all snow in montgomery frederick, loudoun county. and about the northern half of fairfax county also mostly snow at this points. all rain charles, calvert st. mary's. basically the rain snow line is right along route 50. south of route 50 rain. north, snow. 36 down south of town. impacts highest north and west. worst roads will be 70 270, 81. >>> breaking news still have this problem northbound bw parkway. northbound traffic being hushpushed on to 50. 295 south at pennsylvania avenue we have a brand new crash here. so going to start see something real delays. longer than the 1 1/2 mile southbound delays on bw parkway seeing right now. 270 south germantown to the beltway, about 8 minutes behind. outer loop, 21. like to see that around 12 usually.55 quantico to the beltway 15 minutes behind. 66 not the so bad. >>> a promise from d.c.'s government. department of transportation holds its pothole pa lucia nextapolooza next week. it will aim to get them filled 48 hours after the reports come in instead of the normal 72 hours. you can see t

leesburg -- loudoun. leesburg, you'll start to see flakes in a few minutes. >>> again, vre canceled today. marc canceled today. dash in fairfax connector running on a saturday schedule and the ride on bus on an s schedule this morning. metro right now on schedule. the buses are operating on a moderate snow plan. metroaccess paratransit service is suspended today. back to you. >>> it is 6:4 2k. we have -- 6:42. we have sleeting in manassas, even sleeter. sleet in silver spring and the snow is moving in right behind it. everyone in our viewing area should be seeing it by later this morning. >> sow what does it look like in laurel right -- so what does it look like in laurel right now? we have the answer. scott broom is driving there now. how does it look, scott? >> reporter: hey, good morning. i slipped past laurel. i'm coming down to powder mill road at the top of the beltway. here's a look out the window. you can see it's raining. this rain dynamic is different from a lot of the storms we've had this year

they have their work cut out for them as do all the snowplows here around leesburg and loudoun county. so if you have to go out today, be extra cautious of those snowplows because they need a lot of room to do work. but if you can help it, stay at home. back to you in the studio. >> that's the best advice for everybody today if you don't have to be out. remember, we'll have the the latest forecast, closings and road condition information. you can get it right on your smartphone. just download the wusa9 news app. >>> a reminder right now through through:30 too -- 6:30 tonight, our snow help desk is standing by. you can call the number on your screen with any weather related questions or >>> welcome back. this is a live shot near i-81 north near winchester, virginia. a tractor-trailer accident. the best idea is for stay off the roads. this is exactly why. >> you can see here's visibility is pretty pour out there. this is the second tractor- trailer accident we've reported on within an hour or so. you can see the road conditions deteriorating very quickly. >> the know is supposed to stic

loudoun county schools opening two hours late. arcing cables are to blame for this pothole explosion. these covers can weigh about 100 pounds. >>> a community meeting ended with nearly a dozen people being arrested in philadelphia. protesters threw chairs and punches, upset that no charges were being brought against a police officer after a deadly shooting this december. brandon tate bourne was fatally shot during a traffic stop. police say they spotted a gun in the car. philadelphia's police commissioner and district attorney tried to explain to the protesters who disrupted the meeting why the use of deadly force was not a crime in that situation. but the protesters chanted no justice, no peace. >>> it is now 4:59. amazon is one step closer to delivering your packages by drone. the federal aviation administration granted amazon an experimental air worthiness certificate and that allows the company to test its unmanned aircraft. the certificate does come with some restrictions. amazon will only be able to fly its test drones durin

we're getting the snow now falling in loudoun coty. area in the white and great now snowing in leesburg. as well as montgomery county, maybe a little light snow there. and then heavier shows, one band there that stretches from just near frederick over to south of hagerstown martinsburg and long 81. winchester to near front royal. and there is another batch there coming into northern fauquier county. metro area around washington now, mostly rain. a little sleet trying to mix in. what is freezing is melting on any roads except farther north and west, it is starting to stick. leaving 4 to 6 inches in washington, southern eastern suburbs. north and west, northwest washington as well as montgomery western fairfax, loudoun, prince william and shenandoah valley, all those zones could get 6 to 8 inches by the time this all tapers off and ends by later this evening. this radar changing minute by minute. another look coming up at 6:41. any accidents? >> yes, i have a brand new accident here in-arener loop at pennsylvania avenue. so be careful co

a past record of arrest may come back to haunt a loudoun county supervisor. surae chinn brings us this story coming up at 5:30. >> also how this hi-tech necklace could be the answer for folks trying to lose weight. >> wonder if it helps people with sugar issues. >> plus we're in for a thorough soaking tonight, but topper is back after the break with the good news in this weekend's forecast. >> reporter: many lawmakers and high ranking officials gathered in bethesda today to honor men and women who worked at protecting and serving >>> higher taxes, more spending, all this could be coming to prince george's county. the executive there, rushern baker's budget proposal has a bit of everything. property taxes would go up 15% to the highest rate in the region. to save money 110 county workers would be laid off and all county workers would be furloughed for five days. the big winners are schools and public safety, 100 new police officers, 100 new firefighters planned and schools will get an increase of $133 million with the goal of making the system one of the state

