the first annual louden health and fitness fair is happening today.runs from 10:00 this morning until 3:00 this afternoon in leesburg. park and admission are free. remember, we're just about a month away from the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. it's the 20th year for the event. it runs from march 16th and 17th at the washington convention center. >>> speaking of health department, we're a little more than a month into the new year. so come on, be honest, how are those 2013 fitness and diet goals going for you? if you feel like you might need an extra little push, it turns out some apps could help keep you on track. one month into the new year and that resolution to get fit so easily falls behind. >> there's a saying in spanish. the sheet stuck to me. there are some mornings where the sheets are definitely sticking to me. >> this working mom admits time is limited and motivation doesn't always come easy, which is why she taps into her personal trainer on her smart phone. >> i use the nexercise app. it's great because you can actually keep it on your bod

that includes arlington and fairfax, louden and prince william.torm teem four coming into far northern west virginia. southwestern pennsylvania. one to three inches in chicago which caused traffic b problems this morning and is continuing to track to the south and east. here is the timing. by 9:00 it looks like some of the snow may be able to accumulate in the valley. a lot of accumulating snow will be north of the metro area. this is as of midnight tonight. by 2:00 a.m., might have a few sprinkles of rain to the south. it should be gone by 7:00 in the morning. it should be way off to the east and gone. then a winter weather advisory expiring. it is in effect until 6:00 a.m. a tuesday including the east counties in west virginia, western maryland, way out in maryland they will get more. that's a winter storm warning zone in the pink. 2:00 p.m., increasing clouds. by 4:00 p.m., upper 30s and cloudy. just holding steady in the 30s between 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. by 6:00, back to the mid 30s. maybe a few flurries off to the west. beginning to reach th

they also gathered at the louden nelson community center back in those days. and it is reminiscent as you see people come together, there are long hugs and people are really pulling together and kind of telling each other they have to do what they have to do, to pull this community together in their time of need. >> it's clearly a very special community in the way that they bond together over tragedies like this. >> reporter: that's right. >> all right, len, thank you. >>> more now on the gunman germany goulet. he was -- jeremy goulet. he was fired from his job on thursday the day before arrested for breaking into a coworker's house making unwanted sexual advances. in 2008 in portland, oregon goulet was convicted of a sex crime in a peeping incident. >> the first time he had the screen off the bathroom window. and the window open with a stick through it. and he was looking at my girlfriend take a shower. >> i felt horrible. it felt horrible. for a while i couldn't go not bathroom by myself. >> goulet fired a gun in a struggle with the victim's boyfriend and ev

. >>> senator frank louden berg from new jersey announced today he will not run again.enberg is a five-term senator, the oldest serving senator and the last remaining world war ii veteran currently in the u.s. senate. the race for the seat will be closely watched. newark's mayor cory booker has already filed papers to run for his seat. >>> the president was on the road today. in fact, he was practically on the floor with a bunch of preschoolers. lots of hugs and high-mys in a pre-k classroom in did he date at your, georgia. one of the 4-year-old's asked if he was their teacher. after that got cleared up, there was another reason for his trip. the official business pushing his early childhood education plan which he highlighted in the state of the union address. >>> picture of the day from the world of sports comes from the australian women's golf open. interrupted by a marauding flash mob of kangaroos who suddenly streamed across the fairway. luckily, they left only their giant footprints behind, and play was resumed. we're back in a moment with what february 14th is su

are burning into the night in santa cruz. 200 people are also gathering across the street at the loudenmmunity center. it is where that part of the community is coming together to grieve and lend support to the santa cruz police department in this, their time of need. >> we're having a tough time with this. we have never experienced anything like this. >> reporter: surrounded by fellow law enforcement chiefs, some visibly shaken and filled with emotion, santa cruz police chief kevin vogel struggled tort words to describe his department's loss, the city's first-ever officers killed in the line of duty. >> today we mourn the loss of our brother butch and our sister elizabeth. and we grieve with their families. >> reporter: loran "butch" baker was a 28-year veteran of the santa cruz pd married and father of three. he was considered the department's top investigator and served for years as a field training officer. he guided many of the younger officers including the chief. >> i considered butch not only to be my coworker but also my mentor and my friend. >> reporter: elizabeth butler was a

