wide look at things inner loop and outer loop rolling nicely. a little bit of yellow d.c. 295 as you're passing 50. taking a look at 66 66 into and out of up to, notown no issues. a little slow north bound near dale city. moving back up to the north, northbound 95 looking quite good. southbound too, bw parkway in and out of town, no major issues. travel times coming in ten minutes. >>> 6:03. potentially dangerous conditions on roads and walkways in our area. not only are we seeing refreezing but not everything is shoveled. that could be a problem. richard jordan is bouncing around from neighborhood to neighborhood checking on conditions for you. he's live now. >> everything we may have spotted the trickiest spot in the entire district. these stairs are so slippery, they are completely covered in snow and ice. as you walk down them you realize just how small the steps are. tricky to and a halfnavigate. and then the sidewalk covered with snow and ice. but l people running on this. and doing it pretty well. down the block, there is a metrobus stop

the inner loop is looking much the same. the big road here the outer loop is looking back down to dark pavement. the on and off ramps could be very dangerous still. so #slowdown! >> that is a very good idea this morning. i'm happy to see that the outer loop is looking a little better than it was earlier this morning for us. chuck, do have some metro delays. blue line between fran cone ya springfield and van dorn. just tweeted about this as well. 270 looking to look a little bit better too. we're seeing a little bit volume and perhaps some pavement coming through. taking a look here in ash burn. a photographer driving through neighborhoods for us to show us how the secondary are doing this morning. outer loop off ramp to kenilworth avenue that is still blocked this morning. kenilworth avenue northbound between ivy and 495 all lanes block there had. a mess there in the kenilworth area. i'll be back at 5:41 with travel times. >>> it's now 5:34. keeping a close eye on the airports this morning. more than 1200 flights have been c

these are the delays on the outer loop of the beltway.y 9 is tracking your drive 95 in calverton. again, you can only expect delays are going to affect folks traveling 29 from the columbia area down towards the beltway. that's typically what happens when we see a delay on the outer loop that affects 29. slow flew montgomery county this morning. elsewhere seeing decent delays -- we can skip the map. decent delays on 66 through centreville. slow southbound 270 from germantown down towards the split. a steady stream all the way down towards the beltway. we'll be right back with more news and traffic with your last check on weather after this. i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. people of the coffee-drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right, for a bold st

so outer loop after van dorn. inner loop and outer loop at colesville, no problems there.tway at central moving along. wider look at things overall no major issues. you can see the slow down top of the beltway. 95, 66 looking good. indian head highway, branch avenue pennsylvania avenue everything moving right along. back at 6:31. >>> tom and chuck told us about it. today is groundhog day. here is a live look from punxsutawney pennsylvania. they are in a bit of a lull before the music gets going again. traditionally if the groundhog sees will his shadow and returns to his hole it means six more week of winter. if he doesn't see his shadow that is a sign of early spring. >> and i sent out a tweet saying please mr. phil send us an early spring. it is time to reboot your resolutions resolutions. this is about the time you're lose something motivation, maybe you're cheating on your diet a little bit. of course super bowl sunday, you didn't make tthe gym. all day today, "news 4 today" and news 4 working to reboot your resolution. we'll give you continues on how to stay strong sw

all of the taillights there folks on the outer loop a 7 mile backup right now on the outer loop approachingbecause of an earlier crash. new accident 270 south at west montgomery. not seeing it on camera. outer loop is our biggest problem here. 95 to 270 taking you 45 minutes. instead of about 11. in virginia everything looking quite good. 66 395, 95 north, 31 minutes. just a couple minutes behind. i'm back in ten. >>> you've heard the experts, not just average joes say it was the worst call ever. >> it was the worst result of a call ever. p the call would have been a great one about we catch it. >> seahawks coach pete carroll talking for the first time about the play that put his team on the losing side of super bowl xlix. >> matt lauer spoke exclusively with carroll about why he made that call. he joins us live with a preview. so carroll took full responsibility. not like he's losing any sleep over the call. >> well, i don't know about the sleep side. i'll get to that in a second. but he's taken full responsibility for this call since the minute after the super bowl when he went to that po

wide loop at things outer loop looking pretty good. no major problems at this point. 66 west of fairfax county parkwa if you're headed east. head willed either way, you're fine. pr overall lookine good. lots of green. and agair biggest issue damascus 124 at moyer road closed in both directions becae of the doned ed downed wires from yeernate is 27. at 5:41 i'll have some travel finals for you. >>> we told you about the changee 3rd nothing will be totally blocked off. crews will working in the tunnel. when that is done they will build l new buildings on top of the grid there. >>> it is 5:33. developi sto this morning. a high ranking state department employ is charged with solici sex from a line or. news 4's richard jordan is live outside of the state department in northwest washington now. richard, what happened? the arrest was made here in e dist at the suspect's home but this is a fairfa police investiga sti that they were conducti. the inf coming from the fairfax county police departme. they say 44-year-old dan director of counte her

