the cities around the city of fredericksburg. north and west a little bit of a freezing rain or sleet problem to deal with. right now we aren't evenng belo frround the area, but that won't take long to drop. temperatures across the shenandoah valley and still mid-30s around town. the planner for today for everything to start arriving fairly shortly andake between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morni and snow could add up to a quick two to three inches of snow before the mixve ar there you can see snow on our southwestern doorstep here. this will quickly overspread the area. if you get a great picture, send it to me o twitter and we'll time out the amounts and timeovers coming up in a dbit. >> g morning to you. no doubt the roads will look crazy here in just a little while. let's talk about metro. service running every 12 minutes. metro bus limited servicema on e roads only today. alexandria and aphorifte connector and 66 and 95 look all right but take a lookt at tha radar where that snow is coming in. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> stor

. >> the coating of the ground already in fredericksburg. a quick burst of one to three o inch snow here with this first leading edge of the moisture. i'mlad we didn't move those numbers out. look at the big dry slot athere. ould mean a bit of an end to the precip before it changes ba over to rain later on in the afternoon. so, everybody, i think, has a chance of getting a one to three inches of snow here between now and noontime. additional amounts of snow, maybe more likely north and west. here comes the snowflakes. if you see the snow outside, se me a picture of it on twitter @chuckbell4. southern maryland viewers say there wasn't snow in there yet. curious to see if they have snow at this poi intime. where the snow has started now, temperatures are falling down to at or below the freezing mark here. lso, this w be all snow here during the morning hours. temperatures hovering around 30 to 31 degrees between nownd noon. inching just high enough to make this rain, the warmer air arrives aloft first. that's the reason we're pretty optimistic

we're on plank road here in the fredericksburg area. l take ae look here because we are seeing it start to accumulate on the roadway here. ju can see all of the white there andt the tire tracks down the center of the lane here. everything else is white. we're defin seeing some slick conditions out there right now. ow, we are making our way to 95. we're stuck at a red light here. so, let's go to some video that we shot a little while ago in the downtown area and see some of the snow that has been fallin in the very beginning just st k sticking to the grassy sreas and thrted to stick on the roadways, which have been pretreated. that gives you an idea. we're right around 32 degrees here. so, the freezing mark. so, we are starting to see thatc mulation even on the roadways. talk to a man a little while ago who has been out and about driving and hescribed the conditions for us. >> there's black ice, definitely. starting to get colder now. so, i'll be careful and hopefully everyone else will. >> taking a l livek now. just came off plank road.

a little rain showers coming through fredericksburg and even theern neck.in, all of this will move areasouth of the d.c. you can kind of see the line that it's taking right now. our friends in m southeryland will get a little bit of rain.ou down t the northern neck and fredericksburg. for the most part, temperatures in the 40s. we're not expecting snow. not to say there couldn't be snowflakes mixed in, but i'm not expecting issues. i-95, temperatures in the low to mid 40s rightl now. welip a little bit, then head back to the 40s. i think by this afternoon, we'll all have some sunshine and clear skies overnight. decrease in clouds.fo ot an "a" there. decreasing clouds as we continue into the afternoon and ernight. let me show you what's going on there. saturday morning, again, we have a few showers coming through southern maryland and.orthern ne most of this slipping well south of us. by the afternoon, look at this, we clear out. night, we're dry and clear. toherrow, this is we're watching. kn els increasing clouds, starting with sunshine. trace amounts of s

you can see there from our live macture near the fredericksburg area. be coming down as a mix of rain and snow now as temperatures in fredericksburg are at 35 degrees and over to drops of water after they land. so, this will happen eventually. temperatures are lower out of outhern virginia and as the precipitation falls down into the dry air, that will cool the temperatures down to about 30 degrees for most of this morning and stay in the low 30s most of the day long. total accumulations, lauryn, we haven't had to update our map. most everydy in the d.c. metro area in the three to six inch range. >>hey, chuck, yeah. we're looking at three toix inches but not only talking about the snow, but talking op about ice on of that snow. so, you'll have treacherous travel in the morning with snow until lunchtime b after tha we'll deal with the ice and the bigshgest impacts of ice. you can see up to a quarter inch of ice. this is on top of that snow accumulation thathuck just showed you. four to seven inches for the areas shaded in red. here in the d.c. just to th

metro area to south of fredericksburg.ion than we do in the d.c. metro area. even down to the south i have a coating to an inch aroundic frederburg, i think that line is farther south. this is not gng to be big storm for anybody. what will be a big storm ison t tuesday night into wednesday. we could have snow, ice as well. we'll talk about what happens on sunday because sunday anoceer ch for a little bit of a mix too. we'll talk more about that, i'll see you45 at >>> coming up at news, we are waiting for the update from the police in aurora, illinois. >>> we have breaking news in virginia, a murde solved there. the victim's husband was shot alonk with her two years ago, guess whs behind bars >>> breaking now at 6:30 gun shots ring ot a manufacturing plant in illinois we're expecting an update from police any minute now. >> we know at least one person is dead, multiple police officers were injured in the cross fire there. let's get to erika gonzalez monitoring it for us at the live desk. >> i'm keeping my eye on the press c

in fredericksburg, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools.ools in west virginia will open three hours late.

