southern howard county and southern montgomery county and here in northwest.he road temperatures right on the beltway are above freezing. it's melting on the roadways there. but a little paragraph they are north and west in montgomery county, western fairfax into loudoun, northern prince william, it is sticking to the untreated surfaces there. watch out for that. fast-moving. this is coming through quickly. it will be moving east of the metro area next couple of hours. by 8:00, 9:00, it will be tapering off and ending. we'll be near the freezing mark. the untreated surfaces, we'll see the light accumulation, dusting to an inch. slick spots north and west of washington. south and east, melting on roadways. somewhat higher amounts, 1 to 2 inches. the dark blue zone along the blue ridge and the higher elevations, points west of there. all of this will will continue rapidly moving away and will begin to clear out windy and cold as we get into the afternoon hours. now, with conditions going on in prince george's county here is megan mcgrath. how is it looking there

fauquier county, warren county and culpeper county all closed. >>> new this morning, rescue crews in bangladesh are searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with another ship sending 100 people into the water. the ferry capsized after the accident. local villagers helped to rescue people. ferry accidents are common because they're overcrowded. >>> investigating how an amtrak train fatally collided with a pedestrian. this happened around 7:00 last night on the tracks between backlick road and the beltway in alexandria. the train was coming from new york heading to new orleans. none of the 226 passengers on the train was injured. however, the accident left a vre train stopped just south of alexandria. passengers had to be loaded on to buses. >>> 16 after the hour. we're waiting for word from boeing about when it will start test flights on the 787 dreamliners. the faa gave the company permission to do those tests as it tries to fix problems with the plane's lithium-ion batteries. boeing can only fly the 787s over unpopulated areas. the faa still won't allowed dreamliners

freezing parts of prince george's county county. including anne arundel, st. mary's county. loudoun county near freezing and prince william and stafford and spotvania and rappahannock and culpep culpeper. they should make it into the low 40s. closer to washington, highs in the mid and upper 30s. so a cold wintry day. the average high this time of year is 48. this is going to be about 10 degrees colder than average and highs may only reach near freezing farther north and west into the shenandoah valley and into western maryland. so a cold, cold day there. later this afternoon with the winds still blustery, a few clouds coming and going. it's going to clear out tonight. down to the low 20s tomorrow morning with a lighter wind. a bit of a blustery wind still on thursday. highs reaching low 40s. 20s on friday morning. we'll have increasing clouds, an area of low pressure coming our way. may give us by noontime or during the early part of the afternoon a brief snow and sleet like we had yesterday morning. then changing to some chilly rai

loudoun county in virginia. frederick county, maryland getting a little bit of that wet snow. most melting on roadways. closer to washington, in the mid-30s. around the beltway. just outside the beltway, some locations there are near the freezing mark. the road temperatures above freezing. the it will be changing to rain in the nx hour or two. maybe an inch in the higher elevations. that light dusting to a half inch mainly on grassy areas. all rain the rest of the morning for the whole region and raining into the afternoon by noontime into the upper 30s. i'm back with frequent updates throughout the morning. situation changing minute by minute. i'll have your radar look and a look at the rest of the afternoon in ten minutes coming up at 6:11. now first 4 traffic with danella. >>> good morning. still checking on a situation in northwest washington, d.c. fire departments on the scene of a fire. this is along decatur street between iowa avenue and arkansas. please avoid the area if you can. let's check on delays along i-95. it's friday, not bad. i-95 northbound as you make your w

county public schools. in response to both the arrests, the county spokesperson said that all potential school employees are observed and evaluated and undergo background checks and fingerprinting prior to being hired. >> this individual needs special attention. he should not be in that type of atmosphere. there is no way to test for somebody like that. >> he faces charges of sex abuse of a minor, fourth degree sex offense, and perverted practice is. he is out on bail. >> thank you. police are working to edify human remains found at two separate locations. the first one is in laurel, where police say a couple was birdwatching when they discovered what appears to be a human skull. about noon in monday -- and remains were transported to a medical examiner's office here in baltimore. anyone with information is asked to call investigators. the remains of a second body located near of baltimore county school was discovered monday afternoon in a wooded area. county homicide texas are now investigating. anyone wit

not just here at the school but in the county. across the county.re struggling to cope with the murder of 15-year-old freshman charles walker. then came word that another suitland high school freshman was gunned down at an apartment complex in forestville. that's two suitland high school students murdered within about 24 hours of each other. police do not believe the murders are related. but are part of a disturbing and violent trend being seen in the prince george's county school system. the latest student murder happened at about 5:30 last night. the freshman, whose name has not been released was fatally shot in a parking lot of an apartment complex on donnell drive. he died at the hospital. a second person wounded is listed in critical or grave condition at app aur i can't hospital. now, residents who live in the area say they just don't understand what's going on. they say the violence is frightening and sad. >> i mean, you know, i just don't understand these young people nowadays. they just go around shooting and killing each other for no reaso

