i'm debra alfarone in germantown with a look at the clean-up ahead. >> good evening.'m jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. more than 100 million people in 22 states tonight dealing with snow and some bone chilling temperatures. >> including all of us. the snow started falling this afternoon. it's now tapering off in most areas. >> schools are cancelling classes for tomorrow. you can see them on the bottom of your screen. >> there are crews throughout the area. first let's get right to meteorologist topper shutt. what can we expect overnight? >>> here's the problem, like a flash freeze overnight. what's fallen is not going away soon. let's talk about the advisories. the district is still under a winter weather advisory, the immediate metro area is, as long as fairfax county and montgomery county and across into prince george's county, howard county. so primarily because the snow will taper off there last, we'll see it taper off west to east as we go through tonight. hagerstown, winchester, folks to the west are cleared now of the winter weather advisories. snowfall tot

just to the west of germantown, extending north of germantown.nd there's moderate snowfall throughout much of loudoun and prince william counties. so our snow totals so far, not too bad here in new market, maryland. 5 inches. darnstown maryland has 4.3 as of now. northwest d.c., 3.7 inches and 3 on the ground in manassas and 2 inches on the ground in arlington. but there is more on the way and a big dip in temperatures as well, topper has more on that. >> once the storm goes by, we're looking at the coldest air of the season. certainly the lowest windchills. temperatures, 19 in white oak. 22 in arlington. 21 in reston. 19 in germantown. now let's factor in the winds and it feels like it's 9 above in gaithersburg. 4 in frederic. feels like it's only 11 downtown and 10 in manassas. so we're looking at a windchill advisory until noon tomorrow. winds are gusting to 26 miles per hour downtown. 26-mile per hour wind gusts in andrews and for the most part, these winds are going to remain gusty in excess of 20, 25 miles per hour through the nighttime hou

is an germantown tonight with more on what these calls reveal. we already know from police accounts that what went on here was an attempted exorcism of some sort in this townhouse. the mother and her friend are charged with murder for killing two of the children and they are charged with attempted murder for the stabbing and injuring of two others. what we learned today about this is that the two women met at a casting off ofe demons was part of regular service of but that was done through prayer and dance. these women are telling police that they left that church and formed a group that would be more aggressive with regards to demonic possession and they call themselves the demon assassins. they came to believe that this child was possessed. they started to do their exorcism. they cut the boy with a knife and believe that would remove the demon. according to our sources, the women tell police after they did demonthey believe the jumped into the other children and so they did it to each of the children, one after another. what has been released t

we were up in germantown a little bit earlier. you can see here on frederick road there is -- can't tell exactly what it is, whether it's ice or snow here on the roads. a little bit of slush. a little bit of everything here. so they have been coming through and treating the roads. but it looks like there's some of that really hard stuff. and it's formed on some of the roads. that's going to be tough to get off of there. maybe it will get better as the morning progresses and more traffic get out here and starts to smash it down a little bit, getting things mixed up, getting the heat from the cars. as you see, cars passing in front of us on montgomery village avenue. you see the snow and the slush sort of flying around. so again, they've been at it, the crews have been at, it clearing the streets all night long. but there's still stuff out here on the roads. not enough to plow. you got to have a couple of inches of snow to put a plow down. hopefully at some point, the chemicals will kick in, mixing it up with the traffic, it will ge

we will check them out for you. 10 degrees in germantown. 11 in hagerstown. temperatures will drop even more. six degrees in germantown. we still have a little bit of the degrees out there. then there is tomorrow with another clipper heading our way. maybe a snow shower in spots. it will force the cold air south . even to exist where they had freezing rain. that far south. single digits tonight and flurries soon. >> ok. freezing temperatures and icy roads are causing lots of school cancellations and delays. we spoke with several parents who say safety is first. the district requires to clear the sidewalks within 24 hours of snow. we will explain how a new program can help with that problem. the focus is shifting toward the sidewalks. in montgomery county, a lot of kids have to walk to school. they are worried about the elderly and this disabled. this boy is one of the dozens of volunteers who want to help claire snow and ice on the sidewalks for the homes of the elderly and disabled residents. >> i'm able-bodied. why not be the person to give service when the

scott broom is live in germantown. what have you learned? >> reporter: the background on this mother, zakeiya avery, does include apparent struggles with mental illness, definitely battles over child support and some very intense religious beliefs. 28-year-old zakeiya avery, mother of four with photos of her and her children posted to facebook like millions of other moms, but avery's facebook also contained rambling religious posts. this world is owned by satan. why would we think anything good would come from it she wrote and you want to continue to call me brainwashed, programmed. it was this hagerstown church in 2011 where avery turned for help with food, clothing and rent. >> kieya loved those kids. >> reporter: pastor dan thornton saying church members assisted avery with making mental health appointments. thornton said the children were well loved and cared for and there were no teachings here about exorcism, no signs about any ideas. court records show avery embroiled in child support battles with her children's father last year accus

