fairfax county, arlington, loudoun, northern prince william and fauquier. in maryland now, still light snow in montgomery county, southern frederick, howard, northern prince george's county, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's. and the district of columbia is still getting a little light snow. most of it's ending. this is the last batch. it will be moving through over the next hour or so and will taper off and end. around the region, teens. in prince geor's county, upper teens. much of montgomery county, only the mid teens. upper teens arlington, fairfax county, most of northern virginia. much of southern maryland near 20 degrees. all that snow did stick to untreated surfaces where the roadways are wet. by 7:00 a.m., a break from clouds, the snow ending. we'll have it climbing to mid 20s by noontime. by then, winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. that will be blowing snow around. highs only reaching upper 20s by mid-afternoon. looks like a cold night tonight coming up. we'll be clear by midnight. back down to near 20 degrees much of the region. and could get mor

the 10 and fairfax county police investigated. people living in this town tell us all of the police activity is out of the norm. >> this is small town america. >> in a short amount of time, police were able to determine the grenade was injured, but that does not mean the investigation is over. -- was inert. >> after everything calm down, we will be able to get interviews going. >> jummy olabanji reporting from vienna. >> we have had some relatively warm temperatures this past two days, all the things considered. nelson colder air is moving in. if let's get to jacqui jeras for the forecast. >> it is kind of deceiving out there. it looks beautiful with lots of sunshine after a very cloudy start this morning. we had a wintry mix in southern maryland and across the delmarva peninsula. all that has pushed out. skies will continue clearing. mostly sunny this afternoon. temperatures have formed up barely. we are in the mid 30's across the region. we will only move up a couple degrees. then travel conditions will improve up and down the e

prince george's county, article ton, fairfax, montgomery counties, down into mid and upper teens. right at reagan national near 20. in the upper teens near the bay. inland, southern maryland got the heavier snow yesterday. it's only around 10 degrees now. hour by hour throughout the day, we'll have thickening clouds through the morning. by 9:00, 10:00. it's going to be in the low 20s. low to mid 20s by noontime. by 3:00, will likely be in the mid and upper 20s. that's where we'll begin to see the snow moving in from the west. earlier in the mountains. in the metro area by 3:00. between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. we'll have most of the accumulation taking place. there will definitely be slick spots on untreated surfaces by then. all of coming to an end later tonight. danella with a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. we'll start with metro. if you're taking the yellow or green lines, expect delays in both directions because of i a switch problem. if you're traveling marc or vre, i'm checking for delays. both rails aren't reporting delays at this time. over to the roadways. seei

temperatures are below freezing in prince george's county, montgomery county, much of fairfax county,, prince william and fauquier. few isolated spots there farther south. spotsylvania and stafford in southern maryland. part of anne arundel, calvert county near the freezing mark. in the lavender, under a winter weather advisory for this light icing. a little bit of a thin glaze on elevated surfaces between now and until about 11:00 this morning. at 6:00 a.m., still sleet, maybe snow and icing. temperatures right at or below freezing. same thing for 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., muff a few isolated slick spots forming as well as through can 9:00 this morning on those untreated sidewalks and front steps and the side streets that are untreated could have isolated slick spots. if it looks wet, treat it like it might be ice. be very careful. sunrise at 7:17. sunsets at 5:25. then hour by hour through the day today, the temperature graph showing a gradual warmup toward later in the afternoon. it will be around 40 degrees and the rain will be ending by then. four-day forecast, warmer weather tomor

at the fairfax county parkway. that's closed.>> live look elsewhere. route 50 traveling all lanes are open there. seven-minute drive time from route 301 to the beltway. erika? >> thanks so much, alexis. the wizards will try to get back on track this evening. they take on the dallas mavericks at verizon center. the wiz are just 4-24 in the season. that's the worst record in the nba. that hurts to say that. they lost to the bulls on saturday in chicago. tonight's game is set to start at 6:00. we wish them all the luck possible. >>> nhl owners and players are not taking this new year's day off. they will resume negotiations today in an effort to end their lockout and save the season. the two sides met yesterday in times square. negotiators had to plow through new year's eve party-goers to get into the meeting. the players association made a counteroffer to the league. it's not clear yet whether the sides have made progress on a deal. >> we have to review the response. there was an opportunity for the players association to highlight

much of fairfax county now in the upper 30s. prince george's county, hometown forecast, upper 30s by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy then. a lot of sunshine later in the morning. partly cloudy for the lunch hour. in the upper fourth. here's the forecast for the region today hour by hour. by noontime, should be in the upper 40s much of the region. partly cloudy during the afternoon with a lighter wind. highs reaching the low 50s. sunrise coming at 7:27. sunset getting later and later, 5:06. after sunset today, we'll be back down into the 40s. and then some rain may begin to move in tomorrow. we'll look at that and a warmer weekend and a look into next week with your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. first 4 traffic. here's danella. >>> good morning. tom, we'll start with the rails. if you're taking metro, marc, vre, they're running on time. over to the roadway. howard county still dealing with the earlier crash that resulted in downed wires. so this road's going to be shut down for some time. if you're planning to use old frederick road