mary's county. potomac, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania, many of those locations getting light flurries right now. those are associated with winter weather advisory. all these areas in the purple color under a winter weather advisory in northern virginia, suburbs in maryland. the amount of snow expected could be affected by the temperatures. it's at or above freezing in washington. to our south, it's near a little below freezing in prince george's county and charles, calvert and st. mary's. farther north and west, near 30 in montgomery county. much of fairfax, arlington county into loudoun county around 30 degrees. maybe a dusting to an inch at the most in this light blue zone. that includes washington, much of fairfax, prince george's, montgomery. farther soupt, there may be up to an inch in st. mary's county, southern charles, parts of the northern neck. farther west, a couple of inches alon the blue ridge and the highlands out in west virginia. i'm here with frequent updates throughout the mo

anne arundel county. it will be an exciting time and i look forward to jumping in tomorrow. >> reporter: neuman is from the patterson park area in east baltimore. she's a high school drop out who got an mba from loyola has led up tech companies and is an out spoken rape survivor. she will be sworn in at 10:00 this morning. >> thank you mike. leopold will be sentence d in three weeks on march 14th. >>> a maryland state senate committee has approved a sweeping gun control measure also in annapolis. committee voting 7-4 last night in favor of a bill which is a top priority of the governor's agenda. it would prohibit anyone from owning a handgun if they've been involuntary committed for mental health reasons prior. the vote sends legislation to the full senate for debate next week. the committee is one step closer to out lawing the death penalty in the state of maryland voting 6-5 to repeal the bill for capital punishment. it moves on to the senate now. >>> olympian oscar pistorius will continue his fight for

mary's county and scattered across calvert county. farther west, a few light flurries trying to reach the ground. manassas, one much my twitter followers said at prince william hospital, in the parking lot they're seeing light snow beginning to reach the ground. southern fairfax county and in the district and our northern eastern suburbs. just a few scattered light flurries there. the temperatures are at or below freezing. south of washington, it's generally a little above freezing. a lot of that snow falling south of washington is melting on roadways. by 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. much of the region will be a little bit below freezing and scattered snow showers until 9:00 this morning. again, only maybe a dusting at the very most in the light blue zone. maybe an inch in the darker blue areas. eastern shore, southern maryland and less than an inch there. enly, 1 to 2 in the higher elevations. it's going to be turning much colder tonight. details in ten minutes. first 4 traffic with danella on this friday morning. how are we looking? >> on the

baltimore county, carol county frederick county points west. they dropped the counties to the bay in the past 20 minutes or so. here's the forecast for today. 42 to 47 the high. all day yesterday we were above freezing. we finally warm up a little bit today. northeast winds become northwest. 6-12 drizzle and rain in the forecast. morning freezing is a possibility. insta weather future cast shows this stuff mostly to the south of us today and eventually the clouds move out. that will be overnight tonight and we get into sun during the day on sunday finally. should be a much nicer day during the day tomorrow. late monday into tuesday we begin to see elements of the next storm coming into the picture. 7 days worth here. 45 today 48 sunday and monday 47. sunday and monday look dry. a wintery mix with the next system coming in on tuesday. a wintery mix once again at the end of the week where temperatures will be hovering around 40 for highs. >> you see a package of the baltimore favorite burger cookie in the store you might want to grab it while you

northern baument tore county, carol, howard, frederick county and washington county have had reports at least for arts the those areas. south of the points it has been mostly rain this morning light rain at that. part two of the storm supposed to come in this afternoon and this evening as something develops off the coast. we will talk more about that coming up in just a minute. >> in carol county police activated the snow emergency plan that gives the state police the authority to remove vehicles left in the roadway on state roads. snowplows and other snow removal equipment can get through. highway officials are urging drivers to stay cautious while traveling because of the icy conditions. you can track winter weather any time and in real time with our android and iphone apps check the 7-day forecast all at your finger tips. >> a frightening stabbing and robbery leads to a lengthy police pursuit and dramatic moments for west baltimore neighborhood. we have more on what happened. (sirens) >> chaos is west baltimore. >> 11 news was on the ground and in the air seconds after a police pu

police county dolores and eboni dewitt's bodies in a burning car. chris gordon spoke with the family after the testimony today. >> rosa smith testified for the prosecution. she's the mother of dolores dewitt and the grandmother of eboni dewitt. in march of 2009, their bodies were found in a stolen car that had been set on fire. this video showing the burning car comes from a police cruiser cam and was shown to the jury as evidence in the trial of 29-year-old jason scott, who's charged with murdering the mother and daughter. in the early morning hours of march 16th, 2009, eboni's sister courtney came home to discover that her mother's car was in the driveway, but her mother and sister were missing. she was terrified and called her grandmother. >> she was hysterical. >> reporter: later that morning, rosa smith and her family went to the home on cedar hollow lane. >> reporter: what did you find inside the house? eboni's coat? >> yeah, eboni's coat, food on the counter, and