germantown only picking up two inches. our storm system -- the ,nergy is transferring offshore so expected to continue throughout the better part of the day. the worst of the weather is now until about 6:00 this evening. here's the storm timeline, showing you the temperatures falling. by 5:00, it will drop down to the teens. tapering off by 7:00 tonight, and then overnight temperatures will drop as skies clear out. this light fluffy snow was all over the place. here is our snowfall forecast for today. looking at the 4-8 inch range. just west of the sea, a few e 8-10will se inches. not a lot of snow here in alexandria, just a few flurries falling at this hour. just enough to coat the grass. about .25 inch at best. i want to show you the snow, the consistency of the snow. you can see it is still relatively light, but the 10:30 wase at just about 33 degrees. temperatures have started to drop. now i'm starting to see that the flakes are becoming a little bit dryer, just as we anticipated. you, we want to show you -- the temper

a pair of germantown women accused of killing some toddlers went under there psychiatric evacuations. prosecutors explained what happened when zakieya avery and her friend, monifa sanford, a j talk avery's -- allegedly attacked avery's four children. they scheduled a portal with a client, then the client did not show up. childrendamon to the -- they claim they saw demons in the children. two of the children survive. have you seen this video yet? we will show you the bizarre new video that has toronto mayor rob for speaking out. and former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife. we will take a look at the latest problems from that chemical spill in west virginia. also taking a live look outside this noon. jacqui will be back with he >> toronto mayor rob ford admits a new video is authentic showing him drunk and slurring his words in a jamaican accent. take a look. >> [inaudible] -- they try to tell me >> the video was taken on monday inside a fast food restaurant. board was wearing while talking about being under police surveillance last year. ford previously said he would stop drinking a

we're looking at snowfall totals pretty impressive already, smithburg 3 inches, germantown 1 inch, clear brook, virginia about 3 inches, leesburg 2.5 inches, here in northwest a trace of snow already. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, think you can tell the fuzz there is the snowfall across the metro area, temperature down to 36, dew point fallen to 32, so drier air moving in. we get the dew point under 32, we wouldn't see any freezing here which is good news inside the beltway, but outside the beltway it's already getting slick towards leesburg and also up into clarkbsurg and germantown toward frederick. on a scale of 1 to 10, i pulled out the bread-o-meter, not much happening south of town, it's like a 1.5 is its place in meteorological history, but in terms of the impact a little different story in terms of getting from point a to b. it has a little higher rating. carmageddon being 10, we'll give it about a 2, maybe a little over a 2. i'd allow extra time in the morning tomorrow. already we're seeing schools with delays. we'll see more going t

have the urgent 911 calls from neighbors of a germantown home where two young children were found murdered. >>> good evening, i'm lesli foster. >> i'm bruce johnson. topper says we're in for some significant winter weather. >> he's breaking out the bread- o-meter. you know it's serious. what are we talking here, top? >> probably a 5 on the bread-o- meter, maybe 6 on the impact meter. this will be a legitimate storm. a winter storm warning covers everybody from 7 a.m. till 11 p.m. tomorrow night. that covers southern maryland, the coast, the mountains, everybody in the metro area. arctic cold will accompany this storm, pure snow event for the entire metro area, dry, fluffy snow, not great for snowballs, good for sledding. morning commute with light snow. if you have to get out in the morning, less than an inch, but by afternoon slippery, 4 to 6, roads snow covered by then with 4 to 6 inches. try and stay off the roads if you can between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. here's our snowfall map, pretty easy. a lot of times we have four or five bands on here. we'll reduce it to two bands. 4 to 6 inches acros

what are things like in germantown?> right now, the snow has stopped falling but there's definite accumulation. take a look at that tree. a lot of folks tell me they are concerned about their communities, especially with all this snow. and then you come right over here. this driver is going to have to get all the snow off the front windshield here. folks say when they outside and look at secondary roads like this one right here and they hear about what's going on on the highways, they are concerned the roads could possibly freeze overnight. >> it makes me nervous basically. >> tonight, aaron simms isn't taking any chances on 270 north on montgomery county. he pulls his tractor trailer over to wait out the storm. >> i would rather be on the side of the road than run into somebody. >> as the snow falls in gaithersburg, take a look at traffic moving at a slow pace on 270. tonight, maryland department of transportation officials tell me 520 snowplows are working around the clock in montgomery and prince george's county. the

. >> a germantown woman charged with murdering two of her children and trying to murder two others has been transferred to a state psychiatric hospital. monifa will undergo further testing there. prosecutors say sanford and her friend avery stabbed to death two of avery's small children and wounded two others earlier this month in the germantown home they shared. the women were trying to perform an exorcism. >>> washington state congresswoman, kathy mcmorris rogers will deliver the official republican response to president obama's state of the union. coming up next, we'll explore how she and other members of congress feel about the president being willing to >>> welcome back to capitol hill where in just a few hours, president obama will be here to give the state of the union address. and tonight, he says his theme will be a year of action, which of course would stand in stark contrast to 2013 which most of us would agree in which not a lot got done. the interesting thing s the president comes to congress to basically say, i'm going to move forward without you. we're here to talk about

chris gordon is live in germantown where he has been seeing the slipping and the sliding. chris? >> yes, that is for sure. well come to germantown, and you will see the different conditions, minute-by-minute with the snow blowing almost horizontally moments ago and we want to show you the conditions on the road, because it is deceptively slippery. if you don't pump the brakes and if you don't shift down when you are trying to the turn to the exit ramp or something, you could slide, and slide op to the concrete divider as we had throughout the day here on fredrick road. 355 by the milestone shopping center, and car after car bottoming out and hitting the concrete. we saw it from the cameras on the ground, a nd we will show yu the mass cam up above, and the property damage bottoming out, and the low point for a lot of drivers, but there is more. with we are joined live now by scott graham, the assistant chief of montgomery fire and rescue, and there is not only property damage, but personal injury? >> yes, 80-plus calls for personal injury collisions today, and some of which have b