parts of montgomery county and fairfax county. right in the district, generally had about an inch and a half to two inches. and all the areas farther east have had from an inch to a half inch as far as -- west, as well. they could probably see those streams and creeks out of their bank this morning. all these counties in green have reports of creeks and streams and rivers out of their banks. the monocasee in frederick, at or above flood stage for the day. watch out for that on the rural areas. winds have been picking up. gusts over 40 miles per hour, frederick county, washington county, panhandle of west virginia, locally we've had gusts to around 30 miles per hour. and they're only going to be increasing as the day progresses. now we've got a wide variety of temperatures, 60 in washington. it's dropped back to the 40s now. the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, up into western maryland. hour by hour through the day, we'll have changes going on each hour. we'll still be in the 50s by 6:00 a.m. much of the metro area. b

making your way from fairfax county parkway to the beltway that drive will take 22 minutes. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. new this morning two home fires left families without a home. first in prince george's county a fire started in the basement of a home in mitchellville around 2:00 on the 3200 block of vista road not far from route 50. the fire spread to the rest of the house. no word on if anyone was injured or how that fire started. >>> and in fairfax county, a fire started on the back porch of a townhouse in oakton. it broke out just after midnight on bushman drive not far from i-66. the fire went to two alarms and quickly spread throughout the home. everyone did get out okay. the cause, though, is still under investigation. >>> right now the old say, "its a two-horse race." virginia lawmakers make a strong push to can convince the fbi to move to northern virginia. a stakes holder meeting is taking place. prince george's is also fighting the bring the fbi to maryland. the relocation could bring with it about 12,000 jobs and a cut of the agency's $8 billion b

previously, fairfax county was barred from removing signs on state-controlled roads. the proposal would allow the county to fine offenders on behalf of the vdot. a final vote doesn't come until later this year. >>> parents in virginia are scratching their heads this morning after fairfax county officials say they're looking to change zoning permit rules for home daycare providers. current state law allows for up to 12 kids in home daycares. county rules allow for seven unless the provider has a special zoning permit. the fee for that permit is more than $1,000. the county board of supervisors presented more. >> the county will do everything that we can to make sure we're keeping child care providers and that we're making it easier for new child care providers to come through the system. >> i think we're going to lose a lot of good daycare providers because a lot of people will not want to go through this process. >> there will be public hearings to discuss the proposal in the coming months. 5:21 right now. let's go to first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >> a serious

fairfax county announced a two-hour delay. gomery county, maryland, fairfax county, virginia o a two-hour delay. >> stafford and prince george's county schools close clod today. >> tom? >>> a light coating of snow stuck to all untreated surfaces. where you see roadways wet that's because they've been salted. there is the view from our city camera. visibilities have been lowered a little bit. we see the washington monument, light snow now at reagan national airport. that light snow is going to be with us here for another couple of hours. right now, it's at 19 at reagan national with a northeast wind around 10. that wind will shift to the northwest after the snow ends. you see the general trend is for it to move to the south and east. it's broken up a bit now. parts of southern maryland where they had the most report of snow. now the highest amounts are st. mary's county where they had over two inches near town creek. in the northern neck of virginia, bill holliday newland, a weather watcher, reports an inch of snow in richmond c

that includes prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. we'll hold steady in the teens for another two or three hours. huntingtowne only 11 degrees in calvert county. much of southern maryland's only around 10 degrees where they got that heavier snow yesterday. we have the high, thin clouds obscuring a little bit of that moon low in the western sky now. we might have a little bit of sunshine coming through the high clouds this morning. we'll have a lot of cloud cover moving in. by noontime, this area in the lavender, this potential light show looks like it's moving into the mountains by noon. the leading edge, around 3:00 or 4:00, our western sub sushs starting to get accumulating snow. between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. into the district. by 7:00 p.m., it looks like it will be around the bay, on the eastern suburbs, on the eastern shore. it will continue to move off to the east and quickly will clear out after that and we'll get cold again on saturday morning. here are the amounts i'm expecting. an inch or less. much of maryland, all of virginia,

county. parts of western fairfax. as we zoom in on prince george's county, bowie, our hometown forecast location. 8:30 a.m. near 40 degrees. by noon, the low 50s. that's going to be typical. nice warmup. the metro area. part of the shenandoah valley may hit near 60. back in ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. danella with a look at traffic now. >> good morning. well, starting to see delays on some of our roadways. for the most part, not bad. kind of a stop and go for you. 66 slow as you make your way towards 28 here. but here's a live look at sudley. you can see a bit delayed here. delays are about a mile. once you're past 28, centreville road, making your way to fairfax county parkway, easy trip. 12 minutes to the beltway. back to you. >>> it's now 6:12. parents venting frustration with a local school district handling of our icy weather. >>> volkswagen's later super bowl ad has people talking had morning. it's not the publicity the automaker wanted. >>> you're in the water now. >> we have to bail. >>> the dramat

