the last time i checked, i'm the county executive of montgomery county i'm going to fight for montgomery koun tu but i'm will going to fight for this region. when i go around the entire world now seeking jobs and opportunities, it's for the region. people recognize washington. i made a lot of sale pitches around the world and i say to people montgomery county is this wonderful county excellent school system excellent workforce. sometimes they look at me with a blank stare until i san jose washington fda, nih, now you see a connection. you can't get around it. it's the entire region that must benefit. >> all right. a lot more to get to with our county executive from montgomery county ike leggett. stay with us on "viewpoint." ury yourself in the flavor full of sweet icing and filling. call off the hounds! rescue is unnecessary. pillsbury toaster strudel, the snow day of breakfasts. (humming) oh yeah. (humming) they're magically delicious. ha! very funny, kyle. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint." again, our guest for the full half hour is montgomery county executive ike leggett. personal story

right now, this is martin at the state capitol in montgomery, alabama. >> this is murphy martin in montgomery. the front ranks of the marchers thou and strong now less than a half mile from the capital building proceeding here under a heavy air cover as they have made the trip from selma to montgomery helicopters, u.s. air force, u.s. army overhead above the marchers as they proceed to the capitol. on the capitol steps, alabama servicemen have taken up positions at the lower level of the capital steps. at the top, alabama legislators are there. >>> we'll be back in a few moments. this is murphy martin, abc news, montgomery. leading the march is dr. martin luther king. overhead the air cover from the united states military services. and, at this moment it appears that exactly four days to the minute, from the time these marchers left selma alabama on sunday afternoon, they will arrive at the steps of the state capital. the front ranks of the marchers. arriving at the state capital, dr. martin luther king peering over to the church that he pastored just ten years ago. >>> down on the steps of t

live from montgomery alabama the now historic selma to montgomery freedom march. dr.luther king from time to time has refer to this as a small sized march on washington. harry belafonte conversing with the leaders of the march. that is the reverend andrew young, executive assistant to dr. martin luther king, on the right. among those who will be heard from the speaker's platform this afternoon, dr. ralph abernathy of the southern christian leadership conference, who is a williams -- jose williams, the undersecretary of the united nations, dr. ralph bunch a. philip randolph, ray wilkins executive secretary of the national association for the advancement of colored people, james farmer, and john lewis chairman of the student nonviolent -- student nonviolent coordinating committee. dr. martin luther king, jr., head of the southern leadership conference. consultations still proceeding immediately in front of the speaker's platform as the marchers continue to stream onto dexter avenue one half-mile away. turning off montgomery street. the trip from st. jude's to the capito

live from montgomery alabama the now historic soma to montgomery rita march. martindr.andrew long executive assistant to dr. martin luther king on the right. among those who will be heard from the speakers but from this afternoon are dr. ralph abernathy, dr. fred troubles worth, dr. james bevel. the under secretary of united nations, dr. ralph bunch, a fellow randolph, president of the quarter's union, roy wilkins , james farmer, john lewis, dr. martin luther king jr., head of the southern leadership christian conference. consultations still proceeding immediately in front of the speaker's platform is the marchers continue to stream onto dexter avenue, one half mile away. turning off montgomery street. that trip from st. jude's to the capital primarily traveled to the heart of the negro district of montgomery. alabama conservation workers at the lower level of the steps here, a number of spectators above them, many of whom work inside the state capitol building. still no move by the leaders to reach the speaker's platform. the marchers continue to stream in. the platfor

this is out of montgomery county. sky force 10 right now live over this three-alarm raging fire. this is at a sheet metal plant in upper moreland. now, the name of the business trico metal products. they make sheet metal here. we understand they have been in business for some 50 years. as i said the fire right now at three alarms. there are some reports of an explosion. i think those were the first reports that came in that brought crews to the scene there. no injuries at this point. >> sky force 10's dan kent has been watching this fire grow from the air. dan, tell us what you're seeing from your vantage point? >> reporter: well it definitely has intensified ever since we got on scene about 30 minutes ago. you see the heavy flames and thick black smoke coming from the roof area. it appears as i zoom in that the roof is almost nonexistent anymore. it has all burned out. and there are no blocks fire crews that have positioned themselves to assist in this firefight here. as you can see as i pull out, the traffic on the turnpike has slowed down both directions but there are no lanes