. >> reporter: darya and her husband had trouble plowing through germantown roads. >> it's very bad, even the main roads. >> reporter: our dash cam shows you some road conditions on 270. wet in some spots. snowy and slushy in others. and take a look at 355. the same thing. 4 to 8 inches of snow has fallen in montgomery county, covering parked cars. sidewalks, blanketing side streets. >> i had some problem getting up the hill. >> reporter: and drivers aren't just having problems in neighborhoods. i'm on the beltway right now near wisconsin avenue's exit. and you look right here. look at this rear bumper. this driver spun out of control. police closed all but one lane. tonight roads will continue to freeze as the temperature drops in the teens. this teen drops a shovel and removes snow from driveways in his neighborhood. how much are you making? >> around like 10 bucks a house. >> reporter: back in germantown, darya will watch rented movies at her house, calling it a night. >> we are heading that way now. so be safe, everybody. >> reporter: that's some good advice, because when i was i

it is a broken world. >> we learned that the women met at a germantown church for services.satisfied, they left the church and started to call themselves the demon assassins. the allegedly came to believe that one of the children was possessed. friday morning they use a knife to cut the demon out of that child's chest but them believe in the demon jumped into the next child, they repeated the cutting again and again until all four had been attacked. of mentallong history illness including at least two hospital relations. -- hospitalilizations. university of maryland anthropologist has studied and written about exorcism. unusual, evennot in a place like montgomery county. there are ways of fixing troubled people. they may appear to outsiders like psychological disturbances. >> of this is scary and sad. as we said, police have released a couple of 911 calls in this case. there were two phone calls made. the night before, a man called to say he founded child in the car and then the next morning, i woman looked out and saw something that was terrifying to her and she called poli

this is a live look in germantown. i still want to urge you to give yourself extra time so you can slow down. back in ten. >>> we're talking about cars. "consumer reports" magazine pulled its recommended status for one of its favorite cars, the honda fit. this comes after the fit and fiat 500 did the worst on the insurance institute for highway safety's new mini car crash tests. in a statement, honda says it expects the 2015 fit to earn a good rating on all tests including the overlap front crash test. the 2015 fit goes on sale in the u.s. later this year. >>> russia is making major moves to further protect what will already be one of the most fortified olympic games in history. the russian army has installed artillery and rocket launches -- launchers in the mountains to shoot down a 9/11-style attack. there have also been high-level talks with the u.s. about lending moscow high-tech equipment to stop remote-controlled bombs. the security threats have the family of some athletes reconsidering whether to attend. >> conf

secondarye ground and roads will still have an issue. 15 in germantown. areas around two degrees ranging up to 14 with light wind. making some nice progress as temperature starts a rebound. it gets kind of unsettled. lots to share with you when i join you in studio in a few minutes, leon. tested watert samples saying that it contained formaldehyde. west virginia's top officials are calling the claims unfounded. >> tonight, passengers on board the nightmare cruise leaving hundreds sick and quarantined are speaking out. royal caribbean's explorer of the seas pulled into port and withassengers became ill what they believe to be the normal virus. >> vomiting, diarrhea. of doors.ed on a lot >> if they confirm the nuri l virus, it will be one of the largest out rakes in 20 years. it will be scrubbed and sanitized before its next scheduled departure which is friday. >> can they really do that? >> they are going to try. [laughter] -- a drive-is through drug ring? the secret code coming up next. a pandemonium outside of toronto police station. >> you are watching

we talked to a pastor who knew the germantown mother charged with killing her child. police have charged zakieya avery and her friend, monifa sanford with murder and attempted murder. they say they were trying to perform an attempted exorcism. in great need, and the need never went away. to died from their injuries and the other two children are in the hospital recovering. help forvery sought mental illness in the past. thrown from a vehicle is dead. two cars were involved in that crash. there's a lot going on in the nation's capital as we honor one of the most inspiring civil leaders. there will be a wreath laying at 8:00 this morning on the national mall. offannual peace walk kicks in southeast and anza -- and ends at covenant baptist. one family coping with tragedy after a fire claims the life of a teenager. that is still to come. >> back to our breaking news. prince george's -- officers are telling us that four people are in the hospital after being shot out the 90 degrees restaurant. one suspect is in custody. we do not have word on condition. brianne carter will

. >> in the day ahead, the germantown mother and her friend accused of killing two toddlers and wounding two other children are expected to be in court. police charged zakieya avery and monifa sanford with murder. a neighbor noticed a child left in a car. friday morning another neighbor called 911 when she noticed a bloody knife. police released both 911 cars. >> >> i'm being attacked by two females. > you need to back off me, ma'am. >> >> in the car outside, there is a knife with blood. >> police credit the woman who called 911 with saving the two children's lives. they shared a delusion this children were possessed and tried to perform an exorcism. >> a student was ambushed and critically injured. >> the governor said he is not sure if water is safe to drink. >> and we continue to be on storm watch. our area bracing for several inches o >> 4:09 now. time check weather. we know snow is on the way. >> apparently a lot of it. jacqui jeras that is weather. what is this, a storm advisory? >> it is a winter storm warning. the confidence is high this is going to be a big, impactful storm. thi

