temperatures across the area 26 for germantown. 33 for rockville and 28 for white oak. andrews at 32. looking mostly cloudy skies today. clouds will continue to increase. sunshine here and there but we are expects rain tomorrow. i'll track that for you coming up. highs today upper 40s. not too bad at all. let's go to beverly with traffic. >>> we are checking out the trip marc rail, marc brunswick trains will be impacted because of this investigation nikki has been telling us about in germantown at the marc station. early trains out of brunswick have been held up. trains 892, 874, 870 still hadding. train 878 scheduled to depart in a few minutes is still on schedule but that remains to be seen. meanwhile metrorail if you can get to shady grove will honor your marc rail pass. beltway, that's been moving fine maryland and virginia, including down at st. barnabas road headed on the inner loop for the wilson bridge. i-95, dale city into woodbridge, springfield lanes are open but expect dale boulevard closed east of miniville road with a crash. back to you. >>> in just a few

nick giovanni is live along route 118 in germantown with a look at things there. roads are pretty good, right, nick? >> reporter: mike, they are. they pretty much remained that way all morning long. the flurries have subsided. for now looks like 5 inches is about as deep as the snow is going to get around this area in germantown. that said, all of montgomery county public schools ever closed for the day -- are closed for the day. this is a snow day. we learned that by checking our mobile app, certainly something we encourage you to do throughout the day for instant updates. it's a good tool to have on a day like n. as far as instant updates on the roadways, traffic is flowing smoothly here along germantown road. for now, back to you. >> thank you, nick. >>> in some parts of northern virginia, drivers will face a rougher commute than that. >> delia goncalves is live on route 7 in steriling with a look at the roads there. delia, we saw a covered car. you were helping out the motorist there. what's it like now? >> reporter: we've listen here for about an hour and a h

. >>> chop 4 over germantown mark m station. brunswik line 874 and 892 now holding ys because of the earlier accident. camden canceled because of the holiday. >>> than thankor starting your morning with us. >> the "y"is next. we'll be back in 20 minutes with any brea n untiln,a da >>> good morning. desperate search for answers. new team of international experts is on the scene in the java sea this morning, hoping to locate the black boxes from that doomed airasia flight. bad weather is making their difficult. this, as more victims are recovered and their grief-stricken families begin to say farewell. >>> passing of a liberal giant, mario cuomo, hours after andrew was sworn in as governor for a second term. >> he is in the heart and mind of every person who is here. >> we will take a look back at the life and times

pedestrian ck at the germantown mc n. more about that line and whether that is running properly this morning. 66 west of 29 gainesville is running fine. no problems there. 95 into and out of town here north and south, no problems in virginia. and prce george's county, no issues northbo or southbou into town. guys? . >>> thanks, melissa. 5:02. the people of d.c. will officially welcome their new mayor. outgoing mayor vincent gray will hand over the seat to pure yell bowser. news 4 megan mcgrath is live with a look at today's events. megan, goodor >> report good morning, eun. a busy day for muriel bowser as she prepar to be the next mayor of d.c. there are a number of events and festivities today. the public has an opportunity to participate first ll at 8:00 this morning, there's going to be an interfaith service at the first congressional church of christ on g street northwest. then at 9:30 that's when the inauguration ceremony here at the conventienr gets under way. and that od o e public. now, members of the council and

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philadelphia police dusting for fingerprints at this germantown store hoping a robbery sus he can was not wearing gloves. the just after wednesday night on 1200 block of east stafford street police say a man entered this store in the white hooded sweat shirt and ski mask and was arm with the gun. after robbing the place for some reason he shot a five three-year old employee three times. >> one to the face, two to his thigh. we are not the sure if he will survive a gunshot wound. he lost a lot of blood. >> reporter: are he was taken to inn stein and remains in critical condition. the employee was standing at the back deli counter. the store was opened at the time. two others were inside and so was the store's owner. she was standing at the front counter with a two-year old babe boy in her arms. >> it is about 15 feet distance, a small store, very contain, very confine area fortunately no one else was injured. >> reporter: police are interviewing a number of witnesses so they continue their search. there were to cameras installed. this he were scheduled to be installed later this week.

