. >>> 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

. >> from calvert county maryland. taking a tour here this morning and they are all snow lovers right? dead silence. >> i'm half snow lover and half not. >> he believe works in a political town. cloudy skies for now and temperatures all over the region under this full deck of clouds. lots of ice along the area. it's too thin out there. parts of northern maryland and bursts of snow possible. could be enough for a coating or an inch. any time we talk about snow we get excited around here. temperatures in the mid 20s and if you are planning to be outside, upper 30s to 40. down as much as 20 below zero. cold air means snow chances are climbing and more with all of that and the seven-day forecast coming up. >> we will see you then. police have rounded up several people including teenagers in connection with a string of carjackings in the district. chris lawrence spoke with the families who were targeted. >> they were caught but not before teaching a tough lesson. >> i am kicking myself as much as i applaud d.c. police. >> h

a second deadly crash is reported in maryland and this one happened in the johnson bridge in calvert county. that part of southern maryland was especially hard hit by the storm. diane cho continues our live coverage. diane? >> 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

county schools all closed. alexandria city schools open two hours later. 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

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 you could pick up more. sunshine later afternoon. a chance of flur

county virginia schools all delayed two hours. >>> 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

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

it could unload eight inches or somewhere in maryland calvert county, and southern prince william, over to culpepper, north around the metro area. four-inch to eight-inch amounts will be common by the time it wraps up tomorrow morning. next weather and traffic on the 1s, new timing coming in now. i'll show you what's the arrival time. that's at 6:11. >> thank you, tom. >>> crews at dulles airport are working hard to make sure your flight leaves on time today. there's a number of delays after a pipe burst overnight inside the control tower. megan mcgrath is live at dulles with the impact this could have on flights throughout the day. megan, good morning. >> the control tower is open again. but we're seeing residual consolations and delays because of the problems they saw yesterday. you look at the board. a number of delays listed here. a couple of cancellations. the problem was with a water pipe in the control tower because of the cold temperatures. it burst for a time. that control tower had to be evacuated. cancellations and the like. we'll seeing that trickle-down effect. when you can

county schools. in maryland calvert and st. mary's both opening two hours late. montgomery county schools just wooeted they will be opening on time today. baden elementary school is closed for a mechanical problem. >>> and in west virginia hampshire, hardy, grant and men ral counties are all crowed. berkeley jefferson and morgan are on a two hour delay. we'll send push alerts of any new closings to your thbs washington app. you can also use to check the full list online. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s, it's 5:01. >>> right now we have our winds gusting to around 15 20 miles an hour. but later today, they would be gusting over 30 miles an hour. so we have a windchill advisory all he's areas in blue covers all of virginia eastern west virginia all of maryland and includes the metro area for windchills as cold as 20 below zero. our windchills right now though are hovering in the low single digits in the metro area and southern eastern suburbs. west and north, windchills down to around 5 below zero. even with those gentler winds at 15 to 20 miles per hour. temperat

it's kind of reverse now, so the bull's eye is south and east of town, southern maryland, calvert county, st. mary's county, across into the northern neck. reedsville, good place, westmoreland county 4 to 8 inches, 2 to 4 at least through charles county back across the river into fredericksburg and culpeper and then 1 to 2 inches for the metro which goes all the way up to frederick now. everybody will get at least 1 to 2 inches between frederick, baltimore and d.c. it's going to accumulate very fast. roads will become slick very quickly. so some highlighted places, ashburn 1 to 2 inches, fredericksburg 2 to 4, 2 to 4 in la plata at least, germantown 1 to 2 and hagerstown a trace to an inch. you'll get more snow in hagerstown and cumberland and fredericksburg thursday night and friday. is in a classic system coming out of the -- this is a classic system coming out of the gulf of mexico hammering north of atlanta and the smokes again. this is the second storm in three days for the southeast. that's where it is now. headlines, snow breaks out before dawn, bus stop temperatures 20s with snow

maryland and st. 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

county schools. in maryland charles county, st. mary's and calvert county schools are closed. >> in virginia now frederick county spotsylvania stafford and shenandoah county schools are closed. also closed fauquier county culpeper page king george. >> fredericksburg and manassas city closed. manassas park city on two hour delay. and if you work for the federal government agencies are open today. but you can take up scheduled leave or telework if you choose. follow the scroll at the bottom of screen or download the thbsnbc washington app for a complete list. >> there are some icy conditions. >> the areas that got the most snow had about 6, 7, 8 inches. and this morning at the bus stops, of course schools are open closer for the metro area. for students boarding on time this morning, it will be only around 10 degrees. we'll have some sunshine. and then students boarding later as they are there is some delays we'll be hovering in the upper teens to 20. light wind, but still very cold with some sunshine. our temperatures right now as we approach dawn hov