a little bit red inner loop.ot seeing anything happen there but a slow down. 66 east at lees burg pike had a crash not seeing it on camera. we know it is there. ash bush right now we have our photographers driving through the area. you can see how slick the roads are. 66 and 95 nice and yellow. people are taking it slow as they should this morning. >> thank you. >>> the freeing temperatures contributing to the slick commute this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist in the storm team 4 x 4 driving the roads for us this morning. how is it looking? >> so far so good. we have gotten off route 7 westbound before you got to the fairfax loudoun county lines. we're in fairfax county here. and great falls, virginia and got out of the truck a second ago and tweeted out a picture. 4 inches of snow. this is very typical to look forward here. definitely a snow covered road. this road has been hit with a employee at least once. it has a little bit of snow left on it. it's definitely on the slippery side. most of your neighbo

outer loop at coalsville road not a lot of traffic. hopefully you take it slow if you have to head out today. this is completely covered. it might look like normal road surface here. we're completely covered almost all the way around the beltway and 270 and 66 with the nice ice pack. back in ten minutes. >> see you then. thank you. >>> here is a live look in prince william county. still plenty of snow on the roads. you can see it looks like there are two cars stop there had. who knows what could have happened. it could be a fender bender. we're seeing a lot of crashes. don't think because you're in an suv you're going make it out safely. you have to take it easy. we'll keep you posted on the road conditions all morning. >>> i want to show you live le. we saw a plow go by. you need to let the plows do their jobs. don't try to pass them. they want to get as wide of area to clear before they get out of your way. take it slowly. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist. the snow is quickly ending as it pulls to the north and east.

elsewhere we still have the crash on the outer loop of the beltway. this will be just north of van dorn street. still blocking up the right side of the roadway. going to slow you bait. you can expect to see some delays if you're just leaving the house this morning trying to make your way on the outer loop of the beltway through virginia. elsewhere metro quickly fixed that problem they had at suitland. they were previously single tracking on the green line. now expect delays in both directions but no longer single tracking and back to normal service. >> thank you, trenice. >>> police are asking for your help this morning. they are trying to identify a woman found dead in the potomac. her body was found saturday in a small tributary in the river near reagan national airport. they say the woman was in her late 40s or early 50s. they say she has short hair and could possibly be hispanic. she was wearing a dark coat, a blue hoodie, a red shirt and blue pajama pants. a ring on her middle finger said erica on one side and jones on the other. >>> fight hard a

beltway at colesville inner loop and outer loop everything moving just fine. taking a look 270 northbound southbound everything out of the way as far as construction there on 270. no issues this this morning. do have this inner loop at st. barnabas report of a crash earlier. it is now being reported as off to the shoulder. later on today, you can chat with me of course on facebook at 10:00 a.m. this morning. eun had hers yesterday, aaron on wednesday, and everything is going well. so please join us on facebook this morning at 10:00 a.m.. >>> looking forward to it. we have our questions ready. we'll stump you. >>> your online profile could be keeping from you making a love connection. the color experts say could get you more hits and the words that could turn away possible mates. >>> why the fbi is now getting involved in a deadly triple shooting that killed three muslim colle >>> layer up. current windchills are suboor row. haguers down 9 below zero is what it feels like. the winds have diminished only gusting up to around 30 miles per hour but that is enough

taking a wide look at they cans you can see inner loop and outer loop no major issues. seeing a little bit of yellow i'll check on that for you coming up in the next couple minutes. we shouldn't have any construction as you're headed around kenilworth and bw parkway. 66 looking quite good. and 95 at pohick road. 66 east at nutley street right lane blocked until 5:00 this morning. otherwise looking pretty good. a check on the situation on the outer loop and be back in ten minutes. >>> 4:32. right now two people are recovering from a plane crash in maryland and we're now hearing from another pilot who saw their plane go down. take a look at the scene. there are first responders where the plane crashed in anne arundel county. the plane took off from tipton airport in ft. meade. a pilot waiting on the runway said they didn't clear the trees. >> something to watch especially since i noour the the people in t plan >> the ntsb is working to learn exactly what went wrong. the pilot jeffrey bar net and passenger thomas klein from silver spring are both recovering at the hospital

inner loop out of loop everything. looking good this morning. a little to the north. 95 out of town. all looking good. same thing when you're looking at prince georges county. lots of green. lots of movement. 66 at lee highway eastbound. westbound, everybody moving along nicely. a live picture coming up in the next couple of minutes. you guys okay? >>> we're starting off. it's a holiday. getting going. thanks melissa. it's 4:33. the washington monument is shorter than we thought. can you believe that? government surveyors will announce that the monument is 554 feet 10 inches shorter than what we thought for more than 130 years. you think it's shrinking in its old age? right? the new measurement is because modern international standards call for a different base point than what was used when it was completed in 1884. >>> today is superintendent joshua starr's last day on the job. he is resigning as superintendent of schools. he asked to be released from his contract. there were concerns about his communication skills. we also told you the board o

