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we want to check back in with news 4's derrick ward who joins us live from bethesda who has been on the roads all morning. hi derrick. >> reporter: good morning. we are sort of off the road now. we can give you a good look at the surfaces you'll encounter. this is springfield road in bethesda -- springfield drive. if you look at it this has been plowed been passed through pretty much. it's passable be stopping can be the issue. slush is the order of the day. look at ag den street here a plow came through here within the last five or ten minutes. it doesn't look the same as springfield, still passable but again, slush is the issue. now, of course on the roads it's a whole different story. take a look. this is the scene earlier this morning. we had a plow going out. then we caught up with someone who left their car overnight. a lot of those cars got stuck on the side of the road and prudently decided to leave them there. now is the time to dig out. we talked to a man who was just getting his car out this morning. >> you're doing a good deechltd i went to work yesterday to take care of my

we're live in montgomery county derrick ward news 4. >> derrick, quick question. you've seen a lot of standing water out there? we're getting reports of that from some viewers? >> reporter: in some low points you do. i know when we came across river road just before -- just after the d.c. line a place where there's construction there was indeed some deep standing water. what's happening is catch basins are getting covered with snow. they've been plowed over. so whatever melt there is whatever runoff from the meant isn't able to go anywhere and is going to go to the bottom of the hill the lowest point of a roadway. expect that if you're coming down a hill expect you might run into standing water. could be a serious problem later when the temperatures get back to freezing. >> derrick ward reporting for us live on the roads. stay safe. >> take your time. >>> several schools and churches in our area didn't want you driving through that mess. take a look at your screen. fairfax and prince william and alexandria all canceled activities. loudoun county says schools will

derrick ward news 4. >> something tells me he got a peek at the forecast. there you go.ou don't need it. >> lie derek said spring bedivision on march 30th but meteorology cal springs starts are march 1st. that's eight days away and spring not in sight, not at least for this week so they're going to run about 15 to 20 degrees below average. before we talk about that let's talk about the refreeze overnight and the breezy conditions tomorrow. i love this complain. >> there's the snowman on the left the melting snowman on the right. whatever is melting today, it's going to freeze up. some delays are possible i think cancellations would be unlikely. as we get under way, when you factor in the wind it's going to feel like windchill temperatures are in the teens, and the remained the week is pretty quiet, but temperatures about 15 to 20 degrees below where they should be for this time of year. i think the main roads for the most part should be okay. of course you want tore caring of. secondary roads, some icy sfots there for sure. sidewalks, if they weren't treated today, they

we want to check back with news 4's derrick ward there. >> reporter: as you can see, the cleanup has already begun there. crews are putting plywood up and starting to assess the damage. we're told preliminarily it could be close to $1 million. take a look at the scene earlier this morning. it was about 3:00 a.m. when the fire broke out. at the height of this thing the flames were high enough and bright enough to be seen from the other side of the road. that's fortunate because they couldn't be seen from inside the apartment. it was a resident or a guest at the marriott hotel that first called 911 to alert folks this fire was going on. it seems to have started in a drier vent outside the building. the people inside the units weren't immediately aware what was going on. fortunately by the time firefighters got there, they were outside of the apartment. they had gotten themselves out and none of them were injured. however, there were a couple, shall we say, minor injuries on the part of firefighters as we hear from montgomery county's pete perringger. >> two firefighters suffered some i

derrick ward will take a closer look. >>> an elderly woman and her son were found dead outside their home before being outside in the cold. viola cox and her son douglas died. investigators say viola had a medical emergency. when her son tried to help, he had his own medical emergency. there were no signs of trauma. they do not suspect foul play. the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. >>> isis releases a new video that allegedly shows militants beheading 21 christian hostages. this is a still image. the video appears to have been filmed on the coast of the mediterranean sea. the men are coptic christians from egypt. the video threatens christians. >>> now, to the developing situation in denmark, where police have beefed up secured after two deadly shootings. today police shot and killed a man they say killed a danish filmmaker and security guard and wounded five police officers. say say he was 22 years old, a native of denmark and involved in gang activity. tonight we're hearing from a whom who witnessed one of those attacks. >> then wet more shots and we realized th