we've got snow across much of loudoun county especially the western part of the county. fauquier too. extreme northern prince william county. bealton reported a little bit of snow. culpeper and madison seeing the snow on the ground and the bands of more moderate rain headed to southern maryland where temperatures are just holding in the mid- to upper 30s, barely above freezing from la plata to andrews. 32 frederick. leesburg too. these are the areas we're going to have to really watch. right now 34 and feeling like 27 be a cold rain and i just want to show you this storm one more time. some areas in and around here 20 to 30-inches of snow. i think even locally higher than that. here's our forecast. today 43. a.m. rain. snow west and northwest with afternoon showers. 30 tonight. it's going to turn windy with mid 20s north and west. 39 tomorrow. windy in the morning. lighter in the afternoon. a milder sunday with highs in the mid 40s. prince william county now reporting a two hour delay. prince william just coming in. by monday, we're back to 54. wet and mild and a nicer d

calvert county. farther north and west, a few scattered flurries there and sprinkles of light snow maybe reaching the ground in frederick and washington county. farther west of the potomac river from southern maryland into the shenandoah valley. only a few scattered flurries right now. we have this disturbance coming through. a weak area of low pressure. as it moves on through, may give us enough snow to coat the ground. maybe a light dusting here in this bright white zone on storm team 4 radar. that's south of clinton, north of waldorf and that is passing to the east quickly and that's a little narrow band that stretches from eastern, southeastern prince george's county into central calvert county and across the bay. it's zipping off to the east. as we look at temperatures, critical value of course, we want to make sure that the road temperatures don't get too cold. right now, they're a little above freezing. some of the snow reaching the ground south is melting a little bit on some of the roadways.

prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery county. all around the region from west virginia all the way to the atlantic beaches. we have it down into the 20s. look at the windchills. they are down into the teens right now. and the winds really aren't blowing that hard. around 10, 15 miles per hour. later this morning and to the afternoon, the wind will increase in strength. in fact, we'll have gusts to around 20 to 30 miles per hour by later this morning. ought to just begin to get above freezing by about 10:00. and then by noontime, just the mid 30s. sunrise coming up at 6:53. sunset, 5:52. we are going to have this wind with us into the afternoon, as well. details on that, we'll look at this evening, too, coming up in ten minutes. now a look at our traffic on this thursday morning. here's danella. >>> good morning. in the first 4 traffic office, tracking a couple of problems. the first one we'll start with, 210 northbound just prior to the beltway. crash there is creating a four-mile backup. so if you're traveling northbound 210, fo

baltimore county hereford zone howard county schools and parker county public schools are all on a two-hourwe will be right back. >> reporter: good morning. topping america's money more signs of recovery in the job market the number of americans filing new application for new unemployment benefits was down by 5,000 and the four week average is down to over 350,000. lowest level in five years. the irs is cracking down on identity theft. criminals use stolen identities to file fraudulent returns and receive bogus refunds. the irs says it prevented this is of 20 billion dollars. they home the redesigned thetundra pickup will lure buyers away from american pickups and introduce it with a tougher squared off look at the chicago auto show. and in the spirit of valentine day more than 8% of artist hooked up with a colleague number 2 for workplace flings was cooks and next welders with more than 6%. that's america's money. i am rob nelson. >>> you are watching the station that works for you. now

>> i think it depends on which county you're in. i think san francisco is the only county in the state that currently has a prop 36 court that is still actively working because the state has defunded all the prop 36 courts in efforts across the state. so i think this provides senator leno's bill really does the right thing and tries to move in a direction that's not contingent to how much money is available within one jurisdiction or not and actually frees up $64 million of general fund at the state level that could be reinvested into services. i know when you look at realignment, for example, here in san francisco, a 1/3 of our plan, a third of our dollars for realignment has been invested in substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment and housing but we've made that choice. i think if you compare us, though, to many other jurisdictions, we have a collaborative court continuum that is unmatched in other parts of the state. so i think to say they wood, it's not happening. and if you look at other jurisdictions throughout the

ahead of that, moisture may be producing flurries in loudoun county and into montgomery county.pping north and east. temperatures will stay below freezing for another couple of hours. by noon, the upper 30s. here's the temperature scale, the time scale here. by mid-afternoon, ought to be hitting the low four40s. the bulk of precipitation will push in around 10:00, 11:00. after midnight, a little snow and sleet melting on roadways. i think all the road temperatures will be above freezing. by then, changing to all rain into friday. i'll have details on that and how that storm may be affecting us, that big new england storm, for friday into saturday. a leak at the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with danella. >>> good morning. we'll start in virginia. a couple of accidents to report. northbound backlick at springfield boulevard. the crash is blocking the right lane. heading to 395, just past edsall, crash here is blocking the right side of the roadway. looks like just the left lane will get you by the accident. three vehicles are on involved. reportedly non-

it's in the mid-20s in prince george's county. fairfax county, the low 20s.teens to near 20 degrees parts of prince william county, fauquier and in loudoun county, much of fairfax and arlington, mid-20s. anne arundel in the mid and upper 20s. temperatures will gradually be climbing. making it out of the upper 30s by mid-afternoon. then as we get into the evening, that's when we could get a coating of snow between 8:00 p.m. a to 2:00 a.m. on tuesday. northern virginia, much of maryland, then it will probably melt in the afternoon tomorrow. we could have slick spots tomorrow morning. highs 40s again on wednesday, thursday and each day into the weekend. maybe rain on friday. i'm back in ten minutes. danella with a loob at traffic now. >>> still seeing a report of police activity. they're investigating a possible pedestrian struck at connecticut avenue and northwest as you make your way towards nebraska avenue. be aware of that if you're in the area. heading to the beltway, chopper 4 is flying above the beltway in montgomery county at university boulevard. a clos

