warrenton, manassas, leesburg, mid-30s. downtown, 38. upper 30s in gaithersburg and also out towards rockville. even frederick will only be 26. maybe you make 39 in annapolis. no wind, so no small craft advisory. not a bad day to be on the water. day planner, pure sun. . 36 at 11:00 and 38 with sunshine at 1:00 p.m. next three days,very nice new year's day. 41 and really a nice way to finish the week. 46 on friday with sunshine. that's a little bit above average. seven-day, between the weekend up a little bit, rain develops at the same time in the afternoon and evening on saturday. temps don't go down much. 48 on sunday. rain ends early sunday morning. we clear out. here comes arctic air. 34 on monday. much colder. yes, light snow possible next tuesday as temperatures struggle to get to freezing. >>> coming up, russian police break up a crowd of thousands protesting over what they call corruption at the kremlin. >>> blade runner behind bars. restored relations between the united states and cuba. i know grandma's house isn't the most exci

mark. 34 for manassas right now and fairfax at 31. once we slide over to alexandria 33 and 33 here as well. the high pressure we can thank for the sunshine, but also the chilly temperatures. tonight with the clear skies in place and the calm winds, it is just another night down to the 20s and the teens for the suburbs. it will be a little bit on the cold side the first thing tomorrow morning. you can sleep right through it. we will see the temperatures a little bit warmer, not be much. so it will still be below average, but we will make our way back up. the high pressure will take control for thursday evening as we would start to see a couple more clouds. so 9:30 new year's day is looking quiet with the clouds here on thursday night in to friday with the clouds comes some warmer temperatures on friday. we'll reach the mid to upper 40s. then comes some rain on saturday. this is 6:00 in the morning as we are still dry. most of your saturday will be dry. it is saturday evening in to sunday. we'll see the rain showers arrive. it won't be

that is good news northbound on 395. 66 into town, slow through manassas. another nasty spot. i know this is shock to go all of you, but dale city, northbound, after 6:00 it's like sorry, dale city. >> thank you melissa. >> all right. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, and any breaking news. until then, have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. >> have a great wedneay, bo. >>> good morning. drenched. record-setting rains triggering floods, mudslides and accidents across southern california and it could get even worse with another half a foot of rain possible today. >>> breaking overnight, a new accuser comes forward and files a lawsuit against bill cosby, claiming the comedian molested her 40 years ago, when she was just 15 years old. this morning, why she decided to finally go public. >>> inciting a riot? michael brown's stepfather being investigated for his angry comments moments after that grand jury decision in ferguson. could he face criminal charges? >>> t

tomorrow evening, getting ready to go out, temps around 30. 34 in manassas. 31 in leesburg. midnight tomorrow, we're back in the 20s across the board. thankfully no snow, sleet to worry about tomorrow. just cold with temps in the 20s. if you're out super late, temperatures now 26. i suppose jan will be asleep by 1:30 thursday morning. it will be in the 20s across the board. tonight, clear skies, colder. lows in the 20s. winds out of the northwest at 10:00. morning, we're in great shape. do remember the sunglasses. mostly sunny. winds turn west-northwest at ten. and afternoon, winds turned a little bit more. westerly at ten. mostly sunny and cold but quiet. -- quiet. highs in the upper 30s. 36 by 11:00, 38 by 1:00. next three days, a cold but quiet new year's day. 41. nice on friday, seasonable temperatures in the mid-40s. pretty good. rain saturday, more arctic air on monday, and light snow possible or flurries on tuesday. >> maryland terp action, my brother? >> got a message for you. the stage is set for you to show off a little bit tonight. the primetime bowl game awaits.

here we are with the teens. 18 for manassas.8. 21 for fredricksburg. 25 for baltimore. and 30 as you head through gaithersburg. 35 to 39 today. that's it. some areas might reach that 40- degree mark as you head farther south through manassas and culpeper. it's still going to feel chilly, especially with a little bit of a light breeze out of the west, northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. let's go over to beverly with traffic. >> reporter: checking out the ride for northbound 95 commuters out of fredricksburg trying to make your way north of stafford, still sluggish but the crash moved on to both showedders. the pace beyond that -- shoulders. the pace beyond that still looking good. clinton, accokeek area, they still got the closure of piscataway road each direction between livingston road, steed road near parker lane with a utility pole and wires down. the accident took out a utility pole and wires in waldorf. mattawoman beantown is still closed between floral and park and ride. inner loop ramp to go south on the bw parkway in gree

manassas at 33 degrees -- or rather 33 miles per hour.peratures have dropped some 20 to near 30 degrees already. so we've got a big change coming up. winter weather advisories in effect tomorrow. a mixture of rain and sleet, and maybe a few other things. guys? >> ooh. >> doug, thank you. >>> now to new developments in the virginia's case against the state's former first family. pat lawson muse at the live desk. >> a federal judge rejected bob and maureen mcdonald's request but threw out one conviction. the mcdonalds were found guilty related to gifts and loans given to them by a business owner. maureen mcdonald was found guilty of obstructing justice but the judge threw that out today. the judge was responding to the request by the mcdonalds' lawyers. sentencing is now set for january and both are facing prison time. wendy? >> thank you, pat. >>> the last moments in the life of a woman who worked to keep the community safe were revealed in court today. >> yeah, those moments played out during a hearing for the man accused of killing carol

