and had retreated in terror across it after braddock's crushing defeat. now 12 days after leaving mt. vernon, the road took him past great meadows, the former site of ft. necessity which washington had surrendered to the french in 1754 and later privately acquired as investment property. the autumn rains had begun by this time, turning braddock's road into a muddy trough. his tenements here, washington noted, was little improved though capable of being turned to great advantage. in reality, it was as much as sodden then in 1784 as when he surrendered to the french 30 years earlier. washington had posted it for lease but so far no takers. with his baggage bogged down in the rain and mud, washington rushed ahead with a single intent to reach his much larger tract at a place called washington's bottom. in time for a scheduled auction of a grist mill, we can see it there, old picture of it, that he owned with gilbert simpson. since 1772, simpson had been washington's agent in managing this 1,644-acre tract, and his partner in developing a farm and mill, this

. >> this happened near the village center in centreville just off braddock and stone roads. that's where we find news 4's jackie bensen. >> reporter: we're told this woman may be in her 80s. now, police are dealing with a mystery here. take a look. this shopping center is right across the street from where this happened and you can see just over the hill here that's stone road where the collision took place on the other side a busy housing development. yet because of the bitter brutal cold no one saw anything. this woman was found in the middle of the road. we have some video of earlier when fairfax county police detectives were on the scene trying to get some evidence that may be here trying to figure out exactly what happened. and they tell us help from the public will be crucial in this investigation. >> we're hopeful that someone saw something, saw this woman attempting to negotiate across the lanes here on braddock road. and if someone saw her, we'd like them to contact the fairfax county police department. >> reporter: now, it's almost unimaginable that at 6:45 at nigh

someone found a woman lie ngts middle of braddock road in centreville. police say she had been hit by a car while trying to cross the street. the incident happened in front of a normally busy shopping center. but because of all the cold weather, most people weren't out. police are still working to put together a description of the car involved. >>> new this morning, a new report says metro knew the radio network in suby tunnels did not work properly but never told the fire department. that's according to the "washington post". metro's communication -- aware the radio system was not reliable but did not reray laylay the information to fire officials. >>> today we should learn whether virginia's former first lady will go to prison. maureen mcdonnell will be sentenced by the same judge who sentenced her husband governor bob mcdonnell. prosecutors want maureen to todo 18 months for taking lavish gifts. defense lawyers are calling for community service saying the public humiliation of the trial was punishment enough. northern virginia bureau reporter david cu

between 236 gallows movado onto the shoulder but it is sluggish coming past braddock road.sas to get into centerville. much earlier vehicle broken down, long been cleared from the roadway. the baltimore washington parkway southbound delays can't south of 100 past 175. what is left of the earlier accident is on the shoulder. accident on the ramp from 450 to go newport on the gw parkway. lanes are open on the through lanes of the parkway. the volume is not too bad. andrea? mike in. >>> thank you beverly. from fashion to big surprises this year's grammys have everyone buzzing this morning. >> 94.7 fresh f.m. tommy mcfly jones us live. take it away, tommy. >> reporter: oh it was so good last night. so sam smith the bigger winner with four, he actually thanked the guy who broke his heart and that is the reason the whole album was written. very much like adele from a few years ago. beyonce and miranda lambert both won their categories. and the biggest surprise of the night was beck winning album of the year. if you are a beck fan that all makes sense. if you saw social media a li

shall be found a woman lying in the middle of braddock road in centreville.y she had been hit by a car while trying to cross the street. >>> dangerously cold now you can get frostbite exposed skin anywhere from about 20 to 30 minutes. and temperatures that are hover willing single digits with i said withes gusting to 20 feel like they're around 5 below to 15 below. temperatures right now single digits all around the region. >>> 5:46. police are trying to figure out what happened to a man and woman found dead in a northern virginia park. officers found them a car parked at mountain run lake park in culpeper county last night. we're told both of them had signs of at this point police in that town and county are asking anyone who visited the lake yesterday to give them a call. >>> we're learning p thatthis morning that an inmate who died inrousdy was in restraints when she was shot with a stun gun. police say natasha hk ken in a was in a restraint chair and wearing a hood. police say mckenna refused to leave her cell. she had also assaulted a deputy three days e

