notice up through frederick this thunderstorm moved thr through. a lot of lightning and thunder obviously with this and moving up to northern sections of frederick towards jones victim. actually north eastern sections of the country and northern parts of frederick getting showers right now. this is headed to westminster. looks like core of the storm stays west of westminster. and another little thunderstorm moving up northwestern areas here comeing across the river now into southern stions of maryland up towards darns town and thoupder and lightning out there this morning. more in the forecast headed to the 70s today. heres airport erin. >> 4:47 i'm worried that rain moving through could cause traffic problems. things are moving along long fine as you head inbound on 66. no issues on the eastbound side from gainsville to the beltway. westbound side picking ape bit. traffic on the beltway looking good as well braddock road and back to normal as we had earlier construction that cleared. we'll switch camera to maps and show you what else you're up aga

feels like 19 in frederick. 14 in hagerstown. elkins west virginia is dropped to feel like temperature of 7. reagan national is 26 degrees. we are talking the temperatures that will drop below freezing. this parking lot is nicely. we had sun this afternoon that allows everything to melt. you can see that it has melted and not retreated will likely refreeze. with temperatures in the teens to the lower 20's. cold weather on the way and looking to the rest of the week. head back inside to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thank you, steve. this is in the bitter backlash of the storm dumping snow across interior new england. high winds and freeze on the coast. back part of that. an additional snow flurry or snowshower. one band now moving in the northwest section of baltimore. couple of flurries. the main deal are the temperatures dropping and the wind chill with the wind. current temperatures are 30s in metro. warmer south of town. id feels like 32 in fredericksburg. 26 in washington. 19 in frederick. getting through t the temper

frederick county schools closed for tomorrow. very rare for them to do that early like this, usually they do it in the morning. they've anticipated that. obviously, no need to be out. there's no the a lot of traffic on the roads. this is heavily traveled by trucks, there's still a lot of truckers out here. they slowed down just a little bit. we're getting now to see a lot t were on the sides of the road starting to come out now and traffic is getting built up behind them just a little bit. we got several miles out here where interstate 70 is covered up by the snow. again, it only gets worse from here, we talked about it earlier, how this is the place we're really going to pile snow up by tomorrow morning, this is going to have eight, ten, 12 inches through parts of frederick county and especially up towards pennsylvania. i wouldn't call it extremely treacherous now because we have the four-wheel drive but conditions a deteriorating rapidly >>. >>> thousands of flights cancelled at airports up and down the east coast. travelers fe

and mainly snow from frederick county in maryland to frederick county, virginia. like snow in western maryland. -- light snow in western maryland. eight inches in frederick, maryland. that area has gotten the most snow. it has been about the ice lately . we had a switchover hours ago with the sleet and freezing rain which has led to a quarter inch of ice on top of the snow. secondary roads, icy conditions for several hours before we warm up. national zoo with a trace of ice. i quarter inch of -- a quarter inch at bwi. the government on a three-hour delay. ice accumulating on trees and power lines. when the winds ramp up, we could have more power outages with king george, stafford, so the maryland, 17,000 people without power -- or homes without power and we could see more, especially east toward the eastern maryland and delaware and up the coast. this is a big storm system for new york and new england. we will talk about more impact to the northeast and win some flights could get back on schedule in a few minutes. right now, snow back into the d.c. area before lon

the heaviest snow, one band of heavy snow, it's right along frederick, eastern frederick county, moving towards carroll county here. we have been in the sleet zone along the 95 corridor, washington, d.c., down into eastern prince william county as well but some colder air will be pushing in from the west as we go throughout the next several hours so by lunchtime a little burst of snow possible right in d.c., there's that heavier snow band right along i270, i70, right in frederick county, in that band of snow we probably haom miles an hour. here's a big picture. long duration storms, just getting going, working its way up through the jersey coastline, new york and into boston as well and here's what we are expecting for snowfall totals, we've got the sleet numbers that are cutting down on the total snow and sleet combined because it's packing down the snow and it's also not allowing that snow to accumulate. six to 12-inch range, that's what we are expecting frederick, leesburg, winchester. in d.c. it's been mainly sleet. we already have 3 inches of snow on the weather terrace and we will

