but will remain housed at fairfax county until her grand larceny charge is resolved. she says her unusual appearance has led to cruelty. >> oh, what's that on your skin, is it contagious? everyone asks me that. no, it's just eczema. it's not even that bad. that's all i hear all the time. >> slaughter did not want to discuss why she has no eyebrows or lashes. but it's led to unwanted nicknames. >> they call me giraffe, call me pterodactyl, they call me all types of [ bleep ]. i know on the outside i don't look like this. i do makeup, i do hair, i do lashes, i do everything. so i don't look the same. >> you know she ain't got no eyebrows, no eyelashes. i'm not trying to be funny or put her down or anything but this is a jail. people in jail talk. >> they call her avatar. they call her alien. i mean, it's just cruel. >> avatar. that's her new nickname. people are actually calling her that on the block now. >> i cry a lot. because i never heard, i never understood -- i'm always misunderstood. i'm always singled out. i'm always the outcast. and it hurts. >> she's like scal

live in fairfax, ryan hughes.arry: big news out of south korea, overnight they said they began contact on a reordered cross communication trash cross-border communications system. this after he did stress between kim jong-un and president trump. tweeted last night "will someone from his depleted and food starved regime inform him that i also have a nuclear button, but it's bigger and more powerful than his and my button works." autria: on capitol hill, the senate returns with two new senators. doug jones and tina smith will be sworn in at noon. jones defeated roy moore last month in alabama, the first time astate -- the state elected democrat in years. smith replaces al franken, who resigned amidst sexual misconduct allegations. take a look at this, it's a new look at niagara falls that is pretty much solid. tourists have been taking these amazing photos and videos. 31,000 tons flowing every second. rocks,g the surrounding freezing just about everything else. unbelievable, it looks fake. larry: it does. this might

fairfax county school buses, their need is over 1600. that is larger than the entire fleet of so there are a lot of buses that these crews have to make sure are in working order. i took a look at it. there's one school bus in the alexandria, montrose alternative learning center that is already delayed at least 30 minutes. this is something that if you have a student who's at fairfax county public schools, waiting for the bus stop, might go outside, you want to check the website. we have it listed in our nbc washington app. this is a tall task. working with your hands in these temperatures, really, really something to be aware of out here as these guys are trying to make sure everything is up and running. again, check that website for fairfax county school buses in >>> it wasn't just cold on our way to school in the area, some students shivered their way. news 4 received this photo inside the school showing the thermostat at 48.9 degrees there. >> i thought the school was going to be warm. it was so cold. >> i just remember walking to fir

you've got t k the fairfax county bus employees, that's over 1600 buses.rger than the entire greyhound fleet. that's a lot of buses to maintain. what happened was these buses have been sitting for a couple of weeks before the christmas break, before the holiday break. then when you try to start them all back up, sometimes you have a hard time getting them going. that's what happened yesterday. about 200 routes were affected. students had to wait outside, as you mentioned, for about an hour. we talked with fairfax county officials about it. >> even with us doing the starting the past 30 days, letting them run for 30 minutes, sometimes the cold cranking amps is just too much. >> reporter: so what's going to happen this morning is fairfax county officials know there is an issue. they'll get out there nice and early to see if they can get the buses started up and make sure everything goes as planned. there is a way to track whether your

schools are closed tomorrow in fairfax, and prince georges county. montgomery and maryland, you are on a two hour delay. we have not heard from dc positive -- public schools. >>> protecting your home, leaving a little water running in order to prevent pipes from freezing.>>@warmer temperatures water flows through the pipes leading into your house but when things get cold, the water could freeze. filling up the empty space in the pipe and sometimes br a trickle of water coming from of pipe exposed could prevent it from freezing. if you need to be outside tomorrow, dress in layers. remember to protect your space as well. with the kind of temperatures we will be seeing, frostbite could set it -- set in 30 minutes. download our wusa9 app right now. >>> more than 4000 students at this school in fairfax county. a sexual harassment scandal cost the girls varsity basketball coaches job. they found no wrongdoing by school leadership. we are talking about this now because of a new federal investigation. here is peggy fox with the report we should warn you that

and inside the nearby fairfax county adult detention center, intelligence plays a key role in reducing gang activity among the 1,200 men and women incarcerated here. >> face forward. >> most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. >> backs against the wall. till the last deputy's left the room. >> only a small percentage of the inmates are identified as gang members. staff say they still pose a serious threat. >> we have right now 77 in our facility. they sti practice criminal acvity, even while in here. i know that's shocking. but they d >> private first class doolittle heads up the sheriff's intelligence unit whose primary responsibility is monitoring gangs. >> let's go! >> the unit conducts frequent shakedowns to gather intelligence. >> we line up in a fashion to let them know that we're still in charge. >> don't flush your toilet. don't grab anything. >> are they continuing to further their gang activity in here, outside? if they're doing it outside, who are they contacting outside? >> what was that? >> telephone number. phone num