that was the genesis of the march to montgomery.and the march was about getting the government to recognize the fact that we did not have a right to vote. you could only register in one place. at that time, people were not allowed to vote for president of the united states. because if you couldn't get registered in your own county, or your city, you couldn't participate in government. so, therefore, these people had no voice in the government. so the march was about giving people a voice. and we were absolutely right in our assumption and nonviolent. we take the position that you could only bring about significant change if you are able to win the sympathy, the active support of the majority. and the majority of the people who can make those decisions were in congress. and the supreme court. so, therefore, we had to make an appeal. so once they marched across that ridge -- bridge, we decided that what we were going to do was continue. because if someone tries to stifle your voice, the most important response you can have is to get l

maybe a few flakes starting to mix in in upper montgomery county. today look for temperatures to continue to drop. 8 to 10 hours of snow. we're looking at a general 4 to 8, possibly 8 to 10 north to west. bad roads. upper 20s this afternoon. larry miller, mainly wet roads in the district but eight going to get worse. >>> looks like we're already starting to see kind of the worst of it in some areas. along 270 as we heard from delia goncalves in our last half-hour, conditions were changing up in frederick. as we heard from nikki burr design, leesburg also -- burdine, leesburg also have changing conditions. if you can stay off the road, we subject you do so because we're definitely in for the long haul. inner and outer loop of the beltway free and clear of incidents. 295 free and clear as well so no issues there. a live look outsideshows you one of the main things drivers are dealing with right now are wet and slippery roads which means you've got to take it easy and give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination because if you drive too fast

gray of montgomery, alabama, dr. aji gatson, reverend rogers of tuscaloosa, alabama, bishop much inson of birmingham, alabama. dr. -- of tuskegee, alabama. and dr. foster, the president of tuskeegee institute. [cheering and applause] the reverend fred shuttlesworth, reverend joseph winger, a white lutheran minister of birmingham, alabama, mrs. a.p. boiling 10 of selma, alabama. attorney billings of birmingham, alabama, mrs. rufus lewis of montgomery, alabama, and mr. dick drennons of the university of alabama, a white student. and the reverend jesse douglas of montgomery, alabama. if you approve of this committee, say aye. audience: aye. >> the committee is now instructed to meet for final instructions in the auditorium of the dexter avenue baptist church, just one block away here in the shadow of the capital with our leader, dr. king, has been pronounced. we will now return to our national leaders. mr. james farmer could not be here today because of illness. but we do want mr. jim pick to tell us -- whether core is

the next morning, everything changed. >> montgomery county?> yes, we need police and ambulance. >> okay, what's the problem? >> somebody's been shot down in a back lot. he's down on the ground. he's bleeding real bad. >> we had a call for a subject who had been out mowing a lawn. >> the victim is 39-year-old sonny buchanan. a landscaper. >> immediately we were sure it was going to be related to the previous evening's shooting. >> the two crime scene are just over four miles apart. >> we were reasonably sure that they were parked within several hundred yard of the location. they managed to sight the victim and take the shot. >> 30 minutes later, the carnage continues. [ sirens ] >> what happened here at the gas station? >> i had to fill the car up with gas. there a gentleman filling his car. it was a taxi. and he looked at the me, and i looked at him. and then i looked down for a split seconds to pick up -- split second to pick up my credit card. then i heard a very loud bang. >> the shot came from up here. >> then i looked up, and the taxi dri

montgomery, let us give a warm alabama welcome to the daughter of dr. king, the reverend dr. bernice a. king. reverend bernice king: wow. thank you very much, my good friend. you have made it hard for me up here today. governor bentley, mayors senator, mrs. peggy wallace kennedy, to all of the foot soldiers, i thank you for the way in which you sacrifice your life in support of the leadership of my father. to all of the marchers and the new generation of activists and warriors that will usher us into a new day of justice, freedom, and equality. the distinguished program participants, thank you for speaking true. i am certainly honored to be with you today as the daughter of martin luther king jr. and coretta scott king. my mother was born on the soils of alabama in marion, alabama. i'm honored as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of my father's speech at the culmination of the historic selma to montgomery march. 50 years ago, in a state that was stubbornly transitioning from treacherous segregation to voting rights for long-vilified people, the governor was not in attendanc

