take off. >>> i'm nikki burdine in laytonsville where a fire broke out early this morning on olney laytonsvillet's also 108 at about 2:30 this morning. the house is destroyed. it's not clear if anyone was home or hurt in this fire. laytonsville between brink road and fieldcrest road is still closed. you should avoid this area for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: i'm live in the brookland section of northeast washington. police right now looking for the two suspects they say shot inside of an apartment here in the brookland manor apartments. they killed a man inside. they shot right through a glass patio door. the man inside was killed instantly. they took off with a getaway car. police right now are searching for them. we'll stay on top of it and get back to you with any new information. back to you in the studio. >>> a video purported to be from somalia's al qaeda-linked group al-shabaab is urging attacks on malls in the u.s. and other nations. nations... a mall in nairobi ended with 67 deaths. homeland security secretary calls it a new phase in global terrorism. >>> radio shack has been g

sending chopper to this 124 at brink and laytonsville overturned vehicle.t of that 108 between riggs and golf view house fire. one northbound lane the only thing getting by. your alternate is 124 instead. overall no major problems on the beltway. beltway at river, rolling along quite nicely for us. but again, biggest problem right now, 95 north bound after lorton road very, very slow approaching that scene. chopper going to be over the scene in laytonsville coming up in a couple minutes. >>> if you lobbied to save the omni ride bus route between woodbridge and tysons corner your voice was heard. service on that route will contin. plans had public resistance at a recent hearing. >>> if you can't wait for a new look for the alexandria waterfront you could be waiting a while. "washington post" says it could be many years before a lot of plan changes are put in place. alexandria city council plans to focus on infrastructure before changing the area's appearance. the council will talk about how to fix flooding in the meet nexting next week. >>> planlandon dowdy

this was at a home on olney laytonsville road. firefighters had their work cut out for them trying to get the flames under control. we'll bring you updates on news 4. >> and the road still closed there. >>> first back to tom kierein, 4:31 your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> big change. good morning. yesterday near 50 degrees. we're still above freezing now but it will be getting below freezing later this morning. so going to have patchy ice. the afternoon will be turning colder. weather headlines for this monday this cold person is going to continue. another surge of arctic air coming in later today. temperatures right now, though are in the mid to upper 30s all across virginia maryland much of west virginia. we'll stay above freezing for another two or tree hours. storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered snow flurries around the region. they should not be accumulating on anything. anything that falls is melting. and the hour by hour forecast throughout the day, we'll have temperatures dropping throughout the day. done below

highs tomorrow rockville won't make 50, 49, 48 laytonsville, 50 downtown, 51 in springfield, leesburg 48, toward bowie 49. break it down day planner. to start downtown, 30 ). mid-30s by 9:00 and not too bad, low 40s by 11:00. look at sunday, even milder, 57. clouds will come in late sunday and sunday night, just light rain or showers on monday, not a washout, low 50s. pretty nice on tuesday, upper 40s, low wednesday and well are tracking arctic air, steady temperatures on thursday, 28, only low 20s in the deep freeze by this time next week. >> big drop. >>> it's only a toe, man. >> it's very important. >> those guys are 6' 8. so it's a big toe. >> it's like this big. >> with a big hurt, too. what is wrong with the wizards? the explanation coming up. >> also the latest on bbbt, bradley i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments wit

right now chopper 4 just got over this scene in laytonsville. 124 at brink road. an overturned vehicle. it looks like we have a tow and fire truck on the scene. but again, overturned vehicle there. that will be there for quite some time. wir look, inner loop and outer loop move along pretty nicely. our biggest issue this morning 95 for sure. 66 a little slow through manassas otherwise looking good into town and out of town. taking a look at prince george's county pennsylvania avenue branch avenue indian head highway, everything nice and green and moving at the 6:00 amg a.m. hour. >>> we're seeing sort of warmer temperatures right now. but those are slowly starting to fall, which could mean icy conditions. >> tom kierein is tracking the impact our conditions will have on the morning rush hour. >> yeah, this is the warmest part of the day. right now. temperatures are above freezing. and later this morning we'll get ice forming maybe mid to late morning. and then afternoon turning colder with a blustery wind. and then the cold pattern back in the deep freeze. that co