. >> after the break, new developments in the germantown exorcism case. >> plus, layers, that is the key today. temps are dropping into the teens and single digits. how long is it going to last and is there more >>> hello and welcome back to wusa9. 4:45 on this wednesday morning. it's a yellow alert day. we had some pretty interesting snow totals across the d.c. metro area. >> national had 3.8. they broke a string of over a thousand days without a 2-inch snowfall. over 8 inches in the dulles area. 10 inches toward westminster. anywhere from 4 in southern montgomery county to 9, 9 plus in gaithersburg, montgomery village. we had about almost 6 inches was the guesstimate here. we're looking at a ruler outside. this little table on the weather terrace. it looks like it's almost 8. this is one of the issues we had. we're in an area where we get snow blowing off the roofnd it's sort of protected out there. depending on how you take your measurement and to get an accurate measurement like thrk you have to get away from the house and take several different measurements and average them out.

at 5:00, we know more about the two women when were charged with killing two small children in a germantown home. the women told investigators they're part of a group called the demon assassins. news4's mark seagraves was in the courtroom today. he learned more about the possible motive behind the grisly murder. >>> the women face life in prison without the possibility of parole. the two were ordered held without bond today pending psychiatric evaluations to see if they're competent to stand trial. they've told investigators they're part of a group called the demon assassins. and they killed the 1-year-old boy and his 2-year-old sister and then tried to kill their older siblings because a demon was jumping from one of the child's bodies to the others. >> after the attack, they showered, washed the blood off of themselves, and then proceeded to help clean up the crime scene and prepare the children to see god. >> reporter: 28-year-old zakeah avery only lived in this germantown home with her four children a short time. the first signs of trouble came last thursday night when neighbors saw a b

check out the ride to the north 270 corridor in germantown, clarksburg. everything open with areas to our north and west that may see the slick pavement. so far so good, 270 south, heading toward the beltway. virginia looking good on 66 in fro gainesville. >>> experts say it takes at least six weeks to form a habit. with new year's resolutions lingering considering, you might as well make it a healthy habit. >> like keeping a record of everything you eat and drink. it can make a difference in trying to hit the weight loss goals. >> reporter: when she was in her 40s, charmaine's weight his 260 pounds. she had to control her emotional eating. but how? >> i started the food journal and go that is when the weight came off. i had already started exercising a little bit and that sort of triggered the whole exercise, eating. >> reporter: jackson has been keeping a daily food record for six years. 130 pounds lighter she has no plans of stopping. but you don't have to keep a food long this long says registered dietitian marissa moore. try a few days to start. >> f

big range 24 and germantown, 42 in north beach, 33 in dulles, and a 29 out at philmont. temperatures at national, 39, the winds are south, southwest. that has been bringing in mild air overnight. remember when the arctic air is around, trends drop into the single digits. we are likely going to see that. you can see the arctic air, 2 in chicago, 22 below in international falls, look at the temperatures on the gulf coast, upper 50s. i point that out right now from houston all the way up through new orleans, atlanta and south, the coast at areas of the carolinas, winter storm watches in advance of a system coming wednesday. winter weather advisories with the arctic front. they had ground blizzard conditions here yesterday through parts of minnesota. this airs going south through chicago now. breaking out with the lake snows on the back side. all the snow from eastern ohio up toward ottawa and toronto this morning. we are sitting in the mild air ahead of the front. the front is going to come through, man a couple of sprinkles ahead of it. this afternoon most of the snow gets

a germantown woman and her friend are accused of doing just that. investigators say the woman told them they were trying to perform an exorcism. officers were in tears after finding a is and 2-year-old dead and -- a 1 and 2-year-old dead, and two others wounded. zakieya avery is the mother of all four children. her former pastor knew she was having hard times. he spoke to us about the children. >> they were confident and happy kids, you know, you kind of get a feel for kids who are abused or neglected and that just did not fit these children. >> avery who is the mother and a 21-year-old friend, monifa sanford are charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. they are due in court tomorrow. >>> two months after a postal carrier was murdered in landover, his family wants to try to keep his colleagues safe now. 26-year-old tyson barnett was shot to death delivering mail after dark on thanksgiving. today his family is going to join other postal workers in a rally calling for safer conditions for postal workers, specifically that

another big story today, and awful story, of two women accused of killing two children in germantown last friday are being held without bond. police say that monifa sanford and zakieya avery is being held. avery is being held pending a psychiatric exam, and sanford is wait i waiting to be seen by attorneys. mark segraves will have more on that story tonight at 6:00. >> and police investigating a shooting on a college campus tonight. news4 scott macfarlane at the live desk with more details. scott? >> yes, it happened in purdue university in indiana, and officials confirm one person was killed in the shooting. the university officials say that the shooting happened inside of the electrical engineering building on campus. it is not clear if the person is a student. details have not been released. right now, the police do believe however that the victim had been targeted. for a large part most of the classes have been cancelled tonig tonight, and a vigil is scheduled. >> there is a special challenge for this winter storm for people in loudoun and fairfax county, because they are voting