that's the situation here right now in germantown. i'm vanessa herring.n the studio. >> thanks a lot live in germantown this morning. >>> you can track the snow any time of day with the new wusa9 mobile app. the free download away at the apple and google stores. you'll be able to check for any closings or delays in your area. >>> deacon from the district, you're today's facebook fan of the day. thanks for joining us each morning. he said he should be the fan of the day because wusa9 is my first stop for entertainment and news. >> two tickets to "baskerville," sherlock holmes mysteries is a way of saying thank you. fill out the form on our wusa9 >>> 6:38. getting reports of half an inch of snow around mount vernon and an inch and a half toward front royal from a couple of hours ago. some areas are starting to really accumulate. you're looking at a live shot on the weather camera of washington, the slow traffic, snow on the ground. about a quarttory half-inch in northwest -- quarter to half- inch in northwest d.c. snow will start to taper off late morning t

after being shot in the face and leg during a robbery on east stafford street in philadelphia's germantown section. >> reporter: good morning, tam the victim is a 53-year-old employee he is in critical condition after being shot in a robbery in germantown. it happened around 8:30, police were called out to the grocery on the 1200 block of east stafford street in germantown. prils say a man came in wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, he had a ski mask covering his face and he took cash and opened fire. there were several other people inside the store including the other than who was behind the counter holding a 2-year-old boy at the time the shots were fired. the employee was shot once in the face and twice in his three. police rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. police say it is for fortunate nobody was hit. >> it's a small store and tight contained area in addition to the shooting victim who were in the store there were five other people in the store including customers, the owner and 2-year-old boy who was behind the counter. >> the suspect was last seen running west on staf

developing right now a robbery end with a shooting inside a germantown variety store. an employee is critically injured and police say all this happened in front of the toddler. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us with the police headquarters with the very latest jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. store employee remains at the hospital this morning in critical condition. police say he may in the survive it and if he does he will likely lose an eye. in the meantime police continue to be on the look out for this robbery suspect who got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. it was certainly a scary situation for everyone inside when the the shooting happened, including that little boy. >> philadelphia police dusting for fingerprints at this germantown store hoping a robbery suspect made a mistake and was in the wearing gloves. just after 8:30 wednesday night on the 1200 block of east stafford street police say man entered in a white hoodedded sweat shirt and ski mask and arm with the gun. after robbing the place for some reason police say he shot

in germantown, i'm nikki burdine. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, nikki. >>> a woodbridge, virginia man is being held without bond, charged in the murder of his wife. police say 22-year-old jon sherwood stab -- john sherwood stabbed his 21-year-old wife, erica, as she visited with friends. sherwood wanted to discuss an ongoing dispute but police say the argument got physical and ended with her death. the couple has one son who was in the home at the time of the argument. >>> prince george's county police are still looking for the man who shot and killed another man new year's morning. 22-year-old stefan powell was found dead in a parking garage on milestone way. there was a bullet hole in the car at the scene. residents tell wusa9 there have been several break-ins at the garage, even though there is a gate. >>> a traffic stop in west virginia ends with two officers shot and two bodies discovered in a truck. the driver of the truck shot the officers after they pulled over another vehicle on i-66 in greenbrier

so again the situation this germantown that ramp to reopened.jor issues there. 270 moving quite well. live picture of 95 if virginia again coming up in a couple minutes. >>> it's 5:53 right now. president obama is calling on congress to help you take care of sick family members by giving you you more paid sick leave. landon dowdy has that story for your money. >> reporter: good morning. will be will call on congress today to pass a measure requiring companies to offer employees up to 7 days paid sick leave a year. he'll also take executive action to ensure federal government worker get at least six weeks paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. the president wants to intend more than $2 billion to accept state andprograms. >> landon dowdy, thank you. >>> well, today you get to weigh in on a bill that would ban the use of pesticides in montgomery county. the bill would prohibit chemical use on private lawns, shall athletic playing fields and certain county own properties. it does include exemptions for agriculture and golf courses. the

germantown road at block rock road all lanes blocked there for downed wires. your alternate will be great accept seneca highway. and 66 looking good 95 north a little slow to the beltway. 27 270 southbound 16 minutes. outer outer loop ten minutes. >>> the party is happening at the super bowl. we'll take you live to phoenix for a look at the events already drawing big crowds. >>> three more days until super bowl sunday. here is a look at super bowl central in downtown phoenix. tons of activities for the whole family including concerts fireworks every night between now and sunday. a lot of fun. meanwhile, security preparations are ramping up ahead of the super bowl on sunday. drones have already been banned around the stadium. and there are a lot of other security measures in place there right now, too. sarah dallof live with a look at what to expect. >> reporter: good morning. already huge crowds coming down lear to visit super bowl central. and with them comes a huge security presence. we have state, local and federal authority, including the fbi and homeland

elsewhere, germantown road, looks good. volume making your way southbound 270 headed towards the spur. no reports of any incidents there. 395, also looking good. this is north of edsall road. just agent bit of light volume here. not too shabby for a thursday morning. otherwise we do have a report of an accident in leesburg on 7 eastbound lanes at cardinal park drive. thanks so much for starting your morning here on 9 news. we'll be right back with more >>> at 6:23 here are some stories you may have missed. loretta lynch, president obama's nominee for attorney general will undergo a second day of hearings. yesterday republicans grilled her on the number of topics, including immigration. >> do you believe the executive action announced by president obama on november 20 is legal and constitutional? >> i've read the opinion. i do believe it is. >> lynch needs just 51 votes to win approval but any senator can put a hold on her nomination process for any reason. >>> republicans and democrats are coming together on at least one is

