>> today was about cleanup here in calvert county. crews are busy trying to push this snow in the parking lot off to the side here so that it's out of the way. so that drivers could still get in and out of the shopping center. after the snowfall ended, kevin mccarthy didn't have much left to shovel after his neighbors all pitched in to help. >> one had a plow come by and the other as you just saw had a snow blower. >> hasn't been too bad. early on it was very nice because the snow was light. >> for some -- it was all smiles. playing in the snow. but for this montgomery county drama teacher, the time off from little nervous. >> beautiful to look at but i think every teacher is saying maybe we'll get out in august at this rate. >> calvert county and charles county saw anywhere between five and seven inches of snow on the ground today. >> this is perfect! perfect amount. i can get out. not stuck in the house. still get to the gym. >> but in neighboring st. mary's county, one area had as much as nine inches. the highest amount in the stat

d heavieruth, 2 to 3 for calvert, chars and northern st. mary's d then west of there, stafford and spotsz vein i can't into culp and farther south heavier amounts 3 to 6 inches st. ms county much of the northern neck and areas just to thh of freder. roads will be getting slick as w stay below freezing. a litt sun back in the with drying road but stayg below freezing away 30 degrs an 20s tomorrow morning. afternn highs low 30s. might morning flurries around on friday. still cold saturday. warning trend on monday might get snow and sleet mix early mond morning. and then a chance of a mix on tuesda next the way it looks rig now. and then much warmer 50s on wedny wh rain. and now we have the show coming down. are getting some accumu. yeah we're starting to get covera for sure. this is route 1 in woodbridge,n mcgrath is there for us showin the snow coming down. a lot of roads in virginia ha pre- still it's going to be slick and start to accumulate. inner loop betwr road and the spur we still have the right shoulder blocked. very hard to see, but

m calvert as well. heavie #08 k 8:00. taperi off by noon.his afterno a little sunshi. >>> have blue line delays to largo. appare deer hit by a train at van dorn street. taking a look at travel times, virginia looking pretty good. same thing maryland. to w the beltway is the slowes taking you 19 minutes instd of about 10. >>> you're probably already preparg for a longer drive to work thimorning. t our storm team 4 x 4 is out roads rightns. >>> and we're not the only ones deal this winter storm. we'll take you live to charlo north carola for a [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> 6:17. weathe alert day for you this g as we deal with more sn. we've watched as the snow has picked p dramatically over the past hour and we're now seeing heaviest snr today. tom kierein is tracking who is seeing the most snow right now. what's g on? >> that's in the eastern subur

calvert county as much as seven inches of snow in some areas. it wasn't the hardest hit in the state. that went to st. mary's county where one area saw as much as nine inches on the ground today. we found several people trying to clean up their driveways pretty early this morning. trying to get it done before it started to refreeze. >> it hasn't been too bad. early on it was very nice. snow was light. that around the road where they started from the scraping and from the snow plows, it's getting a little heavy. as it goes on it's getting -- it's getting a little heavier. it's not bad at all. >> and it seems most of the plows and the crews that we've seen working in this parking lot throughout the day have now all left for the day. in calvert county diane cho, abc 7 news. >> thank you for that. vdot sent hundreds of trucks to the fredricksburg area ready to clear the considerable amount of snow from overnight. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg spoke with some drivers braving the slow drive along 95. >> the blue skies and clear roads at

anr band there fairly mode in sout calvert county. te are hovering right near freezing. just checked road temperatures. they're a l below freezing. anything untreated will begin to stick. so by 5:00 a.m., most of the region seeing the snow. looks the heaviest snows wille falling between around 7:30 t 9:30 in the mornin the time we'll have the heaviest snow. after that it quickly pulls off to the east. by noontime maybe just a little bit of lingering light snow and few linger flurries. picking u maybe an inch or two at t most in the meet mete metro area. 2 to 3 inches toward freder. amounts are much farther to the south in far southern maryla soun st. mary's nortk m get 3 or 4 inches. a few isolated spots farth

mary's and calvert. watch out for patchy ice. i took this picture of the parking lot here in northwest washington. and there is patchy ice will. so whatever snow did melt is now frozen back up again. upper 20s shen dough have ae shenandoah valley. innocent mountains generally in the 20s. a cloudy sky over the metro area. we'll have patchy ice through the morning. cold afternoon, just barely getting above freezing. and followed by roller coaster

mary's county and also into calvert county. we've already seen a lot of notice down towards charlottesville. i think that will pick up overnight as it were. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. we have some light snow across the metro area, 17 still at national. it's hard to get snow here at 17. it's usually just not that cold. winds are dead calm, so no wind chills, no blowing and drifting snow either. here's the radar the past couple hours. it's filling in a little to the west. you can see the heaviest bands. we're talking snowfall rates in the blue 1 to 2 inches per hour which i think will sort of skim southern maryland through the nighttime hours. we'll zoom in and if you see brighter white, that also is moderate snow. over the past couple hours pretty good band of snow pushing into upper montgomery county, now howard county. if you watch closely, you'll see a little blue crossing over 95 north of la plata. heaviest snow is on the northeast side into montgomery county pushing into howa

