jeff goldberg picks up the team coverage live in ashburn. he has more on the challenges of the clearing all of these streets. jeff? jeff: this is bell green drive in ashburn. look. three feet of snow. i'm not close to the bottom there. all you can see is those untouched by the plaus. if it weren't for the street sign it'd be hard to tell the street. >> we can't do anything about it. >> the answers might be hard to find in ashburn, farther north in alexandria, this is the most. >> in the city the goal is to have all residential streets passible not perfect by tomorrow morning. >> streets like this are narrow and hilly. >> we don't want to bury anybody's car in. >> on the fifth day of work this is his wedding anniversary. >> she understands. iz will take her to dinner this weekend. >> in ashburn hoping the snow is gone by then. vdot is asking residents of fairfax, prescription william and loudoun county if you have not had the street plowed by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow to give them a call. similar situation in arlington, alexandria. they hope to have

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we spoke with people in ashburn who say they have yet to see a plow. on glen castle court residents got together to dig out one lane of the entrance to the neighborhood. mail and trash service has not been restored. vdot says anyone whose street is unplowed give them a call. leon: some northeast washington residents say the grass isn't greener on the plow side of the fence. this is a constant scene for days there. take tosh r.f.k. stadium to be melted. people living there say that is the problem. they are rolling 24 hours a day. when they are not rolling they are idling and adding the noxious fumes to the hull of engines and backing up. department of public works say it should calm down in the coming days. maureen: after a week of the heavy duty digging out from the snow we are going to get a boost from mother nature. >> you will feel the warmup next week. mostly clear outside the belfort furniture weather center in rosslyn. temperatures are low to mid-30's. 30 in hagerstown. the puddles will refreeze. we have gusty winds. last check of reagan national

ashburn was pinned inside the vehicle. he was pronounced dead at grinnell hospital. a missing persons case turning into a death investigation at the intersection of highway 5 and 137 in albia. leslie hartly had been reported missing. her car was found this morning just before 11:30 in a ravine near the intersection. the iowa state patrol is looking for the cause of the crash. steve: the roads here in central iowa are clearing up. most of the roads now showing green on the road conditions map. that means those roads have normal driving conditions. a few roads farther north are showing blue because they are partially covered with ice kurtis gertz is here now. anything on the road will not last long. kurtis: no doubt about that. northwest winds out there. initially, this is keeping the cool air in place but they will shift around to the southwest tomorrow. we will have some patchy fog late. i don't think it will be that widespread. new, 30 degrees. we will be around 35 at 3:00 p.m. look at the week ahead. it is a january thought. upper 30's on thursday, 40's on the way

reeve in ashburn, virginia. crew thatching the came from upstate new york and they got stuck with their heavy rain. which, what is going on right now? richard: leon, this is the kind of night when you need a front loader to plow out the gasoline station. look at this, we talk about drifting, look at that. that is snow that is frozen on the roof. i'm not going to get under there, but that will cause issues. that is another thing, wondering what it is like for a lot of thatngs that have roofs may collapse from the weight of the snow. here are the guys from upstate new york. what are you doing? the plow trucks get out so they can do their job clearing the roads. looks like they are trying to refuel now. just getting them out. richard: this is an interesting exercise. insulating us, keeping us warm so we can get out there and get the next plow out. richard: that's amazing, i feel like i'm in science class, warm by being in the snow. >> looks like our next victim over there is stuck. richard: are you working overnigh

in ashburn, we found a group of neighbors taking matters into their own hands. folks used snow shovels and snow blowers to dig out the street on their own. >>> unless fairfax county, a so- year-old boy was flown to the hospital after a sledding accident at mercier lake damn. fire and rescue workers had to climb down to the remote area where the child had been sliding down the dam. the child is out of the hospital tonight. >>> in montgomery county, public schools will remain closed tomorrow, and that will give crews more time to clear the snow off the school buses and give them time to clear the roads again. >>> tonight ike legit is promising every single street in the county will get at least one pass from a snowplow by 7:00 tomorrow morning, and several residents tell us that they will believe it when they see it they say the county's snowplow map is out of touch with reality, and in many cases, they said the map shows plowing on their street is "in progress" but they have not seen any yet. >> we have been in progress for 2 days now. >> are you satisfied with t

a murder-suicide that stunned this ashburn community. hear now from a neighbor. she knew the couple. she asked that we not show her face. i feel so, so sorry for them. they were the nicest couple in the neighborhood. they were very, very nice and especially he was very nice. >> 40-year-old andre howell a chief petty officer in the navy and his wife, 31-year-old naomi howell a singer in the church choir found dead inside their loudoun county condo. they were childhood sweethearts. they'd been married for some time. they were regular church-going people, in fact, the day it happened they'd gone to church together. police say he shot her and then turned the gun on himself. michelle c. thomas was the house pastor. >> if we're being looking for a rational explanation, we will never find one here because these were god love everies. it should not have happened. it's demonic. >> the howells have two daughters, one was away at college and the other a little girl about 5 years old. sources say she was around when this happened, but it is unclear as to what she saw or what

a murder-suicide that stunned this ashburn community. hear now from a neighbor.w the couple. she asked that we not show her face. i feel so, so sorry for them. they were the nicest couple in the neighborhood. they were very, very nice and especially he was very nice. >> 40-year-old andre howell a chief petty officer in the navy and his wife, 31-year-old naomi howell a

