raining hard in loudoun. transitioning into snow during the afternoon, wet snow during the afternoon. tomorrow morning, upper 20s. less than an inch on grassy areas. western suburbs, one to three. higher amounts west three to six inches. highest amounts above 1500 feet. a look at your thanksgiving at 6:51. >>> backup stretched for four miles this morning. very slow through the beltway. you can see the problem on 66. from fairfax to the beltway, should take you nine minutes. it is taking 40 because of the crash. definitely leave early. listen to an extra song on your ipad. maryland not so bad. 270 south from jermantown to the beltway. 20 minutes. outer loop, 20 as well. >>> if you are driving today, expect to see millions of cars on the road. >>> we're following a developing story. protests in ferguson lasted into the morning. the resource used overnight that >>> right now news 4 is keeping a close eye on the cold rain and the snow to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >>> megan mctkpwralgrath on i

vdot has 400 trucks in northern virginia. 130 devoted here in loudoun county. they say they're really concerned about the heavy traffic this holiday and also as temperatures cool down even further. that's the situation here. we're going to continue to monitor what's out here and how drivers are dealing with all this snow. >> thank you. in western loudoun there's a little elevation, that's where it really gets bad. scott broom is up in frederick county. things got bad pretty quickly once the rain did change to snow. >> reporter: howard, i'm speaking to you from the dashboard cameras of my mobile newsroom here. this is 270 just where 15 comes out of frederick headed south. you're looking at snow on the shoulder. there is significant accumulation starting to happen on blacktop here. as i move out into the road, you can see there is a thin line of slush on the roadway moving out through montgomery county, places like damascus and germantown. and then of course out here in frederick, there is enough of this thin slush layer on the roadway right now. it is enough to

it's an issue nearly all loudoun county parents we talked to are in agreement about. say paying for school bus service is ridiculous. >> for them to be charging, i it would be like unfair to some people. >> the school district is $38 the red and looking for ways to cut down on expenses. fee foron is charging a bus service. school board member fox says the district doesn't want to make cuts inside of the classroom. >> we want to be able to look sayelves in the mirror and we're really providing the best possible education we can here in loudoun. >> but one bus driver says there are other options. thatistrict tells abc 7 tablets like this one were recently installed on buses. two-wayvide communication and routeing information with gps location. concerning thes amount ordered and costs couldn't be provided to us today, but fox says it is less $1 million and hardly makes a difference in a deficit that million byon to $50 next year. >> if we're going to continue to this size, weof than,ot to think bigger you know, can we cut this position or can we not buy this device? >> t

northern fauquier, much of loudoun county getting the more

news4's chris gordon live now at the loudoun county courthouse. chris? >> reporter: tonight fred smoot is out of jail, released on his own personal recognizance, plus a $2500 bond. this morning here in the courthouse, he pleaded not guilty to the charge of domestic assault. today i spoke with the woman who is making the complaint against him. i was at the front door of the ashburn home of valerie jackson, when she arrived walking up the stairs behind me. >> hello, ms. jackson, can i speak with you about your complaint against fred smoot? jackson called the loudoun county sheriff at 11:00 sunday morning to report that her boyfriend, 35-year-old frederick d. smoot grabbed her during an altercation. smoot was booked at the loudoun county detention and charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. >> i am not ready to comment on camera. this is fresh and this is hard. i just came from a lawyer's office, and i feel safe behind this door and i don't feel safe in front of cameras or media. >> reporter: jackson posted pictures on her instagram account, which appr t

costs have to come from somewhere. >> and that is according to loudoun county school board member is the problem. to charge fort .ransportation >> but with schools facing fox says deficits, something has to give. he and others on the board are asking state lawmakers in richmond to give school boards across the commonwealth the flexibility to charge for transportation during leaner times. between cutting out of the classroom and cutting from transportation services, cut fromr transportation. >> it sounds fox says something has to give. innovative.s on the board are >> parent ann marie is ready to hop on board in anything that classroom, in the keeps money toward learning, i would be open to hearing about. >> no word yet on how much those rides could cost or how much potentiallyn could save loudoun county. meanwhile, school board leaders also considering the possibility of expanding kindergarten from half day to in they for all students county, another issue sure to debate. plenty of live in ashburn, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> thanks, jeff. coming up, a former police sentenced. why

because everything is very slushy out here in loudoun county now. chuck. >> all right, thanks, tom kierein. winter storm warnings continue in effect. we'll get more on what you can expect from your neighborhood in a few minutes. >> the rain turning into snow couldn't be happening act a worse time. as many of you, your fries, neighbors, hundreds and thousands of others, are hitting the roads for the holidays. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in german town with that part of the story. oh, it's really coming down there, megan. wow. >> it really is. the flakes are enormous. it's very, very wet. you can see we're actually starting to see it stick on the bushes and the grassy areas. it's srting to snow in german town and we're starting now to actually see some slush beginning to form on the road here. so it's not to the point where the plows can come out here and push it aside. it's not that bad. but we are starting to see the slush as people are driving through the intersection here. so if you are going out, you're going to want to be very careful. >> a s

