he has a county chairman in every new hampshire county. he has more state reps and state senators than any other candidate, except mitt romney. and he has the sheriff in mitt romney's own county where he has a vacation home on the lake. so the santorum people are not taking a back seat really to the romney organization, though it is far superior. they believe that the bounce that santorum got here will make him almost immediately competitive. and there is a certain cantankerous think about the granite state, first in the nation voters. they love to turn on the winners in iowa. because mitt romney has been the favorite for 4 1/2, 5 years, there is a distinct possibility that the new-guy effect will really benefit rick santorum and you could see a big turn. and in new hampshire, they're independents. it's an open primary, so they can participate. the caucus process allows independents to register for today and change over, but frankly, it happens very, very rarely n. happen -- in new hampshire, it's more libertyarian and much less interested

washington county. a quick-moving area of snow that may be putting down a brief coating on grassy areas. it's melting on roadways. the air temperatures are too warm. hagerstown down to 32 now. martinsburg at 33. 32 in winchester down to stanton, virginia, in the upper teens now much of west virginia. 39 at reagan national. montgomery, arlington, fairfax countys now dropping rapidly. we've got gusty winds. these are the latest wind gusts. we've had them gusting to nearly 40 miles per hour over the last couple of hours. sunrise, 7:26. the strong gusts of wind will be with us throughout the day with the sunshine in and out. cold temperatures hovering near 40. look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. you've got to be careful. we have strong wind gusts, wet roadways, some areas possiy are going to slick over, especially on the bridge and ramps. you've got to slow down. a live camera on prince george's county, local roads look good. you can tell they are slick. giv

look back toward frederick county, virginia. this is back right along the clark county area. winchester and toward white post. i would not be surprised to find a quick little dusting of accumulation around i-81. watch out in that area. also out toward route 50. if you're around winchester toward white post, as you make your way toward loudoun county, you may see some accumulation very quickly. we'll continue to keep an eye out for you and let you know when we start to see some warmer air moving in. >> thank you. >>> the park ranger who was shot to death at mt. rainier on new years day has a special connection to our area. she moved here before moving to washington state. darcy spender spoke with some of andersen's co-workers and she is live in potomac with more. >> reporter: the national park service released this picture of the victim today in uniform. she worked here for a couple of years. i spoke to her friends and colleagues today. they describe her as a nice person. a friendly person. they also said she was tough as nails. margaret andersen is the ranger who was gunned d

montgomery county, fairfax county, the low teens, mid teens in prince george's county. upper teens in washington and right near the bay. throughout the bay, we'll have quite a bit of sun. we'll have clouds on the increase. right now mostly clear throughout much of the region. we have a few streaks of light in our sky. the meteor shower, the quadrantid is on its way. take a few minutes to look at the sky. you might be excited by a streak of light moving through. by noontime upper 20s. low 30s during the afternoon with increasing clouds. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> chopper 4 is over i-66 and nutley. if you're traveling i-66 eastbound around sully road, you are starting to slow down just a bit. i'm not seeing major delays at all as you make your way towards nutley. not seeing any accident between the bypass and the beltway on 66 in either direction. looking pretty good at this time. traveling i-95 northbound, definitely hitting the brakes at fairfax county parkway. your first set of de

this is really the last ban here through frederick county, virginia, in through clark county. all of that coming down. here it is right here making its way all way down from the lake. let's take a look at the ones that came through montgomery county. people are saying this came from the great lakes? you betcha. seeing1iímery . we'll go right through central pennsylvania and right on down through our area around gaithersburg around 1:30 in the afternoon. rockville, bethesda, all seeing a pretty good snow shower. it lasted 15 to 20 minutes. not a lot of accumulation. not cold for long. we're in the deep freeze with the cold air. the trough will look back to the north. here comes the mild there once again. we're talking about the temperatures getting back to 50 23 friday and saturday could be in the mid 50s. the mild air definitely making its way back in here before we finished out the week. cold with scattered snow showers. 23 to 28 degrees. single 5 ac 20 i'm thinking 12. the actual temperature out toward some of the colder suburbs with windchills in the single digits tomorrow.

