johnson, a 35-year-old montgomery county bus driver is shot at his first stop.im in three weeks, the tenth to die. >> mr. johnson had pulled up to this location like right directly across from us at which point he was shot and killed almost instantly. it was a single shot. we know that the shot came back from the wood line no more than 30 to 50 yards away. >> as you can see, the forward most bus up there is the one where the -- >> johnson's death brings the entire case back home to montgomery county. >> i can remember just thinking, they're back. >> police find another note in the woods. >> we knew that if we could engage them we would be that much closer to them either screwing up or making another mistake that would help us catch them. >> they did exactly what we asked them to do. they started writing us letters, they started calling. >> one of the phone calls basically told us we needed to look at a robbery that had occurred in montgomery, alabama. >> the call it later turned out was from lee boyd malvo. was he just bragging or hoping to get caught. no one kn

montgomery county, one to two inches. no accumulation in the district. two to four inches in loudoun and frederick county. the sweet spot to the west could see up to five inches. if you have plans saturday evening or trying to decide if you should keep them or cancel them, i'll be up next with the travel forecast. barbara? >> thank you. >>> new developments in the bombshell about the disappearance of a retired fbi agent. today, the white house blasted the associated press and washington post for reporting he was working for the cia when he went missing in iran back in 2007. the white house press secretary, jay carnie says he was not a u.s. government employee when he made the trip. meanwhile, the family is hoping the disclosure will lead to a new push to bring him home. pete williams reports. >> reporter: since the day he went missing overseas seven years ago, the u.s. government maintained he was there on his own. this from a spokeswoman. >> march 9th, 2007 he went missing on a business trip. >> reporter: the a.p. and washington post revealed he was the

there is outrage and montgomery county this morning. a teacher faces disturbing charges. >> what neighbors are saying about the man. it is a little colder than yesterday. >> it is time to talk a little bit of weather. >> hopefully there is a warm-up somewhere in the forecast. >> temperatures should get warmer, we are expected to stay lower than average for lisa next seven to -- for at least the next seven to 10 days. the snowfall came down yesterday. it was fast and serious in a few spots. not so much and some others. there still reports across the fredericksburg was only a trace, most of it was sleet. just over two inches at dulles. temperatures warmed up yesterday afternoon. we had some melting taking place. temperatures are back below the freezing mark and we are waking up to icy conditions. everything is going to be a little crusty so to speak this morning. it is 27 in gaithersburg. a little breeze here so the windchill is 18. it is 26 in hagerstown. forecast, it should stay on the cold side. 28 degrees and mostly sunny and 9:00. it

montgomery county schools closed today. sev central office open at 11:00. 4:34. we will talk to pepco about widespread power outages crews are dealing with. we just checked the utility company's website. more than 7,000 customers are without electricity right now. the situation is worse in virginia. dough minimum ion says more than 23,000 people in northern virginia are in the dark right now. >>> molette green following breaking news at the live desk. >> we heard a liberal leave policy in effect for city employees. all essential employees must report to work on time unless otherwise instructed. a liberal leave policy in effect for the city of frederick, maryla maryland. back to you. >>> thank you, molette. it is now 4:35. new this morning we are getting a first look at the aftermath of a house fire in temple hills, maryland. a tree fell on a power line. presumably because of the weather and sparked the fire. everyone escaped the single l family home on joyce drive without injury. officials are still investigating to confirm what caused that fair. >>> the winter s

noon with athis montgomery county teacher on the run. she is accused of abusing a special needs student and abuse -- and then fleeing the country. release more details this afternoon, but brianne carter has already talked to people who know this teacher and they say they are in shock. is facing sharon kui charges after police say she abused a 15-year-old autistic student and then fled to hong kong. >> it is scary. >> monterey county police say she was a teacher at frost school. law-enforcement officials say last month she went into a boys more -- home when his parents were away and engaged in what is being disguised -- described as illegal sexual conduct. >> that's not good. >> she lived in this rockville neighborhood, one neighbor said it has been months since she has seen her. >> it is been a long time since summertime since i saw her last. i saw the police looking for her at the beginning of november. >> montgomery county police say they're going to put hold a press conference later this afternoon where we hope to learn more about thi