louden county, prince georges county, under a flood watch at 3:00 today.her advisory in purple. sleet and freezing rain. and the pink you see, that's a winter storm warning. do be ready for the potential of freezing rain and sleet here later this morning. most of the region will transition to rain later this afternoon. cloudy skies, rain sleet developing. might be a few pellets in town. it will quickly change to rain. 42 tonight, rain early. breezy and mild overnight. there's your wednesday/thursday forecast hchlt we'll keep the clouds in the forecast. maybe a few snow showers for parts of the region on thursday. and then we turn the page to march and cool temperatures to kick off the month of march. that's weather, let's do traffic and find out what's happening on the roads. >> still kind of busy out here northbound on the 295. accident activity has been cleared over to the shoulder. traffic slow leaving the beltway and from the pentagon across the 14th street bridge slowing between bradick road. slow exit off of the outer loop leaving route 1 to go north

we are scanning into louden county. you can see high cloudiness there as well. now scanning over toward montgomery county. a lot of high cloudiness there as well. those are the high rises there. off in the distance is downtown bethesda. temperatures in fairfax. those locations in the upper 30s to 40. in the district of columbia, low 40s now. near 40 in prince george's county. there is a winter storm watch for tonight into tuesday afternoon. way off to the west, counties in the blue collar, a possibility of snow, sleet and icing. elsewhere, rain. details on that when it will come in, how much. that's all in a few minutes along with the 7-day outlook. >> thank you, tom. new this morning, crews are working to repair part of the memorial bridge after an suv smashed through it and plunged into the potomac river. megan has more for us now. what's going on now? have they gotten that car out? >> reporter: the crews finished plugging the hole in the wall here. you can safely call it a gaping hole. one of the workers said it was 28 feet wide. this is a temporary fix. you

restin and towards the river there and up along the beltway and back out into parts of fairfax and louden though of course with this evening commute. rain and snow and we're talking very little in the way of accumulation. i'll show you that graphic coming up in just a bit. 43 now here. gaithersburg is 36. typically a cool spot. dulles is 39. do expect getting accumulation late this evening and overnight tonight. winchester 34. hagerstown 34 as well . not a lot of cold air to the north. we're going to be limited getting cold air into this storm system. one of the reasons why we're going to get little in the way of accumulation for us. and again, here in town not expecting any accumulation. rain showers with mix at 7:00. rain showers with mix at 9:00. temperature falling down into the upper 30s and more mixing of rain and snow by 10 or 11:00 here in the city tonight, already happening out in the suburbs. that will be on going through the evening hours. as this area of low pressure is getting closer, it's strengthening just a little bit. all indications are it begins to strengthen more tonig

includes montgomery county, howard county, louden county as well. and the potential really what they are concerned about is potential for urban flooding. roadways may start ponding that kind of thing. definitely be on the look out for that. mid 40s. primarily rain here. martinsburg, winchester. could be wintery mix for you. and with afternoon highs only in the mid 30s, you will be subject to sleet and freezing rain out there. lots more on the weather, tony, i will have a look at the weekend forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, a second round of heavy snow has pounded the plains in the midwest hchlt even whiteout conditions in the pan handle. up to 17 inches fell in that city. not sure why we're staying on this street sign. but thousands of people are without power. there have been a slew of accidents and stranded drivers. the storm is being blamed for two deaths. one in kansas and the other in oklahoma. >> new this morning, from overseas now looking at egypt, a hot air balloon crashes killing 19 tourists. one of those

louden, fairfax, howard, arlington.majority of two income households and people having college degrees. >> there's a disturbing report on students in dc schools. shows a revolving door is in place as thousands are transferring even in mid year. the washington post reports more than 6,000 kids left traditional and charter schools last year and did not reenroll. quotes a study from the office of the state superintendent of education that comes out today. the high transfers raise questions about how funds are transferred. >>> shocking discovery for a florida woman. find out who was found inside her car ahead. >> let me guess. >>> local aspiring actors get a lesson from a 9 year old. how darling are you. thanks to the movie. beast to the southern wild. 9:26.  >>> i just started. it was like a film we did to have fun. never know to go to sun dance. then ends up all right here. >> that is 9 year old quevenzhane wallis. she was in town along with the film's director. the film is the director's first