and frederick county, howard county. in much of northern virginia, near the freezing mark to near 30 degrees. fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania. southern maryland, prince george's county, charles, calvert, st. mary's, many locations there near the freezing mark. watch out, there could be icy spots. all this melting by mid morning, fog dissipating by then, too. and maybe some light to moderate rain into the afternoon as we climb into the upper 40s to near 50. and we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. traveling in d.c. right now, fire activity is shutting down 14th street, between irving northwest and park road northwest. please use calling in the area. taking the beltway, the inner loop trying to get on the ramp to westbound 202 now. that ramp is shut down due to low-hanging wires. and if you're traveling on i-66, still seeing fog in the area. looking a lot better at fairfax county parkway. i'll give you a travel speed because

party in clinton county. that's not far from davenport. not far from dubuque. in the eastern part of iowa i happen it have been there last week. edith is joining us. edith, can you hear me? >> caller: yes i can. >> carolyn with is with you too? >> caller: yes. >> carolyn, tell us your last time. >> caller: towel et. >> what is your job? ? >> caller: president of clinton county women. chair of the precinct. and i have been on the central committee for many years. >> all right. is it your precinct that still has not reported the official results? >> caller: no, it is not mine. i received a call at about 12:20 from the state central committee asking if i knew how to get a hold of someone from 22. that time they gave me a name and i tried calling, because it is late here. they were in bed. and the claire was also in bed. >> so what you are saying is -- >> caller: so i came to edith's home and pounded on the door and woke her up and got her up. >> so edith, tell bus this precinct tp is it in clinton county still n

also rain in howard county and anne arundel county. the light snow into frederick and washington counties may accumulate on the grassy areas, but melting on roads. temperatures now are in the 30s throughout most of the region except some of the highlands out in west virginia now are below freezing, and these are the latest wind gust. gusts to 35 to 40 miles per hour as the cold front has swept through. the gusts will be higher later today. we could have gusts to 50 miles per hour this afternoon. temperatures hovering around 40 degrees. this evening, sunset at 5:08. winds should diminish. temperatures near freezing near sky. cold weather for the weekend. more coming up in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. volume's light in our area. we'll head to i-270 and take the trip together. no accidents at this time. slick pavement, but you see green as we head south toward rockville as we make our way from clarksburg, i'm not seeing any issues at this time. i'll give you a live look at shady grove. wet roads going to slow you down. no accid

of montgomery county.r in the city of fredericton and meyersville and northern frederick county. 48 degrees in washington, 55 in lexington park, 52 in annapolis. 37 in cumberland west of the blue ridge. 39 in winchester and martinsburg. afternoon sunshine near 60 degrees. the temperature will drop after a cold front tonight. we cannot rule out a brief mix or a light coating of snow lake tonight and early tomorrow morning especially northwest of the metro. keep that in mind. otherwise, dusty and cold tomorrow, highs near 40. the weekend, a pair for winter conditions only in the 30's. >> all right. what are you going to do? the careful on the roads. there's rain and road spray. we have had issues on the beltway. the only thing that remains is an accident after the dulles toll road on the outer loop. and all 50 eastbound there's an accident as well. 395 at king street in this picture. and this is a picture of 270 at 370. back to you. >> thank you. 45 degrees in arlington. neighbors in montgomery county on ale

howard county officials now telling us the quotas were based on discussion between county employees whothe grant. so we even dug deeper aad askkd the national highway traffic safety administration which manages the grant if they indeed required quotas.]there answer? no way. in this email they say "there is no federal or state mandate that requires the howard county police department to issue a certain "police are a limited resources"and that's with good reason says david rocah of the maryland aclu.taking away officer descretion often leads to waste."59:43"if an officer is spending his or her time for trivial offenses, it means they're not time spenjt looking for serious offenses." it's an argument that union officials say resonates with the officers too.06:29:30"the officers on the street are opposed to quotas"still for now, howard county police say if they pull you over.... 06:47:26"we generally don't have problems in this details achieving those numbers.just trust us.06:45:26"they don't reflect the policy or the disposition of this agency of setting quotas for traffic enforcement of a

for the counties in close here. montgomery county, howard county, loudoun county. you are now under the freezing rain advisory until 11:00 this morning. this is going to take some time and the concern here again is the freezing rain, the light fog, the mist will fall on surface temperatures that are at or below freezing. and we could have some icy spots out there for the course of your morning commute. looking at our temperatures, here we go. reagan national now, still -- we're up to 34 degrees. that is an update as of just a few minutes ago. that is good news. 28 at gaithersburg. notice off to the north and west, the entire region still below freezing. 31 in manassas. 30 in hagerstown. leonardtown, 32. going to take a few more hours until we can bump these temperatures up. eventually, our afternoon highs will be in the 40s. it will take a couple more hours. when the frontal system gets through here, that will bring us some scattered showers during the course of the affect. right now, down into alabama, they've got several tornado warnings flying so this is a very