up through montgomery, prince squornlg's counties, and around leesburg,loudoun county. we continue to he see steady rain overnight tonight and that is going to set us up for changes over the weekend. i'll be talk iing about that in ten minutes, but look at how our temperatures fall today. by 6:00 a.m. we're at 55 degrees. this afternoon 2:00, 4:00 p.m. only in the upper 40s. so it's mild right now but you'll need that warm jacket because by this afternoon not only are we dealing with rain but cooler temperatures as well. maynard, is the rain from overnight impacting any of the area roads rate now? >>> good morning. well, a little bit. the roadways are still damp out this, and that is going to affect your overall speed as you head around the beltway. weigh do have a couple of construction spots that will impact a little more directly. and montgomery county northbound hunger for driver and beil avenue two right lanes blocked. northbound colesville road between 410 and georgia avenue you are going to find some lane blockag blockages. be mindful of those as you head out. an

montgomery county schools confirm that's because students and staff don't necessarily live in the same town as their school. they have to ensure everyone can get to school safely. here in bethesda, ray and his crew seem to be ahead of the game. >> it's a lot of snow, so that's a good thing. >> they'll make that decision in the morning and it all has to do with the roads. in bethesda, wusa9. >> some of the days best snow pictures came from frederic county, maryland, it was hard hit this morning. but it's the region used to battling winter weather. >> i'm scott broom in frederic county, maryland, heavily hit by this morning's snow, but by no means, a knockout blow. 4 inches of heavy, stick to the road signs kind of snow fell near frederic. the result on major highways like interstate 70, incidents like this one. the storm struck heaviest during rush hour, but thanks to closed schools and government offices, there was room. off the interstate. snow packed rural roads and side streets were the norm. one result was closed schools here in frederic county. >> that's a good one. >> how would y

for montgomery county. portions of northern prince george's county, the district and fairfax and back to the west. i'll be back in just over ten minutes, showing you future weather, hour by hour throughout your day tomorrow, adam. >>> thanks, amelia. >>> and our team coverage continues tonight with darcie spencer, live in alexandria where road crews and people gearing up for the nasty winter weather, hey, darcy. >> i'm getting excited about the idea that we're going to get some potentially significant weather here tomorrow. and obviously people are getting ready. we're here in the old town hardware store earlier today. they still have some shovels left. although there was a pretty big run on them earlier today. obviously you got to stock up on your ice melt. we're expected to get some significant ice potentially and people are basically just getting ready for whatever happens. early this morning, virginia department of transportation crews were getting their trucks ready in pretreating area roadways in adva

you're up in upper montgomery county, maybe a delay. i don't know.not putting me on the spot. >> exactly. all we can do is say how much snow is going to fall. we can't do that. let's look at video now from the metro. it was, you know, a little bit of snow. you have never said south of town would be that much. it was going to be district north. but it wasn't that crazy bad. we asked folks on facebook today, snow makes me want to -- and let's see here. sue kidd said this. stay in my pj's all day and listen to christmas music. let's take a look at pictures now. this was from sunday and this was from the ice storm. this is from fairfax and these are the berries coated in ice there. now we'll fast forward to today and now they are coated in snow. still a very nice picture. a little bit of ice still melting with the snow and laura sent that in. great job. we love to get snow pictures. snow totals. most of these are on our website. here's another batch for you. coldsville 3 inches. oldtown almost 2. chantilly 3 and bluemont2.3. unless you are south of town

montgomery county police sexually abused a teenage girl he coached and tutored. he had contact with students from several private and public schools in bethesda. if you had an inappropriate contact with him or you think your child might have, police want to hear from you. >>> new tonight, a wusa9 u.s.a. investigation has uncovered a new threat to your cell phone privacy and it's not the nsa. >> russ has some new evidence showing whether you live in washington or the suburbs. your local police may be the ones tracking your phone right now and you are paying big bucks for it. >> the technology is the size of a suitcase and powerful enough to mind your cell phone data to reveal your location, your number, and who you're calling. >> it is broadcasting your location any time it's on. >> i was out on me and texting viewers, sending e-mail. >> at police departments in fairfax county, montgomery county, and washington, d.c., documents obtained by a u.s.a. today, sister station, approved purchases of high-tech equipment to track your cell phone data, even if you're not th

