joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> michael jackson's personal physician is expected to surrender and face charges. los angeles prosecutors plan to file manslaughter charges against dr. conrad murray. the doctor could face up to four years in prison if he is convicted. the king of pop died june 25th from an anesthetic overdose. dr. murray maintains nothing he gave jackson should have killed him. >>> an arrest has been made in the murders of a mother and son from dale city, virginia. police have identified the suspect as 47-year-old natalia wilson of arlington. they say she was a family acquaintance. there's no word on the possible motive. >>> medical examiners in the commonwealth say a virginia tech student whose body was found in a farm field last month was murdered. harrington disappeared last october while attending a concert in charlottesville. >>> well, you could soon drive past virginia state police at 70 miles an hour without worrying about getting a ticket. both houses of the legislature passed bills yesterday approving the hike from 65 miles an hour. it will only affect inter

i'm joel brown. the story is coming up. >>> we are looking at our super ruler.you can get to this on our web camby going to our website at wusa9.com. it is a little skewed now because the winds piled up to one side. as we get going it will be a fairly accurate reading because it is sheltered from the wind. if you want top measure snow that's the best way to do it. you can find something that is sheltered from the wind and measure it, six hours later, scrape it. six hours later scrape it and keep a running total. start with live doppler. seeing good banding of the snow. the darker the blue the heavier the snow. many to fairfax county out to 66. there's some good snow right now showing up in chantilly and also in vienna as you go out route 123. either side of 66, fairfax, as well. also in centreville as well some pretty good snows. heavy snows. you can see the lighter bands, lighter and heavier band of snow in here. it is starting to pick up but again this is kind of the warmup act as we get the area of low pressure down to the south to develop and move up the atl

joel brown, cbs news, washington. . >> according to the national highway traffic safety administration, there are more than 100 complaints involving the prius model, two involved crashes involving injuries. >>> and an investigation following a home invasion in anne arundel county in the 500 block of williamsburg lane in odenton around 9:00 last night. two people were hurt and taken to shock trauma for treatment. it's not known how badly they are injured. police ask you to call if you have any information. >>> maryland's law that bans driving while texting may go one step further. it's currently illegal to write or send a text while driving. james malone wants to make it illegal to read text messages while behind the wheel. violators face fines up to $500. >>> and still to come on wjz's "eyewitness news" at noon, pending charges involving michael jackson's personal physician. >>> which ing words from the nation's intelligence officials. why they say another terror attempt is certain to happen this year. >>> taking another live look outside this noon and stick close. your complete first

cbs's joel brown has her emotional story in vancouver. >> pulled off one of her best performances. despite her grief. tears fell on the ice and on the streets of vancouver. >> my heart was breaking for her. >> her fellow canadians grieved and cheered all at the same time. >> she came through. it was like, that's all she was thinking. and it just spurred her on. >> for the first time, the 24- year-old olympic skater performed without her mom cheering her on from the crowd. she was here in vancouver to watch her daughter perform at the games. but on sunday, she suffered a heart attack. she was rushed to the hospital where she died. she was only 55 years old. for nearly 3 minutes, she managed to focus in on making her mom proud. >> my mom died when i was really young as well, and for her to go out there and did what she just did is amazing. i don't know how she did it. >> her performance wasn't just emotional, it was solid. >> she earned 71.363 in the short program. a new season best. >> that score puts her in contention for an olympic medal. a small victory amist her huge loss. joel

first warning weather coverage continues now, with joel brown, who reports to wjz on how the rest of region will be affected by the snow. >> reporter: the blast of snow falling on washington could make history. >> we're going to be right up against the most snow that the city has ever seen. >> reporter: this storm could blanket the mid-atlantic region. from new jersey to north carolina. but d.c. is expected to take a direct hit. even the weathermen here have a hard time believing. >> again those totals, we're talking about 20 -- i know, 20 to 30 inches. >> reporter: the city's largest employer, the federal government, shut down early because of the forecast. employees sent home. >> home depot ran out of salt. >> reporter: residents are having a tough time finding supplies. >> there's no snow shovels in there. >> reporter: last-minute shoppers scooped up what they could. and at the supermarket, good luck. >> everybody doing it at the same time. it's like a traffic jam, trying to get through the aisles. >> the water is almost gone. bread almost gone. milk is almost gone. everything is

joel brown reports. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence had a stark warning for house lawmakers. >> al qaeda itself, its associated affiliates and al qaeda inspired terrorists remain committed to striking the united states. >> reporter: his remarks came the day after he told a senate panel he's certain the next attempted attack will happen in the next three to six months. intelligence officials believe al qaeda is deploying agents inside the u.s. ready to launch new attacks from within our borders. cia director leon panetta warned in a hearing he has new concerns about the group. >> al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: the cia director went on to tell lawmakers that he doesn't believe there's another 9/11 style attack in the works. he thinks now that the terrorist group is trying to carry out smaller attacks that require little training and simple devices. he's pointing to the failed attempt to blow up a plane over detroit christmas days a a an example of that strategy -- as an example of that strategy. se