mary's county. a little rain there, but howard and montgomery county getting in on the wet weather as well. it has bipassed d.c. for the moment. fairfax county the heavier showers you had in the east have left but out toward western fairfax, around chantilly now this should have is just about to -- stuff is just about to come in on you and really pick up north and west of manassas. central prince william and central fauquier county really between cat let and warrenton. we're seeing the very heavy line of showers and this stuff could -- you know borderline be on the severe side. we'll call it strong right now crossing 66 around gainesville over towards centreville and that's going to be a rough ride. and north and west of there, some other heavy weather. look at that line that red line going up and down there in western loudoun townky. probably some wind with that over to there. the winds could be gusting 30, 40, maybe 50 miles an hour but nothing severe at the moment. so for today looking showers an

arlington county, mid teens. mid teens in prince george's county. much of southern maryland and near the bay, upper teens near 20. and the view from space showing a clear sky now. you may see a few streaks of light that would be from the quadrantid meteor shower on its way now. you might see a few if you glance for a few seconds before you head on out. you definitely want to layer up with temperatures so cold, it's going to stay below freezing all the way until noontime. it may get above freezing as clouds close in after a sunny morning, a cloudy afternoon. we'll have lighter winds today, only a small chance of maybe a few flurries this afternoon, nothing like the snow showers we saw yesterday. a look at your evening planner, some milder air beginning to move in tonight. we'll look at that in ten minutes at 5:11. here's a look at our wednesday morning traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> it's looking just a little better if you're taking the beltway at river road on the inner loop. had an accident. only the right lane got by. now you

arlington county, upper 30s near 40. near 40 in washington and prince george's county.of southern maryland near the bay, low to mid 40s as well as northern neck, eastern shore. a few spots on the eastern shore in the 30s. farther west, we've dipped to near freezing right east of the blue ridge from rappahannock county to culpeper and western and northern fauquier into loudoun county and frederick county near the freezing mark. farther west, it's warmer. near 40 in shenandoah valley. into the 50s now into west virginia. just some high clouds now drifting over from the west. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:16. we'll be in the 40s, much of the region, through mid morning. then rapidly climbing into the 50s after 9:00. then the 60s during the afternoon. in fact, maybe upper 60s to near 70 in parts of virginia this afternoon. then overnight tonight, we'll be clear and getting chilly again, near 40 tomorrow. might have a sprinkle north of the metro area tomorrow morning. then clouds in the afternoon. another mild day into the 60s on wednesday. rain likely on thursday. f

schools in alexandria, prince william county, stafford county and warren county are all opening two hours late. in west virginia, schools in berkeley and jefferson counties and morgan counties opening two hours late. >> federal government opening at 11:00 as is the city of arlington park. the city of falls church are open with unscheduled leave opportunities and liberal leave is in effect for frederick county. there are more government and private school and business closings all running at the bottom of your screen right now. >> of course, the bad weather is one of the reasons why today is officially blue monday. >> blue monday. we've got fog as well. not just the freezing rain advisory but dense fog in spots. i tend to believe we don't have the freezing rain advisory, we would have a dense fog advisory but i imagine weather service didn't want to confuse things too much because obviously the slickness is more of a concern and more of a threat to you for the next couple of hours. we start this morning with a look at our day planner where we do expect temperatures to be rising here over t

that was this county up here, howard county.santorum now has the lead there with 80% of the vote counted. michele bachmann is on track right now to not even win one iowa county. newt gingrich is carrying this county up here right now, 50% of the vote in. but as you can see, pretty close. we'll watch the vote come in. anderson, right now, almost half of the precincts counted. you've got this tiny lead. we'll watch this play out. when you have such a big race, you have to focus on the big population centers. by iowa standards, that means here, polk county. only 30% of the vote counted right here, ron paul is winning, but by the tie nest margin, mitt romney not that far behind. this is where the most votes are still outstanding tonight, in the center of the state, by the state capital. duh buick, about 44% of the vote counted. one of the things we'll do throughout the night, romney tonight, match it up to romney four years ago. he had 42% there four years ago, just 33% now. he neds eds to continue to lead this county if he wants to

johnson served as the top prosecutor in prince george's county before he was elected county executive. he was nearing the end of his second term as county executive in 2010 when he was arrested on federal corruption charges. prosecutors say johnson accepted as much as $1 million in bribes and gifts from developers. and in december he was sentenced to seven years in federal prison. >>> simply inexcusable. and actually senator marco rubio came to my defense and said that ad was inexcusable and inflammatory and inappropriate. mr. speaker, i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mek co. my wife's father was born in wales. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owns shares of both freddie mac and fannie mae. governor romney made a million dollars off selling some of that. he has an investment in goldman sachs which is today foreclosesing on floridians. >> if you check your own investments you also have investments through mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> a remarkable change of pace in last night's republican presidential debate. mitt romney answe