these are two hour delays baltimore county hereford zone howard county and harford county schools all on two-hour delays so far. but this list will likely grow as the day goes on. >> remember we are working for you. so we will let you know on air and online with twitter and facebook. so if you are connected, we will let you know. there's an app to down load so keep that in mind but in the meantime, lynette charles will let you know what you are facing. >> what we are dealing with mainly this morning is rain coming down across the area and also fog. so there could be reduced visibility. there is reduced visibility i should say across the area. so take it easy on the roadways. let's start out with maryland's most powerful radar because we have observations now of flurry action light snow around frederick and that's what we are seeing here in the blue color around ever green point. we can see stone barn station and churchill and along i-70 is going to be a very slick roadway. you can be seeing snow piling up across the area this morning. but then we take it across the eastern shore where

montgomery county into southern frederick county maryland.here's a little bit of flurry activity in warren and clark and east of there. northern fauquier county down to culpeper. getting some of that wet snow. it's all rain and temperatures, again, pavement temperatures above freezing. air temperatures a little above freezing in the metro and suburbs. farther north and west, it's near the freezing mark. again, pavement temperatures above freezing. the areas in lavender may be getting an inch of snow. probably not that much. maybe the higher elevations there. this is a minor event for us. it's not going to be for new england. later today. as we get into the afternoon, rain off and on. highs reaching 40s. strong gusty winds blow in tonight. we could have gusts of wind 35, 40 miles an hour this friday night into early saturday morning. maybe even flurries flying through the air. down to the 20s saturday morning. afternoon highs on saturday near 40. the winds will diminish tomorrow afternoon. we'll have a lot of sun. on sunday, partly cloudy, 20s

arundel county. 97, bowie, crofton. very light showers. these are starting to dissipate as they move off towards the east. now what we are looking at behind it is the cold air that's starting to move in and look at these wind gusts. 30 miles per hour in hagerstown. over 20 in manassas. over towards camp springs. 22-mile-an-hour wind gusts towards paw tux enriver. wind chills down to the teens early in the morning. we will talk about how cold things will get over the next couple of days and talk about our next storm which isn't that far away. >>> murdered for his shoes. we heard it before. now we are hearing again that was the motive behind the murder of a 15-year-old high school student. the prince george's county police department just wrapped up a news conference on the death of charles walker jr. who was shot and killed in broad daylight yesterday. bureau chief tracee wilkins is outside of police headquarters in palmer park. >> reporter: chief mcgaughw wrad up the press conference what is being said on social media w

louding county, falksier county, prince william counties, arlington, falls church, all of those are eligibletest into, and it's the problem is with the infrastructu infrastructure, the building is falling apart, it needs by there 90 million worth of repairs. the county of fair tax says it wants to share that with the other districts, the other sdrix says we're not issue we want to be a part of this anymore. >> it was an amazing place when i was there. >> leslie mcfadden knows the value of a thomas jefferson education. this mother of four graduated from the prestigious schools, now lives in louding county. she had hope that one day her own children could apply here too. >> i have a seventh grade daughter who has dreamed about going since probably fifth grade. it had disappoint my daughter if that opportunity was not there under the circumstances retch each day about 150 students are bussed in, but that could change. the school building is in bad shape. renovations will cost about $9 on 0 million. the fairfax county school board voted unanimously to share the experience with other schooled dis

cecil county and harford county. this will accumulate maib mainly on the grassy hears. we'llbring in flurries tomorrow afternoon because of that passing coastal system. and then there you go, rosie, we're back in the low 40s after a cold sunday and then maybe a little freezing rain tuesday morning before we moderate once again. >> thanks wyatt. we'll beright back after this. this is so sick! i can't believe your mom let you take her car out. this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. who aren't happy with their internet. [ spokesman ] hi, are you lindsay? yes. did you say, "my internet's so slow it's like a car with no gas"? yes. [ male announcer ] well, you're about to get verizon fios quantum, america's fastest, most reliable internet. so that's what you used to have... okay. and that's fios. this is

. >> so that's here forezone howard county harford county and remember any delays or cancellation that is come in, we will put on the screen if we are on the air or go to abc2news.com for the latest. >> time to get to meteorologistlynette charles on what it could make its way here. >> we have rain and we are dealing with freezing rain so freezing rain comes as rain and freezes on contact. we look back off towards the north and west, and well what we are contending with in the purposeels is where we are dealing -- purples is where we are dealing with a mixture sleet and snow and rain mixing in. solid rain towards prospect bay perry's corner and benets point a car -- bennetts point is where we will deal with moderaterainfall. around along 270 we are dealing with the wintery mix. howard county around glenelg getting along the wintery mix. give yourself enough time this morning on the roadways because we are dealing with patchy fog. now with the travel impacts we have a winter weather advisory in effect for the areas shaded in blue. until 10 this morning. temperatures wise we are coming in