zoom in, still some snow in germantown. if it let's hard enough, the roads will become slick. going farther up heavier snow as you cross the frederick/montgomery county line. we'll zoom in. primarily rain over in olney, but mixed precipitation around 355 down connecticut avenue into the northwest part of town, on the east-west highway, too, head towards silver spring. still more rain than snow, but some accumulating snow, germantown, leesburg north and west, heaviest precipitation 6 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. the surface isn't cold enough for freezing rain. so trace to an inch which you've already had north and west of town, 1 to 4 inches winchester to frederick and north of that hagerstown and back into cumberland 3 to 6 inches. it may take until tomorrow afternoon to get your 3 to 6 inches as even up there you are battling warm air. futurecast 10:00 tonight look a the temps, 34 -- at the temps, 34, 35, miserable night. the yellow is heavy rain rolling through overnight. we'll stop it at midnight. that's a lot of heavy rain. i'm a little concerned whether or not this will be sleet. it

it happen in germantown on the 1200 block of east stafford street.police say a man came in wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, a ski mask covering his face, he was armed with a gun. he took cash and opened fire. there were several people inside the store including customers and the owner behind the counter holding a 2-year-old boy. the employee who was working at a meat clerk was shot once in his face and twice in the leg. police rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. the suspect was last seen running west on the 1200 block of stafford armed with a silver semi automatic gun. >> we know a semi automatic gun was used because we found spent shell casing inside the store where the victim was shot. >> reporter: and there's no word on how much cash was taken. if you have any tips, northwest detective's want to hear from you. live from police headquarters, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks katherine. >>> david a little bit of snow left over? >> reporter: maybe a little bit of sleet or freezing drizzle in parts of region, as well.

the liberty motel is on germantown avenue near broad and westmoreland streets. denise tracked down the number of times police have gone to the area. she's joining us live with what she uncovered. denise? >> reporter: jim the motel is right across the street from bethune elementary school. drugs and prostitution is documented in these documents i've obtained from the city. >> i feel like a hostage. >> reporter: a north philadelphia motel is making neighbors feel like captives in their own homes. >> i don't feel safe. >> my kids can't even go out and play. it's dangerous and unsafe. >> reporter: for at least two decades, neighbors, police and lawmakers clashed with the owners of liberty motel on germantown avenue with drugs and crime around the property. >> they come right back. >> reporter: licenses and inspections shut it down in early december. only for the motel to reopen just last friday after the owner made repairs and paid the necessary fees. vernon jackson is the head of mantd nance at the motel. he said he's been on the job for only three months. >> we ca

germantown pike at sheffield drive, we have another accident.ommuter traffic report we have people talking about ice 30 eastbound and west whiteland township. this is a good way to check the conditions before you head out. check my tweet use the hash tag 6 abc traffic and let you know what's going on. the boulevard slippery conditions at fox street. we saw the flurries moving through and the snowfall on the roads. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows the band has thinned a little bit, we have seen the brighter shades of pink and purple. we can see that it faded a little bit but now the snowfall moving through the city right now. >> this is new on "action news," a mother and son are accused of selling heroin outside of their reading home. police say they executed the search warrant along the 700 block of never sink alley and found 500 packets of heroin and packaging material and gun. they arrested the mother an son both mother and son are facing multiple charges including conspiracy possession with intent to deliver and weapons offenses. >>> al

. >>> we have more on our developing news from germantown a variety store clerk is fighting for his life this morning after being shot during a robbery. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is a at police headquarters with more good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not only was this store employee shot three times including once in the face but the store's owner was actually on site as well just feet from the shooting when it happened when the the two-year old boy in her arms. this could have turnout worse then it already is. there is one man that remains in the hospital this morning in critical condition. police say he is clinging to life. the robbery happened just after 8:30 wednesday night at this store on the 1200 block of east stafford street in germantown. once police arrived they found that five three-year old store employee shot once in the face and twice in the leg. he was taken to einstein and will likely lose an eye. witnesses say this suspect entered the store wearing a white hoodie with a ski mask. have after robbing the the store for some reason police say he then s