. >> they cleared most of the main roads but still working on the neighborhoods like ashburn farms. >> this is fun. ready to get back to normal. >> tired of clearing the way for the girlfriend's car. >> that is what we pay for the homeowners oh, to get it dug out and go to work. >> but minutes later the call for help was answered. >> it's cleared. what do you think now? >> we are going inside to eat soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. >> they are cleaning the main roads. all the work on 24/7. they are asking for patience soon enough. leon: still ahead at 6:00, the folks have a creative way to clear the own roadways. alison: this is a common site. e item we are finding coming up. >> after days of panda videos the national zoo is returning to normal. reopen tomorrow at 10:00. we'll be right back. leon: mobile track 7 is out looking for trouble spots to dig out of blizzard 2016. we will get a live report on what the crews found in a bit. maureen: sad story today. maryland family is mourning the death of a 5-year-old girl hit by an s.u.v. while sledding. she slid in oncoming traffic. ther

we will take our tree up to state road and ashburner. >> that is in the northeast. >> come on, let'she web site, machine through friday, they have six drop off locations, and then this sat the day and next the saturday, there are going to be 23 drop off locations, so you can take your tree. or if you just want to put your tree out for trash they will pick it up on your regular trash day. >> state road, ashburner. >> okay. hurry. and guess what? it made the strongest statement any truck can make. it pulled a 5-star safety rating... on all sides... for every cab configuration. 'cuz when they say military-grade, they mean: "battle tested." this is the ford f-150. and every other truck is history. after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. love at first taste. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? brookside. talk about delicious. >> announcer: live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show". >> how you doin'? the kids have come to play today. you won't bel

ashburn was taken to grinnell hospital where he died of his injuries. elizabeth: in cedar rapids the city council created a new task force aimed to study the link between poverty and violence in their community. it is called the set task force . "set" standing for safe equitable and thriving. the task force will determine what role poverty and other factors play in the violence and suggest ways the city, schools and other community groups can address the problem. this effort comes after an incident last september when a 14-year-old boy shot and killed >> it's one thing to look at gun violence singularly, but we think we can be more effective if we take a broader approach. a deeper look if you will a systemic look at some of the problems we face. >> as a community we need to address job creation and employment. we need to address housing. we need to address just a whole system of poverty. elizabeth: the task force says they will spend several months studying the root causes of the violence. the city council wants a preliminary report in june and a final

campus of gallaudet university. 45 in ashburn hill. 52 in fort washington. bottom of the screen is the orange and the yellow color. south through spotsylvania and caroline county. that is heavy rain. moving knot east as well. the best news is this is moving quickly. it's expected to move offshore overnight. by the time it happens .8 of inch of rain in district. the heaviest rain is south and east of the city. remainder of the overnight hours, rain moving in. stop overnight. by early tomorrow morning skies will start to clear. overnight lows are 36 to 42. update at the holiday weekend forecast just minutes away. leon: you got it, doug. meantime, get to breaking news out of the abc7 newsroom. this is about the supreme court appeal. michelle marsh in the newsroom. what the latest in michelle: the u.s. supreme court will hear an appeal from former virginia governor bob mcdonald. we just received a statement from mcdonald. i'll read some of it. "i am grate to feel the u.s. supreme court for its decision today to hear my case. i am innocent of these crimes and ask

the sheriff's office 52- year-old david ashburn of f malcom's vehicle slipped off the road just before eight last night. he had been driving in the 18-ndred block of highway e-69, just west of person in the vehicle at the time of the crash. injuries from that crash killed him. agents from the iowa department of public safety have arrested two men for starting a fatal ottumwa house fire 10 years agogo28 year old christopher yenger of ottumwa and 27 year old zachary dye of council bluffs each face two counts of first degree murder. in 2 26, the iowa fire marshal ruled the cause of the house fire was undetermined. but authorities say new information shows the men started it intentionally after yengegot into a fight at a party at the home. the fire killed 20 year old nathan messer and 22 year old seth anderson, both of ottumwa, who were sleeping on the second floor. yenger and dye have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on monday. conservative lawyer teresa manning is taking her case against the university of iowa law school to a federal appeals couou. t

e there's your snow totals.ot ashburn 22 and a half.iewers sendingview these numbers in. germantown 18. gainsville we're at 20-inches of snow.no ashburn herndon haymarket all well over a foot.ll ovefo we have been watching theg banding start to really set upye just west of town and that jackpot kind of to the west of 95 is where we're expecting totals to exceed 20-inches in 2 many spots and perhapsps approaching 30-inches in a few locations by late this afternoon. aftern temperatures cold. 25 in washington, 27 in annapolis, 24 in fredericksburg.ksburg. i've boone outside a few timesut this morning and what i've noticed is the winds reallyds ra picking up. picking up. that's what we were planningweel on. unfortunately in the last houre we had a wind gusting to 46 to out at dulles and you can see ys there are your current windrentw gusts. 39 in quantico.n quantic we have a sustained wind of 20 o to 25 here in washington rightn now.wa the good news not too many m power outages but we're stillbui very concerned.very we've got heavy snow fal

