i do not recommend travel between dc, baltimore and philadelphia tomorrow at all. here is some snowfall totals. two inches here. 4.2 in alexandria. seven in smiths burg. arlington has three and fredericksburg has three. we'll break down the snow and talk more about the wind. anita. >> topper, thank you. >>> here is the look at the very latest. the federal government will be closed again tomorrow marking the third day in a row it will be off because of winter weather. vdot has enough salt despite earlier reports of a critical shortage. the maryland state highway association is facing a dwindling supply of salt and said they won't be using as much. >>> and the power companies have been working around the clock trying to get customer's heat and light back on. here is a look at the latest on the outage. according to pepco, they still have 11,000 customers without power. dominion only has 600 and gbe is reporting 205 customers out. the high wind and the heavy wet snow make for a deadly combination, especially when it comes to the trees. in fact, all day long, crews have

models have dc basically ground zero for the heaviest snow fall totals. a couple of things have us concerned here. when we look at the storm and the footprint of the storm there is a lot of moisture coming into this storm through louisiana, alabama, the deep south, coming up into the tennessee valley and yes, it is rapping poo the colder air for the middle central plains and up into the northern plains but look the rain has already come up into parts of the carolinas, the higher elevations for western north carolina already beginning to see some snow. so a couple of things here, the storm is already very organized and it may just be trying to get here a little bit earlier so we are kind of going with that same scenario that it begins to move into parts of the area sometime tomorrow morning. the winter storm warning has been issued for everybody. this hasn't changed from yesterday. we are still expecting a lot of snow from this. runs through the day on saturday and into saturday evening. sue is outside and downstairs -- or upstairs and outside to give us a

which brings us to the dc national guard.he guard is being called out to city police stations, to help during the snow emergency. >> we have a mission from the city to have humvees located at each of the police precincts, what they'll be doing is shuttling any personnel, fire, police, doctors, back and forth who are stuck in their homes. >> want to go back to those women. we had some fun helping them dig out. it's serious out there, because the kids are out of school. no free lunches for the kids and some of these women are pulling their resources. there are a number of women hoping that van got out because it's going to the store for a number of families. this is serious business. >> all jokes aside, i mean, you end up getting out there and helping people and it is about neighbors helping neighbors. we see this all across the area. >> all across the city, you know, people helping seniors navigate the ice. get to the safeway, get to the giant, lifting kids up over mounds of snow. this is the time to get to know your neighbors

help. >> i talked to dc fire this morning.ll the ambulancen and the fire apparatus are able to get where they need to go. either on their own or dedicated snow plow equipment to get them through. that's a wonderful thing. they are in constant contact with us to make sure the en entrance -- intranses to the emergency room are there. so far that's been working well. we're especially proud of the hospital workers who braved the snow to get to work. seeing them on tv as they trekked through the snow and many of the hospitals are actually sending four-wheel drive vehicles out to finish workers at designated sites. they are coordinating the effort and that seems to work well. >> people do volunteer, they contact the hospital

. >> this is officially become the snowiest winter in dc history. pepco crews are back out in force working to restore power to folks sitting in the dark. earlier today, hazardous conditions force many crews across the area to suspend that work. metro is running limited rail service. there's no metro bus service, and there will be no flights until further notice at dulles and reagan national airports. >>> and don't think the danger will have passed when the snow stops falling. high winds will still make conditions absolutely treacherous. take a look at things like this that could keep happening for some time to come. this tree toppled over and slammed into that house in northwest dc along the 5100 block of 34th street. fortunately, no reports of injuries at that location. and with that, we will get back to our live team coverage. live in forestville, maryland, at the prince georges county operation center. what is going on there as they manage that county. >> every time we get out of the truck. that wind picks up again. maybe it's just continuous, i

and in southeast dc we are tracking this. here investigating an apartment fire and naylor road is shut down at 19th street. that's the latest. now, back to you. >>> our team of reporters has been out all morning long bringing you the latest conditions from the region. jessica doyle has been live in the tysons corner, virginia area. >> the snow stopped here in tysons corner about 3:30, 4:00 this morning. not after it dropped about three to four inches. we took some measurements in the parking lot before they came and cleared it out and it was measuring 3 1/2 to four inches throughout the area here. as for the roadways, they are looking really good. vdot came out overnight. got the snow off the roads. did the de-icers. so it is looking good. as you can see the traffic is really moving through here. this is 123. it goes through the beltway. it is a main drag here. i spoke to a police officer not too long ago and he said in terms of the beltway today what you can expect in terms of road construction, unclear at this point if they

and closer to the dc area.eather team says we're going to see 16 to 24 inches plus of snow. maybe more in the district starting at noon today. that will be the plus part. good morning and thank you for joining thus morning. >> we have a lot to get to this morning to help you prepare for the monster storm. first schools. in virginia: >>> make sure you continue to watch the top of your screen, check out our website, myfoxdc.com for the latest updates. >> of course, we're getting latest up grace tony and tuck working hard throughout the morning. certainly had a lot of warning about this storm. so hopefully most people are prepared for it. >> it looks like it will. we get new model runs every couple of hours. and if anything, the models want to make it more extreme. and we're going to try to use caution and judgment here. we still think we're on tap for a major winter storm. and most areas, over a foot of snow. some area, over two feet of snow. across the region n the district, not much happening. but the clouds ar

