we walked on the same path of the selma to montgomery march that john led 50 years ago. we crossed the edmund pettus bridge in peace that day, but when john led the march across the same bridge in 1965 he was beaten by a mob of state troopers and deputized citizens. john cannot remember who carried him, but wounded and bloodied as john told it to me, he was taken away to a church with a head injury. he did not know if he would even live. those marchers at selma demonstrated physical courage. but they also demonstrated the highest moral courage. under the onslaught of brutality and uncertainty, they did not match violence with violence. no, they nanded peace -- demanded peace in the face of war. solidarity in the face of division. and love in the face of hate. for all of america's shortcomings, these brave men and women demanded that the promise of america not to be discarded. but instead realized by being purified in practice. they held america to its promise by doing so they put their lives at risk suffered ridicule, and bodily harm. and yet in history they were vindica

attorney fred gray helped pave the way for the final selma to montgomery march. he was a member of the legal team that represented hosea williams john lewis and amelia bointon robinson in williams vs. robinson. federal judge frank johnson ruled the foot soldiers had a first amendment right to petition the government through peaceful protest and ordered federal agents to move full protection to provide full protection to the foot soldiers during the selma to montgomery march. under court order, the u.s. army, the federalized alabama national guard and countless federal agencies and marshals escorted more than ,000 foot soldiers on march 2 , 1965. as these brave men and women began their historic 5 -mile journey from selma to the steps of the alabama state capitol in montgomery, alabama. the extraordinary bravery and sacrifices these foot soldiers displayed in pursuit of a peaceful march from selma to montgomery brought national attention to the struggle for equal voting rights and served as a catalyst for congress to pass the voting rights act of 1965 which presid

live in montgomery county i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> tomorrow's vote is expected to focus on montgomery county's 25 high schools which currently begin at 7:25 a.m. >>> police are investigating an apparent suicide in montgomery county middle school. school officials say the 7th grade boy harmed himself inside a locked bathroom. 911 was called. the boy was taken to the hospital where he did die. the student's name has not been released. grief counselors and psychologists will be at the school in the morning to help classmates cope with the tragedy. >>> tomorrow morning the police chief and prosecutor in albemarle, virginia, will hold a news conference regarding jesse matthew, the man charged with abduction with intent to defile in the case of university of virginia student hannah graham. the 18-year-old disappeared last s. and her body was -- last september and then her body was found in albemarle county a few weeks later. matthew was also charged with a sex assault to be in trial for that later in the year. >>> police say an attack took place in a motel room in newark, delaware, sunday w

this will move into prince george's county right into montgomery county rather then into prince george's later throughout the evening hours. the bulk of this rain changing over the sleet and even some snow. notice to the north of the mason/dixon line, that's what we're seeing rain changing to snow. that will be the case as we move on through the rest of the evening hours. as i mentioned, that's why we had that winter weather advisory in effect. it includes loudoun county and they just updated this it now includes all of loudoun county all of montgomery county and now prince george'sy as well. we will continue to watch these arias through the night tonight and through the early morning hour tomorrow. rush hour tomorrow could be a little bit of a problem, but it may not be in the advisory area. we'll talk about that coming up at 6:15. >> thanks doug. >>> news4 today will be tracking the latest road conditions in the morning. we start our day early at 4:00 a.m. in fact. make sure you get the very latest information. we invite you to check us out on the tube and online as well. >>> we could

just some isolated slick spots northern montgomery county a little bit of slushiness up there as well as into northern and we were loudoun county. coming up next weather and traffic, a look at our roller coaster temperatures over the next 24 hours. chuck bell joins us live now in the storm team 4 x 4. >> reporter: we are here in northern montgomery county on father hurley boulevard just off of 270. it's indeed a slushy story on the side of the roads, but all the main stretches of pavement are completely slush free. that is definitely welcome news. we're out here in the 4 x 4. if you have slushiness or icy streets, @chuckbell4 is my twitter handle. show your slush. >>> right now overall, looking quite good. no major issues at this point this morning. taking a look at 66 and 95 nice and green. 70 just east of 270, everything rolling along nicely there. may have a little britt of that slush. just heard from my producer that this has cleared, 95 south at old keene mill road. prince george's county overall looking quite good as well. taking a wider look at things, no major problems into or

developing story right now in montgomery county.re is a lot of uncertainty about whether school superintendent joshua starr will keep his job. the school board extended a deadline for contract negotiations just last night. news 4's kristen wright joins us live from the montgomery county school headquarters with more on where the negotiations stand right now. >> reporter: good morning. it is a critical day. the future of montgomery county school superintendent joshua starr. today is the new deadline for starr to notify the school board whether he wants the board to renew his contract. that deadline was extended from yesterday. the school board must decide by march 1st whether to renew superintendent starr's four year contract. that agreement expires in june. we do know that starr released a memo to the school board dated january 22 detailing his accomplishments during his tenure. he cites improved graduation rates and test schools, he also writt he's helped narrow the achievement gap between white and minority students. the news 4 it

