at frederick douglass's house. when he got to frederick douglass's house, frederick calls him into his office and he says, "hey, have a drink." they get kind of -- and this guy is a light-skinned guy, and frederick douglass is like, mm, you know, he wants a little taste. it turns out that in real life, frederick douglass has a black wife and a white mistress. now in a book of satire, you just can't [laughter] tavis: you couldn't resist, could you? >> that's hard now. [laughter] tavis: to try to resist now, much less >> so i had a lot of fun with that. but -- and i admire frederick douglass deeply. i'm one who kind of steers clear of politics, but i understand what frederick douglass was all about. i've been to his hometown, i've studied his life, and i satire the slavers, the slavery owners, as well as the abolitionists as well. so my satire is across the board. so even though frederick douglass is a great man, i had fun with him as well. tavis: do you expect push-back? >> i've already gotten some. i've already got

frederick -- we are in downtown frederick, along market street. this is seven or eight inches of rain. i have the temperature on my handy dandy homemade thermometer. it is 30 degrees even at the local airport. there is a very light sleet falling at this time. but look at the roadways. has/.is pavement that -- slush. roadusly, there's the main and compacted snow. you try to dig down the pavement and you can see that it is hard to get down to it. here's a good example of what to do and what not to do. clear car and do yourself a favor for tomorrow. on the right, this is a good idea. do not fear your car out. it is better to have snow underneath then rain. tor here, these folks had clear their car out. when you do not have snow, you will have ice on the windshield and the glass. that is harder to clear off. leave the snow on your car. i chatted with a young man who was shoveling. he had an interesting driving he was frustrated. >> is a disaster. ands across route 85 stopped for half an hour. there is a half mile and a half an hour. an hour, i went an

frederick, you could get 2 or 3 inches. now you can give the music. mid-40s tuesday, cold wednesday and then a bit of a december thaw. it's normally a january thaw. i did make a joke there. near 50 on thursday and mid-50s with sunshine on friday, high of about 54. >>> let's put a bow on football season with a special story here. you know for an athlete there's nothing better than that postgame moment when your family greets you and says job well done. you're about to meet a household who reminds us that kind of love and support is something we all deserve. that smile, life is good for rasheed gillis, friends, football, a state championship. >> that feeling, you couldn't describe it. >> reporter: and family. >> the minute i met rasheed i knew he was going to a champion. no one else believed that he would. >> reporter: ray's in pinehurst, north carolina, with his grandfather in a house the size of a single car garage, gillis was as at risk as it could get. >> i was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: one day he was at the right place

i'll check on that but as you come in from frederick right now, light volume.especially careful as we always say on bridges, ramps, overpasses and of course your neighborhood streets. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> of course you'll see all through the morning the closings and delays at the bottom of your screen. all federal agencies are on a two-hour delay. workers have the option of unscheduled leave or telework. >> erica grow is in poolesville. i think she's joining us on the phone. what do you know so far? >> reporter: well, we are just making the turn on to route 107 in poolesville, mike. i just saw a deer. we're looking at mostly wet roadways on the major roads. as monika mentioned, river road which is the the main thoroughfare we took to get to our current location is looking pretty good. on the side street, some of the roads have a speed limit of 40 miles per hour but there's no way you're going 40 on this. we have plenty of ice still on the roadways. just a thin coating there. and we're taking it very slow going about 25 miles per hour currently

two to four inches in loudoun and frederick county. the sweet spot to the west could see up to five inches. if you have plans saturday evening or trying to decide if you should keep them or cancel them, i'll be up next with the travel forecast. barbara? >> thank you. >>> new developments in the bombshell about the disappearance of a retired fbi agent. today, the white house blasted the associated press and washington post for reporting he was working for the cia when he went missing in iran back in 2007. the white house press secretary, jay carnie says he was not a u.s. government employee when he made the trip. meanwhile, the family is hoping the disclosure will lead to a new push to bring him home. pete williams reports. >> reporter: since the day he went missing overseas seven years ago, the u.s. government maintained he was there on his own. this from a spokeswoman. >> march 9th, 2007 he went missing on a business trip. >> reporter: the a.p. and washington post revealed he was there doing contract work for the cia. the story says t

a liberal leave policy in effect for the city of frederick, maryla maryland. back to you. >>> thank you, molette. it is now 4:35. new this morning we are getting a first look at the aftermath of a house fire in temple hills, maryland. a tree fell on a power line. presumably because of the weather and sparked the fire. everyone escaped the single l family home on joyce drive without injury. officials are still investigating to confirm what caused that fair. >>> the winter storm has already tied up traffic this morning. take a look here. two vehicles crashed into one another on the outer loop this morning. despite the off hours, a buildup of traffic did happen on 495 right there near the rockville pike exit. officials still trying to identify what caused a fire in a moving van that closed off part of i-270 near father hurley boulevard. caught the smoke pouring out of the van. some of the southbound lanes were closed for hours while crews put the fire out and treated the roadway there. now you can get the latest forecast even when you are out the door by download