the areas in pink, charles calvert, st. mary's counties southern maryland, also spotsylvania and stafford. we are looking at the winter weather advisory. the area and purple is the winter weather or watch. the temperatures definitely cold enough for the snow. 32 gaithersburg, the same in frederick, 34 degrees at dulles 36 at reagan national. tonight the temperature range between 16 and 23 degrees. snow will develop. give it another 4, 5 hours, this is 4:00 in the morning, it is still to the south. as we move through the busy rush hour, although of this lifts out to the north and east. we could see a little bit of sunshine later tomorrow afternoon. the hour by hour forecast, in d.c., 2:00 in the morning, the snow is yet to start. about 3:00 5:00, moderate snow to the south manassas, cold paper, fredericksburg, lexington park, southern maryland, moderate snow. all of that quickly moves out. by 11:00 in the morning, most of the heavy snow should be well to the north and west. the exception is in the west in the mountains where

parts of calvert county will end up making that criteria. you have to have 5 inches or more. i think parts of charles will end up in the winter storm warning before it's all said and done. the rest of us are under a winter weather advisory until midnight tomorrow including leesburg, manassas up to frederick, does not include the i-81 corridor between winchester and hagerstown. futurecast 5 a.m., there's the snow. it's across the board. you can see different gradations of blue. this is pretty heavy snow already by 5:00 into southern maryland, temps in the 20s. it accumulates very quickly. by 6:00 snow again and by 8:00 it moves up to frederick and the border. the darker blue is pretty good snow, not going to last that long, probably 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. period of snow, but pretty good snows in the metro area. by 10:00 it begins to push east and move across the bay by lunchtime. we'll come back and talk about if we make it above freezing tomorrow and tell you how we end the month. >>> in less than six hour recreational marijuana use will become legal under d.c. law. >> however, la

. >>> in maryland montgomery county, prince george's county, frederick, charles and calvert counties all delayed two hours. >>> washington county st. mary's anne arundel, howard county schools also on a two hour delay. allegheny county schools are now closed about. >>> in west virginia, berkeley jefferson, grant, hardy, hamp hire shire, mineral and morgan all closed. entire list at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >>> that they are mmrmometer is almost teasing us. it looks close to zero. coming up amelia segal will join us live from the weather deck to demonstrate just loss cold it is. >>> 6:05. 5 degrees outside. right now pairfairfax police need your help finding the driver in a deadly hit and run. 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 mornin

mary's and calvert county schools about. >> in west virginia, hampshire, hardy and grant and mineral counties are all closed. berkeley jefferson and morgan counties in west virginia are on a two hour delay. be sure to download the nbc washington app and keep up with us online for complete list of the closings and delays. >>> if you think it's cold now it's only going to get the worst. tom is tracking when we'll see the coldest windchills. >>> today a d.c. rabbi accused of spying on women is back this court. just last week, police say they identified more than 150 women secretly recorded by rabbi barry freundel. the recordings occurred at a ritual bath. fruneundel has been charged with voyeurism. >>> 6:05. fear over growing police power is creating an unlikely alliance in virginia. a coalition of liberals and tea party conservatives is trying to pass legislation that would limit police use of license plate readers, drones and wiretapping devices. both sides say you need to be protected from police and government overreach. license plate reader legislation would limit how long police c

this started in calvert county last night.he suspected thief jumped into a 2012 dodge charger that had been left to warm up in prince frederick. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull over the driver. he took off, leading police on a chase to upper marlborough. the police say the suspect took off into the woods. >>> new warning for you in ashburn after a string of break-ins. burglars have broken into homes. they usually strike in the early evening hours when your neighbors are not home from work yet. the sheriff says the homeowners are all of asian descent and they have been targeted because of ethnicity. >>> the duchess of cambridge released a new message. >> the stigma around mental health means that many children don't get the help they believe. william and i believe that early action can prevent problem childhood, from turn larger >> the d patron of children's mental health charity, place 2 be. the charity works to remove the stigma around mental health as an early age. >>> your teen is getting less sleep compared to teens 20 ye

calvert county 6isms. damascus only 1.7. callaway 5.2, not far from leonardtown, lexington park area. in northwest d.c. 1.9, american university. annandale, danny excited to get his 3 inches of snow, big snow hound out that way. 35 for the high today. but back to freezing by 9:00. we'll be in the 20s tonight. if you have snow that neestleds to be cleaned up -- needs to be cleaned up, do it now. we've been tracking the snow in prince william county. they had a lot more than north and south. >> reporter: we've been in this commuter lot in prince william county all morning. we got here about 3:00. obviously it is empty now. just full of a bunch of cars. but when we got here, there were quite a few people in the slug line. take a look at these commuters. there were still people in the slug line but the people i was talking to told me it was significantly shorter than usual meaning a lot of people actually delayed their trips just as vdot asked. that could be part of why virginia state police reported less than five accidents thi

