fairfax county the heavier showers you had in the east have left but out toward western fairfax, around chantilly now this should have is just about to -- stuff is just about to come in on you and really pick up north and west of manassas. central prince william and central fauquier county really between cat let and warrenton. we're seeing the very heavy line of showers and this stuff could -- you know borderline be on the severe side. we'll call it strong right now crossing 66 around gainesville over towards centreville and that's going to be a rough ride. and north and west of there, some other heavy weather. look at that line that red line going up and down there in western loudoun townky. probably some wind with that over to there. the winds could be gusting 30, 40, maybe 50 miles an hour but nothing severe at the moment. so for today looking showers and maybe a storm this morning. by noon though we should be mostly done with it and driving home with sunshine and windy and colder temps down in the low 50s. 6:31. beverly farmer and the wet weather atefecting the commute -- affecting

we are following breaking news right now out of fairfax. police say a man has barricaded himself in a parking garage for the fairfax county courthouse. this is on page avenue. >> reporter: we're just a few blocks away from the scene, hopefully we'll be there quite shortly. there is a large police presence around the courthouse from this barricade situation. police right now are not providing a lot of details about what is happening at this point, but i have been able to confirm in a police spokesperson that there's a person on the top of that parking garage, of the fairfax county courthouse. this happen right around 3:30 in the afternoon. and that turned into a barricade situation where police are there trying to figure out what is going on with this individual, trying to get this person out of there safely. we have heard reports that the man may be armed with a gun and we're trying to get that confirmed with police. again, i spoke to a police spokesperson on the phone, but when i asked about whether the person was armed in particular detai

>>> traveling i-95 in virginia, fairfax county hitting the brakes. you are slow. your first set of delays start at prince william parkway. they continue as you head towards the occoquan and stop and go as you make your way towards fairfax county parkway. choppers over i-66 at route 28. delays start eastbound at sudley road, and they continue as you make your way towards the beltway. no accidents to report. 66 east or west, but lots of delays eastbound. now back to you both. >> thanks, danella.

mid teens, arlington and fairfax counties.n neck, eastern shore, upper teens. a mostly clear sky. we'll have a lot of sun. sun's not up until 7:27 this morning. it's going to take a while to warm up today even though right now earth in its orbit around the sun, we're closer to the sun than at any time in the year. we'll briefly get above freezing this afternoon as we cloud up. cloudy night tonight. 30 through the evening. sunset at 4:59. mid-20s tomorrow morning. not as cold. warmer afternoon tomorrow. we're going to make it to low and mid-40s which is average for early january. lots of sun on thursday. friday, partly cloudy and milder. subfreezing in the morning. afternoon highs near 50. on saturday even warmer. probably freeze in the morning, afternoon highs mid-50s. sunday partly cloudy to sunny. upper 40s. highs 40s monday and tuesday next week. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling on i-95, your first set of delays on prince william parkway as you head north towards the beltway, they continue. y

in fairfax county students switched over to digital textbooks this past fall.gonzalez checked in with the school today to see how it's working for them. >> then you're going to your e-book. what do we do? split the screen please? >> reporter: it started several years ago with just a few assignments in dr. ken holla's ninth grade social studies class. now, 77,000 students and 700 teachers in fairfax county, grade 7 through 12, have traded their social studies textbooks for digital ones. >> computers and my cell phone. i can't live without them. so it was much easier to have my textbook, all my assignments right on my computer. >> reporter: textbooks are used for seven years. for alice riley, social services coordinator for fairfax county schools, that meant students in 2018 would not be keeping with the times. >> we are now filing taxes online, paying bills online, shopping online. this is what we're preparing our children for. >> reporter: students are assigned a lap top and from there a log-in name and password. once they've gained access to their textbook onl

tomorrow, the lunar festival continues in fairfax.s dpexpected to attract 100,0 people by the end of the weekend. this is the chinese year 4710 and it is the year of the dragon. a local chef helping people avoid tickets from one of the new speed cameras. he hired people to warn people of a camera. the warns could help drivers save $150. chef jeff says he got the idea after several staff members got caught by that camera. still ahead tonight, it's that time of year. the good reason behind this january beach party. january beach party. and chuck will tell us if we're today my journey continues across the golden state, january beach party. and chuck will tell us if we're where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >>> it's a $14 million mystery. somebody hit

i-95 in virginia, fairfax county parkway northbound getting crowded at fairfax county parkway, but lanes open and you are clear as you connect on to 395 and cross over the 14th street bridge. taking the rails, no reported delays at this time on the metro, the marc or the vre. >> 5:43 is the time. new allegations facing one of the region's major utilities. why some say pepco is not paying its fair share of taxes. >>> they >>> good morning. welcome back. a new report says pepco is one of the dirty 30, that's the list of the top 30 fortune 500 corporations that pay less on federal income taxes than they spend on lobbying. it says between 2000 and 2010, the utility company paid $3.8 million to lobbyists but did not pay any taxes. the report adds that pepco made $508 million in profits from federal tax rebates. last year pepco was named one of the most hated companies in the united states by the american customer satisfaction index group. >>> metro's new silver line may not make a stop at dulles after all. according to "the washington examiner" the airport authority is thinking about eliminat

