back toward stafford county around fredericksburg. i move the two to four closer to fredericksburg and into portions of charles county and then you see where the four to eight inches are. wouldn't be surprised if extreme rt little more like around four inches too. dwlurz snowfall map for the day. tomorrow heads up. we're seeing a lot of school closings and cancellations. this is why. the roads will become very slick very early tomorrow and that's going to be a big problem. even tomorrow night and into friday. because of the cold we'll see many slick roads, especially those secondary roadways. so give yourself time. and then we see this. look at tomorrow morning. wind chills already in the single digits. but tomorrow night we go below zero, and by friday morning our wind chills, minus 8 d.c., 17 below zero in winchester, with higher gusts we could reach 20 to 25 below. we're going to see a lot of school closings during the day on friday too as a result of the colder air coming on in here. high temperatures on friday and saturday only i

the extension will go from stafford county to fredericksburg. and in addition, they are also putting a bridge over the rappahannock river. >> it's terrible. i would say it's a parking lot. >> always we have huge traffic. sam: anyone you ask in fredericksburg will tell you the same thing. 95 here is a computer's nightmare. >> we spent sometimes three hours to get 35 miles. sam: relief is coming. today governor terry mcauliffe announced a private company transurban will pay to extend the 95 express lanes ten miles south to route 17. >> we provide more reliable trip and when crews are in the main lane, the general purpose lanes for the interstate and those who travel in the express lanes. >> the two will be tolled 24 hours a day but will allow carpoolers with three or more to ride free. when finished the express lane total from fredericksburg to the pentagon. transurban is also going to give the state $277 million up front to provide funding for critical infrastructure products along the 95 corridor. construction begins in 2019 for the express lane

is close to that. 22 miles an hour in fredericksburg. i will make it feel very bitter. -- that will make it feel very bitter. snow ending late morning around 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.. eileen whelan has been live all morning long out in storm trak 7. how are the roads looking, eileen? veronica,, my gosh, the roads are not good. we are in upper marlboro, heading south on route four. our photographer, vanessa, is manning the wheel. she said this is officially not fun. this is route 4, and the roads are snow-covered. we have seen so many road crews out here treating the roads. road temperatures are in the mid 20's. and sliding. when you went to bed last site, prince george's county was under a two-hour delay. waking up this morning, prince arege's county schools closed today. driving around today, it is definitely a good decision. if you don't have to be on the roads, definitely do not do it. the disabilities -- the being reducedre as well. tomorrow morning, prince george's county already on a two-hour delay. with highs of 10 degrees, it will b

the two-lane reversible toll lane will stretch from stafford to fredericksburg. around the clock toking based on the volume. but -- the around-the-clock toking based on to volume. >> it will be great. >> they will build the lane and collect toll money. in exchange, they will pay the state $277 million up front to be used for other critical transportation projects along the 95 corridor. the announcement comes with the news of a bridge and additional travel lanes. >> it's reliable trip and mores options. the general purpose lane in interstate as well as for people who choose to travel in express lanes. >> it fredericksburg to the pentagon. construction for the new brim over the rappahannock begins this summer. construction for express lane extension begins in 2018 and will open in 202. i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: as of today virginia has 70 miles worth of express lanes including i-64 in norfolk and i-66, i-95, i-395 and the beltway here. work is underway to make seven more miles of the toll lanes. they will run from the current end edsall road to the d.c.

one degree below as far south as fredericksburg. let's talk about the forecast. by 6:00 tomorrow morning it will feel 10 degrees below in ginsburg, 10 degrees below in martinsburg and even fredericksburg will be below zero. it still below zero in the afternoon hour. this is pretty serious. two degrees below, one below in romney. two degrees below in winchester. will talk about what temps finally make it above freezing. we are tracking a winter mix. >>> here is a tip you can't ignore, keep your faucets dripping tonight if your pipes are exposed to the frigid air, small pipes are more at risk and so are the bigger ones. dc water had to fix a broken main along rock creek -- rock creek parkway today. have of these water main breaks have been over the last couple of days. how do you dress for temperatures close to or lo upon layers. if you have to be out and about, remember you will want to protect any exposed skin. frostbite can set in after about 30 minutes and temperatures like these. you can take the power of our most accurate forecast with you in your pocket or p