probably is in northern fairfax into louden county into prince william. that's advancing to the north. that's not the main amount of precipitation. that'll be arriving later this afternoon. right now temperatures around 40 degrees. maybe a little bit warmer during the afternoon. then the changeover to snow tonight. what areas might see accumulation coming up in just a few minutes, keith. >> all right, tom. >>> now to the breaking news we've been following this morning. things are getting back to normal after a man was hit by a metro train earlier this morning. adam tusk joins us live with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this all happened about 8:00 this morning. the heart of rush hour here at the gallery place station. the system just now getting back to normal, but there were big delays earlier. metro says a man, an adult male, intentionally jumped in front of a yellow line train. unfortunately this continues to be a problem on metro. this is the second time someone has committed suicide on metro. it happened at the boston station last mon

the first annual louden health and fitness fair is happening today.runs from 10:00 this morning to 3:00 this afternoon. parking and admission are completely free. remember, we're just about a month away from the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. it is the 20th year for this event. the event runs march 16th and 17th at the washington convention center. always a great time. did you make it -- you weren't here last year. >> this will be my first. >> wow. this is awesome. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> a lot of our viewers come out. it's a great time to connect with them as well. >> we'll see everyone there. >>> 6:36 right now. traffic is one of the biggest frustrations in the d.c. area. >> well, the event today giving you a voice in helping get rid of that gridlock. >>> and the star of an nbc sitcom makes a major announcement about her future on the show. >>> and a windy start to the weekend. chuck bell's forecast is >>> u.s. transportation regulators shut down a california tour bus operator after a deadly crash earlier this week. the administration says

stafford and sponsylvania near the freezing mark as is the rest of northern virginia including louden county into schenn endo with a valley. out of the mountains, locations above freezing as is the central valley. it was down to 13 in stanton. now up to 36. the winds, they have settled down. the wind chills are not as bad. we only have a wind around five to ten miles per hour. around dawn they were gusting around 20 miles per hour. we might get a wintry mix tomorrow. we'll look at that and the rest of the week. the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. >> the coming days an autopsy is expected for country singer mindy mccready. it appears she committed suicide yesterday afternoon. she had numerous run-ins with the law. her former boyfriend and father of one of her children was on the "today" show. he said his son zander is in foster care and needs to be with his father in florida. >> you know, zane, you know, i don't know what's going to happen with zane. if he goes to ft. myers it's only an hour and a half difference. i would like to keep the boys brothers

they were arrested and transported to the louden county jail. >> it's not until the next day that redman there's video of his terrifying accident. >> there was another trooper that was close by that i called for assistance to help with traffic control. it's his video that caught it on tape. i was shocked by what i saw. it wasn't me. it was somebody else. it was like a stunt man in a movie. i don't know that i will ever accept and truly believe that that was me. >> redman's laughing now but he's constantly reminded of that day in june 2005. >> i hurt still every day. the doctors can't find anything wrong with my hips or why my hips would hurt but my hips still hurt every day. >> redman also says the fear still lives with him that something like this could happen again. >> even today, i still have fear of getting back out on to the highway or being struck again. but it's part of the job. i have to. >> coming up, a firefighter's life hangs in the balance. >> i was burning up. they needed to get a ladder to me. >> later -- >> i hear this sound, i couldn't tell what it was. >> he's about to f

clarke, frederick, louden, paine and prince william county schools will open two hours late.ward county schools opening two hours late. >> jefferson county schools on a two hour delay. you can see the full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen, and also on our wait web site, myfoxdc.com. >>> in new york city the mayor is wasting no time preparing salt and putting hundreds of plow drivers on stand-by. forecasters say this could be the worst snowstorm to hit the five boroughs since 2010. >> in connecticut people spent yesterday stocking up for what could be a night or two or more indoors. let's get to tucker barnes. he's got the latest forecast on this nor'easter, and the latest on all of that. hey, tucker. >> good morning. we continue to be dealing with, we're initially getting the rain and wintry mix north and west of town. 3inches to the west of washington this morning. parts of our area got a nice snow. locally, wintry mix. i had a little slush on my windshield this morning in montgomery county when i left for work. not talking about a major deal here. but farther nor