he's scheduled -- in fairfax county. he's scheduled to speak about a program that would offer lower interest rates to all homeowners even if the person owes more on the home than what it's worth. the president is expected to make the announcement at the james lee community center in falls church around 11:00 this morning. the event is closed to the public. >>> a heads up for metro riders this morning. right now the south entrance to the dupont circle station is closed. the transit agency closed the 19th street entrance overnight so crews can begin replacing escalators. they're some of the longest and least reliable escalators in the system. work is expected to last through october. meantime, riders will have to use the north entrance near q street. >>> right now, u.s. park police are enforcing their no-camping rule down at the occupy d.c. encampments downtown. let's take a live look at mcpherson square, the larger of the two site. officers patrolled the area all night long. police want to make sure the demonstrators are

are you going to hit the brakes a bit passing fairfax county parkway.you're traveling on the rails, still no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. joe, back to you. >> danella, thank you very much. >>> this morning, mitt romney appears to be the front-runner again in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former massachusetts governor won the florida primary decisively yesterday. former house speaker newt gingrich finished a distant second, 14% points behind romney. rick santorum finished third, ron paul fourth. and we'll have more on yesterday's pivotal primary in a few minutes. right now, romney's victory was lopsided. however, gingrich and the other republican candidates are vowing to stay in the race. tracie potts is live now in tampa with more. good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning. good morning, everyone. gingrich was unable to pull it out as he had hoped here in florida. but as you said, he is vowing to stay in the race. it was mitt romney's night. he won a decisive victory here and now has three times as many deleg

marrying into the fairfax clan opened doors to both brothers. for example, it was the fairfax connection that first led an adolescent george beyond the blue ridge. the journey over the mountains in the water logged spring of 1748 reflects an adventurous youth on the cusp of manhood. eager for experience, yet appreciative of comfort. whether it took the form of a good feather bed in remote country lodges or the superiority of sleeping under the stars over a straw mattress crawling with vermin. clearly a discriminates young man, washington voiced contempt for, quote, the worst road that was trod on by man or beast. he ought to try the commute in northern virginia. at the home of a frederick, maryland, justice of the peace he was dismayed to find neither tablecloth or knife to eat, but as good luck would have it we had knives of our own. his critical eye was put to better use surveying prime acreage under lord fairfax and in shooting wild turkeys for nourishment 37 every day offered fresh tests of his endurance and ingenuity. a persistent wind blew

in the mid 40s in fairfax county to montgomery.rlington county, near washington, as well as in the district, it's near 50 degrees. near 50, as well, in prince george's county. much of southern maryland, northern neck, and the eastern shore. here's the day planner for this friday. sunshine breaking out later this morning and during the middlest past day. by -- middle part of the day. by then, low to mid 70s by afternoon. then a strong front coming late afternoon, between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. we could get thunderstorms producing damaging winds maybe later this afternoon to be followed by some strong winds tonight. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour or higher through the evening tonight. and a look at the cold pattern for the weekend into next week. that will be this ten minutes. danella has our friday traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. traveling southbound on i-270 at montrose road, have an accident blocking your left lane. and starting to see delays right now as you make your way from falls road, traveling south to montrose road

so fairfax county added lorton to the list of bow hunting properties from february to march. they questioned whether it should be allowed during the hours when jog gers and walkers were there. >> they wondered how to use this property once fairfax county took it over. >> some believe the cars pose more of a danger than a stray animal. >> they're a problem. we see them on the roads. it's kind of scary. >> i think it's okay. control the deer population around here for sure. >> a spokesperson for the parks department says signs have been posted and notices were sent to people living in the area advising them of the times and dates of hunting season. reporting from fairfax county, jackie bensen, news4. >> probably more deer out than normal this time of year. they're probably as confused about the weather as we are. >> i saw something you normally don't see in january, and that's bees. i saw a couple bees outside my house. that is very odd for this time of year. >> some flower shoots coming up? >> still talking about the pollen. we really haven't had a lot in the way of freezing t

elsewhere, a few sprinkles in montgomery, arlington, fairfax. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s in all of those locations. farther west and north, some areas in loudoun county up toward frederick county in the 40s. most of the region in the 50s now. here's your day planner for this wednesday. yes, have the umbrella handy for another couple of hours. a small chance of an additional sprinkle by mid morning. we ought to get sunshine out after that. and during the afternoon, again hitting the dreamy 60s. ought to hit mid to upper 60s again this afternoon. a look at your travel plans for this morning, here's the traffic with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, if you're traveling gw parkway northbound, you cannot get on to the inner loop of the beltway. on that ramp there, there's an accident involving an overturned vehicle. chopper 4 now is showing you your work around. what you're going to do is get on the outer loop of the beltway and get off on georgetown pike. you see it's going to be a delay as you work your way around and reconnect t