just a few lingering areas of light snow in prince william county. fairfaxrn charles, parts of prince george's, calvert, st. charles, anne arundel. to the west, lingering flurries montgomery county into frederick and howard counties in maryland. these are the snow total. observers are just taking measurements. a dusting to an inch most of northern virginia, the district. much of maryland, the nearby suburbs around washington. however, this band here in dark blue is where they got two to four inches parts of southern maryland, southern calvert county, and in st. mary's, southern charles. parts of the northern neck, then west of there, stafford, spotsylvania, culpeper, southern fauquier to rappahannock, two to four inches there. temperatures are cold. all that snow stuck to all untreated surfaces. if it looks wet, it's because it's been salted. your street, sidewalk, front steps treacherous. make sure you take care of that. it's sweepable snow, a dry snow. we're in the upper teens right now. most of the area. hour by hour throughout the day, we'll get sunshine

a few lingering sprinkles, prince george's, the district, fairfax county and loudoun county.peratures are dropping into the 40s now to near 50. reagan national now down to 53. just an hour ago, it was at 60. the temperatures are rapidly dropping. much of prince george's county now in the low 50s. and we're going to continue to see the temperatures dropping throughout the day. storm team 4 four-day forecast will drop to the 30s after sunset. winds will be gusting to 50 miles per hour today. we could have gusts tomorrow to around 40 miles per hour. maybe some morning snow showers on friday. we'll be down into the 20s friday morning. and into the upper 30s friday afternoon. then all of the way down to the teens on saturday morning. saturday afternoon, cloudy, highs only the mid 30s. a lighter wind. and then cloudy on saturday night, late saturday after midnight into the early morning hours on sunday. you might get flurries or some snow showers. the upper 20s then. and sunday afternoon, cloudy, highs around 40. and it's still going to be cold on monday. partly sunny, interest the

prince george zimmerm's county >> fairfax county government is open with unscheduled leave. pay attention if you take public transit to work as well. the loudoun county commuter bus service is delayed until 10:00 and prtc omni link will be running on a three-hour delay. >>> let's find out what had morning going to look like. tom kierein here with your forecast. tom, good morning. >> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing this precipitation but moving in the last six hours. but it's suspended aloft. much of it is drying up before reaches the ground. to our west, some is beginning to reach the ground. these areas in the darker pinks in loudoun county, montgomery county, as well as -- frederick county west virginia. panhandle there. leesburg they're getting sleet and freezing rain beginning. all points east, it's generally just a little bit above freezing. any rain that falls is going to generally just be wet initially. but just to our west, you look here and montgomery county it's at the freezing mark, so is much of fairfax county, points west into loudoun county and along th

attempts to regulate stormwater in fairfax county. the u.s. district judge says the environmental protection agency overstepped its bounds when it tried to restrict the runoff from the creek. attorney general ken cuccinelli says the ruling will save virginia taxpayers over $300 million. >>> they say old habits die hard and you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but those concepts today came together to save a woman inside a burning home in bowie. retired firefighter billy mills saw smoke as he was driving along route 301. he knew it was a house fire by the smell. so this 20-year-old veteran made a beeline for that sneak and arrived at just about the same time as emergency crews, but then he got some unexpected help to save the day. >> a large black lab come charging at me, not knowing what he was going to do, i shut the gate real quick and when he came over, his tail was wagging. so i assumed he was okay. opened the gate, he jumped up a little bit frantically. i calmed him down. next thing i know he took off to the house. to the right

arlington, fairfax county now into the mid and upper 50s. r south in prince william county, stafford, spotvania x fauquier, in the low 60s. a few clouds racing through. sunshine in and out. hour by hour. by noontime into the 60s by early to mid-afternoon. the low to mid 70s with winds gusting to 30 mirror higher. then we do have that risk of severe storms 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. this evening. frequent updates throughout the morning. >>> tom, thank you. developing news out of egypt where the streets were anything but quiet overnight. >> that is the sound of thousands of egyptians defying a nationwide curfew overnight. protesters played soccer in the streets, danced and rallied to demand that mohamed morsi resign. the curfew was put into place last sunday after anti-government protests left 60 people ded and hundreds injured. the on sis says morsi and the islamist brotherhood hijacked the revolution and haven't addressed the country's issues. >>> this morning, investigators say the deadly nightclub fire was sparked by flares that are designed for ou

arlington, fairfax counties also in the 50s.r through the morning hours, climbing into the 60s. wind out of the south at 20 miles per hour. then we'll peak into the low 70s it looks like by 3:00 with gusty wind. then strong storms between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. some storms could be severe. the latest on that with frequent updates toughout the morning. next update in ten minutes. >> see you soon, thank you, tom. >>> still to come on "news4 today," if you like the weather, get ready for another change. >>> plus the so-called franken you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. . >>> i'm angie dpof in the news 4 live desk. new information into the newsroom about the problems that led to the grounding of all those boeing 787s. nippon airways says even before two battery fires on board shall the dreamliners, the airplane replaced ten batteries in its aircraft. the thing is they never reported it because safety was not considered a concern

we have an accident on the ramp to northbound 95 in virginia at fairfax county parkway. the ramp has been closed. it is a one-vehicle crash. as you can see in the video here. a lot of police activity on the roadway and that ramp is shut down. another accident blocking traffic this morning at northbound rock creek parkway at p street northwest. traffic has been diverted to k street northwest. >>> alexis davis in for danella this morning. thank you. >>> a stabbing hours into the new year. it happened near talbert street and martin luther king boulevard southeast. two women traveling together were attacked. one was stabbed, the other beaten. the suspect ran and ran off the bus. the victims suffered serious injuries. no word on the motive or the search for a suspect. >>> also new this morning, police are investigating a seven-car crash in northeast d.c. the chain reaction crash happened along new york avenue near blade ens burglary road around 1:30. five people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. new yo

