that means your car could be ticketed or towed if it's in the way. >> news4's derek ward live in montgomeryth more on that. derek? >> reporter: in montgomery county, a snow emergency remains in effect. that means that you will be ticketed and towed if you are parked in a designated snow emergency route. it also means that the city-operated parking lots will allow free parking for the duration of the snow emergency. we're not completely out of the woods yet. take a look here. you see this is what some folks are having to deal with as they try to move around. and people are indeed moving around today. a lot of people going back to work for the first time. buses, the ride-on buses, we've seen them running here at least along east diamond avenue. they've been running with seemingly regular frequency. can't speak for the side roads. they may still be somewhat treacherous. the roads are slushy, as you've seen. again, to get to the sidewalks that are clear, when you do find one that is cleared, the plows have created a sort of wall of snow. and that is crusted and frozen and hard. people are havin

derek ward now live with an update on how things look in montgomery county. derek?: good morning again. we are at the intersection of east summit and diamond. and i guess this typifies the tale of two, maybe three surfaces. take a look. you see a road -- this is a secondary road. heavily traveled but not a main road. has been treated, and we've seen some spreaders come through here since we've been here. what they're doing now is they're not necessarily plowing butting down salt or sand. something to sort of melt that snow and give you traction. as you see, traffic is moving well. if you look here in the foreground at the sidewalk, there's a paved sidewalk, pretty clear, pretty much clear. this is all ice. this is what pedestrians have to deal with. and we actually caught up with a gentleman who ventured out for the first time since the snow began. today, his challenge is just trying to get to work. >> today is the first morning i'm head back to work. >> reporter: what was it like getting to the bus stop for you? >> it's not hard. they got everything paved. pretty e

derek ward is live in mclean where the snow is coming down again. >> good morning. this is a typical scene here. i'm actually standing in the street but you couldn't tell. this street is passable. and i'm sure a lot of folks are thankful for the plow drivers. you have to come here to get the sidewalk. there's not much a sense for a sidewalk except a hydrant and foreground and this little bit of clear here. and this is the challenge for folks venturing out today, especially those venturing on foot. take a listen. >> well, you know, people are getting around. you have to be very careful. there's no sidewalks. so especially when you're out with the dog, you're limited. and they have their route they like to do. and this is not it. so, you know, it's tricky trying to find the actual spot they like. >> and it's also tricky getting around. take a look across there on the other side. you see that big mound of snow, it's covering up the area you would cross at as well as the cross button. that pedestrians would have to press to get that light to change. there was a couple c

derek ward has our report tonight. >> reporter: samuel sheinbein dead, killed by an israeli prison response team in a prison just north of tel aviv after authorities say he shot three prison guards and barricaded himself in a cell block, a violent final chapter to a story that rocked this community and grew to international proportions. >> it began with the death of alfredo teo. >> the victim's body was found of a garage of a then vacant home in this section of breeze hill in aspen hill, maryland, not far from the sheinbein home. in 1987 sheinbein murdered and mutilated alfredo teo. a montgomery teen, it was being called a thrill killing. officials here uponed him back. doug duncan was county executive at the time. >> if we had been able to keep him here hopefully none of this would have ever happened. >> reporter: though has eventual incarceration there only came after international legal wrangling here. john mccarthy was prosecutor in the case here. >> we had won in the district level and in the final round of appeals we lost in the israeli supreme court. he was serving a 27-year prison s

news4's derek ward has more. >> reporter: at exactly 11:15 in the morning, the time of the shootings one week ago, a moment of silence around the fountain and throughout the mall in colombia, where one week ago three young lives converged in a way no one could have expected or wanted. it's changed the way many see this place, and even changed the faces of mall patrons. but changings reached beyond the -- the shooter appeared to be a normal 20-something, not outwardly violent or disturbed. >> kind of changed the way i perceive being out in public. >> the plywood that announces the store's closure, becomes a place of remembrance. it's that scene that brought these folks here to the shores of centennial lake. this is a memorial as well and no less heart felt than elsewhere in the community. many of those who showed up riding these long boards is cathartic, malcolm was a fond acquaintance of deion. >> we just got to go skating, i got to get this out. >> kyle was the one that would always come to my store, to look at gauges, to make me laugh. >> the death highlights how the mall is centra

news4's derek ward has a look at how drivers are dealing with all the craters in the road. >> reporter: there are little ones and really big ones, like this one on fillmore street in arlington. so big it's become a neighborhood legend. people have mental maps of the location so they can avoid them. >> there is quite a few, especially down this street down here. >> reporter: and they're the ones that you can't even see yet, sinister forces at work right now beneath the road surface that will in coming weeks open up to become craters like this one on connecticut avenue. and there is roadside debris th into contact with that massive pothole. we know at least one lincoln and one toyota. ever since our first big snowfall this year, they've been a problem. this one was filled earlier this month on the clara barton parkway, but not before it had taken a toll on half a dozen predawn commuters. >> all of the sudden my car hitting the front end, back tire on the right-hand side of my vehicle. >> reporter: still, there those who want to embrace potholes. >> i'm a chef and i want to fill wit rainb