no problems from frederick county and to montgomery county and all the way down to the lane divide.hings are open around the beltway in maryland and virginia. so far, so good. back to you. >> thank you. get ready for traffic headaches. the eastbound ramp connecting 395 to pennsylvania avenue has been shut down and the sousa bridge as part of the 11th street bridge project. >> brianne carter has what you need to know. >> good morning. traffic is flowing freely this morning despite the closure that went into place last night. ddot stopping traffic from falling on to the usual pennsylvania avenue about that so many people are used to using. this is part of a much bigger projects to improve traffic from 295 through capitol hill and downtown. ddot shut down the eastbound southeast southwest freeway connecting 395 to pennsylvania avenue. this is the latest. the closure expected to last 18 to 20 months. drivers are figuring out they need to be able to shift on to the 695 outbound bridge. it is expected to last 18 to 20 months. brianne carter abc 7. >> icy snow flakes coming down in her sho

john lÉopold resigned as county executive friday.uncil members solid as the right thing to do. >> i am delighted we are at the end of a rather troubling set of circumstances. departure permit comes a few days after a judge found him guilty of misconduct in office because he used on duty police officers to do campaign work and used county employees for personal business. the judge called his actions that rages. the resignation letter, he said "i acknowledge the serious errors in judgment i made in do not want these errors to further distract the county from its ability to move forward in a positive way." we want to see if he would elaborate on that, but no one answered the door. >> how difficult it is to lose office in the circumstances. a proper amount of reflection is appropriate. he made the appropriate decision. >> the county's charter mandate a replacement must be appointed within 30 days of the vacancy. acting county executive does not want the $135,000 a year job. he is also the county's chief administrator. >> i am not throw i

upper 30s in montgomery county as well as prince george's county. it's dipped down to the upper 20s in martinsburg and toward cumberland. they're getting a wintry precipitation mix there. paragraph they are south, from waynesboro south, southern shenandoah valley, southwestern parts of west virginia and the -- getting wet snow there. the closest precipitation right now is north of leesburg. then across the potomac into frederick county, getting light rain. in the pink zone, sleet with rain. wet snowflakes in the higher elevations. hagerstown west toward cumberland. generally dry sky through 8:00. from the west. grab an umbrella before you head off to work and school this morning. here are the highs expected around the region. maybe near 50 through north central virginia and the mid-40s in washington. farther north and west as well. in the mid-40s to upper 40s for highs later this afternoon. then any rain around should be ending by the time you get back home from work and school. clearing out tonight. windy and colder tomorrow with the sun back. cold

it's in southwest alabama, choctaw county, clark county, washington county. we have as many as four warnings. previous hour or two we have had four or five warnings, nothing materializing from that and now we're getting damage reports. the system is going to continue to almost strike fear in many residents of the deep south into the overnight period because this system continues to churn. now, this is just one image. let me show you the radar picture. this is the southern edge of the frontal system that actually stretches all the way up to where blizzard warnings are in effect for areas of the upper midwest. eventually this is all going to move to the same area that was hit, of course, with, you know, one, two, even three feet of snowfall. that's a flood concern. as we go further into time, we can get a little closer. these tornado watch boxes will eventually elapse but they will continue to the east and the northeast. this one just for a few moments more, but again we're starting to find these thunderstorm cells produce this turbulence. of course, they're ge

for us, the area in white getting some snow in loudoun county, southern frederick county. there's snow all across fauquier county, culpeper and parts of the shenandoah valley. generally, light to moderate snow. elsewhere, the other colors, it's all rain. it's all rain around washington and southern montgomery county and the district of columbia. this snow is coming down a little more moderately, west of leesburg, big flakes there as well as from warren on to culpeper. there could be an inch in the purple color, there could be an inch of snow, maybe sleet mixing in. that includes the nearby counties. northern fauquier, points north and west. the rest of the region all rain. it will change over to all rain by noontime and temperatures in the upper 30s. i'm back with frequent updates throughout the morning. have a look at traffic now and how the precipitation is affecting the roadways. good morning, danella. >>> good morning. slick conditions. as far as accidents, looks nice and clear in the area. a closer look if you're traveling 295, bw parkway in maryland as well as i-95 i

montgomery county, much of prince george's county now into the upper 20s.counties, most locations there in the mid and upper 20s. much of northern virginia down to the low and mid-20s. much of southern maryland, charles, calvert, st. mary's in the mid and upper 20s much here's the temperature dprgraphr the day. by noontime low 30s. might climb to the upper 30s at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. likely get light snow moving in from the north and west. just enough to give us a coating to maybe an inch. much of northern virginia, the district, much of maryland farther north and west. many locations might get an mch or two at the most. then we'll melt that off tomorrow. a look at that in ten minutes. your seven-day outlook. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. checking metro. an earlier train malfunction at college park causing delays on the green line. expect delays as you travel toward branch avenue. still checking on vre delays. this is the fredericksburg line. train number 300. a ten-minute delay because of equipment problems on that line. o