we're in the low and mid 40s, prince george's, arlington, fairfax county in the district.e'll climb to the 50s to near 60 this afternoon along with periods of rain. it's an umbrella day. grab the umbrella. drying out late afternoon and cloudy tonight. we'll be near 50 by midnight. then the temperatures will begin to plummet tomorrow. we may be sort of holding steady in the upper 30s tomorrow morning to near 40 noontime. then it will drop down to 30 after sunset with a gusty wind tomorrow even with the sunshine. it's going to be gusty and cold. and then on thursday, maybe flurries thursday night into friday morning. cold both days. 20 in the morning. near 40 in the afternoon. over the weekend, chilly rain looks like on saturday. then warmer sunday/monday. how's traffic? >>> right now we have breaking news coming out of davidsonville. if you're traveling westbound route 50, all your lanes are blocked at davidsonville road. accident here hopefully will be clear by 6:00 a.m. here's what we have so far. westbound lanes are blocked. it looks like now only one eastbound lane is a

and fairfax and arlington counties. much of southern maryland, there's still quite a bit of cloudiness, a little patchy, dense fog, too, across parts of virginia. right near the tidal president obama, as well as far southern maryland. lower eastern shore getting a few sprinkles. the clouds beginning to break up to the west. we ought to have sunshine breaking out as the morning progresses. 40s through mid morning. near 50 by noon. a sunny afternoon. getting into the low to mid 50s. so plan accordingly. sunrise at 7:21. sunset at 5:20. the evening planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning, if you're taking the outer loop in montgomery county, hitting the brakes at new hampshire avenue. these delays will continue as you head toward georgia avenue. your travel speed now, 38 miles per hour. i have to show you this fog and delays on i-270 at father hurley. southbound on i-270. slow trip for you. your first set of delays start out of frederick. they continue to clarksburg road. once you get to clarksburg, you're

coming through frederick, coming through leesburg down through fairfax. this was at 6:30. then the second line formed. that one came through fairfax county right around 8:00 over toward herndon, chantilly and reston. then right on through falls church in through washington and then right on down to the south. just to the west of fredericksburg in through prince william county down through stafford county and then over toward southern maryland in toward st. mary's county around -- man i'm getting confused here with the counties. there are a lot of them out there and a lot of storms, too. as far as stormy weather goes now it is out of here and we are all calming down. the winds, however, will not calm down until probably about 9:00, 10:00. rather breezy during the day today. here comes a frontal boundary. this is one of two. this one will be a dry front but it will bring in a little cooler weather during the day on saturday and into sunday. sunday another cold front will move through. ahead of it nice and mild but we will see a chance for a shower. maybe a flurry late on sun

much of fairfax and arlington counties are in the low to mid 40s. mid 40s in prince george's county. reagan national now at 47. these are the latest wind gusts that we've had. they have been gusting to around 25, 30 to 35 miles per hour. and that's going to be the story here through the morning. some powerful winds howling through the trees, and we will continue to have those winds with us during the morning hours. and then by noontime we'll be into the low 40s. and then get back down into the upper 30s by later this afternoon. the winds should diminish this afternoon. sunrise 7:24. sunset, 5:13. here is your evening planner. it will be partly cloudy to mostly clear by midnight. by then it will be below freezing. a cold start to tomorrow morning. we'll look at that the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> looking good in our area. we'll check travel speeds together. traveling on route 50 from 301 to the beltway, you're at 66 miles per hour. now traveling on the beltway in virginia from the interchange to the dulles toll ro

many here in fairfax county. karen makes no secret of her financial state. the single mother works at a fast-food restaurant to support herself and 13-year-old son. >> i have to budget my money to pay the bills here, and buy food for him, and, you know, it's something different at school. >> reporter: she considered herself fortunate. she is in a program that moves homeless to self-sufficient see. the new report shows the number of children living in poverty is at a 13 year high, even in affluent northern virginia. >> fairfax county has a very high cost of living. housing is very expensive here. if you are working minimum wage and you are working full time you would need to work 24 hours a day. >> the cities of danville and petersburg lead the state with child poverty rate, each topping 40%. northern virginia is lower. with falls church below that at 2.7%. still shelters are seeing an increase in the most vulnerable populations. >> right now we have 70 people in the building, and 45 of those are children. >> karen says in five years she plans to own the home

and it's in the low to mid 30s in fairfax county and throughout virginia.lley west, though, low to mid 30s to 20s. hagerstown to western maryland, low 20s now. and over the last 12 hours, we've had a few high clouds drifting in from the north. we'll have these breaking up and sunshine breaking out throughout the day today. there is a winter storm watch that is in effect here. all these counties in color, does include the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, and western maryland for some accumulating snow, sleet, and icing beginning later this evening. perhaps after 9:00 or so and into saturday morning. here's the day planner. no travel problems through the daylight hours. we'll have increasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s this afternoon. sun set's at 5:15. it's tonight when there could be problems especially areas far north and west. around the metro area, maybe a little light snow on some grassy areas beginning around 9:00, 10:00. after midnight, may change to a period of some sleet as well as some snow. and then some icing on top of that.