to birmingham from selma back to montgomery. . evil is choking to death in the dusty roads and streets of this state i stand before you with the conviction that segregation is on its death bed in alabama and only one certain about it is how costly segregation is. i will hold campaigns in alabama have been centered around the right to vote. we are exposing the very origin, the root cause of racial segregation in the southland, racial segregation as a way of life did not come about as a natural result of hatred between the races. . as the noted historian in his book "the strange career" clearly points out the segregation of the races was really a political strategy. and pay him even less. the southern ways level was kept almost unbearably low they saturated the thinking of the poor white masses with it. both clouding their minds to the real issue involved in the populace movement. they then directed the placement on the books of the south laws that made it a crime for negroes and whites to come together as equals at any level and th

they were headed to montgomery, but they never made it to the end. they were met with tear gas and billy clubs. the world watched in horror. today, 50 years later civil rights leaders and politicians from across the country are gathering in selma. president obama will be on hand as marchers make that walk again found the edmund pettus bridge. you can see that the bridge stands today as it did 50 years ago. this time edmund pettus infamous for being a member of the kkk. gentlemen, thank you so much. president johnson ended his speech by saying we shall overcome. did we? >> yes in the sense that african-americans are able to vote in the south. not right away, but over time it has. and i think we have think it shows that we have an african-american president. >> randall pinkston? >> he has overcome the barriers in southern states to allowing african-americans to vote. in alabama george wallace was fond of saying that there is no law that says negroes can't vote. there is no law that says that negroes can't vote. but what there was were restrictions. bec

montgomery county police say he killed the pastor on march 11. and reportedly told police the pastor was opposed, saying i kill demons just kill me. >>> the man accuse of ramming two police cruisers with a dump truck will not stand trial. a prince george's county judge says 31-year-old gene brandon jr. is not competent to stand trial. the incident happened in january. court documents say brandon was driving the dump truck when he became agitated and tried to hit two officers. the officers were able to jump out of the way. >>> five high school students are accused of plotting to kill another student in arizona. tucson, police say they arrested two 17-year-old girls, two 15-year-old boys and an 18-year-old on wednesday. officers made the arrest after another student told school administrators of the alleged plot. police say one of the students arrested did bring a knife to school on wednesday. the younger students could be charged as adults. >>> a body is found hanging and now the fbi is investigating. federal officials say otis bird was found and

he pleaded guilty in montgomery county this morning. suzanne kennedy describes what happened as he went before a judge. >> dan cleaves wiped away tears as he admitted guilt and told the court of a long history of mental illness and drug abuse. he said he was remorseful for having sex with two women without telling them that he was infected with a potentially deadly virus. the 28-year-old had sexual relations with two separate women between late july and early september. while that sex was consensual it was unprotected. therefore, the women were intentionally put at risk. cleaves said he was sorry for what he did and wanted to face the consequences. >> the only reason that we decided to enter this plea is simply because dan wanted to take responsibility for the fear and the pain that he knows he caused with these victims. >> but the state's attorney says his behavior between his arrest and today indicate a lack of remorse because cleaves was still trying to have sex with women without telling them of his h.i.v. status. >> this is chiefly

and we've learned montgomery county schools are closed today. everybody anticipating this tricky winter storm. >> yeah you hear all the children going yay! that's what my kids' reaction was. lots of jurisdictions closing. it's kind of an odd situation because all we're seeing now at this point is rain. you can see the trucks are here. they're loading up. this one just fueled up. you look at the back there no salt in the back of the truck yet, but he'll be continuing to load up and gear up this morning. so we are seeing a lot of those trucks already leaving the lot, so they're ready to go just waiting on standby basically for the switch over to happen. and that will be coming up later on this morning. so don't be deceived. yeah, we're just seeing rain right now but that is going to change. we could start to see sleet a little later on this morning. and then the switchover to snow. now, this is one of those tricky storms. the trucks we rely on them so much. the salts, chemicals, brine that they put down to melt the snow when it starts to fall. the