nice to see this wide look at things overall no problems inner loop and outer loop. 395 between king street here everything moving nicely inbound and outbound. 66 looking good at 95. in to minute33 minutes we'll see the dale city slow down. rolling along back soon weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> we learn whether joshua star will keep his job. the vote on his contract could be hours away. megan mcgrath live outside the school headquarters with what will happen today. >> reporter: will they renew his contract? does star want a new contract? it's unclear. the deadline for star to tell the school board to renew was on sunday. the board didn't hear from him. star was scheduled to scheduled to brief the panel. he did not attend. he allowed others to answer questions on that topic. the school board will meet today in a closed-door session to get legal advice on the contract. they're expected to vote on his future. and whether or not they will extend his contract or give him a new contract. now five of the eight board members need to vote yes in order for star to stay on. of course a stor

we'll have much more ahead on "in the loop." ♪ >> much more ahead on "in the loop."e stiglitz on why the u.s. should raise taxes on the wealthy. ♪ >> welcome back to "in the loop turco here's a look at our top stories. teachers indicate stocks will be higher at the open. -- futures indicate stocks will be higher at the open. big checks -- s&p will pay $1.4 billion to settle claims. that suit filed by the justice department. the ratings firm is settling a similar case with the california -- s&p will pay town first hundred $25 million. companies are lining up to grab a chunk of radioshack. the chain is preparing to file toward bankruptcy. in many as half afraid of shaq's 4000 locations. there is word that amazon may want to buy -- in as many as half of radioshack's 4000 locations. there is word that amazon may want to buy. ram truck sales rose 14%. fiat chrysler sales have risen for 58 months in a row. we are under 30 minutes away from the start of trade. matt miller and leslie picker joining us this morning. hopes are high for a resolution in the standoff between gree

wider look inner loop and outer loop everything roll along just fine. and 66 and 95 looking pretty good. 95 a little slow as you're headed northbound through dale city. >>> tonight at 6:00 if you've ever driven through montgomery county, you probably though theknow the name. paving company, a church but do you know the story behind the father? and that about father hurley what does he mean to our area? if you've had a road you've always wondered about, send me a note on twitter. i'd love to meet your street. just tweet me @first4traffic. a lot of great suggestions so far. >> meet your tweet and your street. thank you. >>> it is now 5:55. you use them daily. computers, credit cards. but how cyber savvy are you? landon dowdy has more on the cyber security summit happening at the white house today. >> good morning. the white house is hosting a cyber security summit at stanford university today. companies such as apple, visa and mastercard are attending and apple ceo tim cook and president obama will speak. reports say the president will announce an executi

will be back. ♪ >> welcome back to "in the loop ."ex sherman joining me this morning. number one is what is going on in europe. germany agrees to emergency meeting of the creditors today setting a stage for a clash. the greek bailout terms will not be renegotiated. they are all meeting in a few moments. they will arrive at 9:30 a.m. >> take a look at the 10 year. 1.599%. that says we are not scared. everything is fine. i am just saying the market is telling you they will not happen. it gives you that sense of complacency. if you are willing to lend spain 1.59% -- >> than you think everything will work out. >> we have been down this road before and we have seen how it ended. you listen to the rhetoric, and it is hard not to think of germany as the beaten-down loan shark. greece is the person that has borrowed too much money and is saying please don't break my thumbs are worse. that is the situation we are in again. can these two sides resolved that? >> the mayor of london said the u.k. should bring up this referendum on whether they sh

inner loop and outer loop looking quite good. we'll have a live picture of 95 in maryland coming up. >>> for years health experts pushed lowering your cholesterol. but for the first time in a long time why experts say you don't have to monitor it like you used to. >>> and the iteam uncovers a major concern on a busy highway. why state leaders admit they're blind to traffic extents. saccidents. >>> listen up if you take the bw parkway this morning. review by the news 4 iteam scott mcfarland reveals state highway administrators are worried they are blind to what is happening on that busy roadway. scott's review of state transportation reports show in 2013 maryland officials expressed concerns this they don't have enough traffic cameras monitoring devices, and acknowledge having difficulty responding to incidents because of that. the leader of the u.s. park police union which also keeps an eye on state traffic cameras says the lack of, quote, eyes in the sky could slow their ability to investigate crashes. maryland is adding six new