. >>> there are reports that 25% of dc snowplows are down. and in need of serious repair. this as the latest storm takes a toll on plows trying to clear the snow. officials really promising the plows will be fixed. the dc national guard is being called out to help during the snow emergency. >> we have a mission from the city to have humvees located at each of the police precincts. what they will be doing is shuttling any personnel, fire, police, doctors back and forth who are stuck in their homes. >> reporter: the district has about 200 plows. some are run by city workers. the rest are run by contract workers. >>> right now we want to get a look at how the region is coping with the latest snowfall. we go to maryland. kristin fisher is live from the exxon station or somewhere along 38 a 5 if gaithersburg with a look at things there. where are you exactly? >> i am actually at a shell station on the side of 355. this station does have gas if you need some. so keep that in mind. i got a full tank last night. that's good news. now, this is 355. we have been watching the snowfal

14 to 20 plus inches across baltimore, i-95 corridor down through dc. seven to 14 southern portion of the state. and southeastern portion of the state on the eastern shore. but then up around cecil county, wilmington, philadelphia, 1522. heavier amounts across the state line into delaware. and into philadelphia. so here is what it looks like next die planner. snow continues through the overnight, picking up through the morning. windy conditions. as much as 40 to 50 miles per hour gusts. tell but the storm in detail coming up. >> thank you, vytas. >> city crews manage to clear the main roads and many neighborhood streets are untouched. with another round of snow blowing through, city struggles to keep up. keith daniels is live in north baltimore with the mayor's plans to clear the streets. >> jennifer, city crews tried to get the side streets like this one before the second storm blew through but apparently they will not make it. we're live in the 4200 block of elsa terrace where neighbors have done it themselves. done what they could. they have plowed w

end with the road closures in northeast dc, or excuse me, southeast dc. naylor road is shut down at 19th as crews investigate an apartment fire. that's the latest. now, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we begin with a developing story from southeast washington. three children were rescued from a burning apartment building earlier today in southeast. >> it happened on naylor road and 19th street. the building has been evacuated. kristin fisher is live with the story. >> good morning, bruce and andrea. as we speak, three children are fighting for their lives in a local hospital after a fire broke out in their apartment building at 6:00 a.m. this morning. this is the three story apartment building, and located five houses down on naylor road in southeast dc. now, this fire broke out inside of the kitchen of one apartment on the second floor. firefighters arrived shortly after 6:00 a.m. we spoke with the deputy chief and here's what he says that firefighters found when they arrived on the scene. >> approximately 6:14 this morning, our office of communication re

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tell you more about that in a moment. 30 in baltimore. 32 in dc. temperatures falling in salsbury at 35 so seeing a little mixing out there. colder temperatures back in the lower 20's to the west. all under winter storm warning right now. entire state stretching up to the north as far north as new york city all the way back to indiana and michigan and into milwaukee we are looking at a major winter bast across the area. timing this out looking at the snow coming down at pretty good pace and continue to come down pretty good through the overnight as temperatures fall. first low pushes through by tomorrow morning rush hour. it is going to start snowing really hard. start snowing really hard. very heavy

right through dc.ee a little clutter around the radar site for college park, but we see moderate snowfall in many areas, especially out to fairfax county. look at this. north of vienna, this dark blue here, you see that here, it is crossing route 7 and the dulles toll road. that's moderate to heavy snow that is falling right now. we have seen some heavy snow also in montgomery county i want to show you this, as well. we are seeing it light up from bethesda to rockville. now, looks like east of 270 and east of germantown, coming up to 108 there you will run in to moderate to heavy snow. big picture once again. we have the storm system spilling in with the snowfall as the upper low starts to get closer. show you this on the weather computer if we can. you will see the action is starting to come in. we have a storm system offshore and then the storm over ohio and kentucky moving in now. the snow is exploding in pennsylvania. we will see some of that especially in the northern hours. devon lucie is out on

