now all of us in maryland need to do everything we can to protect maryland taxpayers and our economy from the really damaging consequences of this bill. so thank you for being a part of that because what happened to this bill is the revenues that you asked, your constituents to provide those, your elected officials with your municipal officials it will be become as congressman hoyer said much more expensive, that dollar they're providing to local and state services is being taxed twice. and so we need to make sure we look for ways to mitigate and prevent that from happening. so, steny, thank you for bringing us together and look forward to working with all of you as we address these issues. >> thank you very much, senator. i might say, senator van hollen is member of the appropriations committee. very, very important for us and senator cardin is a member of the finance committee which of course deals with taxes. so both our senators are very well-situated to deal with these important issues, both on health care and on revenues and taxes, on behalf of our citizens. now extraordinarily

now maryland and all of us need to work together to do everything we can to protect maryland taxpayers and our economy from the really damaging consequences of this bill. thank you for being a part of that. what has happened with this bill is the revenues that you asked , it constituents to provide will become much more expensive for them. that dollar that they are now providing to local and state services is now being taxed twice. we need to make sure we look for ways to mitigate and protect that -- but that from happening. -- prevent that from happening. >> thank you senator. i might say that he is a member of the appropriation committee. are very wellors situated to deal with these important issues both on health care and revenues and texas on behalf -- taxes on behalf of of our citizens. while there is a squiggly line that separates the fourth and fifth district, either one of us recognize those lines. act as partners in full cooperation with one another. i want to say what an extraordinary and positive addition anthony brown has been to the congress. anthony: thank you. in and in

this is in maryland. is this ocean city or just southern maryland?s out trying plow the snow, put the salt down make the roads a little more passible. schools in that region canceled today. that should make it easier for families trying to navigate. a lot of offices probably closed as well. looking at the pictures looks very treacherous. this is a bomb cyclone blizzard conditions. can't get much worse than this. i take that back. it could. we don't want it to. that's what they're facing in th >> our mike thomas is live in northern virginia this morning. >> he continues our live team coverage from alexandria. mike, things are looking decidedly better in that part. >> reporter: well, they were until we got into downtown old town alexandria. you should be able to see it in the live shot. roads are absolutely covered and honestly they don't look like they've been treated here. we're on king street in old town alexandria. they still got the christmas lights up in town and i'm going to be honest i'm feeling even though the holidays are done, i'm feeling th

bright to sunny and d-maryland. maryland, i would like to give you a warm welcome. to haveecially honored congress men brown here this morning. i also welcome the mayors, the town managers, and the union's to this very important roundtable. i want to thank the congregation for their unwavering support. andhave been our champions brought funding for significant economic development projects. the fbi andported the gsa would be very proud of how cost effective they are. therefore, i am pleased to inform you that due to your maryland hasrts, job growth. it has led for four consecutive quarters but none of that would have happened without your support. this county leads the entire washington dc region in job growth. better than fairfax, montgomery, howard, we are ahead of each of them. that is because of this significant economic development project that was bright here and funded here. without that it would not be possible. there is a report on your desk that shows the numbers. you will be happy to know that we lead the state of maryland and the entire region. therefore

all those schools in maryland are closed this morning. >> also in maryland, the following schools are still on a two-hour delay. calvert county schools, frederick county schools and howard county schools, you are delayed for two hours. >> all right. in virginia, a l recently as to what is cold. arlington county schools decided to close, same deal with alexandria city schools, fairfax county schools largest school district there in northern virginia is closed and loudoun county schools also closed. prince william county and spotsylvania county schools stafford county manassas city and manassas park schools, all closed this morning. >> in virginia, fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county, page county schools, you are on a two-hour delay. >> ignore the alexandria city schools at the top of that. we just said that they were closed so that has changed recently. d.c. public schools here on a two-hour delay this morning and for federal workers or those who follow opm, the federal government is opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers do have the option for unsc

this is a live look at the snow in oxon hill, maryland.er storm dumping snow from florida all the way up to new england. >> i-95 really is the dividing line here. if you live east of 95, you're probably going to have to shovel today especially if you live in ocean city. in fact, this is a live look from the boardwalk in ocean city right now. it is whipping.

