and calvert, and st. mary's k n county and toward the neck, and most of it on the lighter side, and it is pushing to the south and the east. you have a one or maybe two hours, be but as far as the accumulation goes, you are pr pretty much done. you might see a half inch, but showing it from the west, it fizzles down to the south and the east and it is going to continue down to the south and the east, and we have the winter storm warnings from charles, and calvert, and down the fredericksburg, but they are going to be dropped any minute as well as we continue to see it drop down. the snow will be ending, but the frigid temperatures are going to be turning icy if they are not already. the roads are snow-covered and as we lose any of the daytime heating from the sun, we will see it refreeze overnight, and veronica, that is the problem not only tonight, but into the morning tomorrow. we will see a lot of problems on the tuesday morning. >> that is right. and on top of that, it comes with a morning where the t

in maryland, calvert, charles, and st. mary's county are all in a two-hour delay. fairfax county schools on a two-hour delay. fauquier county schools are closed. loudoun county, you are on a two-hour delay. spotsylvania and stafford county schools are closed. you can see a list of the closings and delays running at the top and bottom of your screen. let's get over to jacqui jeras to see when we can get above freezing. >> we can do it later today. to 32day, we made it up at reagan national, everyone else was below the freezing point. we are below the freezing point this morning, but about 10 degrees higher than yesterday. 11 at dulles, 14, culpeper. no real windchill factor that we have to deal with. a pheromone of cloudiness across the region. we are going to erode away the cloud coverage. the weather headlines for today, we have another cool day or two to deal with. warmer temperatures are coming. mainly dry conditions through the week ahead. we will be in and out of the cloud cover. as we head towards the weekend, we will see temperatures that start with a 5. 50'

in maryland, calvert, charles, and st. mary's counties all will be on a two-hour delay. in virginia, there will be two-hour delayed openings in fairfax, loudoun, manassas, manassas park and prince william counties. a full list of closings and delays is at the bottom of your screen. they're posted also on nbcwashington.com. >>> tonight a jury convicted a local man of hiring someone to kill his wife for a few hundred dollars. audio recordings captured his instructions to the killers who turned out to be undercover cops. news4's erika gonzalez has more from the twin brook metro station in rockville. >> reporter: a montgomery county jury has found 50-year-old daniel mendoza guilty of solicitation of first-degree murder. in march of 2012, mendoza offered what he thought were two hitmen $200 and his car title to have his estranged wife and her lover killed. the men were really undercover, one an informant, the other a cop. what you're about to hear is an audio recording in spanish of mendoza talking to the alleged hitmen. he tells the men i just don't want you to leave her ali

here's how allen pinkerton believed it would play out when lincoln arrived at baltimore's calvert street train station. and this is complete with a plot, sort of diversion to draw any police escort away from lincoln's side at the critical moment. pinkerton wrote, it has been fully determined that the assassination should take place at calvert street. when the train enters the depot, and mr. lincoln attempted to pass through the narrow passage leading to the street, a party already delegated were to engage in a conflict on the outside, and then the policeman were to rush away and quell the disturbance. at this moment, the police being entirely withdrawn, mr. lincoln would find himself surrounded by a dense, excited, and hostile crowd all hustling and jamming against him. and then the fatal blow was to be struck. many of you will be familiar with the baltimore plot as this episode came to be called. but very few know the story behind the story, and that story begins with allen pinkerton. pinkerton is a tough nut. he is hard to get to know. he is a scrappy, grizzled, quick to anger. he bega

. >>> in maryland, anne arundel, calvert, charles, montgomery, and prince george's counties and st. mary's counties schools are all going to be closed tomorrow. frederick and howard counties are on a two-hour delay. the list is long and growing in virginia too. alexandria city, arlington, fairfax, falls church, and loudoun county schools all closed tomorrow. >> also, manassas park and prince william closed. you can find a full list of closures scrolling at of your screen now. also at nbcwashington.com. >>> storm team 4x4 has been out tracking conditions. whether they've been plowed or not, those roads could be dangerous overnight and into tomorrow. the bitter cold leading to black ice in a lot of places. news4 shomari stone is live in chevy chase with more on the icy condition. shomari? >> let's go right to the icy conditions. right now roadways are beginning to refreeze, and roads are icy. we're here on deal place in chevy chase. you can take a look at our storm team 4 cameras. and secondary roads like this one are covered with ice and even slippery in some spots. >> it's just goin