frederick county, virginia. hampshire county and manassas city schools are also closed. >> if you have kids in d.c. public schools, fairfax county, montgomery or prince george's county, arlington county, all those are on a two-hour delay today. frederick county, charles, howard, anne arundel and washington counties all on a two-hour delay as well. >> shenandoah, culpepper, warren,

frederick county (maryland and virginia) and loudoun county.. all closed. we have a list scrolling at the bottom of your screen, and a complete list on our website at wjla.com. depending on where you are-- you could be waking up to very different circumstances this morning. some areas are seeing barely an inch, and in other areas they are dealing with a lot more. john gonzalez continues our stormwatch7 coverage-- live in frederick, maryland, where the governor has issued a state of emergency this morning. what does it look like out there john? complete stormwatch coverage of this continues. our crews are out all over the region. sam sweeney is live in mobiletrak seven. what are the roads looking like sam? president donald those watching the weather hitting our area, hosting d-c's mayor, there she is walking in. he met with d-c mayor muriel bowser and metro g-m paul wiedefeld last night in the oval offe preparations for the storm. this is a live look at frederick ,maryland our complete stormwatch coverage is just gearing up. meteorologist eileen whelan is tr

and frederick douglass said, mr. president, i think it was a sacred effort -- that was the last time they spoke and it was breaking the color barrier at a white house a social event. lincoln himself had insisted upon -- and actually, lincoln wanted to engage him but frederick douglass was aware of the people who were not too thrilled he had cut the line even if the president's instruction. so there were recorded meetings and that was the last one but no pictures. >> a fascinating lecture. were you surprised at how much paid to watcholn future generations would think of him? harold: i have only found it -- yeah, i have always found it surprising. over 40 years of writing about this. lincoln was so modest about his appearance. he made jokes about his appearance. the one that doris goodwin always talks about -- in the debates, douglas accused lincoln of being two-faced and lincoln said, if i had another face, do you think i would wear this face? in 1860, he was being asked to be photographed. in new york -- and he wrote

we are closely monitoring frederick police, fire, paramedics. there's a lot of activity this morning, but nothing significant enough to bring to you just yet. we are staying on top of it. reporting live with photojournalist christopher mullen, i'm andrea mccarren, back you. >> when we walked outside it was that heavy sort of like ice pelting you. >> really wet. sometimes you get the snow and it's light and fluffy, this is not that snow. >> mike drove in this morning. what'd you think? >> now it's changed though since we drove in two hours ago, it was like this much slush and you could see it spraying away from your tires. now it's getting heavier and wetter. >> and we always say ice is the great equalizer. maybe that's one thing, if you have all wheel drive or four wheel drive you're not going to >> larry miller is with us. where are you larry, and what are the conditions like in. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are traveling westbound on i- 66 right now making our way towards gainesville. i've got to let you know that probably the biggest

>> we're seeing it in frederick. crews from frederick to leesburg across the d.c.rea and out in prince george county. mostly rain. but we have you covered no matter where you are. want to see pictures as well. #fox5snowday send to tuck are or us however you want to do it. >> i have pictures i'm going to show now. >> it's a messy mix out there. thupingz will not improve here for several more hours. late morning, early afternoon we'll let advisories go. >> the old measuring stick. >> i appreciate it dana she september a picture from haikers town 5.5". >> that's significant. >> you can send your pictures or how much speak to you got@tucker "fox5" i'll get them up and try to get things going. and thanks mark he's in west virginia. it long. we're expecting sweet spots here to get 8 to 12". clever, get it? >> hoping for some feet of snow. >> i like it denise. >> love it. >> and prince george county. you can see snow covered road out there and let's see wrapping up buoy. i should say not everybody but majority of us got at least coating of snow. and then unfortunately on

gaithersburg, frederick, hagerstown, leesburg.u'll struggle to get above freezing before lunchtime. what appears to be wet may be ice tomorrow. advise you on blustery. windchills in the teens and 20s. that's during the peak heating was day. 10:00 tonight. 30 downtown. in the 20s already until the burbs. we get into 6:00 hour. everybody is in the 20s. there'll be teens too. i think damascus could be 18, 19 tonight. by 9:00, we're still in the 20s. these numbers are low. if nothing else this will kind of impress upon you to dress like it's january tomorrow. 27 in gaithersburg. 27 at 1:00 in frederick. and again, some snow showers or flurries possible. by 6:00 we generally clear out with temperatures in the low 30s. by 9:00 we're back in the 20s. windchills, check this out. 10:00 tonight, it's going to feel like 10 in gaithersburg and hagerstown and martinsburg. in the morning, it's going to feel like it's in the single digits. it feels like it's 8 in leesburg and 6 in manassas. in addition to trying not to slip and fall tomorrow, pl