california, maryland, southern maryland has been certainly getting the jackpot here, 4-inches out in an inch for most of the area. reagan national 24 degrees. 22 dulles. 22bwi marshall. cold will be the big story once we get the snow out of here. you can see northwest side of d.c. pretty much done with it. it is snowing southeast side down towards national harbor and prince george's county, charles county still getting snow and pretty good batch of it east of waldorf. all of that will be very gradually kind of pushing off to the east here and things will wind down. what will not wind down our storm intensifying as we speak and it's really deepening very gusty winds dangerous winds along the coast. blizzard conditions up new england they'll get a foot plus in eastern parts of maine and this will be big story for the next couple of days. continue to monitor it. our snow generally over i want to mention qck chill advisory we'll talk more about the wind chills later but they're going to be to say the least very unpleasant. below zero for most of the day. erin? >> tucker i will tell you r

line, the maryland line, had been closed. we believe it's back open now after wires were taken down. that's been cleared out and the roads back open both directions. >>> 4:42 now. a go-to spot for gardeners in d.c. will close its doors after decades in business. johnson's florist and garden center can't afford the rent. the store is set to close either on or before january 14th. in a letter posted online, it's because of a significant rent increase and other fees. american university owns that property. in a letter, officials say they've tried hard to macon sessions for the business. but they have to balance the needs of other tenants. the stores in kensington will remain open. that's been a d.c. institution as long as we've worked around the station here. >>> well a pharmacy opening near a school wouldn't normally be a big deal, but this one offers medical marijuana. >> the dispensary, cannabis opened in frederick county, maryland. it's close to urbana high school. there are clear signs that the entrance declaring it a fr dr

there's a reason why she's going to maryland. they had no answer for awusu all night long. >> pr, baby. they go up 15. she dropped 22. >> reporter: but let's not forget the sharpshooter lindsay tibadoe draining three's like it's nothing and >>> when you're here tomorrow night talking about the high temperature was -- >> 59. it's going to sound silly because you'll want to dress for the teens and 20s tomorrow and just cold sunday and monday maybe a flurry or two on tuesday and we'll watch something on wednesday, but cold through next thursday. >> yikes. >> i liked wearing shorts this morning. >> i dare you to do it tomorrow. >> i might. >> no. you would do it. don't do that. the late before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already to

both the maryland men and women took an l. the women ranked 11th in the nation lost to michigan state, their first big 10 loss to a team not named ohio state and the men played the buckeyes and their defense sort of looked like this. they lost by 22 points. luckily the high school game of the night was much more competitive. no. 1 dematha, no. 2 gonzaga, packed house, barely got in. georgetown head coach patrick ewing, you know the dude got in. late in the 3rd tied game. dematha in transition and carson has a sweet crossover and finishes, zags down by only two. still miles dread gets the and one. he had 18 points and then gonzaga, they never trailed in the 2nd half. as gonzaga takes down no. 1 1 dematha 71-62. chris williamson was at the park. >> reporter: you had a huge game. what made you so effective? what was working? >> i wasn't really being aggressive in the 1st half. i thought i believed in myself the 2nd half. my coach said be confident. stick to what you know. >> people are down on us. definitely that's a big win, a b

in the maryland state house. the statehouse was and is governmental marilyn's showpiece, it wer -- maryland's showpiece. the upper house was the jewel and the crown, finer than it was prodigious sibling. during the construction of the building in the 1770's, the senate chamber was described as being too opulent to be a public building, but this was annapolis. the private building boom had dried up with the start of the war. and construction on the nearhouse, begun by a colony in 1774, continued under the auspices of a state of the world's newest nation. the craftsman who design, traveled, hammered, and plastered domestic architecture into existence before the war now had only one major outlet, the statehouse. the result was a sufficiently -- was sufficiently dignified tone was one of the message ordinary acts in history. the resignation was accomplished before the assembled congress, which sat in chairs on the floor of the chamber. visitors crowded in the gallery above. the general faced the president of the sena

this is a live picture from ocean city, maryland.ibility and whipping winds. not as bad back here in the d.c. area, but we are seeing snow and a challenging commute because of the very cold temperatures. many of you will have more time to get to where you need to go this morning. >> we're already tracking some delays. all of scrolling at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. we know d.c. public schools will open two hours late today. in virginia, warren, fauquier, page, frederick and clark county schools are all opening two hours late. alexandria and falls church city schools on a two-hour delay today. in maryland, calvert, charles, allegheny and frederick county schools on a two-hour delay. >>> the closures in virginia. spotsylvania, prince william, rappahannock, westmoreland, stafford, fairfax, loudoun and arlington county schools are all closed. fredericksburg and manassas city schools are also closed. anne arundel, montgomery, prince george's county schools are closed today. the federal government is on a two-h

he looked to maryland to find them. he was familiar with the capabilities of the tradesmen of annapolis, but he must have known that the war had shifted the balance of economic power to -- in the state next door. that was supposed to go in with the social events. [laughter] although, i'm sure the general would never have hosted a party like that. [laughter] the balance of power, economic power, had shifted. baltimore had surpassed annapolis. after two decades of expansion, the capital had reverted back to its life as a sleepy town that awoke only when the legislature arrived. washington followed all of this to the newspapers, but he also had a man on the ground. his former aide to camp. he was born just outside of easton on the eastern shore, but settled into business in baltimore after the war. baltimore was a most rapidly growing city in the young republic, and therefore, was a place where in venture tradesmen were arriving daily. on march 24, washington requested tillman purchase a house joiner, brick layer, and plas