fairfax county closing 2 hours early. montgomery county 2 1/2 hours early. fauquier closing at noon. charles county closing 2 hours ear early. loudoun county closing 1 hour early. calvert county and frederick county, maryland, closeding 2 hours early. continue to watch the bottom of your screen for more updates and tune into nbcwashington.com. storm team meteorologist tom kieran. folks are getting ready for the storm coming this way. >>> just enough to put down a coating but will stick immediately once it starts falling. showing the mountains. the bright white areas is where it's reaching the ground. where you see the darker gray, it's all pretty much drying up before it reaches the ground. we don't have -- it shows on radar snow right over northern virginia, the district, and maryland, don't have any reports of any of that reaching the ground. when you look at the sky, you kind of see there's a little bit of fuzzy look to the clouds. that is actually the snow falling out of the clouds, but then it dries right up. it reaches the surface. it's going to take a

fairfax county parkway southbound, a crash blocking the right lane. f delays on 95 northbound in maryland before 198. howard county, a crash has been cleared, travel lanes now open. slow go on the inner loop of the beltway crossing the american legion bridge towards the i-270 spur. to 70, brief delays past old georgetown road, montrose road, the laser gun in gaithersburg. -- delays began it in gaithersburg. >> coming up, the pakistani girl who was shot by the taliban and who inspired the world has reached a milestone. >> residence in manassas on alert tonight. somebody has been leaving threatening letters on their doorsteps. >> also, which vehicles are >> manassas police looking for a man who is leaving threatening letters on doorsteps. that he leaves them at night and then runs away. greta kreuz has what people are saying about the strain threats -- stramngenge threats. >> the most recent threat was on the year's eve notes scrawled in pen or pencil, each different, but all threatening to kill. carolina found that no one night last month after somebody

less than that in fairfax county. that is about it. i think that is the best we can do out of the system tomorrow with a slight little chance of rain. 48 in gaithersburg. 48 in martinsburg. 55 in culpeper. mostly cloudy tonight. for the most part in the 30's. the majority of us will remain above freezing. tomorrow, gray day with the system clipping us. a few late they sprinkles. not a big deal. have the umbrella handy, but one of those days it may be more of a nuisance to carry it with you. not looking at all that much in terms of rain fall. temperatures around the 50 degree mark. more upper 40's. sunday, 70 degrees is a strong possibility. should we erode the fog we may break 70 on sunday. the record is 75. >> i am so excited. thank you. >> the nominations for the 85th annual academy awards have been announced, and the civil war era link"lincoln" leads with 12 nominations. it is competing against eight other films for the top honor. the oscar host was surprised to learn he was nominated for best original song and his comedy "ted." >>

and it's likely to repeat itself throughout fairfax county.sentially, the question, should a long-term resident have to foot the bill for a construction project that may not be complete in their lifetime? that's right. this project here is not expected to be complete for the next 40 years. but residents are being asked the pay for it now. residents and even the commercial land owners here, taxes for the average condo owner will go up about $30 a month for the next four decades. that's estimated to bring in $230 million. >> going to be an exciting location. so it's important that, you know, that the people who are benefiting from the redevelopment, you know, are also participating in funding. >> it's not just being selfish for residents. it's just not fair. if you create this and make a pact, you tax all of fairfax county because all of the county is going to benefit between now and 2050. >> reporter: listen, when the board of supervisors proposed the tax rate just for the area, they didn't know about current state law. state law passed several

they called the vienna police and they called in the fairfax county bomb squad and the fairfax county bomb squad did say it was a threat and they used the robot and they spent about five or ten minutes using the video come are on the robot to examine the device and about ten minutes later they picked it up and brought it back to where the bomb squad members were assembled and then took it around the building. we're told behind the building they dismantled the device and i was told by one of the fairfax county officers it was a grenade with the pin inside but it was missing the blasting cap so they deemed it as hazardous but didn't pose that much of a threat to the business. the atf and fbi were on scene and they are trying to determine where the grenade came from. such an odd thing to have one laying in the treat. we'll continue to follow the story. 123 has been re-opened as the fairfax police and vienna place still investigate. >>> one person dead in a house fire in lower maryland, it broke around around 8:30 this morning near route 198. the firefighters say once the blaze was out on

fairfax county has over 310 pieces of equipment. down in the southern part of the county, right now, frozen precipitation, but nothing is really sticking. here in lowdon as you know. >> reporter: what is the word of advice? so crews can do their job? >> the government i believe is opening late. i know the fairfax county schools i believe are two hours late. some schools are closed. if you don't have to be out, please don't. give our forces time to treat the roads and try to keep them in safe travel mode. >> thanks steve for joining us this morning. we'll see you in a half hour. >>> delia goncalves live this morning. time is 6:06. i am watching your money. investors are waiting to see yahoo's report. going to be the first full quarter under ceo melissa mayer. >>> some economists are optimistic in 2013. according to a survey by the national association for business economists. >>> the number is down from 65% we saw in october. >>> the investigation into boeing's 787 airplane has turned to the company which makes the plane's monitoring