fredericksburg, 30 degrees. lmost atts up there the 30 mile an hour mark.gain ai that's bringing down the wind chill. teens and 20s right now. it'll feel like the tee20 and throughout the day today. 39 degrees is our temperature. we have plenty of sunshine. agai breezy with the wind chills in the teens and 20s thie oon. if you're planning the next 12 hours, air temperatures head to the upper 30s today but, of course it'll feel colder when settling down after dinnertime tonight. with clear skies overght, the temperatures plummeting into the teens and 20s. 42 for tomorrow, lighter wind. increasing clouds throughout the day. you can still get out and do some things. we're not expecting a mix until later on tomorrow night. what to expe l, mostely a mix to rain. monday morning and then maybe on tuesday morning i what we're really going to have to watch, the temperatures. we do expect a problem with the monday morning commute and possibly the tuesday commute. delays and closures possible on monday morning and then again on inesday mo let's start this at 3:30. aga

fredericksburg, southern maryland. 1 to 3 inches, pretty likely for most of the metro area. and northern loudon county, untgomery county, to the pennsylvania line, 3 to 5 inches of snow. that will be morno thanh for a cancellation. chilly, unsettled over the d. week maybe another little chance for snow monday morning. but the big chance for next week, ooh, bang. that's g to be cold. >> it will be chilly. more blankets here in t weather and traffic center. wo> northbound 270. now, the ro is in the northbound lanes. this is a strange thing to see so early in the morning, having taillights here. right side ised blo by that work zone. as you see the delay here, you see in the southbound ilanes, th nice and open. no problem southbound. it's only that delay as you're headed northbound towards frederick. outbound south capitol street, work zone blocking all lanes there. traffic pushed on to firth sterling to outbound suitland parkway. 66, fairfax to the beltway, 59 miles per hour gets you there in nine minutes. >> tu.nk >>> 4:54. another delivery service is turning to robots for he

fredericksburg, northbound 95, left side blockedy a crash. as we zoom into this manassas tuation, eastbound 66, still have the right side blocked. we'll see more of that from above in a minute. >>> still ahead, t recent government shutdown and the possibility of another has many federal employees thinking, is it time to find a new jo >> sti ahead, working 4 you with the tips you need to keep inind that will help you mind employment later. catch "ellen" at 3:00 and stick around for news 4 at 4:00. a pr idency under siege. donald trump can't be trusted to govern within the law. and his lies are hurting the country. coacress should begin iment hearings now so they can gather and preserve evidence. to make sure the american people ifinally get the truth. about corruption. abuse of power. and obstruction of justice can't afford to wait. it's time to start impeachment hearings. now. need to impeach is responsible for the contint of this advert >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> it is 6:23 right now. are you tired of your job or a maybe you'r gove

and saturday, a likelihood of snow southbound to fredericksburg. snowfall amounts, maybe one or two or three inches, fromin waon southbound, probably less than an inch, as you get across parts of northernry nd. we'll detail that a little closer as we get closer to the weekend. .ere's the outlo dry today. mild tomorrow.nc 80% c of slushy snow on saturday. then, on sunday, be dry in the morning but cloudy and cold. temperatures below freezing. could have slippery spots early sunday morning. a likelihood of what will probably start as light rain late sunday eveng, that could be churning into a rain/snow mix for monday morning. the tempetures are marginal at best, right down to 34. that wouldn't be a bigimpact on your monday morning. but any rain/snow mix on a monday, always seems to be more painful. is. you have monday and then, eh, doesn't feel asgood. fairfax, westbound 66 at 123, right side is blocked by a 95 in virginia rthbound, quantico to the beltway. southbound, we have a little slowdown. nothing reported. perhaps just a late clearing roadwork

in winchester. 32 in fredericksburg. no r nn right. you can see it way down to the south.e show you where this is. well down to the sou. tice it's even pushing farther south. an area of high pressure that ia dominatingually bringing in colder air and dryer air. you can see it's all kind ofdr ng out as it moves our way. this is why the forecast has changed just a little bit. we a still going to see that push of moisture in our area during the dayornd into tw night. notice where the rain is. let's takeby you houour here. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, maybe taking the dog for a walk or getting things you needater in the day, heading to the store, no problem. watch what happens around the noon hour. fredericksburg, leonardtown, d.c., dry. even at 3:00 in the afternoon, still dryf north washington. no rain there, however. warrenton, waldorf, fredericksburgleonardtown, you are seeing the rain by about 6:00. this what i was tellingou earlier. that's when the rain really comes in here with one front that makes its way on through.ow we will see s around dinner time. 11:00, the showers out th

