eastbound en route 50, near the bay bridge, looking like the accident has cleared. finally the traffic is moving. we are delayed to white hull. all is live from foldsville road. aimlessen on the road. making for slippery conditions. a check en route 3, route 4, and route 5 reveals there's no accidents. northbound, no problems delay free to the district. finally before that, the traffic # 5 in virginia. going up from -- 45 in virginia. going up from quanico. >>> metro conducted a massive emergency response exercise shortly after midnight. kristen fisher was there. she's in the news room with more. >> reporter: good mortgage. this is dramatic, smoke machines, high power file officers officers and several officers from several agencies. one more time the video you're about to see is not real. it's just a video. >> reporter: there's two shooters inside the station. multiple passengers have been injured or killed. metro police are first on the scene followed by the county police. >> oured a goal is to monitor the response, not just our response but the response of the re

one more on 50 eastbound at cape st. claire road. meantime, let's take a look at our drive times and our speeds at this hour. we are starting to slow down on all of the major roadways, in the 30s that we've watched it creep from the 50s down to the 40s to the 30s, i imagine it's going to continue to creep lower and lower as we get more and more snow. we'll take a look outside at the belle way first. -- beltway first. and it is starting to slow on the west side of the beltway, between 795 and 95. despite this clear shot here, at baltimore national pike, you can see we're starting to get snow in between the lanes of traffic there. we can also take a look at 95 at this hour. there is a look at 95 at 895. if you have to go anywhere, just be careful, try to stay home if you can. back over to you. >> okay, sharon. good advice. thank you very much. check in for first warning weather coverage. for updates on the forecast, live doppler radar, any time. and information on closings and delays, go to wjz.com. and get up early in the morning. bec

eastbound lanes at old court road a crash there. liberty road again falls road southbound. northbound lanes of falls road past mount caramel road. multiple cars in ditches. take your time as the road conditions get worse visibility gets reduced. it is hard to tell how slick the roads are when you apply brakes. take your time on the way home. as we take a peak let's look at the jfx. volume heavy. people are driving at reduced speeds. it is looking good as you make your way out of downtown headed up towards the beltway. >> thank you. >>> harford county is expected to get the worse of this storm. >> brian leads off the team coverage tonight. he is joining us from bell air standing next to a lot of snow. how is it looking up there? >> reporter: it is a whole lot of snow. the snow you can see behind me is the snow from the previous storm. now we are starting to come down heavy in harford county. i want to show you it's only been snowing like this half an hour. i want to show you the roads here. this is the parking lot. that's got a decent coating. more than it was when we last c

that is tied up eastbound because of an accident.ll, michigan avenue blocked off in each direction north capital street because of police activity and metro's red line. there was a problem with the switch. the switch malfunctioned just outside of the twinbrook stop. as a result, you can expect additional delays in the area of glenmont. >>> unseasonably warm temperature are forcing olympic organizers to bus in extra snow into vancouver. that is coming from about 150 miles it where the game are scheduled to take place. organizers are stockpiling snow to be on the safe side. the winter olympics open february 12th. >>> the washington capitals go if a franchise record 11 ones that i row -- in a row last night. >> here is what happened. >> score! >> that would be the first on the night but not the last. the caps take the 11th straight record-setting win scoring four unanswered goals. they beat the bruins 4-1. >>> on call this morning, a push to require insurers to cover a type of autism treatment. virginia is one of 5 states that does not

the big issue was 50 eastbound shut down at the bay bridge because of an accident. is finally moving. we just cleared the crash is career. over to 270, drizzle on the cameras. 66 eastbound to the stoll stappal beltway, lanes are clear. >>> arlington county schools will be canceling early release days. the next thing on the chopping block, spring break. [ whistle blown ] >> reporter: these students get out early every wednesday but now they will use them to make up the school day. >> i don't want to give up my saturdays, sundays, and then wednesdays. >> reporter: phase one also means elementary and middle school days and a conference workday being scrapped. phase two, longer days. >> he's hoping for snow. >> reporter: think of all the days you missed. >> awesome. >> reporter: and you're looking for more? >> yeah. >> reporter: and then they would look into canceling spring break. >> it was like summerrer summer -- summer we have had so many days off. >> reporter: part that may push students over the snow break, weekend classes. >> i'm only worried we will have saturda

on 66 eastbound you will lose the right side of the roadway at gallows. 270 a rough ride for drivers. ice on the roadway. we are watching the lanes disappear as more of the snow and flakes hit the ground. and i want you to know there's no bus service for metro today and no above-ground service either. vre and marc is closed and there's no dash bus running out of alexandria. everything is closed. andrea, other to you. >> thank you. >>> as howard just told us, one of the main concerns about the storm isn't so much the amount of snowfall as it is the strong winds. those winds could lead to more power outages later today. right now pepco is reporting the most outages -- >>> let's see how the streets in alexandria, virginia are looking this morning. jell da doyle is live on south royal street with more. you have been around the region. how are things looking now? >> i will tell you, andrea, we just had the first plow truck of the morning pass by. two passes one up and one down the street. easy to expose the pavement but the problem is the ice buildup on the sides of the roadways, in betwee