first thing tomorrow, late tonight, early tomorrow morning, i-70 west of fredericks up to gettysburg, free[w'g rain. all the rain and stuff is going to come to an end by midnight. but it's not going to warm upxd any time soon. another cold week is coming, everybody. everybody. szot too bad. we'll be in the 40s tomorrow. but another shot of cold air arrives late tomorrow night so monday's highs in the 30s and will stay only in the upper 30s to near 40 for high çó temperatures, even though our average is in the mid to upper 40s. storm team 4xd radar, plenty of rain in and around the metro area. and just the last of the snowflakes now starting to changeover to that bit of sleet and freezing rain northern montgomery county up to frederick county, maryland. steady rain across parts of southern maryland where a half inch of additional rain is expected. how much longer shouldxd we well, there's the backÑi edge o the rain there and it's about four hours away. so most of this will be shifting on out of here just about the time we get to midnight. don'tzferget to download the storm team 4 weath

frederick, thank you. >> thank you for having me.> news 4 today continues. >>> live look outside right now. sun is starting to come up. we have wind, cold and soon it will be freezing rain, sleet and snow. that winter storm is the big story this morning. hi, everyone. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. computer models are lining right up with the forecast our team has been tracking about a week now. >> let's get right over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for the latest. chuck? >> good morning, richard and angie. good morning, everybody. i-95 pretty much will be the dividing line between low impact and possibly high impacts from this storm. outside for now, winter weather advisories are posted east of i-95, including arlington, the district, prince george's county, southern maryland, but out west of i-95, where there's more cold air and where it will last the longest as a result could have a little bit more snow and prolonged stretch of freezing rain coming our way later today. temperatures freezing or j

one to two for frederick, maryland and leesburg.hat's some of the lower elevations that could pick up one to two inches of snowfall. the higher elevations two to three inches of snowfall. i wanted to get to this. this is what really, i think the concern will be on sunday, sunday night and monday morning. that is that snow that switches over to ice. ice that will accumulate, maybe attempt to. a half inch in these areas to the west. fairfax, prince william, areas up around loudoun county could see a tenth to half inch of ice accumulate. that means in these areas, to the west and the north, we could see icy roads, branches down and power outages. of course, slippery travel. as we get into the early travel next week, the temperatures will stay in the 40s and mid-30s starting wednesday of next week. we have some rain right now with the temperature of 45 degrees. but on tuesday of next week, it will be a combination of both rain and snow, i think, as temperatures fall throughout the day. saturday, a bit of a break for us. sunday, the high

this is snow, not rain in frederick. temperatures, they struggle sometimes but even stretching now down into northern montgomery county, damascus, clarksburg over toward dickerson, tuscarora, urbana seeing some of that. then you have the second batch of snow showers from hagerstown down through just about the martinsburg area coming out of berkley springs there, across the 522. there's berkley springs. out toward cross junction in northern frederick county. this is approaching martinsburg as i said. charles town, jefferson, brunswick. then go down further into the valley from winchester through straussburg out to front royal to woodstock approaching the blue ridge, we have more snow showers there. then well to our south, south of culpeper now over to orange, perhaps a couple of spring hims moving off toward the east. that will be the case for the afternoon. a few rain and snow showers and windier conditions than what we had this morning. look at these gusts. gusting to 25 in oakland, the winds are. 23 in leesburg. over j

so frederick is definitely the cold spot and it tends to be colder in frederick during those overnightand radar, you can see plenty of clouds continue to sweep on through and there is a frontal boundary well off to the west. you can see it moving into places like cleveland and columbus, ohio. it will take a while to get here. when does the rain from the frontal system arrive? i'll tell you coming up in the first alert seven-day photograph. right now it is time for -- seven-day forecast. right now it's time for timesaver traffic. >>> here's your trip on 95 as you make your way around telegraph. be forewarned. south of there 95 north after the prince william parkway, the right lane taking away by road work after occoquan. switching over to 270, the trip southbound filtering down from germantown, the roadway pretty emptthere. no issues on the trip out of frederick moving through hyattstown and clarksburg. some construction on the beltway in the early going. we'll get to that on the next check. that is a look at your timesaver traffic. back to you and good morning. >> good morning, liz. an

frederick, maryland, may take until 10:00 to get above freezing and leesburg. we'll come back and talk about how i've already lowered temperatures for tomorrow and increased the snow chances tuesday and how much ice could accumulate overnight. >>> here's something that will be very helpful to you beginning tomorrow morning, our wusa9 news app to help you stay on top of the breaking news, weather and traffic for the washington area and your own neighborhood. you want to make sure you have the wusa9 i add app. click on the traffic tab. zoom -- ipad app. click on the traffic tab and zoom into the roadways that you're most concerned about. it will keep you informed on all the accidents in the entire washington area, school closings and weather alerts. so download it tonight, the wusa9 ipad app for realtime traffic accidents and construction alerts, even microconditions on the street and beyond near your home. our team coverage continues near montgomery county where all southbound lanes on i-270 are blocked at route 27 and father hurley boulevard due to a . >> repor