sky 9 showing us some delays on the inner loop of the beltway.it is getting agent bit nasty out there. if you're going to be heading out within the next maybe 10 minutes, i would suggest that you add some time to your drive time. maybe about 10 to 15 minutes. i think that makes a little more sense there. get ready because it's starting to pick up. >> people are going back to work. >>> chip reed is at aberdeen proving ground coming up on cbs this morning. he'll look at how an army blimp can detect and destroy chris missiles along the coast. >> a company behind a pill designed to boost a woman's sex drive is applying -- [ inaudible ] >> news, weather and traffic coming up. >> for news, it's february 18th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." a dangerous freezing causing outages and frantic lake rescues, and more cold is coming. >> new video of the alleged killer in the american sniper trial moments after his arrest. does it help or hurt the insanity case. >>> plus the new drug to boost a woman's sex drive, but is it safety or sexism keeping this li

inner loop and outer loop everything flowing quite nicely. nice and green for us.nd the beltway at d'arcy road is looking good, as well. >>> 5:54 now. a surprising bit of political maneuvering in the virginia senate. a senator is proposing a bill to increase the number of republicans. that's according to the "washington post". senator bryce reeves won his seat by a small margin and now spaces a tough challenger in the democratic party. >>> apple is working on new technology that will bring you into the world of virtual reality with the help of your iphone. landon dowdy joining us live with that story 4 your money. >>> good morning. apple may be going virtual. the company has been granted a patent for a wireless head set oig that uses the iphone as a display screen. sparking speculation that apple may be getting in to the virtual reality market. but apple routinely explores technology that may not result in new products. samsung started selling a virtual twice last monthg device last month. starbucks has launched a delivery service part of the company's ongoing effo

and wide look at things inner loop outer loop, everything moving along >>> it's 5:24.cammer has a target and this time con artist ss -- claire lee like many college students is looking to make extra hone but she lost thousands of dollars after she accepted a nanny job over a popular website. and she's not alone. tonight at 11:00, consumer reporter erika gonzalez takes us inside a nationwide scam hitting home hard. the nanny scam tonight at 11:00 here on nbc 4. >>> when it comes to getting your nails done it's not all about the pretty colors and polish. that primping and soaking means there is potential for infection. varnish lane is the first to offer waterless man mani/pedis. >> water is the main source of infection when you go in a nail salon, so by eliminating the water, we create safer service for our clients. >> it may reduce health risks but health officials say infections can still happen anywhere. n how to tell whether your nail salon is safe. nbcwashington.com, search nail salon. >>> if you go to visitadvice it that came.com it's been so cold the site told you

we were watching in the loop. -- you're watching in the loop. ♪ betty: welcome back.ok at our top stories. futures indicate stocks will open lower. another sign that the rebound in housing remains uneven. housing starts were coming off an almost seven-year high. greece is trying to end a standout -- standoff over the bailout. the big issue will be the terms of any agreement. here is alexis tsipras. >> i am certain that we will make it and that we will escape this self-perpetuating debt trap where we have been for the past five years through the destructive policies of the bailout. betty: citrus wants lenders to lighten up on the terms. he wants to raise the minimum wage and rehire government workers who were fired. in ukraine a cease-fire appears to be growing more fragile. government troops are withdrawing from a town under siege by rebels. hundreds of ukrainian troops have surrenders. trying to raise $10 billion to pay for investments. saudi -- saudi aramco is expanding into refining. it wants to boost ties with asia. the world's biggest investment bank make it smal

betty: samsung is acquiring loop hey, which will make it easier -- loop pay.ill go up against paypal betty: we continue to count down to the opening bell. it is time for our deep dive. walmart, starting in april the retailer will increase rages for about -- wages for employees. workers will be paid nine dollars an hour. the change comes as the company delivers mixed fourth-quarter results. i want to bring in put him boy -- their wage increase affects -- how much of that is the total? >> they have 1.4 million employees in the u.s. you have heard walmart being criticized for not paying their employees well. not really having a career path for them. for the first time, they are investing in their employees. that is great from a social morality respective. it will have a hit to their operating income. betty: it is going to have a hit to their bottom line. i suppose for their social conscience and for their brand image, is it going to make a big difference? guest: this is the first i've heard of them actually making a difference. betty: on their numbers, what is go

inner loop looking at it coming around from i-95 and college park. a lot of volume to get up to laurel and fort meade. volume headed to the west from the beltway off and on to centreville. no incidents along the way. inner loop delays are starting at route 7 headed over to 270 with a new crash at the 270 spur and 270 at 109, hearing about an accident now. let's see how it looks right now. on the beltway on the outer loop, traffic trying to get past the baltimore washington parkway and the crash is just up ahead. it's picked up a little bit here and on 395 southbound into the sun, volume headed to landmark with the lanes open. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> ok, bob. thank you. coming up next on abc 7 news at 4:00, a device originally developed to help astronauts is getting the average joe back on the road to recovery. see how this this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied

stay with us on "in the loop. co. ♪ matt: welcome back to "in the loop."it four betty liu. let's go to -- in for betty liu. let's go to scarlet fu for the individual movers. scarlet: let's start with earnings winners. we begin with twitter at a three-month high. analysts call it a healthy beat. the caveat is membership growth continues to decelerate. linkedin and buffalo wild wings are trading at record highs. on the buffalo wild wings conference call, the company said it could return cash to shareholders. among the losers pandora, down 17%. at one point it was the worst one-day decline in three years. jamie checked and found out pandora has fallen at least 10% of the day after earnings every single time over the last nine quarters. the trend is for pandora to decline after its earnings report. wells fargo downgraded the stock after sales estimates -- sales missed estimates. yelp is saying its lowest level in 1.5 years as three different analysts have downgraded the stock. matt: thank you, scarlet fu. the grammys are this sunday. who knew? the performance

we definitely have delays on the inhe loop of -- inner loop of the beltway. sky 9 is on the way here but this is new hampshire avenue. lanes closed northbound just before adelphi road. going to be coming after the shopping center there with the 7-eleven off to the left side of the roadway. all lanes are blocked for a crash. looks like sky 9 is over the beltway. these are some delays you'll see, that's the crash i mentioned on the inner loop between the bw parkway and 201. again pretty slow in the area as they make it towards the accident scene. we'll be right back with more [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> in the news right now 6:52. at least seven people are dead after a commuter train slammed into an suv in upstate new york. >> the victims include the driver of that suv and six other people on the train. 12 passengers were injured. don champion reports. >> reporter:

inner loop and outer loop overall looking pretty good. same thing as you're look at 66 into town and into town. 95 a little slow northbound through dale city. >>> do you feel like a little something is missing from your kids' bake sale these days? well those sugary snacks we're used to are gone replaced with healthy snacks. is this all due to new agriculture rules. a lot of schools say ditching the sweets has not you caused any sugar shock. they are opting for fun runs. >> still like a good brownie, though. >> amen. >>> if you have a company phone, how you use it could put your company at risk for a hack. landon dowdy has more on the specific apps causing the problems. >> good morning. if you use tinder oig, match or e harmony on your company's smart phone, you could be exposing yourself and your employer to hackers. ibm says more than half of the dating achs it analyzed have medium or high security risks. hackers could send spam or install viruses and even remoteryremote ry ly turn on the cameras. >>> good to know. thanks landon. >>> it'

he is saying this is the outer loop just after connect consult avenue.uck blocking three lanes

outer loop, 13. taking a look at virginia, 95 north, no big deal. 395 from the beltway to the bridge 13 minutes. and 66 from fairfax county parkway to beltway 11 minutes. i'm back in 10 with hugs for chuck bell. >>8 hours marijua set to become legal in d.c.. the threat members of congress are making to d.c. leaders. >>> plus why chris brown's recent legal problems are forcing >>> welcome back. developi right now a high ranking feder employee is charged with soliciting sex from a minor. news 4's richard jordan is live outside of the state department now wi how he was arrested. >> repor44-year-old daniel rosen the director of counte here at the state department and the fairfax police dt says that he's the man they arrested yesterday in this undercover sting, that arrest happened here in washin at the suspect's home. t this was a fairfax county police investigat and it was a fairfax county underc detective that was posing as an underage girl online and apparently having communic with rosen, again all of

outer loop 10 minutes.'m back in ten. >>> if you took a cab during tuesday's snowstorm beu u probably were not chargeded a $15 snow emergency fee. this morning the "washington post" is reporting that most cabs decided not to charge that fee. the d.c. taxicab commission says their records show only about 98 customers were charged out of the 3200 rides. that was on tuesday. the goal of the cab surcharge is to make sure some cabbies are out on the roads despite the bad weather. >>> if you take the rain to work vre is considering raising fares by 4%. according to the fredericksburg freelance star, no one showed up to the first of the meetings last night. other than a reporter. the next meeting is march 5. >>> people trying to get to work this morning are doing what they canwarm. amelia segal helping you prepare, too, with your what to wear forecast at 6:15. >>> plus getting your nails done without the risk of infection. the new kind of mani/pedi that has replaced one of the critical steps with something s. >>>

everything moving quite nicely both inner loop and outer loop. in prince george's county we're moving right along. i'm bad in ten minutes, see you you at 5:21. >>> a major snowstorm is moving from the midwest to new england. we're tracking the potential travel problems. >>> and the surprise that many of you cannot get enough of this morning. 5:13 is your time. life's morning multitasking. it's multiple ideas for growing families and drawers with many layers to show exactly what you need. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>> welcome back. it is 37 degrees outside of our studios right now in northwest washington. check out the storm team 4 radar. this weather system is moving out of our area for now but not after leaving some rain, snow and sleet in parts of our area. chuck bell is checking the roads for you in the 4 x 4. how is it looking? >> reporter: good morning. here in germantown, the main roads are just fine. temperature 34 freedegrees. so not a whole lot of an icing thr