mary's county and a few counties out west. live super doppler 7 radar knows nothing actively falling at this time. tom weber, beneath the weight of been there is some fog and a little drizzle. some of that drizzle can freeze on contact with area temperatures are out freezing. that could cause problems. that could develop some slick spots and icy patches here and they're especially on the side streets. that is something to keep in mind through the really morning. otherwise, running up to the upper 40's, through the drive home with areas of rain. back to you. >> thank you. " crews spent the night trading potential slick spots on the roads. john gonzalez is live in springfield with how they are sparing so far. >> good morning, ladies. in the last couple minutes we have noticed a light mist in the air, which is what we don't want with these low temperatures. this wall, you can see it does not take much water to create this ice. that is exactly what we don't want on roads. of course, the federal government is not taking any chances

county, t just in the upper 20s. upper 20s in montgomery, loudoun, parts of fauquier to prince william. and in fairfax county, southern montgomery county right near the freezing mark as is the district of columbia, prince george's county, southern maryland. over the northern neck, many locations there are around 40 degrees, as well as the eastern shore. sunrise at 7:21. by 9:00, much of the fog should be gone. any freezing threat will be gone then, too. light rain, though, moving in. and moderate, even briefly heavy rain during the afternoon with thunder and lightning even. and that -- by then we'll have temperatures into the upper 40s, near 50. we'll hold steady in the mid 40s through the night with the rain tapering off and ending. sun back tomorrow, into the mid 50s on tuesday. all this snow and ice will be gone. and then on wednesday, partly cloudy and then clouding up wednesday night. could get rain on thursday. and maybe lingering rain friday morning, then drying into the weekend. pleasant weekend, looks like n

includes southern rappahannock county and into culpeper county.his is in effect for about another 15 minutes. and elsewhere, farther north and west, we're getting light rain. boy, what a contrast in temperatures around. we're in the 60s to the south of the metro area. up on the pennsylvania border, it's in the 30s. 54 at reagan national now. we'll have some of these passing showers all the way until noontime with mild temperatures. and maybe some heavy downpours with some damaging winds. so stay tuned. as the morning progresses, i'll be keeping you fully informed. clearing, windy, colder this afternoon into tonight. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. taking bw parkway northbound, a couple issues to look out for. the first one as you approach route 198, right lane is blocked by an overturned vehicle. as you continue your commute northbound, right lane blocked again. this time at 197. the accident here in the right lane, you can see you are slow as you approach this accident. just be aware of it. taking the belt

now in charles county. st. mary's county, patches of color you see moving. that's over into the lower eastern shore, as well. farther west, a few flurries flying through the air. northern central shenandoah valley and out in the highlands of west virginia where temperatures are in the upper 20s to around 30. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's countys in the upper 20s. and in the district of columbia, low to mid 30s as well as near the bay and tidal president obama. sunrise, 7:27. mid 30s by mid morning. and again, flurries may be flying by mid morning. maybe a little sleet. and a greater chance of precipitation this afternoon in the form of rain into the low 40s this afternoon. some scattered, light rain. areas mainly south of washington have a greater chance of that. that will continue until around midnight tonight. then some big changes on the way for the rest of the week. we'll look at that and the weekend this ten minutes. danella has traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, traveling in virginia, i-66, chopper 4 is live over centreville. ea

ron paul and rick perry tied in that county. union county already counted. you go county to county you get different results. big for mitt romney, davenport. they're counting their vote. mitt romney with 30% there. this is critical to mitt romney. 30% right now. how did he do? 31% four years ago. that's a test to see where he was four years ago. been waiting a long time to see that. we're under way. >> there's been an unexpected development. i want to share it with our viewers right now. we thought we had all of the respondents in the entrance polls coming in, but there's been more respondents, more information is coming in and we're going to share it with you right now. just to recap, as you remember, in the first wave and the second wave, it was a slight lead for ron paul, 24% over mitt romney, 23%. rick santorum not all that far behind with 19%. 13% for newt gingrich. wave one and wave two. do we have the bottom three? no, all right. here's all three waves now. this is a three-way effective tie when you add up all of the respondents, wave one, two and thr

montgomery county, low to mid 30s as well as prince george's county and arlington counties. 38 at reagan national. we have a few high clouds coming in now. we'll have it off and on this morning. then we'll have sunrise at 7:20. sunset at 5:21. highs reaching the upper 40s to near 50. then this evening, cloudy, down into the 30s by midnight, upper 30s. could get rain beginning tomorrow and perhaps part of friday. we'll look at that and the weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> traveling 66 eastbound, slow out of the rest area. delays continue as you make your way to ward 50. now, traveling the beltway, slowing down at colesville road, an accident, outer loop at georgia avenue. it's out of the roadway, we're still seeing delays. in fact, you're starting to slow from new hampshire avenue, and they continue delays past georgia avenue. back to you. >> thanks. >>> 6:10. 41 degrees. ahead, is it spreading? the new concern this morning that the mystery illness at one high school may have now [ woman ] before allegra-d, winter allergies meant congestion. after allegra-d, i can breathe. [ mal