driver responsible for a deadly hit and run in fairfax county that happened just before 7:00 one braddock road in centerville. the victim was a woman who has not been identified. stay with us for updates. alison: a disgraced d.c. rabbi could spend the rest of his life in prison. today, barry freundel pleaded guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism. he admitted to recording women at a ritual bath. freundel faces 52 years in prison when he is sentenced in may. he was a rabbi in georgetown for more than 25 years. virginia's former first lady will be sentenced for corruption tomorrow. prosecutors are recommending that maureen mcdonnell serve 18 months in prison for taking gifts in exchange for favors. former governor bob mcdonnell was sentenced to two years, but he is free pending his appeal. we will have live team coverage from richmond tomorrow. leon: in abc 7 exclusive, the i-team discovered the district is on the book for more than $2 million of repairs after seven ladder trucks for the d.c. fire department failed inspections. chris papst explains that the cost could have easily been avoided. re

green belt, west falls church braddock road noma grove nor, van dord street. a metro track geometry vehicle which studies the rails gave read eight long some sections of track that further manual testing is needed. metro's chief spokesperson dan stessel says "you see us putting in speed restrictions as an additional safety step during a season where the potential for weather-related cracked rails exist." trains will be slowed down by about a third of their top speeds through these areas so for example 50 miles per hour becomes 35. rider jason outside on this cold day says he's fine with the move. >> with what's happened in the past recent history, especially the last couple of weeks with the cracked rail and the third rail and someone died from that i have no problem with them slowing it down for safety. i'd rather wait a few minutes to get home and tet gete home. >> reporter: we've posted more information about this on our website. go to nbcwashington.com. reporting looift the reagan national station, adam tuss news4. >>> investigators are trying to figure ou

. >> meet mitchell braddock, also known as mico. he's a 45-year-old ex-con who did ten years in a michigan state penitentiary for robbery and assault. >> so i feel people that are weak and not in shape and can't protect their girls shouldn't be in this business. >> front side. he's got the money. white male, black top. keep an eye on him. >> we first met mico in 2010 -- >> step out. >> hands up. hands up. >> when he was arrested by michigan's human trafficking task force for pimping out a 19-year-old woman named heather giardan. >> get your shirt on. >> also known to police as lil' barbie. >> please. i didn't do anything. >> put your pants on. >> let me put my clothes on. >> at the time mico rejected the pimp label, choosing instead to describe himself as a bodyguard and chauffeur, offering guidance and protection to women working in the sex trade. >> i've never had one girl ever been hurt being with me. not one. you guys look at it differently, but i truly believe that i'm doing a good deed by protecting them. technically, okay, i

officers were called to the intersection of braddock and stone road for the report of a woman lying in the roadway. she died on the way to the hospital. now investigators believe she was struck by a vehicle, but there are no eyewitnesses. anybody with any information should call fairfax county police. >>> police on the eastern shore say the icy conditions there led to a crash involving three school buses. 16 students had to go to hospitals, though their injuries described as nonlife threatening. the crash happened late this afternoon in sussex county, delaware, near bridgeville. state troopers say those buses were following each other when the third bus some ice, ran into the back of the second bus which then ran into the back of the lead bus. >>> virginia's former first lady will fine out tomorrow if she will serve prison -- find out tomorrow if she will serve prison time for the scandal that dominated the headlines for months after her >> reporter: prosecutors say virginia's former first lady should serve 18 months. do you think that's enough? >> no. i think she should serve more. >>

someone found a woman lying in the middle of a braddock road in centreville. police say she had been hit by a car while trying to cross the street. the accident happened in front of a normally busy shopping center. but because of the cold a lot of people weren't out. >> very tragic event. so we are trying to piece everything together we're looking for witnesses folks that may have seen or heard something. >> police are still working to put together a description of the car involved in this accident. >>> 4:31. want to go back to tom to tell you about this brutal cold weather and wind that we're dealing with. >> that's a good word for it brutally cold windchills right now. temperatures are hovering right in the low single digits. and it will be staying just in the low single digits over the next couple hours. feels like 8 below in washington windchill gaithersburg 16 below, manassas 11 below windchill. subzo windchills near the bay, hagerstown nearly 20 below zero windchill. winds are gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour. so we have all of these counties in blue still

a woman lying in the middle of braddock road in centerville. happened last night. hit by a car trying to cross the street. the accident happened in front of a normally busy shopping center. because of the cold weather most people weren't out. police are working to put together a description of the car. >>> following a developing story out of detroit now. months after a huge search for a missing boy. charges filed against the boy's father. the abuse police say she responsible for, and on an ice cutter in the chesapeake bay. conditions the watermen are dealing with today. we're going to show you. >>> stay wit. >>> a developing story this morning. the parents of a 12-year-old boy charged with child abuse months after the boy was discovered in their detroit basement. the boy was found in his father's baitment in detroit after reported missing 11 days last june. prosecutors say the boy was physically abused was depriveded of food and forced to do extreme exercises. this case gained national attention after the father was told he was found in his basement on live televis