for central maryland, down through dc and northern virginia. eight to 14 inches for the oakland maryland. and southern tip of the dell mall marva, 12 to 18. so we have seen -- this is radar cade snowfall totals. snow started to fall today. right around noon. and takes time for the air to be saturated. but really the snow intensity has picked up here in the past couple of hours. so around 3 1/2 inches in baltimore. and again, this is just radar indicated. so you could add an inch onto the total right here. 4 inches to woodlawn and 3 1/2 inches toward towson. so lots of snow with this system. so next five days look like this. 29 for a high temperature tomorrow. and again we could see up to 3 feet of snow from this system. then on sunday. cold day. dry day. 27 degrees for a high temperature. 31 degrees on monday. and already looking toward tuesday and wednesday. when another system presses in here. not going to be as big as the one we are experiencing right now. but it could drop significant snowfall on late tuesday to early wednesday morning. hav

most will be dc trucks. roughly 50 of those are private contractors. mayor fenty explained the city's plan of attack. >> essentially we will be approaching this storm, as we did the storm in late december, right before the holidays. we will get our first full shift out at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. those shifts will work 12 hours and then replaced by another shift, the exact same size. we probably will have that going up until at least sunday. maybe in to monday. >> reporter: the mayor also said residential streets will receive the same amount of attention as the city's main roads. >>> well, good luck if you are heading to the grocery store this morning. a thursday night rush left a lot of shelves empty. jessica doyle is live in falls church, virginia. good morning. are you seeing more people coming in this morning? >> i will tell you, andrea, the parking lot here is jammed. you will have trouble finding the space. we caught up with the mayor of falls church an some friends and she offered advice on what to do with this snow. >> our snow crews have been

>> guest: in dc. it's a -- northeast.t's about two miles on the other side of the capitol, down on maryland avenue. c-span: and what do you find when you go there? what kind of folks are in the methadone clinic? >> guest: well, our clinic is mainly for working poor. we do have maybe a 25-percent medicaid population. but mainly, it's people who pay for their methadone and who hold down jobs. c-span: what's the racial mix? >> guest: i -- i want to say about 50-50. c-span: ok. >> guest: the staff is almost all african-american, but the -- and the doctor who owns it is african-american. c-span: because you write a lot about race in your book and -- and what's going on in "pc, m.d. medicine and all this, do you see much racismin your clinic? >> guest: no. i see -- no, i don't see much racism. c-span: do you si -- see much racial politics in your clinic? >> guest: not as it -- not as far as the relationship between the -- the counselors and -- and me and the patients go. c-span: do you see a lot of what you're talking about in

in to dc, south capital street and the suitland parkway.his shot reveals a nice, quiet, light drive in to the district. as we go back to the maps, i can show you in northeast dc we still have north capital street closed between v cheat and channing because of ongoing police activity. police are on the gun and they are directing drivers. 66 eastbound. we will call it a wrap with that. tracking nothing but a delay from 50 to 123. that's just your volume. back to you. >>> joining us now by phone is jennifer mcchord, spokeswoman with vdot. tell us what the roads like this morning. >> the interstate and primary roads are looking pretty clear. we have been able to plow those overnight. one issue i'm hearing a lot about is road spray. we want folks to slow down a little bit because the visible maybe limited from the snow melting and being thrown out of course the major issue for folks is secondary roads and subdivision streets where we haven't hit those yet. we ask that folks allow extra time to get through those. >> we always get those calls what

after 6:00, east of dc, northeast of dc can't rule out another inch or two with a general storm total from 4 to 14. some areas will clip that up north. devon will have the totals for you in a moment. heavy snow. becoming windy as the morning progresses. the winds are picking up. thinking 20 to 40 this morning but 20 to on 40 this afternoon with highs in the 25 to 30 range. another one to four inches. very windy. dangerous winds. i do foresee more outages. mostly cloudy and windy and cold and lows in the 20s. looking at the radar, we have moisture. a lot of snow for pennsylvania. philly is getting crushed by the storm. the snow spilled in the last hour. go to live doppler hd and show you the local activity, which is light to moderate, even locally heavy now. all of those dark blue areas, even down to new market in the park and warrenton and out to front royal, those areas are seeing moderate snowfall. it is spitting. it's not everywhere, though. but polices war reasonton, culpeper, it is scattered about the heavier snows are more concentrated in the metro. charles county you see the he

but dc's expected to take a direct hit.even the weathermen here have a hard time believing. >> again the totals we are talking about, i know, 20 to 30 inches. >> reporter: the city's largest employer, the federal government shut down early because of the forecast. >> employees sent home. >> home depot ran out of salt. >> reporter: residents are having a tough time finding supplies. >> no troubles in there. >> last-minute shoppers scooped up what they could and at the supermark, good luck. >> everybody is doing it at the same time. like a traffic jam getting through the aisles. >> the water and bread and milk is gone. >> i bet you never seen it like this. >> i'm from southern california and not used to this stuff. >> reporter: road crews are treating the roads up and down the region. powerful winds could make driving a dangerous task. winter weather is stretching manpower and budgets. more snow is fallen in the nation's capital this winter than the past three combined. >> it has -- we have been warned all day about the dange