jones says that karen montgomery montgomery's mom reached out to suggest that legislation, in order to help authorities if a patron goes missing. >> we want to try to look at how we can connect in a volume will try matter, but, in cases where, businesses have violations even mandate cameras outside of the business, so that people don't have to go through what miss montgomery went through. >> kildares irish pub that bar where montgomery was last seen alive did not have working cameras outside the night montgomery disappeared. kildares had no comment on the the new proposed legislation. other bars in manayunk like goat's beard have already embraced cameras. >> they make for a responsible establishment as far as i'm concern. >> "eyewitness news" reached out to the montgomery family for comment but we have not heard back. >>> still ahead here we are getting new information bay visit from pope plan cyst historic dress he plans to make when he is in the the you had and more information on his trip to philadelphia. >>> kathy. >>> bit ter chill settles in across the delaware valley, clear skie

how could you forget with a launch against richard montgomery, big rocket. tight game. flying, whirling, dervish, richard montgomery holds on by one. >>> finally tonight i hate the nfl combine or as i call it, the underwear olympics. can you really tell anything from these drills? i know this much. if there was a combine for news anchors, it would be a lot more entertaining. check it out. welcome to the first ever news anchor combine. jan jeffcoat, i am really excited tonight. jan, let's get right to our first event, the first alert weather shuttle run. >> first up tonight tenacious topper. good form. check it out. notice how quickly he gets out of the way. he avoids those graphics like rg3 dodges defender. >> well said, jan. >> what do we see here? >> look at the speed and dexterity. he's flying. >> that's why they call him the wes welker of weathercasters, short, white and fast. >> i think he made a touchdown. >> no. he said i'm the no. 1 draft pick and you're not. >> and you're not. >> that's all i got, man. >> that was good stuff. we like (vo) after 50 years of desi

montgomery county police spokesperson. >> he seemed upset and agitated. at one point he left the business, went to his vehicle and retrieved a shotgun. he pointed it at one employee and shot a round in to a mulch pile nearby. >> reporter: multiple shots were heard with sources saying the shots with were fired from police. >> threatening to light things on fire. threatening to hurt himself and hurt others. it was pretty scary and they closed down the roadsism we weren't allowed to get any of our trucks on the roads. >> reporter: the business owner across the street tells us he was in cack with the head of the landscaping company during the standoff. he believes the suspect was mentally ill. >> i definitely feel bad for him. i have 35-plus employees. and they be come like family. so it's hard to see one of our employees that is suffering from mental illness possibly can't get the help he needs and therefore this is what happens. >> no other injuries were reported of course except for the obvious tragedy a loss of life. we're waiting for montgomery county po

in montgomery county, i'm nikki burdine. back to you in the studio. >> nikki, thank you. >>> it's 7 after the hour. someone set fire to the ticket boo at camden yards. >> a -- booth at camden yards. >> and a somewhat comical turn in wisconsin i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. people of the coffee-drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter -- put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >>> 10 after 6:00 on this tuesday morning. happy to tell you the winds are much lighter. they're going to stay fairly light. west, northwest at 5 to 10. some teens. mostly low to mid-30s now. we're looking at early clouds giving way to partly to mostly sunny

. >>> montgomery county schools opening two hours late this morning. bus drivers across the district are going to need that time to the buses going. megan mcgrath live at the shady grove bus depot in rockville with a look at what is being done to make sure your kids aren't left in the colds. >> reporter: i checked the temperature just a little while ago, it is bitterly cold here. just 3 yees.degrees. and this can cause real problems for cars and buses. you look behind me here you can see the lights are on at the buses this morning. and everything is in good shape. they actually have a team they call them the bus team and they came in at 4:30 this morning. they turned on the buses, turned on the hooters. making sure that everything is up and running and ready to go before the start of the school day today. now, montgomery county has gone with a two hour delay like many school districts did just to w their people a little have a time to get out there, check over the buses, take a look at the schools, make sure they have heat make sure they don't have bro

this is a live look from montgomery county and storm force 10.e'll get the first alert forecast to you hour by hour. >>> new from overnight, a college student is dead and her boyfriend is under arrest. we are live at millersville university where the body of the 18-year-old was found in her dorm room. >>> and an nbc 10 exclusive. a crime crackdown. one city with a soaring murder rate is now asking for help to get the crime under control. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. we just checked the "nbc 10 news" app, 20 schools are closed or delayed because of conditions out there. we'll get an update on the conditions with meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. bill? >>> the rain is creating a layer of ice on untreated surfaces. it has become a dangerous situation. we are going to see this on and off throughout the day today. so the potential for icing even this afternoon. but we have already seen some this morning because of freezing rain. and some areas will see sleet mix in lat