, in parts of loudoun county. along this area just east of the blue ridge through northern fauquier, rappahannock, madison, green, the blue ridge, getting light freezing drizzle. we have this freezing rain advisory in effect until 9:00. most areas are not getting any freezing rain. radar show something light showers now moving into western maryland, eastern west virginia. there's some heavier rain farther to the west of this, though. that will be arriving later today as a front sweeps through. right now we're at or below freezing in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. watch for slick spots. in southern maryland near the bay and parts of the northern neck, eastern shore, it is above freezing. elsewhere, generally upper 20s and low 30s in montgomery and fairfax and prince george's counties. and later today we'll get above freezing by 9:00. by then, a lot of the fog will be gone. any freezing threat will be gone, as well. then during the afternoon, climbing into the 40s to near 50 with some

all the way across northern fauquier county into warren county, virginia. the south and east but may be putting down a quick dusting, maybe up to .5 inch of snow. watch how things can get very slick, especially on the mountain steep roads that have not been treated around the blue ridge. got another snow shower coming into northern montgomery county out of frederick and washington county. that may be putting down just a very light dusting and is moving quickly. meanwhile, farther to our west, we've got much heavier snow likely on tap throughout the day today. up to a foot of snow in the higher ridges of western maryland and far northern west virginia. for today, the sunrise at 7:27. maybe a passing snow shower this morning. and a greater chance this afternoon throughout much of the region as we cloud up and only briefly above freezing around noontime. winds gust to go around 30 to 35 miles an hour today. will diminish tonight under a clearing sky. we'll be down into the low 20s by midnight. then the teens tomorrow morning. wednesday another cold day. thankf

we are clear all the way through howard county.oming in from cecil county this morning, here's 95 at the tidings bridge. traffic moves easily even with the high wind. be prepared for the windy conditions on your morning commute. charley over to you. >>> in health news it appears the obesity levels leveled off. numbers show one in every 3 adults and nearly 1 in every five children and teens are considered obese. the percentages show there's been no change in the pref lebs of obese -- prevalence of obesity in the recent years. since 1977 obesity rate has doubled. >>> seems like an attempt to fight obesity in schools by getting rid of snacks in vending machines may be in vain. a study shows it's making no difference at all. a look at 20,000 middle schoolers found students don't gain more when they are at school and have junk food vending machines. the study's author says one reason may be they don't have time to eat at school. >>> gastric by-pass surgery may be a better option than gastric banding which involves placing a band around

mainly fairfax county and loudoun county up into frederick county and into the panhandle of west virginiathat is rainfall rates almost an inch an hour and it's going to be with us another couple of hours. temperatures have actually gone up. it's 47 right now at national. we talked about this. temps will go up and remain steady overnight. 46 in manassas. 50 in leesburg and 51 in hagerstown. your wakeup weather looks like this. maybe an early shower at 5:00 in the 40s and maybe an early shower in the 40s. but by 9:00, quite nice. partly sunny. 46-54. we'll come back and let you know what happens for the evening commute. we have more changes and we'll let you know when the arctic air rolls in. >> thank you, topper. >>> near misses on metro buses and close calls. this bus driver is about to slam into a car that has been stopped at a crosswalk for a woman with a baby in a stroller. there it is. and then take a look at this driver. he slams into an suv stopped in a school zone. and take a look at this one. a metro bus driver actually drives into another metro bus. >> this is ridiculous. he didn

and that is going to be moving into southern loudoun county and into fairfax county, southern prince william, southern fauquier, and southern culpeper in about another ten minutes. these are moving fast. these lines of rain, thunder, and gusty winds now moving at around 50 miles per hour. they're going to be sweeping into the area within the next hour. should be causing some travel problems, too, with some heavy downpours causing ponding of water on roadways. look at the contrast of temperatures. upper 30s along the pennsylvania border to the 60s south of washington. reagan national at 54. later today the passing showers will be dissipating by noontime. clearing out this afternoon and turning colder with a gusty wind out of the northwest. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> right now looking at i-270, your first set of delays are out of urbana. they continue to clarksburg road. once you get to clarksburg road, it gets better for you. i can show you here at father hurley, you are getting a little busy as you head southbound and head toward shady grove. no