county. southern maryland, counties there will be reaching low 40s. calvert, st. mary's charles. king gormg may reach the mid-40s. pennsylvania border upper 30s this afternoon for high temperatures. shenandoah valley into the mountains. beautiful day there. clouds coming in during the afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia segal will have your bus stop forecast this frigid friday morning. >>> metro delays for you this morning. we've been tweeting about these. blue and silver line delays to franconia and wehle reston east. so we'll keep you updated on that. taking a look at 66 and 95, of 66 looking good. 95 north slow through dale city. 270 at shady grove road don't have any problems there. wider look at things overall, beltway looking pretty good. do have some slow downs here bw parkway just inside the beltway as you're headed southbound. and then 395 headed in to town, of course we see every day. bw parkway, we'll check into that one. branch avenue northbound here a little slow as you're approaching the beltway. >>> 6:32. today the family of a than shot by police i

maryland, st. 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.

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

county all delayed. >> maryland montgomery prince george's county frederick county charles and calvert all twlaed. >> washington mayers anne arundel, howard county are two hours late as well. we're learning that allegheny county schools are now closed. >>> in west virginia, berkeley jefferson, graptsnt hardy, hampshire, mineral and morgan county all closed. the entire list at the bottom of your screen and of course always available in the nbc washington app. >>> it is not just the schools that are affected by the weather today about that prince george's courthouse closed again. frigid cold temperatures there caused a pipe to burst in the building on wednesday. p that damaged the electrical system. it's left the building in upper marlboro without any heat. no word as to when that building will reopen. you can check the nbc washington app again as you are on the move this morning if you have to be to stay up-to-date on the latest with all the closings and delays around the entire region. >>> 5:33. 5 degrees in northwest washington. you may want to head out to your car a little early today it make sure that it sta

i was born a slave in calvert county on the eastern shore of maryland. the atrocities that i witnessed their. at the age -- there. at the age of seven, i was sent to live with my brother in the city of baltimore. and against my objections, i learned to read. and as i read the very thing that he feared came through because now i saw the roots of all slavery. i was ready to argue with any man who argued for slavery because you see, whether he was kind or whether he was cool, the -- cruel the slaveholder was a slaveholder. with every hour that he robbed a man of their rights, he was sharpening the knife of revenge. and speaking of the principles for which our country was founded, he spoke the very reasons that gave the slaves a right to rebel. i could not stop thinking of freedom and liberty. i heard freedom in every sound and saw it in every object. freedom shone from every star, it reads in every wind, the -- breathed in every wind. although i found a better life in baltimore, i did not find happiness because crew happiness in slavery can never coincide -

maryland into southern st. 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

county. get across the bridge from maryland into king george county. seven inches there. st. charles, six inches in calvert county. dumfries almost six. montgomery county, five inches of snow. some melting today. problem will be the temperatures. right now, 30 in frederick. 29 at reagan national. mid 20's elsewhere. we'll get the low teens tonight. and maybe some areas to the west and some lower valley locations is cold as 10 degrees by morning. if anything gets wet or puddles of water will refreeze tonight. a little sampling of zone temperatures in the morning. 15 in bowie. 17 in arlington. and 14 degrees, rather, expected in gaithersburg. sunshine in the morning but only will be short lived because the next system comes in through the day and will be the leading edge of a much colder air mass. 3 in duluth. 10 in minneapolis and that air is headed here. problem is right along the leading edge of that cold front will be more bands of snow showers and snow squalls. you see a kind of clearing line. there's the storm. the cold blast will move from the east to southeast. now it's all about the timing and right

counties in maryland. investigators say a man reported his 2012 dodge charger was stolen last night in calvert county and later police spotted that car, chased the driver urge he crossed into prince george's county. the driver then slammed into a tree and took off on foot. when he got to upper marlboro. at this point no reports of injuries but they're still looking for that person. >>> two ems workers are recovering this morning after being hit by a pickup truck on the beltway near river road. investigators say the volunteer workers were helping people who had been in a crash when that pickup skidded across two lanes and hit them. the ems workers ended up in the hospital. everyone involved in the incident is expected to be okay. >>> two men are now in custody in copenhagen accused of helping a gunman carry out two deadly attacks over the weekend. two people were killed and five others were wounded. the gunman was later shot to death. one of the attacks happened at a cafe where a swedish cartoonist known for depicting the prophet mohamad as a dog was hosting an event. the second attack happened at a synagogue.