low to mid 30s in prince george's county, arlington, and fairfax county.ittle farther west and southwest of there, it's down into the 20s in parts of prince william, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, rappahannock, the blue ridge, shenandoah valley. out of the mountains, many locations low to mid 30s, as well. and the view from space showing a few clouds drifting in. we'll have quite a bit of sun this morning. then does look like a mostly cloudy afternoon. here's the day plannerment sunrise at 7:20. by 9:00, loving around 40 degrees. clouding up in the afternoon. climbing into the upper 40s. it might get to near 50 areas south of the d.c. metro area. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at our traffic. danella, how we doing? >>> very slow outer loop of the beltway. hitting the brakes at new hampshire avenue. had an earlier accident georgia avenue. it's still slowing you down. it's out of the roadway. the damage is done right now. you're at about 37 miles per hour. to get from i-95 to i-270, that trip will take you about 15 minutes. o

that's fairfax county parkway. still making your way clear.ou still have a pretty good travel speed. travel time for you, 24 minutes to get from quantico to the beltway. so far your travel speed is at 59 miles per hour. no accidents to report on i-95 at this time. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> our time is 5:42. new concerns about a popular snack. why something in that popular snack could put your children at risk of getting sick. >>> about-face. >> showing their anger, the proposal that had th [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. >>> the man accused of firing shots at the white house pleaded not guilty to trying to

montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties.nd parts of far southern maryland, northern neck, lower eastern shore near 50 degrees now. farther north and west, though, in the upper 30s. most locations above freezing. martinsburg at 32. watch out, there may be a few icy spots there. elsewhere, shenandoah valley, upper 30s to near 40. some of the high spots in west virginia already in the 40s to near 50 degrees. we still have quite a bit of low cloudsiness around and patchy fog across northern virginia, maryland, and on the eastern shore. there's a few sprinkles east of cambridge. the cloud cover beginning to break up to the west. should give us some sunshine by later this morning. sunrise at 7:21. by noontime with the sunshine breaking out, it will be near 50 degrees. then hitting the low to mid 50s this afternoon. and whatever little bit of snow is left over is going to be certainly melted. and overnight tonight, clear, down into the low 40s by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, we'll be down to near 30 degrees. we may have a freeze tom

prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties near 40.thern maryland, near the bay and the northern neck. occasional sprinkles this morning. otherwise a cloudy sky. by noon near 50. more moderate showers from time to time this afternoon as we climb into the low to mid 50s. and then some steadier rain may move in tonight and briefly heavy at times through the evening hours as we hover near 50. then tomorrow, in the morning, we'll be near 50, with some occasional showers that may linger through noontime friday, turning windy and colder tomorrow afternoon. we may be near 60, then dropping near 40 midnight friday night. then near 30 by dawn saturday. saturday, partly cloudy and chilly. another chilly day on sunday. another cold day monday, midweek next week, we warm back up a bit. danella, how is traffic? >> westbound route 7, still have the accident. this is at colvin run road. the right lane is blocked. this time traveling eastbound on i-66 as you make your way to the beltway, left shoulder is blocked by a disabled vehicle there. your trave

fairfax county is one of the test sites. transportation officials are creating the plan after people in the area claimed they did not know when the snowplows were coming in the blizzard of 2010. community members hope the new program works. i think they'll be very happy if it truly does happen. i think they'll probably hold their breath to make sure that it does. >> i think it's helpful to see people and government sort of working together to get these issues resolved. maybe social media is one of those ways people are starting to get into more of that. >> the website is novasnowplowing.virginia.gov and it's appropriate that we are talking about snow on today. today is a big anniversary. >> carmageddon happened one year ago today. >> i think we had about enough snow for a hundred years. last year on january 26th, traffic was snarled for hours and hours and hours during the afternoon. today we will not have to worry about that. we may have to worry about a few fender benders because of rain. 42 at reagan national. a little li

it's because mark grapin ran into similar problems in fairfax county. last month the zoning board ruled he could keep his treehouse where it was. blevins says he's planning to get a lawyer. >>> we've certainly felt the temperatures drop the last couple days and it's caught some motorists and our transit system a bit off guard. reporter: i'm surae chinn in fairfax where the coldest days so far this season have caused some problems anywhere from cracks on the metro tracks to cars. you think everything is working fine. the battery, fluids, tires, but in hours that can all change in a cold snap. >> i had to jump start my own truck. reporter: a little ironic because aaron dennis is a aaa mechanic. >> i'm busy working on other people's vehicles. >> when i start my car, i hope it turns over. reporter: with temperatures dropping and fluctuating this week, your battery can lose 20% of its charge. >> supposed to be 30 psi, so it needs to be corrected. >> when we went from 30 to the teens, every car out there with regular air pressure in it has lost air pressure i