frederick douglas, de ask frederick douglas to join him an frederick douglas said no, are you crazy? this is a suicide mission. and john browne did fumble through life. he was a failed businessman. he failed a lot of things. and he always managed to do things but he never did them on time. they kind of never, the train just kind of rumbled forward but never arrived on time. with the passages that should have been there. >> and just briefly how did you come to see john browne in the end? >> i loved him. i mean i grew up in the church. and he was very religious and that was one of the things that really attracted me to him. and the power of religion that made him so-- that made him such a force is something that still exists in my own life. so i really admire him. i admire him now more, now than i did when i first learned of him. >> all right, we're going to continue this conversation on-line but for now, the brook is the good lord, national book award winner, thank you very much. congratulations. >> thank you very much. delighted. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day:

the winter weather advisory remains for frederick county, mainly northern frederick county. around the capital beltway, a lot of parties going on for the holidays, it will just be wet for the next couple hours or so. the breeze will pick up and help dry things out nicely later on tonight and into the day tomorrow. sunshine by tomorrow afternoon, then we keep that sunshine, but colder temperatures for the day on monday. a warming trend for the middle and end of next week. -- wintry mixr and rain will diminish in the overnight hours. 38-43 tomorrow. going to be breezy. wind gusts around 20 miles an hour. this is the kind of weather people who don't like cold weather actually like in december in washington. friday.'s by >> happy to see that warming trend. we move on to sports. our the storm clouds passing for the redskins? >> one would hope areas atlanta tomorrow. we will see. we still can't stop talking about rg iii. less than 24 hours away from kick off in atlanta. headlines continue. -- maryland, a shutdown of their >> now the toyota dealer -- sports desk, brought to you by

didy dad and silver spring say he thought some snow flurries in silver spring and in frederick. is out of here. we have got sunny skies, still coldest temperatures, 37 downtown, 36 in frederick, 43 now in lexington park. temperatures milder then this time yesterday. between 10 and 20 degrees. this milder temperature trend going to continue. when the relatively light out of the south and west but they will shift to the north and west and pick up, so even though with temperatures this afternoon in the middle 40's, it will solve that it will still feel like the 30's. to fall northnues of the mason-dixon line dixon line. we will see a good bit of sunshine. country, a of the little bit of snow in syracuse and boston. more on that coastal storm system coming up in my full forecast in a little bit, autria . itit with ms for drivers -- was a mess for drivers. news chopper 7 was above the on these 370 interchange. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. it hasking of mail, been a frustrating week for fedex and ups customers expecting packages. the companies blamed bad wea

montgomery county, fairfax county, certainly frederick county and loudon county. just a little mix over the bay and indianapolis and also the county. so now temperatures, 27 to 31. north and west of town tonight. icing is tonight north and west and the morning commute will be icy north and west, even as close in as rockville and bethesda and your morning commute will be just wet if you are south of d.c. or east of i- 95 and just a wet commute for them. it will be slow no doubt, but not as dangerous as the commute to the north and the west and temperatures, still 27 in rockville and ashburn. this is what concerns me. these temperatures are out, still in the mid-20s. we're going to add the heavier rain to that and we'll come back and tell you how much ice will be accumulated for them today and you might want to take the time to go outside and shake off the branches and the trees as you don't want the ice on top of that, which is that will break them . >> thanks, topper. the weather has grounded or delayed a lot of flights. at reagan national, there's a ground stoppa

plus prince george and frederick county. vdot spent $48 million. one vdot official said the cost so high in part because some forecasts, quote, didn't pan out, including march 6th's infamous snowquester. with ice storms in the mix, it becomes more costly. prince george's county in 2012 set as much on salt as snow crews. during the historic blizzards of 2010, montgomery county spent a half million for every inch that fell. kurt hinckley is happy the county acts quickly even when costly. >> just one person's opinion, it is expensive, but they do a great job. sure, we see the ice, but the salt trucks get it pretty good. they're out there right from the start. >> reporter: our review found even small expenses piling up, prince george's county $1.6 million in snow removal that includes $13,000 on food for the workers working the long hours behind the plows and outside the salt domes. scott macfarlane, news 4 i team. >> too bad forecasting the weather is an imperfect science. >> our area is such a hard yeah to predict because just a couple of degrees rea