> brand new crash inner loop of the beltway between river and the spur. not seeing it on camera so it's just up here over to the right. we understand it's an overturned vehicle. u can see firefighters on their way right now. just happened about one minute ago i wou say. 66 here westbound bd westmoreland stre left lane blocked until 5:00 this morning. taking a wide look at things, no major problems right now as you' taking a look at the belte outbound 50 is a li slow. no real rean for that we're justomething slomgoming some slowdoe this. newing look different late on the crash coming up. >>> yo a little exa time to get to work if you work for government. agenci are opening two hours today. you ha the option of up sched leave or telework g as well. >> as for your kids this just into our news room. arlingn county schools are on a two hour delay and prince willm county schools are closed public schools aren a two hour delay. spotsy king george schools are closed. we're pushing all the closers to nbc washington scrollg on the bottom of the screen.> so the timi

inner loop at gw disabled vehicle on the shoulder. taking a look at travel times, 95 north quantico to the belt wae, way, 29 minutes. in maryland 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. and outer loop from 95 to 270, 10 minutes. >>> a major economic development announcement expected in northern virginia. how the announcement is connected to one of our area's biggest hospitals. >>> chipotle apologizing after its twetitter account was . >>> in just a few hours, terry mcauliffe is expected to make a major economic announcement impacting northern virginia. this comes as lawmakers are working on the state budget. richard jordan is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the big announcement here not only will it affect hospital staffers, but countless people throughout the region. governor terry mcauliffe and e know nova ceo will announce that it is expanding taking over the parking lot across the street. exxon is moving to houston and that means that just under 120 acres will be available. the hospital plans to u

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inner loop and outer loop everything moving quite nicely. road, that is still blocked because of that crash. glebe of course here's a question for you. have you ever passed a road and kind of wondered what is that name all about? what is the significance of that name? who was that person or thing it was named for? what do they mean to the washington area? worry and wonder no more, we're starting a new series called meet your street. my first story airs tonight at 6:00. so i'd love to come meet your street. we've talked about some of these roads in the newsroom. people go what in the heck. >> you know, lastly you've been talking about old hundred road a lot, so we have to get behind that. >> i'm on it. >> looking forward to it. i learn some interesting stuff about a lot of roads. someone told me once that any road around here that ends with mill actually had a mill somewhere on that road at some point in time. >> probably. >> we'll talk about that next week actually. >>> 4:55. it's being called the sexiest apartment building in the world and

generally running well on 95 as well as on 395 and a little by of volume on the inner loop headed from 395 and i-95 b.w. parkway doing all right. 95 southbound not doing too bad getting over the occoquan and then you don't slow down until you get to quantico. >> you're giving us the forecast from what looked like anchorage out there and it was the potomac. >> truth of the matter many parts of alaska anchorage in particular is warmer there than it is here. >> get out of here! >> most of alaska is warmer too. yeah. it will warm up one day here. so we're getting closer. it's 30 days to first day of spring, 30 31 do the math here. not tonight. don't think spring thoughts yet,

and ower loop through the tysons corner corridor. elsewhere lanes are open just about everywhere. 395 headed towards the 14th street bridge, a bit of volume delays again but city no reports of any incidents on the beltway. i'm going to go grab that >>> at 6:25, here are some stories you may have missed. the white house could reverse policy when it comes to dealing with the crisis in ukraine. a senior obama administration official says the united states is considering sending ukraine defensive weapons and other lethal aid to help its struggling military fight back against russian-backed rebels. the latest plan has strong support from many on the president's national security team. still the. is said to have -- the president is said to have concerns about the plan. >>> the obama administration's goal to end chronic homelessness has been pushed back by a year but the white house says it will stick by its goal for ending veterans homelessness by the end of this year. the latest news came at a briefing at the department of housing and urb

that's four big banks. ♪ >> welcome back to "in the loop ."inutes away from the opening bell. features and kate stocks will be higher at the open -- indicate stocks will be higher at the open. the new greek government employing 30% of the reforms -- angela merkel not willing to rewrite. the british chancellor warns the situation is getting dangerous. >> it is clear the risks to the world economy and the british economy is growing each day. the risks of a miscalculation or a misstep leading to a bad outcome is growing as well. >> the greek exit from the euro could be damaging to the continent's economy. shares of coca-cola up more than 4%. reporting fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates helped by cost-cutting and the shift to higher priced drinks. cvs beating estimates. a warning from ubs earnings may be hurt by a stronger swiss franc. reporting lower-than-expected earnings. here is the ubs ceo. >> the strategy won't change. we have concrete plans that we announced last year in 2015. we are executing those plans. the latest development ma