southern loudoun, northern fauquier. from the blue ridge west, three to six inches. higher amounts above 1500 feet in the mountains. in the afternoon, transitioning over to wet snow in the metro area not until around noon time. and i'm back in 10 minutes with a look at when that snow will be ending all coming up at 5:11 melissa is dealing with wet roads. >> wet roads. that's right. that's hard to say this morning. police have reports of debris. i'm not seeing anything on the camera. be aware if you're headed that way. beltway at colesville, looking good. it has a sheen on it because of the wet roads. 270 out of frederick, headed northbound, either way you're completely fine on 270. 66 and 95, no problems in virginia, indian head highway, everything moving along quite nicely. more coming up. >>> a close eye on the road conditions. roads are wet this morning. give yourself extra time as you head out the door for your holiday tunnels. like on 2730 in rockville right now. what's it looking like there? >> well, we are just seeing rain at this point. temperatures above fre

and the areas to the east of the blue ridge, loudoun county and frederick county, maryland.s where the heavier snow is falling, points west, but east of there we'll be seeing a little bit of a slush on the roads around the metro area. rain is going to mix with snow. any accumulation is going to be on grassy areas in the metro area. but to our west we'll see almost all snow with accumulations likely and the roads will be slippery. the untreated roads as we get into tomorrow afternoon. especially right now it's mild and near 50 shenandoah valley. and closer to washington, the mid to upper 50s now. holding in some of the warmth from yesterday. here's the timing on this area of rain that is green. about 3:00 tomorrow morning we'll have the rain moving in. then it is by 8:00 in the morning we'll start to see it transition to snow in the panhandle of west virginia. then the snow moves east into the shenandoah valley and the nearby metro area around 2:00 to 3:00 tomorrow afternoon mixing with rain. that's a wet snow accumulating in the metro area and quickly ending by 8:00 tomorrow

it includes montgomery, loudoun, points south including charles county.g to be causing our visibility to stay low for another couple of hour so slow down. use your low beams. that will help. when you have the high beams you're illuminating the fog, which is causing problems on our roads. melissa is seeing quite a

loudoun county north and west, frederick county north and west.se have within added -- have been added since around early afternoon. winter weather advisories for places like montgomery county, fairfax, prince william, and also southern fauquier back to culpeper. essentially just west of i-95. look at winter storm warnings go all the way through the northeast, all the way up into maine. it will be snow changing to rain in you a the major cities. it's not going to abpure snow event. -- to be a pure snow event. with everybody traveling, it's not a good thing. second call, a trace to an inch east of i-95 and points south. one to two inches through fairfax county. maybe clipping the northwest part of d.c. and up into montgomery county, including places like wheaton, rockville, silver spring. 2 to 4 inches leesburg to gaithersburg. north of that frederick points north and west 4 to 8 inches. if you have some elevation, hagerstown, cumberland, you'll be close to 6 to 8. closer to

down into loudoun, northern fauquier and points along and west of the blue ridge. into the mountains closer to home, montgomery, fairfax, prince william, winter weather advisories. expecting snow but not as much snow as you get closer to i-95. d.c. is not in it and certainly points east. we're looking at the cold continuing to move in. 30s in ohio. that cold air is moving in while from the south, we've got this flow of moisture. what's going to happen is there's an old front here and south of this, we'll get a low to form on that, ride up the front, tap the cold air. the moisture and cold come together and this is what we get, snow. this is my first call here. we may cling this a little bit -- change this a little bit although i haven't changed my thinking since thong. we could see a trace to slushy at most east of 95. we'll be to warm. even if it changes to snow, surface temperatures are too warm. western fairfax, southern montgomery, could be an inch or two on the grassy areas. upper montgomery into eastern loudoun, 2 to 4. the blue area is 4 to 6 and even higher

if you have any information, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. >>> we're helping you to staye and secure this holiday shopping season. tyson's corner is adding extra security and service. this is the first time you can take metro's silver line to tyson's. fairfax police say they are glad riders already feel safe taking bags on metro. they are also adding undercover and uniformed officers out this shopping season. passengers tell us they are always aware of their surroundings. >> some people get on and off, and some people move faster than others, but other than that, no, not reallily. >> tysons corner says it will deliver your bags to your house this year if you live within a ten-mile radius. the same day delivery will set you back $5. >>> today the d.c. council will vote on a new proposal to change the plans for a soccer stadium in southwest d.c. muriel bowser pitched the plan last week to remove the land swap from the deal. "the washington post" says if the council votes for the deal it could use imminent domain to acquire the land instead. >>> angry protesters riot in the

according to e "loudoun times," eric noble announced his candidacy yesterday. it's a 27-year veteran of the sheriff's office. he was the senior commander in charge of connections and court services before retiring recently. if elected, noble promises more transparency and fiscal responsibility. he also says he'll increase staffing levels in field operations. >>> honda may have to pay a $35 million fine. the automaker admits to not reporting more than 1,700 injury and deaths claims. those claims happened over the course of 11 years. honda blames the mistake on computer program errors, and data entry mistakes. >>> executives say they are working to fix the problem now. the case is still under review by the national highway traffic safety administration. it could be one of the biggest violations in history. >>> staying in and renting a movie is about to get more expensive. we're going to tell you about the price hike that's about to impact your family movie night. >>> the smithsonian breaks its silence in the growing sex assault controversy involving comedian bill