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mittens, whatever you have come you will needed to keep warm. 15 degrees falls church, 14 degrees ashburn. with the windchill, heading up the potomac, the windchill factor in the single digits, and it is cold, cold, cold. frederick maryland feeling like six degrees, three below and hagerstown. we have a windchill advisory in effect overnight through noontime tomorrow, including montgomery, frederick, and loudoun counties. tonight, the temperatures 7 to 16, with the windchill factor above0 below zero to 5 zero. we will talk about the cold weather the remainder of the day tomorrow and the potential of snow. i will tell you when from the belfort furniture weather center in just a few minutes. for up-to-the-minute information on the developing weather situation, download the stormwatch 7 weather app, and follow us on facebook, twitter, and wjla.com. leon: the breaking news in prince george's county, where the was a crash involving an ambulance in several cars. one of those cars was impaired impaledsty impaled by -- by a pole. tom: we also spoke with the driver. he said he is very fortunate to

outside at this hour, 19 falls church and springfield and centreville, and ashburn. the windchill factor, the wind has eased, mainly in the teens. to the north and west, feels like 2 in hagerstown, 7 frederick. elkins, west virginia, it feels well below zero. mainly clear right now, the clouds increasing through the part ofrning tomorrow, system number one over illinois right now. that will bring us no showers, snow flurries tomorrow afternoon and evening. the main event everyone has been talking about is still well a ways away, just entering the pacific northwest. this will jet across the country and likely bring substantial snowfall as early as friday afternoon, friday evening. more on that and what to expect for the upcoming weekend coming up. leon: stay with abc 7 and wjla.com as we monitor this possible snow event. sign up for text alerts. just go to wjla.com/text. alison: the big weather headline is the cold tonight, the windchill in the single digits in some spots, but where are the worst places for the icy air? tom roussey is live to explain. tonight i've alr

it's 43 in falls church. 43 in ashburn. 42 herndon. satellite and radar. the clouds are out there now. the further north and west you go to the west of interstate 81, we have clearing. the clearing skies will overspread our area as we head through the overnight hours. winds getting an extra chill out there right now out of the northwest around 8:12. the night time lows in 30, 33 degrees. we will talk about the rest of the weekend and a big blast of colder air. wouldn't you know it? just in time for everyone to head back to work and school on monday. more on that in the belfort furniture weather center. jonathan: thank you. president obama says one of the first actions will be to try to tackle gun control. he may use executive action to get it done. this is as one of the biggest gun shows in the country taking place as we speak in the d.m.v. chris papst at the dulles expo center where the gun show opened its doors. a lot of fans out there will not be fans of what the president is going to try to do. chris: a lot of people, that is quite the understatement.

ashburn, you're at 14 degrees. germantown 14. now let factor in a little bit of a wind. it will die off later today. 3 degrees for laurel. leesburg 5. lovettsville 4. it's cold. sunshine today. it will be a beautiful afternoon. by noon we're at 28. the winds relax. we're headed to the mid-30s. now over to you. >>> the cold weather having an impact on the rails this morning. on metro some unscheduled track repair is causing single tracking on the blue and yellow line between national airport and pentagon city. we're also keeping a close eye on delays on the red line to shady grove. buses remain on schedule at this point. frozen tracks are also contributing to some issues on marc of the. all brunswick line trains are running anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes late. vre continues to run on schedule. we did see delays going on 295. we did have a left lane blocked. all lanes are now open but we have residual delays. here's a live look from our trafficland cam. you can see it here. on the right hand side is where we see the inbound lane making your way toward the 11th street bridg

leon: richard reeve is live in ashburn. people are getting stuck all over, even service vehicles. rich? inside ofeon, we are one of the plow trucks with donnie, a driver. he is trying to help his buddy pull his blade out. it got busted by the chain. tell us what you are trying to do. trying to get the blade to where it will operate. it's not comparable right now to move the snow. richard: looks like they are trying to line it up to fix it, reattach it? >> yep. yep. richard: a tough night, huh? >> a tough two days. richard: you've done a lot of these? >> 20 years. richard: they are trying to realign the blade, fix the chain, get it moving again. we have seen this all night long. they have had their blades broken, hydraulic lines broken, chains broken. it will be a long night for a lot of these folks. back to you guys. alison: good luck to them. leon: we feel for those guys. alison: difficult work. jay korff has been in alexandria all day, at the scene of water main breaks and shoveling efforts. where do things stand right now in alexandria? wildit really has been a day. earlier the