montgomery county, fairfax county.icing is possible in southern maryland but we're more concerned for areas along the i-95 corridor and further back to the west. most of these areas could see up to .25 inches of ice. but the areas along the i-81 corridor could see more than that. we're concerned with power outages that -- from icing and also treacherous roads. download the storm team 4 app. we keep updating it and follow us on twitter. doug has been tweeting tonight, i'm tweeting tonight. chuck bell and veronica will be in tomorrow morning updating the forecast. i want to take you through it hour by hour. 10:00 a.m., snow starts to arrive in the area. we continue to see snow through the midday hours. here we are at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. 1:00 p.m. snow continues. we are going to get accumulation. then sleet and freezing rain during the afternoon hours. notice at 3:00, washington, prince george's county, fairfax and arlington, already seeing freezing rain at that point. we continue to see freezing rain through the evening

quarter inch totals in purcelville, montgomery village across the river. the this is on top of the snow. this morning again around colonial beach, king george, dahlgren watching light freezing rain. all of this moving to the east, northeast. oxford, cambridge, you may be in a lull at the moment but more rain coming your way the next few hours. finally starting to see a little warm air through to the cold air. charleston at 39. 37 novembering for be. 40s along the coast with temperatures in the low 50s but still freezing in manassas and alexandria leesburg. rockville it's freezing, andrews, upper marlboro this morning and also waldorf. so that's why we have brandywine, watch out for the slick spots. on our weather camera, a little bit of low clouds. 34 with light rain at national airport. just light rain but a miserable light rain. looking at the satellite and radar combined, here's the moisture coming in from the southwest. on and off showers through mid- morning. it will be better later on. here it is at 6:00. by 9:00 most of the rain on our futurecast is

our team coverage continues near montgomery county where all southbound lanes on i-270 are blocked at route 27 and father hurley boulevard due to a . >> reporter: we have already seen some pretty dicey situations. >> roads are going to be bad tonight. there's no doubt. >> reporter: they already have, cars in ditches, fender byrnes and serious highway crashes like -- benders and serious highway crashes like this tractor trailer that rolled and shut down highway 270 in montgomery county. officials say they still fear people are drive doing fast for conditions. that's enough to keep shawn ghast off the roads. he'd rather walk. >> it's still safer than driving because of other people's driving, not mine. you have to watch out for everybody else. >> reporter: things are likely going to get worse around montgomery county in the overnight hours and for the morning commute. >> that's going to be a crazy drive. hopefully we'll come home. >> reporter: highway overpasses, bridges and ramps are the first places to become problems and freeze over. officials stress to be cautious and patient. it on

>> the second half of the book is about post-montgomery. and i talked to people and they said over and over she was in the front row and usually had hand work to keep her hands busy. and ed von, old time book owner, i would get there and i would be like dang, there is rosa there. she was trying to soak up all of the different programs and knowledge and what all of the different kinds -- i think the other common thing here is the commonality was the need for a good front and going where people doing good work are going. and many long distance runners have doing that. they show up because people are doing work. you don't have to agree but they go anyway. >> this question of consciousness is important. and those of us in universities know this is important because we think that is the locus of understanding the world. and both of the people i have written with, both smarter than me, found the inspiration outside of the community. at a time when most of the world look at africa as backwards and needing to be uplifted, including african-american

we have our montgomery county reporter on the scene. what's the latest? not the morning commute and a driver expected. around 9:00 this morning, to passersby called 911 reporting a dead male lying in the emergency lane, close to the guard rail. is still very active. to give you an idea of our location, we are on the inner loop between georgia avenue and colesville road near holy cross hospital in silver spring. chopper seven was above the scene early this manning as officers arrived at what police are calling a suspicious death investigation. they are also saying this may be a body dump. the number of police cars and forensic vehicles has steadily risen over the last two hours. i asked police if the man had any visible injuries and if the had his wallet or drivers license in his pocket to identify him. investigators would not say. as far as traffic, if you think about hitting the beltway, things have picked up a bit but traffic is moving slowly on the innermost lane blocked and a lot of rubberneckers taking a look at what exactly is taking place. ais is n