manassas, 27. warrington dow to 24 and 29 in camp springs.end 2014 and to start 2015. storm team radar on the clear side, no rain or snow to talk about. you won't need the umbrellas anah snow shovel, any of that. tomorrow, sunny and cold and windchill 35. that's the cases, the wind stronger th it was. it will feel colder than it did today. the ne coupl days 47 on friday. friday looking fantastic. i think friday is a great day. clouds move in and showers move in and rain overnight sunight, high of 43. sunday, we g to a high of 60 degrees. rain on sunday will come early and in the afternoon, a few showers, temperatures start to decline and we will see much colder weather. i do think extended cold most of the first week of 2015. talking about a high next tuesday of 38 with a chance, slight chance snow. >> crazy. >>> a lot more coming up on "nightly new" katenow is anchoring tonight. >> here's a look at what they're anchoring on. >>> chris and wendy, coming up, a search for the airasia flight hampered by poor weather conditions a the region there

gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas, even culpeper, 25 degrees by early in the morning on new year's day. day planner, sunshine across the board. 33 at 9:00, 37 with full sun at 1:00. next three days, again, a quiet end of the year and a quiet start. 41 for new year's day. 46, seasonable on friday. temperatures actually a little bit above average then. next seven days. we are looking at a little bit of rain developing saturday. will be rain. rain early on sunday. and arctic air monday and perhaps, not a big deal at this point, but light snow flurries possible tuesday afternoon and night. >> i see where the trend is going starting monday. >> it's that time of year. >> maryland playing football tonight in the late game and i checked it out a little bit, all tied up at seven all. >> i got good news and bad news for you. it started well. [ laughter ] >> terps won their first big ten basketball game and wait until you see how they did it. basketball and football. on the basketball side, how about bye-bye michigan state? >>> now, wusa9 game on sports with dave owens, brought to you by xfinity.

and 36 for those of you in manassas. temperatures tomorrow are cooler with a high temperature of 39 degrees, mostly sunny skies. if you're out and about around midnight you need to bundle up. mainly clear, temperatures around 30 in washington. 20s for those of you in the suburbs. and a little breezy at times throughout tomorrow and thursday as well. so there'sa windchill factor at times. thursday sunny skies for new year's day with a high temperature of 32 degrees. we have the winter classic on thursday with the puck dropping at 1:00 p.m. the weather for the most part is looking good. i'm concerned with the amount of sunshine in the forecast and the players dealing with a pretty impressive glare off the ice, but no rain in the forecast. that's really critical. breezy conditions for the game. that really shouldn't be an issue with winds 10 to 15 miles an hour. when i say that that is not an issue for the players. if you're heading to the game you'll see temperatures near 30. friday inclosing crowds with a high of 44. timi

these are current temps 36 gaithersburg, 39 downtown, 36 fredrick, 36 leesburg and 37 in manassas and this is as low as they go. temperatures remain steady overnight that's why we aren't concerned about freezing whatsoever. so wake up weather looks like this. you'll need a jacket no doubt, cold and 33-39 to start with, clouds and 34-40 at 7:00 and could see a passing shower and still chilly at 9:00, temperatures 34 to about 44 and it will come back and talk about a cold front moving through tomorrow and we'll tell you what that does to temperatures thursday and friday. >>> new york mayor bill did and his administration are preparing for any demonstrations that may break out after a grand jury decision in a fatal police chokehold case. the grand jury is expected to reveal its decision soon in the officer involved chokehold death of eric gardner who died as police were attempting arrest him for illegally selling cigarettes on staten island. >>> people gathering in northwest d.c. to talk about life after ferguson. the goal how the community should move forward and construct ways. >> [app

manassas 46. warm today, heading mid to upper 60s. even places farther south, not for long though, rain is coming. a cold front is coming and that could even turn to a wintry mix, later on tonight. more so our eyes on first thing tomorrow morning. things start to change by late in afternoon. the 95 corridor. heading on toward our capital beltway. along at, outer loop west into silver spring, looking good. check out the ride for folks headed along 66. eastbound just pass business 234, what is left is on the left shoulder. the focal bunt of the delays the prince william parkway. continuing south, lanes are open, volume still slight. andrea, mike, back to you. >>> calls for justice continue around the country in the ferguson case. this after a missouri grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. >> protests were held in in the morning, even on the nfl football field. the st. louis rams showed solidarity with demonstrators. they exhibited the hands up don't shoot pose. the st. louis offic

these are remarkable numbers. 36 degrees colder in manassas. you know how this chart works. it is a dramatically colder day. belie it or not, we may see temperatures 18 to 20 degrees warmer tomorrow than today. it all depends on what the cloudiness does. temperatures may change a degree get some foge may in the morning and then break out with sunshine in times, and if that happens, i think we might climbed into the 50's. a seven day forecast, tomorrow is warmer. friday, clouds increase with a chance of showers late in the then the next cold front of the weekend is going to drag its feet through town. we are going to stay cloudy and chilly with chances of rain on saturday, and then drier weather by monday and tuesday. >> all right, thanks. well, not the best weather for a tree lighting ceremony, but as far as we know, house speaker john boehner does plan to flip the switch on the capitol christmas tree in about 40 minutes. spruce this year from the chippewa national forest in minnesota. to if you would like celebrate the season from the warmth and comfort of your own home, al