. >> we want to check back in with news 4's derrick ward live in arlington where runners are making their way to the finish line. hi derrick. >> reporter: we think we've seen the last of the participants in the love the run you're with. the weather great for this. wanted to take a look at the start of the race. you can see those several hundred runners, maybe close to 1,000 taking part in this annual 5k. in these relatively warm temperatures we're having of course you go back to 2010 around this ten, you would have seen anything but folks running in the streets. of course you would have seen lots of snow. snowmageddon gave us about 11 inches of snow 23 inches total. one of the snowiest februarys we've had on record at least since records have been kept. nothing like that today. we talked to runners out there. one woman said she wished she had worn a tank top. i don't know about that personally. later today who knows? we may indeed see some tank tops. we're live in arlington, derrick ward news 4. back to you. >>> a prince george's county man is behind bars this morning for allegedly killin

derrick ward live in northwest washington with what we're seeing out there. how are you doing, derrick? >> reporter: good morning. how are you? we're actually on springfield drive in bethesda. tell you what we're seeing here. big problem with black ice here. as you see those cars going slowly down the hill there. that's because if you go up to the crest of that hill there's about four or five cars that were involved in accidents. now, minor crashes didn't appear anyone was hurt from what we could see. county truck has come and put the blade down and scraped some of that ice off, but as you can tell with these temperatures and this wind, it won't be long before it freezes up again. drivers have to exercise the utmost caution through here. even do the speed limit because this is a worst case scenario. think about it. a downgrade with traffic a stop light and ice. that's definitely not something you want to encounter at speed. people are going very cautiously as they go through here. a chuck came down spread something and put the blade down. something you don't s

you saw derrick ward's live shot earlier. if you see black pavement out there this morning, it's probably glare ice. anything that's powdery white probably has been treated. that's probably the safer places. treat everything that looks wet this morning as if it were glare ice. it's dangerously slippery this morning. look at the ice starting to pile up along the shoreline, prince george kournity near national harbor. this ice here and all the ice on the ponds, lakes and streams, it's too thin. stay off the ice. it's so, so dangerous. need to stay inside and stay warm. a good reminder for our furry friends they need extra protection in weather like this, especially if they're not at all ak couple tommed to it. here is the view from wave slider in silver spring, a coating of ice and snow on the sidewalks this morning. this is repeated in a lot of places. a lot of out buildings and structures that weren't securely fastened have toppled over. you've got a great dramatic picture, send it to me on instagram or twitter,. as bad as it

derrick ward was talking about it. not for us this time around. we've had a hard time getting snow in washington this winter only a couple of inches so far. keep hope alive snow lovers. cold air is coming back later in the week. first ingredient to making snow first thing we've got to have is the cold air. starting on friday and saturday it will be cold s the view outside. planes coming down river today. if you're going out, the planes coming right over your head on their way down. great pictures on my twitter account. this is from greg in calvert county a beautiful sunrise. a little duck out there for a morning swim. yesterday morning was the big winner for sunrise and sunset pictures. jim got this one over the occoquan river. you can send your pictures i'm on twitter@chuck bell. for now a mild day for a nice change. temperatures today likely to be the mildest we've been in more than a month. if we make it to 60 degrees today, it will be our warmest day in january since we reached 67 back on january 4th. right now it's chilly outside. 40 degrees

derrick ward in northeast d.c. now with that massive operation there. >> reporter: good evening, jim. you see the snow has lightened up a bit, but not all the tiflt here at this salt zone in northeast. it's the d-dot facility. there's been a constant circle of trucks coming around here to get their load of sand. they line up then they deploy out on to the streets. and it's a good thing because we'll show you some of the road conditions. these are road conditions early on in this storm. this is going up 395 headed toward the third street tunnel. you see those roads have been treated chemically and you just have tracks at about 9:30 and 10:00 we started to see the first trucks put their blade down. they're coming back here and getting more salt and sand and going back on the streets. there have been challenges for people who were out in the street. we were telling people to stay inside. an apartment building in southeast had actually lost its heat for a couple of hours. we got there and the resident told us they had