montgomery county there's a bit of a difference here. $2.50 for that snow emergency rate in montgomery county. and when it comes to uber, if you take uber taxi. you may be charged that same $15 rate that d.c. taxis may be charging. for black car or uber there may be surge pricing, rates that are higher than normal based on weather conditions. we just checked the rates, tweeted out a picture in northwest d.c. wanted to charge us 2.6 times the normal rate for a ride from an uber x driver. something else to keep in mind that police and local governments are urgingt, if you don't have to be on the roads, stay at home. get nice and cozy. and just avoid being out here. it is very slick out here. be safe folk and we'll see you again in the next hour. >> it's even tough walking out there. thanks erika. >>> this massive winter storm causing misery for millions of americans. an ice jam is now flooding homes in pennsylvania. we'll show you some of the biggest trouble spots across the united state >> there's all kinds of trouble out there on our local roads. david culvert is in reston at one crash

army and alabama national guard, the protesters completed the four-day march from selma to montgomery. next, a commemorative ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the march 25th rally. the keynote speaker is reverend bernice king, martin luther king jr.'s daughter, who was ceo of the king center for nonviolent social change. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you, dr. stuart, and to all who are gathered here. my brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day the lord has given us to gather and to celebrate, and more importantly, to act. in the spirit of the movement, it is my honor and privilege to introduce the one who will bring the message to us today, one who is the if enemy of grace, dignity, respect leadership, -- who is the epitome of grace, dignity, respect, leadership. in this god-ordained moment, we welcome this afternoon the reverend dr. bernice king, the chief executive officer of the king center, founded by her mother in 1968, appointed to this position in january, 2012, by the board of trustees. dr. bernice king is known as one of the most prolific, powerful motivating an

those that worked on the logistics committee for this march on montgomery.was the most amazing thing i have ever been able to witnessed so good because we had an expert in almost every field. for instance, we had a young man named marty shields that was working with the student nonviolent board meeting committee that furnished all of the speakers, and even took a private plane, and flew to new york city and several thousand dollars equipment he returned. it did not cost us one dime. then we ahvehave a wonderful man by the name of willie that was in charge of village greens, the garbage and all of our drinking water. willie brought to us for years of experience in an united hatesarmy in -- in the united states army in defense of this country as a foot so ldier. i would like to speak of a wonderful young fellow by the name of dave duncan. dave was in charge of medical care housing and screening of the 300 persons that would make the march. we were fortunate enough to have dave because of his background. dave is from a family that is in the manufacturing busine

in montgomery county they're telling parents and staff to just be prepared. that it is possible that may go as late as june 15th this year and that everyone needs to plan accordingly. reporting live in bethesda. megan mcgrath. >>> thank you. we're getting a better indication whether your taxes will go up. right now there's a $25 million budget shortfall between those two groups between what supervisors would give. the new tax rate would be $1.15 per $100 of assessed value. >>> in fairfax county a prominent parent group is asking school officials for tax hikes. it wants to help with educational funding. the fairfax county council of pta's is asking the average tax bill be raised by $100. superintendent cairnkaren is asking to help cover a $14 million gap. >>> lines are growing in moscow as they pay their respects to boris nemtsov. thousands came. take a look at the video. many of them carrying those flowers. nemtsov was shot friday near the kremlin. several ambassadors are visiting his casket there laying flowers on it. this is in the central part of the city.

john epps struck a plea deal today in montgomery county. kristin wright is live in rockville with details. >> reporter: this case is the one that made montgomery county parents concerned they weren't being told quickly enough about alleged incidents of sex abuse of sex assault. john epps will not go to jail, but he is now a sex offender. on the right in yellow, john epps. on the left, a 12-year-old girl between classes. watch as they walk past each other. epps reaches out. prosecutors say it is this moment the 44-year-old man touches the girl's backside. a teacher, seen here standing in the hallway, saw it and told school security. today a montgomery county circuit court judge accepted a plea deal in the case. epps pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense, misdemeanors. he got five years' prodags. he will not go to jail. as a condition, the married father of two boys is now required to register as a sex offender in the state of maryland for 15 years. epps is not to go near a school. as a contractor he worked in