one person was killed in an apartment fire in montgomery county.ary is live with what is going on right now, jesse? >> reporter: yeah under control fire but still not out. firefighters are still working in the back portion of this apartment building fire. we'll have the latest on this coming up after the break. this winter, experience something new in new york state. from the exciting slopes of catamount. to the soothing spa at the gideon putnam resort to hours of fun exploring the strong, the nation's museum of play. you can find something for everyone with the i love ny app. so plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com/winter or with the i love ny app.... and see what's next >>> we are following three breaking news stories this morning. dozens are homeless after flames ripped through an apartment building in montgomery county. our cameras were there live at the scene as we gather new information to find out what exactly happened. >>> and we are following this breaking news from overseas. this video shows a plane going down in taiwan. we will take y

this is what a rural road looks like here in northern montgomery county. took this picture about 2:00 this morning. you can see a little bit of slush there. wet pavement for the morning commute. upper 30s. drive time forecast for the afternoon, wind blown roads drying out. temperatures in the low 40s. and we'll have those winds gusting maybe to 50 miles per hour by later this afternoon. might even have a few scattered power outages. make sure your cell phone is fully charged. getting cold tomorrow morning, all the way done wahe way down to around 20 degrees. during the day tuesday, above freezing. mid and upper 30s. partly cloudy. and then increasing clouds wednesday, but milder. upper 40s. wednesday night might get a little bit of light rain and then we dry out thursday morning, some sunshine. and then clouding up in the afternoon. might get a little bit of a wintry mix. light mix of maybe a little snow and sleet on thursday afternoon. we'll be hovering right a little bit above freezing. so much of that may be plelting on roads. after that storm team 4 se

. >> on march 8, it's for montgomery county teens, their parents and youth service providers in montgomery county and really the idea is education and prevention and some fun stuff that we'll be doing during the day. our focus here is on social media. our theme is actually hash tag respect yourself 2015 with the idea that we're trying to promote and explain appropriate use and inappropriate use of social media and really lick tronnic devices as a whole. students will literally walk down the red carpet and have an opportunity to take selfies in front of sort of a line of different sponsors and other things behind them just like the academy awards. there will be the pylons, a lot of fun. we'll be incorporate rating social media into the day. the students will have a chance to hash tag or promote and put out there the things we're learning through the day. we're not just touching the lives of the families and kids that come on march 8th burks also a broader reach which is what social media is about. >> cheryl, welcome backs, you've been here before. you are a survivor yourself. as we focus on

he is larry bowers, a 37 year veteran of montgomery county schools. he's done this before. now even one of the best school districts in the country has its challenges and you can count on montgomery county parents to weigh in on what they're looking for in a permanent replacement for joshua starr. reporting live from montgomery county school's headquarters bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> a cruise ship has returned to baltimore after 200 passengers and crew became sick from the norovirus. the ship is called the grandeur of the sea. it's operated by royal caribbean and it was on a nine- day cruise to jamaica, but that trip was cut short because of the illness. the sick passengers and crews are responding well to over the counter medication and the ship is being cleaned. >>> by now you've heard the story about that fellow who walked more than 20 miles to work every day. a lot of other heard it, too. coming up why he may not have to walk much longer thanks to the generosity of a lot of you. >> but first it appears the depravity of isis militants is endless. >> isn't it frustrating try

that has forced montgomery county to change the way it deals with new cultural institutions. the county last week changed the law after a private art museum was charged the hefty bill. "the washington po" reports the revised law reduces the burden on art institutions such glenstone museum currently under construction. after the change the building's owner was responsible for $72,000. >>> a lot of drivers have figured out the way to park at the metro parking lots and not pay for it. the transit agency says people are parking for a full day and they wait till just after midnight when the gates open and they drive away without paying. metro says this is such a problem that it may extend the hours at night so kit keep those gates down even longer. >>> a suspected drunk drive who caught fire during his arrest has just been charged tonight. this happened down in the richmond area. the drivel condition according to police. his clothes apparently went up in flames when police used a taser on him early saturday. he allegedly led police on a chase in chesterfield virginia. firefighters

but currently the heaviest snow in montgomery county just about everybody seeing snow. reports of 270 snow covered now, back around the gaithersburg area, back toward clarksburg and right down toward bethesda and rockville where it's begun. to the south fairfax county, we've watch td come through loudoun county, route 7 is where amelia segal is to the western portion of the beltway, american legion bridge. this storm moving very, very quickly. this is the arctic front we've seen come through. behind it we'll see much colder conditions but right now a winter weather adviseory in effect for i-95. i expect these to be dropped toward the west, but we'll continue to watch as this storm system moves through. amelia segal as i mentioned is in the storm team 4x4. amelia, you've gone from nothing in loudoun county to heavy snow. now you're tracking it in towards d.c. >> reporter: yeah exactly, doug. we're about five miles corner. the snow right now is lighter in intensity so the roads here are just wet not slushry. but toward leesburg once the snow moved in and it was heavy, the