frederick douglass? oh, no. harold: he gave the dedication address and said, even though this is a wonderful picture, let's remember what the war was about, a fight between brothers over federal authority. i hope abraham lincoln spun around in his grave at that moment and my last plug for senator durbin today is that this painting hangs outside his office on the stairway that you might take to get to the senate gallery to look at the ames painting. there is something about this contiguity of his office -- it must be the illinois connection. i think keyholes stephen douglas' seat in the senate. here is our final artist. a you can imagine, she caused sensation in washington. her name was -- than 20very young, less when she got sittings with abraham lincoln and mary lincoln was not amused at the time alone she got with her husband. she was very pretty and coquettish -- she flirted her way into getting settings. it wasn't easy for women artists and she had a lot of talent. she was widely photographed and portrayed,

mor we've just heard frome just hrdo frederick county marylandty ma schools which will be openingopn hours late today.da in virginia, fairfax county,oun, frederick county and loudoun ann county schools are all on a two-hour delay.delay. >> in west virginia jefferson je county schools are closed. while berkeley hampshire and an morgan county public schoolsic s are opening two hours late. lat all of these closings and delays are scrolling along thegg bottom of your screen and and remember you can always find yoc them also on ouran web site fox5dc.com or the fox5 news app. app. >> developing news overnightopin in largo maryland. mn a man was shot to death at anatn apartment complex on campus c way south. police found the man suffering from gunshot wounds in theot wse apartment complex hallway.nt col he later died on the scene. sen. police haven't released his identity yet and no word ifwordf they made any arrests. arrets >> fox5 continues to follow upo on teens disappearing from thero district. just last week we told youtold o about 10 black teenaged girlsi who were reported missing ove

frederick county public schools are also concerned about road conditions this morning. they are opening 2 hours late. remember to stay connected with the stormwatch team around the clock. you can follow us on wjla.com, facebook, twitter, and our stormwatch 7 app. developing this morning. we are learning more about the financial history of president donald trump after part of his 2005 tax return is leaked to the press. the documents were given to m-s-n-b-c by pulitzer prize winning journalist david cay johnston. they show that president trump paid 38 million dollars in taxes on a reported 150 million in income. however-- since the documents are complete, it does not show the sources of that income. a white house spokesperson released a statement-- verifying that the returns were real, and calling the story a desperate ratings ploy from the dishonest media. mr. trump hasn't released his tax returns breaking from decades of presidential tradition. meanwhile-- the president's son donald trump junior didn't see too concerned about the leaked tax return. he tweeted this messa

maryland has 2000 trucks out here in frederick county. as soon as they plow, well, the area gets blanketed very quickly. that is the latest from frederick, maryland. back to you inside. snow is piling up in the heart of the nation's capital. susan kennedy continues coverage from the district. what exactly are you seeing in tenleytown this morning? this gentleman is doing a heckuva job. constantine is out here. he says his english is not so good, he's not going to talk to us, but he's doing a great job scraping off the patio here. >> [indiscernible] suzanne: very happy the you are open? as always. this is how we make the guests happy. the drop -- the broccoli soup and the hot sandwich. suzanne: a little plug for pen era there. you are clearing the way, which is good, and that's the responsibility of residential withininess owners here, eight hours, daylight hours, once the storm stops you got to get out here and do a constantine is doing, shovel. what's going to get tricky is, you see, all of the stuff that my foot is in right now, when th

live in frederick maryland. we've been calling this winter's rerevenge >> left frederick moving to the south and it's coming down good. in the last 30 minutes or so we got a lot of coverage. basically a moderate snow ban now, in terms of the driving ban doing pretty slow. at little slushy trying to stick on the sides of the roads as you can see from the picture. traffic not having a problem. slowing down. once the rate of snow picks up, that's really when we're going to have a problem on the roads. the roads were well above freezing with sunshine and temperatures in the 40's. we're moving through a pretty good snow band and i anticipate that this is really going to continue to get a little bit heavier over the next several hours. roads are primarily wet now just kind of reiterate that. and i do believe that the roads crews have done a great job out here. pretreating and we've seen a couple of salt trucks earlier and i suspect we're going to see plenty more of those. at least on this band we're headed 270 south r