a little slow inner loop passing braddock road. otherwise no major issues. beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. travel times coming up. >>> coming up on 6:02. a massive winter storm bearing down on new england this morning. this storm expected to dump about two feet of snow over the next few days there. schools in boston already closed today and tomorrow. this is the third straight monday that area has been hammered with a winter snowstorm. massachusetts governor charlie baker says in the past two weeks, more than 60 inches of snow has fallen in that state. >>> and we're seeing that storm have a ripple effect at our airports this morning. megan mcgrath is live at reagan national with the information you need to know befor out. >> reporter: good morning. yeah we don't have any snow at all in our area but still expected to be a tough go for people flying out of our local airport and headed to the northeast. beca cancellations we've seen. for example boston, 280 s n canceled. we don't have the bad weather, but we are seeing cancellations. you ca

taking a look at the beltway here at braddock road inner loop and outer loop moving along nicely. seeing a little bit slowdown just after dale city as you're headed northbound here this mornin typical for this time of day. d t 9 the 5 in maryland bw parkway in and out of town, 29 beltway allel ro rolling along nicely. >>> there may be cuts on the table as congress will reevalua the food stamps program. y sees the start of a two day hearing on the program called snap. the progm will be completely reviewed the house com 25e789s to cut the program in 2013 were unsuccessful. items not known what changes will be made. >>> we're working for you to keep you safe. two products are under recall this mornin fanimatis recalling 9300 oo00 brewmast belt driven ceiling fans because reports of them fall positio a electrolux is rec 3,00 ranges because they pose a shock hazard.> you may soon be able to diagno always i'm are's and parkini'm are's and the study in mexico suggest as skin biopsy could detect the presen of abnormal proteins in the bed. those proteins are linked to these diseases. the s

green belt west falls church grosvenor, braddock road, van dorn some of the locations we're seeing the restrictions. the locations can change day to day day. speeds have been reduced about a third. it's been done as a safety precaution in spots with potential for weather related cracked rails. trains that normally go 50 hirnmiles per hour will go around 35 miles per hour. and this is just along short sections of track just about a few hundred feet but the restrictions could add a few minutes to your commute. talked to one gentleman and he says he hasn't noticed a difference but even if he did, he doesn't mind. >> if they have to slow down for cracked rails, we have seen what happened to metro north last night. rails are dangerous when they're not properly maintained. so could be a little slow but we'll get here safely. >> reporter: expansion and contraction in the cold weather and then the swings in temperature, that is with a causes the cracks. soo this so this could be with us for a while. back to you. >>> there is major road work to watch out for on i-66 this week. at around midnigh

beltway at braddock no problems there. 66 and 95 pretty typical. 5:30 is about the time where we seeslow down northbound on 95 for dale city. prince george's county overall rolling just fine. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> today president obama set to unveil his budget proposal. republicans it charge of both houses of congress almost certainly won't accept it. but there could be some issues on which they agree. tracie potts live on capitol hill thousand with what the president will propose today. >> reporter: you'll hear lots of numbers today. and in terms of agreement, paul ryan says they do want to try to find some common ground with president obama on taxes. he's got new taxes in there for corporations on the profits that they make overseas. 14% tax. even more on your future items. but tax breaks for the middle class built into this $4 trillion budget. a second tax credit for two parent working families expanding tax breaks toed a consult adults who don't have kid, expanding the child tax credit. all of that the president putting in the bunch the like intra structure-terdiction infr

beltway at braddock road looks pretty good there. and then taking a look at 66 no problems. a live look at prince george's county coming up. >>> breaking news at least 15 people are dead after a plane crashed in taiwan's capital. take a look at dash cam video. wow. that shows that transasia plane clipping a bridge before it slammed into the river below. this crash happened shortly after takeoff. 58 people on board. as you see here rescue crews are still searching for 19 people. >>> right now metro is open, but some trains may be moving slower than normal. cold weather is forcing metro to restrict speeds in some places to prevent cracked rails. megan mcgrath is live to explain why your trip into work may take longer. >> reporter: it could take a little bit longer. right now the speed restrictions affect every line in the system. but the locations could change day to day depending upon ongoing inspection of the rails. the speeds have been reduced by about a third in over a dozen locations. this is being done as a safety precaution in spots with potential for weather related cr