sky force 10 live over i-46 in montgomery county. this is near the exit of 422, upper merion township. an extremely busy time during rush hour only compounding problems. a viewer sent us a picture through our nbc10 app. as far as we know no one was seriously hurt here. we to want take a live look at the scene. the westbound lanes are expected to fully reopen at 6:00 tonight. some traffic is able to get by. you see crews out there trying to clear this scene. we're going to continue to monitor developments and let you know if indeed, this opens by 6:00. >> accused of cutting somebody off, accused of smelling like alcohol. >> right now at 5:30 -- taking the stand. today he came face-to-face with the officer who pulled him over as the former cop goes on trial. that video will play a key role in the criminal trial against a disgraced gloucester county police officer. >> he's accused of falsely arresting assemblyman paul moriarty for drunk driving. cydney long was in court as the trial got under way today. >> a busy day in court. >> report

the news has parents in montgomery county on alert. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: health officials did not make anyone available speak on camera. they e-mailed us a statement. parents and others are concerned health authorities are not saying wherein montgomery county this suspected measles case s. or where the 15-year-old boy goes to school or for that matter who he may have been in "in recent days. >> for people that don't have shots or babies that may come in contact with him that would be really bad for them. >> reporter: in a statement the montgomery county health department says the 15-year-old boy is self isolating in their home under their guidance. the doctor suspects he has the measles. the patient has been evaluated and testing conducted owe to determine if it's a true case of measles and specimens are being delivered to the state public health laboratory and the investigation is ongoing. this doctor from cooper university hospital says this in general. >> as long as quarantined and only i

temperatures now dropping in montgomery county to near freezing.uch of loudoun county fairfax, northern virginia above freezing. mid upper to 30s in washington prince george's county south and near the bay. by 8:00 though getting a little below freezing. so what is wet now turning to ice. by noontime blustery winds down to the upper 20s. mid-20s later this afternoon going forward over next 24 hours, temperatures continue to drop. this time tomorrow morning we'll be all the way down into the low to mid teens. now let's check on t latest big backup. >>> still major problem on 95 in virginia. depend talking about the area near lorton road about a 7 heil backup at this point thorn because of an earlier crash and car fire. so avoid it if you can. perhaps take route 1 instead. takoma park chopper 4 over this crash. philadelphia area near piney branch. alter senate blair road because of the closure. you can see how slow we are 95 north, about 48 minutes. 66 not being look bad. and in maryland not looking bad either. ch fairfax. how are the roads there? >>

very light snow coming through the city in parts of southern montgomery into bucks county little rainixing in across south philadelphia down into south jersey but still light snow extends back to our west. that's going to be the trend for the evening, off and on periods of light snow. main event 10, 11 o'clock. heavier moisture off to the south and west. a lot of rain showing up. this storm is a little different. it's tracking little bit farther to the west so it's able to pull in some of that milder air but still we have an arctic air mass situated over the weekend so some of that sunshine bon cold air will remain in place. that's why we have the threat for freezing rain. winter storm warnings go into effect at 7 o'clock tonight for the areas in pink, north bucks montgomery county up to the poconos. winter weather advisory for philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. that will go in effect from 7 o'clock until 7:00 a.m. on monday morning. here are the temperatures. up near 40 degrees for the high today. 38 at the airport, freezing in allentown, 33 in reading. these temperatures will dro

i took this photograph of this icy tree in northern montgomery county. about 1:00 this morning.et at that point. the road temperatures we have any untreated pavement that is icy. over the next couple of hours we'll stay below freezing. wee the in upperner upper 20s. there's the low cloud cover. the gray sky over the metro area. icy through 8:00 a.m. by noon upper 30s. low 40s by the middle of the afternoon. the winds will begin to pick up. we can have gusts of wind over 20 to 25 miles per houre the low 20s with the windchills later this afternoon. temperatures tom morning with the lighter wind. mid 40s on wednesday and partly cloudy. a chance of a few scattered flurries on thursday. friday here comes the polar plunge. won't get above freezing. highing only near 30s on friday. for valentine's day on saturday it is going to be cold with temperatur only reaching low 30s and maybe a few flurries windchills may be 0 to just 10 degrees on valentine's day. that is sunday and monday. maybe the coldest days of the winter so far. down to single digits by dawn on monday morning. more break

montgomery and western loudoun county has been added to the wind chill advisory.nd chills could go to 10 below 0 tonight. better chance of snow showers saturday evening. we'll come back and talk about that, a dusting to an inch possible, bitterly cold sunday, wind chills below 0 during the day and we'll update you on the