on friday morning, and then just rain as it glances from showers, most of the showers will be in calvert county, st. mary's county into the northern neck. thankfully, it then moves on out to sea and we salvage a decent saturday, which is some good news there, some consolation. wake-up weather, very cold, 19- 28 at 5:00, 18-26 at 7:00. and it's still cold at 9:00, 26- 32. we'll lower some temps and if it affects the weekend in just a little bit. >>> residents in the district are being told they need to boil their water. earlier today, some dc water customers, including us here at wusa 9 didn't have water. check out this map. pay close attention to the areas of northwest dc, those are areas in the blue, especially west and southwest of rock creek park, because that's who's affected. >> the dc water authority says water has been fully restored to all customers affected today, but precaution still has to be taken, including boiling all water you intend to ingest until further notice. there are about 1100 customers under the advisory. it's mainly under nebraska avenue in the areas of wisconsi

william, fauquier, spotsylvania and stafford counties and in maryland there's a two hour delay in calvert, howard and st. mary's county. we'll bring any more to you right away and also post them on www.wusa9.com. you can find them on the wusa9 ipad app. >>> a tanker driver involved in this wreck on route 50 is in the hospital tonight with pretty serious injuries. the driver lost control. his rig flipped over on the side during rush hour tonight in bowie near enterprise road. at one point this is about what it looked like, every single lane shut down. right now the road is open. prince george's county fire department says the tanker was carrying a nontoxic substance and besides, it didn't leak. >>> in jail tonight a tour bus driver said to be zooming along at speeds up to 70 miles an hour on a snow slick i-95. it turns out that was way too fast. that bus slid off the road and crashed on its side about 4:00 in the morning in stafford, virginia. we talked to some of those passengers. >> horrible, horrible. the bus just flipped over. guy was going way too fast. it hit the divider and flipped

but still snowing in southern maryland. 3:00 in the afternoon, still snowing in charles, calvert, st. mary's, anne arundel, easton. around 4:00, 5:00, it will taper off there, and by 6:00, a lot of it will be over. looking at totals that have been coming in on social media and observers around the region, here's veronica. >> we've seen the totals. thank you, everyone, who sent in wonderful photos of the snowfall in your area. folks, really down south, we're starting to see the amounts pick up. we said earlier the range from around 2, 3 inches, to as much as 7 inches in a few isolated conditions, and it is down south, could see more spots picking up around 7 inches of snowfall. let's look at the maps. we've been putting them together. these are the spots up north. washington county, maryland, frederick county, maryland, frederick county, virginia, seen the highest totals of snowfall. new market, maryland, 6.5, in frederick county. king george, virginia, down if king george county, 5 inches. that's the pocket down south that could see between 7 and as much as 9 inches of snowfall, king

mary's county, calvert county. that's about it. we'll zoom in a little bit, a little patch of flurry south of prince frederick and most of the snow is moving across the bay into the delmarva. we'll back out the radar a bit, just a little bit of snow around reedville in the northern neck, but even that will be out of here rather soon. let's send it outside to meteorologist erica grow. she's got a couple things for us in terms of snowfall totals and temps and wind chills. >> that's right. i have a piece of ice in my hand because last night we had some rainfall before the snow moved in and that rain laid down a layer of ice here on our weather terrace and maybe on your driveway or on your sidewalk as well. just be very careful if you haven't shoveled and completely cleared your sidewalk yet. you definitely want to be cautious and you might have to do a little extra elbow grease to get that snow off of the sidewalk because of that layer of ice. want to put down the salt and snow in the. let's look at some of those snowfall totals throu