started in calvert county just before 8:30 at night. the suspected thief jumped into the 2012 dodge charger. the owner had left it warming on mint court in prince frederick. after the car went out, a sheriff's deputy tried to pull over the driver but the driver took off. that initiated a roughly 20-mile chase from prince frederick to upper marlboro. stop sticks were deployed to try to stop the car. it's unclear if the suspect ran them over. the pursuit continued up route 4, ending here in the woods. now police are telling me they have no idea where this suspect is but they do believe that he was injured in this crash. he have perhaps given someone a phone call and been picked up. that manhunt is continuing right here tonight. reporting live in upper marlboro darcy spencer, news4. >>> back to the cold weather which is a big problem for about 1,000 homes with no power tonight. pepco reports about 840 customers in our area with no electricity. dominion is working on 95 outages, and bawl gas and electric has 6. -- has 6. >>> trucks will hea

fredericksburg close to 4, colonial beach 6 inch, then calvert beach, the vam deal. another 2, potentially 3 inches down to the south. so the impact overnight is going to stay on the high side. the roads are terrible. sniff delays. significant disruptions. give yourself lots of extra time tomorrow. as we mentioned the last couple of day, winter just getting started with a 31 for a high tomorrow. wednesday we see another chance of snow it will bring in more arctic air, may be colder than it was this morning. down to 8 in d.c., 10 onned from friday then another chance of snow mixing with sleet and freezing rain on sunday. maybe just some rain. again, that's something we're going to continue to watch as another storm system moves in. but we're in the thick of it for sure right here in the month o february. >> i don't see much opportunity for melting in that seven-day forecast. >> there's not one. >> that's what i was afraid of. thank you, doug. >>> next at 11:00, who is up for a snowball fight? the big battle that could draw a lot of people to d.c. >>> in sports neither

by 8:00 p.m., prince george's county calvert, charles apnne arundel.nd then we begin to clear out and turning much colder leaving in its wake maybe a dust to going to an inch. temperatures right now hovering in single digits to near 10. drive time forecast later today, through the morning in the teens. afternoon just near 30 degrees with those snow showers coming through. frigid start tomorrow morning near 10. teens during the day on thursday. blustery winds, windchills near 0. maybe a new afternoon flurries. near record cold friday morning, afternoon highs teens. and maybe a bit of a mix of some snow some sleet, freezing rain changing to rain on saturday. and then rain saturday night into sunday dry and chilly start next week. >>> breaking news right now. still on the beltway. we're talking about the inner loop of the american legion bridge. chopper 4 over this big backup as you're approaching the bridge. and then we had another crash on the outer loop approaching the bridge. here is the outer loop at river road. you can see volume there. taking a loo

a moderate to heavy snow band across southern calvert, northern st. mary's over toward mechanicsville, ladysmith all moving north, northeast. so we'll have moderate to heavy snow a few more hours but conditions should be improving quickly after about 9:00 or 10:00. delay your travel if you can. larry miller, folks should park it for a few hours. >>> i think that is good advice. if you're starting to make your way from frederick down toward the beltway, you're starting to see some delays. on the southbound side of i- 270, no incident just congestion at this point causing the delays there. for my friend out in virginia, we're talking about dale city, lorton, lorton toward the beltway, you'll have no issues northbound. we do have several incidents we're talking about and have been tracking on dumfries road. one involve an overturned dump truck and another in a car crash. they're not causing any delays but be mindful. >>> we're not sure if the know is going to affect this but you do have a chance to speak out today about a plan to raise metro fares. a pub

mary's calvert.p to 3 inches in the nort neck over to freder and then west of there to near lore rai central shenan valley. a few flurries uprai, central metzro area just a trace n . and we'll be hovering near 30, so what falls will stick. friday a few flurries. saturday staying below freezing some sunshine. and then on sunday, back up again, it looks like we're done with this frigid air pattern as we get in to the first part of next week. highs in 40s on monday and tuesday.applause ] >> thank you very much. hugs all around. and now melissa, is the traffic huggable? traffic is not huggable at this point this morning. reason to touch the traffic this morning. virginia 95 north at 123, gordon boulevard, getting report of a crash. sounds like it be in the left lane. 95 north on ramp from prince william parkway, that also report of a crash there. you can at kale city. also hearing we have green line delayso bra avenue. we'll be tweeting about that. maryland 95 north at 198, do have a disabled vehicle the