delia. >> reporter: i'm delia goncalves jow side of the montgomery county -- outside of the montgomeryuarters. after years of debate and talk about sleep deprivation and health concerns, it all boils down to today. the school board will vet on whether or not the school day should start later. that vote begins at 10:40. when it is cast, we'll have it up on our mobile app. mike, andrea? >> thank you, delia. >>> senate minority leader harry reid is scheduled to undergo additional surgery to his right eye. he fell off exercise equipment new year's day and broke his orbital bone and also broke some ribs in that accident. >>> lawmakers are scheduled to meet later today to discuss social security and the best way to fund it. the meeting is expected to include proposals to alleviate inequality in the system by expanding social security's benefits. the panel will be hosted by vermont senator bernie sanders. >>> maryland governor larry hogan plans to introduce a bill to repeal the so-called rain tax. hogan made it a key part of his state of the state speech. the rain tax which was approved in 20

montgomery county and prince william county on a two-hour delay. we have a full list scrolling on the screen. steve rudin is here with what you need to know. it is brutal. steve: on top of the cold, we have light snow showers that are dropping to the south, not amounting to a lot. the 11:00 windchill factors, it already feels like 13 below in gaithersburg, 8 below andrews air force. we are looking at a windchill advisory until noon time friday. it will feel anywhere between 20 below and 10 below zero. these are the records. washington at eight degrees, way back in 1896. four degrees at bwi marshall negative two at dulles. the air temperatures are quickly falling. we have readings in the single digits at dulles, so the records are definitely well within reach. waking up tomorrow morning three degrees, the windchill factors well below zero. another winter storm for the weekend. abc 7 news. leon: alison: another night in the cold for some residence in southeast washington. he says that the heat has been out all winter. this is near record cold is sett

instead's an undercover montgomery county cop. he instructed the undercover cop to quote either put her in a wheelchair so she could never talk and never walk again or put her six feet under. >> the acts were vicious and on going. he deserves the spend a significant amount of time in jail. that's what justice is about. >> reporter: court documents reveal the undercover officer asked him what he wanted the crime to look like? a robbery or home invasion? he said he only wanted to take her out and just kill her. >>> new information tonight in the surgery for a man wanted for sex crimes in silver spring. this afternoon detectives released this sketch of what the man may look like. victims described him as hispanic late 20s, 5'11"155- pounds. one woman said he tried to rape her. the other said he exposed himself. if you know this guy montgomery county police would love to hear from you. >>> state department worker charged with soliciting sex to a minor is out of prison. he posted bond today. he has to be supervised. he can not have con

we are back on the scene of breaking news in montgomery county. a fire at this apartment building, we know it's taken one person's life. one person killed in this fire this morning. fire crews still on the sc ghter. the fire chief tells us the injury to the firefighter is minor. we are still working to find out more about the other two injured and what their conditions are. and a viewer sent tracy davidson some video of one of the people being rescued. a pretty dramatic rescue by the fire crews there. we are working on getting that ready to show you in a few minutes. stay tuned for that video of the fire rescue here with breaking news out of montgomery county. >>> and we have breaking news out of trenton where investigators try to piece together what happened overnight here. here's what we know, a police officer was hit by a car. the driver in the car kept going. here's a live picture of the suspect's car that was found about a mile and a half away from the first scene in hamilton township. the suspect was shot but it is unclear who shot him. inve

ble case of measles in montgomery county teen and we test aid product to keep your car running even if it runs out of gas. how can you tell? you've been staring at the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. right. $300,000 buried treasure. with 10 top prizes of $300,000. (announcer) want to see your dream come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> it has been a busy nights for firefighters from philadelphia to chester county to south jersey. departments were pressed into service in below freezing temperatures tonight. friday night jim is off i'm monica malpass and the big story on "action news" is fiery night in a business. home and barn full of animals burned we started with a two alarm. chopper 6 over the scene in 1600 block of folkrod street 7:30 tonight at city salvage incorporated burned to the ground. they got the inferno in the auto shop under control and no one was hurt and building appears to be a total loss. >>> another two-alarmer this was scene tonight in tredyffrin township chester county wi

you see it in upper montgomery county as well. and this will swing into philadelphia. not expecting to see more than half an inch on the ground in some spots in the lehigh county just a dusting for the northern and western suburbs of philadelphia. but those snow showers will fall apart as they blow through the area. and the wind will really be kicking in this morning and this afternoon. we'll see skies clearing but much colder air is on the way. and you'll feel it later today. so we're starting off above freezing. 34 degrees to start with. by late this afternoon, we'll be at 24 degrees. we will see sunshine but the wind, 35 miles an hour making that 24 feel even colder. and it will be colder tomorrow morning, down to 12 degrees. a high of 30 tomorrow afternoon. a little bit of a breeze still blowing on friday. the temperatures climb saturday. 42, the high. but clouds will be moving in. and that's going to lead to a combination of snow arriving sunday and sticking around for monday and into tuesday. then finally dry wednesday. >>> about ten minutes till 6:00 now. bill s