frederick county, virginia. hampshire county and manassas city schools are also closed. >> if you have kids in d.c. public schools, fairfax county, montgomery or prince george's county, arlington county, all those are on a two-hour delay today. frederick county, charles, howard, anne arundel and washington counties all on a two-hour delay as well. >> shenandoah, culpepper, warren, today. >> and berkeley, hampshire and hardy and grant counties in west virginia. >> falls church and winchester city schools are all on a two-hour delay today. we'll let you know about any others we find them out. i will post it on social media and the nbc washington app. >> now, we want to get a check on our forecast with the news4 team kicking off your day. >> we'll begin with our meteorologists chuck bell and sheena parveen. oh, it's so cold out there. >> it is very cold. >> i would just say it's painful when you walk outside. it really hurts. >> it will -- the old man jack frost will be nipping at your nose and your ear buds as soo

here in frederick county. you mentioned state route 85. take a look behind me. this is clearly not your afternoon rush. traffic volumes far below what they should be. by tomorrow morning we expect it to pick up significantly. the snow totals are much higher here in frederick. really it might have made things easier for the road crews and for the homeowners who have snow blowers. for the first time in 14 months matt pulled out his snow gear in meyersville and cleared the street near the elementary school. it took two helpers the afternoon to clear his dad's driveway. >> just a little more slippery than i thought it would be. as you could see our driveway is very sloped. >> reporter: a different problem. a snow removal operator mistakenly smacked down a traffic light, shutting down a busy intersection all day. still so many road not just in northern montgomery county, but here in frederick county. it's going to refreeze tonight. big decision tomorrow for local school districts. we're just off the phone with both

at this lowe's in frederick they had everything ready for spring. while inside staff hustled to restock the snow supplies as residents were getting ready for what could be the biggest storm of the winter. what happened to your shovel from last year? >> it was broken. i realized that this morning, both of them zwlnch. i'm hoping we don't get much but got to be prepared. >> reporter: at gas stations people were filling up. this woman came for more than juas the kerosene heater. >> reporter: in montgomery county, crews that thought they had dodged a major storm were gearing up for a long couple of days. what do you do to get ready for a shift that may last 24-72 hours? >> bring a big bag of food and extra clothing. >> reporter: the montgomery county storm operations center went live at 7:00 this morning where staff will work around the clock, as well as crews on the roads, throwing everything they have at winter storm stella. >> right now we're at capacity. we're at 110,000 tons of salt. we have well enough materials to address this storm. approximatel

ten in frederick. it doesn't mean these are the exact numbers but it gives you an idea as you go south of town very little. you get farther north, it's heavier and heavier. we will continue to watch that. i tell you, we may change the forecast as we get through the night. we have to wait for the storm to form. plan on delays farther north is where we send abc7's kevin lewis in gaithersburg. gaithersburg will have a lot more snow to deal with than we will here in the city of washington. kevin, folks ready? are they anticipating what is coming? kevin: it seems yeah, everyone is talking about it. it's on everyone's mind. it is bright and sunny now but we know that will change. one benefit that stands to benefit is hardware stores. a're at lowe's in gaithersburg. staff has taken out the winter staples, including the starter logs for fires. we have shovels. windshield wiper fluid. traditional firewood. there is fire pits and down the end are what remain of the salt bags. the staff here tell me they had actu

and winchester 5 2 hagerstown 52 and frederick thunderstorm activity there. 54. headed to the upper 60s and low 70s for highs today. there's the forecast vlingt here's erin como with a look at traffic on tuesday morning. >> 5:07 looking at metro their service kicked in 5 a.m. and we're dealing with safe track surge 13. single train yellow line between braddock and huntington vandoren. you know the drill for this watch for delays and adjust your schedule aside from that metro rails are on time rights now and metro bus is shaping up to be quiet commute so far. i'll let you know if that changes and moving over to tuesday morning commute right now we're seeing a lot of green on the best way and gary mentioned, grab that umbrella and have patience rain moving in through through chantilly, dulles and rockville. let's take a live look outside and see how that impacted roads. this is 28 by air and space museum you can see road spray. traffic looking good. again with those slick spots we could start to see crashes developing and take it slow this morning and get and early