it happened here at the quarry in ashburn. there were 500 tons designed to hold less than half that. they received a citation and the company said it made changes in hopes of preventing another tragedy. a district proposal to offer more generous paid family leave in the country. the most is in limbo because top administration officials say the plan costs way too much money. if you live and work here in d.c., you get 16 weeks of paid leave for the birth of a child, a medical condition or if you are caring for a sick relative. business leaders and councilmembers support it, but at a council meeting they said the proposed 1% payroll tax to pay for the benefit would not bring in enough money. a feeling shared by other members of the administration. >> the bill as it is currently structured has a lot of unknowns. >> we can do this. our residents deserve it. >> the district will have another public hearing on this issue next month. >>> changes are coming to the underground shops in crystal city, virginia to make them more accessible

amy: neighbors in ashburn can relate. >> temperature rising, it is melting, so the snow is a little heavier. amy: a big job that parents like chris foley say needs to get done. >> left is luck to school. even though it is right behind our house, they have to get through. amy: they say the two hour delay on monday is crucial. but until he feels the sidewalks are safe enough for his kids, he's getting other plans. >> ba couple neighbors will do a carpool system, so we have to worry about them on the roads. amy: his two kids are excited about heading into hours late, but they understand -- in two hours late, but they understand the dangers of walking in the street. >> what if the card is and see us, because i am so sure? -- short? [laughter] i might get hit. amy: snow-covered sidewalks like this one are not the only reason for tomorrow morning's delay. the school system is helping to ease some of the rush hour traffic congestion as well. 7 news.ashburn, abc kimberly: the carpool lanes will be very crowded. for personalized school delay and closing information, abc 7 has you covered. just visit

we'll have an update coming up on news 4 at 5:00, from ashburn, i'm carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> as we told you at the top of the show, tickets to sunday's game sold out in just 13 minutes. so you need to watch out for people selling fake ones. the washington redskins tell the news 4 consumer watch say they're becoming concerned about counterfeit tickets and parking passes and make sure you buy your ticket or parking pass from a reputable seller and if you get a pass from a friend make sure you you see that person received it and don't buy a ticket from off the street or from someone you don't know and on game day it's illegal to sell tickets or parking passes within a two-mile radius. all parking passes will be scanned on sunday and counterfeit or duplicate tickets will be turned away and they're not eligible for a refund under any circumstances. >>> a cell phone camera catches one local police officer going beyond the call of duty and having fun in the process. >> while in uniform a d.c. police officer showed up at a music video shoot on georgia avenue. this was yesterday morni

to bundle up, 35 degrees fairfax,d.c., 30 montgomery county, aspen hill in germantown, 20 9, 30, ashburne futurecast looks like this, scattered showers early tomorrow. i don't take it will amount to a lot. the late afternoon come into the evening, look what happens off to the north and west -- warrent winchester,k, moderate rain, moving off towards the north and east. it is gone by about midnight tomorrow night. another round of showers saturday. saturday afternoon come saturday evening. by sunday morning, everything should clear out nicely. don't expect a lot of sunshine in the morning, low 30's friday morning. to 45in the afternoon 38 degrees, depending on your location. the neck seven days, 53 the high saturday. near 60., looks good, fast-forward, wednesday, see that closely? flurries. have not seen that in a long time, the first time this year. i don't think it will amount to a whole lot. fun to talk about. alison: fun? steve: fun to talk about, flores. robert: the caps are the best team in hockey right now. something you did not know about kirk cousins, coming up. >> and now, the to

live from ashburn, richard reeve, abc 7 news. us he finallyell got the snowblower started. please tell us. aughs]rd l leon: i guess not. metro trains are completely shut down now for the weekend. bus service and real service will resume monday. kevin lewis is at the rockville station. is a completely empty now? yeah, and the final trains left the main station, l'enfant and metro center, the last rain that will come through on the red line will be about 11:30, but the only two people on the platform armature areoyees come in orange -- the metro employees, in orange, shoveling the snow off the platform. otherwise it's completely dead. the station manager said a lot of the recent trains had to passengers, three passengers. we are talking a mere percentage of a normal friday night. a lot of people have asked, why are they not at least operating, the tunnels, the subway portions, it's because they want to put as many of the metro cars underground as possible, where it is 30, 40 degrees warmer, to avoid all the possible blizzard-force winds to protect the railcars through this ve

coming up later in sports, more from ashburn and great college basketball hoops. trimble at that time again. a great basketball wrap up coming up. >> we always do, dave. thank you. >>> here's a question: you would you like to become an almost-billionaire overnight? you may have heard about this thing called a powerball, and it's up to $900 million. matt, what are my odds? that's what i want to know. >> reporter: are you feeling lucky? you shouldn't be. you have a better chance of getting a bee sting or being struck by lightning. you are one of the 6.9 people expected to buy a ticket today and sales are expected to reach $14,000 per minute. if not me, where is all this money going? powerball tonight. you know that. here is the first question. you have a better chance of winning the powerball or red skips winning a playoff game? >> powerball. >> powerball. >> redskins are not going to win. >> how much is the powerball? $1billion? >> redskins have a better chance. >> i have to say redskins because he said redskins. >> reporter: that's right. somebody will win. you ha