mary's county around -- man i'm getting confused here with the counties. there are a lot of them out there and a lot of storms, too. as far as stormy weather goes now it is out of here and we are all calming down. the winds, however, will not calm down until probably about 9:00, 10:00. rather breezy during the day today. here comes a frontal boundary. this is one of two. this one will be a dry front but it will bring in a little cooler weather during the day on saturday and into sunday. sunday another cold front will move through. ahead of it nice and mild but we will see a chance for a shower. maybe a flurry late on sunday depending on just how cold it is. you may see a couple flurries out here. best chance once again, north and west of the city. this evening a few clouds. much cooler. continued windy. 52 to 56 degrees. your winds still gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour through 7:00, 8:00, maybe 9:00 tonight and then really dying down tomorrow. we'll see light winds tomorrow morning. it will be a little chilly but still a nice start for late january wit

county as well.is morning. a few snow flurries cannot be ruled out the next couple days. we will have a fair amount of sunshine today. 35 degrees in winchester. wind chills are in the mid '20s out west. even with year tomorrow with cold air in place. notice the cloud cover shot and gray. -- even windier tomorrow. you can see it snow developing in the great lakes. just a few snow flurries possible around here with the exception of the western facing slopes far out west in western maryland and west virginia. it will get a good amount of western facing slopes, the higher elevations. cold air moving into town. breezy today but blustery tomorrow. the wind will be even higher. 44 today, sunshine. breezy and colder tonight increasing clouds, low to mid- 20s by this time tomorrow morning with wind chills from the single digits west of the glorious -- west of the blue ridge to teens in town. the coldest days of our this winter is tomorrow, wind out of the northwest, costing in excess of 25 miles an hour, will

eastern areas of washington county. almost into western frederick county seeing the snow flurries.sburg. this is coming east, east- southeast. meyersville, middlebrook into frederick in the next little while. give it 20, 30 minutes, you could get into the snow shower activity. 29 in town. 30 in easton. 24 for luray. cumberland, 27. old town, maryland, m.j. told me the roads were slick. wind chill down into the teens to low 20s at best. officially, 29 with clear skies at the moment at reagan national. northwest winds at 12. have been gusting over 20. dew points are down in the teens. the air is very, very dry. with the cold air in place coming in off the lake. lake snows going. we're looking at some snow showers and flurries here this afternoon and again tomorrow afternoon. late snows in new york state and down into the lakes area, one to two feet. for the next three days, in the teens and 20s. tomorrow, cold. 36. another shot for some afternoon and evening flurries and snow showers. by thursday, we start to recover at 45. friday and saturday in the 50s. rain on sunday may end up wi

all the counties in blue. and a winter storm warning farther west for accommodation of snow, sleet, and ice beginning tonight, around 9:00, 10:00, maybe continuing into saturday morning. we might even have freezing rain tomorrow morning. here's the day planner for this friday. we'll have sunshine this morning. sun rise at 7:23. then we'll have increasing clouds again this afternoon, similar to yesterday. and temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 30s. a little colder today, though, than yesterday. and then this evening is when we could get the wintry mix moving in. we'll look at your friday planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning and happy friday. so far, the area looks good if you're ready to head out of the house. i'll show you a live look at i-270 at falls road. traveling i-270 making your way southbound, as well as northbound, looking really good between germantown and the spur. no issues in the roadway for you. no accidents or major delays at all. traveling 395, looks good here. this

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the harford county sheriff says despite a recent renovation project the county might need a new detention center in as little as five years. more than half the people arrested in harford county are back at the detention center again in less than three years. many of them have addiction issues, mental health issues, no jobs. several different community groups and government agencies work with the issues but unlike some counties harford doesn't have a formal coordinated re-entry program. the sheriff says that needs to change. >> it's something that is not going to cost any tax dollars to do. it's really an attempt to get everybody working off the same sheet of music. >> the plan will be officially unveiled today. the meeting between the sheriff's department and other community leaders in harford county. >>> prosecutors in macon, georgia, are seeking the death penalty in a case involving the murder of a laurel woman. steven mcdaniel is charged in the death of lauren giddings, who graduated from law school at mercer university and mcdaniel lived in her building. she disappeared in june, her b