we are, of course in fairfax county right now, right in the middle of fairfax, as a matter of fact, watchwarm temperatures, a lot of people out enjoying the weather during the afternoon today, but we will see some changes, look at the changes on storm four radar, see where the rain is down to the south, currently, 67 degrees out there, winds out of the west northwest at 7 miles per hour. that rain right now down toward the roanoke area, but it is moving our way, show you when it moves our way and when it moves out coming up in my forecast. >> all right. thanks, doug. >>> tonight, we are learning more a murdered community activist and his connection to the man accused of killing him. now the brother of lenny harris says he would like to come face to face with that suspect. news4's darcy spencer is live in alexandria with an exclusive interview. darcy? >> reporter: wendy, i met sherman harris here at the rec center where his brother was last seen alive four months ago and it it's true, he says woe like to meet his brother's accused killer, this man here and talk to him about what happened a

closer to washington and fairfax, arlington counties, we're in the 20s to near 30. near 30 in montgomery county. also the low 30s in prince george's county. some locations in southern maryland a little above freezing there, as well as northern neck, eastern shore. certainly near the waters. and there's the view from space. a clear sky thanks to high pressure over the region which is now just drifting off the atlantic seaboard. that will shift our wind into the south. and we, as a result, will have a rapid warmup. by 9:00, mid 40s. by noon, near 60. lots of sun during the afternoon. highs reaching the low to mid 60s. sunrise coming up shortly at 6:44. sunset at 5:58. the monday evening plan ur coming up at 6:44. danella? >>> traveling i-95 in virginia, you're very slow. northbound at route 1, hardly moving at all as you make your way toward 395. no problems in the hov lane. in fact, very sluggish traveling northbound. southbound, you're absolutely in the clear at this time. if you connect on to 395, looks really good. very light volume as you make your way from edsal

arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties.lot of temperatures not reporting on the network here all of a sudden. we'll trouble shoot that. as we look at view from space, clear sky from washington's trinidad neighborhood to landover, great falls, annandale and poolsville. temperatures are near the mid to low 30s much of the region. near 40 in washington and by the bay. day planner, sunrise at 7:13. by 9:00, upper 30s. by noontime, upper 40s. during the afternoon, plenty of sun hitting the low 50s. a few high clouds late this afternoon, and for your evening plans, for this friday night, sunset at 5:31. should be a mostly clear skatar to the evening. by midnight, clouds coming in. a look at the rest of the weekend. could get a little precipitation. we'll look at that and next week in a couple of minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> this accident on eastbound route 50, it was block the right side of the ramp but now it's gone. virtually just moved to the left shoulder lane. all travel lanes are open on the ramp. traveling i-95 get

reporting live in fairfax county, tracee wilkins, news4. >> all right.jury selection will begin for a man who killed a maryland state trooper. wesley brown was shot to death in june of 2010 while working security at a forestville restaurant. police say brown killed cyril williams out of the restaurant because of disorderly conduct. williams allegedly came back and shot brown in the parking lot. another man, anthony milton, has already pled guilty to being an accessory to the murder. he is set to be sentenced later this month. >>> today supporters of marriage will gather in annapolis to push lawmakers to legalize gay marriage. a similar bill failed to pass last year because it did not have enough support in the house. earlier this year, opponents of gay marriage gathered at the capitol to protest a possible bill. governor martin o'malley has pushed for a bill to pass the senate and house and says he will sign it immediately if it does. >>> gay and lesbian couples will soon be allowed to merritty in washington state. today washington state governor christi

fairfax county.from manassas down to fredericksburg and warrenton, mid to upper teens right now. that's without the wind. and so is southern maryland. from walldorf to la plata toward annapolis and down toward calvert cliffs, into st. mary's city. those areas have temperatures in the teens. and the winds around five to ten miles per hour, drop our windchills. these are the windchills, this is what it feels like when you step out the door in the mid teens. and that's just with a five to ten-mile-an-hour wind. layer up this morning. if you're going to be waiting for a length of time at the bus stop, you'll be glad you did. there's a clear sky overhead. a gorgeous sunrise now developing. we'll have the sun up at 7:03. that is a live picture from our city camera. the potomac river filled with grape juice, reflecting that lavendar sky and swath of orange right at the horizon. and temperatures by 9:00 still below freezing. then by late morning we'll get above freezing. ought to peak in the mid 40s by mid-a

in fact, i told people had that not occurred, fairfax would not have been fairfax. people don't realize how close that came to wiping out music programs, art programs, increasing class size which many other school districts in the nation have had to endure already. we haven't had to but that's what draws people into this region and increases our enrollment. >> last question for you. you are retiring in a year and a half. any suggestion that you might stay on a little bit longer? >> no. no. it's time. i've been superintendent 17 years. really enjoyed the ride but it's time to kind of dial things down. i'll stay in the region and do some other things in education but we'll let somebody else work the longer hours. >> thank so you much for coming in this morning. we'll send it over to mike. >> thanks, guys. >>> 6:05 now. that's the story making news this morning. we have another one. plastic bag tax. apparently it's spreading. it's on the way to prince george's county now. the county council endorse add 5 cent tax on each plastic bag. they say it will cut down on trash