the happy couple still in their wedding clothes -- yes, there s-pthe ring -- will make camp here in ashburn for a couple of days. they showed how humor is an essential ingredient of married bliss. ryan silver/ bride "it was kind of like either we get married this weekend, or we wait... a really long time for it to happen. so we re like, "might as well, why not? um most of our friends and family were pretty local and it was a small wedding anyways." the silver )s weren )t the only ones with a change of plans this weekend. and some just went with it -- the men s basketball team from dusquene do-cane university in pennsylvania is stranded on the pennsylvania turnpike -- and have been for nearly 24 hours.more than 90 miles of the highway were closed at seven this morning. the coach said his team has used the time as team bonding. they hung out with a group of 8th the national guard is delivering water and food to all stranded vehicles. but this guy in baltimore found a way to get around. he hopped on his snowmobile to navigate the snowy streets. and tian tian at the smithsonian s national zoo i

ice worries at all. 50 in chevy chase. 44 in dale city. 49 in college park. 48 in anacostia. 43 in ashburn. the day lar is a solid sea of green. that is the rain. the orange and the yellow is the heaviest rain. we think it will stay south and east of the city. where it is now, over portion of charles county and st. mary's county. that area extends well southeast to the lower bay, lower eastern shore, maryland and vass across the outer -- maryland and across the outer banks. this is intensifying off the coast and it will help pull the rain out. so as we look for rain through the night. if you are out tonight you still deal with the rain. temperatures will fall between 36 and 42. we'll talk about the weekend weather in a few minute. leon: you got it. a dozen marines are missing after helicopter crash. it's off the island of oahu. rough seas with a big challenge now. 30-foot waves in the area. the cause of the crash is under investigation. stay with us at abc7. we will keep you updated on what we learn. maureen: crossing state and the city lines to compromise on gun control. attorneys general

he has been identified as stephen braddock of ashburn. drivingies say he was on monroe street when he crashed with another vehicle. so far no charges have been filed and the accident remains .nder investigation a sad day in the entertainment world, beloved british actor alan has died. rickman has died. he appeared in "robin hood, prince of thieves," and "love people familiar with his career said he had been battling cancer. he was 69 years old, and his death came the same week that david bowie died of cancer also at the age of 69. arlington fire crews are at fort meyer assisting with a carbon monoxide incident. four to five people are being evaluated after reports of high levels of the gas. we are working to get more information. the roller coaster temperatures continue. we are seeing a 15 to 20 degree difference from yesterday's arctic hare. doug hill has a look at your forecast. doug: temperatures noticeably warmer than this time yesterday as the cold air is moving out. check out the numbers right now. as of noon time, 50 degrees in cum

the same exact thing happened to the redskins indoor training facility up 95 in ashburn. and in matthews county... the roof of historic donk s theater-p&gave way because of snow. -pthey opened their doors in 1947. since snow totals creeped over a foot -- fire officials want homeowners to know the signs of a stressed roof. call a professional if portions of your roof start sagging -- you hear strange popping or crackling noises inside your home -- doors no longer open properly -- or new cracks appear in the walls. back in henrico -- sluss says after seeing his place of work collapse -- the snow on his own roof can )t melt fast enough.... one thing fire officials don t want you doing is removing snow from your roof by yourself. professional roofers should do that because it )s a dangerous task. next on newschannel three at 6. a woman calls 9-1-1 after she says a man was exposing himself to children. we )re now learning he has a list of charges -- reaching as far as pennsylvania. and if you )re headed out to dinner you may want to leave that e-cigarette at home. a new measur

so in the suburbs to the west snow here.ng live this ashburn, richard reeve, abc7 news. the fellow earned major points and went ahead and went through with the wedding. your princess down. alison: they will never forget it. what a memorable experience. leon: maybe they will send us their pictures. we have been getting pictures from folks out there pics@wjla.com. kimberly suiters is in the newsroom right now and has a folkst some of the people have been sending in. kimberly: we are putting a lot of them on twitter. with this one. spinning out on the beltway. we love these. the before and the after. in fairfaxt kevin will send us another picture tomorrow because the snow could be above the bushes there. georgetownideo of from one of the producers. have you ever seen reagan empty?l airport so capital bike share bikes. not that everybody is out closed in they are the storm. this is cool. kathryn sent a video in of ice on her pool. dad doing crazy 8. get out of the way. over.get knocked then the hardworking anchors leon and alison. show two more picks to you. breaking news cu

we went to leesburg, ashburn, round hill and sterling. we went to town homes and condos and single-family homes and they all look pretty good. what is not good are the sidewalks and schools have now four days to clear it up or the students will have to walk on the street or in knee-deep of snow. clearly there was no shortage of digging out. >> he is shoveling 10 to 15 feet above ground. >> a lot of snow. >> the weight of the snow on his roof causes his front door to jam. >> sometimes the doors, they are stuck, you know. because the weight of the snow on the roof, that much. >> reporter: while the children play in the snow, fred is busy protecting his baby. >> i have a cover for it, but i was worried that the weight of the snow was going to rip the cover. >> reporter: he wouldn't dare drive his beauty in the blizzard. >> not unless i was crazy. i drove a car like this in the snow that was literally as high as the hood. when i was going up as a kid, we had these kind of cars and they were real nice. >> reporter: v dot cleared at least a sin