manassas and culpepper. the river at 26. washington 33. mainly clear skies. and chilly today. 39 for a high in washington. at least we will have plenty of sunshine. mainly clear skies across the area. tomorrow high of 42. friday 45. rain is likely on saturday by the afternoon and evening hours. rain is almost a for sure thing saturday night. a high of 52 sunday. mond cold and breezy. high of 39. so the temperature will feel cooler. pa. temperatures hour by hour as we pass the midnight hour into 2015. what's the latest on the roads? cancellations this morning? >> we do have cancellations on camden line north and south. no s on any of the lines on thursday new year's day, including cam ben. just a warning for you. mattawoman and beantown road still closed. alternate is crain highway after a crash with wires down. and southbound lanes blocked at parker lane. alternate is gallaghan. everything moving nicely. all the earlier construction is mostly out of the way. taking you to 270, jermantown road no problems there. . >>> ifsmoke, your brain may react differently.

leesburg and sterling manassas 21 22 degrees. olney, germantown columbia maryland 21 to start tomorrow. 30 in town. that will be a warm spot for us right in d.c. impact forecast for tomorrow most of the day all of the day we're going to see temperatures in the 30s. around freezing. 9:00 10:00 a.m. by 11:00 a.m. lunch time we'll get in the mid-30s again. a cold one for tomorr right at midnight new year's eve we're dry, cold 26 to 33 but at least we're dry minus of course the confetti that will be falling throughout the area. here's a look at your four day forecast. wednesday, thursday 39 42. we round out the week and head into 2015 with a temperature of 44 degrees. dry conditions on friday. but like we said yesterday we're still looking at this weekend storm system. 60% chance of what looks like rain for saturday. sunday a chance too. we got higher temperatures right now on sunday going up to 52 degrees. so 43 52 that puts us above average. the storm system right now looks as though it will be mainly giving us rain but then a cold

montgomery college, looks like everybody is going to class today. 34 at dulles, 36 at manassas. managed to stay above the freezing mark all morning long and i think we will stay there through the afternoon as well. eastern shore -- live super doppler showing a couple spots here across the metro. this will be more of an evening event. onditions will be warmer overall. we are not as concerned with this next batch. pressure to our north. low pressure to our south. as we head toward noon and evening, we will see some of this rain pushed back into the region. up to cloudy skies, maybe patchy fog for tomorrow. i cannot rule out a bit of missed early -- mist early. let's look at your seven-day forecast and that will show you what we are expecting for the next couple of days. 57 tomorrow. things will definitely be looking better than. wednesday, thursday, the best ng any sunshine. just in time for the christmas tree lighting. keep that stormwatch seven out loaded. let's changes for the next seven days. >> we sure do. thank you? >> coming up, one lucky person in our area could be a milli

manassas around 22. temperatures this hour, 17 in elkins, virginia. for us, this is cold, considering what we've had over the last several weeks. temperatures above average. now we're looking at the push of colder air. these will temperatures, 11:00 temperature -- make that 10:00 temperatures for minneapolis. they have poish factors to deal with anywhere from 18 to 30 degrees below zeroer we're not looking for cold air like this across our area. but with winds kicking up out of the north and west, it's going to feel like the 20's for most of the day. lots of sunshine to enjoy. it's going to look pretty. our next weather maker for the upcoming weekend is when we have a better chance of looking at a little wintery mix changing to rain. but i don't any we'll see much in the form of winter weather around here. we move into tomorrow evening, the new year, we'll see temperatures falling from the middle 30's to around 30 at midnight with mainly clear skies and a lot of folks gearing up for the big hockey game on thursday new year's day. temperatures will be

temperatures are chilly at freezing 32 in frederick and manassas. 40 in washington. by the afternoon we're looking at partly to mostly sunny skies. here's the high temperature in your neighborhood. 42 in washington. 39 in gaithersburg and la plata. by 10:00 a.m. those of you north of washington will see the sunshine. by noon partly sunny skies. by 2:00 p.m. plenty of sun. tomorrow temperatures are cooler. remember the high today and how cool it will be is coming up. now to melissa. >>> no major problems in maryland on 95 at 198. everything is flowing fine northbound and southbound. and looking at prince george's county in and out of up to everybody is behaving themselves. woodrow wilson bridge into maryland and virginia again, looking quite good. a nice pretty picture there this morning. 66 and 95 in virginia flowing nicely. then taking a look here at 270 as you're headed out of frederick, you're fine. earlier construction out of the way. same thing headed northbound up from the spur. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> melissa, thank you. a dramatic rescue. we'll show you

we're at 50 degrees right now in manassas.hat is a 24-degree temperature swing over the last couple of hours. not in the last day, in the last couple hours, and it's all because of the system we have now. the rain making its way in here through parts of maryland, northern virginia all seeing the rain and just about everybody seeing at least some rain today. heaviest rain now through crofton, bowie, clinton, maryland. upper marlboro, waldorf, la pla plata, towards woodbridge, manassas seeing some heavier rain. we've even heard a couple rumbles of thunder during the day and more shower activity around gaithersburg, mt. airy and frederick this. is all rain. temperatures well above the freezing level now. but back to the west, notice around cincinnati, notice this northern branch here, this is where we're starting to see that colder air transition from rain to snow and into some sleet. and that's what we're going to see tonight. 11:00 tonight, notice we're on the drier side here. but here comes wave number two with some rain and t