ongoing repairs there and the corridor is just the volume heading into hyatts town and south into germantown. back to you mike. >>> okay, thank you, bev. 6:10. police are investigating a hate crime in chevy chase, maryland this morning. they say someone spray painted a racial slur in giant red lights on the garage door house on glennmore drive. we blurred out the words that included a variation of the "n" word in it. police think this happened between 2:00 p.m. on sunday and 7:00 a.m. yesterday, martin luther king jr.'s birthday. they say this happened days after a mother and her children moved into that búneighborhood and a lot of the neighbors we spoke with went out to her to support her in this situation. >>> police are investigating another case of vandalism, this one at a church in silver spring. it happened outside christ congregational church on coalsville road. the banner outside the church originally read "black lives matter" and it had been outside for about a week when someone spray painted the word"all" above the word black. >> after months of racial tensions over the deaths of u

we will be right >>> a germantown employee is fighting for his life afterhe was shot three times during a robbery. the five three-year old is in critical condition the robber got away on foot from the scene on the 1200 block of stafford street. >>> also developing sources say former philadelphia homicide detective ronald dove is expect to face charges today. sources tell our walt hunter that the charges stem from accusations that dove possibly obstruct a murder investigation. he was fired in 2013. >>> there is a state of emergency in edge water in north jersey after a huge apartment fire forced hundreds out of their home. smoke can be seen from that fire all across, over the hudson river in new york city. >>> new this morning the old home of the sandy hook school shooter will be torn down. new town conn event in cut demolish the house where adam lanza lived with his mother. lanza killed his mountain there are before he murdered 20 children and six adult at sandy hook elementary school in 2012. the house will be gone by the spring city leaders plan to keep the 2-acre property as an open

even though love targeted parts of suburban abington and philly's germantown second.ause he knew a long-time heating oil had gone out of business. love nearly cleaned out his averaging budget on the postcards. 7,000 to be directed in germantown cost grand to print plus 1200 bucks to deliver. love says, he did get one call from the germantown mailers a complaint. >> i kept pulling and pulling. that happened, too. >> reporter: after barbara mitchell found 120 stuffed into her mailbox she struggled to get them out an alerted love energy. >> only they supposed to have been actually delivered, and he didn't do it so he just stuffed them in my box. >> reporter: he expected to you just throw them out? >> i guess but i didn't. because i know the guy had to pay for them to have them done. >> reporter: after hearing from barbara mitchell love energy's office manager shirley ferrets called the post office. the post office manager apologized and took mitchell's cell phone number and made arrangements to pick the postcards. but peretz says those post cards were never picked up. sh

even though love targeted parts of suburban abington and philly's germantown section. in part because he knew a long-time heating oil company had gone out of business. love nearly cleaned out his advertising budget on the post cards. the 7,000 to be distributed in germantown cost a grand to print, plus 1200 bucks to deliver. love says, he did get one call from the germantown mailers a complaint. >> i kept pulling and pulling. that happened, too. >> after barbara mitchell found 120 stuffed into her mailbox she struggled to get them out and alerted love energy. >> i think she supposed to have been actually delivered. he didn't do it so he stuffed them in my box. >> reporter: he expected to you throw them out? >> i guess but i didn't. because i know the guy had to pay for them to have them done. >> reporter: after hearing from barbara mitchell, love energy's office manager shirley says she called the post office. she says the post office manager apologized and took mitchell's cell phone number and made arrangements to pick up the post cards but those post cards were in fa

. >> reporter: the 53-year-old man was trying to do his job when he was shot in a store in germantown. he is in hospital in critical condition. this happened around 8:30, the police were called out to the 1200 block of east stafford street in germantown. police say a man came in waring a white hooded sweatshirt and ski mask. he was armed with a gun and took cash and opened fire. there were several other people in the store including customers and the owner holding a 2-year-old boy. the employee who was working as a meat clerk was shot in the face and regular. police rushed him -- face and leg. police rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. >> we know a semi automatic gun was used because we found a spent shell casings inside the store where the victim was shot. >> reporter: there's no word on how much cash was taken call northwest detective's if you have they tips. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, katherine. >>> this is developing right now gunfire erupted in saint louis, missouri, authorities say a man was in the passenger side of a stolen car. he got

. >>> the search is on for robbers who shot a store clerk in the germantown section that clerk is in critical condition. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with this katherine. >> reporter: matt, that blee -- employee is 53 years old the police continue to search for the suspect in the case. police were called out to the store it's called prieta market on 1200 east stafford street in germantown. he came in with a white hoodie and ski mask and opened fire. there were several people inside the store including the owner who was behind the counter holding a two-year-old boy. the employee was shot in the face and twice in the thigh. police rushed him to hospital in critical condition. police say it is fortunately nobody else was hit. >> it's a very, very small store, very tight contained area in addition to the shooting victim who was in the store there were five other people inside the store including customers, other employees as well as other than and 2-year-old boy who was behind the counter. and the suspect was last seen running west on the 100 block of stafford if you ha