this is video just in from i-66 in the fairfax county parkway.an see it's not pretty out there. we're getting similar reports of car accidents from across northern virginia, please be careful on the roads tonight. >> it's slick already. >> it's slick already and deceptive. >> right, deceptive, we haven't gotten the freezing rain and ice. we will see a couple more hours of snow, freezing rain starts at 2:00 a.m. kim and chuck will be up in the morning. >>> if you're watching this and not at home, make your way slowly home. >> news 4 will begin :00 will b a.m. with the latest. the tonight show is next. >> thank you for watching, have a great weekend, stay safe. ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to be ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ i'm feelin' subway today [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pic

fairfax county parkway, you will hit the brakes a bit. hov just opened so that's clearing some congestion. travel speed, about 58 miles per hour. joe and eun, back to you. >>> today a former marine is expected to enter a guilty plea related to charges he fired shots at the pentagon and the marine corps museum. yonathan melaku was connected to shootings at several military installations in the fall of 2010 and a cash of car break-ins. melaku pled guilty to the break ins and served six months in jail. if convicted in the military building shootings, he faces a minimum of 35 years in federal prison and a maximum of a life sentence. >>> big changes are come together pentagon. secretary of defense leon panetta will announce major budget cuts today. it's part of the president's plan to restructure the mill fair. as many as 80,000 soldiers will be cut and multiple combat brigades will either be dissolved or reassigned. 30 older model drones will be grounded and the air force will not buy new models for now. president obama says this will help cu

this morning, fairfax county police are looking for two men who held up a bank.r robbed the m&t bank on maple avenue in vienna yesterday, just before noon. investigators say the guys implied they had a weapon but never actually showed one. police say one of the men gave a teller a note demanding money. the employee gave them cash and a dye pack. anyone who knows anything about this robbery, they're asked to contact fairfax county police. >>> a discovery in the search for a missing toddler in maine this weekend may suggest foul play. police say they found blood in the home where ayla reynolds disappeared six weeks ago. her parents were seen in public together at a vigil for the girl yesterday. the child disappeared while staying at her father's house while the mother was getting out of rehab. reporters asked ayla's mother, trista reynolds, about the new developments. >> really? you really want to know? i'm ready to go knocking at people's doors myself because i want to know what happened to my daughter, and i want to know where she is and who took her, or just wha

on i-95 in virginia, hitting the brakes on fairfax county parkway.e have hol delays on thefp east delay is 11minutes. joe and eun, back to you. >> >>> divers are once again searching wreckage of an overturned cruise ship near italy. crews are looking for 21 people still missing from friday's disaster. this is a live look now forecasters say rough seas later today could force authorities to call off search efforts and plans to start pumping actual from the ship. the ship's captain is accused of steering the "costa concordia" into shallow waters causing it to overturn and killing 11 people. he is also accused of abandoning the ship. he tried to defend himself saying he tripped and fell and landed in a life boat. >>> more human body parts have been found in that same california park where a dog found a severed head earlier this week. dog walkers found that human head tuesday wrapped in a plastic bag in the hollywood hills. then yesterday two hands and two feet were found not far from the home of the superstar couple brad pitt and angelina jolie. police

right now 20s in prince george's, fairfax, arlington, and montgomery counties. we do have the clouds on the increase there's the view from space. this area of green is the zone of rain from southwestern virginia into the carolinas and kentucky. it is all rain there now. even heavier rain down in tennessee. that's going to arrive later today. 7:26. we'll have increasing clouds through the morning hours. then the first rain arriving into the metro area by early afternoon. it will be earlier in the day in virginia. and as we get through the rest of the afternoon, occasional rain. chilly, too. low to mid 40s. then this evening, down into the low 40s and holding steady with the rain off and on with patchy figure, as well. that's going to continue until perhaps past midnight, ending predawn tomorrow. during the day thursday, a mild day, partly sunny into the 50s. then as a cold front sweeps in late thursday, predawn friday, might have sprinkles of rain around the metro area, maybe a few snowflakes far west and north of washington. i don't think it will be causing any

looking a lot better at fairfax county parkway. i'll give you a travel speed because even though your volume's increasing, you still have a good speed of 62 miles per hour. not bad at all. and if you are on i-95, looking good, as well. no issues at pohick road. clear to 395. back to you. >> thunk. 6:02 now. >>> metro is operating on an expanded rush hour service this morning because of the delay for federal workers. trains and buses will make additional trips throughout the morning to accommodate employees later than usual. metro also canceled all midday track work for today. >>> and today more than 100,000 protesters are expected here in washington for the annual march for life. pro-life demonstrators are protesting the 39th anniversary of the roe v. wade case in which the supreme court legalized abortion. and if you are headed downtown today, the march is bound to affect your commute down there. angie dpof is here with more on that. >>> good morning. a number of march for life events is going to make it tough to get around town t