the suburbs in prince george's county. mid-20s now montgomery county. arlington and fairfax.ions there. parts of northern virginia and into the shenandoah valley. low to mid-20s as well as into virginia. northern neck, eastern shore, most of the locations near the freezing mark. it's very dry. keep the skin lotion handy. we're getting these earlier and earlier sunrises. that is a live view from the city camera. reagan national 31 degrees. by 8:00 a.m. around 33, 34, by noontime in the mid-40s, most of the region during the afternoon, lots of sunshine. highs reaching near 50 degrees for a brief time. but late tonight and into tomorrow, all these areas in blue, western maryland, the highlands of west sa va'a, west of the shenandoah valley. could get a combination of some snow and sleet developing late tonight into tuesday. icing could get a quarter of an inch of ice on tree limbs. four-day forecast. after today, we'll cloud up. cloudy morning tomorrow. no problems with morning commute, i don't think, as far as weather goes. in the mountains, could be accumulating snow and sleet

and at firehouse, employees didn't know what county we were in. >> we are in santa clara county. >> reporter: which may be also why they didn't know the rules. they said we had to show id to see the report, which they didn't have. >> you we have to have identification to see your health inspection? >> reporter: this chuck e. cheese had it up, but look closely. >> it's old. >> reporter: it's from 2009. and you can't see the score. he says the inspector was there recently. >> and we saw her a month and a half ago. >> reporter: a month and a half ago? how did you do? >> excellent. >> reporter: but records show it received a fair for multiple violations. are you supposed to hang it up? >> kind of yes and no. never tell me to, because she is supposed to tell me. >> reporter: out of 25 restaurants, only one had the current report in plain view. so what is the plenty for not posting it? there isn't one. do you think the system is working right now? >> i think that we have several tools for communicating inspection results to the public. >> reporter: we showed antoinette manns of san mateo county's

injuries is marion county.ppi with at least three injuries and homes damaged along this region, so very dangerous situation going on right now with a storm system producing blizzard conditions and the same storm system, the southern end we're seeing golf moisture pulled northward and thunderstorms firing up and heavy rains across georgia, alabama and rain and some thunderstorms embedded producing some. and that's why we have the risk for tornados as we head into the nighttime hours here and we have two tornado watches and basically meaning that conditions are ripe for a tornado to develop across southeastern portions of louisiana, southern mississippi, southern portions of alabama and as well as the two watches are in effect until 11 p.m. central time as we head into tonight. again, we do have that ongoing risk for tornados and very dangerous, especially he when we head into the nighttime hours where you can't see the threat for tornado, can't see the tornados on the ground and take these very seriously. we hav

in alabama, it is butler county, monroe county, clark county. the number we had, as many as eight tornado warnings as one time. now we're down to four. the other warnings we're starting to see get issued are severe thunderstorm warnings on the edge of your screen. that's a good sign too. maybe losing a little bit of energy right now as we've lost the daylight. it's going to be a long evening, even for the threat and the fear that if one does pop up, of course we're in darkness now. that's why we're here and going to continue to keep you updated. >> of course, darkness which is hindering any sort of assessment of the damage. just to kind of keep this straight, tom, we've obviously got this tornado, which we're looking at right now, video of this in hattiesburg. there was a tornado spotted in winchester, mississippi, that you were talking about earlier. that urgent tornado threat in millry, alabama, and the threat in thomasville, alabama, we don't know if that materialized into tornadoes, right? >> we know it's been confirmed by officials there, e

baltimore county hereford zone, howard county and harford county are on a two-hour delay. as delays and cancellations come in, we will update you on air and online but through twitter and facebook. so remember you can count on us. >> and now maryland's most accurate forecast. >> let's talk about what hing a gone it right now because we have a winter weather advisory for the areas in blue. this is issued because travel problems are going to compact us for today this morning and as we come home this evening, the commute is going to be on the rough side. let's look at what's happening throughout the day and we have some wet weather out here. now right now, the wet weather is basically rain. but as we look back towards the west, around frederick county, and even now some of a little bit of a within theory mix work into carroll county we are seeing that so we could see along i-70 it's going to be slick. mount airy this morning and damascus. so if you are in the areas around new market we are dealing with freezing rain, sleet and snow and also just plain rain coming down across

we are talking about baltimore county and carroll county frederick county, howard county and anne arundel county. so, be prepared for the potential for flooding as we go through the rest of today. as we look back off towards the west in western maryland and pourings of west virginia and virginia, they are dealing with a winter weather advisory so they are going to get in on some of the snowy type parts of the system. now we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now. and here at home not a whole lot to look at but down back to the south. that's where they are seeing the heavy rain coming in and that's what's going to be moving in our direction. but before that happens, you can see some of the pinks there this is wentry mix we are talking about sleet and snow and freezing rain. have that possibly moving in the onset before it is all said and done. that's what's going to be happening and it had wrap up with rein across the area. let's show you what's going on in terms of temperatures. because we are going to be cold this morning. look at 28 degrees in hunt valley. let's check the abc2