and, again, 18 in manassas and warren ton. the best part about today's forecast plenty of sunshine. sunny to mostly sunny skies the entire day the. no rain or snow in the forecast. 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. n frederick, leesburg and culpepper. 40 in fredericksburg. despite the chill, for the most part the weather cooperating as long as you dress appropriately. you'll need thsunglasses. full sunshine in the forecast. be ready for the cold heading out and about to exercise. and what you can expect in your naked right around midnight in 10 minutes. >>> construction until 5:00 this morning. 66 west before vienna metro, right lane blocked until 5:00 a. between 32 and 175, road work on the right side of the roadway. some construction there. beltway at branch avenue that is moving along quite nicely. still have this situation at mattawoman beantown road at poplar hill. your alternate rain highway. wires down after a crash there. as we take a wider look at things, inner te loop all the major routes looking quite good. i'm back in 10 minutes with a live look at 95 in virginia. >>> if

in the 30s with clear skies, and by 9:30, temps will fall quickly, 30 in gaithersburg, and 31 in manassas. it will be cloudy, a sprinkle possible, winds light, becoming northerly at 10. so we have clouds to start at 9:00, 37, but then sunshine returns. 39 by 11:00. pretty much full sun by 1:00 a temperature of 41. next three days, again, a cold but quiet end of the year. 38 on wednesday. still cold on new year's day. 40, but also rather quiet in that regard, too. now, the next seven days, we're looking at temperatures back in the mid 40s on friday, pretty seasonal day. rain develops saturday, ends on sunday, and perhaps some big- time arctic air on monday, with highs around 30. >>> all right. well, they say practice makes perfect. coming up next, the annual tradition leading up to a new year's eve tradition in times square. ç<ç9 . >>> 3-2-1 -- happy new year! >>> the cast of broadway's aladdin helped test the confetti for this year's new year's eve celebration. people are invited to write their wish on a piece of confeet tee. confetti. >> i had no idea that it needed to be tested. if you

temperature right now is 50 in leesburg and manassas.ounds mild for december but compared to the 70s we had this afternoon, it's starting to feel cooler out there. on satellite and radar you can see the cold front continuing to make its way toward us. wintery precipitation starting to work in to the lower ohio river valley. that will head toward us. on 9 futurecast we're going to take a look at a different model. this is the north american model. i think this is doing a good job of depicting the line of rain and wintery mix. still north of the mason dixon line. then it starts to sink to the south during the morning commute. we'll have a little bit of the sleet mixing in. as we head in to the lunchtime hour we change back over to rain and it will all be rain for the rest of the afternoon. lighter showers as we head in to the evening commute so it does look like things will gradually improve as we head through the day on tuesday. overhead tonight things are still taking a turn for the worse. scattered showers. 32 to 38 for your overnight l

yeah, even a little bit of a windchill outside right now. 43 in leesburg, 41 in gaithersburg. 43 in manassasth a 30-degree temperature drop from earlier. and 41 back towards winchester. notice this yellow right here. you see a lot of white. snow. that's aloft. it's not falling as slow. here and here, that's ice the radar is picking up. and that is sleet in winchester. also reports of sleet in frederick county maryland. it's all rain, though in fairfax county, prince georges county, montgomery county, towards loudon. it's off to the west that we are starting to see that mix appear. you can see some of that around martinsburg, and hagerstown too. you can hear it on the roof or windows of your house. that is sleet. it will bounce. freezing rain is just rain that freezes on contact. sleet is ice pellets that will bounce. not a lot of moisture behind this. so this is the second push that we've seen. we saw one earlier. see another one now. behind this, not a ton of moisture. this is not going to be a very big storm for us, but it's coming at a critical time. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, rain to the south,

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forecast high for today 44 in gaithersburg, 45 in manassas. 48 in downtown washington and 48 in frederick as well. lighter blues here 30 for your low in martinsburg. >> 31 in leesburg. 35 in down washington. tuesday morning we could see a quick snow or rainshower. notice how much colder temperatures get. 39 on tuesday, only 38 on wednesday, more sunshine, but it will be cold as we are ringing in 2015. in the first alert 7-day forecast, temperatures start to rebound as we head back into the later part of the work week and next weekend. back into the 50s by next week, and a chance for a few rain showers as we are heading into next weekend. >>> welcome back. so far the wizards have the third best record. say hello to cameron, kelley and tara, did i get it right? >> yes. >> first and foremost you guys have been in the studio before, you have come to say hello to our morning show fans. we like to help you guys get the season kicked off right. truth truthfully, over the last few seasons the team has not been really good until last year you playoffs. this year off to a phenomenal start. >> for p

for us another cold and clear night. 27 in d.c. 19 in gaithersburg 19 in manassas 18 in martinsburg and 22 in fredericksburg. tomorrow temperatures will be a little bit warmer and we will have a little more wind as well leadin correspond windchil. 44 in gaithersburg 40 towards winchest. plenty of sunshine. if you're heading to the winter classic, bundl up for that too. bla if you can. travel sunglasses in the car around town. exercise in the new year we have those new year's resoluti be ready for the cold. if you're out and about, the coats and hats heading to the new year's sales out there. do they have new year's sales? i don't know. weather will have a low impact on your day, just going to be on the cold side. we stay cold through friday high of 47. not a bad day, friday looking pretty nice. rain moving in and i'm not looking for much rain and the haven't overnight saturday into sunday. look at sunday's high. high near 60 degrees. 41 on monday, 48 on tuesday, yes, chance for light snow tuesday but not thinking of anything. we will keep an eye out for it. the cold air and then the rai