you have fairfax county police here redirecting traffic. we'll take you up gallows road where fairfax the water screws are dealing with a 8" water main it has fwron under the road here they say have they are it turned off. you see water rushing done the sheet. as they shoot up the street the water is percolating and salt truck went by because one of the air fax water crew people almost wiped out. i can show you videotape from earlier when it was gushing this was reported about two hours ago here around 5:00 this morning annandale road. at this point we believe they have the water shut off. you hear water rushing down the street here. bit of project ahead of them here on annie yu dpail road and because of of that it fairfax county police have a straight colleges and expect trafficish as you as well in app an dale area around annandale. >> thank you so much. >> if you can hang on for a few hours nature might help out with this. >> it will be fog and ice. it won't help with batter main breaks. some ways it will be worse. let's concentrate on g

just in - fairfax county, now closed. melanie hastings is at the live desk in the newsroom with more first up -- delays and cancellations on amtrak. northeast regional service between d-c and newport news and norfolk is completely cancelled today! amtrak is also operating a modified schedule between new york and boston. as for flights: the board at reagan national is showing more and more red. it's a similar story up and down the east coast. about 35-hundred flights are canceled today, according to flight-aware dot com. if you do have a trip scheduled -- the airlines are being all the major carriers have travel alerts in place. that means -- you can change or cancel your ticket at no cost. dozens of schools are closed or delayed in and around the d-m-v this morning. prince william, spotsylvania and fairfax county schools are closed. prince george's schools have a two hour delay. there are many more too. they are scrolling at the bottom of yor screen. you can get alerts when your child's school is closed or delayed -- sent

.>>> the fairfax county library a long wait list to get 300 people who all want the thermal camera. it helps people weatherize their homes and stephanie ramirez tried a demo camera and has hints for all. >> reporter: my 6-year-old niece will tell you the colors are pretty but the utility analyst for fairfax county says they are important. yellow is heat coming through and purple is cold. she sold us a demo thermal camera they have with different devices for phones and you download an app. >> you go around your house and look >> reporter: she said she added a special ceiling after looking at her house with the camera and less powerful for her and surprising sources of cold air are through outlets which is why she put covers on them. she showed us the outside of her home. the yellow shows heat going through her home's foundation. i tried it out. >> it's clearly not very warm. >> i have three layers of pants on. >> reporter: they say to wear loose layers and it fairfax county, stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> i could use one of those. to learn more about the program check out the fairfax c

out of the 8700 bus routes in fairfax county, the school district says 200 were impacted. that means hundreds of students were forced to wait for nearly an hour. >> even with us doing the starts over the past couple days, letting them run 30 minutes, sometimes the cold cranking amp required is a little too much. >> reporter: now, fairfax county public schools says students can expect to see some more delays tomorrow morning, although they don't expect it to be as long as they saw today. you can track your students' bus and see if there are delays or not by logging onto our nbc washington app and searching bus delays. jim? >> all right, meagan, thanks so much. that bitter cold out there is blamed for a flooded school basement. a pipe on a boiler broke here at cramer middle school in southeast d.c. crews from d.c. water and washington gas spent this day pumping water from the building's lower level. mayor muriel bowser toured the school today. she saw water pooling in a basement stairwell. the school district hopes to have the problem fixed by tomorrow morning. that's when d

i want to remind you we have a link where you can track the bus delays for fairfax county system. in our nbc washington app. you can find it there. >> live for us in false church. adam, thank you. >>> and water main break still causing problems. inside lane of wheeler road are still closed but most people living in that area of prince georgia county does have water service. at one point they set up ha water station at saint barn a bus church. barney elementary was also closed today because no water. no word when the road will be completely opened. >>> green line chain because of attract problem outside naylor road. metro didn't say if the problem had anything to do with the weather, cold weather can cause rails to crack. problem cleared about 9:30 this morning. >>> i want to show you dama townhome in laurel. this happened on characterize sa lane, about 40:30 th:30 this mo. prince georgia had helped from montgomery firefighters to get this blaze under control. a family of six now has to find somewhere else to stay. >>> with temperatures in the teens, maryland man search for his mis