. >> the eastbound span of the chesapeake bridge was closed. the accident has been cleared off the bridge. the reconstruction crew is now leaving. traffic has been in a backup and it will have to go through and wake people up. 50 east down trying to get to the bay bridge are stuck in this volume but now moving. northbound 95 on the north side of baltimore has been closed for a couple of hours because of a serious accident. mile-marker 75 north side of baltimore remains closed because of an accident involving a tractor-trailer. now to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> 5:03. the high wind or the major concerns for people across the metro area. the heavy snow from the last storm knocked out power to more than 500,000 people. the hardest-hit area was montgomery county. courtney robinson has more on how the region is getting ready for another round. good morning. >> we are all long draped drive. these residents felt it firsthand during the blast. -- we are along drake drive. they are very much prepared going into the storm that they could lose powe

some delays on eastbound 50 approaching bay bridge. that is the latest. the buses and the trains. >> we are looking pretty good out there. allow your bus extra time to get to where it is going. no major delays or diversions to report at this time. metro subway is on time in both directions. no delays on the brent declines or camden -- brunswick lines or camden lines. >> things will be quiet on the way to work or school this morning. the roads will be ok despite some snow sightings. hd doppler showing the snow tapering off for a baltimore city. we have steady snow in cecil county and towards the eastern shore. rain mixing in at times. that will be the basic story of this event. we are safely above freezing in most spots. there could be icy spots with the pennsylvania line. 33 in the rock hall. there are two parts of this system. an area of low pressure near ohio. this storm will pass to cover north and gets pulled back into the course -- coast later tonight and tomorrow. that is when we will get the second part of the storm. light snow or rain this morning

eastbound the volume is picking up 50 to 123. in arlington a couple of problems for you. north glebe road at 19 is where we have downed wires and then we have a tree in the roadway at yorktown boulevard and north george mason. and we will end with a live look at the beltway in virginia. here we are. moving at speed. no incidents or accidents to report. looks like the disabled vehicle on the outer loop at van doren is gone. >>> a busy month for power crews across the region. today's winds have them working early this morning. with more on the power situation and the wind alert we go to alex trevino in alexandria, virginia being blown around by the wind. good morning. >> good morning. the families who wake up here on m long avenue will wake up to no power. let me show you what happened. we have downed lines and cables snapped. they are just dangling on the road. at the other end of the street a huge telephone pole nell down. not safe for the people on the street. we talked to a woman who lives at the corner house on the block who describes what happened. >> 8:00 last night

we are tracking the taillights in virginia on 6 eastbound. we are incident an accident free from route 50 to the beltway. and then on i-395, no problems out here as well from the beltway. we switch the camera over. showing you the nice clean commute toward the bridge. and finding drivers at speed at pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue and crane highway. that's the traffic. back to you. >>> later this month, the national transportation safety board will hold a three-day public hearing in to last june's fatal metro crash. the february 23rd hearing is expected to focus on the accident. you'll recall nine people were killed on june 22nd when track safety signals failed to work leading to the crash. the fairfax county school board has approved a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal years. board members increased the funding request by jack dale by $24 million but dale had asked the county for $58 million in additional funding. the board hopes the additional money will avoid an increase in class sizes. the total budget of $2.3 billion must be appro

green on both sides of the beltway. 66 eastbound, things are starting to fill out. we talk about volume around the route 50 area. no significant delays just yet. on the outer loop in maryland, more drivers are hitting the road here at university and we want to wrap with an all-clear commute on 95 and the bw parkway. finding our lanes way open down both roads out of baltimore. that's a look at traffic. back to you. >>> the storm will make a mess of local roads. that's why the plow truck and salt crews are already out in force. kristin fisher is live with that part of our coverage. good morning, kristin. >> good morning. we are still six hours away from the start of the next winter snowstorm, but crews here in montgomery county have been hitting the streets. in fact, last night they loaded up a bunch of trucks, 200 trucks, in fact, with salt and some were pretreating the capital beltway in to late thursday evening. now, let's put in this in perspective for you guys. this is the third significant snowstorm in seven days. some of the salt from last tuesday's snowfall is