now all over southern marthand throug fredericksburg area. some of you will get sno down towards the fredericksburg area, yeah i think you have sw during the day. to the north, nothing d.c. northward. 11:00 still seeing snow in the extreme southern zones a out of here by 6:00. let's look at snow map. here we go. nothing. nothing leesburg, d.c. towards annapolis. a coating tonc an possible, fredericksburg, maybe stafford county, calrt county, st. mary's, you have the best chance to see some snow. re's the interesting thing we get snow down to the south, temperatures in the 40s tomorrow everywhere, that's the high. look to the north. frederick, hagerstown you may e sunshine tomorrow. it's sunshine here, snow to the south. could it come farther to the north? it's possible. 20 miles would put it closer to the d.c. area but w right now don't think it's much of an event at all. sunday we do have a bigger event, a little bit of afternoon rain and possibly mix too. 43 degrees. 53 on monday.da 44 on tu and that leads to wednesday. i'm going to talk ab

highestill be fredericksburg and southern maryland. future weather, keeps the best chance for rain, really on the southern half of our area for the rest of the morning hours here. there you go, into the early parts of the afternoon. staying dry. a lot of clouds but erain-f for our maryland suburbs. a higher chance down into parts of northn virginia. that trend continues well into the afternoon and evening. most everyone shoul get a cloudy but dry friday evening and friday night. temperature-wise, in the low to mid-40sn the area now. cloudy skies will keep us in the 40s all day long. fo morrow, here's the rain once again. 5:00 in the morning. moving right backn towards lunchtime. steadiest of the rain will be from about w3:00 tomor afternoon, up to about 8:7:00 o on sunday morning. sunday afternoon, a gusty southwest wind, which could be up near 40 miles per hour, will bring super warm air in here. 40s today andtomorrow. still a chance to get close to 70 on sunday. and then, back toore february-like weather for monday and esday. all rig

it includes everybody except for fredericksburg, st. mary's. you are n in it as we will not see much accumulating snow in your north of d.c. and 66, that's where i expect to see that. snow likely tomorrow morning, impacts for the morning rush we'll go over those. and could be delays or school closures. we already have a couple. more on this in 16 minutes. >>> we're going to add another. arlington county, we heard from them, they're on a delay tomorrow. we invite you to download our nbc washington app. if you haven't already. that's where you'll find alerts about school delays and . closings plus you can see the forecast for your neighborhoodti any . >>> breaking news in annapolis e tonight, the hf delegates voting to censure one of their mary ann lisanti expected to be reprimanded over racist comment she made. erika gonzalez is at the live desk with breaking details. >> you said it, these are breaki details coming into our news room our bureau cef tracee wilkins has just tweeted in a rare move the maryland house has, in fact, voted to censure d

look the numbers. 43 in fredericksburg. amri really not w about a refreeze tonight, even though we saw so much mmpting. atures are just not going to get close to freezing in most areas. look at the rain trying to come in. now the atmosphere a little dry here. some of this not reaching theou . look to the west. snow, winter weather advisory. still tracking rain making its way. yousan see the clo coming in. look at all this moisture. look at a little area of snow there above 4,000 onfeet. we have any chance of that. we're way too warm. we are going to see some showers. look how much moisture is he. it loo like it's all moving our way, doesn't it? it's not going to make it here.t high pressur the north is going to build in and keep that rain to the south. let me show you whatal i'mng about. it looks like it's coming our way. watch what happens. it hits the area of high pressure and right down to the asuth, just moves down to the south. t does so, it ushers in some rrlder air. to will only be in the 40s, today was near 60. most

may see rain in fredericksburg, stafford county, southern maryland. that's it.here. you'll continue toin have sun and dry conditions through the day. temperatures right around 40 degrees for today. we're in the upper 30s tomorrow. some rain with tracesleet tomorrow afternoon to tomorrow night, turning into early rain showers ending early monday. chance of wintry mix on wednesday. >> lauryn, thanks. we'll b back at9:00 with the breaking news out of the vatican. details ahead. > we are back on this saturday morning, february 16th. time is flying. 2019. what a great crowd out here on the plaza with us. thank you for coming to see us this morning. >> thays you, >> it is freezing. they're still here. still to come on this half hour oftoday," somef our favorite "sesame street" characters are here, and they're larger than life. wh they're doing in studio 1a, and how you can catch them on the road. >>> a little tlater,re is nothing like a big plate of chicken potpie. wee coming up with comfort food that is going to keep you warm on this cold winter night. >> sounds good

the only exception down around fredericksburg, leonardtown.ht dry, here's what's coming. it's just back to the west, moving in towards west virginia. snotice all rain right now. but the sun is going down, temperatures continue to fall, by the time it moves our way, it will be snow. moving in as rain, changing to snow quickly. all snow by around 1:30 area wide for the most part thibe wil ight but moderate snow developing in the overnight hours. you're going it looks like a good snow event. by 8:00 it's all gone. at least starting to get out of here. this is all going to light snow early tomorrow morning. the sun angle negates anything much in the way of accumulation. tomorrow afternoon is not dryin out. we're staying on the wet side. heading out tomorrow night take the umbrella. how much are we expecting about ,an in this is 66 and route 50 north of that, maybe an inch to three the farther north you go. fredericksburg, leonardtown not thinking much for you at all. with more, let's head to amelia. >> let's bring out the bread meter to give you a