off to the north and then maybe making a little bit of a turn toward southern maryland to charles, calvert, st. mary's. you have to watch out for spotty showers this afternoon. where it's 5 at -- it's 35 at pax river. the key is everybody is above freezing. wind chills, they're down in the 20s to about 30. a little bit brisk there. 38 cambridge with lighter winds. 29 in easton on the windchill. outside again on the michael & son weather camera, we've got mostly an overcast sky. 38. feeling like 30 with an east wind at 14. that easterly wind as opposed to northeasterly wind, it's cool but not as cold as the northeasterly wind. speaking of cold, they have a snowstorm. see this little spin here in western nebraska? that's moving in this direction. could be a foot of snow just north and west of minneapolis by tomorrow morning. watching this other system which is coming off shore. but this is still going to be close enough to the coast. that's going to throw moisture our way when the midwest system approaches. kind of have the two working together that will be bringing us the spotty shower from

we've seen a few fresher showers if you will develop in delaware and just in toward northeast calvertw into the bay pulling away. temps, that's the other piece of the puzzle this morning. they're cold but most, almost all are still above freezing with 34 for winchester and 36 in luray. 34 andrews. in d.c. we're 38. we talked about elevation. bull run mountain is 30 degrees. that would be the little bit of concern that if there's any drizzle or a couple of sprinkles before they get above freezing, that's where we could have glazing. 35 alexandria. rockville 34 with annapolis at 36 along with alexandria. lots of clouds showing up on our michael & son weather camera. sunrise still agent bit away from here, a good 30, 40 minutes now with a temperature of 38. northeast wind at 7 gives us a windchill of 33. but i think with the dampness it feels more like it's in the 20s this morning. moisture lifting to the north in response to a system from the west. s that comes in here, it's dragging up some of that moisture that's why we'll see the clouds thicken more than they are already. if you're g

more 100 congolese refugees have died after a boat carrying them home from uganda capsized on the calvert. uganda said it had recovered 107 bodies, including 57 children, as many as 250 people were on board. in egypt, throughout his or journalists have been denied bail after nearly three months in prison. peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy stand accused of belonging to or aiding a terrorist organization. they appeared in court inside a cage on monday when their case was adjourned for a week. mohamed fahmy condemned the proceedings. [indiscernible] >> mohamed fahmy says he has been denied proper medical care after his shoulder was broken during his arrest. egyptian prosecutors accuse al jazeera supporting the muslim brotherhood of ouster president mohamed morsi, it has been declared a terrorist group and subjected to a widening crack town. on monday, 529 brotherhood supporters were sentenced to death. a new mass trial has open involving 683 people, including top of the leader mohammed badie. in spain, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest austerity

[laughter] but i want you to know that under chairman calvert's direction, i did not want to screw thingsp, so we could finish her testimony and not have you wait around for an hour. that is the kind of guys we are. i appreciate that. >> was at a particular expertise he was going for? >> i did not screw things up. back to the clean water act. the new rule that is out. -- a list of wrist agricultural exemptions the epa has released, that that only applies to section 404, addressing the federal clean water act. is that correct? >> i have to double check with you. exception,t is an under the clean water act, waters of the u.s. it may be beyond that. it would not apply to direct used charges. covered under -- let me just check. i do not want to be incorrect. >> i may be incorrect. i do not know. that the exemptions only apply to the 404. as i understand, a former engaging in normal activities would have to adhere to the standard to avail himself or herself of the exception. has that always been true? is an antigenhis and exceptions we would recognize. you me start by saying we are changing no

under you to know that chairman calvert's direction i went on the floor to screw things up so we wouldn't have votes in the middle of this. >> was at a particular expertise re? going for thei >> back to the clean water act. a list ofut out agricultural intentions that the epa has released, but that only the clean water act, zach reck? t? >> i believe it is an exemption under the clean water act, waters of the u.s.. it may be beyond that. apply tonly would not direct discharges. that would be covered under npd ees. let me double check, i don't want to be incorrect. i may be incorrect, i don't know. i would like to clear it up. exemptions only apply to the coral for. as i understand it, if armor engaging in normal activities would have to adhere to the nrc as standard in order to avail himself or herself of the exemption. hasn't always been true? let me start by saying we are changing no exemption that currently exists under the law with this proposal. all the current agriculture's conventions continue. this is an opportunity for us to work with the usda to encourage conservation which bene