high impact events from calvert county to charles county. towards the river, stafford county spotsylvania county and culpepcounty. these are the areas where we expect to see possible school closings and delays. to the north, we expect to see a problem in the area. fairfax county prince will yarks tow fauquier county. this is somet we'll be watchi through the rest of tonight. t a huge snowstorm but a big storm as regards to impact on the ro early tomorrow morning. >> when it wraps up again, 2 to 3 inches around d.c. this time. heavier amounts of snow down south. 3 to 5 waldorf. quantico too. that base could have some delays coming up too. here's a look at the storm team seven-day forecast. 30 degrees with flurries on friday. the weekend split 34 41. chance of mixed conditions with higher temperatures monday tuesday,week. we focus on this system more as new information comes in to storm center 4. >> the investigation into millio of faulty takata airbags has reached a new level tonight. consumer reporter erika back on the live desk with new det

farther south 1 to 3 inches southe calvert, st. mary's thorn neck of virginia and then west of there, southern charreneck of virgin tomorrow stay below freezing. so whateve snow falls will stick d then on friday thursday night into friday might t a few lingering flurri around staying below freezi friday and saturday with sunshine. and then finally getting above freezi again on sunday and we finally see the frigid air leaving monda tuesday highs 40s with a chance of rain. coming up next weather and traffi holgd runl run coming in. melissa, how is traffic? >>> overall no major issues right now. we have metro delays. n line delays to branch avenue silver line to largo this morning. this problem here de 124 at moyer closed. alter ma is 27. and 270 headed south, for some reason slow until clarksburg. no real obvious reason for this. we did have an issue earlier on 355 southbound up in the frederk area had a closure at ball road. so perhaps some of the folks are bailing out off of 355 and taking 270. so just beware of that. 66 at lee hig

but this is a winter storm warng for calvert, st. mary's charle stafford, no neck low eastern shore, that's they get some he heavier snoamounts, metro area 1 to 2 inches. of northern virginia. and then farther south, 2 to 3 inch lieu north centr virgin. then 3 to 6 amounts much fartr to the south. amelia is in the 4 x 4 trac the snow. e are you now? >> rep we're in stafford where the is that winter storm warnin tempere now down to 30 degrs and snow has picked up. when we first started just 4:00 a.m. flurries in parts oe area. but right now you can see a steady snow falling outside as we take a live look with our dre cam. for the mt part the roads here remaining wet. water not seeing snow stick to road but t necessarily wasn the case further north up around the springfield area. visibi now i wou say about half a mile. so thebad. and of course we'll sin to trav aroun here in virginia th bringing you the lated conditions as we track this last or maybe last round. we'll e about that. of winter weather. >> we hope it's the la round. takin

it started in calvert county last night.pected thief jumped into a 2012 dodge charger that had been left to warm up in prince frederick. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull over the driver. he took off for a 20-mile chase. the driver eventually last control and crashed into the woods off of route 4. the suspect then took off into the woods. >>> it's now 5:36. an elderly woman and her son have been found dead outside of their home after being outside in the colt most of the night. detectives said the woman and her son tied. viola was 84 and her son was 60. viola had a medical emergency. when her son tried to help he had his own medical emergency. there were no signs of trauma. and they do not suspect foul play. the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. >>> gas prices back on the rise. checking what you're paying in d.c. the average, $2.43 a gallon. in maryland 20 cents lower at $2.25. that's the average. virginia drivers paying an average of $2.13 a gallon at the pump. that's a state-wide average. and in west virgi

waldor charles county calvert county st.ary's county. 3 to 5 inches in fredericksbu staffo county. 5 inches of snow is possib. 30 on friday. light snow friday. it's possible. a chance for a flurry maybe a snowa lot. saturd 34. then a question mark monday tuesda wednesday, looks like more rain than snow. we'll continue to watch that couple of days. >> the d.c. council is hearing new concerns about the fire depart fleet. during a council hearing today, intem fire chief, eugene jones says only half of the ladder e depar have the proper certificatio bee of a lack of a routine maine program, several trucks are in need of major repair repairs could cost taxpayers more th $2 many trucks are out of service. >> we can no longer run these trucks. they a not safe. so i'm going to take out of servic jones acknowledged that staf shortages have resulted in more than $17 million in overti costs in just the past 18 months. coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00 what jones told the council wil radio failures duri metro's underground smoke emerg

mary's, calvert county, fredericksburg, areas close to quantico may have an inch to two inches and then north it's nothing but flurries. just a reminder to download our nbc washington app beusit's there that you'll be able to look at an interactive radar. we're constantly updating that information on the app. 1 to 2 inches on colonial beach and calvert beach are we'll look at the snowfall totals and the impact to roads coming up. that's thursday. kauai ert as we head into the weekend, but not necessarily for the entire weekend. these little systems will continue to come through. more on our thursdasn ler. >>> the voice that everybody's talking about on this day after and she's from rig he o area. why tca teenager's audition struck an emotional chord with people all over the country. >> we love it. >>> testing everything from food to exercise equipment, even your car. now we're going behind the scenes and showing you where the big decisions are made about what works and what doesn't in your lives. ♪ >>> lots of amazing performances last night. this one was a keeper. i've got to tell you.