annapolis across the chesapeake bay, a littleie he and fredericksburg a little heavier. this is where we are seeing soms arf freezing rain still down around the culpeper are frederick county, maryland. this is an area that is prone to ice. and a that just a week half ago, as a matter of fact. but that's really about it. we're not seeing much more. now, we've already seen a coating out there on many of the trees. a lot of trees are weighed down right now. we could see downed branches ernight tonight and into the day tomorrow. heads up for that. we saw a lot of problems with that last week. as the storm system moves out, there is much warmer air back to the west. we're in the 50s here but it just can't cross over the mountains. we stay on the cler end of things. a dismal look at the airport night. over 200 flights cancelled too. 35 degrees. winds out of the north at 6le an hour. as long as we have that northerly flow, we're going to stay on the cooler sose a our region. otice 32 gaithersburg, manassas, down towards leesburg, 32 degrees. 33 in culpeper. look at huntingtown,

if you're traveling 5:00, 6:00, up i 95 from fredericksburg it's going to be a mess. o look how mucthe area here around 1:00, the mid-atlantic is ice covered. this is sleet and freezing rain. that's going to cause a lot of problems, too. winter storm warning in effect or everybody you see here in pink. winter weather advisories. even here we think schools could close or delay. much more on this and the timing of the event over the next half hour. for rightnow, let's g to shomari stone. a mari, this is going to be big system tomorrow for the rush hour, but also tomorrow evening withhe ice expected in your area in gaithersburg. >> reporter: that's right, doug. here we go again. another w sterrm. people are concerned about the potential ice and not looking forward to snow tomorrow. some folks tell me tonight they decided to go and fill up their tanks. inm standing here by i-270 and montros road b me. this is one of the bus sst roads in tte of maryland. it's been treated very well. drivers tell me they don't expect too many cars and suvs out here because schools and the f

saturday, still snow in the fredericksburg aa but nothing to the north.t snowfall map rarely do i put out a map like this, when there's nothing towe talk about. ave winchester, leesburg, i don't think you'll see a flake. ao coating an inch to the south, an inch is generous. parts of southern maryland over towards the eastern shore you have the best chance to see snow. the rest of us, not a bad da 20 degrees colder but sunshine, especially in the northern zone. cloud covered areas south and the chance for snow well to the south. we'll continue to watch that. 43 degrees on your sunday. sunday there's a chance for a shower or a ltle bit in the way of a snow shower on sunday, not a big storm there. 53 on monday. tuesday, 44 degrees. we're going to see a stormst move in, i'm going to talk about this at 5:45 here. but this is going to be aorig one way or another this is going to be a big oue. we'll tal that and the restf the o n >> announcers4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. >>> i'm eka gonzalez at the live desk with breaking news coming in from aurora, illi

fredericksburg into southern maryland. the weekend will be cold and mostly cloudy. monday's dry. tuesday night into wednesday morning, snow lovers and kids o school,t want to go that will be the next chance for delays. >> good to know. everyone is looking forward to knowing if we have snow. inner loop, the ranch at colesville road. it's hard to see chopper 4 over it, though. we see a vehicle that re-ended this. we called police. they are arriving on the scene. we don't know about injuries. there's another vehicle that looks disabled here, a box truck before all of this. we have delays. the rest of the beltway is looking okay. brandywine, a crashg block the left lane. rockville pike, you g have toceo around it. >> thank you. >>> it's 6:21. today, a r9-year-oldper from maryland talks to ellen. >> dillon gilmore from annapolis sat down to talk to her about hi dstyle. >> wheyou get your style, your mom or dad? >> sorry, mom. >> mom knows what's up. >> you see the difference between mom and dad, too. he talks about his plans to celebrate his 10th birthday. you can watch "ellen" at 3:0

look at the numbers.60 egrees walking to school, beautiful 63 in fredericksburg.air. 30s for wind tchills. watch what happens here, by 7:00, 33 the wind chilln d.c., 34 in fredericksburg. you need the coats for sure turday a high of 39 degrees. rather breezy. we'll see wind chills in the 20s all day on saturday. the wind won't be a huge factor on saturday but it will be breezy at times. 43 on sunday. sunday is aretty nice day. that's ahead of the next storm system sunday night into monday. could bring us a wintery mix monday mornin and then another system monday night into tuesday morning. that is a bigger system, we may have school delays and need more salt on the roads because of that. wednesday coming in at 52. thursday at 45 before another storm system moves in late next week. all eyes for me tomorrow on the omangerow and the monday, tuesday storm which we've been watching for theetter part of two weeks. >> we'lltay tuk d. thanu, doug. >>> coming up, remembering a legend. sherreburruss talks to u about the legacy of frank robinson. >>> first, here's lester hol