eastern fairfax near 40. western fairfax below freezing. charles, carlest, st. mary's, near 40. a clear sky we'll have print of high pressure. thanks for high pressure over the afternoon. here's the day planner. mid 50s by mid-afternoon. overnight, clouding up. near 30 at dawn tomorrow. could get light snow areas north and west from appropriations around noontime to the afternoon could be a prime time. areas to the south and east of washington light rain. lice in the low to mid 40s. -- highs in the low to mid 40s. frigid on saturday and sunday and into the first pack of next week. how's traffic? >>> traveling in maryland, you have an accident making your way on cropper road -- clopper road westbound. an accident blocking the late, police are on the scene. be aware of that. chapper 4 is live over activities as you travel to 50. hitting the brakes. delays start out of the bypass and ton nutley. i'll give you a travel speed from fairfax county they, 38 miles per hour. some spots are going to be even cloudy not than that. and on i-95 heading out of the occoquan, northbound pretty sl

take a look at the numbers. 64 in reston and in fairfax county. 64 in manassas.there toward leesburg and loudoun county current temperature of 59 degrees. in fredericksburg coming in at 66. overnight tonight first up take a look at the cloud cover. we are going to see more clouds come through overnight. could even be a few showers toward the morning hours and many locations. that's ahead of a frontal boundary that is going to bring through a chance for some thunderstorms and some showers during the day tomorrow. i don't anticipate a lot of them. we're only going 30%, 40% chance of storms but what i do think we're going to see and what i know we're going to see is very strong winds tomorrow. winds could gust upwards of 50 miles per hour and that's why there is a high wind watch in effect to our west as close as loudoun county. let's show you what's happening overnight tonight. temperatures dipping down a little bit but still very warm. we have 46 right there in washington but it's going to be more like 53 overnight in washington, d.c. we will not get below the 50-

live in fairfax county, tracee wilkins. news4. >> thank you. despite multiple tips and good leads, the fbi says they still have not identified the man known as the potomac river rapist. he's believed to be responsible for nine attacks between 1991 and 1998, including the murder of a woman in georgetown. they say they've conducted dna tests on a few men, and the analysis is ongoing. the fbi is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest. >>> a friend of a former university of virginia men's lacrosse player accused in the beating death of his former girlfriend testified that he saw george huguely choking her months before her death. mike burnes tested that he witnessed huguely holding love in a choke hold. he's accused of killing her two months later. prosecutors said he killed her in a jealous rage. they showed the jury photos of love with bruises and swollen eyes. the defense said their client was too drunk to plot love's death. they say she was drunk and died of asphyxiation. >>> a culpeper police officer

fairfax county near 40. so is arlington, montgomery, prince george's county, district of columbia, low 40s now. and over the last 12 hours, we've had those sprinkles from last evening now exiting, nice breaks in the clouds across montgomery county, to areas just south of baltimore, howard, northern anne arundel. as the day progresses, there's the sky, sunrise at 7:00. we'll have increasing sunshine. by noontime, into the low 50s. mid to upper 50s during the afternoon. this evening, we will cloud up again. a front coming through tomorrow. likely triggering some rain showers. some rain from late morning all the way off and on through the afternoon into early evening. highs reaching near 50 after a chilly start in the low to mid 30s. then we'll clear out on thursday night. friday, sunshine back. highs into the low 50s. increasing clouds saturday. still a lot of the uncertainty about what's going to happen sunday. low pressure coming close from the south. maybe close enough to give us snow and/or rain, or if it'

getting a bit of light rain in fairfax county, loudoun, prince william, fairfax, this second batch of rain is going be moving right into the metro area in about another hour or so. the pavement is wet from the overnight rain and the light showers that are coming through right now. so that's fender bender weather. we've already had accident this mornling. we're chilly. what a change from yesterday. down into the 40s. down into the region. later today we'll climb into the 50s as we get sunshine coming back by noontime and during the afternoon. we'll have a bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west too, and that will bring in colder air tonight under a clearing sky. here's the evening plane. we'll get down to 40 by midnight and down to freezing by dawn on friday. afternoon highs near 50 by tomorrow and a chilly weekend to follow. quite a bit of cloudiness around. small chance of showers in the area. then a cold day. milder tuesday. getting chilly again midweek next week. donella, how's traffic? >> breaking news, i-270 from the inner loop of the beltway, all your lanes are block

the fairfax county chamber of commerce is trying to head off the crisis. and joining us to talk about the effort is jim corcoran, president and ceo of the fairfax county chamber of commerce. >> thank you for having us. >> you probably heard and in remarks yesterday at the northern virginia college president obama called for a national commitment to strengthen the national economy by training 2 million workers with skills that will lead directly to jobs. now we don't think of it being a problem for you in their fax county. seems everybody is making a good living over there. talk to us about what fairfax county is doing to find skilled workers and jobs for them. >> actually very interesting that president obama did deliver that message in northern virginia yesterday in fairfax county. contrary to what you said, barbara, it is a very big concern with the business community in northern virginia and, of course, fairfax. research completed recently by sponsored by the chamber and completed by the northern virginia regional commission and community college over t

in virginia, trash will be picked up in arlington and fairfax counties.airfax city and alexandria are delayed a day. >>> give yourself extra time if you're taking metro today. metrorail, at least. crews used the long holiday weekend to do track work. on the red line the grovenor/strath more stations are closed. there will be free shuttle buses around the affected stations. all three should reopen for tomorrow's commute. >>> over the weekend, vdot crews took down highway signs on the northbound and southbound sides of i-95 near the prince william parkway in woodbridge. a spokeswoman for vdot said inspectors found cracked anchor bolts on the signs. crews began inspecting similar signs like the huge overhead sign this came crashing down on the front end of a pickup on i-66 in forecast laairfax count weekend. crews will inspect more than 260 signs in northern virginia over the next month. >>> rupert murdoch is set to launch a new sunday version of his tabloid "the sun "newspaper. the tabloid which hits newsstands this sunday replaces his now-closed "news of t