but the 18,000 condo owners in the area say the tax unfairly targets them when all of fairfax county will benefit from the 40 year plan. the board of supervisors still needs to raise the $230 million in taxes, the $230 million rather that the taxes promise to bring in, but they'll now have to current state law. that law lumps all commercial and residential land owners together. if they change the law, maybe residentses will get a bit of a tax break when it comes to paying the new taxes. >> we can decreate and recreate to make changes to it which is something we could do as a result of general assembly action. >> who wants to buy a business or condo when i can go a mile away and pay less tax for the home and business. >> reporter: but know typically things in the general assembly move very slowly. however we're told by the board that the governor wants to focus on transportation for this short session. and she believes, the chairman believes that they can take up this issue and change the current zoning law in regards to taxes this session. so possibly there could be a change in the l

that includes montgomery county, arlington, fairfax. northern virginia, shenandoah valley into the mountains. radar showing a few sprinkles moving out of the central shenandoah valley near culpeper county. as we zoom in on montgomery county, there's clarksburg. maybe one little sprinkle there east of clarksburg and that's the hometown location for the forecast. by 7:00 a.m. there, near 40 and a partly sunny sky by noontime. in the upper 40s. throughout the day today, we're going to have a nice warmup. ought to be hitting the mid-50s by mid-afternoon and partly sunny. i'm back with your seven-day outlook. now danella. >>> metro running smooth. marc, vre, same story. still a report of emergency roadwork at new hampshire avenue heading northbound at sligo creek parkway. blocks the center lane there. volume is very light. checking out bw parkway and i-95 between the capitol beltway, travel lanes are open. a live look. i-95 at 100. nice and clear. no issues at all. your volume still pretty light right now. angie and eun, over to you. >> thank

a fairfax county students's battle with brain cancer and >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. >> the man accused in the terrific movie theater massacre in colorado is one step closer to facing a trial. a judge late tonight says there is enough evidence for james holmes to move toward in the case. he is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others inside that movie theater in colorado last summer. this comes as a student in california haskell is recovering from critical injuries after he was shot at school. a gunman shot him at a high school in california, 120 miles outside of los angeles. detectives say the teacher and another staff member were able to convince the government to put down his gun before anyone else was hurt. both shootings are fueling the debate over gun rights in america tonight. people appear far apart on this issue following a show down in the white house. this comes after the nra is getting a host of support. autria godfrey is live. >> what little hope there might have been that vice-president biden and leaders with the nra could com

not only here in northwest washington but in montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, ern maryland, and the northern neck, away from the waters. the rest of northern virginia into the shenandoah valley, only near 20 degrees as is northern montgomery county into howard and frederick, washington, western maryland, and into parts of west virginia. only in the teens. hometown forecast, burke, fairfax county, by 8:30 a.m., upper 20s. by noontime, mid 30s. and a lot of the sunshine. hour by hour, here's how we're looking throughout the day. we'll have temperatures reaching near 40 by mid-afternoon. seven high day outlook in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you. >>> now 6:42. a traffic alert for drivers heading into northwest washington. you could see big delays along wisconsin avenue because of a water main break. we have more on that live from chevy chase. tony, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we're already starting to see some slowing here along wisconsin avenue right by dorsett avenue. you can look behind me and see some of the traffic just getting by in one lane.

fairfax county officials say they're looking to change zoning permit rules for at-home day cares. e law allows for up to 12 kids in home day cares. but county rules only allow for seven unless the provider had a special zoning permit. and the fee for that permit is more than $1,000. the county board of supervisors has presented a proposal to adjust zoning rules to allow for up to a dozen kids and lower that fee. >> the county will do everything that we can to make sure we're keeping child care providers and that we're making it easier for new child care providers to come through the system. >> i think we're going to lose a lot of good day care providers because a lot of people will not want to go through this process. >> in the next few months, there will be public hearings to discuss the proposal. >>> meantime, some top republicans are already voicing concern with president obama's plan for immigration reform. the president laid out his plan yesterday in vegas. it calls for bolstering border security and cracking down on employers hiring undocumented workers. the president also wa

county. closer to washington, near 30 in montgomery, arlington, fairfax and prince george's. la plata down to 21 in charles county near the bay in southern maryland. most locations upper 20s to 30 degrees. here's our looking for friday, the 4th day of january. we'll have a mostly clear sky through the morning hours and mid afternoon. few clouds moving in late afternoon into this evening. before then, we should climb into the low 40s by mid-afternoon. winds will be blustery. sunrise at 7:27. sunset at 5:00. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. a look at your friday evening, mike cremedas in for danella. >> no reports of backups on the inner loop or the outer loop. let's talk about 95 in virginia. things are looking good as you make the trip north. let's take a live look in dale city. no serious backups there. looking great at the springfield interchange. it's a 27-minute ride northbound 95 to the beltway at 57 miles per hour. >>> mike, thank you. melissa mollet is at the live desk with breaking news. good morning. >> good morning. police are looking for a 15-year-o