to 3 inches towards fredericksburg.oom you might 3 or 4 inches around fredericksburg ands poi the south. we still have two days to go, we uhave move 30 miles that puts the 1 to 3 in the d.c metro area. me, i have my pajamas on inside out right now. what we're going to be watching, just a little bit in the way of snow on grassy surfaces, we don't think it's a big deal. we're not even calling for a weather alert day. 41 on saturd. 40 on sunday. monday a high of 48. then we get to the real storm that we've been talking about for the better part of two weeks, actually. we'll talk more about that, i'll see you at 4:45. >> it is the leading cause of death in women. >> tonight a "today" show anchor opens up about his pain after losing his mother and he reveals why the warning signs may be different for women than men. >>> staying on top of amazon's decision to back out of new york city. where the company is does your customers connecting to the wifi ever slow down your business? yes, it does slow things down. aggravating. it's

the best chance to get a slushy inchtwo, would be south of fredericksburg, virginia. not a big e.pact th but cloudy and cold and not a pleasant day to be outside for tomorrow. ten-day forecast, another chilly one onsunday. the first half of sunday will be dry. a eance of rain could h a wet snowflake or two mixed in evening, late. dry weather for monday. our best chance for winter weather would be tuesday night into wednesday morning. we'll keep youd posn that. that could be on the tricky side. >> all right. thank you. we will keep updatedat on for sure. a new problem on the beltway this morning. take a look at this. inner loop. this is between colesville road and university boulevard. we're sending the chopper that way. chopper should be there sh'ltly. look at that in a moment. articlingson, after 123. the redht side was blo by police activity. that's cleared out of the way. a couple of other hhingsging around in virginia. westbound 66. disaed vehicle there. this is our problem. bethesda rockville area. diverted this morning on to cedar lane. this i because of a crash

to the south, fredericksburg, waldorf, nothing is falling. stl seeing som drops here and there but not seeing any rain in this area for the most part. all to the north. still seeing freezing rainack to the west around hagerstown, federick. most this is a mix. you can rain and sleet, rain and freezing rain, snow and freezing rain. it depends on the temperature profile moving up t into atmosphere. some snow mixing in around asp hill towards the baltimore area or onlen. look at this. the wider picture showing more moisture coming in here and one thing that's not doing, it's not kicking out this cold air. this cold air is going to remain and it's going to get colder areas. in some 37 d.c., no problem there. well above freezing. so the roads should be fine. leesburg, 32, gaitheocburg 32, 33ille, college park. these are the areas that drop below freezing and that's why these counties are all in the winter weather advisory. amelia when we came up with the four zone forecast it's for a situation like this. >> absolutely. we thinknl m in the d.c. metr

in fredericksburg, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools. grantounty schools in west virginia will open three hours late. virginia, warren,clark, rappahannock, prince william and frederick county schools are closed. culpepper, shenandoah, fauquier and page countyol scho burkely, mineral, hardy, hampshire and jefferson county schools are closed today. >> the roads will be an improvement across the region. cars slid on highways, back roads and parking lots. team 4 has the mess left behind. >> let's start with te ologist chuck bell and see what we're dealing with at this hour. >> good morning, everybody. thursday is off to a quieter sdstart than wed was. that's for sure. all the accumulating snow ise long gt this point. a couple of rain drops len't be out. a lot of slush and tag around early this morning. a big-time meltdown comes in later on i theafternoon, with the return of sunshine and temperaturesn the 50s, will eat up the snow quickly. saturday is in real trouble from a rain perspective. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in the half

down to the south where the most, 1 to 3 inchesrod waldorf, fredericksburg. asoating to an inch maybe far north as winchester. parts of montgomery county, a coating to an inch mostly on grassy surfaces we are not expecting this to be a big impactful event on saturday because of 62 on friday so the roads we think will be okay. 48n sunday. 48 on monday. chance of showers both sunday and monday but not a huge chance. bigger storm, tuesday and wedn oday. more mor that at 6:45. >>> d.c. has derailed metro's plan to keep shorter hours and do more track work. net the decision is not final yet. at 6:30, our adam tuss reports on whether there's any wiggle room before a final vote. >> reporter: a high school tck coach and school security officer arrested accused of trying to payor a student f sex. ahead on news4 you'll hear from parents of some of these students. >>> we're staying on top of the breaking news for you tonight, from t white house and capitol hill, president trump set to sign a government funding bill and declare a national emergency. but this border fight

here's your feels like temperature at 4:00, 29 in hagerstown, 51 in fredericksburg. also tracking a wintery mixp coming umonday and tuesday. i'm gog to break that doinwn [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar. wondering how i upgraded to this sweet pad? a 1,200-square-fooowbathroom, and my verspa. all i had to do was give my human "the look". with wells fargo's 3% down payment on a fixed-rate loan and a simpler online application,y getting intoeam home was easier than ever. get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me? >>> virginia may join maryland and the district in requiring hands free cell phone usehile driving. the state senate and house have both passed bills banning drivers from using hand held devices. right now virginia prohibits reading e-mails or text messages or entering o letters texts while driving. >>> the new york city police department wants the traffic app waze to sto revealing dwi checkpoints and speed traps. they sent a cease and desist letter to waze. they said it helps intoxic