over here in northwest dc a tree in the roadway at 37th and u street.n on the cameras and take you outside and show you 395 northbound stacking up from the beltway to seminary. no incidents or accidents. just volume. maryland 50 westbound. this is the deal here at route 301. looks like the latest is the disabled tractor-trailer is causing drivers to lose two right lanes and also the ramp and remember at the bay bridge we have wind warnings in place. 270 back outside. delayed from 118 germantown road to montross. that's 16 minutes in the car for these drivers right now and finally wrapping up in bethesda, another down tree at ridge road and 64th. andrea, back to you. >>> coming up on 6:49. right now we want -- want to take you to hampshire, new hampshire. it consumed a hotel and several businesses an entire block is destroyed. this have on the ocean on the new hampshire ' coast one hour north of boston. the same storm fueled these flames. nearby gusts came close to 70 miles an hour. we're told flames could be seen for miles them good news here. no one wa

. >> dc national guard has been called out, inbetween home and work. five days into the storm, small business owners are hurting. >> business is slow, but it could be better. and we are looking for an opportunity to grow the business a little more, before the next snow hits. >> being dumped on the ground of the old dc general hospital. nearly a week into the storm with much more arriving in the hours ahead, common folk are digging out. >> i've been told you aren't supposed to leave this much snow on your car. i'm uncovering it. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> and a reminder that snow emergency remains in place in dc. nearly 150 cars were ticketed and towed over the weekend and and those tickets carry a $250 fine. and gridlock was the word of the day on a lot of local roads. for some, the issue was plowing, like right here on i- 66. for others, it was lanes along wisconsin avenue. and still others face the bumps of inconsistently plowed streets or ice, like you see there in georgetown. the 9news now weather center with the latest on how this strange ru

dc, north and west of dc, kind of a tough call but a lot of moisture is available. and we are seeing all of this coming in from the south and west. here's some bands now. this is ahead of everything. we have a couple of lulls here. to the south. you see the dark blues, you see that's where the moisture is rich. in fredericksburg it is reporting a little light rain at the moment. temperatures need to get a little colder from where they are. you will see temperatures mid- 30s. some spots like manassas freezing and same with martinsburg. but for the most part we are mild. 34 and a south wind. when the storm starts to crank, things will go to the northeast. with more on the storm and things you should know, here's meteorologist topper shutt. >> we always seem to sweat the big ones and everything is not perfect. for example the rain in fredericksburg we will watch that carefully. for example the flip side of the storm is in georgia. it has moisture as far as pennsylvania. look at doppler 9000. we have heavier bands to the west. just got a picture in from loudoun county a

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and temperatures on the cold. 29 baltimore. 29 dc. 29 hagerstown. with the windshield factors in the teens. frigid out there. so the storm tracks off to the east. making way for breaks in the clouds getting into thursday, friday, saturday, and then even sunday. so that's good news, that we will see breaks from the precipitation for the next few days. give us a moment to dig out. looking at the next watches and warnings lining up. thank goodness this is not a few hundred miles north. another storm that we're watching that folks were concerned about. but the next storm tracks south. and it will miss us. affects folks in the deep south. getting snow. rain, thunderstorm activity. and our next chance for next snow is monday, tuesday. clipper system dropping down out of alberta. and usually we don't see a ton of moisture with this. but a chance to get snow around the dc, baltimore area. stretching up to boston and maine. and watch it closely. that will be monday, tuesday. so westerly days until then. so your forecast for tonight. looking at 18 degrees. co

like that, really it has only been 13 times since 1870 we have had those kind of big storms here in dc, over 12 inches of snow. those 16 inch amounts is closer to the district, to the north and west you will get more. i wanted to show you on true view because this is going to get going early tomorro you can see what a massive storm this, pulling so much moisture out gulf of mexico they are going to see big time flooding in southeastern united states but that gets in here in the form of snow and maybe sleet down to our south and east so, the warnings are flying and yes, these warnings are for a foot to a foot and a half, maybe more of snow for most of the area, heavier snort and west, a little lower to our south and east. so let's hope you plan how this is going to go. we are going to start with tomorrow. what are we talking about at the noon hour? we think this precipitation is beginning around the reg yond and goes downhill quickly in the afternoon. by 5:00 we could have two to five inches of snow on the ground friday afternoon. by 11:00 we could have as many as six to nine inches on