county would not be in the watch, but technically all loudoun county is under the winter storm watch for wednesday. partly to mostly cloudy tonight, breezy and mild, 46 to 52. i would take advantage of tonight and tomorrow. partly sunny, breezy and pleasant, 46 to 54 tuesday morning and by afternoon mostly cloudy, temperature-wise no complaints, temperature 55 to 60 and winds light in the afternoon. cooler in the mountains, only 42 in oakland, 49 in cumberland. this is a situation where it is kind of elvis driven. you'll have a lot more -- elevation driven. you'll have a lot more snow west of i-81 into cumberland. that said you'll have less moisture to work with. 52 in winchester tuesday, 59 in culpeper, 57 in warrenton, manassas, 56 in leesburg, probably 57 in mclean and reston, 58 downtown, 55 by the water. there is not a small craft advisory for the bay or tidal potomac tuesday. day planner, low 50s, downtown temps, 53 at 9:00, 56 at 11:00 and 57 at 1:00. the next three days rain turns to snow wednesday, yellow alert, no real surprise, 41. temps will fall through the day. cold tur

don't know why it's not showing up on my graphic here, but we're talking about loudoun county, frederick county and areas toward the west. a winter weather advisory now includes montgomery county, fairfax county, prince william county and areas to the south. we are expecting some locations to pick up some pretty good accumulation from this in the d.c. metro area. this should be a rain to snow event. not a lot of problems on the roads around the i-95 corridor. different in different places. i'll break it down. >> thanks, doug. now to the situation in ferguson, missouri, 1,500 additional national guard members now in that area, hoping to head off more violence. last night that violence erupted after the grand jury declined to indict a pole officer who killed michael brown. at least 12 buildings burned. tonight lawyers for the brown family say the grand jury process was unfair, and that it was rigged from the start. nbc's jay gray has our report. >> reporter: in this battered, burned-out city, the concern is no longer what a grand jury will decide, but instead what will happen next. >> we'r

the mid-30s in prince william and loudoun county.nd farther south, stafford and spotslvania, we are near 40 degrees. the skycast 4, for most of the day we see sunshine. a few high clouds will be drifting over. by noontime, mostly sunny near washington. we'll have a few clouds coming in. and by 5:00 as we get dark, yeah, the sun sets at 4:58. just a few clouds will be coming through for the rest of the evening. and for the afternoon, absolutely delightful on the mall. everyone is getting ready for the concert arriving early. mostly sunny. you'll need your sunglasses with temperatures in the upper 60s. a gorgeous afternoon coming up. then this evening, under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. by 8:00 p.m., back down to the upper 50s. then by late evening as the concert ends, we'll be into the upper 50s. so still the mid to upper 50s. then bottoming out in the low 50s by dawn tomorrow. so a milder start. but a bit of a chill in the air on wednesday morning. then winds will pick up during the day tomorrow. highs will struck to make it to the

it's also near freeze anything leesburg and loudoun county. much of montgomery county and the other part of the county is southern part low to mid-30s. and beltway, mid 30s. southern maryland too. it's just in the mid-30s. so dress accordingly today. a knit hat and your warm winter coat. have some gloves with you. the winds will be increasing. it will feel even colder. at the bus stop this morning, low 30s and near freezing with lots of sunshine. but it feels like the 20s. mid-30s by then. earlier this week i traveled to charles county and visited the t.c. martin elementary in charles county in brian town. they even had a welcome for them there on the marquis of the school. and i had a wonderful warm welcome from all the wonderful students there. let's thank the teacher susan sacker for the invitation to talk to all of these fourth and fifth graders in charles county. they knew a lot about weather. we had a great time. 50s sunday. rain likely monday. cold again mid week ne >> looking good this morning. this is what we deserve on a friday. belt

if you live in loudoun county, a new report says your property taxes could jump next year.eesburg today says public school costs are rising more than 65 million starting next july. in a response, the property tax will increase $1.22 for every dollar that you make. >>> and calories will be prom neantly posted in chain restaurants, grocery stores and vending machines. >>> the board of visitors has an emergency meeting today to determine how to respond to serious sexual assault claims on campus at uva. >>> and the parents of michael brown will speak around noon today to be the first time to talk on camera since the grand jury decided not to indict the officer who shot and killed their son. >>> and crews are making progress in putting out the massive fires burning in ferguson, missouri. two dozen were set in fire to the grand jury's decision. more than two dozen people were arrested. >>> and good travel weather today. it will be up near 60 in the afternoon with a little sun breaking out. a lot of clouds. then tomorrow we see morning rain give way to a mix of snow in the afterno