. >>> arlington, loudoun, spotsylvania stafford closed in virginia. also closed fauquier culpeper rappahannock and king george. >>> alexandria fredericksburg, falls church manassas city and maeps park schools are all closed as well. and in west virginia we just learned that berkeley jefferson, grant, morgan an mineral county schools are all closed today. we have complete list scrolling on the bottom of your screen and also on on the nbc washington app. >>> right now if you look out the window, you're probably just seeing rain falling. but that will containing to snow later this morning. we have team coverage of this incoming winter storm as much as 8 inches of snow could fall in montgomery county today. megan mcgrath is live in gaithersburg to show us why this is a ricktricky storm to get ready for. >> reporter: and it's because of the rain coming first. we're here at the salt doun dome in gaithersburg and you can see the front end loader is moving the salt around. just a few minutes ago, they actually filled up a truck and that rubbing went out and h

. >>> man's best friend a hero tonight for one loudoun county family. >> our stephanie ramirez talked with them today about how a four-legged fixture in their family saved their lives. >> reporter: i'm stephanie ramirez in loudoun county where a family tells me their 14-year- old dog saved them from tragedy after a fire broke out in their home before 6 a.m. yesterday morning. >> he's the best dog. >> reporter: with white hairs on his face, 14-year-old mico a lab shepherd mix may move a little slower now, but nothing gets in the way of mico and his family, saving them from a quick moving fire. 6 a.m. sunday morning a fire started on the right side of the home. it traveled through the living and dining room areas. >> this is the closest smoke alarm here to where the fire actually started. >> reporter: meyers tells me mico sleeps down here and began making a commotion, which is physically hard for him to do. he woke up the family at least five minutes before their smoke detectors went off. >> he ultimately saved our live. we'll be forever grateful. >> reporter: it will be a couple months

montgomery and loudoun in the upper 20s to near 30. and south and east of washington in the low 30s. a few scattered flurries and look at the wind there. a live view. the winds have been gusting to around 20 to 25 miles an hour. look at the wind chills. they are down into the teens. this is feeling more like february. it will be april. keep up with this cold weather and maybe flurries for later today. dress like this young lady and might need the sunglasses as we will have sun coming and going. look at the sunrise in garrett county. a couple of inches of fresh snow around the valley where temperatures were in the single digits. this is taken by ellen callahan. post your photos on twitter and facebook and i posted them on stain gram laz. the sky over washington with the clouds off to the east of us producing the flurries. woe will have welcome sunshine at least. the march sun gets high in the sky and the winds stay blustery and maybe a passing flurry later in the afternoon. temperatures by late afternoon in the low to mid 40s. then over

county -- montgomery county and into loudoun county. there is a heavy little downpour north of warrenton and up 270 past rockville, jermantown and clarksburg, heavy activity in yellow. this is a good little downpour between clarkbsurg and lay tonsburg, laytonsville and colesville at -- laytonsville and colesville it will cross over about 7:30. we've seen winds gusting to 43 miles per hour at 6:00 and now still gusting to 25 miles per hour in leesburg and 21 miles per hour in manassas. we'll come back, talk about the expanded wind advisory and when that expires and look ahead to the upcoming weekend. >>> still ahead on wusa9 news a political crisis has the governor of indiana calling for a quick fix to the state's new religious freedom law. >> plus a photo of a scared syrian girl surrendering to a cameraman goes viral. this story and a lot more just ahead. thank you for being a sailor, and my daddy. thank you mom, for protecting my future. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are thankful for many things. the legacy

and you'll soon see relief on route 7 in loudoun county. construction now under way to complete a missing section of russell branch parkway. it's a several hundred foot stretch east of ashburn road. the road is slated to open sometime in 2016. >>> 6:54. new developments from the university of maryland after a student came under fire for an offensive e-mail that went public. megan mcgrath live in college park now with more on this. >> reporter: good morning. we're learning more about the status of a university of maryland student who wrote an offensive e-mail with racial slurs and references to rape. we've learned that that student will not be returning to campus this semester. the student who wrote the e-mail was a member of the kappa sigma fraternity at the time the message was written. it was written about a year ago but only recently came to the attention of university officials. now, a letter sent to students by the vice president of student affairs last night says by mutual consent between the student, his family and the university he

loudoun county deputies now reinvestigating accusations of abuse here. former church members going so far as to call cavalry temple a cult. we spoke via skype to caitlin skeerts, formerly caitlin scott, the pastor's adopted granddaughter. she said she endured years of abuse within her own family. >> i was tired of being hit and punched and thrown into walls and thrown downstairs. and tired of being dropped off on the side of the road and being forced to walk all the way to work. >> reporter: at 16 she left home and the church. she lives out of the area but didn't want to say where. there have been no charges filed against pastor scott. i did call the office but they didn't want to comment. at 5:00 you'll hear more from his estranged granddaughter and see how this goes well beyond one person. in sterling, david culvert, news4. >>> a local daycare owner is out of jail on bond after being arrested on child abuse charges. her name is ana valentin. police say an infant in her care stopped breathing and wound up in the hospital. it happened in january at valen