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in arlington, fairfax counties, low to mid-40s there. 40s in washington and prince gorges county. southern inland near the bay, low 50. low to mid-40s here. later today, another area of rain coming into the metro area between 7:00 and 9:00 this morning. then after that, we should dry out, getting sunshine back this afternoon. a bit of a blustery wind. we'll still warm back into the mid to upper 50s. but the wind will continue to bring in some colder weather and be down near 40 degrees under a clear sky by midnight tonight. our sunset will be at 5:30. then by dawn tomorrow, freezing of all things in february? that's going to be happening here tomorrow morning. near freezing in the suburbs of the rural areas. then during the afternoon, around 50. we'll have sunshine on friday and certainly feeling more seasonable as we get into the weekend too. a lot of clouds around, though, it appears on saturday into sunday. a small chance of a shower on sunday. highs near 50 both days. morning lows near 50. the chilly pattern continues monday. as we ge

montgomery county, upper 20s, as well as in much of fairfax county, especially western fairfax into prince william and down toward culpeper and fauquier county. closer to washington, though, eastern fairfax, around arlington, near 40. mid 40s in washington. near 40 in prince george's county. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore near 40. shenandoah valley, points west, mid to upper 30s. we've got a mostly clear sky, that beautiful, bright moon setting in the western sky. a few clouds southern maryland, northern neck eastern shore. those will erode and head off to the east. sunrise at 7:0. sun throughout the day. we'll be climbing to near 40 again around 9:00 after we drop temperaturewise the next couple of hours. near 50 at noontime. mid 50s during the afternoon. overnight tonight, clouding up, near 30 by dawn tomorrow. late tomorrow morning, might get light snow in areas along interstate 95 and points west. and there's a small chance of a light coating on grassy areas during the afternoon on wednesday. elsewhere, farther south and east, maybe light rain. highs in the low

sally fairfax, was she or wasn't she? did they or didn't they? opinion varies widely. to james thomas flexner, sally was the most passionate love of his life. and though he acknowledges, that quote, the exact nature of their relationship cannot be defined. john furly wrote of young washington's quote infatuation with sally. washington's persistent attempts to draw her into a correspondence went beyond what he calls quote, a mere schoolboy crush. clearly, washington had carefully chosen words a much more active interlife than his reserved exterior might have successed. that said, he would not be the first ambitious, raw boned youth to be smitten by a slightly older, though vastly more sophisticated woman of flirtatious habits and universally acknowledged charms. that their relationship remained platonic seems likely. if only because it seems out of character for washington even then to have betrayed his friend, george william fairfax. and because no contemporary evidence or even gossip supports the idea of a sexual liaison. in the closely knit society of fairfax county,

in the low 30s in fairfax and arlington.ty now in the mid 30s. 35 at reagan national. now the cloud cover is thinning. we'll see sunshine. dawn is just a couple minutes away. and that's at 6:54. we'll have sunshine this morning and then during the afternoon, we will have lots of sun. the wind that's gusting to 20 miles per hour now will settle down. highs near 50 today where the snow did not fall. however, where there is snow, it's going to take a while to get warmer. maybe only the low 40s for highs. clear and chilly, upper 30s pie midnight. then tomorrow, cold start, afternoon highs near 50 and partly cloudy. then up near 60 on wednesday and thursday. partly sunny both days. 60 again maybe on friday with rain. then the weekend looking chilly again with sunshine returning. danella, how's traffic? >>> we have a couple accidents slowing you down. the first is in d.c. as you travel new york avenue inbound at the 3rd street tunnel. your left turn lane is blocked in this area. please follow police direction. use caution. now, tr

fairfax county is near 40, as is prince george's county.of southern maryland were in the teens this afternoon, just in the mid or upper 30s now, as is the even shore. the view from space, a large area of high pressure is over us now giving us our clear sky. however, things are rapidly changing. this high will leave, exit and go off over the atlantic and behind that we are getting some clouds that are beginning to stream in from a weak area of low pressure and a front that's going to be moving in by later tonight, into tomorrow. but between now and then we'll have this gorgeous gear sky with us. as we go forward over the next 12 hours we'll have just a few of these clouds coming through and then another 24 hours or so after that we'll have a possibility of a little bit of precipitation, perhaps tomorrow morning, few flurries here in this lavender and white zone from north central virginia into the shenandoah valley. maybe predawn a few flurries. otherwise, just some clouds. late afternoon into tuesday evening we might have a few sprinkles of