a look at the montgomery county beltway.g at speed but som volume starting to build and thl there. a ten-minute ride fromw3 my95 i i-270. we do have a disabled vehicle on 395 !up edsall blocking the rigt back to you in the studio. >>> maynard, thank you very much. 6:42w3 right now. investigating the target breach at target.xd >>> plus, heads up ift( you use mass transit in maryland. your fare is not changing but it ride in 2014. for a stamp. >>> new this morning, the state department workingñr to authenticate video released overnight of a rockville man held captive in pakistan. the video shows warren weinstein seated and begging for president obama to negotiate for his e1 release. militants kidnapped him in8ájf. the video was sent to a number of media outlets. version to the state department. >>> we are learning what sparked a christmas morning fire inÑi silver spring that sent a disabled veteran and two firefight x' the fire broke out early yesterday on narrows court. it started aftere1 flammable liquidjfxd was used in th

montgomery county police say the death of a person on the beltway is suspicious. police discovered it this morning on the right shoulder between georgia avenue and silver spring. one lane was closed for several hours. the person has not been identified. >> overseas, developing news out of afghanistan. questions about how a black hawk helicopter died. soldiers were killed when the helicopter went down. a seventh soldier did survive. the pentagon is investigating whether the crew died during enemy fire after the crash. >> after 17 terms, frank wolf announced his retirement. he is the dean of the virginia delegation. he has served in congress for 34 years. he plans to work as an advocate for human rights. his exit leaves a seat in the 10th district in the battleground state. >> guess who comes up on the scene? a week early for thousands of families and fairfax county today. first responders handed out gifts to children in need. firefighters and paramedics collected these hundreds of toys and games and coats as well. community groups also pitched in. this is the 16th

now in the form of rain, but you can see the rain/snow line inching its way northbound through montgomeryy. almost all snow "x northern most maryland, but it's all rain down to our sout( and that's what's coming our way. so your saturday night out, rain in d.c., snow in northern maryland for the next couple of hours. that will mixw3 witht( freezingn over the next little bit, but everything changing took all ra and coming to anw3 end around 11:00 or midnight. what about the rest of the week ahead? more about that in a few minutes. >>> that weather system is impacting a big portion of the country from chicago to newe1 england. this video is from south bend, indiana. many flights were canceled today in chicago and new york. teyrrñ me)sour region is right n the line between rain and snow with more accumulation north and news4's darcy spencer is live for us tonight in loudoun county Ù9ñ how are the road conditions outd there, darcy? >> reporter: well, chris, th%(ú best way to describe it,e1 it i wet with a little rain.t( /zqe much a miserable evening in loudoun county. we are live along rout

mid 20s in northern montgomery county, out towards winchester.tay snow for the longest. in fact, the dividing line will be about route 50 where north of route 50 into northern maryland, quite a bit in the way of accumulating snow. our weather impact scale, snow becoming sleet as we get into the later parts of the afternoon. medium to medium high impact today. tonight, freezing rain from the metro north and west to sleet in and around town and rain into southern maryland. of course, that lingers into monday morning. medium to high impact there. any opportunity for iciness on a monday morning commute means a high impact potential for tomorrow. plan on leaving extra, extra early tomorrow morning. stay ahead of the weather by following us on facebook, twitter and, of course, through our storm team 4 weather app. google play store or itunes store. here is the radar. not much in the metro. but snow now moving into southern maryland and snow toward much of the shenandoah valley. zoom in here, i-81. white side of things now and there's still black paveme

month. >> a bizarre accident in montgomery county. a car slams into the home. the passengers jump out, hop into another car and take off. nikki is live from the scene on valley road court in silver spring with just a crazy story. nikki. >> it is absolutely a crazy scene and exactly what happened, we're not sure. police say a car, for some reason, lost control off of valley wood court and ran into the home that i'm standing in front of now. i want to show you what happened. the car went down this way, hit this right here. you can see, and it went over to where that man is working. that's the hole the car left behind and ran directly into that. then it flipped and hit that big tree right there. the car literally slipped and went into that tree. now thankfully no one was home at the time. otherwise this would have been an entirely different story. however, our cameras were rolling shortly after it happened. take a look at some of this video we shot right after the scene. you can see the vehicle of the car, it was a ford focus that flippe

especially northern virginia and portions of montgomery county.ll total amounts from the system, projected amount, about an inch in washington, ma nas news and leesburg. know it's going to be a soggy day and if you are out driving around you want to be careful for water collecting on roads. after that our temperatures turn cold as we start 2014 it will be a chilly start to the new year. in addition to that, i'm tracking some snow chances. one of those minor chances arrives on tuesday morning. so, we're going to walk you through this with future weather. not every computer model is bringing out snow, but some are. little or no accumulation but it would be something we notice. so very early tuesday morning, 2:00 a.m. we're dry. look at what starts to happen when we get toward 5:00 a.m. some light snow makes its way into the northern neck, southern maryland, maybe washington. but as quickly as this chance arrives it leaves. by 9:00 a.m. any chance of snow is gone on tuesday morning. that's december 31st. again, little or no accumulation but it's goin