. >>> california congressman ken calvert is proposing a cut to the defenseç department's civilian workforce more than $80 billion over five years. we'll keep watching that story. >>> should illegal immigrants get in-state college tuition? not in new york state. a bill that gives financial aid to college students who are here illegally has been defeated in the state senate. it would have opened up $25 million in taxpayer money, and many senate republicans called it simply inappropriate, an inappropriate bailout at a time college education is unaffordable for american citizens as it is. >>> listen to this one. an ohio teenager's dream of joining the army may not be shattered after a misunderstanding over a pocketknife at school. 18-year-old jordan wiser spent 13 days in jail for bringing a weapon campus and is nowç facing felony charges. wiser is an e.m.t. trainee who hopes to become a soldier and police officer. he says he always carries the knife for his job. >> maybe it is a misjudgment but that's something i have used in my e.m.s. since i started fire fighting when i was 14. i never met

. >> in maryland, calvert, howard and st. mary's schools open two hours late. >> with temperatures below freezing, there are found be slick spots on the roads as you head back to work today. megan mcgrath and danella sealock tracking the travel spots to cause some problems. >>> but first, we'll go to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kieran now for more on the conditions we are dealing with right now. tom, good morning. >> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing no snow around the metro area. we are getting a little bit of light snow in far southern maryland in southern st. mary's county and then across the potomac into the northern neck of virginia. this area in pink is a little bit of light freezing drizzle east of richmond forward virginia tidewater. that's advancing to the north and east. there could be a little patch of freezing drizzle in the eastern neck over the next hour or two. farther west, just a few scattered places of some light, freezing drizzle. that's south of fredericksburg where we have a winter weather advis

. >> in maryland calvert and st. mary's county schools are opening two hours late. >> the list is much longer in virginia. that is where culpeper, fairfax, fauquier, loudoun, prince william, and spotsylvania as well as stafford county all on a two- hour delay. you can see the list on the bottom of your screen and of course on wusa9. >> just in daze case you're wondering, we have heard from d.c., montgomery çcounty, arlington county, prince george's county, they tell us they will all be opening on time. >>> a couple of the slick spots here. the roads, many of them have been in pretty good shape. the high sun angle yesterday did a number cleaning them up and drying things out. we have a winter weather advisory to the south. a slow climb out of the upper 20s, low 30s. 34 by noon. we'll make it around 39 but also later on today, a shower possible south and east of d.c. with a little bit of moisture. there's the winter weather advisory through noon for flurries and freezing drizzle from fredricksburg, stafford down south

these showers are lingering across calvert county and just to the south of charles county, much of st. mary's county, leonardtown down toward the bay and also the northern neck. we'll zoom in. nothing is crazy heavy, all noniraasive procedure they use a catheter to guide the device up and through a vein in the leg. it then screws into the heart muscle, no wires involved. those things are also called leads for this particular device. >> the problem is if ever that lead has to be removed, it's very difficult. it's also a problem because that lead which is what communicates with the heart, that lead can fracture. >> there you go. you're better off without the lead if you can. pacemakers are used to regulate heartbeats. more than 600 patients will take part in a nationwide study to make sure this new device is safe and effective. >>> certain body parts tend to wear out with age and the achille's tendon is one of them. a local man has had tissue moved from part of his body. andrea roane explains. >> reporter: your dance partner janet, what's she like holding her in her arms and twirling he

in maryland, anne arundel, calvert, and charles county schools are closed today. frederick county, you're in a two-hour delay. howard county, same thing. montgomery county schools are closed as our prince george's county schools in st. mary's county schools. alexandria,, culpeper, and fairfax county schools are closed. falls church, loudon county, manassas city, and prince william county schools are closed. you can see a full list of closings running at the top of the screen. >> our reporters are all across the area. they are out all of the conditions in your neighborhood. >> let's get to jacqui jeras for a check up today's forecast. we are breaking records and spots. a record low in the dulles airport. let's take a look at the current conditions. temperatures 18 degrees in d.c.. the feel factor is five. -- dulles is 1 degree. it is 1 in frederick. we will have lots of sunshine. theill stay chilly, in teens still. by noon, we should get into the middle 20's. 31 degrees with partly cloudy skies at 4:00 this afternoon. staying below the freezing mark. the coldest da