even though love targeted parts of suburban abington and philly's germantown section.part because he knew a long-time heating oil company had gone out of business. love nearly cleaned out his advertising budget on the post cards. the 7,000 to be distributed in germantown cost a grand to print plus 1200 bucks to deliver. love says, he did get one call from the germantown mailers a complaint. >> i cep pulling and pulling. that happened, too. >> reporter: after barbara mitchell found 120 stuffed into her mailbox she struggled to get them out and alerted love energy. >> i think they supposed to have been actually delivered and he didn't do it so he just stuffed them in my box. >> reporter: he expected to you just throw them out? >> i guess but i didn't. because i know the guy had to pay for them to have them done. >> reporter: after hearing from barbara mitchell love energy's office manager shirley called the post office. shirley says the post office manager apologized and took mitchell's cell phone number and made arrangements to pick up the post cards. but shirley says,

leesburg and sterling and germantown still has snow, mixture in rockville. down to the south even through northwest d.c. into parts of prince george's county we have a mixture of sleet and snow to the airport. still more rain than snow, but we think there will be pretty good accumulating snow germantown and leesburg north and west. heaviest precipitation will be in overnight 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. we shut it off a while. we understand up with rain and snow showers during -- we end up with rain and snow showers during the day saturday, not as concerned about freezing rain. the air is not that cold. the surface temperatures aren't that cold. precipitation types, mainly rain south and east of 95. so la plata down toward st. mary's city and waldorf and down toward fredericksburg, rain and snow between d.c. and frederick where you could see a little accumulation. north of that primarily all snow. 3 to 6 inches hagerstown, romney to cumberland, 1 to 4 from winchester over to frederick and a trace to an inch in the immediate northern and western suburb of d.c. that inclu

take the express lanes on 270 south. 40 minutes from germantown to the beltway. it is slow everywhere. follow first 4 traffic for all the accidents happening around town as well. >>> thank you. 6:12 now. many of you soon have to pay more at the store. we learned maryland is considering a five-cent plastic bag charge statewide. they have raked in more than $6.5 million from the plastic bag tax in maryland so far. this started in january of 2012. now a maryland delegate will introduce legislation to expand the tax statewide. the taxpayers protection alliance says the bag tax hurts the poor. >>> we are tracking a developing story right now in new york city where the city is again on guard after the shooting of two more police officers. what we're learning happened and the reward being offered at this hour. >>> plus we are tracking conditions you'll be dealing with as the winter weather rolls through the d.c. area. the tips you need to know to make sure your neighborhood streets are safe for pedestrians. here's a live look of the snow coming down. stay with us on "ne

police arrested the clients in november who live at this home in germantown. authorities say the man and woman ran a sex trafficking ring involving at least five teenager girls. his lawyer says his client is innocent. >>> and another former judge will learn his sentence today in the philadelphia ticket scandal. a federal jury convicted michael lowry of lying about the ticket fixing scheme. lowry heckled lawyers at the end of his trial last summer after the jury found him and six others not guilty of conspiracy and fraud. he could be convicted for lying to the fbi. >>> there are new threats against a french newspaper as it releases its first issue since the deadly attack last week. "charlie hibdo" had a picture of mohommad on the front cover. but several muslim leaders demand it will not be printed and several websites are now calling for more attacks against the paper. one week ago two brothers gunned down 12 people at the newspaper offices in paris. this is video showing the two suspects in the street next to the getaway car after the attack. the brothers are

taking look this morning we're very slow all the way down to germantown r well probably people looking at the situation and also some of the police response. wider look at things overall no major problems now. a outer room here. prince george's county no problems there. and 66 and 95 looking good now. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> we're following a developing story at the white house. we have the latest on that drone landing on a tree at the white house complex. we brought you the breaking news first. >>> right now people are waking up in northern virginia to snow on the ground. take a look here in fairfax county. we've got some icy conditions. we and what you need to know to make sure breaking news this morning i-270 shut down near old hundred road. a tractor trailer accident is blocking the lanes. we'll let you know what is going on in >>> we're staying on top of the winter weather. you see where snow is on the radar. we're keeping a close eye on the road conditions in the storm team 4 x 4. we'll bring you any troubled spots as we see them. tom is here with the weather alert. >>> we s

so i just have to suck it up and take it. >> nice. >> thank you. >> germantown? >> yes. >> and south jersey? >> yes, born in germantown, raise in the jersey now back to fill. >> i do you still have family here? >> yes dow. >> my mom is still in jerry? you're like one of the coolest women i ever met. isn't she great? >> you guys -- >> well, sometimes, you know really close to flames, you can feel the heat. did i something on enterprize where the flames were so close to me i thought my hair was going to catch on fire. >> i've seen images of you blown up also great car driver. >> thank you. >> isn't it all about camera ankle else? >> it is. >> you're not really getting punched. >> no, but sometimes there are accident, do you get hit sometimes. >> okay. oh, gosh. let me set up a scene here. >> all right. >> let me get my chair. can you pull that chair? >> can i say i've never been in a fight in my life? so please bear with me. >> hole on a second. let's set up what's going to happen here. take us through. >> okay. so i need you to stand behind me here. so basically y