." >>> the minimum wage is going up in montgomery county. county executive ike leggett signed the bill into law this afternoon. under this plan the minimum wage jumps up about a buck of year until it gets to $11.50 an hour in the year 2017. prince george's county has approved a very similar plan and just this week the d.c. council passed a similar bill. >>> a lot of fast food workers say their pay now just doesn't cut the mustard and today thousands hit the streets from downtown d.c. to downtown l.a. rallying for more money. cynthia butler makes 8.25 an hour at mcdonald's in d.c. and says hey, i've got two kids and that's just not enough. >> i need this to happen because my kids deserve a better life than i have. >> protesters want the federal minimum wage raised from the current 7.25 an hour to 15 bucks, but critics argue that would simply force a lot of restaurants to cut jobs. >>> montgomery county schools are ready to give pink the boot, pink milk that is. according to the blog bethesda now the school system will no longer offer strawber

and especially out in loudon county and montgomery county.and they will be reporting before all said and done for them on the three-day outlook, rain and snow showers on tuesday. and it should be a driving problem on tuesday. and then on wednesday, it will be just cold with temperatures in the upper 30s. next seven days, it will be staying cold there for a while midweek. temperatures, they need to rebound just a little bit next weekend, going back in the 40s with a slight chance of rain and showers as you need to get into next weekend for them on saturday. and it will be cold rain. stepped outside, it's just freezing drizzle right now and some slush, but you do not want to be taken into a false sense of the freezing rain coming in overnight. ñzçzçzç m. >>> hi everybody, this field is a mosh pit behind me after three hours of football. two people were out there, but only one was playing football. they wanted to go home the minute they needed to take a look at it, it's an ugly day here at fedex field and the winter wonderland for them. and boy

today montgomery county police arrested daniel sirotkin of germantown. they say he had inappropriate contact with a teenager he was tutoring. police say he tutored several high school students in the bethesda and potomac areas, charged with two counts of sex abuse on a minor and third degree sex offense. police would like to hear from parents to see if there might be any other alleged victims out there. >>> prepping for winter weather like today can be costly. a review by the news 4 i team finds local communities can rack up big removing even small amounts of ice and snow. our scott macfarlane is on the storm team 4 weather patio with the results. >> reporter: even in the mile weather of 2012 we found communities spending seven figures on snow removal. in montgomery county alone we found they spent a million dollars an inch. >>> on this snow day the news 4 i team got inside the highway operations center. >> are you pleased with how this looks? >> yeah, at this time in the storm, we have three lanes that are wet. >> reporter: they prepared for about five

it is certainly not productive for montgomery county. he says he never thought there would be a sudden flood of citywide, but residents have a healthier donation output at their fingertips. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. ron burgandy gets ready to stay classy on cable. >> you are watching abc seven news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling, chief meteorologist uphill, whether, and tim brant, sports. this is abc 7 news at 5:00. on your side. if you are expecting packages to arrive at your door. --police say that steve thieves have stepped up their games when it comes to swiping presence. we are live in cleveland park with the alert you need to see. >> it is busy at this time of year. rushing around, trying to pick up these last-minute resins. one way people get around that is by ordering off the internet. they have been doing this for years. what is going on in this neighborhood and others is that these are taking advantage is left unguarded at front doors. >> this is the box that had the stuff in it. >> a thief stole two packages that it

talking of resident at the 130 montgomery is an important milestone.e'll celebrate our tenth anniversary next year. i'm privileged to introduce yelp leader our 2kwishd nancy pelosi (clapping.) and what on a honor to be your representative in congress. thank you jeremy. your leadership and your sense of community and for staying in san francisco. i'm honored to join you and your colleagues especially our mayor who has a relationship with this part of the whole city, of course, but this was his baby and he's done a remarkable job. when we cut relishes at another that i have i tip my hat to president obama for helping to make business grow in this part of town. it's great to see you again jeremy. he brought some of the enthusiasm to washington for yelpless recently. and erica congratulations on our work here. lisa and matt congratulations on our awards how wonderful. but it's a principle for me to be here as your representative in congress to the new headquarters but a building of great tradition and that's in our city. this whole faith is built on techno