northern portions of loudoun county through frederick county maryland and carol country. here at d.c. they pulled back wepter storm warning during the 4:00 hour and replaced with winter weather add voosry but extended that winter weather add voosry until 6 p.m. tonight due to threat for snow showers and snow squalls as we roll through the afternoon hours. even as the storm passes off north and east. there is your storm system. still well off south at we're walking fine line of rain, snow, sleet mix and more snow further north an west you go here. here are temperatures. again north and west of town temps are in the 20s. big times certain later on this afternoon we may see a little sun with temperatures staying in 30s though later this afternoon. >> let's check the forecast. sending it to erin como with a check of the roads. >> 5:26 new crash alert for you on 395 northbound norm of duke street see flashing lights crash walking right shoulder and lane traffic moving slow because of slick conditions and as we forward cameras we've been telling you about another crash shilling

. >>> snowing hard on the top of couth mountain in frederick unty, maryland. >> giving us headaches in the air. >> a big impact on our airports. >> potentially dangerous on the ground. >> three people died shoveling snow in the last blizzard. >> people are stocking up for snow day at home. >>> packed aisles turning into deserted streets as the worst of the storm approaches. >> when it comes to what you need to know tonight, we have you covered. >>> and right now, we are following dozens of school closings, and the two largest districts fairfax and montgomery county are closed tomorrow, and others are waiting to make a decision in the morning. the entire list is on the bottom of your screen. we have a list list on -- we have a complete list on our wusa 9 app. >>> federal workers have to wait until 4:00 in the morning to find out if they have to report to work. >>> topper's forecast is still changing. >>> here's the latest snowfall map. we are looking at the bull's- eye closer to town, and then southern maryland, we have been saying this since the weekend, it's not your storm. you could

feels like it's 19 in frederick. feels like it's 16 in gaithersburg. feels like it's 27 for our -- [ inaudible ] -- there's a wind gust for you. that's just a harbinger of what's coming our way. by 10:00, here are the windchills. windchills in the teens. check this out. by 6:00 in the morning if you have school tomorrow, if you have to go to work or stand at a bus stop. feels like 9 in la plata. 6 in frederick. by 11:00, doesn't get much better. feels like it's between 7 and 15 degrees. slick spots and the windchills. good enough for a yellow weather alert. we'll talk about when the winds subside. when the folks get above freezing tomorrow. >> thanks. >>> out in frederick county, maryland. our reporter scott broom is calling it the great slush storm of 2017. the priority is clearing drains and laying down salt to keep surfaces that today from icing over as the temperatures plummet tonight. equipment operators told us refreezing will make piles of wet snow as hard as concrete. any water on untreated surfaces will turn into a dangerous glaze of ice. >> i

tom: i got to tell you, downtown frederick is looking good. let me show you as we get a gree the roads look good. we got an update that all roads throughout the county are now open. show you from behind. the traffic is moving behind. the sidewalk, they did a great job clearing the sidewalk as well. a lot of businesses here so a lot are open. the sidewalks are clear and roads are as well in downtown. reporting live in frederick, tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: that. ice from the storm forced them to shut down indein thely. metro will resume the access service tomorrow. stay with abc7 and wjla.com. we will have full coverage after the storm for you. right now anne arundel co delay tomorrow. we will let you know as soon as we hear from any others. all of that at the website wjla.com. larry: s.u.v. zooms through a gas station and hits a gas pump. the pump burst into flames. witnesses say the driver sped past them, clipped the side of a car and ran off the road. they missed two other pumps and hit the third one. they hit a tree and split the vehicl

downpour near frederick and heavier pockets of rain in hagerstown. rain between9:00 and noon. we'll have some steady showers move in. we break apart the action just before lunch time and for the afternoon isolated thunderstorms. a little bit of everything today before we dry out tomorrow. ellen, it is 4:30. good morning, already an accident. >> we usually have a couple of accidents at this point not creating many troubles for you on the roads. here's where they are today at 95 northbound right by route 198. we have this crash, you can tell even as you head northbound toward baltimore you will be okay. not blocking all your lanes by any mean. this is a little south of the icc when you pass by old columbia park. here's drone a sensor. this isif you're on the icc traffic moving okay there and on 29 as well in both directions. >>> thank you so much. new this morning, a 17-year-old high school student and a teacher have been confirmed dead after being hit by an avalanche in japan. the eight victims were found after the avalanche hit them. the avalanche al

we are tracking snow right on through frederick county. this is making its way towards the area but it's more east than south. so the d.c. area may not get clipped by this boundary but we are going to see