here comes gangrene in our game of the week loudoun valley taking on loudoun county. vikings got a pretty good running back with the short run. now on the ensuing kickoff here this guy's name is jon jackson and all i can say is i'm sorry, ms. jackson. your son is for real. jon jackson, takes it all the way to house. the kickoff return for the touchdown, nice play. that was great, but you want to see something even better? watch this as the cheerleaders are getting all loud and proud there. watch ryan moush stretching out making the nice aypl, toe tap in the corner. loudoun valley gets the upset 28-24. to fairfax county we go, fairfax at stone bridge, everybody in costumes dressed up tonight. look at the direct snap by stone bridge, trick play. more bulldogs here taking a chance with chance frye, easy touchdown. stone bridge winning it 41-14. it won't be long before we're eating turkey on thanksgiving day. it's right around the corner. can you believe it? thanksgiving means turkey bowl and two team fighting for the right to bowl thanksgiving morning getting after it to

nothing is final but this has some parents upset. >> loudoun county should be able to rearrange their budget priority, that is a to make that priority. >> if it is between cutting out of the classroom and cutting from transportation services, i would rather cut for transportation. >> members of the school board want the general summit to give them the flexibility to charge transportation. >> scandals, secrets, murders. >> what is it really like to be a law student and one of the top the holiday season is here, which means 's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the well-crafted all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit and zero first month's payment >> is a hot topic on abc's biggest new show. suspending the accused. how does it work in the real world? why do lawyers defend someone who was charged with the c

northern montgomery, so you were frederick, central loudoun county. into the shenandoah valley, highlands of west virginia. three to six inches. the elevations above 1500 feet skyline drive and out into the mountains. another look at our radar changing minute by minute. now melissa, how are the roads. >> still quite wet is what we will see throughout the morning. all these folks headed southbound down towards the spur. rain coming down pretty good. you'll need an umbrella out there. 66 out of virginia, nice and smooth. we looked at this a minute ago. still pretty good. not a whole lot of construction hanging around at this point. up north in maryland, you can see 95, bw parkway, heading into and out of town, as i almost tip over there. okay. i am back in 10 minutes with a live look at prince george's county. i'm sorry. >> be careful, melissa. we don't want you to hurt yourself. 4:32. watching the overnight developments in ferguson, missouri following the decision in the michael brown case. there was still some violence as protesters set a police car o

so a winter storm watch in effect for areas like frederick county, loudoun county, northern fauquier county and everybody off towards the west. this will be a snow, this will be accumulating snow. even around the d.c. metro area, i do expect to see some accumulations. much more coming up later on. and as always, download the storm team 4 app at any time. you can always catch the latest as far as watches and warnings go, especially if we get a winter storm warning the next couple days. download the app. the latest at 6:15. >> see you in a few minutes. >>> breaking news now out of the department of veterans' affairs. we just learned that phoenix v.a. director sharon helmand has been removed from federal service. helmand was at the firestorm of whistleblower complaints earlier this year and improper scheduling practices. she had been on administrative leave since may. >>> we are learning more about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. officials at the white house acknowledged today that priorities have changed since hagel he survived a bruising confirmation battle to join t

it's light snow around winchester, even in the high spots of loudoun county and purcellville. for the most part, most of us are will see rain showers from now until 2:00 a.m. and any flakes that do fall, hard time blasting as they make their journey down. we've got temperatures in the upper 30s. we'll drop to the mid 30s for sure. gusty cold to follow. and what that means is that by morning, we could see maybe a few slick spots in the most sheltered of areas. so brace yourself. the temperature early this morning was in the 30s. 41 degrees in d.c. we're going to drop even more. lower temperatures expected by friday morning. again, it comes with some wind. we'll take a look at how -- what locations might see sleet and light snow, and more importantly, how long this cold stays with us behind the system. >>> right now, millions are dealing with deadly winter weather conditions. take a look at these ship slippery roads in memphis. several pileups this morning. at least one person died. snow is the problem in northern ohio. more than half a foot of snow is expected in eastern clevel

i am wearing my snow boots and loudoun county prepared as well. i've seen about two plow trucks so far and this general area as we were traveling up earlier this morning on route 7, saw two other plow trucks. and that was really the sign for me this storm is headed our way. when you see the plow trucks on the roads, that's not a good sign for a lot of us. drive slowly as you're heading out this morning and as you're heading to your thanksgiving travel destination. this weather likely to pick up a little later during the day. back to you in the studio. >> all right, delia, thank you. >>> of course, you can track the storm live by visiting the wusa9 app. the app willle allow you to check on snow-related closings and delays. you can also post pictures of snow falling in your community and you can keep up with traffic on the mobile app as well. >>> across the country demonstrators hit the streets for a second night. protesting a missouri grand jury's decision not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager

we are still getting light showers now in loudoun county, prince william, fauquier, western fairfax. farther north and east, 95 between baltimore and washington, everything is wet from the overnight rains. your monday headlines, it's going to be a mild morning and a warm afternoon. and rain and snow now looking likely for wednesday. so we are hashtaging wild swing weather for the day ahead and through mid week. we will have quite a bit of change. in the metro, mid 60s in prince george's. low to mid 60s in fairfax. farther south and west, mild weather. 65 in warrenton. coming up, next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at neighborhood highs for the afternoon. melissa is looking at that crash. no doubt wet roads. >> absolutely. the crash because of the wet roads. inner loop at annapolis, the ramp. could be there for some time. it is an overturned vehicle. in virginia, 66 and 95, no problems opinion headed up to the beltway. inner and outer loop, everything flowing and nice and green this morning. 395 north between duke and seminary, two right lanes blocked. live pictures of 270 comi