he could not talk to us because he signed a non closure agreement with fairfax county public schools. there's another person we haven't mentioned yet who claims principal thomas knew about the allegations all along. his name is jim pointres. he was the winningest coach in school history. named as a witness in a federal complaint who twice observed the principal and the activities director talking about the basketball coach's behavior. one of those conversations was in february. the fact that the football coach was a witness, apparently did not sit well with principal dave thomas who wrote in this e-mail at least we know who the mole is. our football coach. poithrus was reassigned to another school and is not coaching. he's filing a retaliation complaint. he's not talking either. so to be clear, that makes three former lake braddock staff members no longer at the school. the basketball coach was forced to resign. the activities director was forced to resign and the football coach was reassigned to a new school. principal dave thomas is still on the job. so what now? it's been two years

fairfax county is warning that could happen again this morning. we talked to fairfax county leaders about it. >> even with us doing the starts over the past couple of days, letting them run for 30 minutes, sometimes the cold cranking amps required is just a little too much. >> reporter: so be aware of that if your student is heading out to the bus stop this morning. now there is a website that fairfax county has put together that shows when a bus is more than 15 minutes late. we have that on our nbc washington app. i'm going to be tracking that all morning long. if i see any delays, i'll be tracking it back to you. >> adam tuss, back to you. >> thank you. >>> it wasn't just cold on the way to school in our area. some students shivered their way through the day montgomery county. news 4 received this photo from inside a classroom showing the classroom at 48 degrees. students were not expecting the cold to continue once they arrived. >> i thought the school was >> i just remember walking to first period in the morning and everyone was like huddling

these are the conditions we've seen around fairfax. main roads you see her people moving along long fine. on those roads that have been treated. it's neighborhood streets, side streets we're seeing electronicy areas. school on a two hour delay here. it's not expected to get above freezing in restin until 0:00 this morning and so is i know that's why traer going to have so much trouble. but even look at entrance of the school here. all the ice it's no joke we grabbed a screwdriver to show you how thick the ice is. that will take they will have to put some stuff down and try to scrape it away. it's on all of the entrance sidewalks and even drive ways here up tots school. just a quick look at what you might be experiencing. a lot of people might be experiencing ice on cars as well. one thing aaa says never to do we've told you guys before don't ever use hot water to deice your car. you will end up cracking your windshield and then need extra time to go and get that taken care of. so, that's the latest from here in restin we check conition

news4's meagan fitzgerald is in fairfax county. meagan, what was the issue with the buses? >> reporter: well, fairfax county officials tell us the problem is the school buses have been sitting outside in the freezing cold weather like they are behind me here for the last two weeks while students were on winter break. so, this morning when they started them up, some of them didn't turnover. others broke down later. but this is just one of several issues we saw in school districts across our area. >> yeah, it's really cold. especially with the wind. >> reporter: no one thought the start of 2018 would be a warm one. >> it's really cold. we're all wearing our coats. >> reporter: but students returning from winter break at richard montgomery high school figured it would at least be comfortable inside the classrooms. >> i thought the school was going to be warm. it's so cold. >> i just remember walking to first period in the morning, everyone was like huddling up and wearing their coats. >> reporter: a student tweeted this, saying, weather forecast at richard montgomery high scho

the fairfax county bus employees, that's over 1600 buses. that's larger than the entire greyhound fleet. that's a lot of buses to maintain. what happened was these buses have been sitting for a couple of weeks before the christmas break, before the holiday break. then when you try to start them all back up, sometimes you have a hard time getting them going. that's what happened yesterday. about 200 routes were affected. students had to wait outside, as you mentioned, for about an hour. we talked with fairfax county officials about it. >> even with us doing the starting the past 30 days, letting them run for 30 minutes, sometimes the cold cranking amps is just too much. >> reporter: so what's going to happen this morning is fairfax county officials know there is an issue. they'll get out there nice and early to see if they can get the buses started up and make sure everything goes as planned. there is a way to track whether your more. there is a little website that they have put together for that. we have it listed on our nbc washington app,

annie yu is live in fairfax where getting buses going in the frigid temperatures is a problem. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom, maureen, when you have temperatures this cold obviously and that's what we've been seeing across the d.c. region. we've been reporting on water main breaks across the reej yop. wfsc respomd todd over 60 the last self days and it's affecting schools in our area over in montgomery out county as well as fairfax county. and what happened was, over the two-week winter break, these buses like the the ones behind me here, they have been sitting outside in the frigid temperatures for you know the last two weeks or so. and when students return to school yesterday some of these buses wouldn't even start. some stalled and we're told out of 8700 biss routes in county, 200 bus routes were affected and it left hundreds of students waiting outside in the cold for up to an hour. remember it was in the low teens just like today. this morning except winds this morning and yesterday as well. today they'll have extra hands on deck ready to help out.