news 4's derrick ward reports on the all-out effort. >> what do a popular eatery and popular wine and cheese market and local charter school have in common? weekend they're some of the places where d.c. residents can sign up for health care. >> where people work where they shop where they play and where they pray. this is the mantra. >> there's an all-out push to get as many people as possible enrolled. according to the city's numbers, more than 75,000 d.c. residents have signed up since enrollment started. still about 23,000 people to reach out to. if you're a sunday kind of person. >> we have a bunch of churches. >> reporter: how about health care to go with your wine and cheese? here at cork this weekend you'll find something new and healthy on the menu. >> provide health insurance for my employees, make sure everyone here in the city knows that they have ability to get health care through the exchange. >> reporter: pitts is a member of the health exchange but says his efforts won't stop there. >> we're a big part of the community, both the market here and the restaurant across the

as derrick ward tells us now, the case is shining a light on the practice of giving police escorts to celebrities. derrick? >> reporter: jim, there was interesting development in this case earlier on in the proceeding when the judge told the jury essentially the city can't have it both ways. you see, the same barricade situation that the chief is using to justify the demotion of this commander was actually deemed appropriate in an earlier federal civil case. the judge told the jury that well, the city cannot support this command of actions in one case to avoid liability and condemn the same in another case to avoid liability. it's kind of comp collated. but eventually the chief says there are a number of reasons that this chief -- this commander was demoted, among them was he just wasn't acting like a commander. d.c. police chief cathy lanier on the stand today in d.c. superior court as part of a civil suit brought by captain fillton burton the former commander of next pd's special operations version. he was demoted because he said he contradicted the chief on police escort for celebr

news 4's derrick ward is live with some new information. hi, derrick. >> reporter: good morning.take a look at the scene here of this fire. later we'll show you video. now we want to show you what it looks like from the outside. so many things came together to keep this from being a much worse fire than it actually is. take a look at video from the scene earlier this morning. it was about 3:00 a.m. when this fire actually broke out. the first 11 call came from someone at a nearby marriott hotel. it's one of the taller buildings in the area.gt they're actually able to see the flames. the good thing about that person just being up and having the sense -- the frame of mind to call authorities, not even knowing the address but getting them here. this fire wasn't easily detectable inside when it started as we hear from pete perringer. >> it appears it started in a drier vent into the siding. eventually we lrnd it was in many concealed void spaces. >> reporter: as this fire was burning, people were able to get themselves out. three families have been displaced displaced, but no october

derrick ward has reaction. >>> you can enlist in the military at age 18 but you have to serve three moreears before you can legally take a drink in the u.s. here many maryland some folks at the statehouse want to change that. >> they at least ought to be able to go into the legion or a restaurant and bar and have a glass of wine orbeer. >> reporter: that would mean places like cafe normandy in annapolis. >> i understand why. i don't really think it's a good idea. >> reporter: the owner says she remembers the day before 1984 when you could legally drink at 18. now that the 21-year-old requirement has been in place for a while? >> going back i don't know i just don't think it's a good idea. >> reporter: travel just a few doors up main street and the owner of castle play believes if you can spill your blood for your country you shall be able to legally pour a drink in it. the thing is the 21-year-old requirement in place has become a condition for getting federal highway money. losing that doesn't go down easy with everyone. >> passing this bill would mean lose dlrg 32 million in federal hi

derrick ward news4. >>> a man is dead after a shoot-out with d.c. police today. investigators say it may be -- he may be the one who pulled the trigger. police tell us it was just before midnight here when officers began chasing the man who was suspected of back-to-back street robberies. one happened on riggs place, the other on swan street. officials say officers actually witnessed the second robbery and tried to stop it but the man pulled out a gun and began shooting. they shot back as he ran. he was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. police tell us it looks like he shot himself. >> it's very unfortunate we lost somebody somebody lost their lives as a result of this. but it's not -- it's not -- like i said it doesn't happen every day, but it has happened in the past. >> police tell us the gun was recovered from the scene. the name of the suspected robber has not been released. >>> today a fairfax county judge decided the attempted murder trial of jesse matthew will begin june 8th. matthew's accused of raping and trying to kill a woman in the city

derrick ward is live in annapolis with a closer look at what is in this legislation. derrick? >> reporter: now, you know the age requirement of 21 years old to drink legally has been the law of the land in the u.s. for decades now. but some lawmakers here in maryland think that given the sacrifice that a young man and woman can make at 18 19 or 20 years old, maybe they should be given a little bit of leeway on that. it's an idea that comes up often about people under 21 who pledge to defend this country. >> american legion a number of people have approached me and basically say if somebody is asked at 18 to risk their life to go overseas and fight that they at least ought to be able to go into the legion or to a restaurant or bar and have a glass of wine or a beer. >> reporter: the proposal would allow active duty military men and women starting at the age of 18 to drink wine or beer in bars or restaurants in maryland provided they show proof of age and a valid military i.d. amid strong opposition for some state senator ronald young says he tried to craft the bill to make it e