right now your feels like temperature, it feels like 25 degrees. 24 now in germantown. 22 right now in the sterling/ashburn area. 23 in downtown washington. that of course is when you factor in the wind with that current temperature. but it's going to get much worse from here. overnight tonight heading into wednesday morning as you're sending the kids back to school most likely, 6 degrees. that's what it's going to feel like in leesburg. 4 degrees in martinsburg and hagerstown. 11 even in downtown d.c. and 9 in la plata. so that feels like forecast obviously becoming a big issue here. coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast, i'll tell you if we have any relief on the way. we will see milder temperatures but again it's going to come at a price. back to you. >> thank you, erica. >>> now to the blizzard of 2015 and the people of new york and new jersey, the storm did not live up to the hype there. but in boston and much of new england, it is earning its reputation as an historic storm. kris van cleave with more. >> reporter: most roads and rails are open again in the nor east with

love this photo from yesterday taken in germantown. snow was like glue and stuck to all the trees. share your photos on facebook, twitter api'llnd i'll share on instragram. tomorrow increasing clouds low 40s. rain and snow moving in late on friday. saturday some sn moving in. we could get morning rain and snow changing to afternoon wet snow. possible totals how look to be around 2 to 4 inches on saturday. sun back sunday. maybe the another couple of inches on monday. and then tuesday, wednesday, very cold not even getting above freezing. pa list melissa now with the roads. >>> i had an issue with my front step this morning. not the best place to step this morning. i didn't bite it. are you hoping that i fell? >> no just wanted to make sure you were okay. >> yeah, right. >> i caught myself on the railing. thank you for your concern, though. beltway at river road no problems there. taking a look at 270, also looking quite good. 95 in maryland comparery hill road into and out of up to looking fine. beltway at kenilworth also looking good. hopefully aaron doesn't bite it somehow later.

the liberty motel is on germantown avenue near broad and westmoreland streets. police have been called to that block hundreds of times in the last 11 years. the motel reopened last friday after licenses and inspections shut it down in early december. for two decades now, police and lawmakers have clashed with the owners over drugs, prostitution and crime. >> my kids can't even go out and play. i don't allow them to go outside and play because of the activity that goes on in the hotel. >> we tried to get a comment from the motel owner but we've been unsuccessful getting a response so far. city lawmakers plan to start a task force to find ways to shut down the property for good. >>> happening today, a community meeting with the goal of saving an historic ywca. neighborhood groups will meet to discuss this historic building on germantown avenue. the philadelphia redevelopment project owns the y and they asked for bids to purchase and refurbish the structure. the y is in need of repair after years of vacancy, fires and vandalism. >>> here's evidence it's tougher to

that's on the 1500 block of germantown avenue.tim was rushed to einstein hospital in a private vehicle is that in stable condition. no arrests have been made. >>> we have new details on a crash involving a pedestrian in montgomery county. a driver struck an elderly man last night as he tried to cross ogontz avenue near the septa bus loop in cheltenham township's wyncote section. ems's rushed 87-year-old warren scott to the hospital. he's in critical condition. the driver remained at the scene. any witnesses are asked to contact cheltenham township police. >> nascar driver kurt busch has told a delaware courtroom he believes his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin. at a hearing in dover yesterday busch said patter tricia driscoll told him she was a mercenary who killed people for a living. driscoll is trying to get a no contact order against busch. she claims he assaulted her inside his motor home at dover international speed way last september. driscoll did not dispute the assassin claims in court but told the reporter the asserti

. >>> developing right the now, a robbery went a shooting inside of a germantown variety store. an employee is critically injured and police tell us all of this happened right in front of the toddler. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at police headquarters with the latest on this investigation jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this store employee was shot three times once in the face and is in very critical condition at the hospital this morning. police say he may not make it. at the very least it is very likely he will lose one eye. very serious situation yesterday that unfolded in front of customers and employees alike and a little boy. philadelphia police dusting for fingerprints at this germantown store hoping a robbery suspect made a mistake and was not wearing gloves. just after 8:30 wednesday night on the 1200 block of east stafford street police say a man entered this store in the white hooded sweat shirt and ski mask and was armed with the gun after robbing the place he shot a five three-year old employee three times. >> one to the face, two to