you'll soon see relief on route 7 in loudoun county.ction under way to complete a missing section of russell branch parkway. it's a several hundred foot stretch just east of ashburn road. you can stay with first 4 traffic for updates as we get closer to seeing that roads is slated for sometime in 2016 p. >>> price of a saltwater fishing license is going down. it will cost you you $17.50 for an individual license starting april 1. that's 5s less than the price right now. a group license to cover everyone on a boat for a year will fall from $53 down to $48. good news there. >>> big changes could be coming to the service many of us use to listen to music. landon dowdy here with that story and more. >> good morning. apple is overhauling its music business. the "new york times" reports the company is working with engineers at beats tocompete with spotify and seek more exclusive album releases. itunes will unveil all of this in early skrun. and starbucks says let them drink cake. the coffee giant is offering a special birthday cake version fo

it does include loudoun and montgomery counties but it does not include fairfax arlington, the strict or prince george's county. rain quickly changing over to snow though. and as a result slushy snowy commute in the morning and western suburbs. roads could be quite slushy at times up towards hagerstown and along 270. most impactful time is between now and about noontime today. storm team 4 radar, all rain south along i-95 toward fredericksburg and along 295 down into part of prince george's county. but there is the changeover right there. here is the top part of the capital beltway. raindrops and snowflakes mixing now into far northwest washington. also across much of fairfax county now. still rain in fairfax, but snowflakes mixing in as you get out toward reston town center. snow quickly changing over across the blue ridge, as well. so highest impact here northern maryland today. how much snow? generally an inch or less in and around town. but 1 to 3 as close in as really gaithersburg and germantown out toward leesburg and 3 to 5 inch across northern maryland into the panhandle of we

right now the storms are back towards western loudoun county.ight at 11:00, south to fredericksburg quantico waldorf seeing the heavier rain. it could still around through tomorrow morning. if you have plans to head out tomorrow morning for that morning rush 8:00, the rain right down through southern maryland, right along i-95. most of this on the lighter side through around the 8:00 hour and even through 1:00 in the afternoon. i still think we see more shower activity throughout the morning. one thing we'll see for sure tomorrow is going to be the cooler air. look at the highs. today 77. tomorrow 26 degrees colder. a high of 51 degrees. 49 gaithersburg 52 in manassas. cloud cover, some showers early, and then clearing out. tomorrow's impact forecast going to be on the low to moderate side. chilly with those showers continuing throughout much of the morning hours and into the early afternoon for some of us, mostly i-95 to the east but that includes washington. we go down to about 42 on saturday windchills could be in the lower 30s on saturday af

so we have all these counties in pink northern virginia, including fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier stafford over to culpeper. charles and st. mary's also just you included into the advisories. mountains, at or a little below freezing. because skies have still remained fairly clear around the metro area but as the rain moves in we will likely have a little bit of light icing so watch out for that between now and mid-morning. by 8:00 9:00 most of the region should be above freezing with the light rain. maybe sprinkles by noontime. mid 50s drg the afternoon, small chance of some sprinkles. >>> big chance of road work here this morning with your shawl chance of sprinkles. 66 west at glebe, we have two left lanes blocked. that is expected to wrap up around 5:00 this morning. taking a look at prince george's county everything in and town looks good. 270 at montrose, no issues there. 95 at lorton road rolling along quite nicely. time to get street smart. safety officials are kicking off a safety campaign. molette green live in college park with what they want you to start doing t

loudoun county, northern falk eyer. even if we don't have that advisory s be a very cold morning when you wake up. 15 d.c. 7 gaithersburg feels like 1 in hagerstown. the wind is starting to pick up as the colder air moves in. friday headlines, a rough a.m. commute for sure. if you are driving in a lot of rough roads, frigid day tomorrow. and finally warmer yes. we will finally get warmer over the next couple of days. we have live team coverage. veronica johnson has spoke to v-dot today about its expectations for road conditions tomorrow morning. the roads after the storm stopped a couple of hours ago, they're still pretty bad. >> reporter: they are still pretty bad. that's the thing. this is the intersection of spelt run and lee highway. and in fact the sidewalks are faring a lot better than the actual road. still covered with a lot of slush around here as we made our way over to this area. this is what most of the roads actually look like. in fact i stood out here just a couple of minutes ago. yes, they're slushy. i've

. >> the increase that could come down for homeowners in loudoun county.re learning how bob mcdonnell is making his case for appeal. why he's innocent of corruption he says. >>> storm team radar showing sleet and rain coming into the area then we'll see major changes in the next 24 hours. tom is timing out what you'll see. it includes some snow. ♪ insight is knowing you made the right decision from the start. insight is knowing how to handle things that don't go as planned. and sometimes it's knowing when to step back and see things differently. when you have insight, you can handle your finances with confidence. that's why at pnc insight is behind all the expert guidance we provide tools we create and services we offer. >>> right now another one of those dreaded wintery mixes heading this way. storm team 4 radar working hard right now. the the trip home from work could be atricky one. >> apparently there's flurries out west right now. >>> and it's another case where the amount isn't the big deal. of course the timing is important. good morning to you. >>

loudoun county closed. fairfax, montgomery arlington and prince william county schools also all closed. >> also closed schools if fauquier county and culpeper and the city of falls church. prince george's county, spotsylvania, stafford and frederick county hear land are on a two hour lay. >>> alexandria, d.c. fredericksburg and manassas park also on a come two hour delay. washington alleghany charles, st. mary's and calvert all starting two hours late. >> howard, anne arundel also two hours late as are paparappahannock king george. birkly jefferson, mineral and morgan county starting two hours late. >> frederick county virginia and clarke county schools on a one hour delay. for the complete list check the nbc washington app or watch the scroll at the bottom of the screen. >>> be sure to take your time walking out the door this morning. ice is covering sidewalks and side streets this morning. heavy ice on trees bringing down branches this morning and causing power outages, as well. megan mcgrath is live in n