near 40 in montgomery, fairfax, prince george's counties. mid 40s near the bay and through central virginia. and farther to the west mid 30s now had an dough a reel and out into the mountains, you can see the cloud cover beginning to get closer to us and there are a pew snow showers now way out in kentucky and there's rain now coming into southwestern virginia. and we will have increasing clouds for the rest of the afternoon. going to be rather chilly but will climb into the mid to upper 40s. maybe near 50 through north central virginia. we will have a light wind as well. we could have some of that precipitation beginning here tonight. we will talk about that. our chances for snow and how cold it is going to get on sunday, all that coming up in a couple of minutes, barbara. >> danella wants to go home before the snow starts. thank you, tom. is that right, danella? you got time. >>> barbara, you know it. you know i'm not feeling the whole "s" word. now no snow and beltway looks so much better earlier today we had a couple of accidents along t

loudoun and fairfax, just the low 20s.e mid 20s in montgomery county, low to mid 20s prince george's, charles, calvert, st. mary's, and in washington. temperatures right near the freezing mark. farther west, in the low to mid 20s. shenandoah valley, into the mountains. and this cold air is going to be with us here for a couple of more hours. we've got clouds coming in from the west. that's associated with a warm front. yes, it's going to be warming up. we'll have temperatures climbing into the 40s to near 50 during the afternoon as we get all cloudy. and we'll have a wind that will pick up. right now we've got a calm wind. so at least this cold air doesn't feel colderment and we don't have windchills much to deal with. it's going to get blustery this afternoon. then the winds will diminish tonight. we'll be cloudy this evening, near 40 by midnight. now take a look at the four-day forecast. tomorrow, afternoon highs around 60 degrees after a chilly start in the mid 30s. it will be partly cloudy, and a bit of a blustery wind

where you see the grain, raining lightly in montgomery county, fairfax. those pockets, though, of yellow, that's where it's coming out harder. prince george's county to prince charles county. more showers moving to the northern neck of virginia. the pavements are all wet, so watch out. it's fender bender weather with everything wet, and it's a bit cooler than yesterday morning though. we're in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's counties, it's near 50 in washington and by the bay. near the low 40s around the panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley. so some chillier weather on tap for today. here's your day planner. sunrise will be at 7:14. we'll still have a chance of an additional shower around mid morning but unlike yesterday, during the afternoon we get the sunshine back. it will only be in the upper 50s. if this kind of winter keeps going on, i don't know if i can take it anymore. yesterday got to 72. unbelievable. but nowhere near that today. a look at your evening planner, that will be in te

near freezing in fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, montgomery counties.the day planner. sunrise at 7:08. cloudy, maybe scattered flurries. in the mid to upper 30s by mid morning. maybe near 40 by noontime. then that accumulating snow will be during the afternoon, especially around the rush hour between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. that's when it could be piling up on grassy areas. i'll have your evening planner. that will be in ten minutes. danella has traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. traveling in the district, still new york avenue is shut down at florida avenue in both directions. follow police deer to that's in place -- detour that's in place. on bw parkway in maryland, seeing nothing but green for you. i'll give you a travel speed now if you're passing 198 southbound speed. 66 miles per hour. also traveling southbound, this time at the beltway, still looking really good at 63 miles per hour. taking the beltway in prince george's county, a live look at route 1. no issues in the roadway for you. i'll give you a travel speed if you're traveling on the

fairfax county is just one.try, we need a lot of money to get the loans rebalance e. we a working w with the administration. some of this can be done without legislation. >> what you'rere looking at in terms of tax popolicieses that ca help things. >> for local govovernments roughout virginia, and they build their local budget anput us services on the basis of al estatate tax. the objective is to rece the vacancy rate spending get them down to the point where they are about 7% or 6% and then we see the speculative construction begin to contribute to the tax base. >> he makes a very good point about the connection between strong commercial real-estate values a and local community servic and the ality t to build roads and hired teachers and make the schools stronger. i think that is what we are all trying to do when we talk about strengthening comommercial real- estate. it is about strenhening communities and lp in job creation. >> you all call washington d.c. a gateway city. what does that mean? >>>> it is a city

it's near 30 in arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties.ht near the chesapeake bay, in the upper 30s, as well as along the tidal president obama. and farther west, shenandoah valley, into the mountains, we're just in the 20s in most locations. we've got a clear sky. high pressure to thanks for that. this high will be drifting off the coast. our winds will be shifting into the south. and that will bring in some warmer air for the day. sunrise at 6:44. it will be coming up with a clear sky. plenty of sun this morning. mid 40s by 9:00. by noontime, near 60 degrees. we'll be special the mid 60s by -- into the mid 60s by mid-afternoon this monday. a mild afternoon. then clouds closing in late afternoon. it will be around perhaps into early evening. clearing after that. here's the evening planner. sunset, that's at 5:58. by midnight, mid 40s. near 30 by dawn tomorrow. upper 50s tomorrow with increasing clouds. rain is likely on wednesday. and chilly, then sun back on thursday and friday. and as we get into the weekend, maybe more rain on saturday