fredericksburg is minus one. temperature but it's colder with the wind chill factor okay. this is where the wind chill factor is brutal up here. gaithersburg minus 12. you can see that. hagerstown almost that bad. and then down to the south, the wind is really not blowing. the wind has gone calm and that's why fredericksburg and culpeper have been able to get so darn cold. the same for leonardtown. they're really cold, too, this morning. so, here's the deal. this big arctic air mass, and there's still more of it kind of funneling in today, there's the arctic high off to the west and northwest of us. it will be on top of us by early tomorrow morning so i expect the winds will l lot of temperatures out there early tomorrow morning zero, minus one, minus two, 3 degrees across the region. won't be too bad with the wind chill factor but awful with the temperature tomorrow morning. low pressure is moving out. squeeze play between the two and that keeps this brutal wind chill factor going today with the wind gusts 20 to

is close to that. 22 miles an hour in fredericksburg. i will make it feel very bitter. -- that will make it feel very bitter. snow ending late morning around 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.. eileen whelan has been live all morning long out in storm trak 7. how are the roads looking, eileen? veronica,, my gosh, the roads are not good. we are in upper marlboro, heading south on route four. our photographer, vanessa, is manning the wheel. she said this is officially not fun. this is route 4, and the roads are snow-covered.

we got the -- fredericksburg, stafford county, spotsylvania, all closed today.t's changed from what they earlier decided. >> a whole lot of schools are delayed as well. look at all that fog out there. hard to see. >> hard to see for sure if you're on the ground. somara is keeping an eye on all the weather issues today. somara? >> hey. that's why we're under a storm team 4 weather alert. visibility down to a quarter of a mile we could see black ice. you want to be careful. the good news is there's improving conditions. mostly sunny skies. coming up, sheena will have a look at the full forecast at the the end of the week. right now, we're talking about rest of the beltway looking okay. we still have a water main break. if you're headed out of town, you want to hear this one. chris? >>> thanks, melissa. we're following developments, something in new york city where a scuffle broke out at erica garner's funeral. take a look at some of the video. police said to be called in. basically a fight broke out there. spilled out into the outside of the funeral. erica garner

in la plata and by 9:00, we are below zero and by 1:00, one degree below zero in fredericksburg and this system, we are throwing in the towel. 17 by 11:00 and full sun and by saturday, still cold. 32 if we are lucky on sunday and it will feel nice with rain possible and morning clouds on tuesday. a little january thought and 50 next wednesday and 55 next thursday with maybe a shower. >> we were talking about kirk cousins? >> no. but they are speaking to some fans to answer questions. before that, we will break z2l2xz z16fz y2l2xy y16fy >>> now, wusa9 sports with darren haynes brought to you by xfinity. >> kirk cousins is supposed to shed light on his future with the skins. i'm begging you all things redskins. you were mia on media day. step up here and let me stand through the pain. ♪ [singing] kirk cousins, we don't want you to leave! don't go! >> cousins, i know the season didn't go the way you wanted it too. don't blame me. two playoff games in your career and i know it hurts. is that the money or because the city shut down because of one inch of snow? just let me know and i will

and the good news is, most folks above freezing. 33 in gaithersburg and 31 in fredericksburg. we come back and talk about when the 50s role in and the 30s roll back. >>> i'm sure before you left the house, you watched our newest show, get up to see, -- get up dc. the hostess comedian, reese waters and he brings comic relief and i got a chance to sit up with his mama was there, too. had a lot to say. >> i have a question for you. how broke do i look? [laughter] >> who is reese waters, who are you? >> that's a good question. i'm an acid. i'm from prince george's county. i always was a bit of a class clown, had a sense of humor. who thinks they are that funny, other than the drunk people at the comedy club, that sounds better. >> reese didn't have to look far for his funnybone. he discovered it earlier, and he learned at his grandmother's knee. >> she was the funniest person. she didn't need any material. >> i showed my grandmother a picture of my girl. you by a wallet, you are supposed to take the wife with you. [laughter] do you see my girlfriend in the picture? i didn't get yo