elsewhere, we're down near the freezing mark in fairfax, arlington, prince george's counties. we'll have quite a bit of sunshine this morning. let's take a look now. there is the jefferson memorial on the bank of the potomac river. we have dry pavement around under this clear sky. now 39 at reagan national. we've got a north/northwesterly breeze. and that's going to continue to bring in cooler weather than we had yesterday. what a dreamy day it was yesterday. and now we are down into the 20s across parts of northern virginia and in fairfax county now. it is near the freezing mark. in montgomery county now, the mid to upper 30s. in the low to mid 30s in prince george's county. much of southern maryland and near the bay, near freezing this morning, as well as the shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. here's the view if space over the last 12 hours. we've had a mostly clear sky. did not see the aurora here, but it was visible and very bright to our north. we'll show you some of those images coming up. sunrise will be at 7:20. we will have sunshine this morning. by 9:00, nea

much of arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties, in the mid 30s. in parts of loudoun county and fauquier county, along the blue ridge up toward frederick. but elsewhere, it is well above freezing. we're in the 40s shenandoah valley, out of the mountains in the 50s now. and we do have milder air coming in from the west and the southwest as we have a few of these high clouds drifting over a gorgeous sunrise underway over the potomac. here's the day plan ear -- sunrise at 7:16. temperatures will be soaring into the 60s by later this afternoon. mid and upper 60s during the afternoon. your evening planner coming up in ten minutes. now at 6:31, how's traffic? >>> traveling i-95 in virginia, approaching prince william parkway, we have an incident blocking the right shoulder lane. it looks like possibly also the right lane. difficult to see on camera, but i can tell you are jammed as you make your way to prince william parkway. and traveling on 395, have an accident there slowing you down, as well. in fact, this is as you approach seminary road. this accid

generally 30s in montgomery, fairfax, arlington counties, near 40 in washington. low to mid 40s in prince george's county and much of southern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore. across the rest of virginia, many locations east of the blue ridge in the 30s, blue ridge west, many areas are now in the 40s. and looking at the view from space, from adams-morgan to suitland and mt. rainier as well as annandale and burk and colesville, a mostly clear sky. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:16. mid 40s by 9:00. soaring into the 60s during the afternoon. mid to upper 60s middle of the afternoon. and then this evening, here's your evening planner, sunset at 5:28. we'll be down to the upper 40s by midnight. a mostly clear sky. a look at big changes on the way for the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic now, danella? >>> i think the spring fever is catching. you know what that means, i may not be able to finish this hit. all right. so traveling the beltway, your travel speeds look really good. this is at connecticut avenue. i'm not really see

while we talk about the weather, a lot of questions tonight from parents in fairfax county. many wanted to know why public school officials made the decision to start on time, even though the federal government had a two-hour weather delay. jackie benson joins us live from burke, virginia with more on this. jackie. >> reporter: aaron, parents know it's usually the other way around. the school system delays, and the federal government starts on time. but that is changing. even though the anticipated bad weather did not materialize as expected, the federal government was widely praised for its decision to err on the side of caution with a two-hour delay to the monday workday. so why ask parents in a local jurisdiction heavily populated with federal workers didn't fairfax public schools follow suit. >> it's ironic how the government had a three, four-hour delay and fairfax county didn't and prince william did. it was a little strange. >> i was a little surprised. i was watching the news early in the morning to see who was delayed and who wasn't, and i kind of -- i think the dec

and fairfax counties. prince george's county, most locations mid 40s as well as well as southern maryland. northern neck, eastern shore, near 50 degrees. we have patchy, dense fog around the rural areas of maryland, virginia, and west virginia. 30s shenandoah valley and into the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. most locations are above freezing, although martinburg at the airport, it's at 30 now. watch out for iciness there. and we have some breaks in the clouds south and west. still all cloudy most of the region. getting a few sprinkles on the eastern shore, but those are moving away. sunrise at 7:21. we'll get sunshine up by mid morning. 40s for another several hours. near 50 by noontime. during the afternoon, our temperatures should be climbing after we bottom out in the low 40s by midnight and near 30 by dawn tomorrow. we ought to be climbing into the mid 40s by tomorrow afternoon. and then as we get into thursday, looks like maybe rain moving in, and that may linger into thursday night

this is the second time a military family has been in a zoning scrape in fairfax county.l of outrage from the neighbors of mark, an iraqi war veteran who finally won permission to keep his children's tree house after a second try for a zoning variance. the blevins family is hoping for the same outcome. >> it's very frustrating. the kids love it. this is something we did for them. i don't know how you move four live trees and salvage this. >> reporter: with moving the tree house out of the question, the blevins say they have contacted an attorney in the hopes that fairfax county might change its mind. in springfield, jane watrel, news4. >>> news4 contacted a spokesperson for fairfax county. they said they're currently looking into the matter. >>> coming up in our 11:00 broadcast, republicans in iowa getting together to pick who they want for their presidential candidate in 2012. we'll have the report from des moines. >>> also a store in dupont circle shutting down after 34 years in business. and a police officer in suburban chicago is in trouble tonight. because of what he