>> we've got to create a cultured in fairfax county and -- culture in fairfax county and frankly, throughout our entire community and in this country where people feel comfortable to come forward. >> reporter: the federal investigation is continuing and what the families say they want most in falls church, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> to annapolis and the maryland house voting to overturn a veto from governor hogan. the bill in question? the state's new sick leave policy. it requires companies with more than 15 full-time workers to let them earn up to five paid sick days a year. now it's up to the state senate to act and that could happen as soon as friday. >>> sam's club is shutting 63 stores nationwide including the one on reisterstown road in western maryland. the announcement came when it's parent company wal-mart moved to raise its hourly wage to $11 an hour and offer some employees bonuses up to $1,000. >>> traffic came to a halt on d.c. 295 north on the ramp that goes southwest friday on 695. medics rushed to the scene, but the motorcycle rider died a short time after the crash from his inju

. >> a fairfax county man faces serious charges. police found images of child pornography on a device and traced it to him. he lives in alexandria and so far police don't believe he had contact with any children in the images, but fairfax county police want anyone with information about him to give them a call. >> the de mudslides in southern california reached 15 people. >> at least two dozen are missing. search and rescue efforts are under way. neighbors from santa barbara to burbank had witnessed walls of water sweeping away cars and even entire homes. >> there was huge boulders, huge trees coming down. >> why are the ferocious mudslides here? you recall the worst wildfires knocked out lots of trees and vegetation and when the heavy rain hit yesterday, it triggered the avalanche of mud, rocks and boulders. >> at home, we are tracking a yellow weather alert for a rainy ride home. take it easy out there. >> we are in pretty good shape, it's not even that cold. different tomorrow and thursday, with some showers. not everybody will t

live in fairfax, i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. chilling confession indeed. >>> new video of the brazen jewelry store robbery we told you about earlier in the week. this video was released on sunday. it is second time the high-end store has been robbed in a matter of weeks. someone hurled a rock through the window at benson's jewel remembers on 13th and f streets northwest. the burglar smashed three display cases, grabbed jewelry and ran off. the owner says it could be the same burgl few days before christmas. this is surveillance video of that break-in. so far, no one has been arrested in either robbery. if you know anything about the case, you're asked to call police. >>> developing now, we're working to learn the name of the man killed in a two-car crash on branch avenue. this happened around 8:00 last nigh. we're told a woman was driving northbound when a man coming off a nearby service road tried to turn left on to branch avenue. he was hit by the driver and later pronounced dead. the woman was taken to the hospital. police ha

helen's fiance got a job and friday the family moved into this fairfax apartment. it needed a lot. so new friend rachel posted on facebook and it blew up. furniture, a toaster, toys. >> my little pony. >> reporter: so much to make their apartment feel like home, but also a gift that's not easy to find. >> i always had this thing where i felt like really unseen or unimportant. >> reporter: the gift of knowing we're not alone even in our struggles. >> it's nice to be heard. it's nice to be listened to. that makes me feel like we matter. >> home sweet home. >> reporter: in fairfax, debra alfarone, wusa9. >> amazing story. if you want to help, we've got a link on helen is looking for a job doing administrative work and she wants to use her skills to help people just like rachel and her friend helped her. >>> whether you're navigating the roads in this ice or in snow or rain, you know you have to drive accordingly. so what's the best thing to do when your road is slick with ice? you need to kick your ride into four-wheel drive. first let's look at the wheel systems. front and rear wheel

fairfax county changed to closed. all offices are closed in fairfax as well. st. mary's county schools in maryland are also closed today. montgy county schools are now closed. the federal government is also on a two-hour delay with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. stay with us, though. because we're getting updates on schools that have been delayed and now are closing. we'll continue to bring any changes for you right here. >> get out and assess what's happening on the roads and changed the status. as we learn changes, we'll tell you about it. >>> let's get to the forecast and see what we're dealing with weatherwise. sheena parveen begins our team coverage. >> good morning, guys. we're dealing with snow-covered roads out there because of how cold it is. we'll check in with chuck on the patio in a second. he's back now. here's a look at the radar. storm system centered off the coast. we're seeing all snow falling in the district. we've been seeing it for quite a while now. frederick through much of northern virginia into maryland along the eastern shor

bob barnard with more on this in fairfax county. tucker saying they expect that ice to start moving from from the west this afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, it will be interesting to see who made the right call. did fairfax county make the right call? montgomery county having schools in maryland today opened. the issue is not right now. besides a few spotty situations where schools have no heat, schools have their heat, the roads and sidewalks are fine right now but it's what's going to come this afternoon and we're at the vdot salt dome here in fairfax right off 66. and there is a whole line of vehicles coming in here getting salt from this dome here. the issue is as tucker mentioned, the road surfaces are freezing. they've been pretreated since last week. vdot says most of the road surfaces are ready for what's coming but they have bridges and overpasses that they want to treat after the morning commute before the system comes through early this afternoon. so, that's why these trucks are getting loaded with salt and then they'll see