temperatures near 20s in montgomery. prince george's county. right now in fairfax county down to the low 20s. in the district of columbia we're in the mid 20s right now. going forward as we look into the next 24-hours or so we'll have our temperatures at the bus stop holding steady to the low 20s. upper 30s by later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s we'll have your forecast for this afternoon and evening. hour by hour and now melissa. how are the roads. >> looking pretty good. they are dried overnight. no icy patches. 395 and 14th street bridge looking good. 66 and 95 no problems this morning. looking good. we have the construction again, in fairfax. the earlier water main break from yesterday. southbound university between north and university. and prince george's county overall looking good. live picture of 270 coming up.the dod is being sued. they say the dod doesn't recruit enough women and won't release records about the practices which it is required to make public. they focus on recruiting at the army naval, and air forc

montgomery county investigated people that they say stole copper from houses and then started fires. the three suspects used the internet to pick their targets. all the homes they hit were either owned by banks or an estate. they found a hand written note of the home they had robbed and they linked them with text messages. all three are on $3 million bail. >>> surveillance cameras captured the car outside of this wawa in claymont monday night the driver hit the victim as she was walking to her car, she is okay but the police want to track down the man responsible. they released a surveillance picture from inside of the store and if anyone recognizes this man to call them. >>> it is time now for a look at the "action news" traffic report. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> hey shirleen and brian temperatures are dropping and speeds are starting to drop as we embark on the thursday ride home. not the mess we saw yesterday with the overturned tractor trailer in king of prussia but sluggish traffic from this point at 202 to the conshohocken curve, on

it only made this morning even busier for montgomery county authorities. nearly three miles away, crews were responding to a house fire and just a mile from there, an accident involving a van and a garbage truck. this overturned oil truck is the only known weather related incident out of the three. >> started to back into this driveway and got halfway up the hill and i touched the brakes and everything went to the left. >> when it snows like this and the dries are sort of crowned and the cold over there is really sort of deep so unfortunately, we've had cars slide off the driveway and go into the culvert where they get stuck. >> this truck driver walked away without any injuries. he has quite the story to tell. the first person to hear as soon as he gets his cell phone stuck somewhere in there. reporting in montgomery county jeanette reyes abc 7 news. >> that arctic air is packing a punch across the country. take a look at this video, the national weather service says temperatures will be 25 to 30 degrees below normal across the nation today. lake placid n

breaking news from the montgomery county board of education. get a hold of your kids. they're all going to be able to sleep in 20 minutes later in the next school year. the montgomery county board of education just voted 5-3 to start schools 20 minutes later. a lot of parents don't think this is enough. they wanted the kids to be able to sleep in at least another hour but at least they got this 20 minutes. the board of education says that this will have minimal impact on the financially hard- pressed schools but for kids, it's going to mean a little something and maybe for some -- [indiscernible] back to you. >>> there is a new push to make clarker building a key part of education in the district. edwin powell, assistant professor of pediatrics is here. he's behind the move trying to make this happen. good to see you again. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> why do you think this is so important. we talk to teachers on a regular basis who say i need to teach to the test. why do i have to become a character person as well. your response is? >> the d.c. character dev

montgomery county near 10 degrees. much of fairfax county single digi alexandria teens in washington. dulles down to 2 below zero now. chuck bell joins us live in the storm team 4 x 4 in the next weather on the 1s. >> thank you. >>> today crews are expected to begin construction on the third street tunnel project. is map of the area. richard jordan is live with what you need to know. >> reporter: there's already been utility work going on here but today is when the road work begins. and the barricades are up. now you have the signs. these are still covered up. thiss a detour sign. it's going to be uncovered as part of the project. there will be detours in yart. here is the impact for you that you need to watch out for. the road work will be happening between new york avenue and d street. this is to put a deck over a portion of 395 and extend third street. there is one closure that is thef ramp from 395 to third street. that will not be open to any traffic at all during a portion of the project. but most of the work wil

this is a live look at 76 near montgomery drive. here are the drive times on the northeast extension between the pennsylvania turnpike and quakertown. it is averaging 21 to 22 minutes. no issues to deal with there. chris? >>> well, president obama is taking on the issues of rape and domestic violence in the latest public service announcement that aired last night during the grammy's. >> good evening, everybody. tonight we celebrate artists whose music and message help shape our culture. together we can change our culture for the better by ending violence against women and girls. >> that is part of the obama administration's if on us campaign that also aims to end sexual assault on college campuses. >>> nbc news anchor brian williams is backing out of a scheduled appearance on david letterman's "late show" on thursday. this comes a day after williams says he's stepping away from "nbc nightly news" temporarily. he's at the center of controversy after admitting he lied about being on a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled gren