frederick county, maryland, closed now.a look at union station or nearby union station. >> we've seen snow and the pick up within the last few hours. there are cars on the roads. it's pretty busy. right below the headlights, a lot of snow on the ground still. this is making for treacherous conditions. cars are spinning out and sliding. aaron, you were sliding on the roads coming in. >> melissa, we talk about people needing to be careful but it's still blowing with all this wind. that sort of snow gets slippery. >> all of a sudden the roads you think are treated don't look exactly as they did before. let's take a look at the roads right now, guys. 270 southbound still slow here. going about 40 miles per hour. no actual incident. just people being careful. it's slow into gaithersburg. inbound and outbound and inbound 5 is as well. beltway looks okay. just a little slowdown. outer loop as you pass bw parkway and 95. inbound side before the megan mcgrath in that area for us this morning. showing us that the area of clinton was

mother nature dropped a weather bomb on ocean city maryland. thank you for watching the news at noon. miri marshall has more next. >> next comes the cold so we are still spotting light flurries outside right now and going to have really, really cold temperatures moving in. first alert live doppler is telling the story. this is a monster of a storm intensifying so rapidly within the last few hours. it intensified the type of storm we see takes 24 hours to happen. this storm did it in seven hours and now battering new york and boston with heavier snow bands and really, really strong winds. we saw strong winds around here as well. ocean city maryland had wind gusts of 50 miles per hour. now we are getting flurries around the d.c. area. light snow around buoy and flurries in the college park area with cloudy skies. d.c. right now mostly flurries but around florida avenue northeast a break for you also around howard university. they are getting a break from the snow and still light snow around the only area along 97. rockville gets a break for now.

and to maryland and they make changes regarding birth control. as of today insurance companies must provide most forms of contraception at no cost to patients including vasectomies, over-the-counter birth-control and the morning aftepi maryland to replace smoke detectors if they are more than 10 years old and operated by 9 volt batteries. check your units and look on the back for the date it was made and if you can't find that it's probably more than 10 years old so replace them. >>> smoke them if you've got them. in california that applies to joints as well as cigarettes. as of today recreational marijuana is legal in california. a ceremony kicked off sales at a dispensary in oakland and henry was the first customer. >> to be able to now just walk in, show your drivers license, and make a purchase, it's been a long time coming. >> i am an employed functioning at adult who smokes weed and there's nothing wrong with that. >> buyers must be 21 years old and can only purchase one ounce of pot. it still remains off limits and restaurants, bars and pu

i'm candy hutton from rockville, maryland. i recently read a recommendation that one should eat after you exercise. that way you'd use stored fat instead of the calories you consumed. can you check to see if that's correct? thanks. >> on it. so candy read this belgian study that claims that people who worked out on an empty stomach lost weight and burned more fat than people who worked out after they ate breakfast. those people allegedly gained weight. it's new year's day, right? so we needed answers stat on this one. i literally sent our verify researchers running to the experts to shed light on this and here's the deal. fat in your food is not the same as body fat, okay? when you exercise, but if you haven't eaten, your carb storage is low and so your body will use it up and then go after stored fat. let's say you burn five hundred calories before break -- 500 calories before breakfast. 70% fat, 30% carbs are burned. let's say you eat breakfast and get on the treadmill. you burn that same 500 calories, but now you're running

maryland, though, they have won seven straight. so you better watch out for the terps, despite losing two key players. justin jackson and ivan bender. head coach mark turgeon will rely on the junior and a freshman ber nanedo who knocked a first career double-decker against penn state tuesday. redskins are would be of the six teams that could be mandated to participate in this year's hbo's "hard knocks" series. front office has said in the past they don't want to be on the show. but it's like a reality show going behind the scenes with personalities likia gruden, josh norman. i'm not saying they will do it for sure but there i a date has been announced for the opening of audi field, the new home for d.c. united. it will open july 14 against the whitecaps. it will be a fun summer for washington sports fans because the nats will host the mlb all-star game three days later and nats park is two blocks away from audi field. so imagine that. then speaking of the nationals. how good the spring training in west palm beach sound right now? j

larry: the heart of the storm is in southern maryland. autria: calvert county is expecting nearly a half a foot of snow, and that is where john gonzalez is live. we have seen it coming down study almo john: it has been steady. i think the wind has been picking up. not helping. i do not have my earmuffs. it is really cold out here in calvert county. you can see it covers up in just minutes. the snow is still coming down. ands whipping and whirring really creating a problem, whipping that snow around. 4, it goesy, route right to the heart of prince frederick here in calvert county, slow passage. down becauseowing of the conditions that are very slippery, really messy this morning here in calvert county where you have at least, i would say, a good two inches of snow already on the ground. i want to show you something here. we are talking with the wind drifts, the snowdrifts. take a l snow, but it gives you an idea of what is happening with the wind and a lot of that snow being kicked around, even when the snow is not falling that hard. well,