frederick now down to freezing. when you factor in the winds, this is going to be one of the keys because we'll have winds gusting to 25 miles an hour, current wind chills 20s to mid- 30s. it will feel like it's in the 30s just about all day long. let's go over to monika samtani, timesaver traffic. a lot of folks off for the holidays so hopefully that will keep the issues to a minimum. >> i think it is exactly that. it's all green behind me. i think your hvy traffic is going to be in the parking lots for the last-minute shopping. i did mine yesterday and, yes, the parking lots were very, very full. but luckily everyone was being super nice yesterday. i loved it. trains are on an s schedule on vre. marc is on an s schedule on the penn and brunswick lines. no camden trains. we're in great shape, example coming in from the west and sterling on the dulles toll road. no problems on 66 from gainesville or the beltway through tysons cone. we'll take a live look outside and here's what it looks like on the beltway in colleg

he's waged a battle over tags he turned into the frederick, maryland mva office in 1994. that's right, 1994. >> i, william jefferson clinton... >> reporter: in 1994, bill clinton was president. a gallon of gas was $1.09. marion barry was reelected mayor of d.c. >> you're a government agency. you're supposed to help the people. >> reporter: collections agencies have badgered him since 2009 by mail and by phone, but he refuses to pay for something he didn't do. >> you want your $200, i'm tell you what, when pigs fly you'll get it. >> reporter: roberts has completed a sea of paperwork to prove the tag was not his. but that unpaid $200 fine kept him from refinancing his home at the lowest possible rate. >> even if he gets this resolved, then we have to deal with the credit report because it's hard to get your credit fixed after it's been messed up. >> reporter: and now he wonders how many other innocents simply paid up and what the district is doing to ensure it doesn't happen again. >> find out who is responsible. if there's a weak link in the chain, get rid of it, fix this

frederick, maryland, brunswick, pierserville areas could get slick.ted to show you the forecast we have been working on for saturday evening. slippery conditions on 66, 70, 270 and 61. wet roads for most of us. freezing rain pockets setting up saturday evening and sunday morning. we have a much better day coming our way on sunday with a high of 44 and some sunshine. we have a lot more of this storm system coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >>> it's friday the 13th. a superstitious day for a lot of people. there's dispute over how the fear came about. some christians say it has to do with the last supper. judas was the 13th to arrive and jesus was crucified on a friday. others believe it comes from mythology where a mist chiefious god killed a hero. some say it goes back to ancient egypt where the number 13 represented the 13th stage of life, the afterlife. what are the facts? a british medical journal said you could be 52% more likely to go to the hospital for an accident. statistics say there are fewer accidents and thefts when the 13th falls on a friday.

i'll frederick got more snow than the immediate metro, the storm turned out to be manageable. brad bell tells us how people dealt with the latest round of winter weather. the bad part of the snowstorm, the power outages. one of the things, look at this backdrop in baker park. the snow was manageable. only about four inches. who youid, depending on ask it is bad or good. there is no business like snow business for brian. after a snow free winter last year, he is glad to be pushing snow and making money. >> it is a start. ,> on the popular sledding hill he is pleased with the snow days. reynolds gets it. >> you are never too old for a snow day. this started his commute morning and found conditions terrible. cars like this slid off roads. , andffice decided to close he turned around. some businesses chose to close. the town seems to be the accumulation champ. here in westminster, they have gotten five inches of snow on this walk. when you combine it with what fell over the weekend, look at this. about a foot of snow. >> it caught everybody off guard. >> they were told to stay off

you can see frederick and gaithersburg, leesburg, this is all rain and will stay all rain., we are seeing snow. this is the colder air moving in. we will not see any of this snow come through the ar

you can see frederick and gaithersburg, leesburg this is all rain and will stay all rain. with the first round, all rain is what we see. back to the west we are seeing snow. this is the colder air moving in. we will not see any of this snow come through the area. it will bring through enough cold air the next system will give us a hit. >> take a look for sunday. the number of counties under a winter storm watch for the possibility of seeing snow, sleet as well as some freezing rain all the way through charles county as well as stafford county. far and wide. some areas will be impacted greater than others. you can see it there, coming into the area starting early sunday morning. it's snow sleet and freezing rain. in a couple minutes, meteorologist doug kammerer will be back to show you where the worst areas are going to be as we go into sunday night in the monday morning rush. doreen? >> all right, we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you. road crews are gearing up for the mess. transportation reporter adam tuss is finding out how crews are working to make the roads clear.