police are on the gun and they are directing drivers. 66 eastbound.e 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 about what about the neighborhood streets so we can get to main arteries that are clear. so what kind of timetable are we looking at or you prefer not do go in to that yet, too early? >> within have been in subdivisions overnight and gotten through 25% of those. we will continue to work through t

and we have a report of another disabled vehicle on eastbound route 100. the ramp getting on to route 1, a disabled tractor-trailer is blocking that tram. and suddenly, the southbound lanes closed. utility problem all wires down across all lanes. that has the southbound lanes closed at this time. as justin explained, the winds are picking up. and we're near whiteout conditions and visibility is extremely reduced. so it's going to be difficult to number one see your lanes and number two find your exit ramp and number three, even be on the lookout for other disabled vehicles or debris in the roadways as you travel along. and i want to pass this along to you. if you're going to head out or you find yourself struck, try to get out of the travel lanes as best as you can with the visibility being so reduced, it will be difficult for other drivers see you and we could end up in a very dangerous situation. as we look at the jfx, the southbound lanes on the right- hand side of the screen and northbound on the land side. and they're looking coveredded. and it looks

going eastbound, the disabled vehicle at the fairfax county parkway, getting word that is out of the area. meanwhile you saw a moment ago the eastbound and westbound lanes are drivable but remember you want to accelerate slowly. you want to maintain control. next stop, the outer loop in maryland, lanes are open out here. we are live from university to 355 and shady grove. the majority of the roads near this area are snow covered. you see the snow is coming down pretty fast. a lot of sleet in the mix, as well. and let's wrap with pennsylvania and minnesota. we have blankets of snow across the district, andrea. back to you. >>> our crews have been practically camped out at an intersection in gaithersburg since last saturday. kristin fisher has a look at the conditions there. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. we are at the shell station actually. exxon station is just across the street. picked up a nice cup of hot coffee and i'm not going to put it down right now because it is keeping me very warm as we continue our live shots throughout the morning. if you need to get g

ann arundel county 50 eastbound at st. margaret's road injury crash. crane highway south at glen burnie. earlier crash in the northbound lanes of the henry tunnel has been cleared. crash baltimore national pike at columbia road. as we look at the jfx it is really coming down. expect some very, very slick conditions. back to you. >>> i'm sure the roads will get nastier and nastier out there. we are tracking heavy snow as it moved out of baltimore. now we are in moderate snow. heavy bands across winchester and d.c. d.c. under a blizzard warning. current conditions at bwi marshall 31 degrees. humidity 100%. barometer dropping like a rock. we'll be out of the 30 range quickly here. i want to show you through the day today. look at ellicott city. it starts out as rain. then we quickly get into a much snowier scenario into the afternoon and evening. you can see a thick blanket everywhere now seeing the changeover occur. here's why it was not sticking so well earlier today. we were in the upper 30s. 35 to 37 degrees about the range for highs. but now we haved

outside, 66 eastbound, hey, virginia, the main interstate is checking out okay. traffic is light. the inner and outer loop, no incidents or accidents to report. now, back to you. >>> right now we want to look outside at the latest conditions. >> 9 news now's kristin fisher is in silver spring, maryland with the latest conditions there. >> reporter: i'm standing in the woodmore shopping center in four corners and i'm happy to report the roads are looking decent this morning and a lot of that has to can with the hard work of overnight crews an we have been watching this bobcat an hour now and he's been doing quite a job. he's cleared this entire parking lot at the woodmore shopping center and when we got here the entire place was covered in snow. he's really done quite a job this morning. the snow has stopped falling finally. we want to show you what it looked like when we were driving here at 2:30 than mooing. the snow was coming down pretty hard when we hit the roads and we saw a lot of snowplows on the streets. a lot of salting trucks because the snow has an icy layer once you ge