loudoun and william in the upper 30s. at the bus stop this morning, bundle up. we'll stay cold through 8:00. lots of sun. chilly between 8:00 and 9:00. low 40s. when you're waiting for the bus, download the storm team 4 weather app. check the temperatures where you are. get it on google play and the itunes store. >>> your time 6:02. the family of a metro worker killed on the job last year is suing the agency for $10 million. harold ingram was a war veteran working on the red line near union station. a broken hose sprayed hydraulic fluid and caused a fire, and the crane operator lost control of a 40-feet piece of rail, which hit and killed ingram. the family is claiming negligence. they say he failed to proper job briefing. they confirmed the lawsuit but will not comment any further >> a former cop northbound in jail. he will be sentenced on multiple convictions. the last time riley was in court he to attack a prosecutor. he will spend a mandatory five years for a handgun conviction. >>> maryland's attorney general is tackling a tough issue off ignored on college

the loudoun county school boshd asking the ste for permission to charge students to ride. that's currently against the law in virginia. we spoke with some parents who are not happied aboy about the paying for kids to ride the bus. >> i know we need to pay for more schools, but to pay for day to day activities like getting to school, be nice if that was provided. >> loudoun county school board has it was a difficult decision t say the district is facing shortfalls and the board doesn't want to cut for education programs. >>> this year the department of public works will plow bike lanes for the first time. d.c. is also switching to ceramic snowplow blades this year. they are not supposed to create potholes on the road. one of the biggest concerns is whether there will be enough salt supply for the whole season but d.c.'s director of public works tells news4 he plans to hoard as much as he can. >> i think thoey'll need a lot f salt. if you think it is cold right now -- >> oh, my. >> show you how things will be over the next couple of days. first off, ever watch notre dame rig

. >> reporter: i'm jackie bensen in loudoun county.magine having to hand your kids one of these to ride the school bus. >>> a campus tragedy. >> it was heartbreaking. >> a university suspends all fraternities and sororities after the death of a student. how the school community moves on from here after this unprecedented action. >>> abduction caught on camera. the man accused of violently snatching a woman off the streets of philly and bringing her to maryland makes a new move today in court. >>> and a redskins fan's final wish goes viral after years of highs and lows, his last request of this team comes in his obituary. >>> free school bus rides could become a thing of the past for one of the biggest districts in our region. >> it is against the law now to charge students to ride a school bus in virginia. but as jackie bensen reports, loudoun county is trying to change that. she is live in leesburg. jackie. >> reporter: wendy, this sounds hard to believe. but it could happen. the big yellow bus ride could require students to use a far

says they have 400 trucks ready throughout loudoun, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties to treat roads as early as monday morning. if you are planning on getting out of town, the best things you can do is check the airports and check the weather forecast to see how you might be impacted by the weather and if there's any way you can leave earlier than you originally planned or perhaps delay your traveling plans to avoid getting stuck, you would be better off. live at reagan airport, wusa9. >> for a lot of folks, it might be too late. as we mentioned, tonight and tomorrow, expected to be the two busy travel days on the road. so between traffic and snowy weather, the trip not going to be that much fun. >> no, but apparently there's a way to make it hurt a little bit less. >> i'm debra alfarone, standing where the beltway meets i-95 north. if you're thinking about getting on the road, now is the time to do it. >> if you can, leave today. >> right now. >> this evening. right now. >> john townsend says there's proof behind this theory, right now is the busiest time to be driving.

says they have about 400 trucks ready throughout loudoun, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties to begin treating roads as early as tomorrow morning. maryland didn't o. tfntle says they are -- d.o.t. says they are also ready to goal. if you're traveling you certainly want to check the airports, check the road conditions and check the weather forecast and get out early or delay your trip to work around the weather. that will likely be your best bet. >> mola, thank you. >>> tonight the governor of missouri has ordered hundreds more national guard troops to ferguson hoping to avoid a repeat of the violence that tore the town apart in some places last night. some protests turned destructive after a grant jury announce -- grand jury announced it would not indict police officer darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown. while many demonstrations remained peaceful, some people set cars on fire and left more than a dozen businesses in ruins. here is the former mayor of ferguson. >> what's strange here, most of the businesses damaged the most were minority owned. it's really ironic

the blue stripe upper montgomery the light blue western loudoun and the dark blue, now we're talking the heaviest amounts, 4, 6, maybe higher. 58 today. tomorrow 39. temperatures drop. yellow alert. 40 on thursday with the snow shower. as we head toward friday still chilly and milder air over the weekend. good morning, bev. >> good morning. checking out the ride beltway heading into silver spring, fairly typical volume. some folks are headed to work today. outer loop delays forming as you head past new hampshire avenue and west into silver spring past colesville and around to georgia enue. nothing too out of the ordinary there. that's good news. beltway and 66 getting to the beltway looking pretty good as you make your way toward tysons. it's just been the volume there east on 66 to get through vienna and merge on to the inner loop of the beltway. northbound 95 heaviest volume still heading into quantico. northbound 95 heading into woodbridge across the owk quan more slowdowns -- occoquan, more slowdowns. 395 loading up to get past edsall road. that's a look at timesaver traffic. tha

loudoun, low 50s. low to mid-50s frederick, montgomery and points north. mild in the shenandoah valley. most locations there hovering right around 60 degrees this morning. and there's washington under that high cloud cover this morning. our headlines for the day, chilly morning. another mild afternoon on the way. then rain likely arriving later tonight after the afternoon commute. all dry here. there are showers showing up, the years in green. light rain. rain tracking closer to us but not until later tonight. the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. we have a road closure. >> a house fire m. olivet. not hearing too much more about the fire right now. bw parkway here in maryland all looking good and nice and green.

