on the local government's money. montgomery county is one that has blown through its snow removal budget. now at 6:00 scott mcfarlane takes a look at how all that money was spent. >> reporter: removing the snow from here in the county cost $80,000 -- an hour. this will likely be a $1 million to $2 million snowstorm. they already spent $20 million removing snow this winter twice what the county budget is. they'll move money around to balance the books. county officials in the highway services department say they have enough salt and supplies to go for the rest of the winter and are not at all exhausted, at least not yet. >> we had a lot of marginal events, a lot of events right on the cusp of freezing and so forth. it was more of a nuisance. february mother nature showed up. our stocks are good. our salt supplies are healthy, our trucks in very good condition. >> reporter: in all montgomery county using 375 trucks for removal today