go, andher north you frederick county, 3, 4, 5 inches not out of the question. elevation will also play a role. above 500 feet will see the heaviest snow. this is our futurecast. we have that pressure that moves out of your by sunday. we'll see some sunshine around here with temperatures in the 40's and a colder for the day on monday. a dusting changes to all rain in d.c. and fredericksburg. highest areas of western maryland may even see a little bit of icing. that will not be the case for the beltway. here is our forecast for tomorrow. damages will leave off from the lower 30's to the middle 30's. light rain and snow changing over to all rain by 2:00 in the afternoon. show cold airoks on monday, back into the middle 40's on tuesday at around 41 on wednesday. your -- thethe to title at a sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> they say nothing counts when you are out of town. you think that is true? andhey leave town tomorrow play the falcons on sunday. i think the players are happy to go. players want to think about the falcons, their future

in frederick.nty of clouds, yes. the rain drops will stay away for now. cloudy and dry. maybe a sprinkle tomorrow morning but sunshine is back tomorrow afternoon. thursday is mild. temperatures back up or near 60 degrees. next weekend a chance for rain drops. danella, sorry about that. >>> chuck, i'm tracking breaking news in northeast for folks taking the "h" street corridor. later today heads up. this is at benning road. all your lanes are shut down traveling benning road. westbound lanes are shut down. you can see crews are still on the scene. we have megan mcgrath on the scene as well. getting updates from her. we're going to shoot over to new york avenue. this is as you head outbound. travel lanes are open. richard and eun? >>> thank you. whether it's spiders or the dark or tight spaces we all have things we're afraid of. >> it may not be your fault. we'll show you why your ancestors are to blame for your phobias. >> what we're learning about the name of the national zoo's baby panda after the

they got six inches of snow here in frederick county. if you own a snow blower, you finally got to use it. >> the last couple years we've had winters that have been pretty mild. it sounds like -- looks like it might be a trend. i don't know. i'm glad i have my snow blower, i'll be honest with you. >> reporter: finally getting your money's worth? >> absolutely. a great investment, i can assure you. >> reporter: if you think you have a long driveway, check out this one at hooper farm. of course, they have the kind of horsepower that helps out. how long is your driveway may i ask? >> 650 feet. >> reporter: did you ever try it with a shovel? >> yeah, years ago. i wouldn't anymore. >> reporter: in the city of frederick, the best place for sledding, sliding, tubing and spending a snow day off school is shiverstaff sledding hill. >> we're going to try to make it down this hill with my two daughters on my back. whoo! >> reporter: how would you rate that? >> i am part of the bobsled team, i'm going to have to say it was a ten out of a ten. >> rep

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i can't get over the temperatures. 59 in frederick, 62 degrees in fredericksburg. temperatures today will begin to fall as the cold front approaches. keep the umbrella handy as there will be rain all day long. tomorrow, it will actually be cold for christmas eve. yes, i think a few flurries are possible. it will certainly be feeling more like the holidays with some colder temperatures. i will join you in a few minutes from the belfort furniture weather center. 4:30 one now. if you want health insurance at the start of the new year, you have until today to enroll. volunteers with the district's exchange ec health link are trying to help people sign up. residents who don't have insurance say they are eager to get it. it takes a lot of burden off me. because before i just used emergency instead of getting the proper care i need very that on that money to pay for the emergency room so i am still stuck. >> if you don't mind having health insurance plan that starts after january 1, you can enroll anytime until march 30 first. if that deadline is missed, penalties for the

heavy snoweeing the will be well to the north of frederick county. here's is what we expect for the evening hours. it will be dry, mostly cloudy. temperatures will range from the mid 30's to around 40. move toeline as we tomorrow, look for the light snow and mixed to develop in the lower to mid 30's. we will give you what to expect for the weekend and the next seven days in a few minutes area -- minutes. >> download our abc 7 weather app or you can follow us on facebook or twitter. >> what a messy afternoon on the inner loop of the beltway. a news chopper seven was over the scene. air is a box truck overturned -- there is a box truck overturned. no one was hurt but the traffic was backed up for miles. crash occurred a couple of hours ago but serious delays continue. we are in the wtop traffic center with more. is always that on friday. today it is even worse. the truck accident cleared before 3:00 but the damage is done. that accident is not forgotten. complicating matters because there is a water main break. this is not only affected the key bridge,

the western maryland and southwest, even parts of frederick county, maryland. and the snow pack, with the very cold temperatures tonight, that's 20 in martinsburg. south of town, a few more clouds in the upper 20s and the lower 30s. but the snow pack is also keeping a lid on temperatures in the short term. we're struggling now. hagerstown at 46 and westminster. passing along from the south to the west. 63 already and 67 in fredericksburg. temperatures, they are really shooting up in the atmosphere mixing out. he was up to 53 in frederick and only 39. sunshine at noon in the michael and son weather camera. temperatures as i said, they are very comfortable here in d.c., which are already in the upper 40s, the lower 50s when you need to go down waldorf. a big warm up today with the mid-60s by saturday. even some 60-degree readings tomorrow. it could be 70 on sunday and yes, records will be jeopardized both days. a chance of rain goes up a little bit on saturday. but sunday late in the day, a better chance for rain in the morning and the cold, yeah, it will return

frederick 24. even annapolis 28. morning temperatures, 18 in hagerstown, 19 frederick and 26 in the nation's capital. theic air arriving in morning so we will see breeze with that. the coldest day is definitely tomorrow and already watching another weather system with circulation already off the coast of san diego that could have a profound effect on our weather this weekend. adc police officer arrested and another may have taken his own life. both accused of crimes against juveniles. tonight, we speak to people who say there are concerns about the department and a fellow investigation. roz plater joins us live from d.c. police headquarters. buycks two of the officers found on the wrong side of the law. the d.c. police chief says she's proud of the other officers who worked tirelessly to bring those charges. still tonight, there are those who question the investigation. for more than one week now, d.c. police have been investigating two of their own involving officers accused of inappropriate conduct with juveniles.