. -- manassas, virginia.he amount of control of the banks for using their riches , this is the reason why the financial system came down in 2008 and almost brought this country to its knees. i don't think it will back away from it -- i'm so disappointed. i wish he had a backbone to stand up. giving in to been republicans. he gives in and gives in and still gives in. i'm so disappointed. ofpplaud senator warren massachusetts for standing up the way she did. i really applaud her effort. go on, senator warren. host: let's hear from gail from irvington, new jersey. what do you think about all this in washington? caller: i agree with what the callers have said about the amendments. what i don't understand is there were over 100 amendments. why could they have not just and give themhem back some from the beginning and focus on the appropriations bill itself? there is a lot of stuff in the bill we are not aware of. times, it is of wasted. this is my first time watching the political process. -- thisly not that much

there is plenty of wind out 22 at the airport in manassas, and that wind will bring in rain and coldtemperatures. now, tonight, if you were thinking about the holiday mood, a lot of people going to church street in vienna for the holiday stroll. 69 tonight. santa arrives at 6:15. scattered showers. with for that, but even the showers, it will be a fine time out there, so drive carefully. what is next? we will see the temperatures drop and steady rain. this is going to be an issue in the interstate 81 corridor. morning, about 30 degrees and the metro area, rain for the morning rush and lunchtime, and there could be some sleet by lunchtime, but then temperatures should warm just enough that it will be rain to deal with, and then we will start to clear out as we go through the day on wednesday, and another friend on wednesday and thursday will drop temperatures again. for the next seven days, this is what we will see. it will be short-lived. comes north. the temperatures in the teens and 20's right now across the mountains. we are not going to get quite that cold. shows the storm moving

but some spots in the teens including manassas and culpepper. washington at freezing. look at the 24-hour temperature drop from this time yesterday. frederick was 15 degrees cooler. manass jacket gloves. but the sunglasses as well. su another sun-filled day for tomorrow. te the, though they only hang out in the 30s today for the most part. 10:00 a.m. temperature of 34. by noon, we're in the. richard, coming up i'll let you know how warm it will get by the afternoon hours. >>> thanks. we have new information about a big water main break in fairfax county. we sent a crew out early this morning to check it out. we can tell you that everything is fixed. this will not affect your commute. wh that break first happened. a huge hole in the road at gord baileys crossroads. >>> good morning. other issues on the roadways. it's of the way. 95 northbound here in virginia just before mountain view road. both shoulders blocked. you can see a little bit of a slowdown as you approach mountain view. hopefully out of the way soon. southeast/sot freeway, ramp to maine avenue left lane blo

but some of these temperatures, 72 in manassas, cooling down to the north and west, and that pattern will continue. look how much colder it is, 36 in columbus right now. down to 19 in chicago. asa big change is coming highlighted in the seven-day forecast. then as we get through the day on thursday here, we see things really change on us as the toperatures are starting turn downward again with partly cloudy skies. the next cold front will come through with more showers and temperatures in the 40's. >> ok. >> how about getting a check of the traffic situation? bob immler is standing by. it does not look too bad. >> coming out of tysons, very slow, heading up towards 270. talking about the rain showers, that is becoming a factor, especially on the maryland side right now. germantown,illage, and into prince george's county, so just looking at extended volume. i-95, baltimore-washington parkway doing alright, but looking for a crash southbound. here is what it looks like at the beltway at river road. it is hard to tell. and just slow traffic here and there on 395 headed south to the pent

the cold aircñ across theéf& welltive lyly warm lakes and not affect us. 19 in gaithersburg, 19 in manassasw morning. the fir day of 2015 will be a cold one, at least the start. tomorrow afternoon, we get warmer as far as temperatures but get more wind. temperatures upper 30s to low 40s but windchill 30 to 35 all day. we'll be there at 11:00 and then live 4:00 5:00 6:00 tomorrow afternoon. temperatures a 39 degrees at noon. if you're goi down to catch a drink early before you might want to;, watch out for cold temperatures. 44 at 3:00.> oh yeah. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> 47 on friday. 47kg on saturday 60 on sunday coming with rain mostly saturday night to early sunday mornin the rest of the day on sunday. maybe we will do it next year. >> we will start training tomorrow. >> good call. >> d.c. major vincent gray is disappointed launch of the h street street car. he said this was a priority for his administration a

gaithersburg, 52 in manassas, 49 in baltimore. a little milder to the south. fredericksburg at 54, 55 at lexington park. a bit cooler and drier, but that is good news for clearing skies out during the overnight hours as well. these numbers indicate how much warmer it is today in different locations than it was this time yesterday. monday we were very mild, upper 60's, lower 70's. tuesday we were in the 30's, already degrees colder than the day before. now we are 17 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. we won't see any major swings in temperature patterns for the next 10 or 12 days. we should stay somewhere close to average. tonight, oh with the front coming through and the skies aboutng, we may drop to 30-37 degrees by tomorrow morning around the viewing area. and thethe moisture heavy rain as well to the south and east and offshore. we get some clearing as the high pressure moves in. the high pressure will take a route to the north of us. that puts us in a position to start quickly picking up cloudiness again. he will get some sunshine during the day, proba