that means it's cold, low 20s downtown, in the teens in the suburbs, 19 in bethesda, 15 in laytonsville and olney, 15 or 16 out toward leesburg and sterling, 17 in fairfax. this is a warm night. we'll come back, talk about a yellow alert for snow tomorrow and brutally cold air on sunday. >> caught snoozing in front of the president, the supreme court justice explains why she nodded off after the state of the union address. >> please join us tomorrow at noon for our black history month's presentation of the journey, 450 years of the african american experience. the documentary tells the little known story of the founding of st. augustine, florida, and the role of free blacks who came to the new world tomorrow noon right here on wusa9. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> great googly moogly. >> there's nothing else to say. >> snow, wind, bitter cold. >> let me make you feel better. they have blizzard warnings in effect for boston. they have hurricane force storm wind warnings out for the boston coast. you feel better? >> a little. >> it could always be worse.

the lows 9 in bethesda, 1 in sterling, 0 in leesburg, 2 in laytonsville, maybe 3 in olney, single digits in college park, bowie and down toward woodbridge and dale city about 8 degrees. we'll come back, talk about how long the arctic air hangs around and a very active pattern to our south. i've modified the forecast for thursday with that southern storm. >>> a number of malls across the country are increasing security tonight now that terrorists behind a deadly attack on a medical in kenya last year is threatening to do the same thing in the u.s. >> it's a really frightening thought, but is it a worry for shoppers and will folks stay away from the mall because of it. our hank silverberg is live in pent develop city with some answers. -- pentagon city with some answers. >> reporter: we should start with telling you there's been no specific threat, but since that mall attack in kenya last year many malls have stepped up their emergency plans. >> it's going to be more of an anxiety thing than anything else. i don't think anyone for a vague threat with no defined how you're going to do it, a

check out these lows tonight, actual temps, 9 in leesburg for a low, 10 in laytonsville, 13 in bethesdand college park, 17 in downtown d.c. we'll come back, talk about slick spots and tracking snow showers that will impact your evening commute tomorrow. >>> as we roll into our break, a few more i have the flu with a runny nose. [coughs] better take something. theraflu severe cold won't treat your runny nose. really? alka-seltzer severe cold and flu relieves your worst flu symptoms plus runny nose. [breath of relief] oh, what a relief it is. mommy! hey! >>> the only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. >> if you're like topper and you thought last night's snow just wasn't enough, you're in luck, top, because more snow is apparently on the way. >> a little bit, just one of those bursts of snow showers, kind of like summertime, looks 20 minutes and could lay down a coating and perhaps an inch or 2 in some spots. let's talk about how much we had yesterday and early this morning, anywhere from 4 to 8. national zoo 5.3. bowie 7 inches and spotsylvania about 8.3 inches.

and we'll have some slush on roads like this photo i took north of laytonsville about 2:00 this morningl a little bit of the lingering slush this morning and wet pavement for the morning commute with temperatures in the 30s. for the afternoon commute drying roads and strong gusts of wind. grab on to the steering wheel. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. we plunge down to near 20 by dawn on tuesday. afternoon highs upper 30s tomorrow and partly cloudy. maybe a little light rain late on wednesday, but next chance of a wintry mix looks to be maybe thursday afternoon, very light, maybe sleet and snow. after that dry, cold friday. another chance of a mix late on sunday. now we're looking at the slowing traffic and where is it looking bad now? >>> outer loop of the beltway at van dorn we have the right lane blocked and that vehicle off the side of the roadway at this point. sorry about that. taking a wide look at things overall, no major problems here. we were talking about outer loop at van dorn with the right lane blocked. wide look at things top of the beltway a little slow again the oute