, and fairfax counties. virginia, west virginia, maryland, at or above freezing except the bay waters and tidal potomac. we did have flurries passing north of washington. those have dissipated. now a few clouds are coming through. we'll have sunshine this morning. but this evening a winter storm watch for tonight into saturday. all the counties in color including northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland could get snow, sleet, and icing that could cause travel problems out there this evening. but locally the impacts will be minimal. sunrise at 7:23. here's your day planner -- sunshine, then cloudy this afternoon with highs reaching upper 30s. tonight is when the wintry mix may impact the metro area. we'll look at the planner in ten minutes. danally has traffic for friday morning. >>> good morning, have an early morning crash, southbound route 5 as you approach allentown road. police are on the scene as well as the fire department. use caution. taking the beltway in prince georg

and anne arundel county officers. the bizarre situation unfold around 2:00 in the morning when a baltimore county officer tried to pull over a nissan. the vehicle fled in got away. moments later, another baltimore county officer noticed the same vehicle on 695 and tried to stop it, but it got away again. the same officer noticed the nissan had crashed in the southbound lanes of 95 and pulled over to investigate. there ended up being some sort of trouble. the suspect said he had begun and ended up stealing the officers cruiser. the officers were later able to track down the cruiser to the parking lot of this motel 6. when they arrived, they noticed a black suv racing out of that parking lot and then stopped it. three people got out, but a ford, the suspect, who police believe stole the cruiser, got behind the wheel and took off. >> we believe it is the same individual that was struck. the individuals that were taken out of the suv are being questioned by homicide detectives. police did recover a hammer from the scene.

, key counties, dallas county, rom romney 32%.re he was in 2008. johnson county, poul paul 36%, polk county, 25%. how do you see the race shaping up? >> you mentioned earlier, story county, i would expect it look like johnson county. so i think it would be good return for ron paul. >> brett: we're getting word half the vote in. fox news that newt gingrich will finish fourth and perry will finish fifth. fox projected that michelle bachmann will finish second here. meanwhile, the top two candidates are still bunched at the top and we can't make a call there. we can project at this moment that newt gingrich will finish fourth in this race and rick perry will finish fifth. >> megyn: david, historically, people who have lost iowa how have had he fared in securing the nomination? >> most of the time, nominee has always come out of top three finishers, with one exception that was john mccain. you want to look at the top three finishers because historically they have been the nominee. iowa is not a predictor. it's the start of the process

arlington county, mid 20s. upper 20s in washington. near 20 in prince george's county.he view from space showing a clear sky here. a few clouds drifting into the mountains coming in from the west ahead of a cold front that will be arriving here later tonight. it's going to be a cold day ahead of that cold front. only climbing to the low 40s by mid afternoon. and while our sunrise at 7:24, sunset at 5:14. a cloudy evening, could get flurries midnight north of the metro area. a look at that cold weather for friday and some wintry precipitation for the weekend in ten minutes. danel danella, how is traffic? >> inbound new york avenue, the water main break. the water has stopped but possible icy conditions. only the left lane gets you by this is as you travel inbound new york avenue approaching montana avenue. already seeing a lot of delays at bladensburg. very slow towards the scene. use caution, if possible just avoid new york avenue until this gets better. traveling i-270 in maryland by shady grove, a little busy. traveling 95 out of the occoquam, still busy. right now at

howard county officials now telling us the quotas were based on discussion between county employees whofederal or state mandate that requires the howard county police department to issue a certain number of citations. 01:07:52 resources"and that's with good reason says david rocah of the maryland aclu.taking away officer descretion often leads to waste."59:43"if an officer is spending his or her time for trivial offenses, it means they're not time spenjt looking for serious offenses." it's an argument that union officials say resonates with the officers too.06:29:30"the officers on the street are opposed to quotas"still for now, howard county police say if they pull you over.... 06:47:26"we generally don't have problems in this details achieving those numbers.just trust us.06:45:26"they don't reflect the policy or the disposition of this agency of setting quotas for traffic enforcement of any other type of activity in this police department" federal officials did tell us they expect states that recieve grants to "maintain a level of effort." the... government.../ also.../ requires... la

we're down into the mid 30s in montgomery county, fairfax county. arlington county near 40. near 40 in washington and prince george's county. southern maryland near the bay, in the mid 40s. farther west and north, a few locations, too. in the 40s. shenandoah valley into some of the mountain regions and frederick down to just 27 degrees. quite a variety of temperatures around this morning. we've got a clear sky, though. we're off to a clear start on this tuesday morning. our sunrise will be at 7:16. by 9:00, we'll be mostly sunny, into the mid 40s and clouds rolling in around noontime. sunshine, too. into the low 60s then in the middle of the afternoon. we ought to hit the mid-to-upper 60s for a brief time. the evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic. good morning, danella. >>> good morning. in the area, volume's very light. we have construction around the beltway, but that seems to be mostly gone. nothing but green as you travel around the beltway in montgomery county. even continuing in prince george's county, circling to virginia, i'm not seeing any issues