marine fisheries says: neil manning from ashburn caught a 138-pound fish off hatteras last year. the fish is 85-inches from the tip of its lower tail. it is 37 inches around. a 118-pound fish set the state record in 19-76. meantime -- the world record marlin weighed 181 pounds. preperations are underway for the super bowl. and what do the redskins plan to do with quarterback kirk cousins? a brand new field, a halftime show featuring coldplay--a hall of fame quarterback, the hottest young quarterback in the league. preperations are underway for super bowl 50--by the bay. i'm bruce rader, the carolina panthers returned to the practice field today for the first time since winning the nfc championship. welcome sight for panther fans. 5 time pro bowl defensive lineman jared allen was on the field today, he missed the nfc championship game with a broken foot. and cam newton, the panthers' suddenly "superstar" quarterback kicked off the game's media blitz by adding fuel to explanation for all the heat he's taken for his flamboyant style on the field. newton will be the sixth black quart

out to kb in ashburn, a tough game, but a good game. >> reporter: yeah, it was-- everybody wanted a differentg, top. i appreciate it but all is quiet here now at redskins park, the lockers are cleaned out. the players reflect back on the abrupt end. >>> plus, what is the hey- small business owners, when you want fast internet that won't slow your business down, you need fios. but why ? well, fios is the 100% fiber optic network, with 99.9% network reliability, and the fastest wi-fi available. so your business can get things done faster. all from verizon - ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd. power. sign up for 25 meg fios internet and phone bundle for $99.99 a month. or upgrade to 50 meg internet and phone for a few dollars more and get $250 back. get out of the past. get fios. congress just voted to label genetically engineered salmon; why not other foods? gmo crops are doused with heavy doses of an herbicide the world health organization says probably causes cancer. isn't that reason enough to label? 64 other countries label gmos. why don't american shoppers have the same informat

in ashburn, georgia. in italy, texas where the town's only pharmacy, in the walmart, is closing today. >> why would you go to the expense of building a building, and putting a store in, then all of a sudden -- [clap] natalie: a spokesman for walmart told nbc news, "we never want to walk away from the opportunity to serve customers, especially in underserved areas. we share the communities' disappointment about this difficult decision." >> i don't like it. i don't like it at all. it makes it inconvenient. i love this store. nigel: natalie morales reporting. the neighborhood market store in pacolet and the store in gray court are on the list of stores that will be closing. gabrielle: walmart says it committed to opening 300 stores in food desert areas, and it's exceeded that goal. michael: just ahead, music education, amplified. >> this is something special, and you have to take advantage michael: a musician known for making history tells a class in spartanburg county he is famous for being an original memb

two tickets, one in ashburn, the other in herndon hit 50-grand each, but no one matched all the numbers. virginia lottery officials expect to sell about 2 point 7 million powerball tickets saturday alone, just before the next big drawing that night at 11. and there's a new millionaire in gloucester county. the virginia lottery presented james lewis with a million dollar check today. he's just one of three winners in the commonwealth's "new year's millionaire raffle" drawing. at first, he didn't think he won because he thought the winning ticket was bought at a in hayes. the recent cold snap after earlier record high temperatures spelled disaster for hundreds of sea turtles off the coast of north carolina. now north carolina aquariums are rehabilitating those stunned turtles. aquariums at pine knoll shores and roanoke island say: 300 have been found on hatteras island alone, in recent days. a rapid drop in temperatures can cause temps in shallow water to drop quickly, stunning turtles-- and causing a condition similar to hypothermia. some wash ashore, while other may die or become easy p

. >> reporter: lisa and liam, we just arrived here on ashburn hill road in fitchburg. i'm going to get out of the way so you can see what investigators are dealing with. we have two atvs involved in an accident. one is on the side in some snow, the other in the middle of the road. i can tell you three people were taken to umass medical. two of them had to be med flighted and that we do know at least one of the victims is a small child. investigators on the scene as they figure out exactly what happened, but again two atvs involved in an accident, three people taken to umass medical, two by med flight and at least one of them is the small child. reporting live in fitchburg katie brace, wbz news. >> thank you. >>> new tonight bill cosby's wife may be on the hot seat. a massachusetts judge denied her request to avoid a deposition. that means she may have to about the sexual assault accusations against her husband. right now cosby is at his pennsylvania home free on $1 million bail. prosecutors in that state charged him with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 12 year