frederick, loudoun, fauquier, prince william county. it could lead to slick roads and power out annals tomorrow. a winter storm watch for the areas in blue. arlington, fairfax and montgomery. think it will transition into a winter storm warning during the evening hours, a winter weather advisory is in effect for southern maryland, the district and prince george's county. this goes tomorrow morning through monday morning. the areas under the winter storm watch, you have a greater concern of dealing with more ice accumulation as well as more snow accumulation. so let's time it out. 10:00, 11:00 a.m., snow arrives and we continue to see snow through about 1:00 p.m. during the afternoon hours. we start to see some sleet before the transitions over to freezing rain during the late afternoon and early evening hours. >> 5:00 p.m., southern maryland is starting to see mainly rain, look at the areas in pink, washington, northern prince george's county, fairfax, prince william, loudoun, fairfax, and the freezing rain lasts into monday morning for

but today temperatures remaining in the 50s in leesburg and frederick. 55 boat of those locations. but 61 in d.c. and 61 in fredericksburg. 63 in culpeper and 64 in orange. overnight tonight only dipping into the 40s. the cloud cover helping to keep temperatures in check so we'll only dip down to 48 in manassas and the district. 47 in leesburg and gaithersburg. 42 in frederick and 43 in hagerstown. over the next three days, our 9 weather alerts are going to remain green but saturday even milder with a slight chance for a sprinkle and a high of 65 degrees and then all the way up to 71 on sunday with that chance for a thunderstorm arriving late in the day. in the first alert seven-day forecast, starting to get back to reality on monday. a morning shower, afternoon sunshine. christmas eve and christmas day dry but it will be chillier with highs in the low 40s. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> we have breaking news from the maryland gaming commission right now. mgm is the casino company to get the contract to build a new casino in maryland. it will be the state's sixth casino and

executive director frederick shek describes the program as a safe haven. >> we approach those individualsnd indicate to them that we'll provide them with a place to stay. they don't have to commit to sobriety, recovery, or get into mental health treatment as a precondition of coming indoors. it's a lot easier to engage them once they're indoors. >> you have a lot of people who were on the streets for years on end and resistant to going to the shelters and would rather work with you from the street than going in. once that trust is built they work on the next phase of re-integration. >> a lot of times it wasn't about convincing. it was really about creating a relationship with them. >> there are so many good people out there. if you forget about your pride sometimes. before i was staying in a car. this is a blessing, a great blessing. >> it is through state funding and private investors that urban pathways can provide aid with low income housing. >> if you can figure out a way to make housing more affordable, then 80% of the families that are in the shelter system today could be housed tom

folks around hagerstown, frederick, for tomorrow morning, a brief shower around frederick. winchester, warrenton, a possibility with the weather front coming through. tomorrow afternoon, again, outside in about 16 hours we could have breaks in the cloud cover. that might give us a bit of sunshine by the time the sunsets. we are back in it with another weather system wednesday. showers will develop and move through especially during the afternoon hours on wednesday. let's take a look at the high temperature for tomorrow. folks in montgomery county, prince george's county, 51 degrees is the high temperature for tomorrow morning. we have 52 degrees in d.c. here is how we get there. 47 degrees at 10:00 a.m. for your tuesday weather. by noontime, we are at 51. again, limited sunshine. maybe a few breaks but with a high temperature of 52 degrees. folks, i'm still calling that cool. let's take a look at your storm team four day forecast. 55 on wednesday. rising temperatures for the week. at least through thursday. there's a weather system that is going to move through at the end o

hagerstown, 30 in frederick, 39 manassas, 38 annapolis. temperatures falling and clear skies through the evening down to near 30 degrees in a few hours. overnight, even colder as we expect overnight temperatures between 18-20 six. clouds and wind developing but the leading-edge of arctic air arriving and here's the line coming out of northern ohio and a reinforcing push of arctic air and the very cold temperatures. we will be lucky to get out of the 20's tomorrow and even colder with the chill. is this a preview for the weekend? we will let you know coming up in just a few minutes. >> criminal cases against two d.c. police officers. the first involved an officer accused of taking pictures of a naked teenager. washington died after being pulled from the potomac late last night and there are many his death.urrounding jennifer donelan has been with the story from the beginning and she is live now. >> here's what we can tell you. police officer washington was driving a rental car and it was found unattended in this parking lot. washington was