low to mid 30s in montgomery county and prince george's county. parts of southern maryland, charles, calvert, st. mary's, are down near the freezing mark as is anne arundel and the eastern shore. shenandoah valley into the mountains, in the mid 30s there. we do have clouds beginning to close in from the north and west. they'll be with us a little from time to time throughout the morning hours. then clouding up this afternoon. here's the wider view. we'll have some of these clouds here. these are high clouds coming into kentucky, tennessee, these will be rolling over us ahead of a low-pressure system. that will begin to move in tomorrow. we'll get those increasing clouds throughout the day. sunrise at 7:20. we'll have highs reaching from the upper 40s to around 50 by later this afternoon. then this evening, sunset at 5:21. we'll be cloudy and generally around 40 through the early evening. upper 30s by midnight. then by dawn on thursday, cloudy, the mid 30s. slight chance of maybe a sprinkle or maybe a little bit of sleet early tomorrow morning. i d

alexandria, clark county, prince william county, stafford county, warren county and winchester.in opening two hours late. gnaw west virginia, the following counties are on a two-hour delay. berkeley, jefferson and morgan counties. all delayed two hours. there are more delays listed at the bottom of your screen and at wusa9.com. >>> well, we've got some moisture moving in. still below freezing in spots. next few hours could be a little dicey or icy. as we get into the afternoon, warmer and wetter. temperatures upper 40s. tomorrow and wednesday look ok. showers late thursday into friday and maybe something wintry by sunday. monika? >> icy in some spots. definitely the fog. let me show you the big spot this morning starting off with 270. we'll go over to 66 on the inbound side pretty much like this in from gainesville and centreville and fairfax. 395 northbound at duke street. >> cbs this morning is next. bob schieffer looking lead to the florida presidential primary and the creator of a youtube video on religion. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on tra

in montgomery county, low to mid 30s as well as in prince george's county, arlington county.nd it's in the upper 30s to near 40 right near the bay waters. and the view from space showing a few clouds that are drifting over us now. but we have a mostly clear sky elsewhere. and we will have a few of these clouds in and out this morning. quite a bit of sunshine. sunrise at 7:20. by noontime, into the low 40s. ought to hit upper 40s by mid-afternoon. maybe 50 south of the metro area as we cloud up. then cloudy tonight. sunset's at 5:21. upper 30s by midnight or so. by dawn tomorrow, the mid 30s. then a cloudy day on thursday. might have sprinkles of rain, maybe sleet coming down far north and west of the metro area predawn and around dawn on thursday morning. should be above freezing this, too. then later in the day tomorrow, a greater chance of rain moving in. off and on thursday afternoon and evening and through midday friday. and then drying out on friday afternoon. highs in the low 50s. sunny saturday, near 30 in the morning. afternoon highs near 50. then on sunday, a lot of

temperatures in the 20s in prince george's county, fairfax, arlington, and montgomery counties. right near the bay waters, it's a little above freezing. elsewhere from west virginia across virginia, maryland, and the eastern shore, it is below freezing. now looking at the view from space, clouds are beginning to close in from the south and west, beginning to cover up the moon. you can still see the moon in the western sky. a halo over the next hour. there where you see the color in the lower left of the screen, that's rain. it is raining southern west virginia, southwestern virginia into kentucky and tennessee. there's some heavy rain in tennessee now. some of that moderate to heavier rain arriving here later today. so clouding up this morning, sunrise at 7:26. and then by noontime, the low 40s. and the metro area will probably see the first raindrops early afternoon. then wet after that. and chilly, too, with temperatures only in the low to mid 40s. training tonight. a look t evening -- rain continuing tonight. a look at traffic. >>> prince george's county, capitol height, addi

. >>> coming up another fight over a treehouse in fairfax county, what the county says this dad did that was against the rules. >>> but first architecture or teaching, what a new study says college students should choose as a major to help make sure they can get a job next. >>> 9 traffic now is brought to you by geico. >>> two airlines already raising ticket prices now that the new european rules on carbon emissions are in effect. delta airlines is adding six bucks per round trip ticket from any flight from the u.s. to europe. as of sunday, all flights in and out of the eu have to purchase credits to offset carbon emissions from their flights. >>> some college students could pay a price literally for choosing the wrong major. georgetown university released a new study today breaking down unemployment rates of recent college grads by their major. now those with an undergraduate degree in architecture had the highest unemployment rate at 13.9%. art majors were next at 11.0% followed by the humanities at 9.4%, grad with health or education degrees had the lowest jobless rate. >>> the state