the last time there was a diagnosed measles case here in montgomery county was 2013. reporting live in rockville, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. and as for that potential case of measles in fairfax county count on abc 7 to bring you the results of the tests tomorrow as soon as they're available. leon? >> an alabama minister is facing a disorderly conduct charge after refusing to perform a same sex video. it shows the minister being led away in handcuffs. alabama remains divided. some counties in that state issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples and other refusing. the confusion came when the chief justice ordered judges to not allow same sex unions in defiance of a federal judge and the u.s. supreme court. >> wrong side of history? absolutely not. do they start with one man and one man or one woman or one woman or go to multiple marriages or go to marriage is between men and their daughters. or women and their sons? >> more counties began issuing marriage licenses for same sex couples today but others are refusing to issue any marriage lice

montgomery county two hours late today. showdown over funding, the homeland security department will take center stage on capitol hill. they have until friday to make a deal or it will run out of money. senators john mccain and lindsey graham now ernlgurging that are coll in the house to fight it out in court, not legislation. homeland s second jeh johnson says a shutdown could impact efforts to counter extremists. so far there is no sign that john boehner will budge. >>> while this fight plays out, mules being a being aacross the country are stepping up security. al shabaab called for attacks at places like the mall of america. secretary johnson says shoppers should be careful, but he says it is still okay to go to the mall. >> i'm not telling people to not go to the mall. i think that there needs to be an awareness, there needs to be vigilance and just be careful. >> shoppers can it go to the mall of america on sunday. >>> it is now 4:49. today at the white house, president obama will be working with governors from around

. >>> a decision on the fate of montgomery county school superintendent tops our news today. bruce leshan is outside montgomery county school board headquarters in rockville with the breaking news. good afternoon, bruce. >> reporter: for days -- [ no audio ] the school superintendent of montgomery county, joshua starr, is leaving, pushed out in some ways after losing the confidence of about half of the school board. the news was announced at a board meeting just a few minutes ago. there is a news conference that is going on right to see how they play this, but four members of the board have been saying for quite a little while that starr had failed them. there had been questions about the way he's handled a couple of allegations of employees sexually assaulting children. there have been issues about his on again-off again support for starting school later and allowing children to sleep in. and board members have complained in particular that he has no clear vision on how to close the achievement gap between white and african- american children. we had a chance to hear a littl

that may scoot to the northern suburbs in montgomery county. northern loudoun over the next hour or so into howard county where we've had around three inches. five to six inches has fallen south and west of washington. showing nebraska avenue. you can see everything is snow covered this morning in northwest washington. staying cloudy through 8:00. we'll see the sun by noontime. during the afternoon temperatures in the upper 20s near 30s. we'll stay below freezing throughout the rest of the day. what is untreated and unplowed is going to stay frozen throughout the rest of the day. a look at our next chances for snow over the next seven days. hey, melissa. >> still have the problem the outer loop of the beltway. the off ramp to kenilworth of a is completely blocked. not seeing it on camera. just spoke with police and they're telling us this is going to be sometime. the overturned truck has been righted. there's a light pole down. that's why it's shut down now. kenilworth avenue between ivy and the beltway have all lanes blocked from a different c

>>> breaking news right now a raging apartment fire in montgomery county, we are live, on the scene as fire fighters battle the the the flames and frigid temperatures making several daring rescues. good morning everyone we're also learning that at least one person was seriously injured. thank you so much for joining us i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. we have more breaking news a horrifying scene a deadly plane crash caught on dash cam video just an unbelievable sight. we will have latest on the desperate effort as death toll rise these morning. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why an suv was sitting on the train trackness new york causing the worst crash in metro north history we will have the latest on the disaster that left seven people dead. >>> those stories and much more coming up but lets start with the forecast. >> let's check with katie, good morning. >> we can expect to see light round of snow mountain the days ahead. there is already some light snow that we are fining here on storm scan three as we go full screen and yes, there is very light snow fal

though it's starting to dry out in upper montgomery and in bucks county. you can see the light, steady snowfall now in delaware county. and pushing across the delaware into new jersey. wilmington and into central new castle, we are seeing very light snow. the hour-by-hour forecast is showing clouds thinning out north and west. at 11:00, we are at 26 degrees. about where we are right now. and then with some sunshine not a big warm up. 31 degrees is the high temperature this afternoon. that's at 2:00. still could see some scattered snow showers in delaware and south jersey. but i'm not expecting to see anything more than a dusting. i have the seven-day forecast when i'm back northbound ten. >>> 5:40 this friday morning if you're headed out of town. if you're going to the airport or school or work i want to give you help in the traffic. >> the first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has that. >>> good morning. 95 near the airport looks good. ed if if you have an early flight, we are looking good. 76 is still quiet. i anticipate the normal rush hour volume s