. >>> today a judge has ordered what is called an extended evaluation for a germantown mother, who is accused of murdering two of her children. authorities say avery's two children died when she was trying to perform an ex says im- - to perform afeat. avery is also facing charges because of injuries to two older children, ages 5 and 8 years old. >>> weather headed our way, we did hit 50 at some point. howard, over to you. >> orange, virginia right now 61 degrees. it is in the single digits, and in davis, west virginia. we had a cold front coming through, quite a few snow showers in pennsylvania and west virginia, a little got into western maryland. no more precipitation with it. winds are gusting 46 miles per hour, close to 50 in a few spots. we are gusting in the mid-30s here. notice the direction of the arrows southwest. still warm here, northwest, cold air moving in now, and the temperatures are going to drop big time before the afternoon. here's your 7 in davis, 12 in oakland, orange is 61. in half afternoon hour, some of the thermometers have been dropping 10 degrees. still in th

develop, the and north winds start to kick, temperatures will be dropping through the day. 34 in germantown, mo that -- manasses in the upper 20s. weather camera, no problems this morning. if you have to get out this morning, you have time. it's 38 with cloudy skies, and a windchill currently of 34. storm system and lots of upper level energy with this clipper. you can see it's spinning, coming into southern illinois, about to move into indiana and kentucky. and that's just going to deepen as it heads our way. on the future cast, here we are at 9:00, north and west of dc, here comes the snow, by lunchtime, we're all seeing snow and the snow this afternoon is going to be locally heavy. at 5, noon to 5. moderate snow and that's going to be a difficult time to be out on the roads through the evening hours here at 7:30. things start to wind down by 11, 12 after dropping a half a foot of snow, give or take, and 10 inches north and west of d c. a red alert, 29, temperatures dropping through the day. 10 tonight with low single digits and a windchill advisory kicks in at 6:00 p.m. until noon. 19 to

. >> new year's day saw stage two in the germantown.austria was the big winner, scoring 82, 1, to finish. >> thomas jeter was the surprise winner, but the newcomer fully deserved his degree after jumps of 141 and 140 meters. the austrian a registered the longest jump in both rounds, giving him enough wind to secure victory and take an overall lead in the tournament. and other austrian finished second. thomas morgenstern jumped well but a bad landing cost of vital points. the leader going into the stage in bavaria could only finish in third place, but that keeps him in the running for the first title in one of ski jumping's was pristine just competitions. it was also a memorable day for martin schmidt. he made his final term in appearance and house out of the score after the trainer didn't nominate him for the next stage. >> now to cross-country skiing. >> he was the quickest in the swiss resort town. >> we are going to a short break. when we come back, dozens arrested as russia cracks down on islamist terrorists. don't go away. interest

in fact the low to mid teens here from damascus and germantown and 19 in springfield and we have now cracked the 230-degree mark in dc. -- 20 degrees mark in dc. coming up from the seven-day forecast, the snow totals from last night and the >>> a giant mural of the pope painted like a religious version of superman has appeared on a wall near the vatican. as alfonso van marsh reports, to many it symbolizes the pope's never ending battle to eliminate corruption and bring the church together. >> reporter: just a few streets from where pope francis greets the faithful at the vatican, one artist shows him as the caped crusader. italians are calling him the super pope. this man says they're depicting him as a hero. it is beautiful. pope francis is likened to superman with his cape fluttering and his rosary swinging around his neck. the pontiff's right arm leads the way. his head clinched in classic superman style. the artwork shows the pope holding a briefcase emboldened with the words that are spanish for values. and his love of soccer, a red and blue scarf, in the colors of his favorite

and the heaviest snow as of right now, is moving through germantown, rockville, you can see latensville, in northern to central montgomery county and the next little snow band that is to the west of leesburg, just to the west of route 15, you can see there, indicating some indicating -- heavier snowfall. boy, do we have some snow totals to tell you. this is stuff you haven't seen in years. walkersville 9.1 inches and columbia, we have 4.5 inches on the ground. this wheaten, 4 inches. same with alexandria and chantilly, 2.5 inches. out on 66, we haven't seen quite as much snow. but that snow is going to continue until late this evening. topper, back to you. >> thank you. and of course when the storm departs, we'll be left with bitterly cold air. 19 in rockville. 22 in arlington. and 21 in oldtown. 21 in college park. factor in the winds, it feels like it's 8 in gaithersburg and this is scary cold. but we get into the predawn hours, it's going to feel like it's 10 to 15 degrees below zero. 25-mile per hour wind gusts downtown. still gusting to 20 in leesburg and 23-mile an hour wind gust

of the exorcism murders of the two young children in engineer plantown are held without bond -- germantown are held without bond ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation. the montgomery county state's attorney says three murders allegedly by people with mental health issues raises questions about funding for prevention and treatment. >> there is a 30% increase of those who are immediately referred for mental health treatment at the time of intake. >> the chairman of the mental health services committee in the maryland general assembly joanne benson says they have been trying to increase funding for mental health including for school districts that can concentrate on prevention. >>> maryland state lawmakers from the house and nature came together today to announce a joint agenda that focuses on the economy and here are just some of their proposals. auctioning tax chiropractors to the private sector in return for private investment in state universities, creating an investment fund to help boost the cyber security industry and reducing maryland's estate tax. >>> it is music's biggest night,