. >>> eastbound it looks like that trip is doing over kay.cidents, no accidents but plus five minutes you'll have to give yourself from nuttily to the capitol beltway. >> we have a couple alerts for you. smoke alert. red line riders seeing delays. we're getting word of orange line riders seeing a delay because of a disruption at the westfalls church station. i'll send it back to andre ya. >> we want to check in once again with our live crews. nice hat. a lot of reporters can't pull that off. >> [ laughter ] . thank you, bruce. it definitely keeps you warm. it is pretty cold out here. we had that beautiful snowfall overnight. it has been a picture-perfect snowy morning here. this is looking like almost a normal commute but we have fairfax county schools out. some have liberal leave policy today. lots of people at this red light here. earlier we caught up with v dot and he gave us some advice if you're taking to the roads this morning. even though the main roads are treated, here is what he had to say. >> take your time even though the snow is

moving to 66 and show you the eastbound trip. nice and quiet centreville to the beltway. back to the maps and show you the outer loop at route 1, nothing here. the accident has cleared. good news there. the inner loop is doing fine moving at speed. and wrap with 95, outside no problems to report out of fredericksburg, past quantico to the springfield interchange. back to you. >>> our special storm coverage continues with the latest closings and delays next. plus, we put moms, teens and bus drivers to the test. the frightening results when people try to text and drive. that's next. >>> hundreds of flights were cancelled before the first flakes of snow hit the ground north of us and it looked like a good idea once the snow started falling. this was the scene in row chester, new york. crews struggled to keep the runways clear. >>> schools are dealing with delaying schools and cancellations today. -- swiss for the latest winter weather. if you are at work get updates at wusa9.com. follow howard's forecast. go to the traffic page to check out live cameras and upload your snow

disabled vehicle howard county eastbound route 32.we check around the city areas, streets are clear but could see slick spots be careful. back to you. >> 6:27 a.m. one pennsylvania man says he doesn't care if he eats bandannas he is building a car like it. he picked up a bandanna and got an idea >> i am examining it from every angle and thinking this would make a perfect vehicle. >> the oscar meyer weenier mobile. >> how many does that seat? >> he and his brother plan the drive it around the world >> i love it. >> until he said around the world. he had me. >> get your gloves and snow brush out. >> you are waking up to a blanket of snow. >> live in rogers forge with look at main roads and side streets for your morning commute coming up. ring ring ring ring. progresso. i reached my weight goal thanks to you so i am ready to get back out there. alright. that's great. congratulations. it was pretty easy with the soups you make. i want to thank you for 100 calorie hearty chicken rotini. well, it's not just me. humble. i like that. thanks.

good morning. 66 eastbound the trip is slow 123 to 495. tacking on an extra 10 to 15 minutes for that. as we move over to arlington. weather-related issues. a downed tree at military road where it meets 31st and wires in the roadway at south glebe and 19th. watch for road crews. avoid the area if you can. 295 southbound we have some debris in the road. apparently a truck lost a lot of dirt but overall notice the green cars looks like going northbound and southbound. the traffic flows just fine. that's the latest. now, back to you. >>> the wind could make it crowded inside of some fairfax county classrooms today. because of the high winds, fairfax county public schools will not use any portable classroom trailers today. everyone will be inside the building as a safety precaution. with high winds expected all day long, power crews are trying to keep up with downed trees and lines. right now pepco is dealing with 79 outages that could affect over 2700 customers. dominion has 3100 outages in northern virginia. bge has 5700 outages. many are in

eastbound at the fairfax county parkway we have problems. a disabled vehicle to the left. a lot of snow and slush on the roadways. moving over to 395, this road is blanketed by snow. you are looking at a tree because going southbound at the exit for king street, where we have a downed tree blocking all lanes. a lot of were-related incidents out there, as well. more reason to stay home if you can. in to dc we go. some roads have been plowed but most of the side roads have not. even major roads are not drivable. on the outer loop, no incidents or accidents to report. just icy slick conditions and 270 an isolated interstate. you should realize if you are out there driving, basically you are intervideo fearing with the snow removal process this morning. give the drivers the room they need to do their job so these roads are passible once again. >> echoing what angie said, motorists are being warned conditions on the roadways could be worse the second time around. we have crews across the region including kristin fisher who is live from gaithersburg, maryland. good morning, kris

the driver of a 2,000-gallon fuel truck was traveling eastbound on west goody drive when he spun out of control and flipped on the side. the driver was hospitalized with minor injuries we're told. the tanker was leaking fuel at one point. a second tanker has been in to off load that fuel. the road has since reopened. >>> let's get to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads. >> from the roads to the rl, metro is having tough time this is morning. on the red line there was reports of smoke and now we're finding that metro is single tracking through that station. so metro's red line single tracking through the gallery place station at this time due to reports of smoke that we had earlier at that station. and we also have to make note that we had delays in the direction of glenmont earlier this morning because of a switching problem outside of the twin brooks station. so if you take the red line into work this morning, add additional time to your ride. right now on the roads dealing with snow and slush accumulation between lanes, depending on where you are traveling in f