starr has led montgomery county schools since 2011. a recent memo is out highlighting his accomplishments pointing to higher graduation rates and closing the achievement gap between white and minority students. however, starr has not seen eye to eye with some board members. his handling of sexual assault cases involving team offers and employees has raised -- teachers and employees has raised questions and he was criticized on a decision pushing out school start times. his contract is up in may. he had until yesterday to notify the board of his intentions but no word from either side. >>> tv basketball analyst greg anthony pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to arrange a rendezvous with a prostitute in d.c. police say last month the married father of four arranged to meet a prostitute at the doubletree hotel in northwest. the woman was an undercover cop. the officer told anthony intercourse would cost 80 bucks. when asked if he wanted her to dress up, police say anthony answered oh, yeah. the former nba player was in town at the tim

the walk from selma to montgomery turned into bloody sunday. it was where a young man by the name of john lewis stood bravely stood bravely alongside of names like josea williams. and it was of course a place where the world watched and it became the stair steps of which the voting rights act was passed. today we realize that on the shoulders of that tragic time, where violence claimed the life of jimmy lee jackson beaten by state troopers as he was attempting to protect his mother and others, violence that claimed the lives of reverend james re, ve of boston -- reeve of boston and another of detroit as she returned from the selma march. a time when 25,000 strong or more marched across the montgomery bridge. we understand that our job is yet not done. and so in the wake of the decision by the supreme court that crippled the voting rights act, we as members of the judiciary committee and led by our colleague, mr. clyburn and john conyers, sought to correct that crippling. today i stand and ask my chairman and the speaker of the house to have us

we're about 3 to 4 inches fell in montgomery county. howard and frederick and northern loudoun to the pan handle of west virginia. closer to the metro area around 5 inches fell in our southern and western suburbs to six inches in southern maryland toward fredericksburg. fluffy dry snow. it's going to be easy to remove. get the broom out and take care of it as soon as you can. as the day goes on it may be compacting more and more. temperatures in the teens will keep it frozen and keep it snow covered for the morning commute in the mid teens. the afternoon commute the sun comes out. that will heat the pavement up. we may get the meltings. the problem is it freezes up again. even though air temperatures will stay below freezing. the pavement temperatures may get a little below freezing and freeze up with patchy ice overnight down to the teens tomorrow morning. and snow showers likely tomorrow afternoon. that's our next chance of snow. strong cold front comes in trigger snow showers that may give us an additional amount of snow. similar to

and montgomery county. >>> been a frustrating day for metro riders. second time in less than 24 hours smoke was reported in a station. this time foggy bottom. the problem caused some major delays because trains in both directions had to run an a single track. metro says a maintenance issue outside the station and caused the smoke. >>> woodley park metro evacuated filled with smoke. we know a train malfunctioned in that case but there's still no word on what caused it. red line riders said they heard a small explosion and then smoke billowing around them. firefighters had to be called to the station but passengers got out safely. metro pulled the train out of service to be checked out. >>> now to developments in the lyon sisters disappearance. unsealed police records named convicted sex offender and uncle as persons of interest and today our crews tried to find out more abou. >> hi patricia. >> no. we have no comment. no comment. >> we tried to speak with the welch family. "the washington post" obtained an affidavit says lloyd welch admitted he kidnapp

let's -- montgomery county right now. let's start with it. 270 southbound between urbana and hyattstown, we have an accident blocking the shoulder causing some delays in this area. a very slight delay so you'll have no issues getting to work on time. just want you to be mindful of the swaying going on. also a house fire we're keeping a close eye on at olney and quaker lane. causing delays and closures in that area. for my friends traveling in virginia making your way from 66 to the beltway, no issues this morning. as far as the beltway this morning, no problems there. then inbound and outbound lanes free and clear of any problems. back to you. >>> police are searching for a man who attacked a woman in silver spring. >> the victim says the manual tried to advice -- man tried to solicit her for sex. when she refused he grabbed her and tried to rape her. do we have a description so far of this attacker, nikki? >> reporter: yes, we do have a description of this suspect. and it came from the victim who is now bravely telling h

the montgomery county health department says a little boy is now a confirmed case.they spoke with local day cares who say they're taking extra precautions right now because children under 1-year-old are not able to get the vaccine. once kids are old enough, it can be tough to convince their parents. >> we try our best to work with parents, and convince them educate them for the benefit, and the minimal risk of these vaccines. >> in chicago, five infants were infected with measles just this week. a measles case has also been diagnosed in delaware. we will dive deeper into the threat, i talk with a local mother of twin us a tisautistic boys. she blames her son's developmental disabilities on vaccines. we will also learn why they are so important and how they work. >>> clear skies give way to quite a view tonight. sky force 10 got a great shot of the moon in all of it's glory and it helps make up for another chilly night. >> why do i want to howl at that moon? i'll skip it, let's go to sheena parveen on what to expect the rest of the night. >> the warmer temperatures t