>> two things, doreen. the first thing is the ability to get to some of those smaller neighborhoods. i spent the day with our crews in montgomery county. several neighborhoods. it is still amazing how many streets and areas of rockville and areas of potomac and even very close to the beltway driving down old georgetown road, streets that we drive all the time still are covered with snow and to put one of our bucket trucks into the smaller neighborhoods has been a challenge. montgomery county is helping us and we continue to press on. >> have we learned anything from this storm, clay, that you may be should have done before the storm that you can apply to what's coming up now tonight? >> i would say probably something that a lot of people don't want to hear is that the beautiful canopy of trees that we do enjoy when it's time to trim those trees, when your power lines start to disappear under that canopy atrees through april and september, it's probably time to get the trees trimmed and get those cut. we're

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. at this hour, all washington area airports are open, but most canceled flights for tonight and all day tomorrow. all travelers are strongly urged to call their airline before trying to make it to any airport this weekend. >> above-ground service on metro has been suspended through tomorrow. that includes buses and trains that are above ground. metro will operate at the underground stations only. >> unfortunately, the winter storm already caused major power outages across the d.c. area. pepco, dominion and other companies are reporting 30,000 customers without electricity tonight. >> we have a team of reporters out there. they'll show us conditions across the area. from a realtime look at the roads to the very white national mall, then to a ghost town in a normally-busy tysons corner. >> it all begins in storm center 4. bob ryan and veronica johnson join us with the current accumulations and details on how much we are likely to see before this is over, guys? >> doreen and jim, we are n

>> it's looking good, doreen. it's nightfall now. there's just a light breeze with snow flurries going. nothing like the winds that we experienced earlier. we've got the great signs of life. we've got snow plows. this is obviously a private contractor behind me. the city of alexandria's snow plows have been going up and down the streets, clearing things out, getting things ready. we talked to the mayor. they'll be out here all night clearing roads even though there won't be schools tomorrow and a lot of the services as far as like city hall services won't be going. i want to show you what things looked like earlier today with near whiteout conditions. i want to show you video that we shot of the masonic temple, which is a huge symbol that can be seen for miles in old town alexandria. the masonic temple, which is on a hill, was -- you could barely make it out. you could barely make out the outline of it. and also driving around the city was very treacherous in these conditions. fortunately, most people stayed off the streets. there we

>> doreen, the snow is coming down steadily.s that we had for a period, but it feels harder on my face. it's blowing harder and it's wet. i want to let you take a look at the road surface. this is what some folks are driving on here on route 1. there's not a lot of traffic. since we last talked to you, this road has been treated. there was a truck that came through. it's on the other side of the road making its way down there now. nonetheless, people in prince george's county are being warned, like they are in other jurisdictions, to stay off the road unless they absolutely have to be out. we talked to prichnce courage g county police about the details of this state of emergency. >> from the police department standpoint, we're still maintaining routine patrol. we're utilizing four-wheel-drive vehicles for that. we're asking residents to please stay at home tonight. the snow is going to get worse. we have a difficultime trying to maintain the roadways between public works, getting them plowed. the fire department needs to have ac

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. the combination of today's snow and last week's blizzard has prompted some major school districts to shut down for the remainder of the week. we'll be scrolling a list of closings at the bottom of your screen throughout this broadcast. >>> there's still no word yet about the status of the federal government for tomorrow. >>> we go to bob now for the latest on this storm that's coming our way again. >> an unprecedented period of storms and winter weather that we have never seen really in the history of washington for that matter. o

more to come, doreen. >> i like ñdq9ñ that's good advice.where the food is right now. >> that sounds right to me. >> exactly. >> i'm going to do that real soon. >> pat collins in gaithersburg. thank you. >> we know where you live. we might just drive on by, pat. >>> julie carey is tracking the storm down in northern virginia. julie, she's looking to be where the food is very quickly, too y would imagine. how is the weatherÑi there, jul? >> it's getting worse out here. conditions on route 123 are deteriorating. i can't tell you like pat can exactly how much snow is out there on the roadway right now, but i can tell you that there is enough that the plows that have been coming by have started to put their blades down and start to pushñr the snow off. that tells us that it's at about the two-inch mark. vdot has 1,700 pieces of equipment spread out tonight to do battle with the storm. that's what they'll keep out on the roads over the weekend. here's a look at route 123 and the traffic tonight. the driving conditions have beei deteriorating. the

hi, phil. >> reporter: hi, doreen.the evening closed down everything unfolded almost as if it had been scripted at pacific coliseum for women's figure skating this evening. let's take a look. american rachael flatt while kim yu-na rocketed to the gold medal. mao asada took silver and joanie rochette skated beautifully, capturing the bronze. at one point blowing a kiss to her mother in the sky. the usa women's hockey team storybook run crashed this evening on the ice at canada hockey place in front of thousands of screaming mapleless-waving fans. it see. ed the canadian net was bulletproof. goalie swatting away everything america's best could offer. 28 shots on goal. the canadian women have not lost at the olympics since 1998 and their victory was seen as a bold defense of this nation's deeply-rooted hockey tradition. and speedy peterson brought his five twists and three somersaults to the aerials on cyprus mountain today. there was a wager on the usa women's hockey game today between the white house and the prime minis