farther to our west, down to 48 in manassas, prince william, leesburg and loudoun near 50.uch of fairfax county from mclane and great falls down to burk, hovering in the low 50s. warren ton and fauquier is 53 degrees. there is the capitol under a mostly clear sky. we have high clouds drifting in from the west with us through 8:00 a.m. upper 40s to near 50 by then. by noon time, it will be around 60 degrees and partly sunny. by 5:00 p.m., back to the low 6 0s as you head back home from work and school. after that is when we will likely see rain. light showers through the evening. steadier rain by 11:00. this time tomorrow, a bit of ape wintry mix. a little bit of light icing, wet snow. a little bit of sleet and rain tuesday morning. today it is looking good, right, melissa? >> we got a report of a new accident. it seems like a small thing. it's just off to the shoulder. you might see the crash before you head out. it's on the shoulder. it shouldn't cause too many problems at this point this morning. taking a look a lot 270, finally seeing a little bit of volume headed southb

washington 45. 37 in gaithersburg. 41 degrees in manassas. warren ton as well. you are seeing light showers there. storm team 4 radar, if you are south of this line you have the threat of morning showers. showers are a definite for those of you in charles, st. mary's and calvert, fredericksburg. areas north of the line good chance you are driving the entire day today. noticing some subpoena shine trying to peek out around the . high today of 46. where we're at right now we're only going to warm up less than 5 degrees. for tomorrow, high o. temperatures falling through nve high of 39. tomorrow mainly during the morning and midday hours, can't rule out an isolated light snow or shower. no accumulation really. mostly sunny. high of 42. rain in the forecast next weekend. we'll send things over to melissa with a look at the roads. happy monday. >> happy monday to you. welcome back to work everybody. we're actually looking quite good. no major problems on the inner or outer loop as you head around the beltway. you can see that's looking good as well. a lot of volume.

if they were looking they were looking at the second battle of manassas and the full ten days had been required to get all from the battlefield to the hospitals in washington and she knew they couldn't wait that long so she accumulated medical supplies and by the time she found she had filled the warehouses. they write in the secret message delivered by hand and although she would live another 50 years she never revealed who it was in the army of northern virginia was marching from maryland. they had been into the team started the reins teamster had the reins but the small woman wearing a bonnet was running out of time. they took place in the supply line at 1:00 in the morning on tuesday, september 1862 and they took to the road passing some 10 miles of the supply vehicles. they caught up. the battle of antietam began despite the deafening war debate code or are they made their way to the battle. they bought the old bond advantage doctrine of she knew. he showed heard that makeshift operating tables. they have nothing in the instruments that we brought in the pockets. in the absence. t

concentration of civil war battlefields in the country, including the of the war -- harpers middle manassas -- the of the war, and the end of the war. it was upon these battlefields 620,000 men the who fought died. the centennial is coming with the legacy project of national significance. it is a simple yet eloquent plant to plant one tree for each of the 620,000 soldiers living memorial for their individual and combined sacrifices. that is right. you heard it correctly. trees. this is such a good idea i wish i thought of it myself. a 180 trees will create from monticello tto gettysburg, along the journey ground hallowed national scenic byway, tthat reminds visitors that they are, indeed, on hollowed ground. to date, trees have been planted to honor 1463 fallen men. the next twenty days, will be planting another 1900 frontage of the former president james monroe's home. some of these trees will be honoring soldiers that fought and died here at cedar creek. more, the journey through hollowed ground is geo-tagging each tree to allow visitors to of rn the name and the story each young man for

look at leesburg and manassas, 17, gaithersburg 22, arlington 26 we 24, the district around 25 down 26 degrees. futurecast it stays dry for us in d.c.. here is friday afternoon. clouds will begin to increase just a little bit. this is our next big weather maker for the upcoming weekend with a better chance of showers for saturday and periods of rain, and the clouds will stick around into the day on sunday, but overall, it will be a rain event. here is your new year's eve forecast. around 30 at 11:00. ringing in the new year at around 20 nine and mostly clear skies, and temperatures will continue to fall through the early morning hours. winds out of the southwest at eight to 12. that is going to add a little bit more chilled. 40 with showers on saturday. look at the jump in temperatures. this is what is going to drop our temperatures at least 10 to 15 degrees on monday. back to school back to work, temperatures in the lower 40's, nighttime lows in the 20's. download your abc 7 weather app on your phone, and you can track the temperatures for the hockey game or tonight as you are out. >>

at 36 too, leesburg you folks an manassas and and that cold area continuing back into western maryland west virginia and western virginia below freezing early tomorrow morning. what are you going to need? the umbrella and ga lohse? huh-uh. just a warm jacket and light coat a sprinkle or flurry? not even enough to warrant carrying the umbrella. low 40s across the area tomorrow but fairly nice. 41 frederick, 39 gaithersburg some of the cooler readings up here. 37 to 38 degrees, call that chilly again, that's where you're going to need the nice warm jacket. impact forecast weatherwise on the low side because we could see again a sprinkle or a flurry early in the day. a fairly quiet day coming up tomorrow. that may not be the case this upcoming weekend. storm team 4 is looking at the potential of what could be a nasty weekend. let's go to doug. >> these are very early details for the weekend. saturday and sunday a little up in the air farce the forecast. there's a storm system that will bring in snow to places like las vegas. that same storm system will move across the southwest into our r