we'll continue to watch that work eastbound.wfall rates will pick up from half inch to inch per hour to two to two inches per hour. here's the deal. you can see the better here on the wide view. where you have deeper blues those are the snowfall rates coming down for greater than an inch per hour. west of baltimore and northwest of d.c. along the potomac we have ourselves a push of heavy snow. that's the band some of these computer models have been pick to move on top of baltimore and sit for a few hours. like that weekend storm we had ten days ago, that could really make the difference. 50-miles or so of who gets clobbered with exceptional snow amounts. down to 32 easton. 30 baltimore. 28 york, pennsylvania. winds picking up out of the northwest 5 to 15 miles per hour. it is a matter of hours until the winds really get cranking. blizzard warning. that tax -- takes us from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. with. the winds gusting 40 miles per hour. that will take our wind chills into the single digits. factor in the heavy snow and we have

focusing on the ramp 32 coming toward us is eastbound traffic.ch for a disabled vehicle as you approach i-95. we check in live with sandra shaw checking on conditions around the area. how's it looking? >> great in part to the great work of cary young and her crew. you've been out here since 3:00 a.m. shoveling, salting and plowing. i'm completely impressed. >> that's my job. that's what i do. >> we've had so many snows this year, what's your impression of the most recent snow we had last night? >> it's not the worst we've had this year or not the worst we'll get yet. >> unfortunately. what's your plan as we head into the weekend if it's going to be as bad as the initial cases are? >> try to stay ahead of it and prepare the best we can, and get people taken care of so people can get to where they need to be. >> you've done a great job. very efficient so congratulations and get back to work [laughter] thanks a lot cary. the buzz is already generating about this next storm for the weekend, and it's really too early to call. initially looks like on f

you will want to use eastbound dorothy road at an alternate there. even though they look to be pretty clear. 97 moving on the northbound and southbound lanes. we can show you the scene moving at route hundred and here it is just a few cars traveling. nothing to annoy you on 97 through catonsville. and checking on the liberty road area building volume that is starting to increase, but no brake lights as of yet on the inner and outer loop lanes toward 70. patrice, back over to you. >>> coming up american idol heads for the mile high city. >> call the radio ♪ ♪ if you can't be without me baby ♪ >> what simon had to say about that guy. >>> coming up next the super bowl is just days away. great sn [ music fading ] stand in... [ sighs ] sit tight, i'll run and get some batteries. [ male announcer ] no matter what the day brings, be ready with verizon high speed internet and phone for your small business. call 877-network today and for just $84.99 a month for 12 months with a 3 year agreement, you'll get a best-in-class package: high speed internet with up

blocked in the eastbound direction due to an overturned vehicle.ew problems in anne arundel county. this occurring at 45 am eastern and dundalk. another one at woodlawn and went out ave. the careful getting through the intersection. york road and an ashland road, accident in the cockeysville region. another one at falls road and gunpowder road. take mount carmel as your alternate. harrisburg expressway looking at and the rest of the major roadways fairing well. very light at this hour. the fact that many schools are delayed is helping in terms of volume. south of the 895 split, at no delays to report their. >> things are settling down in the weather department. there is still a little fog out there this morning. the snow is gone. we pick up snow showers and flurries here. won't see much, if anything at all, if you are watching that way. keep that in mind. there could be snow showers and flurries north of town. we are still getting reports of an accident. the roads could be slick. more and more sunshine breaking through the clouds as we had to the a

we have an injury crash at new cut road, another at route 32 eastbound at 97.ad and mount carmel road, dealing with an accident in dundalk, 54th street at golf. the jfx is smooth sailing southbound towards downtown, no problems or delays at this time. we'll be right back with good morning maryland, starts at 9:00. did you hear? kirsten's going to california. you're kidding me. nope. i don't believe it. hey, kirsten's going to california. the happy cow contest? she won? she won! why would she want to leave? i really don't know. [ wind blowing, wolf howls ] oh, yeah, well, i suppose there's always that. yeah. [ male announcer ] great milk comes from happy cows. happy cows come from california. look for dairy brands with the real california seals.