but 4 to 6 inches including baltimore city, dc. out of that area, 3 to 5 . an police, northern baltimore county and back west. two to four west of that hagerstown. and eastern shore, over to easton, chestertown and beyond that looking at one to three. that's not all. this storm will leave us. we have another big storm in the making. down south. this could be a really big storm potentially saturday. we have to watch this one closely. because that could be a much more go effective storm. watch it closely. nonetheless what we are dealing with now. snow overnight. tapering off. and then clouds breaking later in the day. detailed forecast for you and talk more about the next storm coming up in the seven day. >> all right. as the snow flies get your own personalized forecast. i-radar available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> we're keeping track of school delays and any candlelations for you at this hour. right now, only, the u.s. naval academy will have a two-hour delay to

could see a little snow east and northeast of dc. maybe an inch or two. storm totals generally four to 14 from southern maryland and the metro. it will be locally though. north and east, howard county north and east where it is snowing to beat the band. here's the forecast. heavy snow this morning. becoming windy already. temperatures 20 to 30. we even have teens now. colder air is moving in. winds 15 to 30 an gusts to 60. snow this afternoon. very windy. temperatures in the 20s if not upper teens. northwesterly winds 20 to 40 miles an hour and tonight the early snow east, mostly cloudy, windy and cold. winds are up 20 to 30 out of the northwest. blizzard warnings now, including frederick county, virginia. south and west, culpeper you go south and west of there, shenandoah county virginia you are in a winter storm warning until afternoon. and 4:00 here and 7:00. the storm had alulas night. drizzle complete and freezing rain. i want you to follow this piece of energy. like a bowling ball across southern virginia. it is cranking past richmond over to willia

baltimore city and dc. currently right now under a blizzard warning.ord, arundel counties, counties around dc, pg and counties to the eastern shore and delaware. so a big system. knotholes stemming all the way, not just here in maryland. look at the massive watches and warnings with this system. the pink area you can see, are the winter storm warnings stemming from virginia, to west virginia, into maryland, delaware, pennsylvania, ohio. and all the way into indiana. a very large system. and it is having a lot of impact on many of the states across the northeast into central united states. so snow totals. how much snow are we going to get from this system? we could see 20-to 30 inches, up to 3 feet of snow, when all is said and turns between i-95 corridor. and including the counties in pretty much most of maryland. eastern shore, less. 12 to 18 inches. but still significant amount of snowfall is expected from this system. so how much have we seen already? this is radar indicated snow totals. so you can add on an inch. but see how much we have. the snow

dc, maryland and virginia. >> absolutely. but let's start with chief meteorologist topper shutt. top, when does this snowfall end? >> overnight. it looks like it's going to end around 3:00 in the morning. let's start with live doppler 9000. we do see a back edge to the precipitation. so you folks out to the west are about done with the snow and it will march off to the east and clear the immediate metro area between 3:00 and 5:00. but still pretty good snow coming down across most of the metro area. let's go to the compute ewe'll talk about a -- computer, we'll talk about a couple of things. here is some of the told now. 1.5 inches here. up in smithsburg about five inches of snow. center field, virginia, about two inches. please, we start tomorrow at 4:00 a.m., so send some information to howard and devon. go to our website wusa9.com and fill out a storm report for us. we need your eyes. a 2-4-inch general snowfall across the metro area. less to the south. there will be pockets in maryland and west virginia. we will come back and talk about the road conditions and temperatures an

. >> you spend a lot of time in dc regardless of what you do there. do you find this accurate or anti-accurate? >> i find it ironic. i think it is a parody. i appreciate the attempt to glamorize dc which is collectively decided high fashion is a brooks brother navy shirt. >> when ever i am in dc, 90% of the guys wear khakis and they wear white shirts and always slightly untucked. it looks like they are hurrying somewhere. >> sloppy hair. >> and then on weekends they are playing frisbie at the park. shut up. >> here is what i don't understand. in some states they have the greatest beauty queens. >> i love in louisiana and -- >> there are beautiful -- the ones that are not in jail, they are beautiful. >> and don't hold that against them, please. jim, you -- >> jim, you travel across country. >> yes, i do. >> you are also a comedian. does this jive with what you believe to be true? >> yes, and new york was number one until we were knocked back five spaces. dc is not the most attractive place. the hottest i have seen isllhe o arizona state. they get waste

they have 270 pieces of snowplow equipment on stand by in dc. most of the plows will be dc trucks. roughly a 0 -- 50 of those are private contractors. mayor fenty explained the city's plan of attack. >> we will be approaching this storm as we did the storm in late december, right before the holidays. we will get our first full shift out at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. those shifts will work 12 hours and be prereplaced by another shift, the exact same size. we will probably have that going up until at least sunday, maybe in to monday. >> reporter: the mayor also said residential streets will receive the same amount of attention as the city's main roads. again, a snow emergency is in affect in the district as of 9:30 this morning. we will bring you extended coverage all weekend long. tomorrow you can wake up with me bright and early at 6:00 a.m. as we bring you the latest on our super storm here on 9 news now. >>> we will have more snowstorm coverage throughout the hour. >>> coming up, the head of toyota will respond after the car manufacturer issues another massive recall. >>> and offic