the suspect is in the hospital in stable condition charged with destruction of property. >>> the loudoun county sheriff's office is on high alert after several armed robberies in the last couple weeks in sterling, the fourth and latest one friday afternoon off sterling boulevard at the convenience store. the store clerk had only been at the cash checking store less than six months when she found herself face to face with the gunman. in the last couple weeks two nearby banks and a 7-eleven have been robbed at gunpoint and despite fearing for her life the woman was back behind the register. >> whatever he said we did that. give me the money, we gave him whatever the money was here. he took the money and he went back. >> reporter: what was mnhe saying to in you? >>. >> whatever you have give it to me right now. >> detectives cannot ifsay there is any connection with any of the robberies at this time. >>> virginia senate race has a winner. the reason ed gillespie decided to bow out with no recount, that story up next. >> high temperature 58, temps are falling now. winds are still howling.

much of fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier hovering right here freezing. wind gusting to 20 miles per throughout the day. low 40s by 2:00 to 3:00. ought to be hitting the upper 40s. around 5:00 p.m., still breezy. back down to the mid-50s. a look at the county by county highs coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. melissa, what's going on? >> we still have the water main break. it is going to be a problem for a lot of people. northbound silver hill road shut down at brooks drive. megan mcgrath is out there tracking progress. hopefully we' get chopper up for you a little later to see what is going on there. southbound lanes are open according to megan. no major problems into and out of town. inner and outer loop, everything looking quite good at this point this morning. a litt of construction here and there. nothing major. into and out of town on 270, no maproblems. 66 at nutley rolling along. >>e 4:33. a shooting at florida state university. happened at a library on campus. news 4's richard jordan is following the latest development from t l

near 32 in loudoun and prince william and stafford, spotsylv, culpepper. most of the region should be .aking i maybe even feel like spring for a few ho we have been through. the wind shifts into the northwest. it gets cold tomorro highs uppe mid-40s saturda afternoon. on sunday, increasing clou then mild monday. into the 60s. an afternoon shower. mild tuesday. chillier mid week. melissa is dealing with the water main break. >> it's going to be around for a while. talk building this one in suitland. nort silver high school road at brooks drive. megan mcgrath out there showing us this. out to pennsylvania avenue if you're headed through that area. t virginia visitor center is looking good. 95 in virginia, slower than we would like to see this time of day. northbound a l slow through dale city. overall, looking pretty good. want to remind you about this. tom kierein, angie goff, savannah guthrie and al roker an participating in today's cranksgiving. you can sign up by going to the nbc washington facebook or any of your facebook pages and join us. guys? >> you

schools in arlington, fairfax, loudoun william counties showed the biggest gains. by 2018, 40% of students in the state will be enrolled in public schools. the state and a famili significt increase in birth rates >> the new accuracy police and paramedi have when trying to pinpoint your location. >> when could we shake this cold weather? in herndon looking at how warm it will get today. your next weath and traffic coming up at 6:11. >>> we're staying on top of breaking news. we're waiting for tallahassee police to release new informatn about a campus e watching this live news . ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪ (dad) there's nothing i can't reach in my subaru. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru,a subaru. >>> so we have been telling you for a whe about the local campaigns to push school start times back so kids can get more sleep. this morni we' learning about anoth b to sleeping in. teens have an increased risk of weekday car accidents. they looked at data from the 2009-2010 schl year. crash rates were 29% higher when school st

loudoun county school district confirmed the purchase tablet and says it is of a pilot program implemented about a year ago. the tablet provides two-way communication with gps location. there is a proposal for additional tablets in the future. that would impact the 2016 budget. abc 7 asked about the amount of tablets in use as well as the amount of money spent. they say it is less than a million dollars and really would have no impact on the current deficit. if we are going to continue face deficits of this size, bigger thanto think can we cut this position or can we not buy this device. the current deficit is $38 million. that could balloon to $40 million to $50 million by next year. we have the answer for you news atp on abc 7 news 5:00. live in sterling, jeanette .eyes, abc 7 news our question of the day using public school students should have to pay to get to and from school? go to the wjla facebook page to share your thoughts. a man wearing nothing but a diaper, bloodsoaked clothing and knife, that is what police say pulled overhen they couple suspected in a bizarre invasion in mclea