eastbound, this incident approaching the beltway, the accident causing drivers to lose the left lane. check out the roads. the snow is coming down hard. terrible conditions and we're literally watching the lanes disappear before our eyes. on the beltway, the outer loop wreck at van dorn and the mixing bowl are going to force you to stay left to get by. moving into maryland, an outer loop accident at darcy road. you're still losing three right lanes because of it. 270 seeing a few drivers out this way. and here is inbound new york avenue, giving us an idea of how major thoroughfares are looking. a lot of side roads are still covered in snow with ice. >>> and snow coverage looks across the potomac. our jessica doyle is in alexandria. what do you see out there? >> reporter: well i'll tell you the snow is still coming down but it's sort of an icy, rainy, snowy mix. it's very cold and miserable out here on foot, which a lot of people are. this is the building behind us. this is the hotel monaco. this is where a lot of national guardsmen are saying to help out. and we caught up with a crew

eastbound 66 from 7100 to 50 fair oaks lanes are open but heavy and slow into the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> look, we get it. we know you are tired of the snow but it is back just a little bit in the d.c. area. >> it might as well be a dirty word around here now. that four-letter word. sarah simmons joins us live from silver spring. i don't think it's cute any more, sarah, for a lot of eople. >> reporter: i don't think i have to talk about that dirty little s-word this morning because right now we're not seeing any snowflakes. but what we are seeing is a beautiful sunrise behind us right now. but we're at salt dome here in maryland where they are prepared for anything possible today. you can see the front-end loader is back here and he's been waiting in case there are trucks waiting to come in. maryland state highway administration did restock the salt domes so they were prepared for this. i can also tell you i just spoke with a spokesperson with the state highway administration asking them about what it looks like on the eastern shore. he's

our next stop, this is 66 eastbound. tracking this trip, it is problem free. you want to take it slow on the ramps and those bridges as you just saw on the outer loop. and in northeast dc, north capitol street is closed between d street and channing because of police activity. now, over to you. >>> we want to go outside for a ground view of what commuters are facing this morning. >>> 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is joining us with more. >> hi, kristin. >> good morning. i'm happy to report it is a very nice morning. it stopped snowing. the roads are looking really good and i want to take a moment to stop and smell the roses because in my opinion i think this is the most beautiful snowfall of the season. the stuff is sticking to the trees. i got my cup of coffee from the 7-eleven across the street and people seem to be in good spirits. take a look back here. these parking lots. we are at the woodmore shopping center and they have been working nonstop to make sure the sidewalks are clear and the parking lot is paveed and we haven't seen any problems. them r

. >> we're on rte 236 in the heart of fairfax right now headed eastbound. i'm driving in a lane that no one else has really chosen right now. you can see why. this is normally the far right lane here on 236. still very much snow covered. in fact, just before you came to me live, there was a pedestrian standing in that lane waiting to cross the street. that's a hazard that we've seen all day today as we've been driving around in the fairfax area. you know, these -- there's no place for people who are waiting for a bus. there are a few buses running right now. no room for them to stand. you know, with the snowfall we're expecting that situation is not going to improve. if you look over here in towards the center lane, too, i'm moving over into the second lane that is somewhat clear. but there's still a big band of snow in the middle of this road. this is a very heavily-traveled road. the plows have done what they're going to do on 236 right now. of course, they're going to have, you know, more snow to tackle. as i come up to the busy intersection here, you ca

there is a live look at 95 at 895, no issues on the eastbound of the beltway at quarantine road. wjz is always on for traffic information any time log onto wjz.com. back to you don. >>> here's what people are talking about this morning, worrying about and thinking about as well. the major snowstorm headed right at us, already creating headaches for some marylanders lawmakers and airlines. wjz and andrea fujii is live at bwi thurgood marshall. good morning, andrea. >> reporter: good morning don and everyone. there is still a steady flow of cars in and out of bwi this morning. that will soon be changing as southwest and other airlines have cancelled many of their flights starting this afternoon. >> reporter: it's happening all over again. another major snowstorm is just hours away from arriving and now there is word salt supplies could be running low. >> never been this bad, it ain't never been this bad. everybody is scared they're going to run out of salt. >> reporter: a pile of salt sits in canton, southeast baltimore one of the major supplies in our area. overnight trucks arrive

headed eastbound. back behind me, the intersection of nuttily and route 29. not very far from the viaenna metro. it is pouring snow out here right now. now it seems to be snow and flashback to a few days ago. it's a little hard right now to find the lines on the road. this stuff is really sticking right away. as i was driving around northern virginia today, i didn't see a lot of pretreating going on, which, you know, we customarily see before another storm like this but i think part of the issue was vdot was working so hard to try to move snow and widen some of the lanes, get the right-hand lanes that are still covered with snow cleared out. you see an example here on lee highway where they've done a good job of it. there's still that mounded snow spilling on to the roads. i don't know if you can see that shaking in the camera. that's the abs kicking in there. a little stutter there. so it's starting to get snowy on the roads again. and it is starting to get slick. again, not a lot of chemicals down. we did just encounter a vdot truck a little while ago that