county charles calvert county schools all opening to hours late. >> washington county allegheny county, st. mary's anne l and howard county also delayed today. >> in west virginia, berkeley jefferson, grant, hardy, hampshire, mineral and morgan county schools are all closed today. you can find the entire list at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >> if you do have to go outside today, delay it as long as you can and make sure you really are ready. we say bundle up, but we really mean it. >> so tom kierein is in the storm team 4 west center. >> yeah, if you don't have to go out, just stay inside. if you have to be out for a length of time layer up and take frequent breaks. we have a new record low. breaks the old record from 1896. temperatures right now low to mid single digits just about everywhere. cambridge is the only one at 10. oakland, maryland this is not the windchill the temperature there is 8 below zero. shenandoah valley temperatures there are in the low to mid single digits. and winds are still blustery. current kchs are minus 5 to minus 15. and these a

calvert and st. mary's both on a two hour delay.rginia, hampshire, hardy, grantd and mineral county are all closed. jefferson, berkeley and morgan county two hour delay. >> check the bottom of your screen and keep up with us on line for the complete list. >>> the driver of this red suv is in custody this morning after he allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian. take a look this is chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday afternoon. police say the driver david rodriguez had been drinking. he hit vanessa diksxon as she stood near a bus stop. dixon was 49 years old. police say rodriguez also hit two other cars. >>> 5:35 right now. 15 degrees at reagan national. the fbi asking for your help to find two men believed to be behind a number of bank robberies. take a look here. they robbed two banks if less than an hour in northern virginia yesterday. first this will bb&t on east maple avenue about 40 minutes later, they robbed the wells fargo in sterling holding one person at gunpoint. investigators believe the same two may be connected to a r

mary's county are calvert county all closed. in virginia shenandoah county schools are closed today. as are spotsylvania stafford, fauquier county all closed. >>> also culpeper county schools are closed page county as well as king gormgeorge and westmoreland are closed. fredericksburg and manassas city closed. manassas park city two hours delayed. alexandria and hardy count tipy also on a two hour twladelay. federal government workers have an option for telework or scheduled leave. we have a full list of delays on the nbc washington app. >>> today president obama holds a summit aimed at stopping violent extremism. they will discuss programs to stem rad calicalization and recruitment in the u.s.. it includes researchers at the university of maryland. some are criticizing the white house for not focusing the summit on islamic extremism. the white house is he can take many forms. >>> more than 11 million people are signed up for affordable care act. the white house says those numbers are estimates as many applications are still bei

the south, this is the bull's-eye area 6 to 10 fredericksburg quantico colonial beach, leonardtown, calvert beach, huntingtown. that's where i think we'll see the most snow 6 to 10 enchs. some locations could pick up more. high of 31 tomorrow 32 on your wednesday with another chance of light snow and then the arctic air really comes in again, high of only 18 on thursday 20 on friday near record cold thursday and friday morning, then saturday and sunday another storm making waites our way. >> going to be a while before we thaw out. >> yes. >> thanks doug. >>> the snow doesn't hit the northeast part of the country until tomorrow. but you can relieve the cold temperatures already there. we'll tell you how that building right there turned into one big block of ice. >> reporter: not one but two food trucks stolen from alexandria ditched on the same street in prince george's county. what's going on here? >>> the snow in blacksburg started early, prompting officials to close the campus at about 12:30 today. parts of roanoke were blanketed by snow early in the afternoon. we invite you to get all th

why the national weather service is expanding the winter weather advisory which includes charles, calvert, and st. mary's county. this is for the early morning hours as we move into early tomorrow morning. the best news of all temperatures will eventually make it above freezing. >> thank you. breaking news in one of the cases against jesse matthew. an affiliate reports that he will be charged with the murder of hannah graham. the albemarle county police department says that it will hold a hearing on all of this. the uva student was abducted and found dead last you can find that on our sister station news channel eight. a raging debate about students and sleep. the montgomery county school board will vote on whether to delay the start of classes. students carry their sleeping bags outside to carry their message that they are tired of being tired. >> leon, tomorrow morning as they do every morning at layer high school, students will arrive and they have to be in their first class by 7:25. the superintendent is recommended they push that back 20 minutes. the protesters say nothing earlier th

that should be calvert charles. also back down to southern prince william stafford. in d.c. 4-6 inches is possible. it is a very light, fluffy snow that will be falling. the travel will be impacted highly come tuesday morning. school will likely be canceled or delayed. we returned to sunshine. an arctic front moves through on wednesday. >> i have got to go through the drive-through. i am just going to have dirty clothes. all of the snow. >> can you just bring us the clothespin? >> i will come to work stinking. it is not my fault. >> was there actually a game? >> they were not too far from broadway. if you did not get your fix from highflying action, we have you covered with nba all-star action. alex we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing s

you see the gradations here, you could get an inch or two into calvert county, st. mary's county. by 10:00 it begins to fade away. by noon, everything pulls across the bay. we're left with cloudy skies and another cold day. we'll talk about how much cold fall on thursday. the prospect of issuing a yellow alert. another storm coming in sunday night. >>> right now a sink hole opened up. the ground caved in on 34 street north late this afternoon. crews were there this weekend because of the water main break. crews planned to come out later in the week to do more maintenance, but the ground gave way before they had the chance. that hole is about 5-6 feet deep, about 6 feet wide. crews expect to have it patched up by the end of the night. the street will stay closed until that happened. >>> speeding and drugs are believed to be factors in the crash that killed a pedestrian yesterday. identified the victim as phillip snodgrass. he was living and working in d.c. an apartment complex confirmed he lived not a block away from where the wreck happened. others told wusa 9 they tried to help h