maybe a dusting in and around frederick.ia, a little bit more for you. but not a lot going on. in( temperatures will warm slightly from where they were dug the day today. i think we will see at least some sunshine part of the day but we're not talking a lot because then the showers move some snow showers. we've been on the cold side. you know that.t( much of december has been cold but there's going to be a biglp pattern shift. that'wd#oing to allow mild aa$l to move into oure1 region. the cold air lpretreats back to the west. temperatures get abovei] averag. not just a little bit above verage,. iáij tomorrow and it's not on wednesday. wednesday aro !'Ñ 40. windchills in the low 30s all day. 39 -- 49 on thursday and say hello to a little bit of warmth. temperatures moving upwards to some locations on sunday could get into the low to mid 60oks. good chance for rain. that will also usher in morir for çóchristmas.j4(t&háhp &h% 8>>> nertÑ in sports tonight. bradley beall helps the wizards do something they haven't done chef, you

frederick, 48. still snow on the ground up there. don't worry, if you want the snow out of here, it will get out of here this weekend. a warmer weekend as temperatures climb to near 72. if we hit that mark, that would tie our record on sunday. after that, of course, we have christmas. do we want it to stay this warm around christmas? we are going to talk about that changes christmas weather pattern coming up in a minute. >>> an ashburn man who runs a driving school is accused of sexually abusing his female students. he operated a school called aali fast track. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey obtained documents showing some of the abuse took place inside a moving vehicle with the student at the wheel. >> reporter: this is driving instructor. the 63-year-old is the owner and only teacher at aali fast track driving school. he operates the business out of his ashburn town home. he's accused of sexual aabusing at least two of his female students. >> i don't think what to think. i never interacted with him. his wife is very nic

checking out on i-270 making the trip from frederick, maryland, heading to rockville. travel lanes are open. absolutely clear. continuing to the beltway from i-270 clear as well with a great drive time from i-270 head iingo i-95 that's just a nine-minute drive on the inner loop of the beltway. outer lap clear as well. richard and eun? >>> we are still seeing temperatures in the 30s around the d.c. area this morning. but things are not as bad as they've been in the past few days. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the changes in store for us. good morning, chuck. >>> good morning, there's the woodrow wilson bridge. still bathed in early morning darkness. the low 40s in and around town. 43 at national airport. again, that's one of the warm spots. 36 now in frederick, maryland. 39 in culpeper and bristow. 37 in manassas. there's a whole lot of cloud cover outside this morning but 0 our rain chances will remain fairly low. as you make your plans to enjoy your back to work and school monday, plan on a whole lot more cloud cover than anything else. te

frederick to hagerstown to martinsburg. those temperatures tonight, going to be on the chilly side. 23 in martinsburg. 23 frederick. 24 manassas. temperatures in the 30s to the west. a lot of clouds. snow early. 42 degrees is what we are going for in d.c. i mentioned the pattern change. who is ready for warmer weather? it's coming. 42 tomorrow. 40 on wednesday. it's up to near 60 degrees on saturday and sunday. that, of course comes with a potent storm. we are going to watch that closely. this will be an all rain event for us. some temperatures into the mid-60s. we'll watch this one very close. >> all right, doug. incredible footage out of italy. this is mt. etna. it's europe's most active volcano. a major tourist destination. it started erupting for the 20th time this year. the smoke and ash forced a nearby airport to shut down. >>> a big change for georgetown. how residents want surveillance cameras for their neighborhood. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood. is the district doing enough to make cycling safe in the city where c

if you live out towards frederick and charles town.aking your way down towards loudoun, montgomery county, you may see a few flurries. that's going to be about it. that shows you where the storm system is. it's just a cold front that's going to move on through. you can see the snow showers moving along with it. that's the leading edge of the cold air. and i'm not just talking about cold air. we're talking frigid air. 33 here. nine in detroit. two in chicago. one below in minneapolis. four in des moines. 15 in st. louis. very cold air making its way our way. chicago, expect it to get close to record low temperature of minus eight tonight. some areas may even break some records overnight tonight all because of that area of arctic air. high pressure moving down from canada right down into our area. tomorrow, it will be in place. tomorrow is going to be a very cold day with most areas staying below freezing all day. as we move on through the day tomorrow and friday, the arctic air starts to retreat. friday not bad. temperatures will warm i