live in germantown kristin wright news4. >> be sure to download our news4 app. >>> now to breaking news involving that massive fire na destroyed a mansion in the annapolis area. six people are still unaccounted for. they include a computer executive, his wife and their four grandchildren. today investigators started combing through the rubble for any signs of them. we're going to join a news conference with an update on that search as soon as it begins. >>> we're also following developments right now in the investigation into last week's underground emergency on news4's wendy rieger with new details. >> metro and the ntsb will be believing our regional lawmakers in the next half hour about what they have learned so far about last week's deadly underground emergency. senators and representatives from maryland and virginia will be joining d.c.'s eleanor holmes norton to be updated on the investigation. it was one week ago monday that smoke from an electrical current that arced filled a tunnel near the l'enfant plaza station. one died two critically injured, 84 hospitalized. after the brie

another accident plymouth, germantown pike at jolly road. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you, still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, the superbowl setting records of about the game is even played. >> more on that coming up. first though here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >> we have our eye on the storm, the rest every russ waiting our turn, it is coming we should be getting snow today tomorrow, and the next day. katie has the latest forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> total of five people are being treated at hospitals after gas leak in lawncrest. the leak was reported just after midnight, and fire crews and philadelphia gas works teams responded. they're working to fix that right now. >> let's get a check on business news right now. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange markets finished last week kind of mixed. what lynn vest ers be watching this week, jill? >> reporter: good morning, ukee erika. actually real big week here on wall street. a loft tech companies like facebook apple g

we're on germantown avenue in mt. airy right now. check it out, outside the cb is s3 mobil weather lab. this is what it looks like. rain has stopped. there is still more showers off to the west but nice little break in the a action right now. traffic still heavy, of course rush hour and but notice that they have the road there ain't is a shine to it. stale lot of wet road and in the enough wind to dry it out. this could be an issue. right now temperature is 40 degrees. we're talking about problems later on overnight. lets go to the graphic and break this down for you. overnight we're talking about temperatures dropping down in the mid to upper 20's across most of the delaware valley. so again we have areas of standing water. puddles. even some puddles on the sidewalks. that could eastly refreeze the untreated surfaces as temperatures drop in the 20's. overnight tomorrow morning watch out the for icy spots a lot the of the main road should be okay as they have been treated. those sidewalks and your driveway, front steps, that could be

a 20-year-old victim was hit in his leg inside the international barber federation on germantown avenueectives are asking the public to help identify these two men who held up a cell phone store in south philadelphia last week. this is video from inside the cellular express and repairs. the roners cleared out the register and forced a clerk to open a safe in the back. the gunmen got away with several iphones from a display case. >> philadelphia's top cop launched a series of public meetings in our nation's capital in light of grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in new york and ferguson. police commissioner charles ramsey took on his new role as cochair of president obama's task force on 21st century policing yesterday. the group of law enforcement educators and community leaders discussed ways of building trust and legitimacy between the police and the community. the group will cover many more topics over the coming months that will then be presented to the president in march. >> 5:57 and all new coming up, the -- tracking the thieves that pulled off a bold break in at a

liberty motel is on germantown avenue and police have been called out hundreds of times in the last fewhotel opened up just last month. neighbors, police and lawmakers clashed with owners of the motel over drugs, prostitution and crime in and around the property. >> my kids can't even go out and play. i don't allow them to go outside and play because of the activity that goes on in the hotel. >> our attempts to reach the motel owner were unsuccessful. lawmakers plan to start a task force to find a way to shut down the property for good. >>> another property battle here of sorts. a community meeting will happen tonight with the goal of saving an historic ywca. neighborhood groups will meet to discuss it. in september, the agency asked for bids to purchase and rebush refurbish the structure. >>> today the delaware health resources board will discuss a proposal to expand christianity hospital. the $250 million project would add dozens of single family rooms to the neonatal intensive care unit. it will create a nursery for babies born with drug dependency. you're watching nbc 10 news. "nbc

the liberty motel on germantown avenue reopened last friday after licenses and inspections shut it down in early december. for at least two decades now, neighbors, police and lawmakers have clashed with the motel owners over drugs, prostitution and other crimes in and around the property. >> my kids can't even go out and play. i don't allow them to go outside and play because of the activity that goes on in the hotel. >> we tried to get in touch with motel owners for comment but so far we've been unsuccessful. city lawmakers plan to start a task force to find ways to shut down the property for good. >>> at the jerry shore, a detective died from injuries incurred during a traffic accident last month. stevenson served for almost 15 years. >>> an update on people who received refunds to see bill cosby. 1,200 people returned their tickets for refunds nearly 40% of the tickets sold. cosby performed despite a protest outside. about 100 protesters gathered there. the comedian denied allegations of sexual assault made against him by more than a dozen women some dating back decades. >>> new info