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have the sleet, freezing rain across calvert, st. mary's into the northern neck. that will linger for a few more hours there. temperatures, this has been the problem. almost everybody is at or below freezing. national at 33. a lot of areas 32. fredricksburg 33. richmond reporting sleet and 43 degrees. borltderline down -- borderline down there. we'll be done with the messy stuff in a few hours. 50s tonight. tomorrow 45. decent day. thursday 40 but in the afternoon arctic front comes with wind and colder temps. we could be in the 20s for the drive home with snow showers. friday very cold, 22. a few flurries, snow showers for valentine's day and bitterly cold sunday. i think we're staying in the teens. ouch. 6:22. ouch is one way to phrase it and if you can wait this out north and east of town in particular, wait until things warm up and melt, that would be awesome. westbound 50 from annapolis between sef return river -- severn river bridge, a crash cleanup on the eastbound side. some of the left side of the roadway was impacted. westbound 50 getting from bowie in t

one person is dead in calvert county after a car crash. the victim was trapped inside the vehicle. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> metro was adjusting service schedules because of the snow. metro access service is suspended all the way until wednesday. metro buses are operating on a severe snow service plan, and tomorrow metro trains will be on a saturday schedule. if eight inches of snowfall's, they will suspend aboveground rail service and only serve underground stations. if you are planning on air travel tomorrow, double check your flights. hundreds of flights have been grounded because of the snow. if you have a ticket for tomorrow, call the airline check the status of your flight before you head to the airport. the president's plane had to land because of the snowy conditions. he returned to joint base andrews just before 9:00. he left california early because of the bad weather. >> the district is launching more than 280 trucks to treat the roadways and they are using a specialized salt to melt the ice. richard reeve is live in northwest. how are things look

some in prince george's county calvert county anne arundel county right around the bay bridge but the bulk of the precipitation is back to the west and this is almost all rain right now. but there have been some little areas, you can see the pink just to the north of baltimore, where the colder air is starting to move on in here. let's hoe you the temperatures now. 34 in gaithersburg 34 in bowie, 32 at camp springs, 33 in huntingtown. that colder air make its way down from the no. d it will be cold enough over the next few hours to produce some of this sleet, some of this freezing rain maybe even snow toward the north. that's why we have the winter weather advi in effect. it include all the counties in west virginia panhandle, washington county maryland right on toward the south. only half montgomercounty the northern half same thing with loudoun county the western half. these are areas that are a little higher in elevation around mt. airy and damascus in through portions of northern loudoun county. but notice that also includes anne arundel couy a prince county. this goes till 5:00 a

a defense attorney says -- [ audio difficulties ] >> 2 to 4 inches in la plata cross into calvert countye sections of prince george's county and 1 to 2 inches elsewhere places like fairfax, manassas, d.c., rockville, bethesda, gaithersburg, frederick. north of frederick i think you're down to a trace to an inch of snow. new information tonight at 11:00. if you've been watching any length of time, the bands have been moving is north. we'll see if we can make another adjustment to the north. silver spring 1 to 2 inches, northwest d.c. 1 to works woodbridge 2 to 4, front royal 1 -- 1 to 2, woodbridge would to 4, front royal 1 to 2. patuxent rave, 4 to 8 inches of -- river 4 to 8 inches of snow. if you just looked at a surface map, you'd think this is perfect, but the storm is going to move across the florida panhandle and out to sea as opposed to hooking up the coast. that's why it's going to give us a glancing blow. the heavy snow is noted in blue northern sections of alabama into portions of tennessee and north georgia mountains and the smokies hammered as well. right now a mixed bag in c

this started in calvert county. the suspected thief jumped into a 2012 dodge charger that was warming up. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull him over. he head police into a chase. the driver lost control of the car and crashed into the woods. the suspect then took off into the woods. >>> a man is dead after people in two vehicles exchanged gunfire in a parking lot yesterday. the shooting took place outside of the wings to go restaurant on garrisonville road in stafford county. two vehicles were involved. a male that stepped out of one of the vehicles during the incident was killed. it is not clear whether he shot any of those -- fired any of the shots. two people in the other car were also shot. they left to seek medical care before police arrived. >>> today, the trial of a man accused of killing american sniper chris kyle resumes. eddie ray routh is accused of shooting kyle. a former deputy testified that he heard the suspect say he shot the two men because they wouldn't talk to him during a ride in a pickup truck. r