with that sun only get in the highs to mid-30s. 36 in gaithersburg 35 winchester 38 down towards manassasa cold day. what to wear on new year's eve. you know it's the coat and you need sunglasses. i was driving earlier today the glare, the sun very bright. even with the sun you need the coat and gloves and need the hat. it's going to be that cold. if you're heading out tomorrow night for new year's eve, very cold temperatures with lows in lower 20s. so heads up for that around midnight. more sunshine on thursday. that's new year's day. winter classic perfect weather temperatures around 42 degrees with sunshine. little breezy. 44 on friday. 43 on saturday. then 52 on sunday. this was the storm system we were talking about yesterday. possibly moving inland. possibly moving to the south. now it looks like an inland storm. that means chilly afternoon. but storm with mainly rain and a cold pattern will follow. this weekend we're very chilly on saturday. sunday looks like temperatures around 52 with that rain early in the morning and then clearing up and getting cold. chance of snow on tuesday.

trip 066 east been volume delays heading through manassas, getting into centreville. a broken down vehicle on the shoulder before you get to fair lakes is a bit of a distax, too. routes in maryland -- distraction, too. routes in maryland, you have normal delays. >> thank you, beverly. >>> a grand jury decision to clear a new york city police officer in the death of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a chokehold is being met with strong reactions across the country. >> from new york city to baltimore, right here in washington, d.c., protesters took to the streets demanding justice. nikki burdine is live in the newsroom with more on the local protests. nikki? >> reporter: as you can imagine as the decision came down not to indict the police officer in new york city, especially just after the ferguson decision, protests erupted across the country. first let's take a look at new york city. demonstrations in new york, chicago, seattle, st. louis, and d.c. took place last night after a grand jury decided not to indict a new york city police officer. officer da

down to 30 in d.c. 21 in manassas. 2 2i7b leesburg. 21 in gaithersburg. 29 in annapolis. you say that's pretty cold but that's close to average. average low temperature is actually at 30 degrees. we'll be right at average tonight. tomorrow we'll be below average by about four or five degrees. 39 in d.c. 36 in gaithersburg. martinsburg 36 degrees. our friends down in culpeper 37 degrees. much sunshi. even though we have sunshine cold for new year's eve and we're talking about a wind chill too. make sure you're wearing those coats, make sure you're wearingsunglasses the hats. tomorrow night it's going to be one cold evening, your wednesday night or wednesday 39 degrees but take a look at what we expect to find around the midnight hour. we're talking dry and cold. actual temperature around 26 to 33 degrees. that's cold enough. but you add a little five to ten mile-per-hour wind makes it feel like 20 to 25 degrees. again a very cold night tomorrow night. if you're heading out for new year's e night be safe. 42 degrees for the winter classic. looking good on new year's day. 44

country, including the beginning of the war harpers valley in the analysis -- harpers valley in manassasnd of the war wilderness. it was upon these battlefields that most of the 62,00,000 men died. the journey through hallowed ground is commemorating the second 10 neil of the civil war -- is commemorating the sets with centennial of the civil war. it is a simple and eloquent plant to plant one tree for each 0,000 soldiers who died as a living room moral for the individual and combined sacrifices. that's right. you heard it. correctly. trees. this is such a great idea. . wish i thought of it myself these trees will create an 180 mile alley from monticello to journeyrg along the through hollow ground national scenic byways that reminds visitors they are on hallowed ground. have been planted to honor 1400 and 63 fallen men 1,463 fallen men. in the next 30 days, we will be planning another 1900 trees along the frontage of former james monroe's home. ormer president james monroe's homes. some of these trees will be honoring soldiers who fought and died at cedar creek. the journey through hall

washington 43 over in college park 41 in leesburg and 49 for those of you in gaithersburg. 43 in manassas. here's what you can expect for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures near steady maybe climbing a few more degrees. our high of 47 will hit at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon and after that we'll continue to tumble. by 6:00 p.m. a temperature of 44 so as we're heading out today, travel looking good. roads for the most part dry at this point. doing some exercise outdoors still some damp surfaces out there. definitely need that warmer jacket maybe even a scarf. for tomorrow we start off with cloudy skies, a temperature around 37 degrees. there's that slight chance of an isolated rain or snow shower until 11:00 a.m. clouds start to break up in the afternoon hours. by 3:00 p.m. partly sunny skies and a temperature of 42. that 42 that's our high for tomorrow so a little cooler and then tomorrow night that's when we turn cold. cold air here for wednesday morning to greet us and a high temperature on wednesday of 39 degrees. now, if you're going to be out wednesday night at midnight ringing in

by 10:00 tomorrow night, already below freezing in gaithersburg and rockville and leesburg and manassas. 35 downtown. tonight, mostly cloudy or colder. temperatures 30 to 35 and winds light out of the north at 10:00. so clouds to start and sunshine by 11:00, 39. sunshine by 1:00, 41. and light winds. so great news. no wind chill to worry about. 38. not too bad. still cold on new year's 40 but pretty nice for the winter classic. now, next seven days. seasonal on friday. mid-40s with sunshine. then we got rain developing on saturday, 39. rain on sunday, 52. and then perhaps some big time arctic air rolling in monday. highs will struggle to guilt to the freezing mark. -- get to the freezings mark. >>> now wusa9 "game on sports" with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. >> for the sixth time in seven years, washington finished last in the nsc east. wow! and only built for parody too. that is hard to accomplish. times like these bring a lot of soul searching and that's what happened today as players cleaned out their lockers. >> reporter: 31 teams will be unhappy when it's all said and done