news4's derrick ward just left those proceedings. he joins us live from d.c. superior court. derrick? >> reporter: well you know, it's not often that hollywood and the political life here in washington polywood if you will collide. usually when they do something interesting happens and that's what you have today. ouf the chief of police taking the stand in d.c. superior court in a civil case brought by one of her own opinion you could say it was all started bay tweet from actor charlie sheen telling of his police escort from dulles airport back in april of 2011. she showed the speedometer of the vehicle he was riding in and bragged about it a little bit. that spawned an investigation into just who gets an initial escort then commander of the special operations division hilton burton testified before the city council about the relative frequency in which celebrities got such escorts, which contradicted chief kathy lanier and assertions she made earlier. burton would eventually be demoted and in turn sue the chief and the city claiming he was being retaliated against. today in c

news 4's derrick ward reports. >> i want to say the fairfax county officers deserve the benefit of theoubt but that does not mean that they can never be doubted. >> county residents still want answers about the gear shooting three years later. it came up during a general q&a shooting a day after the release of more than 1!xñ pages of documents from the investigation into the shooting of john gear. keith harmon says it's taken too long and been too secretive. >> the fairfax board needs to change the policy of obstruction to one of transparency and create an end dint review board to give officers fair treatment but have some accountability. >> the board decided not to establish or consider establishing an independent review board citizen review board and opted instead to have an internal audit review. >> during the investigation, torres explains he saw gear lower his hands and make a quick movement toward his waste. he said quote, i fired a shot right through the screen door and hit him. police would eventually storm the house but gear was already dead. the release of the documents and r

news4's derrick ward was there. joins us with the tough questions for metro. >> reporter: this metro incident has generated a keen interest from congress. jonathan rogers tried to save the life of carolyn glover as their subway car filled with smoke and she was overcome. today before a house subcommittee even as he calmly narrated pictures he took of the incident, he welled up. >> in a photo to be i believe the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry -- >> reporter: a federal investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings so far point to reoccurring issues in the metro incidents. first responders' radios that don't work underground. lawmakers were openly frustrated. >> i can think of nothing worse than being smoked to death underground in a subway. >> i looked at some of the questions and answers with 2009 and some of the same things were said back then. we're going to do training. we're going to do this do that. and yet here we are some six years later and the same thing happened. >> reporter: the

news4's derrick ward has details. >> reporter: it happens quickly. a surveillance camera inside the jewelry and grocery captures the gunmen dressed in black, faces covered, rushing into the store. in seconds they're gone. in those fleeting moments out of the camera's view she is shot dead behind the count wrer she works. another woman is wounded. >> everything happened in the span of about nine seconds. >> reporter: a lot has changed in the year since that happened. the store's under new management. they've still got some of the same merchandise, but what hasn't changed is that this murder is still unsolved. it was prince william county's first homicide of 2014. it was both tragic and puzzling. when the gunmen burst in, the cash register was open. it was almost closing time and the victim was apparently counting out the day's receipts but police say nothing was taken. they canvassed the area talked to witnesses, leads popped up and didn't pan out. still investigators say it's out there, that piece of information that could close this case information

from that smoke-filled metro train gave emotional testimony on capitol hill today and news4's derrick ward was there. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, there was more information about why d.c. fire and ems radios didn't work during this incident. d.c.'s assistant fire chief said that metro's tunnel equipment designed to boost radio signals underground wasn't working. >> however, all communications once we were back at the surface level, worked flawlessly. >> reporter: metro's board chief says they satisfied most of the safety recommendations they've gotten so far. >> i believe we've made real progress but we cannot claim that we are where we need to be in the face of this event. we need to do more. >> reporter: today's hearing was before a joint transportation and government operations subcommittee. it probably won't result in any legislation addressing last month's incident but there is federal money for from metro's capital budget for improvements and equipment upgrades, and it's the culture of safety that most concerns all involved. >> essentially metro is the nation's metro system a