take a step-by-step approach to bring down the cost much healthcare insurance and expand ax eastbound access. i told you the day after -- maybe the day you were sworn in as president that i would never say anything outside the room i wouldn't say inside the room. i've been patient. i've listened to the debate here but why can't we agree on those insurance reforms we've talked about? why can't we come to agreement on purchasing across state lines and do something about the biggest cost driver, which is medical malpractice and the defense of medicine doctors practice. we can get somewhere and get it into law in the next several months. >> john, the challenge i have here -- and this happened periodically -- is every so often we have a pretty good conversation trying to get on specifics then we go back to the standard talking points democrats and republicans have had the last year. and that doesn't drive us to an agreement on issues. there's so many things that you just said that people on this side would profoundly disagree with. >> i need you to know what was said, the following, the --

eastbound, not a concern. but, again, westbound, it's just volume.y rush hour with early dismissals. a lot of people headed home before the storm. let's go to the american legion bridge. take a look at this camera while we can. i expect within the next hour, we're not going to see too much. the outer loop is fine, the inner loop, which is very typical for the rush hour in the afternoon, starting to load up very, very quickly. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >>> 11:25 now, 35 degrees. still ahead on "news 4 midday," a whole lot of shoppers disappointed. where one store got so crowded they actually turned people away. >>> plus, loaded and ready. transportation departments across the area are stocking up on salt and sand for the weekend. >>> and the snow is starting to move in. a closer look at when the heavy >>> the whole foods grocery store in logan circle shut down after filling to capacity with last-minute shoppers. >> yep. the "p" street whole foods closed for 30 minutes at 7:00 last night after customers packed that store. whole

behind the wheel, dennis, 31- year fed eastbound ex driver -- fed ex driver with an impeccable safety record. >> i drove tian tian in 2000. i've probably gone through it so i probably wasn't as nervous. felt good. got a good night's sleep last night. >> reporter: meanwhile the anticipation was building at dulles. there was panda paint and panda purses and the panda that mattered most was minutes away. that's the truck arriving at fed ex cargo here at dulles right around 11:45. soon the panda was inside the fed ex cargo building snacking again. >> very proud of him. he's taken this all in stride. >> reporter: outside people were trying to take it in stride. >> i like the pandas and i wish he couldn't have took off [ inaudible ] that's why it's so important that they go back. >> reporter: soon tai shan was motored across the tarmac. >> she's from central china, same area where the bear is from. so we wanted to come and say goodbye to him. >> bye-bye. >> reporter: the inevitable had arrived. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: at dulles, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> he will be missed. >>

hey, virginia, 66 eastbound we are clear 50 to the beltway.one to two into two and a half feet of snow by the time it is done. watch for near blizzard conditions especially by the bay. sunday and monday we are done with it and dry. sunday and monday a few snow showers and cold through the period n. the 30s. we will have the latest news and weather coming up on mind over money friday on 9 news ó?xxeccúú

this one in the eastbound lane at ritchie highway. that one is blocking all labors.lternate. all lanes, again, blocked there. traffic still on flash in glen oak at security boulevard there is a look at the drive time around the beltway. everything pretty much at speed. the traffic brought to you by the cochran firm. if you suffered any injury, call 1-800 the cab ron firm. >>> and a clean-up after, yet another snowfall but that is taking a toll on the budgets of many local governments. >> reporter: road crews were scaled back recally this morning because the roads are looking so good. salt trucks were out last night, anticipating the first significant snowfall on weekdays but the state and municipalities are way over the budget. they are as much as $10 million over. >>> stay with wjz for complete coverage of morningweather. your own live look at doppler radar and a list of any closings and delays. go to wjz.com. >>> up next, jeremy renner, the actor stops by to talk about his recent academy award nomination for his role in the film "foot locker". >>> and a girl attack

if eastbound february of 1899, the last time we had this much snow was twinter of 1899.his is what northwest washington looked like in the wake of the blizzard. no cars obviously, just horses and shovels. tom? >> great shots, chuck. >>> let's check the view at reagan national airport. there's a live picture. the visibility is down. and it is snowing moderately to heavily there now at reagan national where the temperature right now is at 28 degrees. so that snow is certainly sticking. temperatures as well in the suburbs, down into the 20s in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, in the 20s around the region and below freezing. we have wantder storm warning in effect form about all of northern virginia. the county ins red under a blizzard warning later today and tonight, winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. eastern shore, anne arundel, howard, frederick counties and maryland. that blizzard warning stretches up into new jersey and into long island as well. all the other counties in pink under a wrinter storm warning. this storm is having enormous effects o