how montgomery county spent more than a million bucks for every inch of snow last year. so what's behind the big price tag? >>> another look back at the rise through the winter wonderland in vienna this morning. nor wi >>> stories trending online. the new jersey waitress out of a job. the family showed a copy of the credit card statement and receipt which included the tip. the bistro says she no longer lives there and the decision for her to leave was a joint one. >>> there is $344 million up for grabs right now in the mega millions drawing. nobody has won the past two months creating the fourth largest jackpot in mega millions history. tonight's drawing takes place at 11:00. you buy tickets up to 9:45. last year there was a jackpot of $656 million which set the record. >> oh, my god. >> texas starting the thaw out after the massive ice storm down there. the falling ice is creating dangerous conditions. the good news, no one was inside this jaguar when it was crushed by the ice from a rooftop in plano. the bad news is it probably totalled that car. north texas is still r

waiting and waiting and waiting for a package she'd ordered online from amazon.com to arrive at her montgomery county home. >> the tracking never changed on the website. it just said from 10:00 a.m. yesterday it said on the are truck for delivery. and i'm like, this is just down in rockville. can't i pick it up myself? >> reporter: the package never arrived. jackson was not alone. what retailers call an unexpected surge of online orders appears to have strained the limits of delivery companies. late tuesday united parcel service which delivers around 45% of u.s. packages issued a statement saying it wouldn't be able to get some goods to customers by christmas. the volume of air packages in the u.p.s. system did exceed capacity as demand was much

in areas indicated by the yellows and oranges on storm team 4 radar in leesburg and portions of montgomery county. keep the rain jacket handy because there is much more rain that will continue to push through. not only the afternoon, but the evening as well. this could snow that evening commute. temperatures are in the 40s and low 50s. washington at 51. leesburg at 45. where you are at is where you are going to stay for the rest of the afternoon. inside the beltway, temperatures remain in the upper 40s. chilly, wet, and damp. on sunday snow and freezing rain will be found over the area. they are coming up in about ten minutes. >> see you in a few minutes, the first family will kickoff the holiday season with the 91st national christmas tree lighting. thousands expected to attend. megan is live with more on what you should know before you head downtown. >> good morning, barbara. what you need to know and what you need to bring. as you can see it is raining out here. we are expecting moderate chilly rain at the time that the concert gets under way. you want to bring rain gear. you are even a

of ad a creature the size grain of rice could cause a big headache for monterey county. -- montgomery county. >> new at 6:00, a tiny shrimp- like creature could add another delay along the purple wine project. some believe this enterprise may be living in the path of the rail line. the creature is about the size of a grain of rice and native to rock creek forest a a nearby fish and wildlife service several years ago made no mention of any endangered beasties. -- species. >> it was right down the stream from here and they did not think, oh, the dirt and the runoff and the pollution in the hazardous waste right nearby might present a hazard. click the opponents of the purple line -- >> the opponents of the purple line are primarily motivated by delaying the line. general says he has not ruled out taking legal action. >> some people could get a rude surprise under their windshield wiper. $100 ticket, and possibly even towing vehicles walking the new streetcar lines. that includes those who double parked or even parked over the white line along the curb. these streetcars will begin testin

. >>> nine montgomery county businesses targeted overnight.nvestigators are trying to figure out if it's connected to a similar crime spree in prince george's county. erika gonzalez is live in gaithersburg with new surveillance video from the scene. erika? >> reporter: wendy, a number of those burglaries happened here at this shopping center. the man was acting so erratically he was practically jumping up and down, his hands were shaking and he could barely get his words out, and he may have had an accomplice. nine businesses burglarized in one night. >> in all probability this time of year, christmastime, you know, people are low on cash. >> reporter: now police in gaithersburg, rockville, and montgomery county are a trying to figure out who is behind it. they've got a pretty good lead. around 11:30 last night the camera caught this. a man uses a tool of sorts to pry the glass of the front door loose, kicks it in and walks out with a cash register door. the dunkin' donuts next door was hit around the same time. >> why this particular area was