on activities from fairfax county to the capital beltway, 59 miles per hour. and the trip along i-270, a live look right now at montgomery avenue, no issues heading out of germantown connecting to the spur and on to the beltway. all your lanes are open southbound as well as northbound. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> the battle for florida is heating up in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the candidates squared off in a final debate before the sunshine state's primary next tuesday. newt gingrich and mitt romney took personal jabs at each other in jacksonville. romney was particularly animated when gingrich called him the most anti-immigrant gop candidate. >> want to make sure i understand, is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> go ahead, governor. >> that's simply inexcusable. inexcusable. and actually, senator marco rubio came to my defense and said the ad was inexcusable and inflammatory and inappropriate. mr. speaker, i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father

fairfax county is rolling out the welcome mat. supervisor jeff mckay, pitching the 70 acre warehouse site yard from the station. >> i have a dinosaur of a warehouse next to a regional center. >> fairfax county officials know this is very early in the game. that's because trying to get the fbi to relocate its headquarters from 9th to pennsylvania out to the virginia suburbs isn't a slam dunk. this warehouse site out in springfield has been pitched before, by fairfax county officials, to the base realignment and closure commission. several years ago it was rejected. even though this site is owned by the federal government. instead, the folks chose to relocate the workers, defense department workers to the mark center. at metro there are mix read actions. >> i don't know what it is going to do to traffic probably is not going to help. >> fairfax supervisors believe it will save the government. >> need to be smarter where we relocate work places. >>> sharpshooters and oout na euthanizing, the national park service says the deer popula

and 30 in winchester, 30 in fairfax, manassas. there are a few lonesome raindrops to the west of hagerstown and a little bit more coming your way late in the weekend. the majority is looking on the dry side. here's your saturday planner. it will be mild, 10 degrees above average. highs in the mid-50s. a little cooler as well. i'd say 85% of your weekend is looking dry and pleasant. >> all right. >> all right. >> thank you, chuck. today, president obama's re-election campaign opens its main office in virginia. organizing for america's virginia headquarters will be in richmond, it has other offices in fairfax and newport news and a fourth office next week in st. petersburg. president obama won virginia by more than 6% in 2008. >>> mitt romney is using every resource to try to win over the piv pivotal hispanic vote. yesterday, his son introduced him to an hispanic conference. he introduced him in spanish. romney is attempting to brand himself as pro immigration after being attacked for being anti-immigrant at thursday's debate. >> we

fairfax county's rate is 7.3%.ax county does have a program that moves the homeless to self-sufficiency. karen debose is enrolled in the program. she says she's doing what she can to keep a roof over her head and her son's. >> i'm not really making that much money, but i make the money that i make stretch. >> debose hopes to own her own home in five years with the help of that program in fairfax. >>> a congressional panel will hold a hearing to find out why demonstrators with the occupy movement have been allowed to remain at mcpherson square. d.c. mayor gray wrote a letter to the national parks service asking them to evict people camped out at mcpherson square and move them to freedom plaza. the mayor cited health concerns given the growing rat infestation at mcpherson square. the parks service is responsible for both mcpherson square and freedom plaza because they are on federal property. the hearing is scheduled for next week. the movement says it is protesting economic disparities. >>> our time is now 6:37. ahe

around 40 in montgomery county, in fairfax county. in arlington county, mid 40s, mid 40s in washington and prince george's county. much of southern maryland, northern neck cloudy, in the upper 40s there. just had a wind gust to 35 miles per hour at reagan national. these wind gusts have been around 35 to 40 miles per hour the last couple of hours. they will gradually diminish as the day progresses. and the view from space showing a few clouds to our west and north. still may be producing sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. and in southern maryland, over south of salisbury, they're getting a few sprinkles near the atlantic beaches. sunrise at 7:24. we should have sunshine this morning. and those winds still gusty through the morning hours. we'll hold steady around 40. during the afternoon, we'll have our temperatures gradually getting colder by sunset. the upper 30s. and then by dawn tomorrow, we'll be down to near 20 degrees. will be near 30 by midnight. and near 20 this time tomorrow morning. a ve

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delays continue as you continue north toward fairfax county parkway. hitting the brakes once again as you continue toward 395, i can tell you if you're traveling on i-95, there are no accidents or 395 just delays. joe and eun, back to you. >> thanks. >>> 6:13. 42 degrees. a dozen girls with the same baffling symptoms. this morning an update on the medical mystery that has stumped doctors and angered parents. >>> the next new numbers that may make you lower the volume on ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tuches look big? >>> listen closely. the number of deaths and injuries among pedestrians listening to headphones more than tripled in the past six years. researchers