down toward dc, annapolis, and crossing the bay in easton. mixed bag there and over toward chestertown. but we can see off off to the western edge. west chester and hagerstown. dry line working in. but several miles of snow to deal with through the overnight. so it looks like several inches continue to come down. that's why westbound under a winter storm warning four central maryland. including baltimore city. stretching down to 95 corridor to d.c.. counties west of the baltimore county area. and frederick county. and also in to harford county. we have win ter weather advisories across the bay, including cecil. this is the forecast of what i am expecting. about a three to 6-inch snowfall across i-95 corridor, stretching from dc, including baltimore city. northern portions of baltimore county. 3 to 5 inches. carroll county back to frederick county. 3 to 5 . and then annapolis, 3 to 5 inches. you could be on the lower end or higher end of that, depending on where the snow burst occurs. and also on the eastern shore. you folks out there in kent

dc public schools close at noon. get the complete list at wusa9.com. >>> you know, andrea, you are doing the virginia list and it would be quicker to say the open ones. >> i think i wouldn't have anything to say. >> maryland has early dismissals in many cases but the closures seem to be in virginia and southern maryland. >> that's where the track of the storm is going starting in virginia. >> it is snowing already in lynchburg and roanoke. for us, could be 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 at the latest i think the snow will begin in washington. show you what is happening outside. looking at the satellite and radar. you see snow in southwestern virginia. some light to moderate. rain in west virginia in to north carolina. the atmosphere is cold but only slightly cold for snow. it is not like a super cold air mass. that's why we think some of the areas to our south and southeast will see some sleet or rain mixing in with the snow here as we get in to tonight or this afternoon. that is one thing we will be watching. temperature-wise,

-3 which could hold only three times and dc-4, dc-54 which could carry four times. i wrote this because i was looking to write about a subject that i felt was about the american -- america i grew up in and what i thought of being an american as opposed to what many people think now and there could never be a better example of us at our best in this great humanitarian and venture which had a great political the implications but also was stunned basically to save the people who had been trying to kill us and we'd been trying to kill and these newsreel's give you a sense of what it looked like during that time. in june 1948 blockade, train and road traffic was stopped. the threat of starvation for 2 million citizens of west berlin blockade imposed by the communists to force withdrawal of the western allied forces. >> is it possible the americans will be forced out of berlin? we are not going to be forced out of berlin. in your opinion is there any danger of war, general? >> i would not like to minimize the seriousness of the situation in germany. in such a situation th

weather service hushed a winter weather advisory straight through maryland including baltimore through dc and parts of virginia. we are also under a winter storm watch. those are the 3 counties here, and counties across the border for tomorrow. as far as the winter storm warnings on the eastern shore and stretching up into pennsylvania and new jersey, reason being is the dredgening off the coast line will be wrapping in snowfall and it looks like as far as what we're looking at as a model. we'll come back to that in a little break. i'll break it down for you and show yao what you're going to get in just a bit. >> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. news the tools to track number coming stores. go to foxbaltimore.com/iradar. >> state highway crews with gearing up. presalting is already being done on roads in the western part of the region. crews everywhere are filling their salt trucks with salt so they're ready when this storm hits this time. >> what they predict, it will be, you know, low accumulation. we'll be able to handle.

the dc council passed that law back in december. congress was not in session on one of the days the council thought it would be, so the date has changed. >>> scary moments at one of the nation's nuclear power plant and wait until you hear what caused it. plus, you may get a jolt from a morning cup of coffee, but could something the same size as that power your entire home? the answer coming up. >>> investigators now think melting snow was what shut down the calvert power plant last week. two reactors shut down at the plant last thursday and that caused the loss of power to some safety systems. federal inspectors believe melting snow leaked through the plant's roof and on to an electrical brakier. and just a week after president obama made the renewed push toward nuclear energy, the vermont senate voted to close that state's only nuclear plant. the yankee plant started operating in 1972. today's vote means it will start operating after 2012. gives its legislature a say over nuclear reliances. >>> forget going the power grid, the make

story apartment building has 64 unit and located five houses down on naylor road here in southeast dc . they say fire started. we spoke to the police chief and here's what he had to say. >> as units made an aggressive interior attack they found they had an apartment fire on the sec floor. upon extinguishing the fire, rescue was ensuing. rescue squads removed three children. >> reporter: we now know the ages of those children injured in the fire. one is a 2-month-old baby girl. another is a 2-year-old girl and also a 5-year-old boy. we're told that all three kids are in stable but critical condition at a local hospital. we do not know if they sustained any burn injuries, but we know they suffered from severe smoke inhalation. in southeast dc, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> a fast-moving fire also swept through a mobile home in hampton, virginia killing three children there. investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire started. officials say two adults and a fourth child were able to escape. >>> the snow has subsided but there are things to consider if you are traveling thr