plus discovery is moving out of maryland.in 2020 bid and the spider that set epa apartment on fire. your news starts right now. we're going to gin tonight with breaking news, a saddened to the desperate search for a missing maryland man who suffered from dementia. police say they found the body of daniel dehaven near bwi air forth tonight. marina maracco is live in beltsville where the victim went missing. >>reporter: he was seen exactly a week ago right here off of this costco off of route route one in beltsville. this is where police believe that once he walked off at some point someone may have picked him up and taken him to the gambia brils area. tonight like you said 65 year old daniel dehaven who was suffering

in maryland more than a dozen fires, but no serious injuries. in virginia, two new year's day fires, one of them with a tragic ending. flames raced through this home in annandale, trapping a 94-year-old man inside. and tonight we are learning more about the victim from neighbors who captured images of the aftermath. news4's amee cho was at the scene on columbia road with reaction. amee? >> reporter: leon, everyone on this street who knew that man says he was sweet and caring. his name was louis, but people called him mr. lou. neighbors tell us he used a walker and that may be why he was trapped. >> there is someone inside. mr. lou. mr. lou! >> reporter: as firefighters battled the flames, one neighbor stood anxiously outside waiting for news of her close friend mr. lou. very would later learn he didn't make it. >> he is inside, inside the house. i saw call, scream. i mean, anybody can grab him. mr. lou is small. they can grab him. >> reporter: she shared these pictures of mr. lou's life, 94-year-old world war ii army veteran. he had a birthday p

. >>> up next it's back to work for lawmakers in virginia and maryland. both assemblies returned today. first, though, to richmond and the year of the woman. voters sent a dozen new women to represent them in the house of delegates. they were front and center for today's swearing in ceremony. on the list, the first latinas, the first transgender woman, the first lesbian, a historic day in the colonies. >> on behalf of all the people in the 13th district including the 12,077 people that gave me the blessing to be here, it's the honor of a lifetime. >> i can't even articulate the history of the moment and how amazing it was. >> reporter: can you speak? >> these women part of a democratic wave hitting richmond. republicans still have control of the legislature, but just barely. democrats say that slight edge means the issues they've been pushing for years chance. >> that balance of power in the virginia house of delegates is 51-49, but it could split down the middle. republican bob thomas from the fredericksburg area took his seat, but there are a lot of que

maryland beats penn state 75-69. >>> meanwhile, georgetown warriors. derekson completed the 3-point play, and later another big man doing work, jesse. he and derek leading the way. georgetown wins it 90-81. then some redskins legends, joe jacoby one of the finalists for the pro football hall of fame. >> again. >> so maybe the third time is your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ all because of you ♪ ♪ >>> okay, this is how cold it's florida state university, not the gators, they're a little tougher, but no school

maryland women ace taking on iowa. maryland rolled by iowa 80-64.g the schedule allows them to shift their fun off ice. chance to do gambling and mingling with the fans. we give you some of the sights and sounds of the evening. >> foods hot here. let's heat this table up. >> if we were on a real floor, we would be doing pretty good. >> also arrested. >> for cheating? >> just relaxed and hang out and play some games and hang out with the band. so it is a great event. so fun every year. >> a great event. i can't put my hair down like some, but a lot of the guys enjoying the event. >> yeah. now we're talking. we're hot. >> i do not gamble, my put a curse on me. i don't gamble. >> biggs would be like one of the guys that would tap someone on the shoulder and say hey, time to go. >> just so we know, they are not gambling with real money. >> no wonder it is >>> all right. started their engines. a mad dash to the car. >> our intern is out there working on yours. make sure you bundle up tomorrow morning. bring those pets inside too. >> yeah. this is no joke

maryland. montgomery, anne arundel schools will open two hours late. alexandria, falls church, two-hour delay. jefferson county schools in west virginia are on that two-hour delay as well. the federal government is open for business. we're working for you if you have to go out in the cold. exposed skin out in those elements for a short time, it can cause serious damage. news 4 went out to see how you can protect yourself from frostbite. numbness, blisters, color change and the smell of your skin. if you have any of these symptoms, seek treatment early and try to get to a doctor. clean, dry, running them under room temperature water. >> if you have a cold temperature injury and then you treat that area with something that's too hot, you can make the wound worse. >> the bottom line is, bundle up out there in this very cold weather. the nightmare continues for those trying to get up around the northeast part of the country. a major winter snow has left airports closed, hundreds of flights delayed. take a look at this map from flight aware. anywhere that y