fairfax county police would like to hear from them tonight. live in fairfax county matt ackland fox 5 local >>> headed to court. why a woman who accused roy moore of molesting her is suing the former candidate. >>> the author of the new explosive book about the trump white house responds to claims that it is full of lies. after the break. . >>> an alabama woman is now suing the former judge for defamation. cites negative tacks by moore and his campaign including repeated calling her a liar and questioning her motivation for disclosing the allegations. she also is seeking a public's apology and reimbursing it for all legal fees. moore repeatedly denied the allegations. >>> the explosive new book by michael wolf about the trump white house is on sale. fire and fury. allegedly details everything from the president's campaign to what life is like for the trump administration inside the white house. president trump claims the book is, quote, full of lies. he also sent a cease and desist order threatening legal action, wolf indicated he has audio re

i know fairfax county schools just closed as well.roads especially the side streets, the sidewalks totally snow covered here in old town, alexandria. all right, guys, that's the latest here from northern virginia. we're going to keep driving around. we'll key you back at the 6 o'clock hour with another update. >> mike, you read our minds. you definitely went for prettiest live shot. the christmas lights made it look gorgeous. the driving is treacherous but the scenery is beautiful. [laughter] >> with those lights. >> we're looking like christmas. >> yes. >> we're recreating the white christmas we never had. >> clearly still in the holiday spirit. >> i'm a big believer the snow can look very beautiful from the comfort of your heated home, of course. storm tracker radar look at that snow over us right now. it is mainly light snow, although some steadier snow is just over the district right indicate a heavier band. one over baltimore, south of us, east of 95. at least briefly here in northwest d.c. we had some moderate snow so count on l

in montgomery county, in prince george's county, and in fairfax county.fferent number, you can call for help. even in the car, for example, most people know to pack blankets, extra food, that sort of thing in case you have a breakdown, but you must pack winter clothes in case you need to walk to get help. we also have other tips. you might know kitty litter, cat litter helps if you're on slippery roads and your tires can't get the traction they need. but you can also, if you don't have cat litter,ic use your car's mats from the floor, they can get underneath the tire and that should help with some of that traction, a couple other tips now, if you take average every day shaving cream, has a lot of the ingredients to help defog your car kind of like the commercial defoggers that you get. if you wipe it on there, i know it's a little bit messy to show you guys in person, if you wipe this layer on your windshield and continue to clean it off then have a clear layer once its said and done. if you actually help that get that clear layer on, that will keep your

fairfax counted 134 police chases in 2016. that's up from 119 in 2015. >>> 4:52. in news for your health, concerns about the flu this year continue to grow. 46 states have widespread flu activity with 41,000 cases reported. federal health officials say there are nearly three times more flu cases this season than at the same time last year. california has been hit especially hard with at least 27 deaths in patients under the age of 65. now there's a nationwide shortage of iv bags because many come from puerto rico, which is still struggling to recover from hurricane maria. >> places in puerto rico still without power and struggling to survive all these months later. it's tough. >> it is tough. >>> we're expecting a little rain here, sheena. >> we are, tomorrow. the warm weather is going to be with us again today. n this afternoon, we'll be in the 50s. we're going to keep warming up through tomorrow. but that comes with rain. >> the rain is -- >> i will take the rain. it's like one of those things. a rainy day at the beach is better than a day at work. have the umbr

. >> in virginia fairfax, loudoun own prince william county public schools all on a two hour delay and mannasas public city schools you're operating on a two hour delay and in virginia, spots vain yarks stafford and king george county schools on a two hour delay and fredericksburg city schools delayed two hours. the complete list is controlling on bottom of screen and will be updated on fox5dc.com and "fox 5 news" and weather apps. >> let's look at weather and traffic. there's erin como and there's michael thomas. good morning to you both. >> watch sidewalks and untreated and parking spaces. that's icy this morning. once we get the sun in the sky after sunrise then things will start to improve vastly. more details ahead, hey, erin. >> great advice, mike, use caution on the sidewalks and especially around water main breaks. ongoing scaen annapolis road. maureen, great dress. i same dress. strike appose. erin, we'll talk to you in a few. let's get you caught up on what is happening in the news today. weather is the big story as mike mentioned some places above freezing and some below and