we will be back. ♪ >> much more ahead on "in the loop."rts testing from deliveries in china. coca-cola is launching its own milk. ♪ >> welcome back to "in the loop." a look at our top stories. teachers indicate stocks will be lower at the open. american companies added 213,000 workers last month. slightly less than expected. shares of disney, rising in premarket area net income rose 19% in the fourth quarter beating estimates. sales of products from the movie "frozen." free opening expenses at the shanghai theme park. shanghai's opening has been pushed back to next year. bob geiger says it will be worth the wait. >> what we are building is tremendous. with star wars cannot wait to show this to more people. i think the world will be impressed with the size and quality of what we are building. >> iger made a reference to star wars. disney's first star wars film will be coming out this year. the chain has agreed to by office depot in a deal valued at $6.3 billion. star board had demanded that the two office-supply retailers pool their resourc

inner loop on the right side of the roadway. elway lanes are not affected, inc. of the left side to get by, causing an early merge to get onto the inner loop. a great job early this morning for the crews, if you can stay off the road and let them do the work you will be in better shape if you go out by say lunchtime. >> thank you jack checking on the conditions in virginia right now, we had a team of reporters on the streets and now we are checking in with jeanette reyes. >> further down on the prince williams parkway we are down in the parking lot of the shoppers supermarket. take a look around me, they have done a pretty good job clearing this u. they have been going at it for quite some time. of course, the snow has to go somewhere. the new show you how tall it is. taller than me, actually. i am about five foot four inches, this is about six feet. they have been doing a pretty good job with that. i should mention that we have not had a chance to see the neighborhood roads and the reason why is that getting out of these parkin

connecticut beltway on the inner loop. some delays. outer loop crash after 270. that's cleared away. still some delays on the outer loop through silver spring. i'm bob emler with wtop radio. >> thanks bob. still to come here on abc 7 news at 4:00 they have kind of a cult following. we can tell you when they are planning to open their doors in our area. >> the team is ready to come together to bring olivia home safely. we'll get you caught up with your weekly scandal scoop. want to know how hard it can be... ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled... ...copd maintenance treatment... ...that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva

arlington boulevard on the inner loop. one lane remains blocked on the inner loop before 270. we can take a look and see how things look like right here. 95 over the occoquan and beyond that pretty good ride on 95 traveling south this afternoon. 395 is just volume delays headed south towards landmark. take a look and see what things look like here on the beltway. on the outer loop as you try to make your way west. this is jammed there and the outer loop headed to 355 or at least that accident is gone. delays are far from gone though. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> thanks bob. >> ok. >> good to see you back. >> thank you very much. not a bad day today. sun makes such a difference. >> it sure does. temperatures in the mid 40's which is about average for today. hope you enjoyed it. it's all going to change. let's get started, though with our first look at weather conditions. this is a time lapse from the river bend country club in great falls and it was a beautiful sunrise. and a beautiful day with sunshine all day long. late in the arch, -- afternoon great falls and a f

looking at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, everything running nicely. 95 in virginia here.ine. out of town you're fine. things will be different later on today and we get the weather coming in. >>> it is now 6:53. our area is getting ready for the snow. and d.c. we're told the full snow team will be out on the roads. if you're driving, you will see them starting at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> in maryland 1,200 trucks are on standby right now to get ready for the storm. and in virginia, vdot is in high response mode. that means thousands of plows and trucks are ready to spray a billion pounds of salt on the state roads. >>> house speaker john boehner says he is prepared to let the funding run out at homeland security. he says you can blame senate democrats if the agency shuts down. he made the comments yesterday. democrats accuse him of playing politics. it's part of the ongoing battle of the president's executive action on immigration last year. >>> today, a high-powered meeting with the high highest members this afternoon. they're going to sit down to talk about cross-regiona

looking at the inner loop and outer loop everything looking good. nice and green for us this morning. same thing, northbound and southbound here on 270 this morning. beltway and eisenhower connectors looking good. this is not the prettiest picture in my car this morning. 6 degrees. it's cold outside. >> i hit the jackpot. mine said 7. >> that's balmy. >> thank you. >>> it's 5:24 right now. call it catnip for dog lovers. the west minister kennel club show kicks off today. preliminary rounds will be held throughout the day. competition for hounds and sporting dogs start tonight. this is the 139th annual show. >> supercute. >>> it's 5:35. kate middleton has released a message supporting britain's first mental health week. >> the stigma around many health, means that many children don't get the help they badly need. william and i believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood, from turning into larger ones later in life. >> the duchess is the royal patron of children's mental health charity, place 2 be. in the message, she warns so that som

inner loop and outer loop no major problems. 66 inbound, a little slow inside the beltway for some reason. not seeing anything happening there. but i can see the red on the map. 66 and 95 moving tloonk pretty well. more on these metro delays coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> the other big story right how, the extremely cold temperatures outside. just about all of us dealing with windchills below zero. >> tom kierein is tracking the conditions you'll deal with throughout the day. >> yes, we have the winds still gusting around 15 to 20 miles an hour. still going to be blustery winds through the morning. windchills are minus 5 to minus 15. it will stay that way through 8:00 or 9:00. by noon, we'll still have windchills 0 to 10 above. then winds go nearly calm by late afternoon. windchills will be generally around 10 to 15 above. but that's still very cold. we'll have bright sunshine through the rest of the day. if you're away from the tv keep up with the cold check out the latest forecast on storm team 4's weather app. get it free on google play and the itunes store. coming up at 6:41 a