this is ocean city, maryland. it's already blanketed with snow. you can see strong winds in this area where there's a blizzard warning in effect. more on this weather alert da after ty hi ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. another sign of how cold it is. you can actually see the ice forming on top of the water in the tidal basin in the potomac river. now to a reminder. even if something appears to be frozen, you should never go out on to the ice. >> chopper 4 in leesburg yesterday afternoon. yesterd first responders were called to someone falling through the ice. you can see the footprints and a large hole. they checked but did not find anyone. >>> rescue crews in montgomery county have been putting their training to the test. two vehicles were stuck in ten mile creek this weekend. rescuers have been training nonstop for these

and northern virginia and maryland. so we are not saying a ton, but i sure would not wash my car car right now. >> still put the chemicals down. >> still put the stuff ton the road even if you are not driving through the snow you'll get it on your car. but as we go through tonight that's when the storm system will get closer to us. remain offshore. and it will be bringing part of the area some snow. this is mostly going to be sleeping. early commuters, talking about 4, 5:00 a.m., you'll be running into some snow showers depending where you live. right now we are seeing the cold air and the snow moving out of florida where they did some snow falling earlier but now up into parts of south carolina. temperatures locally still below freezing but should be breaking 30 degree mark through parts of the area today. that is unfortunately an improvement for us. it's 27 degrees gate thers berg. leesburg 25 degrees in washington. mostly cloudy for today. high temperatures mid to low 30s. snow south and east of the district after 9:

in ocean city, maryland, brad bell reporting. our coverage continues with john gonzalez live in calvert county. john, nothing like ocean city, thank goodness, but it is still a pretty white scene where you are. john: absolutely, adrianna. we have about four inches of snow on the ground here in calvert county. it is hard to tell if it is still coming down because of the tremendous wind. i want to show you something over here. walk with me here. not only do we have a private contractor here trying to clear the parking lot -- why he is wearing shorts, i don't know, but he has been trying to get his car out of the parking lot for 10 minutes now. it is not a ton of snow, but it is slick, if it is really compounded with the fact that the wind has been extraordinary out here. the have been hearing that term a lot this morning, the bomb cyclone, well, we have definitely been feeling the effects. take a look at the snow is up with some of the videos, the snow whipping around. we have been hearing it, feeling it all day long. it has really

also in maryland, you know, 2017 pretty big year in cyber attacks, personal information being stolen,g january 1st, all maryland businesses now required by this new law to protect the personal information of former employs, any maryland business that gets hacked will be required to notify individuals in a more timely manner. now, over in virginia, there are a slew of new laws going into effect. one involves birth control. before today, a woman could only get enough to last a few month, starting today, that will change, women can purchase a year's supply of birth control, on the opposite end of that spectrum, 2018 brings good news to coin collectors to virginia. that's because starting today, a new law in the commonwealth gives coin collectors the ability to no longer to have to pay sales tax on any transaction more than $1,000. there's another sales tax break also one gold platinum and silver being extended until 2022. finally we've been telling you a lot about how 2018 meant a lot of people were trying to prepay the property taxes, the irs is those prepayments may only be deductible

we'll start in maryland. this is a very important change on how you protect your home. as of january 1 par mar residents are required to replace old nine volt batties with a longer laster detector with battery sealed in. it's a pretty good idea. smoke detectors with sealed in bat i whys last a decade. you don't have to remember to watch them off twice a year. >> also in maryland, 2017 in the news. you remember it was a big year for sign area tacks and personal information stolen. starting today, in maryland, all businesses are now required by a new law to protect the personal information of customers of employees and former employees and from now on maryland business does get hacked and they'll be required to notify individuals in a more timely manner. virginia they hav effect and one involves birth control. before today -- on the opposite end of spectrum, 018 brings good news to coin collectors. yes, coin collectors inner virginia. turns out as of today thanks to a brand new law in the commonwealth coin collectors no longer have to pay a sales tax on any transaction mo

the all girls academy of the holy cross in concernsing torngs maryland, fired him. "fox5" evan lamb sbert live outside the school. what did he he have to say. >> tony we wanted to know if greg conti regretted white supremists and racist views of the fact caught his job at the school. he doesn't have any regrets and understands the school did what it had to do. >> the school is trying to protect its own position. i get why they're doing the that. they're doing it was where they employed somebody with whom they had no problem and did not affect school's operations. >> we spoke to former teacher greling conti this is his picture from twitter profile there he wept by name greg riter. students had discovered at right views on social media and that employed firing in october. it led todd richard spencer con sti use. and this was video at the white nationalist in char charlotteville that ended upturning deadly a academy of the holy cross found out about highs to the building and that's when he was fired. but the school just sent out a letter rather about couldn't he's he w