west in western fairfax, northern montgomery, near 50 in washington.southern maryland, all these counties in pink under a high wind warning for later today and into tonight. gusts to 60 miles per hour there. and all the counties in the beige color including washington and the nearby suburbs could have gusts to near 40 to 50 miles per hour later this afternoon. here's your day planner. we'll have a rapid warmup with a little sunshine breaking out by mid to late morning and around noontime. temperatures near 70 degrees. may actually climb into the low to mid 70s early to mid-afternoon. then a strong cold front comes in. that triggering some showers and maybe some thunder, too. that would be between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and we'll be having temperatures drop rapidly after that with some strong, gusty winds. the strongest winds are going to be late afternoon and then overnight tonight. we'll be down to near 50 degrees by midnight. then the 30s by dawn saturday. tomorrow, still gusty winds, highs only in the 40s with some sunshine. winds diminish, sunny a

in fairfax county, arlington, prince george's county, it's right near freezing. where the snow fell in parts of charles county, near the freezing mark, as well. down toward charlottesville, stanton, virginia, that area had four to ten inches of snow. but it's all ending now. just a few lingering flurries north and west. we still have a mostly cloudy sky. but here's your day planner. we'll have increasing sunshine. sun breaking out by mid morning. we'll have these gusty winds, too, coming in out of the north and west, gusting to around, oh, 25 to 28 miles per hour. then we'll have highs reaching the upper 40s to near 50 where there's no snow. and where there is snow, only around 40 for a high. overnight, clear, chilly, down into the upper 30s by midnight. a look at the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> still looking really good in our area. happy president's day to you. traveling along i-95, we'll take a look now. very good. ing in but green making your way from dale city and head toward the beltway. a live look now at prince william parkway, no

in fairfax county the quick-moving storm left behind a dusting. and a flash of flurries caught many off guard. >> yeah, yeah. a little flustered, you know. it would be nice to have a scarf right now. but yeah, just came out of nowhere. >> reporter: strong winds have made being outside miserable. this woman, well, she had a good reason for not dressing warmly. >> i'm going salsa dancing upstairs. and there's salsa dancing here at lucky strike every sunday. so we brave the cold briefly so that we can be appropriately dressed for salsa. >> reporter: in the burke area fairfax county strong winds blew over a tree that smashed into a home on lavery court. the tree pinned a woman in her bed. it took rescuers an hour and a half to set her free. >> i've seen a lot of trees on homes. but this is probably the worst that i've ever seen. >> reporter: cold, snow, and wind, all signs that it really is winter. >> it's not that bad until the wind starts blowing. and then it's like, oh, boy. the wind is really cold. >> reporter: that's exactly right. fire and rescu

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right now the temperatures are in the 20s in montgomery and fairfax counties. much of the region in maryland and virginia, freezing temperatures. watch out for icy spots where the snow touched down and reached the ground and stuck yesterday afternoon north and west of the metro areas. the clouds will be pulling out as the day progresses. here's your day planner. we'll have our sunrise at 7:07. by noontime, 40, low to mid-40s by the afternoon. mostly clear by midnight. we'll be down to the low 30s. looks like some beg change is on the way. maybe snow over the weekend. donella, how's traffic? >> good morning. the area looks pretty good. as you're traveling from baltimore to capital beltway. also, i-95 looks really good as well. southbound travel speed as you make your way past 100, you're at 63 miles an hour. conning southbound, this time heading to the beltway, nice and clear, your volume is very light. and taking a closer look, no issues to report at this time, but i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. joe and eun, back to you. >> donella,

and the kid from fairfax had 17 points in the game. brown does not miss. miami wins it 65-49. they are having a very good year. over to bender arena right across the street. american hosting the lee high mountain hawks. first half, lee high building an early lead. c.j. mccollum. this kid's the real deal. at least one nba scout on hand to check him out. he had 30. a.u. on the move. tony roblicki there to clean up the mess. lee high down by 6. roblicki attacking the block. nice hustle here. gets the pusback. 18 points for roblicki. a.u. beats lee high 71-62. american now 16-8 on the season. >> tiger woods making his 2012 pga debut, playing at pebble beach in the pro am for the first time in a decade. isn't it nice on the code nights to see the seals out there at pebble. here's tiger first shot on the par five on the first. wow, almost jars it. four under after that birdie. the shot of the day, ken duke, his second shot on the par four 16th. and this is pure, bounces in for the eagle. duke's at 8 under, one shot behind dustin johnson. look at him celebrating. he's into it. doing

fairfax counties in the upper 40s. now upper 40s in washington and montgomery and prince george's county. much of southern maryland, mid to upper 40s. weather watchers checking in. around the shenandoah valley and blue ridge, it's in the 40s. there is some green here. you see it advancing east, but it is drying out as it moves east. we still have a chance of a passing shower mid morning. after that, we'll have a balmy afternoon. plan accordingly. we'll be up to 70 degrees by the afternoon. sunrise, 6:50. sunset at 5:54. >>> if you're making your way from annapolis to the capital beltway, you're not seeing many issues. if you're making your way past i-97, you're at 67 miles per hour. heading westbound. traveling from bowie to the beltway, no major delays, no accidents at this time. and westbound travels from 301 to the beltway, you're at 64 miles an hour, only taking eight minutes. rails are open with no delays on the me catastrophe, the marc, or the yre. >>> it took a charlottesville jury nine hours to find george hugu