was singing about on this storm here. 2 to 4 for la plata and waldorf, over toward huntingtown in calvert county and much of st. mary's, fredricksburg and quantico. this dark blue in southern st. mary's and the northern neck as you head toward reedville, that's 4 plus. they'll be closer to the storm. for us no problems today. actually pretty nice wednesday out there with a mix of sun and clouds. 40'ish here in town. mid-40s toward fredricksburg. we'll be back in the the mid- 30s with increasing clouds by 9:00. going into the 20s tonight so everything is going to stick on any untreated surfaces easily. it's all snow coming our way. this morning it got down to 6 at dulles. another record low while we stopped at 21 in town. what a difference snow pack, clear skies, light winds make. 7 in culpeper. 12 in leesburg. 18 on the bay in annapolis. right now comfortable for a change with 30s and there are 40s here. it's 43 in fredericksburg. tappahannock 42. still have snow pack, even on the ground in reedville according to jan. 35 in hagerstown. in washington a lot of ice on the potomac at this hou

chesapeake beach in northern calvert county a bit of a breeze at nine miles per hour. you can see the rolling waters of the bay and the white caps. 34 at quantico and reagan national. wind chills driving down into the teens. look at some recent wind gusts. all out of the northwest. 36-mile-per-hour gusts at reagan national and andrews, 35 in manassas. so as we head through the afternoon, more of the same. it will be windy. you'll see anywhere temperatures may fall a few degrees this afternoon. the strong gusty winds will make it feel even colder. but more twists and turns in our temperature roller coaster. won't be long before we're getting close to 50 degrees. again. explain that in a few minutes. jummy? >> thank you. a push under way to stop exelon from the proposed takeover of pepco. public interest advocates from delaware maryland and d.c. held a news conference in baltimore about an hour ago. exelon said the merger would improve reliability in the region. but opponents say the $6.8 billion deal would lead to increased electricity prices. >> in fact we see a lot of

southern maryland and southern calvert county, get bay area six inches or more and some sweet spots when you get farther south towards hampton roads area, williamsburg area in virginia. we'll have more of what to expect and what kind of weather pattern we'll follow in tomorrow's snow when we join you in a few minutes, maureen. >> thank you so much. the "good morning washington" team will be on the roads early to give you information you need for your commute. our coverage begins in the morning at 4:00. now to the developing story on the legalization of marijuana in the district. in just six hours, it will be legal to smoke and possess small amounts of marijuana. but the battle over the drug is not over. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in northwest with the politics of pot. sam? >> yes, maureen. well, it is scheduled to take effect at midnight and mayor bowser threatened with jail told reporters this afternoon that it will take effect. >> the law will go into effect one minute after midnight. >> flanked by d.c. officials, mayor bowser defied a rider congress passed in december saying d

best chance of that is maryland anne arundel county even down towards calvert county. then it turns windy into the day on sunday. i and i mean windy. wind chill watch in effect. and this could be a wind chill warning back to the west. we could be under an advisory tomorrow. look at this the chills 25 to 15 below zero. that's just brutal. back to the west especially. the wind is going to be howling with winds gusting to near 60 miles per hour. a high wind watch in effect for the entire area. we could even see, some of us over 60 miles per hour. with that wind the intensity of the wind, we could easily see downed tree down power lines and outages just in time for valentine's day night, that's tomorrow night, into early sunday morning. some of us could wake up without heat. wind dhil tomorrow not too bad. tomorrow evening down to 6 in d.c. right as we're heading out to dinner. 2 below in martinsburg, zero in gaithersburg. this is where i told you it gets worse. take a look at these numbers by sunday morning. 12 below in d.c. 15 below in winchester 22 below back towards cu

mary's county and into southern calvert as well. for the most part this is associated with an upper level that's pretty much moving on out. but is it cold outside? our average this time of year is 50 degrees and we're nowhere near that. 30 degrees in quantico as well as in lexington park. it feels a little cooler especially with the winds blowing out of the northwest anywhere between 10 and 20 miles an hour. and radar shows the bigger picture. we had that front still moving well off shore.still, a little upper level disturbance moves through, it is bringing us a little bit of some of those snow showers. otherwise, the breezy winds with us and then high pressure off to the west will move on in for the day tomorrow bringing us more sunshine. but as i've been hinting at the possibility of maybe a little wintry weather come sunday. let me time it out for you on the futurecast. started it tomorrow at 10:00, nice and dry good bit of sunshine although cold for the day tomorrow. you'll notice the next weather system by sunday at 7:00 start