in the second quarter, more maryland. check out the passing. blair watson and shanice lewis, up at the half. finally a snow day great day for sledding at battery campbell park in d.c. capturing these great images, the dogs, kids, day off from school, and this is what happens when you put a go pro on a shredder. going to hurt a little bit. >> there we go. >> there we go. wait for it. >> no! >> no! [ laughter ] >> the c & o canal, some say they've been out there the last three days taking advantage of the cold temperatures. i wouldn't try that. go pro. >> you know what you need after that? you need a vancouver night cap. >> you do. >> that is one of the best names. >> it's true. >> then you have to think about a helmet, too. >> that, >> doug, just saying. >> thanks for joining us, folks. nightly news starts in 60 seconds. >> we hope to see you at news4 at 11:00. updatedorecast. f >>> tonight, from snowy rockefeller plaza, the powerful blizzard emergency blasting the east coast. new york, d.c. and boston delivered a knockout blow. the so-called bo

officials in maryland. who better to discuss redistricting than paul smith, who argued on behalf of the challengers in gill v. whitford and is now here georgetown as a distinguished visitor. paul: thank you, amy. i have the same lack of information as everybody else as to why the case was taken in december. it was a big surprise in many ways. gill v. whitford was on -- was argued in october. we are merrily going along thinking we can wait, but if we get a ruling in january or february, we might get a new map in wisconsin. come december, they take an entirely new case out of maryland. the surprise was they didn't have to do that. they could have done what they normally do when they have a case, and hold the second case and remanded later on or decide what the appropriate disposition would be. but they didn't. the case has been to supreme court twice because it was up before under the name of shapiro versus mcmanus on the technical issue over whether or not it was sufficiently frivolous that the district cour

about 4 inches down in southern maryland and around the d.c. metro area an inch in some locations, to the west not much. everybody is getting wind. >> everybody is going to be dealing with the wind. we're going to be talking about dangerously cold air not just tomorrow but saturday and into sunday morning. >> this is going to last awhile. we have a good 48 hours of cold, cold, cold. and it gets about as cold as it gets in our region. potential records, too. look out there now, it looks cold. you can see snow covered sidewalks. covered grass, rooftops, all covered, 24 degrees. the winds now at 22 miles an hour. that's sustained wind at 22 miles an hour. so, some extreme cold it gets a lot colder than this. here's the current temperatures. 21 gaithersburg, 26 in frederick, and 18 in winchester. the storm gone as far as the snow is concerned. once again, we are on the backside of it. the front side of it brings up enough warm air, some of this is rain here. it's all snow on the inland areas of the u.s. around h around halifax getting some rain. th

it's back to work today for the virginia and maryland general assemblies. and both have filled calendars for the 2018 sessions. gun control, paid family leave, equal pay -- and passing a budget are all on the agenda in virginia. republicans now hold just a one-seat majority after a democratic wave in the november elections. in maryland -- lawmakers will try to override governor hogan's veto of a paid sick leave bill. they'll also focus on expanding medical marijuana licenses. and for both states -- there's a big focus on transportation. tonight - virginia governor terry mcauliffe will deliver his final state of the commonweath address. the speech is set for seven o'clock in richmo lieutenant governor... becomes virginia's 73rd governor on saturday. and this morning northam is making history, even before he's sworn in to office. on tuesday, governor-elect ralph northam announced ester lee as his secretary of commerce. pending her approval by the legislature, northam will have eight women serving in his cabinet... making his the first majority-female cabinet

we start in maryland with a very important change on how you protect your home. this is about fire alarms. now, on january is 1 maryland residents are now required to replace their old nine volt smoke detectors with new smoke detectors. in their place are going to be smoke detectors. those are sealed in baties. this is not only a new lawsuit but a good idea. smoke detectors with sealed in batteries last a decade meaning you don't have to swap out batties every year. it's a good thing to remember. also in maryland, 2017, pretty wig year in cyber hacks. personal information being stolen. that's why starting today, maryland businesses are required by a new law to protect the personal information of employees. customers and former employees. so from now on, maryland businesses you get -- you will be required to notify individuals in a more timely manner. virginia also has pretty new laws going into effect. one involves birth control. for today, a woman in virginia that want todd buy birth control could get enough to last a few months. that changes today when a woman

. >> ham hire county and alleghany and garrett in maryland. alleghany public schools cancelled all morning pre k classes. orange county virginia schools are on a two hour delay today. >> in the the meantime we have caitlin roth talking about traffic this morning. good morning, good to see you. michael thomas talking about what else? the cold weather. >> there's delays today. i'm anticipating more on friday than given how cold we'll be later this week. colder area to come. there's a break on the 7 day. i'll tell you about it coming up. >> and i don't think we'll see too many breaks this morning. everyone back to work a breaks out there and checking the full roads and full check ahead. maureen, wisdom. >> caitlin and mike, thank you. 4:30 and breaking early this morning out of the district we're checking out reports that a middle school flood overnight in southeast. >> the concern is over kramer middle school q street. "fox5" melanie alnwick is live on the scene with the latest in this story. mel, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning,