arlington, much of fairfax county and the rest of the northern virginia area, out towards loudon county and prince william county. we're going have the warmer weather continuing to move in until tomorrow. we'll have details on that. might even get strong storms. and a big change after that. all the details in a few minutes, barbara. >> let's check the midday tracks. alexis davies this morning. >> there's an accident reported northbound 95 at maryland at route 32. it is on the off-ramp. the off-ramp is closed because of delays. ald the beltway, you're looking at a 17-minute drive as you drive from 95 to 70. still dealing with the water main break at little river turnpike. and another water main break, route 2 at north kings highway. back to you guys. >> thank you, landover. prince george's county detectives say keith watson was shot on rangewood drive. investigators are looking for a black audi with maryland tags. 012524ce. if you have any information, call police. >>> and school buses could have video cameras on to catch drivers speeding around them at stops. have we seen a lot of these

new developments tonight in the case of a lawsuit in fairfax county. the supreme court of virginia is reversing a judge's order that a woman removed-online reviews of a contractor. the aclu appeal the original order, citing it as a violation of the first amendment and virginia law. the supreme court has thrown out the preliminary injunction issued in fairfax county circuit court. >> it is a chilly out there today but we are on par for where we should be at the beginning of the year. >> bitterly cold. >> the next couple of days will be cold but we will warm up and by early next week, we could be in the '50s. this is from leesburg during the day and shows off very nicely the array of clouds we enjoyed during the day. in may for a nice guy and toward sundown, we see the skies clearing out of it tonight and clear skies and dry, cold conditions with temperatures and the dew point near 19 degrees. that is the target area right now. a bit of a chill in air in beloit. a definite chill in the air but that doesn't qualify for bitterly cold. 29 in hagerstown. 40

that includes prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery county, and all of northern virginia 20 degrees farther north and west. frederick county, washington county, panhandle into allegheny county. here's how thing are looking, storm team 4 four-day forecast. afternoon high only in the 30s. briefly near 40 around the metro area. lots of sunshine, a clear night tonight and cold, down into the low to mid 20s again tomorrow morning. on friday afternoon, lots of sunshine, we should be a bit milder. maybe the low to mid 40s, but still cold. cold day gwen on saturdagain on, clouding up in the afternoon into the mid 40s. there's going to be a front coming in, does look like sbotd sunday with a lot of cloudiness. only a small chance of a few scattered flurries. and should not cause any problems for the skins' game. shower in the mid 40s for a brief time sunday, then during the game back to the low 40s. then 30s during the evening sunday. here's the storm team 4 seven-day outlook. into the first part of next week, another dry pattern setting up. we'll have sunshine monday, tuesday, an

just a couple of sprinkles and showers in loudoun county and fairfax county. north of fairfax and toward gainesville and that is about it. so nothing heavy tonight, certainly, but we have to keep the chance for showers in. no icy problems tonight. keep your umbrella handy. milder tomorrow. like april on wednesday, then we get a reality check. back to winter on thursday. temperatures tonight steady, mostly cloudy, breezy, milder. got to keep a few showers in the forecast. winds will pick up southwest 10 to 15 and that will get temperatures up. mostly cloudy and mild. could see a shower or fog early. temperatures in the 40s to around 50. and then by afternoon, skies should return partly sunny, milder, keep the chance of a shower in, but highs 54 to 58 and winds pick up south, southeast at about 10 to 15. now the next three days, our 9 weather alerts will be green tomorrow, early morning showers. we go yellow. gusty wind, even without the thunderstorms. we could see winds of 30 miles per hour wednesday evening. maybe a morning shower on thursday. a big temperatur

clear in prince george's county and fairfax county and points north. was never really super concerned about tornado. we've always been concerned about the winds, and they're still coming. essentially the entire metro areak the corridor, anyway, is under a flash flood warning until 4:30 so don't try to cross a flooded street by car or foot. you might want to allow maybe 10 extra minutes to get to work tomorrow. a look at radar. pretty good batch. even as far south as lynchburg everything mig gritting. it's now straddling 270 through montgomery county. we have rainfall amounts north of town and for the first batch of one to three inches toward frederick and northern loudoun county. so a lot of flooding north and west of town. right now some pretty darn heavy rain from olney out towards avenue, down to the south, essential across east west highway into silver spring. so that's the heaviest rain. in frederick we had a water rescue from a woman atop her car at 7:37 up near urbana. now we have high water, pretty much new, 9:54, 10, road closed due to high wa

again, that is a situation there in atlanta and the situation on the gropings in fairfax county. >>> we'll transition now and let you hear a little something about how beyonce responded to the critics who questioned whether she lip synced the performance on inauguration. >> she took a lot of heat for that. >> she sure did and this is how she responded. are we going to the so -- to the sound? i think we're going to it now. ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly ♪ . >> so that was how beyonce chose to respond to questions about her lip synced inaugural performance and although she wouldn't go into details of her performance for the super bowl, she says we can expect a big announcement and a live performance for sure. >> we're all looking forward to that. >> i will absolutely be singing live. i'm well rehearsed and i will absolutely be singing live. this is what i was born to do, what i was born for. >> all right. she was born to sing. now beyonce was only some of the news out of big easy. for some ravens news let's go to the blitz and glitz team. kristen berset