those of you in frederick and loudoun counties this morning could be seeing some flurries. otherwise notice the clouds moving into the area. we are going to have clouds around the this morning and you see here on future weather at 6:30 plenty of cloudiness. even at 8:00 a.m. we're still tracking mostly cloudy skies over most of the area. again, maybe some isolated flurries north of washington. but as we get into the midday and afternoon hours, look what happens. the clouds clear out so we will have plenty of sunshine this afternoon and a high temperature of 45 degrees. for tomorrow sunny, a high of 46. plenty of sunshine still around on saturday. a high temperature of 51 degrees. for sunday cloudy skies, a high of 47. and i do think we will see rain on sun day mainly later in the day so we're going to continue to track that rain potential. as we look ahead to new year's eve, a high temperature of 35. now for new year's night around midnight, a temperature of 30 degrees and it is looking chilly. maynard, are we still tracking problem free conditions on the roads? >>> overall

leesburg, sterling, frederick, snow to ice. ice accumulates .1 to .5.that occurs, this is what you can expect. icy roads, branches down, and power outages may be wide spread. this is something we need to prepare for sunday night into monday. make sure you're ready for your power to go out and places back towards the west. ice on sunday. 45nd rain on monday. 40 on tuesday. a chance for some snow. but that's just some light snow. and then it's just cold wednesday, thursday, and friday. highs will only be in the 30s. one more time about monday morning. we will go on at 4:00 on monday morning. i do think there will be some late openings. maybe even some closures due to that ice. stick around and make sure you tune in to us at 4:00 monday morning. >> you will be here sunday. >> yep. >> thank you, doug. >> you bet. >>> the rain didn't stop the excitement at the community tree lighting in arlington tonight. this is part of the annual miracle on 23rd street and the kickoff to the holiday season. santa arrived on a fire truck, sirens blaring an lights flashing c

in frederick county we found an abandoned car that slid off the road near christopher's crossing which county officials here tell us got six inches. that's enough snow to weigh down branches bending and breaking them. >> we get pretty fierce winds coming off the mountains, and i think probably the trunk was compromised. the snow was so heavy it just brought half of it down. maybe we won't lose the whole thing, i'm hoping. >> reporter: parking lots at churches and businesses had to be dug out. snowblowers were used on sidewalks. snowplows are finally getting to the problem areas, residential roads that are among the last to be cleared. the people who own snow removal businesses are grateful for the early snow. >> of course this year so far we've had more snow than what we did all last year. >> you've got to be a happy guy being a snow plower. >> it makes it nice. >> this montgomery county resident really took the snow seriously. >> we haven't gotten snow in a really long time. i brought all the stuff out the attic. i bundled up. i don't like being cold. >> looks like you didn't leave an

frederick county west virginia. closer to washington, in the mid-30s. above freezing. s into the afternoon we'll have just a cold afternoon. then we could get some light snow developing later tonight. i'll have the timing on that coming up here in just a few minutes. but then a warmer weekend going to be seeming like springtime, i think, by the end of the week into the weekend. all of that coming up in just a few minutes, barbara. >> thank you, tom. >>> new today, you'll have more places where you can apply to move through airport security quicker. the transportation security administration is expanding its precheck application centers. news 4's megan mcgrath is in alexandria where she talked with frequent fliers who give the program high marks. >> reporter: the airport security check point. on a busy day, it can bring your progress to a grinding halt as you empty pockets, fill bins and remove shoes. but avoiding the hassle just got a little easier with the opening of three new tsa precheck application centers. incl

there may be a few sprinkles of rain this little band of green just northwest of frederick and fartherckles of gray. these are a few scattered flurries out at west virginia and western maryland. farther north and west there are some snow showers in western pennsylvania, but we don't have any trouble problems up and down the atlantic seaboard from maine to florida. just a few of those snow showers in the mountains are going to be driving west, heading toward pittsburgh. you may be driving through some of that, also some in western new york state. elsewhere, it's a dry pattern across most of the nation, just a little batch of snow may be moving out of the dakotas into minnesota with about 1 to 3 inches of snow there. elsewhere, all dry throughout the mountains and on the west coast, here, from california up to washington state. it's a dry pattern. so really no -- not any weather problems traveling, flying or driving much of the country, afternoon highs reaching low to mid-40s around the metro area, but these northwest winds gusting 10 to 25 miles an hour will make it feel colder. we'll h

ex 27 people are behind bars and a massive crackdown on heroin and other drugs in frederick county.ont -- the arrest focused people moving drugs into or through the county. 14 have died after overdosing on the drug in frederick county this year alone. seven told you about this mother fighting to get heroin off the streets and to raise awareness among teenagers and young adults. her son fatally overdosed on the drug earlier this year after a month-long fight to get clean. nelson tells us she is working to bring her message against drugs to area schools. >> a court doctor will have the final say whether the 13-year- will be kept on life support. >> i do not want her to have the surgery because i feel like something is going to happen. that is the guilt i have to to do with everyday. >> they asked for a second opinion because they believed the hospital's doctors cannot be trusted. children's hospital said it is investigating what happened before, during, and after the procedure. >> a look at today's top stories. last-minute shoppers are not just going to the store two days before chris

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