these low temperatures tonight, 12 in rockville, 9 in leesburg for a low, 11 in sterling. 10 in laytonsville, 11 in olney. we'll come back, talk about the coldest air of season in the wake of that next arctic front. >>> it is one of th known yet incredibly important initiatives that president obama wants to give a chunk of money from his latest budget to ending the backlog of untested rape kits across the country. it didn't get the press some of his other proposals did, but the problem affects every one of us and here to explain how is debra alfarone. >> reporter: this affects every one of us because there are an estimated 400,000 rape kits sitting untested all around the country and experts say rapists usually rape more than once. they commit other violent crimes, too. in fact, when detroit tested just 14% of their 11,000 strong backlog, they id-ed 100 serial rapists who had committed crimes in 23 other states and right here in the district of columbia. >> the fact that it's not being covered i think is really a good way of describing this issue as a whole. >> reporter: natasha alexanka was

i took this picture of a rural road north of laytonsville with slush on it northern montgomery countyfor the morning commute and 30s. and then during the afternoon, sun up, dry roads in the low 40s. then tomorrow morning, all the way down to near 0 20 degrees. tuesday, upper 30s. a bit milder on wednesday with sunshine into the 40s. then late wednesday night maybe a little bit of rain. next chance of a win friday mix appears to be thursday afternoon and evening. we'll keep an eye on that. looks like a light snow maybe a little light sleet. after that sunshine back friday and saturday. a bit milder on the weekend. might get a mix again sunday afternoon and evening. melissa here now look at another accident. >> falls church. got more information. this is a vehicle rear susversus a pedestrian. the person will be okay but lee highway at rogers drive, they could have an investigation there a little longer. wider look at things overall no major problems on the beltway. 295 passing 50 is a little slow but again, that is kind of what happens on a day like today. 270 at shady grove, all of the

i took this picture near laytonsville. the snow had blown from an open field across this road.as another band across the snow there and then off in the distance you can see another band. so you could be run manage to the patchy snow with the cold gusty winds this morning. and for this morning's rush hour, we'll stay in the low to mid teens. bright sunshine. then during the afternoon, it's only going to be in the upper teens by the afternoon commute. maybe dodging a few scattered snow flurries as they will be blowing on through during the latter part of the afternoon. now we have in the storm team 4 x 4, amelia with her earmuffs on with the cold weather. >> reporter: exactly. it is cold out here this morning. oom here with the storm team 4 x 4, getting in and out, so i am warming up to avoid the dangerously cold weather. and i'm decked out in the warm weather gear. temperature here in upper marlboro at 13. you can see it's breezy, so when when factor in the winds, it feels likes's 3 below zero this morning. it remains bitterly cold throughout the sbar day right on into tomorrow

as cold, winds southwest at 10, 28 downtown, 24 rockville, 22 in leesburg, low 20s in olney and laytonsville, 25 college park, 24 bowie, 29 in annapolis. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, cold start 20s and 30s and nice finish by afternoon, partly cloudy, milder, quite pleasant, high temperatures around 50, winds southwest at 10. break it down for you, 30 at 7:00, 35 at 9:00. we're at 42 by 11:00 and 47 under partly cloudy skies at 1:00, not bad. sunday even better, milder, 57. clouds come in late, holding rain off until monday, not a huge event, still in the low 50s monday with light rain and showers. next seven days pleasant on tuesday, upper 40s, low 50 o's wednesday. we do see arctic air -- 50s on wednesday. we do see arctic air returning on thursday, friday in the low 20s for highs. >>> we'll sit in with a local band keeping their fingers crossed to win best album gold. meet the members of dirty kitchen before they walk down the red carpet tonight at 11:00. >> they are amazing. you'll love them. >> salons and j.c. penney's are getting a makeover with help from a popular magazine. >> plus