you are "in the loop" and i am betty liu. rate lineup for you this morning. he has been ceo of chrysler and home depot. bob nardelli joins us for a composition on taxes and the economy. and a conversation with one of the biggest names in the business, every course ceo ralph schloss -- a record evercore ceo ralph schloss dean. a governor who sustained cut the jobless rate to the lowest level in more than six years, governor terry mcauliffe of virginia a longtime operative in the clinton campaign, he will be with us as well. here's a look at our top stories this morning. the european central bank is turning up the heat on the greek government. the ecb has cut off a critical source of funds for greece allowing the bank used junk rated debt as collateral for pressure on the greek government to follow austerity measures if it wants to stay in eurozone. greek stocks and bonds are falling today. prosecutors are missing in whether one of switzerland's largest banks -- prosecutors are investigating whether one of switzerland's largest banks if it taxes. for six -- six

welcome to the nascar xfinity series. >> welcome back to "in the loop."ying ahead of janet yellen testimony. in athens, greek stocks rising on the news, european stocks rising on the news the euro region finance ministers have approved greece's package of economic measures, paving the way for the extension of the country's bailout agreement, a four-month extension. we are sort of pulled by two factors today, but really, in the u.s., just focused on what janet yellen is going to say. >> and the dollar. we could've mentioned the dollar in a most ever single-story we have touched on so far. it has everything to do with home depot forecast and the oil market and the metals market. every single thing we have talked about the strong dollar touches on and it will be really important what janet yellen decides as far as voluntary policy going forward -- monetary policy going ford as an effect's currency. on the other hand, talking more about her today because of the possibility of more oversight right? speaking of what is an american. >> likely on the agenda for t

stay "in the loop." ♪ betty: welcome back to "in the loop" in new york city.eps from oklahoma to d.c. and up the east coast. this is groundhog day over and over. on top of freezing temperatures in the east with many states seeing temperatures with single digits and windchills below zero. these pictures from niagara falls shall at all. a magical icy coating. tourists still determined to flock to the destination. they are on ice skating rinks. it is warm in here. carson block is the director of research at muddy waters research. he's going to join "market makers" to discuss a european company. the one he says is his latest stock pick. with me now is erik schatzker. is he a bear? erik: we cannot say. you are going to find out at 11:00 when carson block joins us on "market makers." it is warm in here and we are going to heat it up more. carson block has a way of making headlines. remember sign a forest -- remember sinoforest in 2011. carson block rocketed to financial samefame. that stock went to zero, as did a number of others. nq mobile, he has drawn a lot of cr

and inner loop before branch avenue a crash on the shoulder. and we did have some slowdowns here. beltway at ritchie-marlboro that looks pretty good. >>> we want to get to know you. and to let you get to know us a little bit. so mark your calendars now. >> you probably know us pretty well at this point. and we appreciate that. because you join us every morning. next week though, every day at 10:00 a.m. you can chat on facebook with a member of the "news 4 today" team. angie goff kicks it off on monday. tom will chat with you on tuesday. aaron has a lot to say on wednesday. be sure to -- >> wednesday? every day. >> every day. i'll be doing it on thursday. and melissa will be chatting with you on friday. make sure you like the nbc washington facebook page so you can take part. don't worry, we'll remind you next week. and it wouldn't be the last chance you get to chat with us. >> but you will have our undivided attention for that time on each day next week. >> i can't wait to get on facebook on wednesday to ask you questions. >> and heck he willle me? thank you. >>> today president o

college park the outer loop report of a crash on the right side of the roadway. we'll get more information and tweet it this morning. wide look at things no major issues. a little slow here. d.c. 295. take a look to the north here. nate maryland no major -- 95 maryland no major problems. beltway way 66 here at 50 all the folks inbound as chopper four is over the scene to show a little bit of volume this morning. back in ten minutes. >>> thank you. >>> right now nbc news confirming 15 people have died in the past two days from the winter storm. the snow forced delay the new england patriot es victory parade until tomorrow. people in boston dealing with 48 inches of snow from the back to back snowstorms. more than 500 flights have been cancelled nationwide. we're seeing a handful of flight dlas and cancellations in our region. 15 flights cancelled at reagan national. two flights at dulles. so far no flights cancelled at bwi marshall. >>> >>> we learn whether joshua star will keep his job. the vote on his contract could be hours away. megan mcgrath live outside the

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 continues throughout much of the week ahead. right now storm team 4 radar showing a you few scattered flurries here in washington county over towards martinsburg and just to the south and east of washington a few flurries