i am talking about county by county comparison. i'm know not dealing with the feds and if everyone was using the same process. >> it emseemed like there were differences between the county scption how they collect data and with local pressures or whatnot but the cal department of justice has the expect 19 ethnicities that they do collect and the same ones in the sheriff's system and those are the ones that we plan to use so we have between the three entities -- so it makes sense that the other counties in california anyway use the 19 ethnicities. whether they are or not i don't know. >> makes sense but we don't know. >> it would make sense. we don't know. >> okay. all right. >> and i know better to conclude from what the report coming out whether how they actually reported in. >> commissioner. >> so how did you manage this? this is really, really exceptional, and let me tell you to get officers i know i think the department is being modest here but to get officers to change the way they do the booking cards and self identify and th

temperatures in prince george's county, mid 20s. also mid 20s in montgomery county. right now, it's near 30 in the district of columbia and arlington. the rest of fairfax county into northern virginia, only the mid 20s this morning. we've got a lot of cloudiness moving in. we have a late wind, as well. and as we take a look at the view from space and the satellite/radar, not showing precipitation here. and as we sfwloom on prince william county, manassas, that's the wholetown forecast location. by noontime, it will be around 40 with cloudiness. here's how we're looking throughout the region for the morning hours through noontime. we'll have maybe a little sun breaking out between now and 6:00, :this morning. still below freezing. getting above freezing maybe around 8:00, 9:00. by noontime, the upper 30s to near 40 with a lot of cloudiness. our sunrise is at 7:08. getting earlier and earlier. sunsets getting later and later at 5:37 today. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. first 4 traffic on this thursday with danella. good morning. >> reporter: good morning

that you includes fairfax county, prince george's county, anne arundel and up towards howard. back toward the west, this will be a different story. this could be freezing rain and sleet especially areas above 1,000 feet. that's why we have a winter weather advisory for martinsb g martinsburg, winchester. a mess for sure. this is what you can expect. rain starting around noon, a cold and nasty afternoon. tomorrow afternoon's rush hour. we'll wait until i show you what to expect. that coming up in a moment. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. a judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against jason scott. a detective on the witness stand today is reason why scott will have to be retried for the murders of dolores and ebony dewitt. mother and daughter. news 4's dorothy spencer talked to "the apprentice" state's attorney to find out why. darcy? >> reporter: "the apprentice" state's attorney here says the mistrial was declared after the detective made an innocent slip of the tongue. that mistake was costly. the judge sent home the jury and countless witnesses after weeks o

and it is time to move the county board. but the applicants also include john garry and former maryland first lady kendall erhlich. >> they are pretty but canlddle lit luminaries are now a no no. the fire marshal is banning of these sky lanterns. officials say they can return to earth and then start fires. sky lanterns are typically made of oil rice paper on bamboo frame. a lit candle heats the air inside the device. >> scientists say a record- breaking passage of an asteroid hurdled safely past, but he thousand miles above the earth's surface. the closest fly by foreign asteroid of this size. it was about half the size of the football -- of a football field. scientists knew this rock was traveling for well over a year. the meteor that exploded in russia was designated to be 20 lot -- 20 times more powerful than bombs that hit the hiroshima. no one saw it coming. the speed was 33,000 m.p.h.. an asteroid is a space walk that never enters another planet's atmosphere. a meteor is when does enter the atmosphere. >> president oba

in anne arundel county. we will be a leader of the dead of the state of maryland. >> she was the ceo of the howard county economic development authority. >> the supreme court is expected to hear oral arguments listed the maryland asked whether police can collected dna samples from people under arrest. in the past, maryland require people convicted of serious crimes to provide dna samples but in 2009, the law changed so that people only arrested on certain violent crimes have to provide dna samples. the samples were then compared against the database of dna evidence from crime scenes of on assault cases. those samples have led to 43 convictions. the ap reports 29 of those convictions could happen without the change in maryland law. those suspects dna with the been collected under the old lot of they had been convicted. some attorneys argue that is not all and that taking dna is vital to solving crimes. >> the white house is painting a grim picture of unprotected national parks as a result of the automatic spe

. -- and carroll county -- and anne arundel county. jennifer franciotti has more. >> last friday was the filing deadline for these candidates to fill out what is left of it john leopold's term. he resigned after a judge found him guilty of misconduct. john hammond and kendel ehrlich and steve schuh are among the candidates. several of the candidates say they will not run for reelection after the term expires. five members must agree on the candidate. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. you up to date. we have several accidents. first at 140, this is a look traffic crawling over towards 795. we have a vehicle fire taking up two left lanes. inner loop at belair road, we continue to have closures. a tractor-trailer accident on the inner loop at belair road. this is a glimpse of the traffic at harford road. traffic at a standstill. security at the beltway, another accident. we will keep you posted. >> it is cold but no rain or snow. we will start out in the 20's. we will see plenty of sunsh

county. back to you. >> delia goncalves with that live update from forestville, maryland. >>> police have not identified a woman who may have been killed before her body was discovered in a fire. firefighters broke down the door of a burning apartment yesterday morning in reston, virginia. insides the home on waterside view drive they found the woman's body, but investigators suspect she didn't die as a result of the fire. so far no word on the exact cause of her death or possible suspects or even motive in this case. >>> witnesses seder der ya police returned -- say alexandria police returned fire after a suspect shot at them first. this happened at a town house on duke street. officers responding to a domestic dispute call found a man with a gun. no officers were hurt. >>> moms and dads in arlington, this next story is for you and it's about when you need to pick your kids up today. today and tomorrow are makeup days for the january 28 snow day. this schools that make up the startford progr