does not include those areas i showed you that aren't going to get much snow around warrento and fredericksburg. once again, something to watch for yous but it going to be a big deal. coach to an inch. that's the most. really more of a coating here. annapolis.er towards 1 to 2 towards frederick. hagerstown, closer to the 2. if y're a skier, 3 to 6 inches towards the s resorts, especially the higher elevations. nice little snowstorm. now, temperature wise, 48 on saturday. look at sundayda super bowl s 53. see what i'm talking about? and we're moving in the right direction. degrees on your monday. look at this, we've been on the co side a pattern flip-flop. watch this. warmer air making its way in for next week. i just had to show you the flip-flop, that is a weather term. tuesday. very warm on tuesday. 46 with some shower activity on wednesky. it does like we're going to week.me rain into nex next week it turns cold again. now, it has been so cold across tryingion, people are some different things. how about this one. >> what? that. got to love she walks outh her hair completely vewet, went and

we won't be 70 today but already quite a few spots are above 60 degrees. 61 in fredericksburg and 58 in manassas. 51 in montgomery county. high tod right around 59 degrees around town but thickening clouds a chanc for rain still remain high. i've had to move the forecast high up to 59 deees, but i ven't had to change the rain chances because it's still very likely f us to get rain here in the afternoon and the evening. the heaviest of the rain will miss us t the north but there's more than enough moisture here. we should be expecting hours to move in in time for the evening commute. the five day forecast looks this waythen. 59 today. a chance for showers mainly in theirst part of theorning tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon will be mild and dry, mid-60s again. then falling temperature on friday afternoon. a very strong northwest wind will be near 60 at lunchtime and in the 30s by friday evening and it will stay chilly through the weekend. f0-day forecast in the next h hour. >>> oprah winfrey is bringing together the world of hollywood and polics. her conversations with the potential presid

the wind chill only gets up to 27 in gersburg tomorrow, 30 in d.c., 33 in fredericksburg. so colder thanar it waser this afternoon. let's talk about the next couple days. no problems saturday and sunday. breezy tomorrow with the wind chill. 43 on sunday. an watching sunday closely, sunday night really it's not sunday during the day, that's dry. it's monday rning. sunday night into monday morning. that's why we'realng this a weather alert period. depending on whi computer model you look at, the rain/snow line is wellthown t south or right across the d.c. metro area. some of you, hagerstown, leesburg, winchester, have a chance of seeing snow., 7:00 a. that line lifting closer to the d.c. metro area and lifting farther to the north around 11:00 a.m. butain to the south, rain to the north. some areas have it, some atdon'. why i think we could see some delays or closures north of and north of 50 on monday. ngw tuesday, a fairly similar scenario is plaout. i think it's going to be a little bit warmer on tuesday now. that's at least tso trend here. ost likely a mix to rain. probl

maybe be closero 60, even above 60 from fredericksburg and points south. warmer air is doing its best t come in. but the east wind is problematic for us at this time of year. there's all of the rain and messiness. back out to our west, you can see most of the rain in broken reas across parts of central virginia. with time, that warmer air will inch northward, s may reach the mid-50s during the daylight urs. temperatures could stay steady or climb overnight tonight. futureweather, fortoday, there's a chance for sprinkles first thing this morning down to the south. get into late morning, a a chan fo drop or two in the shenandoah valley. in the reafternoon, t a drizzle chance near the pennsylvania border. no one i going to get a few hundredth of rain today. a cold front comes through at 10:00 o 11:00 in the morning and colder air is behind it. tomorrow, we'll start in the 50s and be near 60 by lunchtime. look at the temperatures tumbling down into the 30s by fray evening. windchills are down near 20 degrees by 9:00 or 10:00 friday night. there's your five-day

now, the line is d tn to fredericksburg area. a high chance of getting snow here ord sa.ess than it was looking yesterday. an % chance f snow saturday. probably in the 1 to ch3- range and favoring the southern half of the viewing area. sunday will be d for the first part of the day, a little rain late sunday evening that could mix with or change to snow nday morning. and the midweek storm has the most moisture to work with but it's short on cold maybe more rain and snow. >>> melissa, how is i-66 coming along? >> 66 i slow and so is the outer loop of the beltway. the outer lp this morning, two left lanes are blocked right now. that's going to cause some real pain, all the way, southbound, 270 on to the outer loop. inner loop, before little river turnpike, left lane blocked by an accident there. of the beltway is okay eastbound 66, after the manassas rest area. chtik just med it. still about a four-mile backup as you're headedunin if you s leae time son soon you may want to work your way around. yo won't be frustrated. the rest of the roads are looking okay. about.r issue t