maryland. that is 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 than 8:30 is appropriate

county also, frederick coun maryland on a two hour delay. >> frederick county virginia closed prince willcounty, county spots vein gentn all closed. st. mary's closed as are charle calvert arundel coun. fauquiy closed rapp closed shenandoah closedll menner, warren clos. page my tin man has a big toe the size of a house. the lion is small like a toy poodle. and has webbed, duck feet. my scarecrow has wooden teeth... and his clothes have tubes on them. and that's dorothy. she looks like me. everyone has a favorite movie. now people with visual disabilities... can find theirs. introducing the first talking guide. from xfinity. >>> news4 begin >> welcome to special extended cove on news4 today. this is a live look outside of our storm team drive through the snow. condit are deteriorati as the snow picks up right in the heart of rush hour. you.m eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilch. it is 7:00 a.m. we are continuing our special r covere ts morning to keep you informed about this comm i'm getting a lot of questions on social media about d.c. publ schools. we said incorrectly at 6:30 that they a closed. public schools are on a two-ho del today, so the kids do have to go to school

maryland through the district. 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

. >> parts of southern maryland got the most snow from this storm. diane cho live in calvert county. diane, how are conditions out there right now? >> well leon it's not so bad. in fact the pavement here in this shopping center where we are is wet. the good news is it's not covered in ice because the sun has been out for most of the day. and what is left on the ground in this parking lot is mostly this slushy stuff that we're seeing underneath my feet. for the most part everyone we've talked to here in calvert county told us they were impressed with how quickly they were able to clear the roadways and side streets throughout the county today. 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 fro

county. you folks had a really good snow into southern maryland, made up for your saturday. by 6 a.m. low 20s pretty much everywhere. by 9:00 some snow showers now into calvert and st. mary's county up in toward baltimore, clearing skies back to the west with temperatures in the 20s. by 1:00 doesn't warm up much tomorrow. the burbs will probably stay below freezing, maybe 30 downtown, partly sunny skies. by 5:00 we're down to 25 in gaithersburg, 27 in leesburg, frederick, 28 in manassas. 9:30 tomorrow we're in the teens. because we have clear skies tomorrow essentially and snowpack, i think we are looking at single digit temperatures again tomorrow night. mostly cloudy, cold, flurries or a snow shower possible late, lows 18 to 26, winds northwest at 10. on the day planner 20s to start, snow shower early at 5:00, lingering clouds at 7:00. sun returns. 20s, though. only 30s by 1 p.m. next three days, cold saturday, 33, a late mix sunday, not really concerned about this. we'll watch it. looks like temperatures will be above freezing, but the atmosphere may just support sleet, 44 for a high. the next seven days monday grab an umbrella for the morning commute, up

county, just now coming into st. mary's and calvert, quickly passing through. temperatures are below freezing. we're in the upper 20s around 30 degrees all across virginia, maryland into west virginia around the bay and eastern shore. so anything that melted a little bit is going to be a little icy this morning. so watch out icy spots. otherwise payment will be dry most locations as we stay below freezing for the morning commute. afternoon commute, we'll have dry roads. most of the ice gp because the sun will be breaking out and melting any ice on roads as temperatures may be a little above freezing. but the sun will work and melt the ice. keep up with the roller coaster temperatures with the storm team 4 app. kids had a blast yesterday running through the snow. this picture posted on twitter by mama bear. and look at our roller coaster temperatures over the next 7 days. we stay much colder than aver average high is 51. we start getting warmer on sunday upper 30s. then near 50 monday. cold again on tuesday. up near 60 on wednesday. i said 60. and then back down cold again on thursday. so this is that kind of year we have our temperatures going up and down. so jus

of town, though, southern prince george's county, clinton, i'm thinking 2 closer to 4. 4 to # in southern maryland, -- 8 in southern maryland, southern st. 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. tomorr