this is in marion county.understand there is significant damage to the campus of the university of southern mississippi. you may know it as southern miss. we know that there are at least three people who are reported hurt. we are working our sources to learn if more people are injured. this is very much in the assessment phase as rescue workers are trying to figure out just how much damage is done. this is a populated area with a number of residences and businesses, so that's very much a concern. let's listen to this video. >> whoo! whoo! check this out. >> so this as we understand it is looking from hattiesburg to the western side of hattiesburg. jenny, correct me if i'm wrong about that. hattiesburg is in forest county, and this is looking towards where the concerns of the more serious damage would be in marion county which is to the west of town. we will tell you if we can bring this up, we have a photo of oak grove high school. this is a high school that has suffered a direct hit, keeping in mind this is a

county. investigators are searching for suspects in a double stabbing in. the temple hills in two women were stabbed to around 2:00 this morning outside the club on old branch ave. there were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police of not release details on a possible motive. >> police are piecing together details of a deadly shooting in capitol heights. the victim ended up at the prince george's county farmhouse in the 1400 block of ritchie marlboro road after midnight. the man was taken to the hospital and later died there. >> things should be back to normal this morning for amtrak and vre passengers in northern virginia after trains are held up several hours last night after an amtrak train struck and killed a man walking along the tracks in springfield. no one on the new orleans train was hurt and it's not clear why the man was on the tracks. >> montgomery county police investigating a deadly pedestrian accidents in white oak and happened around 10:30 thursday nig

thursday night she was chosen by the county council to be the new county executive beating out a large field of candidates some of whom have far more experience in politics. >> it doesn't hurt she has a record of making changes that are necessary when she feels they need to be made. >> that's because she replaces john leopold whose criminal conviction led to his resignation. >> first priority is taking a look at what needs to be addressed in the county. i think it's a new day in the county and i'm looking forward to meeting with the folks here and seeing what we need to do to make anne arundel county a leader in maryland. >> a retired ceo who turned around and company and made it a multi-million dollar business, she used to be the economic chief but not anymore. >> county executive,er con grand jury -- columbia, congratulations. >> reporter: jamie benoit tells eyewitness news he hopes neuman will remove employees that aided leopold. >> neuman will now complete the 2 years left on leopold's terms. she said it's too soon to know if she will run in 2016. >>> legislation involving two hot

> good morning everyone and welcome to the tuesday january 29, 2013, meeting of the san francisco county competition authority. i would like to thank jennifer lowe, jesse larson. the clerk is erica cheng. this call the roll. >> (roll call) we have quorum. >> thank you very much and we want to welcome our newly elected supervisors who by virtue of their election are now members of the san francisco county consultation authority commissioners london bree and norman yee. i look forward to working with you. please call item 2. >> this is an action item. >> before we act on this item i would like to open any public comment, any member of the public who would like to speak on item two come forward. seeing none public comment is closed. madam clerk if you can do a roll call. >> (roll call) the item passes. >> chairman: i'm wondering is legally a member of the commission is allowed to abstain; i assume there is no problem with that. proceed. >> the item passes. >> thank you very much. if you can please call item number 3. chair's report. >> chair: welcome to the new calendar year i have brief re

most of the snow is in howard county and baltimore county. not much to the west.of it will occur during the next hour or so. we expect a high of 34. it will get windy this afternoon. >> thank you. 6:53. 6:53. >> we will be right tell me you love me. tell me i'm beautiful. tell me we'll grow old together. in sickness and in health. tell me that i'm still the one. that you need me. that i'm your super hero! tell me you'll never let me go. tell me you miss me. that's all i need. [ female announcer ] for everything they need to hear this valentine's day, there's a hallmark card. >> here are some stories you'll find at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. they say if -- it's not weird if the works. a local family takes superstitions to the extreme. >> how about a substitute for chicken wings? a substitute for chicken wings? [laughter] >> traffic that busy in a very. there is a crash at greenspring. there is another at philadelphia. eastbound 100 at telegraph, another one. >> a couple of inches of snow in carroll county. i would like to see some pictures of that. please send them in

and prince george's county. eastern avenue closed in both directions in the 600 block because of this fire. i'll step out of the way so you can take a look. you can see all the smoke still rising from the house here. firefighters of course on the scene continuing to douse the fire with water. we're told this began in a vacant house, the taller house that you see here. they believe the fire began outside on the porch then spread into the house, up to the roof and then they say that the flames jumped from that vacant house to another house next door that was occupied. investigators say that the people who live in that home were able to get out. they are okay. there is extensive damage to their home had. what started this blaze, is under investigation. we'll see a traffic impact along eastern avenue. it is closed in all directions because of all the hose lines across the street. reporting live in northeast, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> also a developing story out of mississippi. want to show you new video of a tornad