. >>> two people are charged with trespassing following a protest this morning in calvert county, maryland. two women climbed on to a crane at the cove point liquefied natural gas plant in lusby. they say the facility that's currently under construction poses a safety risk and health risk to area residents. the women were removed from the crane and charged with trespassing and failure to obey police commands. >>> frigid cold temperatures are complicating massive snow removal efforts in boston. two huge storms left behind a record amount of snow. now the city is scrambling to get the streets clear for tomorrow's super bowl parade. kris van cleave has more. >> reporter: frigid single- digit temperatures are complicating the job of clearing mountains of snow in massachusetts. boston has gotten more than 34 inches of snow in seven days making it the snowiest week the city has ever recorded. >> one shovel at a time. you can't really think about the big job. you just do one shovel at a time till it's gone. >> reporter: chris partridge thought he was having a mild winter until this week. >> all o

matt calvert scored his second goal of the game to make the three-two. later more problems. ray emery made the safe, but brandon dubin ski knock in the rebound and the flyers nine game point streak dime close. five-two was the final. >>> they got break on, you know, from a fan shot in the slot. went to their guy. he put it in. one to nothing. i thought that put us behind the eight ball. we didn't really -- we didn't really recover from that goal on the fir period. >> as we told you earlier eagles safety nate allen trying to clear his name after accusations of lewd behavior near his home in flor. teenaged girl called employees after seeing what she believed to be nate committing the offense while at a stop light. allen was held at the fort myers police department for almost five hours denying the. >> the truth will be seen. hopefully i mean i know there might be people out there that think i've actually done this or questioning it. you know, i guess that's going to happen. but i just -- that's what keeps me -- that's what's going to keep mow awake at night. the fact that ther

in maryland calvert county schools are closed. prince george's county and anne arundel county schools open two hours late. >> also the federal government and d.c. public schools will be open on time meteorologist topper shutt has more on just how cold it's going to get. >> nothing record setting. we'll be in the teens tonight, so we're looking at the possibility of slick spots tomorrow morning and tracking snow showers tomorrow afternoon and evening. on the futurecast 6 a.m. it's 13 in gaithersburg, 14 downtown, 13 in leesburg. by 9:00 we're still in the teens in the suburbs and low 20s. in the morning for the commute you'll probably need your shades going to work, but by 1:00 we see showers, snow showers now just like summertime. they'll march west to east. by 4:00 they're along the i-81 corridor. by 6:00 or 7:00 they move right through the metro area. these will be kind of intense just like saturday. remember saturday we had that little burst of snow? same deal. in addition to that, if you see something wet either driving or wal

charles county, calvert county, 4 to it's a inches, very dry and it's all snow -- 4 to 8 inches, very dry and it's all snow. critical hours 5 p.m. tomorrow night into 10 a.m. tuesday, a very dry snow, not good for snowballs. bull's eye is south and east of d.c., a general 4 to 8 inches on the way. you know what we like about this forecast? there's the storm. don't have to wait for it to develop. there it is spreading snow across the ohio river with rain south of arkansas into the gulf coast. we think snowfall by 9 a.m., bowie, maryland, about 6 inches, downtown about 7 inches, leesburg maybe 5, 6 in fairfax and 7 inches in bethesda. we talked about this last week and i tweeted about it. this is a very dry air mass, so normally it's a 10-1 ratio, 10 inches of snow for every 1 inch of snow. this is probably a 15-1 or 20-1 ratio. sterling 6 inches, fredericksburg 11, frederick, maryland, 4 inches and oxon hill 6 inches. for the rest of the forecast here is erica. >> thank you, topper. we've got the michael and son weather cam to start you off. it's still clear out there and bitterly cold

if you could talk a bit about the differences perhaps in the people and the status if you , were a calvert anywhere in the house of representatives that -- but your family was nearby, the your family was here. you are status and irresponsibility was different because you had family and you also had a house and you had people over a lot. so could you talk about the difference with the influence and what goes along with it when you have your family here and when you're just a guy in the mass. >> excellent question. one of the things about being a visible politician in century -- the mid-19th century with family or just with your wife is that you have more requirements to get involved with washington society. your wife also had to participate in this complicated : system, only to a greater extent even. as a result of that you are , going to be much more visible. if you had a house, then you were going to host parties and dinners. they generally people would invite people from both factions. generally they would focus more , in one party. if you're a democrat come here much more likely to invi

calvert. a lot more as you head toward the richmond area. if you have to travel, give it a few hours. it will get better this afternoon. here's a live look at reagan national on our weather camera. reduced visibilities. reagan says they are still open. they have some delays. check with your airlines if you're flying today. 32 at 10:00. still a little bit of snow around, especially east and southeast. this afternoon mostly cloudy. low to mid-30s will do it for highs. we'll definitely do some melting here. if you don't shovel or clean something off, it's going to freeze up because tonight we'll be back down in the teens and 20s. right now the warm spot 31 degrees at reagan national. 25 bel air. 30 in fretd rick. everybody -- frederick. everybody is below freezing. the road salt is very effective at these temperatures. a couple of flurries and snow showers again tonight and tomorrow but shouldn't be a big deal. the snow will end this morning. we've got the yellow alert up. 34. 26 tonight. tomorrow 33. it's going to be a cold day with a flurry o