. >>> a germantown killed two of her children and wounded two others believing that a demon was skipping from one child to another. prosecutors say zakeiya avery sometimes performed what she called exorcisms and called herself a demon a sass in. during a -- assassin. during a court hearing a judge ordered she undergo a psychiatric examination. a similar exam is likely for monifa sanford who is accused of helping avery carry out those attacks. >>> tonight at purdue university one student is dead and another in custody after gunfire rings out. >> plus the threat of a terrorist attack at the winter olympics has russia hunting down terrorists and u.s. officials on high alert. >> we go around the world in 90 seconds. >> the latest preolympic anti- terror event in dagestan a few hundred miles from sochi, just one of a number of anti-terror operations underway and now they're trying to find the first black widow suspected of being in sochi who they fear is waiting to strike. >> for the nearly seven years robert levinson has been missing his wife has backed the u.s. government's claim he was kid

to head in from frederick, no issues to report coming in all the way down toward clarksburg and germantowne the lanes divide. the beltway in prince george's county near route 50, we're in great shape. end to end the lanes are open. let's go back over to the naps and this time to virginia. on the northbound side of i-95, no delays early this morning and no problems dale city to springfield. overnight we were clear. we'll take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. a few people out. i think people still want to get a bit of an early start this morning but you will be fine. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> a low of kids are getting another snow day. among them fairfax, loudoun, prince william, culpeper and fauquier counties virginia all have canceled classes today. staff forward, -- stafford, spotsylvania and manassas park schools as well. >> in maryland calvert county schools announced they're closed as well but a lot of schools are also delayed and you can see them at the bottom of our screen or check out our new and improved easy website wusa9.com. great alphab

you can offer your thoughts at a forum tonight at seneca valley high school in germantown. the forum starts at 7:00. there will be another forum next month. >>> we are learning more about a fire that destroyed a historic school in virginia. this is some cell phone video showing the building engulfed in flames. since we brought you the breaking news yesterday morning, we've learned school leaders is canceled classes all week at colonial beach elementary school. that's in westmoreland county, virginia. the school was condemned after the 2011 earthquake. it was being used for storage. students used temporary trailers and the gym on the school property. >>> the winter blast setting in for millions of people this morning. the areas getting hit with the worst of the freezing cold weather now is the midwest. this is indianapolis. it is so cold now that it is illegal to be on the roads until noon today. the temperature there is only supposed to get t ten degrees below zero. the windchill right now is about 28 below zero. the frigid weather may already be impacting your travel plans

locally we're down to 4 in germantown with 1 in lovettsville in northern loudoun county. andrews is 9. 3 at dulles. leesburg also 3. there are pockets of even zero, 1 below readings down there in western montgomery and loudoun county right now. frederick as well where we've had clear skies. outside i just saw the moon a moment ago from our ice desk out there. we're looking mainly clear with a temperature of 14. feels like 5, though, with a light northwest wind at 6. still the subzero dew points a real sign of the arctic air that's in place. bigger picture you can certainly see this a little bit better coming out of michigan here and the midwest coming into the ohio valley, the upper air disturbance that's going to bring us the snow showers today. when we show you the futurecast, trying to give you an idea of the timing by late morning, midday, does look like a better chance north and south we'll have the flurries and snow showers coming through into the afternoon. most of it northeast of us by then. still holding on to snow showers in the mountains late this afternoon. ge

the suspects in a gut wrenching murder case in germantown are due in court today for the first time. all four children belonged to zakya avery and she and her friend are charged with murder and attempted murder. now a judge will decide whether or not they should remain held without bail. the women told investigators they thought they were conducting an exorcism when they stabbed the children. we'll have the latest developments during this evening's newscast starting at 5:00 and of course on wusa9.com. >>> the red cross is assisting people who were burned out of their home in bethesda. the flames broke out this morning in the basement of this house on mooreland lane. everyone made it out safely. three adults and a dog are in a temporary shelter and investigators are still looking for the cause. >>> d.c. police are still trying to figure out how a man and a woman were killed after they were found dead on the streets near howard university. the two were found with gunshot wounds on gerard street last night. at this point still no word on any suspects or a possible motive. >>> well, n.f.

beltway and beyond. 10 degrees now in white oak and laurel, 11 degrees at andrews and bowie and germantown and reston. if we take a wide view, i can show you the next punch of cold air that will arrive still thousands of miles away up in canada where in meadow lake now it's negative 9, saskatchewan looking at negative 6 temperature. it's not too bad, relatively balmy in international falls at 10 degrees. the first punch of cold air is locked up here in new england, caribou, maine, negative 17 now. so that little punch of cold air will lift north and east as we head through the weekend and that second 1 will come on down as we head into next week. as you're stepping out the door tomorrow, just absolutely frigid with temperatures between 7 and 15 degrees only warming up 15 to 24 by 11 a.m. i'll tell you more about that second punch of cold air coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. >> just painful looking at that. >>> for many of us being outside in this brutal cold even for a little bit will be unavoidable. the new technology and innovation in warm weather clothing is making it so

yeah, we're up in germantown. and you see we're making the turn here on to 118. what we're going to do is take you on 270 i believe south heading back toward washington. we drove out from northwest washington this morning, up river road, on to 270. the good thing is there's not a lot of traffic out there. so we were sharing the roads with some of the plow trucks and salt trucks, not a lot of people driving out there. that's the good thing. you see here as we're taking the ramp, you see a little bit of snow cover on the ramp, and not a whole lane here. so you can't see the lines. but you do have a clear path. you definitely want to take it a little bit slower than you normally would. i don't believe that it's icy, but again, you see the patches of snow here and there. we definitely don't want to hit those. that could be slick. now we're getting on to 270 south now heading back toward washington. you can see traffic is beginning to pick up just a little bit. maybe people head information to work today. so we're seeing a bus here and a couple of commuters out here.