we're seeing 60s with even 50s entering loudoun and montgomery county. so enjoy it. if you're in one of those warm spots now. because the cold is on the way. for the afternoon sunny but breezy. temperatures dropping off back closer to 60 by 3:00. colder north and west. we'll be in the 40s by 9:00 and in the 30s by tomorrow morning. we do have a chance for a little precip later tomorrow but i've got to tell you the cold spell we're going to get could be around for seven, maybe ten days before we get a break. it will be unseasonably chilly coming up. >>> still ahead on wusa9, ten years in the making. a first of its kind mission in space ends with >>> an amazing achievement has just been accomplished in space. for the first time in history, a spacecraft has landed on a speeding comet. it marks the highlight of a decade long mission by the european space agency. >> reporter: scientists in germany celebrated the success of a decades long dream. the rosetta space ship released a land their dropped for seven hours before attaching to a comet. >> this is a big step for human

there's our first winter storm watch of the season, always exciting, includes loudoun county, pointswest, northern fauquier, frederick county, maryland, west and north. tonight partly to mostly cloudy, breezy and mild, nice night, 46 to 52, wind southwest 10 to 20, by morning partly sunny, breezy, mid-40s to mid- 50s. can't complain about that, but by afternoon wind die down. day planner low 50s to start downtown temps. some in the burbs. 56 at 11:00, 57 at 1 p.m. no surprise here. it is yellow, rain and snow wednesday and then maybe a flurry on turkey day, temps around 40. next seven days cold friday, low 40s and really pretty nice now. for the terps low 50s, for the ravens upper 50s, watch that game here on channel 9. even monday maybe a shower, but temperatur >>> taking a live look over st. louis county where a grand jury decision is expected tonight in the case out of ferguson, a very large crowd already gathered there right now. >> that's the building where the announcement is expected. we think it will happen about 9:00. as soon as we get it, we'll send out a breaking news aler

down in the low to mid-40s in montgomery, loudoun county. it's a bit milder in fairfax. it's around 50 degrees. also around 50 in prince george's county. district of columbia, low 50s. low 50s, chesapeake bay. farther west, low 50s there. out in the mountains, most locations there just in the 40s. drive time forecast for the morning drive, definitely have to have the heater on. temperatures in the 40s now through 9:00 this morning. then during the afternoon, bright sunshine. those winds will be gusting. grab on that steering wheel. we'll be in the mid-50s during the afternoon. when you're going to be heading out tonight, a chilly night going forward through the evening. back down to the upper 40s by 8:00 p.m. under a clear sky. by 11:00, it's going to be in the low 40s. this time tomorrow morning, starting off saturday morning, mid-30s. so a cold start to the weekend. coming up next, weather and traffic on the 1s. we'll take you through hour by hour the next 24 hours and looking toward you the weekend. now let's check on the roads with melissa. >>> and another accident t

temperatures near 30 in montgomery, fairfax, loudoun and prince william and fauquier. prince george's, mid-30s. mid 30s in washington and by the chesapeake bay. the hour by hour cold changes for the day ahead. and a look at a new crash this morning. here's melissa. >> brand-new crash. getting some more information from police. they are just on their way. we understand it is a car versus a motorcycle. try to get more information on this. we could have closures coming up. 66 to 29, looking just fine. wider look at things, no major issues. we're seeing a slowdown here. 295 as you pass 50. that's typical once you hit the 6:00 hour on a weekday. cherry hill and 95 looking good and moving along quite nicely. and beltway at colesville. outer loop about as good as it gets. more information on this accident coming up. and of course travel times at 6:11. >>> 6:01 right now. today the main suspect in the death of a uva student will be in a fairfax county courtroom to face charges in a differen. megan mcgrath will explain what happened >> reporter: matthew is a prime suspect in th

near 60, loudoun. mid-60s prince william, stafford, spotsylvania. a mild morning, followed by a warm afternoon. a chaps of rain and snow on wednesday. next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at your neighborhood temperature at 6:11. we have had a crash early on. what's going on with that? >> another new crash, bw parkway northbound at arundel mills boulevard. earlier we were seeing something on the other side. chopper 4 over this right now trying to figure out where this crash is. beltway, connecticut avenue, we have a mess here. outer loop crash. that is the outer loop. now a crash inner loop. it is a mess in either direction. very, very slow. 270, pretty typical. d.c., 295. 66 and 95, again, looking pretty typical this time of the day as we are in the 6:00 hour. both running 40 miles per hour. i'm pack in 10 minutes with travel times >> see you then. 6:02 is your time right now. he was a larger than life figure in d.c. politics. the district is working on plans for a memorial servi. we're also learning about what caused the former mayor's death

southern frederick and loudoun county. a few pockets of moderate showers in prince william, fauquier and western fairfax. what to wear this morning, definitely have an up principle la. you might want a light jacket with a hood if you don't have an umbrella. cool temperatures through 8:00 this morning. drying out after that temporarily. sun may break out around noon time. a small chance of an additional shower. highs reaching mid-60s around 2:00. back to the low '60s by late afternoon. a look at when this rain will likely end is next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa just told me they have a new crash. where is this? >> braddock road west. it is an overturned vehicle. trying to get more information from police here about what is being blocked at this point. right now this just happened. a couple minutes ago. 270 at clarksburg road, you can see how wet these roads are. 66 headed into town, headed out of town, no problems there. 95 in virginia is moving along for us. indian head highway at the beltway, a little s