calvert, charles, st. mary's among them. and in virginia fairfax, loudoun, fredricksburg and manassas. >>> it's been really cold the last couple of days so those areas are closed. the roads are still very treacherous. we have the clouds breaking up. sunrise at 6:35 and a good deal of sun today. temperatures are going to top out in the upper 30s by noon. then we'll make 40 to 45. i'm forecasting a high of 43 in d.c. with sun and 43 and the higher sun angle, we'll do a lot of melting. clouds overnight are starting to thin. you see them breaking up to the west. these are high thin clouds for the most part anyway. they've allowed temperatures to drop off into the teens, the lower teens in many areas to our north and west. la plata is at 19 in the upper teens with upper 20s in the eastern shore. we've got 25 at reagan national. 14 for gaithersburg and winchester. a nice afternoon, sunshine. 38 in hagerstown, one of the cold spots. 45 for manassas and 43 here in the nation's capital. here comes monika in. we started off much bette

. >> in maryland calvert, howard and st. mary east county schools open two hours late. >>> tom kieran is here now with your forecast as we approach 6:01. >> i think that's a good call the schools are opening a little late this morning because we are dealing with some patchy ice and also storm team 4 radar well south of washington, southern maryland, northern neck of virginia, lower part of the eastern shore getting some rain and some freezing rain. the area in green getting some rain there, but the area of white is seeing light snow falling in far southern maryland down to lookout point and lexington park. then south of there, this patch of pink is the zone of some freezing rain and some freezing drizzle. that rain and drizzle is falling and then freezes on elevated surfaces. parts of the northern neck, watch out for that. from there west of there to north of richmond, but well south of fredericksburg, we are off to a cold start. subfreezing temperatures. prince george's county, the upper 20s. montgomery and frederick county

in maryland calvert, charles and st. mary county schools are two hour delays and virginia where frederick, fairfax, loudon. we have also our wusa9 weather app and it's free. >>> now breaking news, sky9 over the scene in germantown where there has been a shooting, plenty of police activity on the scene. this happened along route 355 and oxbridge drive around 10:00. we just learned the victim has died. as soon as we get some more information, we'll bring that to you. >>> but first a developing story tonight at a local community college where extra police are on hand after threats of two school shootings in a month. the latest threat warned of violence tomorrow at the rockville campus at montgomery college. mark albert has more on the safety plan when students return to campus hours from now. >> reporter: when students and employees arrive here at the rockville campus on wednesday morning, they'll see increased police and security patrols, but that won't be enough for some students who plan to stay home. of the 60,000 stude

fauquier, loudoun, manassas and spotsylvania county schools closed tomorrow and to maryland where calvert, charles, montgomery and prince george's county schools all closed. ing did public schools will open two hours -- d.c. public schools will open two hours late. we will post the closings on our website and the wusa9 ipad app where you can get live radar and traffic apps and download that for free. >>> all day we've been tracking the roads for you and tonight there are some dangerous areas. we have some crucial information about your morning commute, what to look for, where the trouble spots are and who you can call for help. our mark albert is live in prince george's county tonight with what you need to know for tomorrow. >> reporter: this is old bridge road in lake ridge. there are some slick spots on this stretch of road. i talked with a contract plow driver for vdot who thinks the roads would need a massive amount of salt right now to get ready for the morning commute. vdot says its goal is to make one pass on northern virginia's 16,000 neighborhood streets by sometime tomorrow. unt

that bill has 35 cosponsors including nine the republicans, representatives calvert, franks, grimm, hick, issa, royce, and young. i thank them for their support. after the earthquake in haiti in 2010, congress passed nearly identical legislation to encourage donations to that country. that legislation passed by unanimous consent in the senate. the senate companion bill, s. 2936, had 40 cosponsors, 15 of whom were republicans. they included senators alexander, corner, grassley, hatch, johanns, roberts and thune. i hope that the senate will provide the same support to the philippines that it provided to haiti. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the finance committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 1821, that the senate proceed to its immediate consideration, that the hirono-heller amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, that the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, further, that upon passage, the bill be held at desk and that if the senate receives from the house a bill the text text of which is identical to s. 1821 as passed by the senate, the se