i'm forecasting 21 in fredericksburg. have your nbc washington app downloaded and zoom into your storm team 4 custom-tailored forecast by zip code. you can find me on twitter and instagram. my instagram, more dog and food pictures than anything else. tomorrow morning, wake-up temperatures in the single numbers again with windchills tomorrow morning below zero. here's your friday future windchills. staying below zero for most of the morning hours. layer up everybody. frigid for the weekend. the coldest morning likely to be sunday morning. the temperatures will be able to drop quite a bit. highs on monday back above freezing. but we may have a wintry mix to worry about on monday. we'll keep a close eye on that through breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. >> breaking news near the kennedy center. we're dealing with a water main break that has saturated the roadways there and then it's turned to ice. obvious obviously, because of the cold temps. the repairs happening northbound rock creek parkway, westbound virginia av

same fredericksburg and martinsburg and the westminster and 10 hagerstown and twelve baltimorehi at 15from 16 to 29 miles an hour. they've about strong and gusty all day long. so they he are producing significant wind chills. right now if you step outside feels like in d.c. us 8 westminster and minus 5 same as winchester avenue mip us flour baltimore and one at can't co. >> we're speaking about the danger with a wind chill. >> alleghany, mineral, pe peoplebleton, higher elevations could see up snow looks good. wintd khilt for this area puts values at -- as low i should say minus 25 as possibility. wind chill advisory greater area headed in blue anywhere from plus five to minus ten. that's what it will feel like once we get to overnight hours and do it people foam. this is dangerous. i want to you take it seriously and be drug out. there 23 by it will feel minus 6 by the the:00 hour and zero at 123 and only 4 by the 4 o'clock hermine us four at mar martinsburg. >> just be aware a pout dangerous right now can trees in a 30 minute. these are real dangers and police do not leave pets out i

moderate snow around stafford and fredericksburg and quantico. for accumulation, a dusting up to about one inch around leesburg in the snow will wrap up early. you will see things fizzled out in about one hour or two. in d.c., up to 4 inches and ocean city, upwards of 8 inches with a blizzard warning and effect and ocean city with winds gusting up to 50 miles-an- hour. you can see gusting wind around d.c. and you will notice the snow blowing out there at 37 miles- an-hour. you see the warning around ocean city and storm warning in washington, dc. the winter weather advisory, by 8:00, dealing with light to moderate area -- areas where snow lightens up. toward the east, the snow is shifting out and the roads will be a mess. one of the hard hit spots will be ocean city where we have melissa nord who has been braving it out with storm wind -- strong wind and sometimes we could barely understand what you were saying, melissa. we hope you are safe. >> reporter: it's brutal out here. we've made it to the boardwalk and the wind is gusting and it is st it

futurecast, 10:00, mostly cloudy. 37 in hagerstown, 35 in fredericksburg and by 6:00, carroo -- clouds return and 34 in cumberland and 35 in romney. by 9:00, near 40 degrees. 40 in buoy and by 1:00, upper 40s to about 50 and the showers come in tomorrow night, primarily west of 95 and closer to i-81 and 95. leesburg showers and by 10:00, more showers in the immediate area and then showers just about everywhere. it looks like summer, doesn't it? batches of moderate rain and rumbles of thunder with the day planner across the board, temperatures in the 30s, 46 by 1:00. the next few days, a yellow weather alert with rain and storms and temps are falling on saturday. the next seven days, flurries possible and we will keep it dry for dry for monday and tuesday, snow showers possible and wednesday, snow showers possible with temps going down, only 29 on wednesday. >> a fiery crash involving multiple tractor-trailers in southern indiana. take a look at within one half mile being evacuated as a precaution with hazardous chemicals leaking from a box truck. all kinds of bad going on. the highway