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schools in frederick county, maryland, on a two-hour late today.efferson county, with west virginia, schools are closed because of the weather. also in west virginia berkeley county schools are now closed. hampshire .morgan county schools are on a two-hour delay in merrell. washington county schools are on

here in frederick county, jim. the snow piles are much higher. this was the light powdery sno a storm for sledding. a storm for snow blowers. a storm of snow men and some slick spots. a traditional snowstorm in frederick county. matt kiper was excited to break out his gear for the first time this year. >> it took overnight to get the snow blower working. it took a lot of warmup but it did a good job. >> reporter: some snow covered state roads near thurmont but most of the mess was on top of the cars and the driveways. >> it's been easy this winter. this snow isn't that bad. it's light. it's pretty fluffy. >> reporter: an uglier scene south in gaithersburg where a snow removal truck operator mistakenly knocked down a traffic light. in the montgomery county highway services war room they monitored 400 crews grappling with the slushier precipitation. >> one of the plow gets offer but it still leaves an icy film on the road that requires additional salting. >> reporter: here's a live look at state route 85. this is not

quantico, leaseberg, in frederick, 54 degrees. if you're walking the dog or if you need one, pooches are lines. spotty showers this morning. by noon rain is likely. 67 degrees. 6:00 p.m. scattered thunderstorms. we'll be getting into the 70s. 10:00 this morning there is quite the rain moving through through the afternoon though. we have just that chance for some scattered thunderstorms tomorrow though. we're really going to be clearing out. look at tomorrow, thursday, lots of sunshine. much dryer. 66 though. a little bit cooler. 59 on thursday. rain on friday. some of that could be heavy. the weekend looking dry. let's check the roads on this tuesday. good morning, melissa. >> hi, sheena. a couple of things to talk about just as far as road work. rock creek parkway north of virginia avenue there in northwest, left lane gets by the work zone and 295 at benning work zone blocking the right lane here. a couple of things. one other item of note northbound third street tunnel being pushed off at massachusetts avenue because of that wor

which police believe would be used to make pipe bombs.sheriff chuck jenkins/frederick co., maryland:"inly she had the intent, the material, the means - and we believe it was going to happen."in a twist that has left this small, tightly-knit community reeling... police say the 18-year-old's plans were thwarted by her own father... who discovered her plot... and turned her into police before she could carry it out next week. sheriff chuck jenkins/frederick co., maryland:"the father saw some behavioral changes over a period of time. for whatever reason he looked into her journal or her diary. he reported that to the school authorities and my deputies basically at the same time." police discovered the weapons in the family's home... the sheriff here says the plans seemed advanced.he says cevario mentioned the columbine and sandy hook school massacres in her diary... and that she had recorded details of the school's emergency procedures. investigators believe cevario had been also studying the movements of a female sheriff's deputy assigned to the school.sheriff chuck jenkins/frederick co.

leesburg in frederick. 78 at fredericksburg. it's 64 in annapolis now. we have been tracking a few showers. this area that started out with southwest culpeper to move northeast to prince william county. a few more to pop up and more coming across 81. the big picture of the showers we see a few tonight and tomorrow morning but the main weather event is the showers and the storms that will develop ahead of the cold front causing all kind of problems. there are hail reports from kentucky to tennessee, alabama and mississippi. the area of pink under severe thunderstorm watch. that is tomorrow afternoon weather. unsettled in the meantime. it will stay mild. this computer model has showered on the and tomorrow morning and we start around 60 and warm up to the 70's again. with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and isolated thunderstorms. the wind will turn north to bring us drier air for wednesday. wednesday is bright saundny. thursday is decent enough. another system likely to bring rain in for friday. the story for the bus stop in the morning. part l