parts of fairfax county. the areas in green above freezing. the rain not quite freezing in that area as well as along 95 and south. but east we're getting in this white zone. prince jorjts county, anne arundel, parts of charles. switching over to freezing rain there. temperatures above freezing now. it's going to get below freezing. north and west, we're all at or below freezing northern virginia and nearby suburbs in maryland. we're going to stay this way through about 10:00 at the freezing mark. light icing on tree limbs and power lines and shrubbery. a look at the afternoon and we'll take a look at that in ten minutes. i'm here with frequent updates throughout the morning. eun? >>> thanks, tom. the freezing rain could not come at a worse time, as the monday morning rush gets under way. in some places, things are starting to become slippery. melissa mollet is live in germantown with a check of how things look there. melissa, what's going on? >> good morning, eun. you can probably see this slow, steady freezing rain we've been getting for the

we're above freezing in the mid-30s in the rural areas of northern virginia, including parts of fairfax county into loudoun, prince william and fauquier. stafford and spotsylvania. gaithersburg to near 40 degrees. college park in prince george's county in the mid-30s. also the low to mid-40s much of southern maryland. over the last several hours, we've had those overnight sprinkles dissipate. but we have a few more coming from the west. right now in the shenandoah valley light sprinkles. clouds coming and going today. by 4:00 p.m., partly sunny and mostly cloudy overnight. by 11:00 going to be quite cloudy. during the day on wednesday, lot of clouds around but a southerly flow warming us up ahead of a strong front. all had area in zone is a zone of potential rain out of the mountains and sweeping into the metro area. this is as of 3:00 in the afternoon. not quite yet into the metro area. by late afternoon, we could have this line of heavy downpours maybe with embedded thunder and lightning into tomorrow morning and moving on through quickly. leaving an inch of rain or more. patchy fog by 8:00

it's in fairfax county and montgomery county and loudon. we're seeing some east of 95 towards southern maryland and into the delmarva peninsula. winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00. i think we may be only a couple hours left and the snow will be out of here. anytime you see these dark blows toward silver spring is where we are getting moderate snow fall -- dark blues. in dunkirk, is still coming down and beginning to diminish. in lusby-- it is still coming down in dunkirk and it is starting to diminish in lusby. it is 19 degrees currently wind chills around 12. temperatures should make it well into the 20s this afternoon today. there you see a clip for pushing through. it will come to an end very quickly. that's why we call it a clipper. our next system is around the corner. if things will be clearing up throughout the day. expect some sunshine before the end of this afternoon. partly cloudy skies tonight into tomorrow. klaus will increase. by mid afternoon, another chance of snowfall. we could pick up two inches. heavier amounts e

maybe a few scattered flurries in fairfax county and into western maryland.emperatures are down into the 20s. locally, around the beltway, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties near 30 degrees. it's going to hold steady here below freezing to near freezing for another couple of hours. here's the inauguration day forecast on the mall. by 8:00 a.m., still mid 30s or so. upper 30s. by the time of the swearing in ceremony between 11:00 and noon. the low 40s. may climb briefly into the mid and upper 40s between 1:00 and 3:00. by 4:00 with a lot of clouds around. back down to the low 40s. winds gusting around 20 miles per hour. then we could get snow showers this evening. some quickly passing by. like a rain shower in the summer. only these will be producing snow. might be briefly putting down a dusting. temperatures down at or below freezing by late evening. after midnight, clearing out. winds blowing over 25, 30 miles an hour from time to time late tonight. during the day on tuesday, a frigid day with those gusty winds with sunshine. highs only

. >> if fairfax county officials have it their way, this would be the new headquarters for the fbi. really this is just one of many sites being considered. in virginia alone you have fairfax, loudoun all gathering with a clear goal. the fbi's move has been in the works for a while. the current facilities too small and falling apart. they want bigger. >> they need 55 acres, 2.1 million square feet. >> reporter: and it's got to be accessible. >> no question gsa would like it to be as close to public transit as possible and not too far outside the beltway. >> this bipartisan group coordinated by jim moran, clearly pushing for virginia. while stopping short of endorsen one specific location, they did concede springfield proves to be a strong candy. >> gsa warehouse site is obviously an excellent site. it's fairfax county's preferred site. >> fairfax county lead district supervisor jeff mccabe wants -- but the incident still looms. it's this federal outpost blamed for worsening congestion along 395. he claims an fbi headquarters in springfield will not hurt commuters. >> we can handle a w