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. >>> fairfax county schools are closed today. that's because they're concerned apparently, chuck, about the weather coming this afternoon. they don't want to start because of how rough it could be this afternoon. >> an abundance of caution sometimes never a bad thing. afternoon highs today, as you can see here, on the forecast map will strugge. freezing. but the ground will remain frozen. anything that does fall will stick. otobably n a bad idea to keep stick. otobably n a bad idea to keep more. you're doing great. [laugher] you look amazing. the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is simple. m more, dream faster, and above all... now, i'll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to d

just from 234 to the fairfax county parkway. i'm just anticipating that's going to get slower because of the amount of volume out there. aside from that we have several water main breaks all around the dmv. please slow it down use caution. annapolis road eastbound s impacted by veterans parkway blocking two right lanes. we also have another one in greenbelt. bw parkway northbound out by the beltway. metro is on time. but other water main breaks to get to. keep it to fox5 news morning. 6 o'clock hour jam packed with news, weather and traffic for. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ havertys furniture helps your home look perfect even when life isn't. nice pick. pops, your pick. art monk! retired. i'll take him over these fools playing today. aw come on, man. that's not how this game works. art monk! i want to change my name to hot momma! lame. you're lame. no! i'm not writing down somebody who's retired! baby, i'm changing my

but jeff with fairfax county public school says that wasn't the case this morning. mechanical issues from the freezing temperatures caused buses to break down. some couldn't even start. out of the 8700 bus routes in fairfax county, the school district says 200 were impacted. that means hundreds of students were forced to wait in the cold for nearly an hour. >> even with us doing the starts the past couple days, letting them run 30 minutes, sometimes the cold krafrcranking required little too much. tomorrowe out early, having dds meet our buses as well to address any issues we have. >> reporter: now, fairfax county public schools says it is possible that students could see delays at the bus stop tomorrow morning, but they do post delays of 15 minutes or more on their website. you can find that website by going to our nbc washington app and searching school delays. back to you. >> i'm impressed meagan is in a stylish little coat. i'd need a coat this big if i was out there. you're very calm. >> reporter: true. i'm layered, but it's still freezing out here. >> i would

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nancy: update on an million abuse case in fairfax county. look at max, a dog found near death a month ago. now max looks like this. fairfax county officers yuring the black retriever back to health. max gained 20 pounds since last month when he was found with urine burns and severely underweight. they hope to find openers to find out what happened. michelle: glad to see max is on the mend. we have rain coming our way? josh: yes. rain coming our way. most of the evening is dry. which is great. because it's mild outside. nancy: nice. josh: you can get out there and not worry about bundling up. but by the weekend it's a different story. we have 58 degrees at reagan national. winds from the south and the cloud cover together really working to keep it nice and mild. if you take a bigger picture there are light showers working to our area. but in general not a lot to come out of this for tonight. when we get to tomorrow morning this will rap in our way. that is when we see the hea the first half of the day on friday. then this close to the cold fr

fairfax, loudoun, prince will july, arlington public county schools all on a two hour delay. mannasas public county schools you're operating on a two hour delay. >> sfav ford and king george county schools on a two hour delay. fredericksburg city schools also delayed two hours. complete list scrolling along the bottom of your screen and and on the "fox 5 news" and weather apps. >> all right. let's check in quickly with mike and erin. mike, we'll start with you. >> guys, watch for slick spots remaining on sidewalks and untreated roadways and parking spaces and major road raise are important in my opinion. sun comes up this afternoon and temperatures above preezing. something to look forward to. >> unfortunately this morning a mix of fog, slick spots and water main breaks impacting reagan national. i'll get you around all those issues and try to keep you safe this morning, guys. >> all right, thank you, erin. >> if you're waking up with us now at 5 a.m. the the big story now is hazardous road conditions

zooming in, we have a mixture in fairfax and we have some snowflakes toward rockville and germantown as you go up to 70. temperatures are actually either side of freezing. howard checked earlier and there there is a glaze on cars and that sort of thing north of gaithersburg with temperatures 31 in damascus and 32 in germantown. 31 in reston and fairfax and springfield but south of town, 34. in clinton, 34 and 34 yellow weather alert. a winter weather advisory from 7:00 until 9:00 with light freezing rain and walking could be more dangerous with a ton of salt. there should be a few slick spots. the futurecast, 8:30 tonight, plain old fashion rain is straddling i-95 and it goes through fast. by the time you get to 10:00, moderate rain into extreme st. mary's county and we are dry from d.c. to the west. temps are 33 in hagerstown and by morning, some 20s. 32 in gaithersburg and 25 in manassas. 27 in orms with some slick spots and by 9:00, low to mid- 30s with sunshine and a good day, probably the best of the last 13. sunshine and time tomorrow night, partly cloudy with temperatures gene