frederick city has a snow emergency and frederick county also has a snow emergency. they're not taking any chances up here. in montgomery county, their snow operations center went live this morning at 7:00. >> we're bracing for the worst. the forecast said we could get upwards of 12 inches of snow. we're prepared for it. >> reporter: here in montgomery county they started planning for this storm last tuesday. yesterday afternoon they started treating the roads with a brine mixture. today salt trucks were loading nature dumps the snow on us and we start addressing the conditions whether it's plowing or some additional salting. >> reporter: in frederick county where they expect to get hit hard, people were getting ready as well. you want to work no matter what? >> definitely. >> reporter: you've got to have a shovel to get to work. >> definitely. >> reporter: what happened to your shovel from last year? >> i never had a shovel from last year. >> how about three inches of snow? anything more and i'll panic. >> reporter: is that right? >> yeah. i've got to get to work. >

frederick is howard's president. it comes one day after trump med with frederick and other leaders of historically black challenges and universityen incident in howard comes as fallout continues over remarks made by education secretary betsy devos that called the historically black colleges real pioneers of choice. it came after meeting with hvu leader and they devos said providing alternative option for those denied quality school is legacy. >> and uber ceo caught arguing with uber driver him of lowering prices of rides. video obtained by bloomburg news shows executive shouting at man at the end of the ride earlier this month. in a memo to staffers yesterday he admitted he needs to "grow up." >> in speech last night president trump condemned act of hate and evil and this come after two threatening letters were september to two separate rovrks in silver spring. one note included a crude drawing of violent act and offered money for violence against muslims. >> and today 7 arrested in january for taking over a crane on

but national weather service official is reporting" in frederick. i don't know where they take their mesh. it doesn't look like 8" where you are. that's what they're saying. >> i'll find that spot. >> okay, good. was maybe 3" of snow. a lot of ice and sleeted heavy for many hours last night. i think we would rather have sleet than snow. we'll find the" and report back to you. >> thank you. >> until you find it i will go with gary mcgrady seeing is believing. but we'll get you go on your mission. >> all right of the give us a little while. we'll find it. >> thanks buddy. >> maybe not. >> okay. >> our live team coverage continues in maryland. snow causeing a major problem for one upper marboro neighborhood steep and allison i'm up here radondo road. you see behind he major roads down and trapped. headed to work this morning. what's your man plan? i where to wait seevakumaran what happens. the tree next to the tree i called about collapsed. it hit his -- landed on top of his vehicle. >> this is didy's neighbor and power is flickering in and out all mor

and 37 in frederick. that is a good news. in fact, we'll widen out the temperatures, 37 also in fredericksburg and now even the friends in cumberland are up to 34. for a look at pictures and snow totals out to the weather terrace with meteorologist melissa nord. >> not that much in the way of snow but places we did we had some totals above 10 inches in a few spots. frostburg, maryland got 8 inches of snow. in parts of frederick, we go elevation. and then a few areas also got above 8 inches as well. this familiar photo from -- particular photo from middletown. i have a ruler here and chuck sent in this. they actually got 8 inches there in middletown, maryland. but to the south here's prince frederick, these trees are coated with ice and that's been a major story of this morning. we've had ice weighing down on trees. on power lines. and in fact during that ice with the lot of wind gusts it has led to some power outages and as topper is going show you though the winds not going to let down into the afternoon topper. some gusts o

and 270, heading southbound out of frederick, you're nice and clear as well. we'll take a look at 95 coming up. >>> it's something that most people can't go to college without gettinging. we're talking about student loans here. a warning for some parents now. why those who have been in your shoes before say they would not cosign for their kids again. >>> also coming up in the 5:00 hour. a big change for chipotle. what could be different about your lunch today. >>> step right up, boys and girls, men and women of >>> if you're a parent thinking of cosigning for your kid's student loan, you might want to think again. a new report says most parents don't understand the consequences of those private loans. 35% of parents said they now regret cosigning for the loan. and 57% said they believe their credit scores were negatively impacted. cosigning makes you a co-borrower and can impact your credit score. >>> more now on how families are struggling to get legislation. >> and when your financial aid pack amount comes back with less than you expected consumer reporter s