now the dc department of transportation is postponing it again to next weekend. too bad we can't postpone the evening rush. let's take a look at the traffic. >> talk about traffic. wednesday evening's commute off to a pretty good start and continued to look fantastic on i-68. take a look at wide open lanes. no problems reported. let's head out to 270. an earlier accident actually on 495 there clear but we are seeing delays up on 270. not too bad though. no problems blocking any lanes in terms of accidents or incidents. finally we are going to fly over 95 going south in virginia. just seeing a little bit of congestion. after that the pace improves. no major issues for drivers heading down in that direction. derek, back to you. >> thank you. >>> as he was sworn in for his second term as head of the federal reserve ben bernanke said he is worried about the pace of our economic recovery. he told his staff today the economy is growing but there's still too little bank credit, too many foreclosures and too many people unemployed. meantime treasury secretary tim geithne

and dc police are using four- wheel drive vehicles, humvees from the dc national guard and other means to maneuver around the snow covered city. >> let's take a live look of conditions around the beltway in prince georges county. this is beau ximmer, who is in forestville, maryland, keeping an eye on the roads in prince georges county from the county operation center. so us the view. >> well, hey there. these winds out here seem relentless. the winds haven't died down at all. the snow is not quite as heavy as it was, but with this wind, it keeps hitting you in the face and it just doesn't feel all that great. we were showing you some of the pictures earlier, some of the trucks at the department of public works here in maryland. they have these covered up. they've had some problems, some of the equipment has broken down here in maryland, but what trucks they do have operational are out on the roads, doing their best, trying to clear those major thorough fares. don't expect a miracle, don't expect any black top here in the next couple of days, but they are going to do their best to keep

down toward dc and western maryland. northern virginia are. and this watch stretches all the way back over parts of west virginia, hoe he hoe, into indiana. so a lot of folks will be affected by this. as we see the storm push in. for the weekend. now, what are we talking about? well, i am thinking nitrite now, is looking at anywhere from about 16 to 22 inches of snow. across the baltimore corridor down through i-95, dc, northern virginia, sterling and those areas, as you get to western he maryland as much of a foot and a half as well. crossing the bay, it looks like five to 10 inches, and then southern tip of maryland, charles county. about five to 10 inches. and then in a mixed form. in a mix of sleet and snow out closer to the ocean. this is a possible total. totals could be higher potentially or lower. depending on the track of the storm. and how much moisture it really pulls in. right now it looks like a foot and a half, to almost 2 feet of snow at a good potential right now. so looks pretty promising. so be prepared. talking about what's

. >>> it was quite a scene today at the lab school in dc. somehow high school students there were exposed to pepper spray. two had serious reactions and had to go to the hospital. dozens of others were checked out too as a precaution. no word yet on who brought the can to the school >> they had some rash and slight trouble breathing. maybe combined with preexisting medical conditions that they had. so they were more serious than the others. but certainly, their condition was not life-threatening. >> the school spokesperson says they're trying to figure out how this all happened. all the students have been sent home. >>> investigators still don't know the cause of a two-alarm fire that critically injured a little girl and her father in hyattsville this morning. some one in the rental office of the toledo plaza apartments spotted smoke and called for help. audrey barnes joins us live. >> reporter: a neighbor who lives next door says she banged ferociously on the door trying to alert the 5-year-old man inside with his young daughter. when they

dc south to west maybe two inches and extreme montgomery county that is posted on our website at wusa9.com. high wind warning, snow showers, trace to two inches. winds north, northwest at 30-50 and gusty. we don't type that in too often. now, let's look at live doppler. there are snow showers already showing up most of which are north and east of town. we'll zoom into this. these are just going to grow and slowly move southwest ward but pretty good showers in baltimore on the west side of their beltway. all right. let's go back to the computer and we'll talk about what is going to go on tomorrow. it's going to be kind of a slow commute. high winds, snow showers reduce viz inlt and some -- visibility and some slick spots. temperatures 20s-30s which means wind chills will be in the teens. westerly 25-40 and gusty. a few leftover snow showers in the afternoon primarily north of town. winds west northwesterly at 15-35 and gusty. satellite picture radar combined, look at this storm. it's a monster. it's going to make a loop back into pennsylvania. that's what is going to drive this down to