he also mentioned the extension of toll lanes on 95 to fredericksburg. alison: mcauliffe's successor ralph northam will be sworn saturday. tim barber will have the team coverage of the inauguration. nancy: maryland governor larry hogan wants to put new limits on lawmakers, proposing legislation to limit them to two consecutive four-year terms, the same time limit as the governor. forrnor hogan will be up election after his second term next year. right now there are seven democrats vying to challenge him. withn: 7 on your side health matters and a shortage of critical equipment and hospitals across america triggered by hurricane maria. a port royal-reagan -- a puerto rico-based company makes about 45% of iv bags and solution for the entire country. three plants went down after the storm and local hospitals are now scrambling in the midst of flu season. >> many organizations are running extremely low if not completely out. >> our t the community. inova's five hospitals use up to 3000 of these iv bags everything they. they are conserving bags by conserving

by 9:00, 10 degrees below in gaithersburg and 2 degrees below in fredericksburg.town, three above downtown and 8 degrees in hagerstown. temperatures start out in the low teens and don't move much. 19 by 1:00 and with full sun, that's what it looks like. still cold and we may or may not make it above freezing. rain may develop and morning clouds on tuesday and back into the 40s. our january thought, 50 on wednesday and 55 with a shower next thursday. >> wusa9 sports brought to you by xfinity. >>> basketball has a tough test against michigan state. this weekend will honor the championship team. diane roberts found a member of the team and the career will blow your mind. >> reporter: we d on maryland basketball, honoring the 1958 championship team on sunday. they arranged for us to talk to jerry barraclough, a guard for the team. here is jerry shooting against boston college. at the end of the interview, we found out what he did after the college basketball career and that caught our attention. >> it was a funny situation. my wife said i needed a real job. >> reporte

fredericksburg called in to say they are closed. the other big district we heard from so far, prince william county, both closed. to find out more sign up to wjla.com/text. michelle: this morning the schools were closed and the federal government delayed. the maryland police say they responded to 86 crashes before lunchtime. the coverage of the winter storm continue ahead when they check in with brad bell in ocean city. this is 15 degrees out there. dulles got busy today. when j.f.k. had to shut they drew a name from a bowl to determine if a virginia house race that was tied would determine control of the legislature. it couldn't mean more. richard reeve reports, that drawing ended with republicans holding on to a slim majority. >> the first name picked was david yancey. certified the winner. >> i had to be emotionally prepared. shelly simonds unwilling to concede. >> for me all options are on the table. this race could not my responsibility is begin the work i was re-elected to do. the drawing after a debate about the disputed ball

you get south, the fredericksburg, it's 40. the warm air will make its way to our area. it's not going to drop much at all. it's the mid-30's to 32 we will talk about the specifics coming up. michelle: josh knight is in stormwatch7 continuing the team coverage. you have been tracking the changing conditions out there. what are you seeing now? josh: we are looking at rain. that's what we have found. at this point it's light as well. getting around on the highways, it's fine again. it's been treated and things are looking good. the only place we have seen issues are the sidewalks and the driveways. we are in damascus. we found slick spots again walking around. but the roads even there are looking good. there are a lot of crews out doing what they can to keep people safe. it's working. i'll send it back inside. nancy: get a check now from mobiletrak7. sam sweeney joins us. where are you and what are you seeing? sam: we are 95 south. you can see windshield wipers are working hard. freezing. the crews are on the side of the road. ready to roll as it starts to ice over. but sl

as for the delays, fredericksburg and stafford county schools will hours late. you can learn about the latest school closings any time on our nbc washington app. >>> howard university is postponed classes for more than a week because of problems created by this long stretch of bitter cold weather. it caused steam pipes to burst, filling rooms with moisture. there were holes ripped in order to prevent mold. it also caused problems for the boil r system. some schools don't have consistent heat right now. >> the most comfortable setting the students will have in their homes. >> it gives us a week to get ourselves together. >> classes expected to resume january 16th. >>> it's something we've been talking about nonstop. the water main break. take a look at the latest one in water and mud coating the streets. montgomery police blocked off the area until the issue is fixed. no word how long it will take to fix. >>> college park, an 80-year-old water main broke and caused this traffic issue. reporting only one left lane is getting by at cherry hill road. this one of fou