. >>> the fairfax county school bloord meetings in less than an hour whether to decide to expand the gifted program, a.a.p. administrators want to add it to they limitnary skiles, four middle schools to create more slots for gifted students, but some parents worry that rapidly expanding the program will weaken it. school board members have expressed concern that the district needs to address overcrowding issues first. >>> still ahead on "news4 at 6," d.c.'s police chief fires back after a new report is released, claiming that not all sexual assaults are reported accurately. >>> a major push to ban assault weapons. >>> the d.c. area not the only place feeling the blast. up north where rivers are turning icy. >>> and virginia's governor and the >>> tonight reaction from the white house s jay carney says is the north korean test would be a significant violations of united nations resolutions. today north korea made clear the long-range rockets are designed gnome to launch satellites, but carry warhead aimed at striking the united states. >>> describing the murders of children as a call

fairfax county schools are delayed two hours. fauquier county schools closed. king george county schools also closed. loudoun county schools are delayed for two hours. prince william county schools closed. stafford county schools closed. fredericksburg city schools closed. now, be sure to watch the bottom of your screen. we'll have the latest on the delays and closings. you can find them ho myfoxdc.com. we got a lot going on. >> you need a sip of water? >> i think i'm he good for the moment. i just had to take a deep breath. >> we'll talk more about the weather. >> there will be a test on all the school districts coming up. >> just say a of them in the area. >> it is all over the place. the snow still continues to come down here for those of what you love snow. very light, very dry snow so as far as packing snow, you can't do that. you can almost take a broom to it and it will almost sweep away off your car if you want. you can see with the radar, we've got snow right across the district inside the beltway and that will be with us -- i'm he seeing less and less

through northern sections of fairfax county, right around great falls toward the river, may be extending up into southern sections of montgomery county, but that's all kind of been moving on through. you can see the back edge, though, which is really coming our way. a winter weather advisory technically is still in effect. it's going to go till 9:00 tonight generally speaking swre. about half an inch across the area. some places maybe a little bit more than that. real cold overnight tonight but we'll see sunshine for the weekend. full forecast coming up. >> all right, gary. see you then. time for the car wash come tomorrow, maybe. >> there will be long lines. >>> coming up tonight, a nasty norovirus outbreak is spreading across the country. also, fighting the flu. new numbers show activity may have peaked. >> plus, are you down on your luck? why a new study says that could lead to an increase in calories you take in.  >>> new government numbers show the flu seems to be leveling off. according to the cdc, flu activity is declining in most regions, but it's still rising

elsewhere on the roadways, here's a live look at 66 at fairfax county parkway. as you see, low volume on the roadways. the eastbound lanes on the right side of the screen. and another look, 95 just north of the occoquan. aaron, eun? >> thank you. >>> 4:41. breaking news concerning the search for a missing bethesda man. >>> ahead, the court ruling that could change how you leave reviews on web sites like yelp. >>> why one of d.c.'s own police officers is crying foul over a speed camera ticket he got in the mail. >>> i'm at the live desk. police in montgomery county are searching for a missing bethesda man. 43-year-old frank jonathan herbal lives along southport drive. he was last seen at 3:45 in the afternoon wednesday. police say he's without his medication and they're worried for his well-being. herschel is 510 h.p. and weighs 170 pounds. anyone with instructioformationd to call investigators. >>> there are still no signs of leaking fuel from a drilling ship that ran aground on a remote alaskan island. officials checked it yesterday. it ran aground during a str

. >>> julie carey in fairfax county where there were big worries last year that hundreds of home daycare slots could be lost because of new regulations. the county has plan to ease >>> i'm meteorologist doug camer. taking a look at what will be coming our way over the next 24 hours. line of severe thunderstorms, even some tornadoes out there around portions of st. louis. for our region, one thing that will kick up first is the winds. very windy day tomorrow. wind advisory back to the west including areas around the shenandoah valley and parts of the blue ridge with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. even around the d.c. metro area. i expect winds upwards of 40 miles per hour an hour. not to mention a coastal flood watch and could be some moderate coastal flooding over the next 24 hours, too. lot to talk about. we will have it all for you coming up in a couple of minutes. yes, the word snow is in the forecast. >>> breaking news. reaction coming in right now to the verdict in the misconduct trial of anne arundel county executive john leopold. >> a judge convicted him on two -- of the coun

western fairfax county seeing fluffy flakes. we also know from brian stoppee that castleton, virginia, has about a half inch of some fluff out there. so you can follow me. i'm @weatherkim. i'm always happy to hangut and chat right back at you. this morning it's still cold. we've been below freezing since tuesday at midnight. yeah, well, today we have a chance of getting to the freezing mark maybe a little bit above. 28 degrees is our magic number. winds are out of the north at 3 miles an hour. limited sunshine at the moment. here's the snow showers coming down. we have one little batch earlier this morning. now another batch moving in to western fairfax as we just mentioned. this was in the greater winchester area too. i want to zoom in for you so you can see exactly what we're talking about. right here, right along 17. this is all very light. the air is so cold that fluffy snow that doesn't stick too well. and into western fairfax, a little bit of light snow. again, nothing heavy. you want to be careful if you're doing travelin

delays on fairfax county heading toward quantico.a slow go on the inner loop of .he beltway ,ome big delays in college park loop heading over 50 and the outer loop heading toward the interchange. we had reports of bent disabled looks to be clear now -- reports of a disabled vehicle. additional delays heading into frederick county. >> coming up, the war against illegal immigrants is being waged in our backyard. we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >> the netherlands is about to new king. >> could this be a signal of well?s in britain as >> a popular female monarchs, an .nu g she steps aside to let him rule. queen beatrix, predation -- scheiber 75, tells the nation will have decayed to her william alexander. will become the first king -- abdicate to her son. he and his three little become moreave popular. queen beatrix is considered down to earth. her mother and grandmother