there's a speed restriction about a mile south of here between reagan national and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. it studies the rails and sends alerts about problems. there's enough concern with some sections of track and the freezing cold that metro's now slowing trains down. metro chief spokesperson dan stessel tells us "you see us putting in speed restrictions as an additional safety step during a season where the potential for weather-related cracked rails exist." and there have been cracks and breaks in the rails recently. he's fine with the move. >> with what's happened in the past recent history, especially the last couple weeks with the cracked rail and the third rail and someone died from that, i have no problem with them slowing it down for safety. i'd rather wait a few minutes to get home and get home. >> reporter: others like peter gatis agree. >> we're always too much in a rush to go everywhere. nothing wrong with slowing it d

it happened last night in centreville at the intersection of stone and braddock roads. that's where brianne carter is live tonight. she's got the latest on the investigation for us. brianne? >> leon the family tonight is asking if the person behind the wheel would have just stopped or called police, if the outcome in all of this would have been any different. meanwhile, police are searching for the driver. >> i need to really really find this person. >> marisol and her family are heart broken today knowing 85-year-old adela, the woman who was like a grandmother to them all will never come home again. >> she's very nice, you know? she's -- she loves. >> originally from peru she lived in this centreville community. authorities say thursday night, she was crossing stone road when she fell. police say she was then hit by a car. the driver never stopped. she died on the way to the hospital. >> i find it ridiculous that somebody hit another person and just keep going. there's no way. >> she is described as nice and friendly and was said to still be very active. neighbors say

so he went out on the frontier over brad docks road -- braddocks road and he tried to visit his frontier plantation early in his retirement from being general, and they scared the bejesus out of him because he got out there, and the frontier -- they were, as he put it later, on a pivot. they were ready to leave the united states. the british had never left the frontier force. they were still trading the with the indians for furs, and they need guns to shoot those furs and those are just as good at shooting settlers. spain was moving up into the southwest from new orleans pushing into mississippi and alabama which were parts of georgia back then. georgia was on the run almost. the native americans were pushing georgia back. and you were losing a lot of the federal territories because the united states had no army, because it had no taxes. there were no -- the central government, such as it was had no ability to raise taxes, therefore, it couldn't have an army, couldn't defend the frontier, and the trade was going up through canada or going down the mississippi. so these frontier settlers,

let's bring in frank braddock of jhs capital advisers and our own bob pisani.hort on time so just a minute each. >> the important thing is we're waiting on what's going on in brussels. the eurozone finance minister is meeting with the new greek finance minister. they should be out with a declaration. we were hopeful it would be before the market closes. there's been nothing. there's peace talks going on in minsk about ukraine. >> it looks like we're down 30 points on the dow. we haven't gone two days back-to-back without triple digit moves on the dow. this would be one but so far in 2015, volatility is the name of the game. >> and folks really shouldn't be surprised about that. if you sit and look at the vix, we're exactly where we should be. we're back to normal. in the last year we're down around 10 now up around 19. no big surprise approximates. >> this has enabled a lot of traders to get long and short the markets very quickly. you play the trend. oil stocks one day up one day down. a lot of people are doing very very trading the stocks. the problem is ther

so he went out on the frontier over brad docks road -- braddocks road and he tried to visit his frontier plantation early in his retirement from being general, and they scared the bejesus out of him because he got out there, and the frontier -- they were, as he put it later, on a pivot. they were ready to leave the united states. the british had never left the frontier force. they were still trading the with the indians for furs, and they need guns to shoot those furs and those are just as good at shooting settlers. spain was moving up into the southwest from new orleans pushing into mississippi and alabama which were parts of georgia back then. georgia was on the run almost. the native americans were pushing georgia back. and you were losing a lot of the federal territories because the united states had no army, because it had no taxes. there were no -- the central government, such as it was had no ability to raise taxes, therefore, it couldn't have an army, couldn't defend the frontier, and the trade was going up through canada or going down the mississippi. so these frontier settlers,

so he went out on the frontier over brad docks road -- braddocks road and he tried to visit his frontier plantation early in his retirement from being general, and they scared the bejesus out of him because he got out there, and the frontier -- they were, as he put it later, on a pivot. they were ready to leave the united states. the british had never left the frontier force. they were still trading the with the indians for furs, and they need guns to shoot those furs and those are just as good at shooting settlers. spain was moving up into the southwest from new orleans pushing into mississippi and alabama which were parts of georgia back then. georgia was on the run almost. the native americans were pushing georgia back. and you were losing a lot of the federal territories because the united states had no army, because it had no taxes. there were no -- the central government, such as it was had no ability to raise taxes, therefore, it couldn't have an army, couldn't defend the frontier, and the trade was going up through canada or going down the mississippi. so these frontier settlers,