the weight of the snow deflated the dome in ashburn, virginia. feet of snow. it' s unclear if anyone was inside the dome when it collapsed, but we know police say no one was hurt. the redskins say they' ll re-inflate the facility after crews remove the snow. the storm dumped a foot of snow in some areas of kentucky. drivers were stuck for hours on i-75, including a local news team. watch this. the reporter and photographer from wkyt saying they thought officers would reopen the frozen interstate quickly. but it turned into a 13-hour standstill. justin skeens: we became a news story. it was the first time that i' ve ever experienced other news stations, outlets contacting us , wanting our story, wanting to see how we were doing. courtis: reporter and nku graduate caitlin center says she understanding of the story. after more wrecks and slide-offs, police were finally able to reopen the road. the snow has stopped and the cleanup has started. the nation' s capital is digging out from the massive snow. wlwt news 5' s aixa diaz tells us how washington, d.c. is thaw

on dale boulevardk near ashburn -- ashdale avenue-- rather in dale city.er the victim was taken to theospital with serious nonlife-threatening injuries.at police say the strikingay ttr vehicle could be a 2008 dark colored ford taurus. tru >> in the district overnight also fire crews spent theews sp early morning hours battling aug hours fire in the 100 block off 36th street in northeast.orea now, this is video from thero t d.c. fire department we'ree showing you. there have been node reports of injuries in this incident.nc >>> happening today in baltimore, jury selection is j set to begin iurn the trial of officer caesar goodson. g goodson is the second of sixondx police officers to go on trialot in the death of freddie gray. ga of the six officers charged, chd officer goodson faces the most serious charges including second degree murder. meanwhile a d maryland appealsaa court ruled that officer william porter can't be forced r to testify at goodson's trial.ri porter was the first officer t r tried in freddie gray's death.th porter's lawyers argued thatawys forcing him to testify would

marine fisheries says: neil manning from ashburn caught a 138-pound fish off hatteras last year. the fish is 85-inches from the tip of its lower jaw, to the fork in its tail. it is 37 inches around. a 118-pound fish set the state record in 19-76. meantime -- the world record marlin investigators believe a sick whale has died and washed up on a north carolina beach. they found the animal beached south of wilmington this morning. a stranding expert says the humpback is between one and two years old. he says it was very thin, while. old dominion gets ready for its two game road trip in florida where it will try to right the ship. plus. super bowl quarterbacks peyton manning and cam newton are in the news, and for different reasons. and...what do the redskins plan to do with kirk cousins? sportswrap. here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. it's white breast meat chicken every time. because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. and in vineland, it's all

meanwhile, the redskins will have to wait to practice at their indoor facility in ashburn. they said they will reinflate it once the weather improves and they can blow it up again. >>> after the break, the latest on the rain now in the forecast. >>> and how congress is dealing with this >>> 11:42 now, and around the region we've got a few bits of sun coming through. we got a peak in the upper 30s during the afternoon and refreezing overnight from midnight to dawn tomorrow. we should refreeze tuesday evening, maybe some fog and rain around, maybe a light mix of wet snow and rain late on thursday. >>> blizzard 2016 brought more than just our local government offices to a screeching halt. congre >> congress had to postpone two important votes because of the snow. edward lawrence is on capitol hill. >> the house had two votes scheduled for tomorrow and wednesday. those votes have now been postponed and will be handled a week from today on february 1st. one of the votes was actually the iran finance transparency act. that was the act that is designed for lawmakers to try and und

we got this facebook mention. 6inches at ashburn, and these are as of 10:00, and 4.5 in ashton, and 6 in laplatta, and west virginia, 8 inches. the storm is behaving about like we thought it would. certainly historic, yes. winds are picking up after mid- night. i upped it, instead of 8-14, i went 8-16. i resisted going 8-18 overnight. the new model the scared me. thunder snow is possible. heavy activity should be over by 6:00 p.m., and 30 inches are possible in localized areas, and the winds, 30 to 45 miles an hour, and that's why we are concerned about power outages, but it's a pretty dry snow, nothing like 2010 that started wet and ended up dry. the problem is, it's going to drift. shovel frequently, every 4 hours. keep snow off the heat pumps, and sleep on the 1st floor. if you live in a neighborhood with tall trees and something comes off or a limb pops off, you're in trouble. check on the elderly, and keep your fire hydrants and mailboxes dug out. >> we will come back and talk and the snow moving hour-by- hour and its place in history. >> we have our wus a 9 crews fanned out acro

the blizzard that hammered the east coast knocked down the redskins training facility. the dome in ashburn virginia. it' s unclear if anyone was inside the dome when it collapsed. police say no one was hurt. the redskins are planning to re-inflate the facility after crews remove the snow. >> not just a problem for the redskins check out this bowling , alley in virginia. this has been a popular spot for more than 35 years but officials say the roof buckled under the snowfall late saturday night. this area got nearly two feet of snow. mark: the redskins thing is not such a bad thing, they have to blow that up and start all over anyway. lisa: they are not exactly training anytime soon. [laughter] randi: we are looking at temperatures, today and downtown cincinnati did not get hit. had about 10 miles south and that is where all the heavy cvg did pick up about two inches of snow. after december, there were crickets, it was very warm and not at all snowy. we will not be giving with any sort of snow in the forecast this week aside from a couple of flurries. today, we are talking about rain with c