central fairfax county out to loudoun county, the freezing rain has finally come to an end. you will notice a little green in here into the district -- that is where we have the mixing occurring with the warmer air filtering down to the surface. it is still slick out there and the national weather service including the district and surrounding counties are under a store morning. until -- in terms of what we expect, now finally above freezing at reagan national. the roads are still freezing in gaithersburg. we will head over to eileen and what to expect into tomorrow. >> as we get into the day tomorrow conditions will be better, but a long-standing freezing rain event and we have great pictures sent in to our wonderful weather watchers. maybe you will be using capital bike share. look at this ice covering one of the doors here. the window is farther down. look at all of the icicles in hyattsville. this is something you will be dealing with as you are getting out the door for your commute. most of this is pushing off to the east but still a little freezing drizzle. it is possi

chuck symbol in the storm team 4x4 in loudoun county. any improvements out there?e you seeing? >> reporter: no improvements at all, eun. just got out of the truck here in purcellville talked to a sweet lady she's driving the snow plow down through the neighborhoods. got out, got the snow stick out, pat collins snow stick and mischered a fresh four inches of snow here. making our way towards the d.c. metro area. it's 25 degrees with still moderate snow out here in the northern parts of loudoun county. and the road conditions remain very very slippery indeed as we've been saying all morning. we say it every time if you don't have to be on the roads don't get out on the roads and you want to win your snow stick, put some sort of your favorite team gear on it. i repeat double credit for boomer sooner gear on your snowman. eun? >> okay. i'm going to have to say, double credit for the terps! i have to challenge cluck on that. send your pics. >>> next stop fairfax county the snow started at daybreak and conditions are getting worse. >> many are sitting at home dreading th

i love you. >> reporter: in loudoun county stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >> loudoun county fire still trying to figure out what caused that fire. stephanie did tell us the owners want to give him a steak dinner, but he's so old, so he wouldn't be able to enjoy it. >>> the only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. >> thank goodness for a little warmer weather. this weekend was whoo. >> on saturday it was a record low maximum at dulles, only 37 for a high. >> it felt like 2 degrees. >> with the wind it felt like 10, 12. i think we turned the corner. where he were in the 60s today and we may be 70 on thursday. >> stop it, topper. >> there's a couple things in between there, though. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, still 63, very dry air mass, relative humidity only 24%. winds increasing out of the west at 13. they'll also change a bit and become more southwesterly. that will keep us in the warm sector of air until the cold front goes through tomorrow afternoon, quiet, chilly tonight, breezy. bus stop temperatures 36 to 50

today, dozens of people in loudoun county protested in front of a controversial church. calvary temple has come under fire for reports of sex abuse. diane cho was there today. she has new developments from one of the alleged victims. diane: dozens of people lined up across the street from calvary temple on sunday morning holding signs protesting against the church. protester: it is a shock to realize all of the craziness. diane: this after the sheriff's office confirmed they are investigating allegations of sexual assault at the church. they said because it is an ongoing case, they cannot release other details. one of the victims, who was out of town when we called, said the sexual abuse started when she was 12 or 13. she is now 26. >> we are hoping there will be evidence and people will come forward, and people will be called accountable. diane: john is a former member. he and other members describe it as a cultlike atmosphere. john: part of the difficulty to recovery is, there is no justice. diane: andrew lawrence was raised in the church for 27 years, and is no longer

winter weather advisory in effect for western loudoun, northern faulkier and everybody to the north and west winter storm warning for berkeley county towards washington county area and areas west. some areas will see a big impact. we'll talk about that more in a couple minutes. >>> now to a story we broke this afternoon on the nbc washington app. this involves your safety on metro. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss has learned about several fires caused by the lights in the handrails. this was at two stations along metro's brand-new silver line. ed a sam there now to tell us if this was a problem known before the stations opened today. adam? >> reporter: that's right, wendy. this is an odd situation. there was a fire during the construction of the silver line. the handrails there, a fire during the construction. recently right here at the tyson's corner station and tallas greensboro station, two of these handrails overheated and caught fire. the handrails line the steps at stations. underunderneath the handrails lights are built in to light the steps in the dark. a couple of those

that advisory through the counties in purple mostly maryland loudoun county included too. temperatures rising from the low and mid-30s in a few locations to our north and west to upper 30s by 9:00 10:00. all this ending and moving out around 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. that's round one. round two we get the heavy rain. that's tomorrow. then some colder air comes in late tomorrow. what that will do is allow this to change over from rain to the white that you see. that is snow. that is the transition that we'llweill be taking place. what will have a major impact on our area, this major system for late tomorrow into thursday. heavy rain we'll talk amounts and areas might see localized flooding. more important we'll talk about the heavy snow widespread this time throughout the area. i think this is this will be one of our biggest snowstorms of the season. >>> it didn't take long for a lot of local schools to start changing their plans for the afternoon. these schools called off all activities for the afternoon and evening in maryland prince george's county howard anne arundel, and