germantown commons shopping plaza. investigators say johnson nervously fumbled around as she looked for her license. her voice trembled. her hands shook uncontrollably and her breathing was extremely labored. while searching the paraeducator's car, a k-9 unit sniffed out a backpack stashed in the truck. inside, officers say they found a large baggy of marijuana and digital scale surrounded by orange peels and coffee grounds. police say drug dealers often use those items to mask the distinct and potent scent of pot. >> that really bothers me. >> parents like amy riley say school leaders have kept johnson's arrest quiet. >> i think they should have notified the parents and especially the parents that have to deal directly with this teacher and their children were getting caught by this teacher. >> johnson who earns about $22 an hour as a teacher's aide was not home when we visited her hyattsville apartment complex. >> they transmit what they have as knowledge to our children. i don't think it's something we should teach

more delays into germantown with lanes open.n you still have to detour around the police investigation. martin luther king jr. avenue still closed between malcolm x and alabama avenue. we'll keep an eye, too, on that situation in north west where nikki has been this morning. back to you. >> thanks, beverly. cbs this morning is next. a dinner date to remember. meet the woman accepting applications for a seat next to her at the best restaurant in the world. >> that's pretty interesting. will your favorite stars be selected? the oscar nominations are live from los angeles this morning. >> beverly and i will be back in 25 minutes with traffic and weather. >> for news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day, just use the wusa9 app. >> allyson and i will see you again today at noon. so hope you join us then. have a great day. >> see you back here here you go. wow! thanks! get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. join today for a free beverage on us. ameri

it's on germantown avenue from 10:00 a.m. p.m. >>> a high-tech before a could help detect breast cancer. it checks what happens with the heat change over your breast over time. this system can be used at home with potentially life saving information transmitted to a smart phone. >> where the device for a few hours and that information is automatically communicated to your physician. routine mammograms and self screening are the best defense in detecting and preventing breast cancer. >>> up next, chris sowers will take a finally at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast for us stay with us, we'll be right back. >> a known california bakery is getting into the super bowl spirit and cracking up customers while they do it. they are selling deflated football cookies and cakes. the bakery is making seattle sea howks cookies -- seahawks cookies. >> reporter: they also cheaters never -- they say cheaters never win. that's not true, spy gate they won. with that said i'm changing my pick, i want seattle. here's the forecast this

the action cam was on the scene in germantown after midnight. the fire crews were met with fire shooting from the upper floors of the vacant home on seymour street. firefighters were forced to spread salt to keep anyone from falling. nobody was hurt, but an adjoining home was damaged in the fire. no word on what sparked the blaze. >>> pennsylvania treasure rob mccord has admitted to breaking the law while trying to raise campaign money for his gubernatorial campaign. less than 24 hours after it was revealed he was under federal investigation. dann cuellar has details on the video taped admission. >> i owe an apology to to the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: it began to unravel when the feds got wind of him making veiled threats for campaign donations. we caught up with him outside his home, he said he could not talk about it, but he would. he crossed line when he strong armed two potential contributors. >> to remind them i could make things difficult for them. i said the potential contributors should not risk making an enemy of the state tr

this happened at the germantown station around 2:00 a.m.ays were up to 90 minutes this morning while police were investigating. >>> and we'll keep an eye on the search for the man missing, hari simran. his wife is concerned he could be hurt. >>> an illinois man got a surprise when surgeons pulled a 50-year-old object out of his arm. arthur lancet had a turn signal lever in his arm and it had been there for 51 years. he was so badly hurt in the accident that doctors didn't even notice the lever was in his around. ten years ago, he discovered something was in there because of the metal detector. the rod was removed on wednesday. he isn't sure what to do with the old rod now. >>> a 14-year-old loudoun county girl is already making a name for herself on the football field. carley harmon is a quarterback and kicker for the dulles south youth football team all boys tackle team. it is that she is doing for veterans off the field that is getting her noticed. nbc's josh elliott has more on this remarkable teenager. >> my mom always says that i was b

as far as travel times looking pretty good from germantown to the beltway. in virginia 66 east and 95 north looking pretty we're back in a couple of minutes with the latest >>> good morning. we have bands of snow that are falling across northern virginia and maryland this morning. they're putting down a quick inch or two. right now we have one band coming out of the pan handle of west virginia into loudoun county. anotr band coming out of culpepper. and the areas in darker gray it's not snowing as much. the lighe color it's coming down harder. it's the one b here coming out of loudoun. these are putting on a quick one or two inches. a look at the next chance for snow is coming up at 5:51. >> thank you. it's 5:47 now. we're not the only ones affected by the huge winter storm. some p experiencing blizzard conditions. i to check in with water berry, connecticut. abby you are up to your knees in snow there. pretty bad. >> reporter: yeah aaron. good morning. i'm about 5'5" on a good day to give you an idea. the snow drifts are getting pretty knee deep around wate

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