frederick. at least one person has been killed in a crash. two cars were involved. a few additional details are available. stay with us for updates on that as soon as we get them. jonathan: during an emergency, every second counts. house caughtur fire, in the past used to have about 17 minutes to get out. but new hidden hazards are cutting that time. jonathan: and what has to do with this? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] if your house catches fire in a you are sleeping, could you get out in three minutes? jonathan: firefighters are warning that what your house is made of could put your family and their crews in danger. >> we have a fire in the house next door. kimberly: it used to be homeowners would have 17 minutes to escape a house fire. today you may have fewer than three minutes to get out, and you are not the only one at risk. in this lot in county fire in 2008, firefighters were trapped

we are looking at the weather bug site at crestwood middle school in frederick. sunshine but the clouds rolling in. the edge of the snowshower getting close. the temperatures are cold. average high is 51 degrees. the average temperatures are 33 in hagerstown. 37 in frederick. 40 in washington. the skies will clear. snowshowers will diminish here quickly. we have a new pa there. the large snow in pennsylvania today is dissipating as we expected as we approach sunset and we lose the heating of the day. the temperatures tonight under clearing skies will get cold. 20 in manassas in the morning. 22 in baltimore. 26 in washington. 24 in fredericksburg. when you get up in the morning across the area you will have the sunshine. the temperatures but the wind chills in the teens because we still have the gusty northwesterly winds. we check out the weekend an ten days in eight minutes. michelle? michelle: thank you. stay connected with the storm watch weather team online using the stormwatch7 weather app or following us on facebook and twitter. horace: a crime alert after a

you can see what i'm talking about in frederick and bull run. national picked up just under two inches of snowfall. factor, asig mentioned today, quite windy, wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour with the possibility of more power outages today in a few branches that could come down across the area, all having the factor of the low temperatures and wind making the real feel temperatures, real feel? real deal is what julie wright would say. 20 degrees there by the late afternoon hours, tomorrow we are up to 44 for a high temperature, doing a little better. the bigger change comes on friday and over the weekend we are back to the mid to upper 50's, tracking what looks like a few flakes of snow sunday morning, not a big deal at all. week,en-day forecast next back into the 50's. julie? julie: the real? the real deal? [laughter] on thethe real deal roads is icy patches are expected this morning on your neighborhood streets eastbound 50, one car that smashed into the median, police are on the scene helping to direct you around that. southbound 95 in new

the frederick rescue mission is open 365 days a year.t all their srt private donations and say they're always looking for more help so they can help others. in frederick, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> he was out there and the wind wasn't even blowing as strongly as it did when it kicked up. >> speaking of frederick, we have the expert here. what did your mom tell you about the conditions? >> she's coming home from work and she still lives there and with the winds today, we're seeing drifts of snow back on the rural roads. so, a heads up there. this is going to continue to be an issue, not just tonight, but then throughout the day tomorrow. we did have some gusts including in frederick county today that were over 50 miles an hour. i want to get you into your weather headlines. what i first want to say is i've been doing dop radio all afternoon with the forecast there. and so many folks are calling in and saying we're driving, people haven't cleaned their cars off and because of how heavy and wet that snow was and sleet mixed in and the fre

temperatures mid- to upper 70s, and 3:00, through leesburg, back into culpepper and frederick, right through the immediate metro area by 4:00, and 5:00, they are into southern maryland and back into southern st. mary's county, and we will come back and talk about how strong the winds could be without the thunderstorms and talk about the prospects of snow flakes on friday. >> i would like momada to say we acknowledge this is happening. >> are metro trains to blame for shaking this home? we sent two wusa 9 reporters to find out. >>> returning to his hometown durant injured early in the 1st quarter tonight. >>> our coverage of the presidential address continues. we will introduce you to one woman who attended in person but not because she agrees with the president's policies. >>> and what does the younger generation think of tonight's prime time event. we are talking to them live in the studios in northwest. >> i think the tone is uplifting, and there's a sense of unity in how he began talking about black history month and how we need to stand together against hate. >> i feel like we >>

frederick county (maryland and virginia) and loudoun county.. all closed. we have a list scrolling at the complete list on our website at wjla.com. depending on where you are-- you could be waking up to very different circumstances this morning. some areas are seeing barely an inch, and in other areas they are dealing with a lot more. john gonzalez continues our stormwatch7 coverage-- live in frederick, maryland, where the governor has issued a state of emergency this morning. what does it look like out there john? this is a live look out at.... where legion bridge..just blaketed with snow.. complete coverage of this winter storm continues when we come back. the time is 4:xx... - winter storm differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and down