you can see baltimore city, and dc involved with this winter storm watch. timing this out. on our future scan model data. you can see plenty of sunshine tomorrow on. plenty of clear skies. then the clouds start to thicken union thursday night to friday. morning rush hour should be okay. but by the afternoon, start to see some snow coming down, late afternoon. snow in the area. and it picks up in pace. especially toward the evening rush hour. all because of this low pressure that brings all the moisture up out of the gulf. and secondary low behind it, reinforcing it. so we will be hit mainly with the first low. the second low kind of wraps through more potential precipitation into saturday afternoon. but you can see it right here now in the form of snow with potential track it will take over parts of the carolinas, virginia and out over the atlantic. it is a close proximity to the coast line. so here is what it looks like in the forecast. with the potential friday night through saturday. this is the possible snow total. anywhere from 16 to 22 inches or more across the i-95 c

through the afternoon. 14 to 20 plus inches possibly across baltimore through the dc area. southern tip of the state seven to 14. and we can look at about 15 to 22 inches as you get to cecil and wilmington and philadelphia. higher amounts the further north you go across the susquehanna. so heavy snowfall. expect to see the snow picking up pace through the morning. and then we deal with the winds. winds gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour potentially. almost like hurricane-force winds out there on the eastern part of the state. i will have a closer look at how long the -- how much time it will take to get out of here and when the next one arrives. back to you. >> thank you, vytas. >> track the storm as it moves through i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> all levels of government are running short on supplies tonight to get the latest snow off the streets. karen parks is live in ellicott city. karen, how much salt is actually left after what happened last weekend?

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. >>> a group of christian activists rallied in northeast dc today, demanding that congress not pass any health insurance reform that allows taxpayer funding for abortions. today's rally was scheduled to coincide with the president's health care summit. >>> all right, let's switch gears literally and to find out how the evening rush is going. any trouble spots out there? >> no major accidents to report. but wind is the big issue on the bay bridge. you'll see how traffic out here, no big problems except for you can only go with the two-way traffic suspended right now. expect some delays. no problems heading towards the main bridge. and of course, debris on the roadways, also everything to watch out for as you head out to 395 here. big problem for washington boulevard all the way to duke street and then again on 95 from woodbridge to route 123. nothing blocking the travel lanes. with the winds flipping around, that could change in the next few hours. and finally, 66 westbound. this is the slowest stretch that we're seeing out there so far, from 495 to 71. lesli, back to you. >> all rig

we want to check on the plowing efforts. >> with us is john from the dc department of transportation.ow are the roads out there? >> the main roads appear to be in very good shape. they have all been treated and are wet. and should be mostly clear. you might find some slush on the sides of the major road and maybe in turn lanes, that sort of thing. but the main roads are in good shape and the crews continue to work on the residential streets. they are still treating residential streets but the main roads look good and the government offices and schools will be open this morning on time. >> update us on federal workers. they are also in today, right? >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear what you said. >> federal workers should report also, correct. >> i believe so. they maybe on a liberal leave schedule but the federal government is open as well as the district government. all of our offices will be open. >> let's go back to the secondary roads. that's always a complaint. we understand you need time to get the main roads plowed, salted, but what about the secondary roads. >> we are still working

we did drive around dc today and i can tell you from supposed to be going out on wisconsin avenue that the traffic is dying down. when i say traffic, you have to consider this was a city that was shut down today. i was surprised as we drove around earlier this afternoon, how many cars were out on the road. the main thoroughfairs were around. you couldn't see pavement, but you could drive on them if you were going extremely slow. i want to show you some of the pictures we took earlier today and people were walking on those thurofairs. this woman was carrying groceries. visibility is poor, so drivers cannot see pedestrians and pedestrians cannot see drivers. these are pictures from the road. visibility extremely poor. this is a familiar scene for many folks that tried to get out and about. this truck driver shoveling the snow from out of the truck that got stuck. if you can come back to me for a second. i don't know if you can see. the wind gusts kick up again and we kind of get hit in the face with another pile of snow. so as soon as we happen to think this is over, it's not because of

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are asking customers to be patient. >> airlines are trying their best to get as many flights out of dcs possible. if you dent get out ahead of the storm, you are probably stuck. travel troubles led lawmakers to cancel everything on the schedule for the rest of the week. just a few blocks from the capital, baldwin tom used his days off to dig off the area around his house. >> we have been working for three days. the car is cleared up, we cleared up the back ally to our car. >> nation's capital needs only nine more inches to make it the snowiest winter in the city's history. >>> just in time for this next storm, hundreds of thousands of tons of road salt arrived in our area. the first of nine supply shipped scheduled docked. each one carries 40,000 tons of salt. the shipments will be distributed to road crews in maryland, virginia, and pennsylvania. a montgomery county spokesperson says that county has 100 trucks going back and forth to baltimore to pick up these crucial supplies. >> over in virginia, vdot crews are getting ready for another long haul. in alexandria, fallen trees are goi