in fairfax, paul hewitt and george mason hosting hofstra. hofstra with the ball, down by 1.ejuan miller drives but he runs into pierson and turns it over. kory edwards gets it to wright and that gives the patriots a lead. they win 72-62. it's their 20th win of the year. >>> elsewhere gw falls to temple 79-72 and uva blows by wake forest 68-44. and on the college football front, quarterback back danny o'brien has told teammates he's not coming back to maryland. o'brien went from freshman of the year in the acc in 2010 to being benched last season. o'brien will likely finish out this semester and graduate this spring which would allow him to leave for another school and play football immediately. when we put that report out on twitter, he responded via twitter by saying, i am still at terp but did not say anything >>> there's a new rasmussen poll out of 1,000 people that finds 48% of them say a group randomly selected from the white pages would do better than the current congress. positive ratings for congress are at an all time low. a gallup puts professional ap so, this is d

rainier, oxon h l hill, merrifield, fairfax city, laytonsville.tures are down to near 20 degrees. a little bit milder west and north, but still below freezing most locations. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, mid to upper 20s. southern maryland, northern neck eastern shore, weather watchers checking in with temperatures in the upper teens to just near 20 degrees. here's the view from space over the last 12 hours. we've had that wind thankfully diminish. we have light winds this morning with a clear sky. there is the washington monument, live picture from our city camera. sunrise 7:03. a cold morning. we'll get above freezing by late morning. sunny, highs reaching the 30s by noontime. and then hitting the 40s during the middle of the afternoon. this evening, here the evening planner. sunset at 5:42. increasing clouds, down near 30 by midnight. a look at some precipitation chances for tomorrow. we'll look at the rest of the week in ten minutes. >>> looking good in the area if you're traveling along activities. not seei

in montgomery, fairfax,al ton county, points west and north. near 50 in washington, points south and east where the rain is still falling. farther to the west it is generally in the low to mid 50s. quite a bit of sunshine in west virginia. here's the view from space over the last 12 hours. couple of waves of the rain coming on through. now getting nice breaks in the clouds just to our west. closeup view showing those areas of sunshine and here now in northern west virginia. of the shenandoah valley, breaks in the clouds across northern virginia as well. still mostly cloudy in maryland. going forward over the next 48 hours, we will have a clearing sky this afternoon. clear tonight. turning much colder and by dawn tomorrow, we will be down near freezing starting off friday morning. during the day friday, we will be clear and we will have quite a bit of sunshine throughout the day tomorrow. then into friday night, too, remaining clear and another cold night starting off salt day morning, cold but then during the day saturday, after a little sun in

here's fairfax county parkway.vel speed is looking at 29 miles per hour from the occoquan to the beltway. that trip will take you about 21 minutes. on the rails, two delays. first, marc camden south, 843, six-minute delay. a 20-minute delay on manassas line, the vre train 324. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> it is now 6:22. 41 degrees. ahead, why calorie counting may not just be good for your waistline but your brain, as well. >>> as long as you add, subtract, and divide. >>> next, overwhelming demand y. fans of madonna are ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. ♪ >>> madonna fans have another chance to see her in concert. she's adding a second concert. tickets to

she's live for us tonight in fairfax county.y got a lot of work to do, darcy. >> they certainly do. what i was able to find out today, there is only one inspection team that's doing more than 260 inspections on the signs. they were very busy over the weekend and took a break today for the federal holiday. they're going to begin tomorrow and i'm told v dot is going to add one additional inspection team and they're looking at also bringing in some contractors to help with this effort. take a look here. this is the anchor bolts that they're talking about. these are the bolts that hold this massive sign structure together. the driver of a pickup truck narrowly escaped being crushed when a 30-foot highway sign and the supporting structure collapsed on to the hood of his truck. it happened on i-66 in fairfax county nine days ago. triple-a officials say it's a wakeup call. >> we can't take it for granted these things are going to last forever. >> reporter: virginia department of transportation officials say they discovered cracked anch

it happened in downtown mcclain, and tonight fairfax county school officials are trying to keep a lid on it. jane reports. >> reporter: this picture of a mob scene at a mcdonald's was snapped by a langley high school student following a basketball game friday night. after the packed game at mclean high, police arrested five students from both high schools for public drunkenness. >> there was at least 100 teenagers in mcdonalds. >> reporter: channel 4 was denied permission to go on school property to get reactions, and according to a volunteer coach school officials told him and others not to talk the to the media about the arrests. the mclean mcdonald's incident coupled with the arrest pointing to a bigger problem, teen drinking. experts say as the spring prom season approaches, it's expected to get even worse. >> the most recent survey taken of fairfax county seniors in high school shows that 36% of them drank within the last 30 days, and 20% of sophomores drank within the last 30 days. >> police and anti-alcohol groups are working with the schools to get a handle on the teen drinkin