. >> right now we have this problem at ashburn village road. not sure what the problem is there. 270 to the spur, it will take you nine minutes. again, that's rolling along just fine. 66 into town looking fine. remember to listen to our friends wtop 103.5. aaron, do i need to come in and resuscitate you? >> i'm going to need a hug, i'll be huddled in the corner. >> in the fetal position. >> if you're heading to the store, you may be out of luck. what people are buying as they're waiting for the snow. >>> utility companies are gearing up for the snow as well. we'll show you what dominion power is doing to make sure this ♪ you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ video camera on the spot. clock to keep you informed on the weather alert as we prepare for two feet of snow in parts of our area. can you think of what that looks like? two feet of snow. we're measuri

in ashburn, georgia... in italy, texas where the town's only pharmacy in the walmart - is closing today. :08 sot: glenda tremblay/italy, tx resident "why would you go to the expense of building a building and putting a store in then all of a sudden -clap..." a spokesman for walmart told nbc news, "we never want to walk away from the opportunity to serve customers, especially in underserved areas. we share the communities' disappointment about this difficult decision." :12 sot: connie moore/italy, tx resident "i don't like it, i don't like it at all natalie morales reporting. walmart says it committed to opening 300 stores in food desert areas and it's exceeded that goal. the worst. car repairs, home improvements, a family trip... it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipping major votes... all over the place on immig

we are going to be below freezing through the morning hours. 25 degrees. 17 for ashburn. white oak 18 degrees. we stay into the 30s for a good bit. by noon we are still at 38 degrees. we'll top out into the low to mid 40s. that will be comfortable this afternoon. tonight, i want to show you this. most areas will stay above freezing if not a few degrees below for frederick and martinsburg. you are not going to be below freezing too many hours. refreeze won't be too big of a deal. this morning will be the coldest morning we see in a while. today and through tomorrow nothing but sunshine. tomorrow after the sunsets we'll see clouds work their way in. monday we see the clouds increase fast. here's what we are talking about for monday afternoon. we are looking at light showers out there. wednesday will be the day where we see heavy rain and also some thunderstorms possible. don't be too concerned about the showers on monday. 44 degrees today. 55 for tomorrow. then we get warmer. we will see a drop in the temperature on tuesday for groundhog's day. wednesday 63. falling tempera

through the metro area, german town in the morning. 16 in ashburn. 17 in aspen hills. 19 degrees is the expected wake-up low in dale city. 20 in brentwood neighborhood of washington. on surface the massive area of the high pressure started out in the eastern slopes, rockies. moving eastward all week. move all shore. we warm up tomorrow and thursday and friday. then a warm front will come in and bring the clouds back and a chance of showers. north of the board a blast to make it push southward. we will feel it tuesday, wednesday, thursday. 19 tomorrow. then for the next seven days we have two possibilities of rain. the first is friday. 47% chance. a 40% chance of rain in the game. then the colder air will build again. only 38 for a high on tuesday. alison: i don't think the redskins fans care about the rain. leon: it doesn't matter. they could play that game on the north pole or surface of the sun. it doesn't matter. alison: still to come, new twists in the case of the so-called "affluenza" teen. still ahead why the teen's mother is on the move as he hires a new attorney to fight extradi

obviously a very different vibe these days in ashburn. we're talking about a playoff-bound team right now the most stable franchise in the nfc east. everyone is looking for a coach these days, not the cowboys. next year. that said, the early season drama is clearly paying off and a lot of the credit goes to this guy, scot mccloughan. >> i feel like he saved us in a way. bringing him here and the veterans he put in place, this is a young team and having guys around like that, it just helps you mature a little faster. >> i've been in the league longer, he's played in the super bowl, he's played in more playoff games than i have. those kind of things that you know a lot of us don't have on our resume that we can pull information from him and knowledge from him and just try to gain it, you know? >> you know that saying act like you've been there before? a lot of these guys have never seen a playoff game in their life, but three members have seen some super bowl action. they were blown up by russell wilson and the seahawks. >>> talking hockey

inside the city maybe not much of an issue, but the outlying areas are really cold. 18 in leesburg and ashburn only 21 in withdrabrandywine, 22 in stafford. so stay alert, slow down. your commute today, many, many icy patches. temperatures near 20 on the way in. and in the upper 30s to near 40 on the way home. so a slushy ride home. in a few minutes, we'll talk about the weekend and the warm-up. >> can't wait for the warm-up. a new accident in front of the grizwold dealership. bw parkway at, a crash on the ride side of the roadway. eastbound 50, the ramp to 66, an accident there. and again the storm teamx 4 in northwest washington showing us generally the roads okay, but not fully plowed on the sides. >>> if you plan on using a commuter lot today, what you need to know in order to make sure you get to work on time. >>> and new developments in the zika virus scare. where another case just popped >>> 16 after the hour. we can't warn you about this enough. if you're going back to work or returning back to school, take your time. >> it could be a very slick commute for you this morning whether wal