in fairfax, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: sexual misconduct allegations turning into a criminal investigation. new york police reportedly looking to sex abuse claims against russell simmons. two women filed criminal complaints. sill mons stepped down from the company leadership denies the allegation. nancy: it turns out dennis kozlowski -- it turns outs bill cosby does not want to be included the me too hashtag movement. me and it's the comedian said, "please don't put me on the me too movement." he is retried in april on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004. jurors were deadlocked last year in the first trial. alison: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. sam's club is closing dozens of stores across the country. it happened overnight with some employees showing up for work to find out that the store was closed. the stores closing closest to us are owings mills, maryland and richmond. this is the same day they boasted about better benefit and wages and offered $1,000 bonuses to long time employees. mic

fairfax county police also on the ground diverting traffic here.s being diverting at annandale and walnut hill lane. as you can see, we've seen buses diverted, cars diverted. this appears to be just getting started here as well. we look up the road we can see water trickle into that drain to my left over here. you can hear the sound of water gushing in the area. but at this point, expect this to be closed for the duration of this repair here happening in annandale right now. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >>> justin, thank you. >> cleanup is under way at a historic landmark in montgomery county. the basement was flooded of the clara barton home in glenn echo. there is no damage but an inch of water in the basement. that home is being renovated so the valuable items were not there. >>> of course, you can get the latest forecast for your area any time, just open the nbc washington app. >>> we have news from the peninsula. south korea says north korea will send a delegation to the winter olympics next month. this development after the first fo

michelle: heartbreaking images now from fairfax county of a dog saved from near death. a month ago in centreville starved, dehydrated and hurt. now recovering the playful dog named max weighs almost twice as much as he did when found. police home someone recognizes the dog and knows who the owner is. reward is possible for anyone who helps find max's family. nancy: bizarre way to get a coupon. who ikea is telling to urinate on the catalog to flush out savings. michelle: update on the shocking video. the school board president defending the arrest of a teacher who asked a question. bill: good evening, everyone. i'm meteorologist bill kelly. we are at 40 degrees here. look to the west. 64 in nashville now. it's 60 louisville. some of that is heading our nancy: i.c.e. agents conducting predawn raids at 7-eleven across maryland. across the country a hundred stores were swept and 21 people arrested. officials are calling the targeting maket of many illegal hires. immigration enforcement has expanded sharply under president trump with a 40% increase in deportation arrests. mi

reporting in fairfax county, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: a lot of cuties. protectional officers in fairfax county are asking for your help finding the owner of a dog who was starved and left for dead. meet max. agoas found about a month extremely underweight, unable to stand or hold his head up. he still has a long road ahead but is getting better. if you know anything about him or who left in this way, please give the police a call. alison: american girl is out with a doll that boldly goes where no dog has gone before -- to space. oll, thethe new was dul 11-year-old that dreams of being the first person to walk on mars. she is the first american to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math, s.t.e.m. classic soda is getting a millennial makeover. nancy: diet coke has four new flavors. they have ginger lime, feisty chary, twisted mango, and orange. millennials who are choosing other drinks like sparkling water and low-calorie energy drinks. alison: think it will work? nancy: we will see. feisty chary, not just regular chary. alison: if you need so

he was charged in october after police were called jewish's fairfax county home for a report of a fight with an acquaintance. both men had visible injuries. our partners at the washington post report that the charges were dropped after the deal was reached. >> sports reporter who disappeared on saturday was found safe. police said somebody said somebody spotted courtney roland under a traffic overpass this morning and called 911. officers took her to a hospital where she is being evaluated. she severe reaction to medication and suffered memory loss and became confused and disoriented. >> republicans on capitol hill come to president trump's defense after in new book paints him as mentally unstable. >> mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. but after an electrical fire from faulty wiring, mary's vintage clothing and designer shoe collection were ruined. luckily, the geico insurance agency had recently helped mary with renters insurance, and she got a totally fab replacement wardrobe

do you remember this scene in fairfax county?? it started with a man randomly assaulting a child -- and led to a carjacking, a police chase and a crash. well brandon vinson -- the man accused of it all is due in court today. at district court with details. ryan? breaking news out of south korea -- in the last three saying it began preliminary contacts with north korea on a reopened cross-border communication system. this comes as north korean leader kim jong un continues heated threats with president donald trump. un said he had a button on his desk to launch a nuclear missile. but last night -- president trump tweeted -- "will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his... and my button works!" at this hour -- a frantic search -- to find two missing girls in texas. what we now know know about their disappearance. plus -- how would you like to only need a flu shot every few years?? it may soon be a reality. we'll explain