a little sliver here west of 270 from boyds down through derwood coming into germantown to potomac.light snow back into arlington. much of prince george's county still with light snow showers going on. this goes down to dunkirk and huntingtown and prince frederick. you'll notice from dale city into charles county, southern fairfax county, a little bit of leftover snow. the real accumulating snows, they're done with for us. winds though not double. they're just starting to crank. we had a gust to 41 this past hour at reagan national. 36 leesburg. 5 martinsburg. 37 andrews. the winds are really kickin now. that's going to be the case through midday. wind advisory through noon north and west of d.c. gusts potentially to 50. temperatures are dropping. we're in the mid-20s. upper 20s south. look at the teens already in the shenandoah valley, frederick and westminster. they had 5 to 6 inches of snow in westminster last night from this system with temperatures there -- excuse me, the windchills now, windchills are down to zero in winchester. 8 in d.c. feels like almost 20 below in davis, w

germantown, 25. 26 and potomac. the lowest in the single numbers. we will be in the teens in these locations rather than the single numbers. definitely an improvement in their. -- through the, evening hours we will see these temperatures slowly drop. 22 in the middle of the night. 20 degrees at 6:00 in the morning. current temperatures around the northeast, plenty cold. not as intensely cold here or the south. not as intensely cold out to chicago where it has been below zero hour after hour. this is the chunk of the coldest air. now we are seeing an impressive change. we were 11 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. is the beginning of it. a ramp up in temperatures. one little thing to keep an eye increase.s will it maybury -- it may bring the next of snow. as high pressure gets established we will see an impressive warm-up into the low 40s friday afternoon. maybe to 60 degrees. late tonight, 26 in the city. 35 to midday. check these numbers out. a little bit of a wintry mix. right now it looks like. we will keep an eye on it. we're 60 degrees prin

some volume up into germantown. northbound, and the ramp is closed. that has been going on most of the day. it remains closed tonight. beltway traffic for prince george's county is heavy but let's take a look at some cameras. the beltway, plenty of volume wayno incidents along the and on 66, heading west, and again, slow headed out toward centreville. that is the way it looks. back to you. >> we are experiencing a normal commute but it was anything but normal in atlanta. >> you are exactly right. snow and ice left thousands stranded on the road. some of them spent the night in their cars and others abandoned their vehicles and walked home. are in atlanta tonight checking in to give us a sense of what is going on. are there people still in their cars at this hour? >> believe it or not, there are hundreds of motorists stranded outside. i spoke to one woman who was in afterr or than 23 hours starting her journey. everybody has a story of being stuck in traffic. i was stuck for four hours just to go six miles. a lot of people are saying the city was not p

a high of 26 today in adams-morgan in bethesda. 24 for the high in germantown and manassas. any sunshine this morning will give way to cloudy skies this afternoon. and maybe some light snow or flurries from midday, around the noontime hour until 4:00 p.m. we'll be scattered and light in nature. little or no accumulation. however, everybody will notice more breezy conditions this afternoon. so this is how it will feel at 2:30. it will feel like temperatures are in the teens. 16 in manassas. 12 in gaithersburg. 11 in frederick. as we get into the evening and overnight hours, we're once again looking at windchills below zero. tomorrow morning, it will feel about one below in washington, hopefully you'll is better news with the traffic this morning. >> i do. so far, still pretty clear in our area. so for folks traveling bw parkway between the baltimore 2000 and -- baltimore beltway and capital beltway, earlier in the greenbelt area a driver spun off the road. that accident is clear. i want to warn you that you may come upon slick spots. heads up. 295 at 175, drivers getting boy

six -- just volume delays through montgomery village and germantown. beltway traffic very slow in prince george's county. no incidents on the roadway. new numbers on how many more people were involved in the data breach involving target and neiman marcus. headsw mcconaughey turns in "dallas buyers club." >> if you want to learn more about continuing education and the job market, call our phone bank. >> as we countdown to the oscars, take a look at one of the front-runners in the category. >> a look at the award-winning performances. >> people are starting to discover it because of the awards it is winning. matthew mcconaughey and jerod lehto have won the golden globes and the screen actors guild awards for diet -- dallas buyers club. a little movie worth your attention. >> you tested positive for hiv. woodruff tested hiv-positive. in the days when few understood the disease. up on his condition and determines alternative drugs that help more than the few drugs approved by the medical establishment. >> they have good meds in mexico that is better than w

problems caused by the cold caused mack gruder to close, and silver hills, and daily elementary in germantown closed at noon and so did jackson elementary closed because of no power. and so how are the kids dressed? >> just like that. bundled up. >> reporter: and to today, some complaints with were posted on the social media about the decision to open schools. no thank you, mr. starr, i am not keeping my kids home, because letting the kids freeze at busstops is cruel, and expect lawsuits. thinks he is hurting us? he is going to be cyberbullied more. l.o.l. last month he sent a letter home saying that his family had been inappropriately targeted because of a decision. >> well sh, he said then and he said now he never felt threatened, but the fact is that it should be tweeting to the the superintendent in the way that our students are doing? many of them are doing it ap e pro -- appropriately and very clever, but some students are going over the line, and honestly, some adults as well. >> reporter: the school leades s are standing by the decision saying that most of the 151,000 students had a m