extreme southe maryland and northern neck, fredericksburg and stafford county, a little bit i the wetnd possible delays d.c. and points to the south and east. we do have some minor ice accumulating, not monday but also into tuesday morning so those are -- for accumulations for over 24 hours. >>> this sunday,the democratic divide. >> when government works, only for the wealthy and the well connected that is corruption plain and simple. >> some progressives a pushing hard for goals like a green new deal. >> i don't think that we lose elections by addressing climate change. >> but other democratsth worry ey're being impractical. w >> i know congon't pass med care for all. >> i'll ask senator michael bennet about this divide. and president trump fighting for the bordere wall. >>ed security. it's not an option. >> will he

a project we're working on in virginia right now, southern extension of the fredericksburg hot lanes.s about a $350 million project or so. the difference for the commonwealth of virginia if we use private activity bonds is about $50 million. so if we can't make tifia work for fredericksburg, and we certainly hope we can, that will mean $50 million that could have been put to work to improve transportation on 95 that won't be put to work. so it's a great program. it's been the foundation of the p3 market in the u.s. we need to make sure that program is well-resourced. they're willing to take risks and they're willing to work effectively with senior lenders and what is a reasonable capital structure for projects. >> right. that's great. and i think the chamber is with you on that. we certainly want to make tifia easier and more viable for a variety of projects. and, you know, it's been something that congress has put some money in. they pulled some money back. when we've got the fast act done. and we've got to make it work. because it's really a great leverage tool if used properly. whi

edmonds was most certainly at the battle of fredericksburg in december 18 62, where she served as an orderly for her kernel -- for her colonel. she was greatly saddened after the loss of fredericksburg. 1863, she was sent with a regiment to kentucky, where she fell ill with malarial fever. she was still sick in april and was denied a furlough. the idea is she would seek a ,urlough, would go be treated assume her female guise again, then returned to the regiment, take up hurt soldier's guise again, and none would be the wiser. however, the furlough was denied, so that was not a possibility that was open to her. decided in the end that she had to desert the army because as she wrote, she would "rather be shot dead than be known to be a woman and sent away from the army under guard as a criminal." after leaving the army and recuperating from her illness, edmonds wrote her book and had it published in 1865. it sold over 175,000 copies in its first and second edition, and the proceeds went to the united states sanitary commission, the u.s. christian commission, and various ladies' aid soc

mayb slushy inch or so, for fredericksburg and northern neck and southern maryland. that pulls out.ryo saturday night i early sunday. then, sunday afternoon, the clouds come by later in the day, a chance for light rain, that may have wet snow on the top end of it. not really a big chance for precip in the form of snow. ghs in the 30s to around 40 on saturday and sunday. not too bad for president's day on and we get in the middle part of next week, tuesday night into wednesday morning, that's he bull's eye time to keep a close eye on. we could have several inches of snow before it changes to rain during the day wednesdaha >> you, check. those kids are looking forward to it, i'm sure. >> northbound rockville pike diverted at cedar lane. a crashover night. we've been telling you about this one involving a bus caused this problem. took down wires and a traffic signal. they are working to get this out of theef waye the morning commute kicks into gear. no major delay because it so early. ft. washington, outer loop local lanes. the right lane is blocked by that accident, seeing a little sl

n fredericksburg. 54 in charlottesville. the warmer a is just down to our south. it may start to lift northth of sun goes down today. temperatures may rise a bit during the overnight hours tonight. for today, plan on clouds and the best chae for drizzle and light rain is in the morning hours. i couldn't rule out a drizzle chance. temperatures moving into the mid-50s and staying in the 50s overnight. ifou're traveling today, watch out toward chicago and st. louis. this is an ice storm across parts of northeast oklahoma, from tulsa to ft. smith, arkansas. for us, you can see mt of the moisture is down to our south. there is enough moisture a little chance of a shower or two around here. you can see on future fathweath it's mostly about the clouds and theh relatively h temperatures. our average high is 45. 55 today. near-60 by early tomorrow morning, or afternoon. temperatures fall into the 30s tomorrow eveng with a strong northwest wind. breezy and sunny and chilly on saturday. staying cold on sunday, as well. keeping an eye on monday, a little chance for a rain/sno

southern maryland, fredericksburg, youave a better chance of snow accumulation. on saturday, light rain during the day. and that might lead toal omrain/snownation for monday morning. no big blizzard. >> we'll kp that in mind. taking a look at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop, everything is good there. eastbound 66, before 29. two left lanes are getting by that work zone. 95 north, you can see a blip after quantico with the slowdown. alexandria, two problems. northbound 395, first between king strt and duke street. and nearedsell, getting by the slowdowns. southbound parkway beach ndriv. anthbound 270 after montgomery village, getting by the work there. >>> still ahead on news 4 today, we are talking bedsheets. we're working 4 you to look at top-rated brands and see if paying more means better quality in the long rupp. >>> hers what's comin up on "ellen." ♪ you're feeling nervous, aren't you, boy ♪ ♪ with your quiet voice >> brandy carlisle sings and talks about winning a grammy over the weekend. here's your buick sir. actually, that's my buick. your buik! d

fredericksburg, falls church, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools.rant county, west virginia, schools will open three hours late. >> to the closings, in virginia, warren, clark,