a live you in a couple of spots. 50, coming from the eastern shore, moving very well eastbound and westboundhite marsh is not too bad. we are moving well. now let's get a check on the snowy forecast. >> good morning, everyone. the storm is now just beginning to move into our neighborhood and will catch up to us later this morning and into the afternoon. light snow showers and fleurs could developments lunchtime. let's take a look at the forecast. 1 inch to 3 inches on the ground most likely by the evening commute. temperatures will be above freezing, so that will help a bit of the roadways. and tonight, snow intensifies. i would not be surprised if you heard thunder and saw light and over that stretch. then everything will taper off by 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. 12 inches to 20 inches of snow will be on the ground for most of you before all is said and done. maybe more snow next week. >> think for joining us. -- thank you for joining us >>> 8:30 now on this friday morning, february 5th, 2010. this time next week we will be in vancouver for the opening ceremony of the olympic games. these fol

host: let me go back to the eastbound -- eb and flow of the rib with president karzai.s the duly elected leader of that country. how would you describe that relationship? guest: i think both sides are trying to maintain a1 relationship. i think the obama administration slipped a bit in its initial treatment of karzai. i say that not because the criticisms weren't justified but politic. the fact is karzai was going to win the election. there was no one who could compete with him invj2 terms of name recognition within and therefore somebody who was about to be elected to anotherúq÷ five-year term was probably an impolitic judgment. i think the administration continues to have its doubts about president karzai. i think to some degree those doubts are justified. but i also think that karzai is being criticized to a large degree for exactly the kind of personality for which he was chosen in the first place. we wanted somebody -- we weren't looking -- the international community and indeed the afghans back in 2001 were looking for someone who could unite as many afghans as p

we are now on the eastbound of the six-hour meeting that is scheduled at the blair house that the president has invited both democrats and republican leadership to join. and mr. speaker, i came to the floor to talk about this issue and help to put it in a perspective so that as the american people watch what's going to happen tomorrow, they understand it in perhaps a better perspective than they might other wise. now, i would lay it out this way, there are two points, mr. speaker, that need to be addressed by democrats. and these are significant points of vulnerability where there has been a persistent criticism from the public. they have made the point that of all of the agonizing national debate that has taken place on health care, that the democrats have been first of all shut republicans out. they shut republicans out of the room and shut them out of negotiations and out of the office and second thing is, the democrats haven't had transparency and have been cooking up these health care deals in secret. and as this thing unfolded, sometime in early september was the last time. and i'm aw

>> m, taking a live look, 66 eastbound. still loaded up for the last couple of miles.work at this hour. on in maryland along i-270, beginning to see the backup begin to dissipate just a little bit. but it is quite windy out there right now so hang on tight if you're getting out. >> coming up tomorrow morning on news4 at 5:00. how to taylor the most important meal of the day to fit >>> back now with more of "today" on this thursday morning, february 25th, 2010. sun slowly rising over downtown vancouver as we say hello to everyone who made their way to the top of grouse mountain to start their morning with us. i'm meredith along with matt, ann, al and natalie. and just ahead, all the olympic action from what was a very eventful day 13 of competition, including a surprise medal for team usa in short track speed skating after the south korean team, which came in first, was disqualified. we're going to tell you what happened there. >>> also ahead, there is a very big event tonight here in vancouver, hockey, women's hockey, canada versus the u.s. for the gold medal. a lot of

is all clear as evidenced by this live shot from university and finally let's wrap it up with 66 eastbounde here past compton road to inside the beltway. back to you. >>> we want to update you on a recent school closings we received. department of defense schools are closed in quantico, virginia and of course that's at the bottom of the screen. >>> we will take you outside for the latest conditions in your community. kristin fisher is live in silver spring with a look at things there. hello, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. we have a few flakes falling but for the most part the storm is definitely winding down as you heard howard mention a few minutes ago. i'm standing at this four corners section of maryland in silver spring. this is university and colesville road. we drove here from northwest dc this morning. got to say roads are looking real good. main roads for the most part were clear. didn't see a lot of standing snow on the ground but as we were driving on those main roads i was checking out the side streets and they are not looking good this morning. i didn't see a smaller stree