it includes loudoun county fairfax county and really anybody along the potomac to the

without more money, loudoun county schools face a $22 million deficit. a property tax increase of $100 for a medium priced home would eliminate most of that deficit. next on abc 7 news at 6:00 a man who was arrested with a plot to attack the u.s. capital has new warnings. interruption to the first taste of spring. when we could see another round of wintry weather. >> and i'm robert burton. coming up in sports, why the terps and the hoyas got a little more excited about the ncaa tournament and the nats won't have one of their key pieces for opening day. that and more as abc 7 news at 6:00 conti >> a judge denied bail for a man suspected for five shootings including one at the n.s.a. hong young appeared at a hearing today in anne arundel county. he's charged with attempted murder and assault in a shooting that injured a man near the arundel mills mall. the judge agreed with prosecutors that young was a flight risk. new at 6:00 the ohio man accused of planning an attack on the u.s. capitol says more attacks are coming. christopher cornell made the revelatio

and out in to loudoun county you can see one to three inches.ezing with a lot of this accumulation that will be on the gasty surfaces for the trees and the shrubs. but north of that, west of route 15 in loudoun county, i think that you can get three to six inches or more, especially hagerstown to frederick and parts of i-70. north of i-70. i had to bring that out here again. on a scale of one to ten, it will be a nasty community. a it is friday, never good. roads will be wet or slushy. and it will be, you know, snowing or raining, not a good combination. but a live look out here. still 52 downtown and winds are light. still very, very dry. here is the radar over the past hour as you can see all the activity in the valley and back in to kentucky and tennessee and in to north carolina, eventually moving northward. the morning commute will be a mess and slow no doubt they will cut that accumulation particularly on the roadway surfaces. mainly rain. but still a slow commute. yes, now, 1:00 in the morning, here is your rain and even as we would get i

howard frederick, loudoun. in pair fax county now in the upper 30s.er south from prince william county stafford spotsylvania to fauquier and culpeperer hovering right near 40 degrees, but it may drop a couple more degrees over the next couple of hour. by 8:00, mox of the reenlgst of the region in the low to mid-30s with a partly sunny sky. bright sunshine by noontime. mid-40s. this afternoon, hovering around 50 degrees. cooler and the average high but still pleasant and lots of sunshine and light wind. the average high is 59. and we'll be below that today and again tomorrow. then we'll soar above that on thursday. in fact thursday may be near 70 degrees. share that. spread that around to all your friends. 70 degrees maybe on thursday. and then on friday we get a little bit cooler than amp for the weekaverage for the weekend. upper 50s near 60 on wednesday. and then soaring to maybe even low 70s in a few spots on thursday with scattered showers. some rain showers are looking likely on thursday with that mild air. now, going forward into the weekend, st

weather advisories have been extended into howard county and all of loudoun county. but still does not include d.c. fairfax county and prince george's county and areas to the south and east. we may still see snow but the biggest impacts to the northwest. winter storm warnings up around martinsburg and haguers town. here's what to expect from this storm. snow for the morning rush. that's why this is a big deal but i don't think ithe roads. minimal impact on the roads and most of the snow out of here before noon. how muchr area coming up in a minute. >>> crews are mobilizing to help keep your commute safe. there will be 380 trucks in northern virginia alone on the roads to treat trouble spots. maryland will have crews out for the rush hour but transportation officials in both states are still warning everyone to take it slowly and drive with caution. we'll be back on the air tomorrow morning starting at 4:26 a.m. with the latest on any possible closings and delays. you can check for updates any time on our facebook and twitter pages and on the nbc washington app. >>> n

our surae chinn is in loudoun county with more on that. >> reporter: there were all sorts of issues out here as we are near the leesburg outlet just off of route 7 on route 15. and where there were plenty of issues here. but throughout loudoun county, it was a mess. >> reporter: drivers drove in to ditches on route 15 north near the outlets. >> did you just lose control? >> yes. >> reporter: more of them got stuck on belmont ridge road and emergency crews responded to fender benders on route 7. they had multiple accidents where people drove right in to a wooden fence. >> and keep crashing and wrecking. front wheel drive and stuff. >> a bunch of ice and snow and sliding around. >> i'm happy now that i got off work early. >> very surprised. the roads are bad. >> slipping and slide -- sliding, but we have four-wheel drive so we were just taking it slow. >> reporter: but the people on foot seem to be okay. how is the walking in this? >> it is not that bad. >> reporter: okay, any slipping and sliding? >> no, no. >> reporter: having fun? [ laughter ] what are you up to? how do you like a snow

. >>> a loudoun county family says they're alive today thanks to their dog. at 14 years of age mico has a hard time walking and barking now, but nothing stopped him from waking up the family to a fire early sunday morning. david meyers said mico woke him before his house alarms went off. >> i'm not even sure we could have gotten out because the smoke was really starting to fill up inside the house. so i attribute being here today that my dog saved our lives. >> meyers' 3-year-old girl was treated for smoke inhalation, then released. loudoun county county fire is still investigating what caused this fire. >>> let's face it. finding love this day in age can be hard, especially if you smoke pot, really? coming up we'll help smokers connect with that special someone with app. >> but when a firefighter steps on a roof of a burning home, it's incredible video. >> breezy on the terrace but nice. winds increase tomorrow. here's our wind gust tracker. by 5:00 tomorrow winds could gust to 34 mile-per-hour downtown and 48 mile-per-hour wind gusts out toward leesburg an