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mayb i anh or so toward fredericksburg and culpepper. but don't count on naming a snowman with what we're going to get. a chance for rain late in the day sunday. monday won't be bad, but for the fa it's monday. >>> northbound rockville pike, we have a pole, wires down, traffic light, from arash last night. they're pushing everybody on to cedar lane to get around it. it's northbound. eat's not a typical inbound section. f the way it gets out before the morning commute kicks in too much. for washington, outer loop on the woodrow wilson bridge. right lane blocked by a crash. 270 uthbound, before montgomery village. we have a left lane getting by southbound andnorthbound, one right lane is getting . eastbound, "e" street expressway, after 66, a pothole with the right side blocked. >>> today, a 9-year-old rapper from maryland talks to ellen. >> before dillon gilmore from anap s annapolis sat down to talk to her. >> where do you get your style, your mom or dad? >> sorry, mom. >> you her face? he said sorry, mom. >> he talks about his plans to

but maybe 60 nea fredericksburg. >>> let's go to melissa now. >> a couple of things happening in virginia. manassas, westbound 66 at the rest areae eft side is blocked at the work zone. inw, bris 28, near vint hill road, downed pole and wires.s repa may not be done until noon today. we'll have that closure, 28t nt hill. this is cleared out of the way. northbound 395 after washington boulevard. no worrieshere. outer loop, after van dorn street. debris was blocking the two right lanes and everythopg is there on the beltway. >>> now, back to our top story. the crisis in the commonwealth. scandals are deepening for virginia's top leaders. each of these men face career-ending issues. >> the latest you may not have ard about surrounds virginia's attorney general. there were calls for mark rring to resign after he admitted to dressing in blackface while in college. it happenede when was a 19-year-old college student in 1980. he says he put brown paint on his face and wore a wig to dress up as a wrapper. as soon as the news broke, we saw this. a visibly overwhelmed state e senator, louislucas. he

amounts, potentially, hardly enough to coat the grouped for southern ryland, northern neck and fredericksburg. from the d.c. metro northward, a high likelihood. we should be cloudy a off and on showers. we will recover into the low 40s tomorrow. but again, that chance for a little ugliness on saturday. saturday afternoon into sunday morning, will be the driest part of the weekend. by sunday afternoon and evening, rain coming b in the picture here. latest on the snow chances, i'm putting the finishing touches on our snow forecast map. there's the five-d outlook. really chilly weather here, starting next week. next week will be downright frigid. >> i know. i will have to bring the long sleeve, the sweater dresses back out. laurel, southbound b.w. a crash on the right side. that's hanging around. there's no delays as you head southbound. on 270, montgomery village avenue, northbound and southbound, one lane by t work zone in each direction. that should be wrapping up soon. outbound, work zone blocking all lanes there. as we zoom out, no work zones on the beltway. inner loop, outer loop,ng rol al

hoveringust around or just slightly above the freezimarkee ining mark of . 32 in leesburg, 35, fredericksburg. not a big range in temperatures, but close enough to where we could have some troubles. and road chemicals workfe ively at these temperatures. and with a lot of moisture coming down, i think this will mainly be wet road problem for your monday. more about how this snowll even accumulate for tomorrow. that's coming up. >>> good morning, chuck. looking the road a situation in laurel, southbound 95 before crash investigation, activities on the shoulder there, waiting for the lanes are open, looks better than it did, a couple minutes ago. we h volume still. upper marl bro, croom road. someels this morning. northbound is nice and open. 270 right now, 70 down to the spur, 61 miles per hour going to get you there in 29 minutes. nothing in the way on 270 northbound also looking good. >> melissa,ha you. >>> news 4 crews were out late into the night, justno as the s started falling. the concern this morning is all the wet snow and rain turns into ice. with the potential for black ice on the ro

see we have single digits out in the shenandoah valley elsewhere, teens, feels like the 20s in fredericksburgoday, but that wintry mix coming our way. delays and canceio

that's way high, i think around fredericksburg and southern marysnd. guys, ts not looking like a big storm at all. the more and more i look at itk it's l less and less. 62 tomorrow, mostly cloudy. really nice day. sunday we could get showers late in the day. could be rain or snow. monday, shower activity, too, at least early in the day, but not much. th we look to tuesday and wednesday. that's the next really big system.ue showers lateay and then snow to ice on wednesday. nt ice.e signifi that's something we're really going to have to watch, but lovers onfor us snow saturday -- >> oh, well. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> coming up, day two of spring training for pitchers and catchers down in sunny florida today. we're going to catch up with the skipper davie martinez as he talks about his ace max scherzer. >> sports next.e but first h is jimmy fallon. >>> hey, guys. kendall jenner is here for a new oogame called "food or not" oogame called "food or not" musifrom florida georgia lc in these days we're (horn honking) i hear you, sister. that's why i'm