right now it's already cold, 30 degrees in manassas, leesburg and gaithersburg. it's 30 degrees in martinsburg, 30 in cumberland as well, 34 in frederick, so about to dip below freezing in places that aren't below freezing here in the metro area. on satellite and radar you can see how high pressure is keeping things nice and dry over the entire metro, entire dmv, as a matter of fact. we're keeping those clouds out of the forecast. so the factors we have to look for in our forecast the next couple days is the wind and that air temperature and what it feels like when you're outside. the feels like early tomorrow morning, it will feel like 19 degrees in leesburg, 17 in martinsburg, 20 in frederick and gaithersburg, 20 at andrews, so even getting closer to the water we don't have a lot of relief from that cold in the forecast. heading into the afternoon not a ton of relief either. it's going to feel like it's near freezing in places like gaithersburg and martinsburg. it's going to feel like 29 degrees in hagerstown, 36 in la plata, 39 in fredericksburg. the rebound s

currently 37 degrees in d.c. 36 in reston and manassas. 35 in martinsburg. 33 in hagerstown.o that's the area that we're going to be watching. so watch out as you make your way back towards the west. we could see some areas close to that freezing mark. and these are the road temperatures now well above freezing around the d.c. metro area. so now problems there. a little closer as you get toward the north. so we'll continue to monitor that situation, but right now the roads just on the wet side, and not the frozen side. vj? >> right. and the intensity of the rain, you're not going to need the big umbrella. don't think you're going to see anything too heavy, but certainly with light and moderate rain moving in, you're going to need your rain gear here for the next couple hours. the morning, dry. the roads just fine. 45 degrees. the temperature by then -- in fact, temperatures going up a little bit during the overnight period. we'll top out on the mild side of things tomorrow, mid to upper 50s across the area. and then we're going to get ready for another plunge. but look at how

volume light down toward the beltway. 66 volume still light through manassas. no early problems to get into fair oaks, vienna, falls church. accident on nutley street just north of 29 lee highway, fairfax has police on the scene and getting into southeast, again the light volume downtown. south capitol street coming in off the suitland parkway and off of howard road to get to the douglas bridge, crews getting past the stadium and on toward the freeway. back to you. >>> beverly, who is actually responsible for the sony hack attack. i thought we knew. f.b.i. agents working the case were briefed by a private cybersecurity firm who say north korea is not behind the attack. >> so far federal investigators maintain north korea is responsible. don champion tells us what's some cyberexperts are saying now. >> reporter: cybersecurity experts have growing doubts that north korea was behind the massive sony pictures hack, but u.s. government officials still contend north korea is responsible. >> we are confident that north korea is responsible for this destructive attack.

ride heading through cheverly, the earlier problem down on kenilworth avenue. 66 lined up through manassase still have the closure of the gw parkway. not available to you southbound between 123 and spout run till further notice. back to you guys. >>> cbs this morning is next. one of the holiday's hottest gifts is taking off in popularity. >> slitly. sales of the consumer drones have actually skyrocketed. we'll tell you what's behind the boom. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes and update you on the traffic problems and weather problems as well. >> get news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day on the wusa9 app. >> howard and i will see you at noon. till then have a great day and slow down. remember, the speed cameras are out there. >> stay warm, too. discover the power of just one shower. new dove body wash with a breakthrough formula. just one shower gives you softer smoother skin. my skin is really silky smooth. new dove body wash. softer, smoother skin after just one shower. i know what you're thinking, but this is new and improved i can't believe it's not butter! 100% taste, 0% artificial pr

eastbound lanes of 66, finding the volume making your way into manassas and toward centreville, fair lakes and on in toward vienna. no longer need to detour on the gw parkway. the southbound lanes now completely reopened between 123 and spout run. they've made the emergency repair so that should make a little bit of an easier commute for folks this morning. beltway out of college park, west into silver spring, yes, you have the volume heading west colesville road getting past georgia avenue with lanes open there and downtown anacostia river routes all building volume. lanes open as you make your way into southwest on the freeway. thanks for joining us. wusa9 news will continue this wednesday morning as a toddler, i enjoy three activities. breaking things... spilling things... and just general destruction, in the abstract sense. so i, for one, am not a big fan of nest. you see, the dropcam is always watching... even when my folks are in another room. i rue the day that this product was invented. but i'm not 100% sure what rue means. nest dropcam. welcome to a more thoughtful >>> at 6:

after the rebels abandoned manassas in the spring of 1862, brady sent his men out to take photographsns at centreville centreville. logs made to look like cannon which were to persuade the lvr already timid mcclelland not to attack. i love the way -- you know there's such a wonderful spirit of fun in so many of these civil war pictures and these guy here pretending to light the fake can is an example of that. many pictures taken around washington before the war had people, you know, making human pyramids and doing silly things like that. obviously, they didn't know what was to come. this picture was taken by george barnard. barnard and james gibson, who also had illustrious careers throughout the war, took these pictures together. one of them, james gibson, accompanied mcclelland's army on the peninsula campaign where he took a number of the first seminal photographs of the year. this is a -- this is a stereo stereograph. you can see the image begins to repeat itself. this is a hospital camp at savage's station. harp harry potterers weekly brings this. how patiently and still they lie