. >>> the loudoun county sheriff's office is asking anyone to come forward if you know anything about an alleged sex assault as a church. they're investigating calvary ten temple after two women say they were assaulted when they were children. a peaceful protest will be held outside the church on sunday. >>> we're closely watching the developments out of france this morning. investigators are looking into what sparked the co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525 to crash a plane in the french alps. they say andreas lubitz killed himself and 149 other people including a virginia mother and her daughter. some friends say lubitz was battling depression and was burnt out. however lufthansa says he was 150% fit to fly. >> my firm confidence in the selection of all pilots in the training of all pilots the equaled if i indication of all pilots and the work of all pilots has not been touched by this single tragedy. >> police have searched the apt the of lubitz. tracie potts will be live from capitol hill in a couple minutes with more. >>> the suspect in a fatal drunk driving accident heads to cour

eastern west virginia, shenandoah valley including fairfax and loudoun, prince william, fauquier. as well as stafford and culpeper. southern maryland, too. this is under this freezing rain advisory until noon today. but most of the temperatures should be getting above freezing by mid morning. right now we're just in the mid-20s to upper 20s nearby suburbs. by the time the rain arrives in e above freezing by mid-morning. next a look at your drive time forecast through the day ahead. >>> still have a crash 95 north at garrisonville. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. but we're starting to get a yellow spot here headed out of stafford. 66 through manassas a little slow as well. kind of a normal slowdown. 270 at old hundred road through hyatts town southbound a little slow around the bend and then it opens back up. wider look rolling quite nicely. chopper 4 over the outer loop at 95 headlights are the outer loop everything rolling along well. >>> new developments out of france morning. crews are back out searching debris following a deadly plane crash. they're to figure out w

arlington, loudoun spotsylvania stafford and fredericksburg city are closed as well p. >>> also fauquier culpeper rappahannock and king george all closed. in maryland charles, st. mary's howard anne arundel and we've learned calvert county schools are now closed. >> alexandria falls church manassas manassas park schools are closed as well. the complete list on nbc washington nbcwashingto and at the of your screen. we're covering all angles of the storm. and temperatures will be dropping with the snow. tom is timing out when it would be the coldest. >> and you can't talk about the snow without talking about a snowball fight. where you can join in on the fun today. >> and while you're just seeing rain now you will see snow later on this morning. a live look at radar here for you. you can see the pink and white starting to mix down into our area. the full for >>> the 4 x 4 is driving around 270 northbound. here is a live look. chuck bell is in there. you can tell it's just raining right now but we know the snow will be coming and the roads covered later today. tom will tell us when the temp

it was voted to call the stops at route 772 and 606 ashburn and loudoun gateway. they will now be forwarded to the metro board which also needs to approve them. the names were chosen after a public survey of possible options. the next phase of the siltver lane scheduled to open in late 2018 or early 2019. forecast. >> a good thursday morning. still a partly cloudy sky. temperatures back down near the freezing mark. 32 rockville and college park, 30 in gaithersburg. 30 in manassas. so on your way out the door it for the early morning jog plan on temperatures to be mostly in the 30s here early this morning. rising into the 40s by noon and later this afternoon temperatures up into the low 50s under an increasing clouds. check of the snow forecast map coming up at 5:21. >>> taking a look right now in silver spring, northbound georgia avenue at thayer, just hearing in my ear that it's all reopened. we'll be tweeting about this, as well. north frederick road at perry parkway, brand new crash. much more coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> the troubling graffiti sparkin

mary's, charles, fairfax, loudoun, stafford rappahannock. where the temperatures are in the 20s. but right now fredericksburg is at 37 and warrington a little above freezing. so icing is not quite occurring there, but it issing into colder air. so hour by hour through the morning, we'll have rain and icing between 8:00 through around 9:00 or 10:00. but most of the metro area should be a little above freezing. during the afternoon by 5:00 maybe a few sprinkles around and temperatures in the mid-50s. on monday, i traveled on this great school in washington the john eaton elementary school. had a terrific time there talking to the secondkdcond graders there. i want to thank teacher eileen langholtz to visit. that's in cleveland park. and all these second graders had some great questions. we had a lot of fun. they have already had a unit on weather there. great school there in cleveland park in northwest washington. and later today as we reach the mid-50s a small chance of an additional sprinkle. so have the umbrella handy. then overnight tonight, we should just have a small chance o

here western loudoun few flurries trying to reach the ground. it's not the main event. a big area under winter weather advisory. northern and eastern western virginia the metro area and maryland for the afternoon hours. that's when we'll likely see it moving through. the cold morning down to the low to mid 20s now. what melted overnight has frozen up. we have dry pavement. there's nebraska avenue live view from our tower cam this morning. patchy ice on sidewalks. watch out for that on the sleet and icing. a little bit of snow in the afternoon. a greater chance for accumulating snow coming in on thursday. look at the drive time forecast coming up at 6:11. speaking of driving this morning. we have a breaking backup. >> big backup now southbound bw parkway as you approach the beltway. chopper 4 over the scene now. take a look at this. all the headlights headed southbound. we have a four mile back up from a crash that cleared out of the way. the delays remain. we pushed it out on the nbc washington app and tweeting as well. a mess. take 95 as alternate. brunswick signal pro