he is the author of "fredericksburg, fredericksburg," which won a lincoln prize. his most recent book is "damn yankees." let's welcome dr. orge rle. [applause] dr. rable: thank you very much. it is always a pleasure to be here for many different reasons. i'd like to thank des and the staff of pamplin park, certainly the best civil war venue in the country. there is no question about that. i'm always indebted to my dear friend will green who has invited me back year after year, invited me back year after year, despite perhaps protests from the crowd. [laughter] but will and i give each other a lot of grief but we are dear friends. we are dear friends. but most of all i want to thank you all, who year after year come to this conference. it was good to see some people here who had not been here before. i consider this group dear friends. it's always one of the highlights of the year for kay and i to come up here. now, over the years i have had a number of assignments thanks to my dear, dear friend will green. [laughter] sort of a trifecta of challenges. some of you m

once they're complete, express lanes will total 50 miles from fredericksburg... all the way north to the pentagon. that announcement -- one of the governor's final acts before leaving office. and last night he delivered his final state of the commonwealth address as governor. mcauliffe touted his accomplishments in the past four years... but also discussed his most difficult moment. with the governor's wife were the wives of two state troopers who died in a helicopter crash that day. as well as the mother and stepfather of heather heyer, who killed by a car during a counter-protest. mcauliffe's successor -- ralph northam -- will be sworn in on saturday. northern virginia bureau chief tim barber will have full coverage of northam's inauguration -- right here on abc-7 news and at wjla-dot-com. coming up: w'ere following breaking news in the middle east - the earthquake rocking the region overnight. plus- a second chance at life! the dogs rescued from the freezing cold - and how you can give them a new home. eileen live tease at 5:xx time for a check on the forecast

in fairfax, spotsylvania, stafford, rappahannock and fredericksburg. schools in prince william and loudoun county and city of manassas also on that two-hour delay. whether walking on the side streets or driving to work this morning, you want to take your time. you can see people had trouble walking last night in arlington. water on some of the untreated roads and walkways may have refroze after temperatures dipped below freezing. black ice may be to blame for a crash that left an apartment complex badly damaged in bethesda. three families are out ofh shomari stone has more from that scene. >> reporter: people who live in this neighborhood tell me the woman was driving on this cold pavement. hit some ice. you can see the tracks here and plowed into this building. take a look at all of this damage here. this is a piece of her car. right over here, you have a part of the engine. there are bricks and blinds and all types of debris all over this place. now, let's show you video that shows the actual suv smashed into the apartment. a montgomery county fire s

federal judge will begin reviewing the election results of virginia's 28th district, including the fredericksburg area. republican bob thomas defeated joshua kolby fewer than 75 votes. a federal lawsuit was filed in new election. the voters who filed that lawsuit say that some people were given ballots for the wrong district. >>> happening today, america may soon get another millionaire. the drawing for that massive $445 million mega millions jackpot is tonight. if someone wins, it will be the fourth largest jackpot in the history of the game. the last time anyone won the mega millions drawing was back in october. if you don't win tonight, fear not. >> powerball drawing is saturday. that one is up to $550 million for the jackpot. check out nbc4 for the winning numbers. >> you still have time to buy tickets, right? >> yes. >> it's 4:36. another check on your weather and traffic now. >> we'll turn to melissa for a look at the roads in a second. first to chuck bell and this frigid, arctic -- is there something worse than arctic? i can't think of what describes it. >> antarctica is usually colder we

we're above freezing. 36 in fredericksburg. it will fall as plain rain. been so cold a whole week, well below zero that means we will see around 3 o'clock, d.c. ar during the day. tomorrow, temperatures will stay up tomorrow night. anything that is there as far as the ice goes, i do think we will see melting tomorrow night, some good news. by tuesday morning looking a little better. ice on the roadways and sidewalks. rush hour could be very difficult. bring your ice scraper. you may not need it tomorrow morning but you may need it with a coating of ice. the temperatures looking a little better. 45 degrees on tuesday and wednesday, 41. look at that. 55 degrees on thursday. let's stay in the 50s the next couple of days. thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, we do get back to the 30s next week. at least we have some 50s. >> does that look messy? >> rain and 50s? yes. chuck bell will have the latest on "news4 today." >> thanks, doug. >>> still ahead, the your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artific