lit keep some operations in maryland and expand in sterling virginia. some time next year. >>> 4:34 a search on for a missing man with dementia came to a tragic and unfortunate. they found the body of daniel dehaven last night. he disappeared from a cost co-parking lot on anne arundel could you tell the say police say his death do not look suspicious, but there are questions was he picked up at some point and drop off in maryland and how did he then get from grand brills to bwi airport. they say his family may have a statement to release >>> dc police are investigating a shooting near georgia washington university hospital in northwest, we're told a victim walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds after being shot outside the entrance of the hospital on 23rd street. it was placed on lockdown for a short time while police investigate. >>> and just in case you were among those wondering why so many schools were delayed on tuesday, take a look. my goodness. this is video of man leaving his home in loudoun county virginia. he gave it a go but it wasn't h

another maryland native will be there but she's competing. she's earned a spot on the women's olympic hockey team. she's a graduate of wooten high school. she cried for two days when she found out her daughter made the national team. it is a huge, huge, big deal. what an honor to represent your country center stage. >> it will be fun. start february 9th. you'll be heading over a few days before that for our live coverage from the game. almost the entire month of february. >> i can't believe it's already here. >>> big news for all you fixer upper fans. a major announcement chip and johanna gains made that could soon have them redoing a room in their own home. >>> if you use i-66, lanes are not very popular. now there's a new survey. >>> this time yesterday morning she was probably getting ready for school. today she is fighting to stay alive. alive. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great a

plus discovery is moving out of maryland. president trump reacted to a possible oprah in 2020 bid and the spider that set epa apartment on fire. your news starts right now. we're going to gin tonight with breaking news, a saddened to the desperate search for a missing maryland man who suffered from dementia. police say they found the body of daniel dehaven near bwi air forth tonight. marina maracco is live in beltsville where the victim went missing. >>reporter: he was seen exactly a week ago right here off of this costco off of route route one in beltsville. this is where police believe that once he walked off at some point someone may have picked him up and taken him to the gambia brils area. tonight like you said 65 year old daniel dehaven who was suffering was found dead in a wooded area near bwi as a woman who was out for a walk spotted his body and called police. of course there are a lot of questions tonight as to mr. dehaven was able to get a ride from someone here in beltsville all the way to gambia brils and then so

irene stein berg used to live in potomac, maryland. the plane crashed sunday in a wood area off the pacific coast. investigators are working to figure out just why the plane even went down. 12 people died in that crash. among them, irene stein berg, her husband bruce and their three sons. the family lived in a new york city suburb. news4 found a 2003 address for irene in montgomery county, maryland. two pilots and five other americans also died in the crash. >> and all good things must come to an end. we're talking about winter break. kids in our area heading back to school tomorrow. only on news4 tonight, the plans now being considered to make sure students who walk to school get their safely. >> and families forced into the freezing cold after a fire rips through their apartment building. why a mom who was first to see ame fles was the last to >>> at least 14 le homeless at the start of the new year. they were forced into the subfreezing cold after a fire ripped through their apartment building in southeast washington overnight. righ

the maryland 355 bridge also known as the urbana pike bridge. the crash happened back in early december. repairs were supposed to be take as long as two months. >> hundreds of emergency workers continue to search through homes, cars and streets filled with mud and debris. in southern california. santa barbara county officials say tuesday's deadly mudli killed 17 people, 8 are still missing. chris martinez with the latest from montecito. >> reporter: crews are working to move mountains of mud in downtown montecito. search and rescue teams are still combing through neighborhoods checking damaged homes for any signs of life. >> i have a few friends that they're missing their parents, brothers, stuff like that and they don't know where they are. >> only about 9,000 people live in this part of santa barbara county. montecito is home to many celebrities including ellen degenerous and oprah winfrey. >> it's filled with a lot of different types of people from all backgrounds. there are people who are missing family members. they're finding people and bo

juan williams: thurgood marshall was born in baltimore maryland in 1908. and it's just 12 years earlier in 1896, that you had the supreme court ruling in plessy v ferguson. that's the ruling that says that "separate but equal" is the law of the land in the united states. the supreme court is affirming the separation of the races. larry s gibson:at the time of the civil war, baltimore had the largest free black population of any american city. and through a combination of laws, and in practices, the city became much more racially segregated around about the time when thurgood marshall was born. narrator: marshall grew up a short distance from downtown baltimore on the west side in an african-american neighborhood scattered with european immigrants. his father william worked as a waiter on the railroad. a man with a sharp wit who was sometimes described as cantankerous, he would visit the baltimore city courthouse and then argue the cases with his son over dinner. his mother norma was an educated articulate woman who taught in baltimore's segregated schools