just a few scattered flurries this white zone north of the metro area into montgomery county. northern fairfax county, loudoun county. dusting to an inch at the most. panhandle of west virginia near the pennsylvania border and western maryland. by the time it's all done by around 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon, with the clouds around, might have a sprinkle. mid-40s. then cold again on wednesday. highs only in the upper 30s. thursday and friday, though, it's going to start warming up. maybe even feeling a little bit like springtime on friday near 60. near 60 again on saturday. over the weekend, i think there's just going to be clouds around on saturday. sunday, a chance of some rain with temperatures in the 50s. big change comie ining end of t week into the weekend, barbara. >> tom, see you again shortly. >>> right now the recount in the tight race to become virginia's next attorney general is under way. we're going to hear from fairfax county about its plan to keep those votes straight while those candidates are only 165 ballots apart. >>> plus, hold on t

storm team 4 showing the rain in northern virginia montgomery county and prince george's county. most of it is on the lighter side. we will continue to see this rain right through the night tonight. the heaviest is still to come. if you are going out tonight, make sure you take your umbrellas. you can see frederick and gaithersburg, leesburg this is all rain and will stay all rain. with the first round, all rain is what we see. back to the west we are seeing snow. this is the colder air moving in. we will not see any of this snow come through the area. it will bring through enough cold air the next system will give us a hit. >> take a look for sunday. the number of counties under a winter storm watch for the possibility of seeing snow, sleet as well as some freezing rain all the way through charles county as well as stafford county. far and wide. some areas will be impacted greater than others. you can see it there, coming into the area starting early sunday morning. it's snow sleet and freezing rain. in a couple minutes, meteorologist doug kammerer will be back to show you where

now, storm team 4 radar showing where the rain is in montgomery county, howard county and fairfax. most of it on the lighter side. the heavier rain is in the martinsburg area and i-81. it will stay all rain tonight. over the weekend, the cold air moves in. we have a winter storm watch in effect. potential, one to two inches of snow and ice around i-95 corridor. two to four inches to the west. it may be a little high. we'll talk more about that later on. right now, all eyes are on sunday afternoon. guys? >> all right doug. two corruption cases are shaking the d.c. police department. an officer is being investigated for prostitution. pat collins was in court with the officer facing child important charges and asked d.c. police chief cathy lanier what it means for the department. >> reporter: teenage girls, cops, accusations of bad behavior, the consequences, hurtful. two seventh district police officers, one charged with taking naked pictures of a 15-year-old girl while he was on duty. another cop has his apartment searched after a 16-year-old girl says he tried to get her involved i

live in montgomery county, pat collins, news 4. >> a d.c. police officer is facing child pornography charges. scott macfarlane is at the live desk with new details. good morning or good afternoon. >> we are just learning about the arrest of an officer named mark washington. we have sketches from the first court appearance. washington produced a pornographic image of a juvenile while on duty. they investigated the claims. the officer was arrested hours later on monday. washington has been with the d.c. police department since 2006. the chief police, called the allegations shocking and disturbing. we are fortunate someone came forward to alert us to ensure we prevent future victims. mark segraves is working the story and we'll have more in the report at 5:00 p.m. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> a bill that could change a lot of lives in the district cleared a big hurdle. the d.c. council gave approval to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 by the year 2016. local workers rallied to push for the bill today. earlier this year, th

police were able to zero in on the suspect who was allegedly involved in crimes in montgomery county. tracee wilkins joins us. she's in hyattsville to explain how detectives connected those dots. >> reporter: they were thinking they were dealing with the possibility of a serial rapist. you can understand how extreme this was. it happened on the edge of the woods. a man raped one woman and a few minutes later, attacked another. prince george's county police say thanks to cooperation with the neighboring county, they were able to catch their guy. prince george's county police say dna evidence led to the arrest of this man. >> during this investigation, detectives got samples of the suspects dna. that sample matched the dna sample of a teen in a 2013 sex assault in montgomery county. >> reporter: he is the man seen in these sketches and featured on flyers distributed throughout the community. on october 29th, two women were held up at gunpoint in hyat hyattsvil hyattsville. one of them was raped. the attacker was scared off, according to police. 20 minutes later, a group of teenagers, tw