big story would be the wind and the cold. 23 in germantown. leesburg is at 26. they will head down through the remainder of the night and the overnight. 32 at reagan national airport. temperatures down to 27 at washington-dulles. the winds -- they are driving from the far north and driving right overhead. combine that with this falling temperatures, at will -- that will wind up with -- wind chill being an issue. blustery as the wind is keeping up all night under partly cloudy skies. temperatures around the rest of the country -- three below in chicago. six below in minneapolis. areas south of here, they are in the 60's but are under winter storm warnings and ice warnings. that is how radical that change will be. the storm system will be developing around the gulf coast. you can see the great here -- the darker colors and all the way back our windchill warnings. just to the south, we have the possibility of the ice storms columba coastal carolina into parts of georgia. big storm shaping up. it looks like as it moves north, it will bring up cold air. verye going t

germantown and damascus 2 above. it's fallen to zero at manassas airport. 8 waldorf. 5 andrews.y the water where annapolis is 11 and reagan national with the heat of the potomac and all the urban effect holding at 15 degrees. regardless, a frigid morning. clear skies on our michael & son weather camera. looking good there. 15 feeling like 8 with the west winds at 5. winds in many area especially near zero have ne getting into the music thing? >> well, you know, hollywood and music are such close communities. half the rock stars want to be movie stars and vice versa. you never know who could show up. but typically grammys are a little more unpredict -- predictably unpredictable. the oscar people can go more for elegance. there are always exceptions. >> yeah. it's the grammys. i mean, you can't be too cool and calm. it's got to be a little outrageous. we thank you for sharing your predictions on who we should be watching. and she says it may be a little peacock action with the men strutting their stuff on the red carpet. >>> what will the actual show be like? we know l.l. cool jay

tell that to the folks in germantown and gaithersburg and feels like minus 2. 5 in d.c. and camp springs coming in at minus 1 right now. hourly forecast for 7:00 this evening and 11:00 and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, icy cold and more ice. temperatures head to the teens about 11:00 p.m. and 5-10 by tomorrow morning. dress warm. we will continue to see this pattern the next couple of days. we will see a pattern with these clipper systems making their way west to east through the area. each one of different strength and each one offering a little more snow than the other one. right now, we have a chance thursday and saturday, a chance on monday. i think out of all these three that we've got, that little chance coming through of various intensity, i think monday possibly could deliver maybe the most snow. we look at our storm team forecast. 26 degrees on thursday, 25 the high temperature for friday. look at the morning temperature, 10, 11 degrees. the average high, 43, average low, 28. it will be a little higher than that on saturday with a 30% chance of snow. showers that could co

a local church distancing itself now from two women charged with killing two young children in germantown last week. police say they believed they were performing an exorcize when they killed two of avery's children and injured two others. avery used to be a member of the ministries in gaithersburg. the church released a statement today saying the women were not members of its congregation and does not promote or condone the act of exorcize in any way. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be in court friday and facing charges in a scandal that has rocked the commonwealth. mcdonnell and his wife sought a delay but a federal judge rejected that plea today. virginia chief is here with the possible fallout. >> clearly the biggest political consequence is bob mcdonnell someone once vetted as a possible vice president candidate now may face jail time and the ripple impact could affect other political leaders. >> the indictment of governor bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen and ethics laws. former congressman tom davis predicts now that charges have been lodged against the governor a

. >> jim, tonight, we are hearing the 911 calls for help after those children were murdered in germantown. this is how it all went down. >> reporter: on the night before, two small children were killed in this german townhouse. a neighbor called police to complain that the women in the house had left a baby in this blue car for more than an hour, and he said that when he made the call for help, the women went after him, and this is how the 911 call went. >> okay. i am going to back off, ma'am. i'm being attacked by two females. >> and where are the ladies now, sir? >> they are chasing me down. you need to back up off of me, ma'am. >> is there an apartment involved? >> the baby has been in the car for an hour, and that is my business. >> reporter: the police referred the case to family services, but the next day the bloody murder scene discovered when another neighbor calls the police to investigate that suspicious blue car again. >> they got outside. there is a knife with the blood. the car door is open. the house have the with windows open up there. i heard loud noises in the night, and

we drove slick route 355 in germantown last night.ontgomery county had about four red light cameras. police there review each potential violation individually. >> as far as red light cameras, there should always be some kind of exception. >> as far as what we see in the photo, we can see ice to some extent. >> reporter: they say they know winter roads make stopping difficult and their officers sit down and look at photos one by one. >> we make a determination if there's thymes roadway or snow or something to impede people slowing down for the traffic light and stopping we void the violations. >> reporter: but they still caution everyone to be careful. >> in this type of weather you have to slow down so you're able to stop for these lights. >> reporter: d.c. police tell us if they do see that somehow the weather played a factor in you not being able to stop, no violation. we also checked in with the d.c. dmv. they tell us, they, too, may take weather into consideration but they expect drivers to take the apppriate precautions when you'