new details in the search for a missing maryland man suffering from dementia.-year-old daniel dehaven might have been picked up while walking along route one last tuesday january 2nd and then dropped off along annapolis road in gambrills. police are asking people to be on the lookout for dehaven in the gambrills area. he is -- he went missing last tuesday from a costco parking lot in beltsville. family friends and volunteers gathered for several days to search for him. they'll search again today. >> people who live in maryland who need to renew their driver's licenses will now have to dig up extra documentation. since january 1st the motor vehicle administration has been requiring additional documents to show proof of age identity address and social securityum they add suggest bringing a copy of your birth certificate and passport along with your social security card and utility bill. this is required to comply with federal law. >> starting today t-residents in prince george's county with yard waste collection can set their christmas trees at the curb for recyc

one to two inches in parts of southern maryland.wo to four in southern portions of southern maryland and then four to eight inches out there towards ocean city. could be even more than that. that's something we'll continue to watch for you. the next couple of days, extreme cold. tomorrow, friday and saturday, weather alert each of those days. frigid weather highs, only in the teens and next monday, that could be a weather alert day, too, as we deal with a chance of ice associated with another storm system moving our way. lots to talk about but right now it's the next 7 it hou2 hours wt to worry about. >> thank you, doug and amelia. >>> a potential roadside danger. new results from our story about guardrails that could do more harm than good. >>> i'm erika gonzalez. chopper 4 is over the scene of what montgomery county police areal investigation. the call came in at 4:00. here's chopper 4 zooming in on the block of croft ridge way. this is in germantown. it came in as a suspicious situation and now they are saying this is a death inv

the university of maryland medical center says it takes responsibility. it's investigating and isn't ruling owl firing the person or -- ruling out firing the person or persons involved. nancy: a story that broke tuesday. montgomery county officials rying to announce new tenants to the communications building. it will be vacant next year when discovery moves headquarters to new york. how to fill the ten floors to accommodate 2,500 workers? there is no shortage of potential tenants. >> housing technology or media or sorts. >> this isn't a time to cry and say what went wrong? this is when you say this is time for something new. >> they may approach the f.b.i. about moving headquarters to the discovery building. michelle: a month ago this week a truck crashed in the bridge that carries maryland route 355 over the river. the repairs were expected to take 60 days. nancy: update on an million abuse case in fairfax county. look at max, a dog found near death a month ago. now max looks like this. fairfax county officers yuring the black retriever back to health. m

the maryland general assembly has priorities of its own. alison: lawmakers are getting back to business today. maryland bureau chief br opening day. brad? brad: well, you mentioned the term limits. the leadership in the house and the senate say it is not going anywhere. this is a booklet that explains all the bills submitted so far. 114 of them. we understand the first official action that they are really going to get, try to accomplish here is to override the for's veto of a paid sick leave -- override the governor's veto of a paid sick leave law. then they will start working on this book. as the maryland general assembly convened for the 906 day session of the law making and the budget balancing the first order of business was to elect officers. no surprise in the house. speaker mike bush is back after recoveringcovering from ar transplant last summer. >> thank you for your confidence. >> in the senate, mike miller is the longest serving president in state history and he is predicting a tough session. as the stat impact of the congression

the southern counties of maryland. an hour speed restriction on the chesapeake bay bridge, and 18 child wheelers that have empty trailers are not allowed to cross the bridge. we did it at dawn this morning right before dawn and then after dawn crossing the bridge was a little dicey because it is wi windy. although maryland department of transportation officials yesterday had warped there was a chance they were going to close the bay bridge today because of these winds. that has not happened. as far as bwi, we know there are a lot of flight delays and some cancellations to northern ci cities. just kind of what we're experiencing here. what we kind of expected and are clearly still yes, but also wind and as we leave you here guys we'll show you one of plows we've seen maryland state highway and contracted crews here this guy has his plow up. most we've seen going by have their plows down as well we'll see if this guy is dropping any sand. nope. just honking his horn and going to where he's going, guys. if you're out and

maryland and northern virginia which is kind of like -- they've got three different locations in d.c. >> it's possible you might consider colleges and talent. >> right. >> coming from an area.

because just locating near maryland isn't enough. >> it will have more of an impact on our state if they are located here. and i believe we have a better story to tell. >> reporter: maryland's work force is one of the best educated in the nation with the largest concentration of tech and science workers. montgomery county is one of the most affluent in the nation. maryland officials won't say what sites they are offering but one possible location the former white flint mall, a regional shopping center torn down a couple of years ago, replacing a one-time brick and mortar retail mecca with the retailer of the future of the not to be outdone virginia's governor is pointing to one of the best business climates in the nation and a world class work pool. and they have a higher percentage of college graduates than any state. d.c.'s mayor is angling for the prize. >> we have the talent pool. the livable and walkable communities. the great arts and culture themes that the employ kes say they want and amazon says it wants. >> reporter: but all the cont t contenders have problems. chief among