michelle obama hizo el anuncio en la escuela elemental parklawn en fairfax virginia..ra, el chef jose andres y rachel ray... "la obesidad se ha convertido ya en uno de los mayores problemas de este pais y si no empezamos a arreglar, a solucionar este problema, en 10, 20 anios, puede convertirse en una pandemia real" es la primera vez en quince aÑos que se establecen nuevos requisitos para mejorar los estandares de los alimentos en las escuelas... beneficiando a cerca de 32- millones de niÑos... "yo creo que va hacer la contribucion mas grande de la historia de la casa blanca de una primera dama" maria tiene cuatro hijos en la escuela... "que aprendan a comer un poco mejor en el colegio,que les ensenen lo que es bueno, lo que es malo, no las comidas procesadas" las nuevas regulaciones tendran un costo de 3.2- mil millones dolares durante los proximos cinco aÑos... y a proposito del sobrepeso, en el condado de fairfax se va a implementar un programa que permitira el uso de un dispositivo electronico que permitira monitorear la actividad fisica de los estudiantes. alfredo

foggy i-66 at fairfax county parkway. fog continues heading inside the beltway on 66. good travel speed eastbound. right now at 60 miles per hour. joe and eun, back to you. >> thanks. >>> after tracy morgan is recovering in the hospital after collapsing at a film festival, sources say the "30 rock" star stepped off stage at an awards ceremony in park city, utah. witnesses say morgan was acting dizzy and confused just before he collapsed. a spokesperson says morgan was overcome by a mixture of exhaustion and altitude. he is expected to be okay. >>> there are mixed reviews for steven tyler's version of "the national anthem." ♪ and the rockets red glare [ applause ] ♪ as bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof >> mercy. tyler is the lead singer of aerosmith, of course. the group is from boston which made it fitting for tyler to sing before the pats and ravens' avs game. twitter lit up after tyler's rendition. some loved it. others said the 63-year-old sounded awful. some complained that he tweaked the lyrics. he sang "as boston bursting in air" instead of "the bombs bursting i

and down to the upper 20s near 30 in fairfax county. the view from space showing just a few clouds drifting through now. but no precipitation. we just have a few clouds in and out and have a partly cloudy morning. later tonight and into saturday, there could be a combination of snow, sleet, and ice in all the counties in color including the northern area of shenandoah valley, maryland, off to the west, in western maryland. they could get some significant snows. and for us today, sunrise at 7:23. we'll have increasing clouds throughout the day, around 40. upper 30s or so by early afternoon. this evening is when we could get some of that snow developing. perhaps around 9:00, 10:00, areas west and north. maybe around the metro area, light snow by late evening this evening. so watch out for that. we'll take a look at the potential wintry mix in greater detail coming up in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> looking good. it's friday, and so far volume is very light. we'll check travel speeds. route 50 from 301 to the beltway, you're at

some slippery roadways, potential down to the south for fairfax. we have some reports of maybe a little light snow covering the roadways from menaceis. it looks like the back side will be an hour, hour and a half before it gets to the district. we will be gorgeous again. real nice weather coming. hard to believe we were close to 70 degrees on saturday. it's been that kind of winter. >> it's been a little crazy. thanks, gary. >>> we're following breaking news out of prince georgia county. former army soldier is accused of trying to join a terrorist group. the 24-year-old laurel man is charged of attempting to provide material support from al-shibhab in samalia. fox 5 maureen is there with the details. >> when craig appeared in court, he was sporting a full beard, his hair uncombed. he answered yes to the various questions of the judge's understanding his likes and the charges against him. he's accused of trying to provide material support to the terrorist group al-shibhab. that means he's trying to offer himself, his services and money to that group

we understand this start wade traffic stop in fairfax -- started with a traffic stop in fairfax county at north kingshighway and telegraph road. police ran the tags and discovered that the tags were wanted in a felony arrest. at that point, the suspect took off. they were pursued by fairfax county police. the suspect headed out 295 and ended up just off of the 395 here in this vicinity of southeast d.c. the suspect is barricaded inside a home from what we understand. we don't know if there is anybody else inside this home or what this home is in relation to the suspect. police are not telling us if this suspect is armed, if anybody is being held hostage. what we do know is they have a very tight perimeter set up. there are a number of. [applause] a number of police here. probably a dozen or so. this is still a developing story. police have not given us a whole lot of information right now. this started last night around 10:30 or so and they are still going right now. as we get more information, we'll bring it to you this morning. >> thank you so much. we'll check in with you later on.

that could soon happen as fairfax county is trying to lure the agency away from the district. the fbi has simply outgrown the j. edgar hoover building. fairfax county officials are suggesting a 70-acre federal warehouse site seconds from the franconia metro station. residents have mixed reactions of the agency's possible move to virginia. >> don't know what it's going to do to traffic. it's probably not going to help. >> it will be good for business. i got my own personal business. i'm a barber out here. it will be -- will bring more people. >> fairfax county supervisors believe moving the fbi down to springfield could save the federal government over $40 million a year. >>> sounds like something out of a movie. a shoplifter jumps on the metro tracks to try to avoid police. it's exactly what happened at the pentagon city mall. police say the man stole something from the nordstrom's there around 8:00. security guards chased him into the metro station. that's where he jumped on to the tracks and took off down the tunnel. metro officials were forced to shut down the trains in bot