let's start with the warnings, winter storm warning still in effect for loudoun county points west and also frederick county, maryland, points north and west and a winter weather advisory just to the west of i- 95 which includes montgomery county, fairfax and prince william county as well as southern fauquier back into culpeper. you folks well northwest hagerstown, winchester and cumberland is the bull's eye because you have elevation. this storm is going to affect the entire eastern seaboard. don't go north tomorrow really. how much snow? east of i-95 not much, a trace to maybe an inch, more like a trace, but west of 95 even clipping northwest d.c. could be 1 to 2 inches which includes manassas, fairfax, mclean, reston, silver spring and wheaton, but gaithersburg to leesburg 2 to 4-4-inch band. a little north of that essentially up in frederick county 4 to 8 inches from frederick to hagerstown to winchester to cumberland to romney. out toward hagerstown and cumberland and romney 6 to 8 inches. so the impact meter, how will it affect you? given that it's wednesday before thanksgiving o

loudoun, prince william, down to falkier and culpeper counties. afternoon highs, near 70 in the bay and in the district and much of maryland. much of virginia in the 70s. in fact, near 80 degrees from fredericksbu over toward the central blue ridge. shenandoah valley well into the 70s. voting in west virginia should be near 70 degrees. and we'll have a partly cloudy sky with a light breeze coming in out of the south and west to bring the warmth in throughout the entire region for the afternoon. and this mild pattern does continue tomorrow. our average high this time of the year is 62. way above that today and again tomorr up near 70 on wednesday and partly sunny. the front comes tough on thursday. getting temperatures back down into the 60s. showers looking likely on thursday. an umbrella day with mid to late afternoon thunder. the wind settles down with highs in the 50s. a look at the county-by-county neighborho highs throut the day. melissa has breaking news on the roads. >>> breaking news in silver spring at new hampshire avenue at randolph roa

. >> reporter: paying to get on the school bus in loudoun county could be a reality. i'm surae chinn with that controversia >>> right now loudoun county public schools could be the first in the state of virginia to charge students to ride the bus, but they need the okay of legislators in richmond. surae chinn is live on this story with a whole lot of reaction from parents. >> reporter: nobody thinks this is a popular idea, but school board members just want that option in tough economic time. some parents say this is a lesser of two evils. others say it's a slippery slope. >> i don't like that at all. i think that's a terrible idea. >> reporter: stephanie cole is picking up her 9-year-old daughter from ashburn elementary school today, but with three children paying for bus rides would add up quickly. >> i think we pay enough as it is. >> all we're asking them to do is sort of untie our hands to give us additional tools to assist us in dealing with budget issues. >> reporter: loudoun county school board member bill fox says he would rather not have students pay, but in

the upper 30s in loudoun county and down to prince william. war renton, 42. dulles at 38 this morning. walking to the metro this morning, you're walking to the bus stop and it will be chilly in the 40s. then during the afternoon, partly sunny, beautiful afternoon. temperatures reaching around 70 degrees in the metro area. and even milder weather for southern maryland. across north/central virginia, a few isolated spots like fredericksbu ove to culpeper and near staten, virginia, in the upper 70s by mid-afternoon. a beautiful day coming up with great weather for the election in west virginia, virginia, maryland, distr of columbia and delaware. then tomorrow the mild pattern continues. highs reaching the upper 60s to near 70 and partly sunny. then o thursday, a front sweeps through. likely getting us some rain. that's the next chance of rain on thursday. occasional showers for the morning all the way into the afternoon wit hig reaching the mid-60s. maybe the afternoon could get a rumble of thunder. after that, the showers clear out. we get gusty winds on friday

coming up on news4 at 5:00, we'll talk to voters out there in loudoun county about those two marquis race. we're focused on the u.s. senate race and the tenth district congressional race. from mclean, i'm julie carey, news4. >> thanks, julie. >>> we're closely watching the race for maryland's next governor. chris gordon is live it at the polling station at largo high school with more. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon. you see more voters are showing up now that work is ending and people are coming here before dinner. we expect the rush this evening. prince george's county is considered primarily democratic, but the maryland governor's race is no sure thing. republican candidate larry hogan campaigned here heavily, and his father served as county executive and representative to the u.s. congress decades ago. it is also important to remember that prince george's county is home to the democratic candidate, lieutenant governor anthony brown. here in prince george's county, the majority of voters we spoke with today cast their ballots for anthony brown. >> i voted for brown. >> why? >>

biggest impacts will be around loudoun county, back towards frederick county and everybody to the west. i'm going to have more on the sbikts over the next couple minutes, around 5:15. we'll break it down and show when this snow moves in and what to expect next. >> all right. thank you, doug. >>> we are learning more tonight about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. nbc news reports he resigned unpressure. white house officials acknowledging that pentagon priorities have changed because the international landscape has changed since hagel joined the cabinet. >> it doesn't mean that secretary hagel hasn't done an excellent job of managing these crises as they have cropped up. but that another secretary might be better suited to meet those challenges. that was something the two of them agreed. >> president obama picked hagel two years ago to oversee the downsizing of the defense department, and the withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan. insiders are telling nbc news that the white house was not confident that hagel was the man to take charge of the war on isis and, of co