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again - this just in - fairfax county schools are closed today. remember, you can get alerts when your child's school is closed or delayed -- sent right to your phone by signing up at wjla-dot-com. new this morning.. the golden globes, draped in black. this year's award show - tackling sexual harassment head-on. on the red carpet.. a sea of black as a-list stars showed solidarity with the me too and times up movements by wearing black. and during the show itself - host seth meyers quickly set the tone by taking aim at alleged perpetrators of and abuse. but the star of the night - oprah winfrey. she became the first black woman ever to receive the globes' cecil b. demille award.. and brought the audience to its feet as she summed up the night, and the times. as for the film awards.. "three billboards missouri" took home best motion picture, drama. "lady bird" won best picture, for a musical or comedy.. and the top t-v winner, "big little lies" -- which took home four golden globes. from the awards, to the red carpet - we've got everything golden gl

. >> this is at montrose alternative learning center in alexandria section of fairfax. they're reporting a bus delay of more than 30 minutes due to bus trouble. this say great site we'll check it through the morning and temperatures this cold we know things water pipes burst or frozen in the area across the d.c. region we're seeing issues trickle down to schools and yesterday hundred of kids were standing outside up to an hour in parts of fairfax county because we're told 00 bus routes were impacted because some of these buses would not start. some stalled out. and so they he have 8700 bus routes total in country and 00 adpekted yesterday. today they're getting earlier start with extra hands on d deck. we saw drivers coming out around 5:00 checking buses and making sure they're running an they have a maintenance cu onsite at lujer jackson middle school in charles church and we saw a mechanic switch out a batsry on one of the buses and he's working auto on a second bus as well. they're walking around the bus checking tires and person you're and things like that. clearly

loudoun county, fairfax county, d.c. public schools closing. if you have updates, hit us up on twitter. you can also hit me up, @abc 7molly, and also wjla.com /weather/closings. julie, over to you. julie: everything to the east is snow-covered. centercenter centreville, waiting for the bus, it is looking pretty good. we are getting a report that plow,rash involves a northbound beach drive, connecticut avenue. it looks great so far. no incidents reported. 66 at the beltway, patrick henry drive, we have crash cleanup. only the left lane is getting through. this is the westbound side heading towards the capital beltway. in some areas, the commute is a little better than others. for example, 270, see pavement. it is still a slow ripening out of frederick. travelte commute to back down from 109. some ramps and bridges have been treated, some have not. allow extra time out there on those roads, and of course slow it down. that is our traffic watch. we will be back in the next 10 minutes. we're going to take a look at the ride over silver springs. > s

it's an up lifting story of that little retriever named max in fairfax county.otection officers say he is a trooper. just a month ago they found this little guy abandoned near death. he couldn't even stand on his own. news4's amee cho shares his remarkable recovery. >> reporter: if you ever need to find a perfect stick, max the retriever is all too happy to help. just looking at max you'd never guess, but this was him just one month ago, starving, freezing, barely alive. >> i was very scared for max. i honestly didn't have any hope. but i really also wanted him to survive. >> reporter: officer lugo still isn't sure what happened to max, but she thinks he was kept in he couldn't stand on his own, had infections on his belly. >> it was hard to deal with. it was hard to look at him. and not be able to do anything. it was just waiting, waiting to see if the medications would work, waiting to see if he had it in him to fight. >> reporter: and as you can see, max did. now today all he has to worry about is which stick will do the trick. >> can i have it? it's very emo

but around the metro it's 34 in fairfax. dulles is at 32. great falls is 32. bethesda and college park are both at 34. so very few places are actually sub freezing. up north hagers frederick at 32. notice fredericksburg at 38. st. peter's basilica -- petersburg at 34. this is the air temperature. not the feels like temperature. this is the air temperature because it will make a difference. we are close enough now for the most part the winter weather concern is not huge. i hate to say gone. i doubt that they will keep it up until 9:00. radar picking up sleet. all the reports we have gotten, by the time it reaches the surface the protected areas it's falling in the form of liquid. not seeing inty -- not seeing sleet. very few places will have a freeze on contact. shaded areas that were metal and never got sunlight today possibly those. in terms of the places you will walk, careful. most should be in the form of the liquid tonight. looking fine. tomorrow morning i'd be surprised if the schools are delayed due to weather. they may be delayed if there is a burst of

most of those in fairfax county. but some outages too in alexandria and falls church as well as parts of loudoun prince william and stafford counties. >> pepco reporting outages in the thousands. 3400 outages in d.c. and a few hundred in montgomery and prince george's counties. >> ♪ >>> the big story, the white made by president trump that have set a you have a huge firestorm. >> the president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming to the u.s. from certain countries. melanie alnwick this morning live outside of the white house with the latest on the growing controversy. mel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,. reaction coming from lawmakers and also from across the globe. the president apparently dropped the s bomb in the oval office. lawmakers were having a meeting trying to hash out an agreement on protections for immigrant children. we talked about this earlier in the week, the daca protections, right. well, that's when the president reportedly said "why are we having all these people