right now down to the upper 20s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's countys.e did have overnight moisture coming through, a quick snow squall, a little sprinkle activity. that put down wetness on some area roads. watch out. that may be frozen up right now. and if it looks wet, that could be ice. under a clear sky, plenty of sunshine today. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:16. by 9:00, upper 30s. a bright and sunny morning. mostly sunny afternoon, too, with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 40s. sunset today will be at 5:27. and overnight tonight, not quite as cold. we will have our temperatures remain above freezing through the evening. we'll be clear by late evening by around 11:00 or around midnight or so. we'll be down into the upper 30s. and looks like we'll stay above freezing through most of the evening. big changes on the way tomorrow. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. still seeing a disabled bus blocking your left lane if you're traveling inbound canal road approachi

much of fairfax and montgomery counties. now in prince george's county, it's in the mid to upper 30s. over the last 12 hours, we've had rain and snow coming through the area predawn. now cloud cover beginning to break up to the west. we'll get sunshine around down which is at 7:26. partly cloudy through the rest of the day. and windy, gusts to 50 miles per hour from time to time. and we'll hold steady near 40 through the day. then down to near freezing by midnight tonight. and the winds will diminish a bit tonight. a look at a cold pattern for the weekend and starting next week, that will be in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> well, still seeing the crash. this is southbound 270 at howard road, slowing you down a bit as you make your way toward it. now, if you're traveling along i-270, falls road, very busy right now as you connect to the spur. it's a slow trip for you. your delays start around 28, on i-270. and also i-95 in virginia, looking slow still at fairfax county parkway. as you make your way toward the beltw

montgomery, arlington, fairfax countys now dropping rapidly. we've got gusty winds. these are the latest wind gusts. we've had them gusting to nearly 40 miles per hour over the last couple of hours. sunrise, 7:26. the strong gusts of wind will be with us throughout the day with the sunshine in and out. cold temperatures hovering near 40. look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. you've got to be careful. we have strong wind gusts, wet roadways, some areas possiy are going to slick over, especially on the bridge and ramps. you've got to slow down. a live camera on prince george's county, local roads look good. you can tell they are slick. give yourself extra time this morning. please slow down. traveling in montgomery county, this is a look at 16th street and east/west highway. again, light volume. no accidents to report at this time. but give yourself extra time. and if you're traveling along the dulles toll road, i'm not seeing any issues for you. and as you connect on to the beltway, beltway looks good in the area, as wel

i've give you a live look at fairfax county pea parkway, slow hitting the prax. no problems north or south. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:02. mitt romney is now 2-2. the former massachusetts governor picked up an easy victory in the new hampshire primary. he won with 39% of the vote. texas congressman ron paul finished a distant second with 23%. former utah governor jon huntsman, who bet his entire campaign on finishing well in new hampshire, finished in third place. newt gingrich and rick santorum each received 9% of the votes. rick perry finished with just 1% of the vote. >>> the candidates are now turning their attention to south carolina, which holds its primary a week from saturday. mitt romney leads there, but newt gingrich is in a close second and has been saying for a while that the palmetto state is crucial to his candidacy. >> this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. [ applause ] >> we going to offer the american people something very different. [ applause ] >> president obama -- president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in

so. >>> you mentioned about an inch in fairfax. wisdom martin has been out in fairfax county since the flakes started falling. what's it like out there right now? reporter: it's not too bad right now. after a couple days of good weather today the snow actually started to fall and you can look here on the ground in the grass. you can see there's just enough snow still remaining to cover the ground. this is really not that big of deal to most people except for the fact they didn't expect it. surprise, surprise out of nowhere snow covered the area. did you know it was going to be like this today when you came out of the house? >> not at all. forecast didn't say anything at all. reporter: what do you think about this? >> quite unexpected, nice, but it's quite unexpected. i guess snow finally arrived for the winter. reporter: most people had no idea this was coming. >> yes. i did not expect it this early. >> it was in the middle of class and i'm like look, snow! and everybody is like -- and everybody just runs up to the window. reporter

aumentan los casos de fraude en el condado de fairfax..ahora son llamadas telefonicas pidiendo dinero para ayudar a familiares... maria rosa lucchini se encuentra con nosotros y nos tiene los detalles... maria rosa cuentenos! que esta pasando...? mario, residentes del condado de fairfax, especialmente ancianos estan recibiendo estas llamadas telefonicas con una serie de mentiras, ya sea que ganaron la loteria o que sus familiares necesitan dinero en sus paises de origen... estos fraudes se multiplican... las llamadas son constantes... se aprovechan de la vulnerabilidad de ancianos... mienten que sus familiares estan en peligro y les piden dinero... "en cada caso puede ser miles de dolares o puede ser cientos de dolares, no se es muchisimo" son cientos los casos donde residentes de fairfax han sido victimas... recientemente una abuelita envio 13-mil dolares pensando que su nieto habia sido arrestado en peru... otra mujer de 80- aÑos recibio una llamada diciendo que su nieta tuvo un accidente en bolivia...y envio cerca de cinco mil dolares..