. >>> good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. with the second blizzard of the month and third major snowstorm of the season, we have eclipsed the record today that stood for more than a century. this is officially the snowiest winter in d.c. history. >> for the fourth day in a row tomorrow the federal government and all area school districts will be closed. >> we have reporters spread over the metropolitan area as different communities begin to tackle different problems. we begin with bob ryan andhe big question, are we out of the woods, bob? >> yes, indeed. take a look at digital doppler. there is good news. i turned off the snow machine and the snow maker because you can see everything finally is now gone. this is how it looks now in just the last spot. don't you feel lucky? in partsf loudoun county you may see a little batch of leftover snow there. that's about it. the big view shows that storm now is off the coast and finally about on schedule, everything is break up. behind it, look at the temperatures. right now 29 degrees

. >> hi, doreen. we saw a lot of traffic early in the afternoon on 270. apparently people trying to get home to get ahead of this weather system. you can't blame them for that. transportation officials are out in position also. they have their trucks ready. now they're just waiting for the snow to accumulate. in rockville, road crews are getting loaded up with salt, preparing for an afternoon and evening of winter weather. the montgomery county department of transportation has got 400 trucks prepositioning on area roadways in preparation for the snowstorm. >> this is a typical weather event. there is nothing special about this. rush hour storms are what we're used to. we do the best that we can. these weekend weather events are -- two regular for us to really be comfortable with. >> reporter: last saturday, a significant snowstorm caught many off guard. the result, total gridlock. many cars ending up in ditches. drivers lost control on slick streets. >> speed played a huge part in the accidents this weekend. >> how many were there? a lot? >> there were a

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good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. at this hour we've already seen a few inches of snow and are expecting a whole lot more. for the first time in history, the federal government will be closed for the third straight day tomorrow. all the major school districts will be out, as well. so will the d.c. government. let's go to bob ryan for more on what's coming our way. >> unfortunately, we are already getting a wet snow. we had a bit freezing rain mixed into the south. now it's pretty much all snow and a winter storm warning through until tomorrow afternoon. right now on doppler, you can see areas of moderate snow for folks in montgomery county. this is going to be a bit of a storm that is moving more off the coast so the heaviest snows will be more up toward baltimore, north eastern maryland. all of us are going to be seeing nasty winter weather tomorrow morning. we already had over three inches of snow. right now, we are in the second biggest winter snows that we had since back in the 1800s. this is the second, now the s

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we're not done with this storm yet. snow is still falling across our area. and the high winds are still causing problems out there. bob is in the storm center with more on all of this and when it is finally going to end. bob? >> it's still a few hours before we'll see finally the -- for the

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. here we go again. the d.c. area is bracing for a lot of snow. combined with what's left from last week's blizzard has many schools across our area shut down the rest of the week. we will be running a complete list of the school closings we have across the bottom of your screen. and just a short time ago we learned the federal government will be closed tomorrow for a third straight

to doreen in minnesota, hi, dear. >> caller: i have a question about the cinder block in the back door. do you know if they ever did any touch dna on that to get some cells off that rough sur snas. >> what about it? do we snow didn't they test the cinder block? >> they did. they took it into evidence and never came back with anything after, that even the door they took and never came back with anything. >> very quickly, mark herald, if you could explain touch dna. >> when a human being touches most surfaces, that's some transfer and if they can get dna off the skin cells, it can be incrimina incriminating. i know they took the cinder block.  >>> ronald, even behind bars, face ago lot of jail time, possibly that he will still only talk about haleigh. he says to this moment he's not changed his mind. if he finds the person that killed haleigh, he will kill that person. he doesn't care what kind of jail time he will face and even offers up the death penalty. it's worth it to him. >> undercover officers with putnam county sheriff's department heard misty was deali

to doreen in minnesota, hi dear. >> caller: hi, nancy. hey, i have a question about that cinder block that was placed in the back door. do you know if they ever did some touch dna on that to get cells off that rough surface? >> what about it? do we know, marlaina? didn't they test the cinderblock? >> they took it into evidence and didn't come back with anything. even the door they took and never came back with anything. >> very quickly, marc harrold, if you could describe touch dna. >> anytime a human touches most surfaces, there's transfer. if they can get dna off the skin cells, it can be incriminating. i don't know if they got anything or not, but i knew they took the cinderblock. >>> ronald, even behind bars, facing a lot of jail time, possibly, that he will still only talk about haleigh. he says, to this moment, he has not changed his mind. if he finds the person that killed haleigh, he will kill that person. he doesn't care what kind of jail time he will face. he doesn't care if it even offers up the death penalty. it's worth it to