and a live look now at fairfax county parkway northbound. not really bad at all. southbound, completely in the clear. travel speed northbound, 60 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is now 4:54. with division lead on the line, the caps put together one of their best performances this year to shut out the florida panthers. alex ovechkin had two goals in the 4-0 win including the team's first power-play goal in eight games. ovechkin has 22 goals on the season. there was also a short-handed tally. it was a fourth shutout on the year and second against his former team. it would give the caps the first late spot in the southeast division. go, caps! >>> a good night for terps fans, too. maryland beat clemson 64-62. the terps' first road win of the season. they led by double digits for much of the second half but held off a furious rally by clemson to secure the victory. the terps take on duke saturday in durham. that's a big game. go, terps. >> big game. >> all right. >> you're wearing terrapin red. >> all right. and red for the caps, too. there you go. >>

vernon, drew up the celebrated fairfax resolves, a nonimportation pact with teeth, sure to enrage london as a virtual declaration of economic war. presided over the alexandria meeting at which the resolves were formally adopted. though american independence had yet to be proclaimed, washington himself had long since broken th to do anything less would be out of character for this self contained, self-respecting, and above all self governing patriot. by now in the vanguard of english subjects who were coming to see themselves as american his conversion through the blue and buff uniform he designed in the autumn of 1774 after several independent companies of virginia militia proclaimed him their commander of choice. in time this same outfit would be adopted to a much larger force continental in scope. the growing rift divided families and destroyed friendships. quote, unhappy it is to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast wrote washington in the wake of lexington and concord, and that the once happy and peaceful plains of america are either to be drenched i

fairfax, arlington, montgomery, and prince george's counties. the mid to upper 30s near the tidal president obama and around the bay. elsewhere,er in the freezing mark. climbing to the mid to upper 30s mid morning. chilly, damp. by noontime, light snow. could become moderate at times and pile up on grassy areas west and north of washington. south and east, light rain, looks like that. moderate snow into the evening hours. i'll show you the snowfall forecast map along with the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella? breaking news, traffic in new york avenue shut down between 4th street and delays are significant. inbound, a parking lot at 9th street as you approach 9th. the work-around is that you'll be detoured on to 4th street, then back to florida avenue. then you can reconnect in new york avenue if that is the trip. florida avenue, you're seeing delays in both directions between 3rd street and 6th street. also traveling the beltway, hitting the brakes just a bit at university boulevard on the outer loop, and your travel speed slow at this

fairfax country police are investigating a robbery spree.etectives say there were four robberies within a two hour time span within five miles of each other thursday night. they're trying to figure out if the crimes are connected. >>> two 12-year-old girls in serious condition this morning after being hit by a van in montgomery county. it happened last night around 7:00, in gaithersburg. no word how the accident happened. >>> today, occupy d.c. protesters will hold another protest at the cpac conference. about 400 gathered outside the conference in northwest washington yesterday. today, demonstrators will march from malcolm x pack to the marriott. the march starts at noon. >>> police in culpepper are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. it happened on northeast street on thursday. police say an officer shot and killed a woman. after an altercation in a school parking lot. there are questions if that actually happened. >> reporter: 54-year-old pat cook, a retired cosmetologist, shot and killed by a culpepper police offi

sprinkles in fairfax county, as well. lighter rain in the northern shenandoah valley and panhandle of west virginia. some approaching the metro area the next couple of hours. ahead of that, low to mid 40s much of the region except right in washington where it's near 50 as well as prince george's county, southern maryland, eastern shore. northern neck, mid to upper 50s. all these counties in pink under a high wind warning for later today. gusts to 60 miles per hour just to the west of the i-95 corridor. especially up in the higher ridges. we'll have temperatures climbing to near 60 by mid morning. near 70 by noontime. could get more thunderstorms late afternoon. those winds will really pick up tonight. here's your evening planner. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. and temperatures down to near 50 by midnight. a look at the weekend and next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> really good traveling i-95 in virginia. not seeing any issues. light volume and no accidents to report as you make your way out of dale

in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, right near the freezing mark. much of southern maryland, as well. right near freezing. right near the bay, the waters, the tidewater region around the northern neck, in the mid 30s. view from space showing a beautiful, clear sky. high pressure over us, that will be drifting off the coast. shifting winds into the southwest, that will warm us today. here's your day planner. s sunrise at 6:44. we'll have a beautiful, clear but chilly morning. by mid morning, into the mid 40s. then soaring to near 60 by noon. the mid 60s by mid-afternoon. this evening, here's the evening planner. sunset at 5:58. down into the 50s by then. then 40s after that as we clear out. and then pie dawn tomorrow, we'll be down near freezing again. but with clouds coming in tomorrow, not as warm as today. upper 50s. looks like rain moving in late tuesday night into wednesday. highs wednesday only near 50. sun back on thursday. and back into the 60s. and then we'll chill down on friday with some clouds in and out. looks like more rain on saturday.