and monday pry county as well as howard and in loudoun under a dense fog advisory until 10:00 as well as frederick, washington panhandle of west virginia where the visibilities are going to be down under a quarter of a mile in a few spots. so watch out, slow down, use your low beams. if you encounter some dense fog. and rain will b coming back in by later this morning. this leading edge of this next batch of rain now into southern west virginia, that will be in the metro around about 8:00 this morning. a look at a big change in our drive time commute forecast for the morning and afternoon coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. >>> we're seeing fog on the cameras. i'll show you that in a second. but i saw a lot coming down 270 was okay, but river road i hit some real patches that were very low visibility. so do be careful. i had a fox dart in front of me. wider look at things overall, no major problem here as you're taking a look at the beltway. 270 also looking quite good. nice and green northbound and southbound here. into town and out of up to on 66 are95 no problems.

loudoun county public schools are now closed. they were delayed. loudoun county public schools now closed for the day. >>> and a lot of school systems are closed because of the conditions. charlie gishler joining us on the phone. so how are you tackling the problem, icy conditions? >> yeah ice is nobody's friend here. and i think the first thing you have to do is wash it right when you walk out your door. it's pretty slick out there. but the main lines are pretty much wet right now. but that being said we're right the at that critical time where the temperatures are right there at freezing. you can go some places might be a little above freezing, some places a little below freezing. so if you go down the roadway and you see something that looks wet, maybe it's an elevated surface of roadway, maybe take your feet off the accelerator and just maybe use a lower gear. but slow down this morning. that's the key. get point a to point b safely. and also watch out for some dense fog in some of the areas. it will create some pretty dense fog in areas. so be

the yellow is heavy rain through fairfax county and loudoun county. can't get too hung up on the exact location, but parts of the metro area will have heavy down pour late morning, early afternoon. by 3:00 heavy activity across the bay, showers across leesburg, martinsburg and into the mountains. look at the temps, that is great. by 6 p.m. there will be a few showers, low 60s, no shortage of clouds. by 9:00 some breaks in the clouds, a couple sprinkles. the rain is over by 7:00. tomorrow night we clear out completely and temperatures are mild behind the front in the 50s. how much rain? close to an inch in gaithersburg, 1/2-inch downtown, around 1 inch to 3/4- inch toward hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. overnight cloudy and chilly with rain heavy at times, low temperatures in the 40s, wind southwesterly at 10. here's the day planner, rain and showers, 51 at 9:00, 58 by 1 p.m. yellow alert tomorrow, sunday pretty good, seasonable a little cool with that northwest breeze, not a bad day, wash your car, 55. very nice monday, 63 with sunshine. next

for loudoun county baltimore county, a winter weather advisory that goes as late as 2:00 p.m. moving in around midnight, mixture of rain and snow and on the radar now, there it is. we're tracking it as it makes its way northeast getting closer and closer to us. we've got more data that continue to come into storm team 4. we'll have that for you as we take another look at amounts and zoom into your neighborhood to see who's going to be impacted the greatest from this storm system. where could that snow stick the most? >>> from police violence to racist chants at white fraternities there has been growing concern about problems faced by the african-american community. >> today the urban league released its annual report on the state of black america and the focus is on another urgent issue, economics. news4's steve handelsman live on capitol hill with details. steve? >> jim, wendy, thanks. urban league's ceo told me when it comes to black employment and income and net worth, we're in a state of emergency. the urban league report finds the biggest problem facing african-americans

loudoun county, it's very different here in leesburg.ads were cleaned up pretty quickly, but on the western side there's a lot of gravel roads, it's obviously more rural and they have a much harder time out there. so they have to look at the entire picture when they're making a decision whether or not to close schools. let's see if we have that report now. we don't have it. back to you. we're out here and things are drying up and hopefully spring will be here soon. >> exactly, peggy. it's hard to believe it is going to be spring soon. >>> 6:45 is when the official spring hits. how about snow totals further north? central pennsylvania could be shoveling out 10-inch of fresh powder and new york city another 6-inch of snow and boston an inch or 2 on top of that city's record setting 108.6 inches of snow this season alone. >>> back on wusa9 with a disturbing new report on the ebola outbreak, internal documents obtained by the associated press show the world health organization delayed sounding the alarm last year by two months. the reason? o

does include loudoun county fairfax county but not much more moisture back to the west. it's these counties in through portions of southern maryland and even parts of the district that still see that winter weather advisory until 10:00. look at all the moisture here. we've got a front to the north and then a lot of moisture making its way out of the gulf. first we're going to be on the warm side of this front so that means shower activity. early tomorrow morning here we are at 8:00 a.m. shower activity by 11:30, around the noontime hour. then just plain rain. it's not showers anymore. it's rain during the afternoon. it gets fairly heavy around 9:00 tomorrow night. moderate to heavy rain here we could get upwards of a half an inch of rain. rain likely heaviest in the afternoon, with a half inch or more in most locations. that's the rain. then we get into the cold air. thursday morning 2:00 a.m. notice the rain/snow line coming close to the metro area. still rain to the south but snow to the north. by the rush 6:00 7:00 8:00 it is snow just about everywhere. the exception