montgomerys of county have -- certain parts of montgomery county have a storm story. >> i was looking at my bill. spring, it look like this after a storm. 's responsehat pepco was terrible. >> it was terrible, if you want my opinion. >> there was an increase of $7.13. approvegulators only $2.41. thecompany says that request has to do with the hundreds of millions that they are spending to make sure the power grid is more reliable in the future. customers say that if it is really for that, they are ok with that. >> five dollars would not be too big a sacrifice. >> profits should come out of the shareholder dividends. >> pepco has not earned an increase. >> they feel a gay teenager who has caused a lot of car accident and keeps getting the keys to the car. >> the public service commission will have the final say on this increase. them alldecide to give of what they want, some of what they want, or non-on what they want. we will see what happens. a change is on the way. you might have seen that. got to sit down with him and ask a few questions. an idea that i had for a long time. a a new

upper 20s in montgomery county and it has dipped down mid to of there. are down into 20s. a few spots above freezing. prince george's county is near freezing. so is southern montgomery p)lington. around the bay it's in the low 30s. and, danella, are you seeing any problemsñr on the cameras there with that fog around? >> not yet, tom. and pretty much clear around our area and that's really good news for folks waking upt( and hitti the roadways. look out for black ice and then fog as well. reduce your speeds, give yourself extra time. virginia making the trip fromt( fredericksburg heading to the beltway. trav good news fairfaxs7 countyjf ú had an earlier work zone nice and okclear. i-95 no problems.xd southbound between edsall and the beltway. back over to you both. >>> 4:29 now. a d.c. police officer accused of pimping teenagedçó girls will b in court. a preliminary hearing is set for 9:00 this morninfó for linwoodp% barnhill jr.

. >> police are investigating another smash and grab burglary in montgomery county. there have been more than two dozen smash and grab burglaries in montgomery and prince george's county in the past month. there was no indication that this latest break-in is connected to those. next, and looked back at 25 years of inside washington. we look at the legacy of a show seen across the country. we will check in with doug hill on about what to expect with travel problems and wintry weather. >> of the washington capitals world into carolina with hopes of stopping the hurricanes. 20 ramallah comes that washington -- tony romo comes to washington. >> after 25 years, a piece of television history will soon be off the air. peterson andgordon his panel take the final installment of inside washington. rebecca cooper is here with a look of the legacy. this is a show with a national following indicated -- syndicated on television. while gordon is not retiring from the anchor chair here, he is retiring his show. us what was really going on inside washington. for 25 years, it was gord

rasheed earned defensive mvp in montgomery county this season. i'd say, guys, special player and a special family. >> absolutely. >> good story, dave. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00 you know the streetcar testing is coming tonight, but find out why the line is a personal victory for d.c. mayor vincent gray. >> plus if you're watching your favorite tv shows in one fell swoop, you're not by yourself. >> and i may like to get on my bike, but i don't think i'd ever want to tack until hill. wait till you see how one cyclist -- tackle this hill. wait till you see how one cyclist decided to make his approach. plus. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in landover. coming up a bitter split that divided the once mighty city >>> we're hitting the road with today's hot holiday toy picks. this is the hess toy truck and tractor set. the lights flash. you can honk the horn, start up the truck. this is too much fun. i was having a lot of fun in my office today. you pull out the ramp here and the tractor comes out and this moves. i mean this is a lot of fun. this is best

>> it is here in montgomery county. a short time ago, thunder and lightning. the temperatures are hovering around 28 degrees. and chillysnow temperatures. all this has turned into a thick coat of ice. particularly on the sidewalks. this is all day and into the night. drivers and cars are paying the price. >> there was an accident. racing to i-270. lanes are coated in ice. -- we are going. >> a car slammed into the center median and is abandoned. >> the cars backwards. >> it -- the car is backwards. >> it has been like this since breakfast. they want to avoid being the next victim. imagine bumper cars on an ice rink. >> today is 20-30. >> running from the 270 split to damascus. racksare spin out and that keep coming. drivers did not slow down or underestimated how quickly these roads were icing over. >> i heard them go, whoa. the car was spinning out. 70 and it was a white knuckle experience. -- they hit 270 and it was a white knuckle experience. i talked about the streets turning to ice and here is an example of what we're experiencing. hadaithersburg, they se