>> loudoun joined that list recently of closures. just heard that we're looking at ice for another hour or two. we just got to get a little warmer. sun will be out, too we have fog, ice. a much better afternoon. >> you look out the window right now, not good. give it a couple of hours. the afternoon is going to be nice. we'll see sunshine and the sun angle is between enough that we'll see things melt. yesterday afternoon what a mess. lots of ice out there. i know on my way to the car, it was a slow slide i guess you should say with that ice on the sidewalks. the roads are doing okay unless they are untreated but our visibility is low. we have fog out there on top of all of this ice. you can't get some good -- [indiscernible] the things will be better this afternoon. near freezing right now. we're headed to the 40s for this afternoon. here are your highs. areas north of 66 will stay in the up ir30s. coming up -- upper 30s. coming up we have an active weather week ahead. first let's go to larry with timesaver traffic. >>> good morning

upper montgomery county, western loudoun beyond and a small area under winter storm warnings for the same time period. the futurecast has this timed out by 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning, areas of rain or snow will overspread the metro area from the south and west. during the course today, the farther north you are from washington, the more likely you'll see snow. farther south, likely to see all rain. in the middle zone here, the metro area, i think we'll have snow mixing with and then changing to rain later in the morning. probably by 11:00 or noon, all will push out snowwise and the whole kit and kaboodle will move out of here before noontime tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 50's on saturday. in the meantime, look for the snow to begin and we should mix and change to rain by 11:00. move out in the afternoon. highs only about 40. the temperatures will stay above freezing and the ground pretreated, i don't think the metro area will have anything more than slushy accumulations up to an inch on grassy areas. a little farther north and west, maybe one. but in winter storm warnings thre

still snow showers in through loudoun county and out towards montgomery county but along and east of i-95 that's where the bulk of the snow remains. that's where we could still pick up another 1 to 2 inches as far as that's concerned. as the snow continues to lessen in parts of the region look at our rockville camera. here's 355. i've been watching this camera all day. this is the best that 355 rockville pike has looked all afternoon. some very good news there. the main roads will get a little better. as we go through the night tonight, everything will continue to freeze as temperatures drop. and veronica johnson is outside right now. we're talking act record cold temperatures and windchills. >> that's right. out here on the storm team 4 weather deck here's our snow stick, just under 7 inches on the table. a lot of snow has piled up. and soon that will all start blowing arnold because our winds pick up late tonight as temperatures drop to the record low levels. take a look at where they are right now, 22 hagerstown 29 in d.c. by morning those temps will be in the single digits north

the leading choice is loudoun gateway and the other one, ashburn. metro will have the final say on those names. >>> metro will keep track work to a minimum on weekends during the cherry blossom festival. the first weekend of april there will be some longer waits but then there will be no track at all during the last two weeks of the festival. he cherry blossom is supposed to start, guess when friday. >> cherry blossom leads to spring. >> imagine people arriving in cherry blossom festival and seeing -- >> welcome to washington. >> you got a little snow. >> if they are here friday morning, there may be some snow under those trees, but by 5:00 any snow that fell may be gone. this will natot be a very impactful event. this is from national harbor. reagan national airport. you can see the cathedral way off in the distance. your evening planner, talking about temperatures that are going to be cooling a bit. 52 degrees with sunshine. 44 by 11:00. a chilly night but not really cold. temperatures 45 gaithersburg. temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below average du

loudoun county and spotsylvania county schools will open two hours late. in maryland, calvert, frederick, prince george's, and st. mary's counties will open two hours late. "good morning washington" starts at 4 a.m. with all the closings and delays. it was once considered a right of passage for some college kids, but violent cases of hazing in the last few years have brought the practice into question. maryland bureau chief brad bell is looking to the penalties lawmakers could sign into action. brad: kevin hayes is a young man on a mission. he was freshman class president at bowie state university. the is a private in the national guard. he hopes to be a lawyer and politician. he thought joining a fraternity would add to his experience and network. that is when the beatings began. >> multiple times per week, hours on end, we were beaten and kicked. brad: he said it was not just older students initiating the pledges. >> grown men with their families. they would beat us and leave. brad: today he is saying enough is enough and he is standing with others speak

and loudoun county officials proposed a tax hike to help fund schools. luxury d.c. hotel the willard intercontinental is facing legal action after a former employee said he was the target of discrimination. as suzanne kennedy reports, he said he was the frequent target of slurs over his sexuality, a story that you will only see on 7. suzanne: the willard hotel has renowned restaurants, but what happened in the kitchen is what some may find nauseating. he says between 2012 and 2013 he was subjected to anti-gay slurs from coworkers. >> they would call me [beep]. suzanne: despite a good record, he was repeatedly denied promotions, go back to the kitchen where he says he was repeatedly harassed. >> i was treated horrible. i was asking for help. i did not get it. suzanne: he felt a complaint with the d.c. office of human rights, which found that vega was subjected to a hostile work environment based on sexual orientation, was threatened with retaliation, and ultimately resigned. vega said he is still shocked by what happened and once the hotel to improve its treatment of