that was the genesis of the march to montgomery. and the march was about getting the government to recognize the fact that we did not have a right to vote. you could only register in one place. at that time, people were not allowed to vote for president of the united states. because if you couldn't get registered in your own county, or your city, you couldn't participate in government. so, therefore, these people had no voice in the government. so the march was about giving people a voice. and we were absolutely right in our assumption and nonviolent. we take the position that you could only bring about significant change if you are able to win the sympathy, the active support of the majority. and the majority of the people who can make those decisions were in congress. and the supreme court. so, therefore, we had to make an appeal. so once they marched across that ridge -- bridge, we decided that what we were going to do was continue. because if someone tries to stifle your voice, the most important response you can have is to get

we marched from selma to montgomery.hat is often obscured and forgotten is when we got to montgomery, the speech that martin luther king jr. gave across the street from the state capital was one of the greatest speeches he ever gave. somebody in the audience said to him, "dr. king, how long?" dr. king turned to him and gave him the most eloquent response -- the arc of the universe is long, but it bins towards justice. >> my father marched with dr. king 50 years ago. amy: talk about what you know from his story from that moment when they marched over the edmund tennis and bridge, march 23 1965. >> it shaped my entire template. it was the most inspiring experience -- it shaped my entire childhood. it was the most inspiring experience. i wondered if i would ever see him again, so it is very much ingrained in my memory. then he came back and he said that he felt it was a holy moment, that it reminded him of being in europe, being here. martin luther king told me his was the greatest day of his life and my father said that he

eastbound montgomery village avenue still construction still approaching 355.e look at things no major problems. 66 a little slow inbound here as you're headed through manassas. after that you actually open up here quite nicely. no major issues there. 95 here, headed in to town a little slow after triangle. fine headed southbound. up to the beltway, nice and green, as well. taking a look at prince george's county, over all pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue, indian head highway, everything looks nice and green. moving along just fine for us this morning. and then chopper 4 over bw parkway all these folks headed inbound. >>> 5:55 now. fast food giants pass on the beef. and target customers are getting ready to receive a huge payout. landon dowdy has more on these stories "4 your money". >> reporter: good morning. target will reportedly pay $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its massive data breach in 2013. at least 40 million cards were exposed resulting in the threat of up to 110 pill i don't knowyon110 million people's personal information. targ

montgomery county athletic field are a mess.r has forced the county parks department to delay opening the fields for spring sports until april. >> and caroline tucker shows us why. >> 290 fields, one of our biggest investments. >> so when snow and ice wreak havoc on montgomery county's athletic fields -- >> ground is probably frozen probably four to six inches deep. >> you have to protect that investment. >> this year, it was kind of easy to make the call early given the cold temperatures and the amount of snowfall we've had. we knew there was no chance we could have the fields ready by march 15th. >> field openings will be delayed until at least april 1st including here at meadowbrook park. >> soccer program won't start until the 8th. we've got seven days to hope and pray that the weather is good. >> but the county's recreation department isn't too worried about delays and neither is this soccer captain. >> get outdoors been inside too long. >> he has faith in field preps. >> montgomery county is actually really good at taking

we found a montgomery county woman going through the same struggle. nbc10's rosemary connors spoke to her about the fear of getting cancer and how she chose to fight it. >> and then i opted for bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction. >> reporter: it was a difficult decision for sandy o'brien to reach, but in her opinion, a necessary one. as a mother of two young daughters, in her mid-40s sandy couldn't imagine going down without a fight. she did not have full-blown cancer but with a family history and recurring precancerous lumps, the surgery was for her the best choice. now she counsels other women. >> i take phone calls from perfect strangers who are going through this. and i just talk to them. they have questions. there are things the doctors don't tell you. you know, there are things that you know i woke up with that i had no idea were going to happen. >> reporter: and the experience has influenced sandy's latest decision. she tells me she most likely will have her ovaries removed as doctors have determined they are at risk. >> in this last go-ro

this is the schuylkill expressway near montgomery drive heading toward the boulevard. the roads are wet. it will take longer to get to work. looking at the big picture wynnfield highlightsument road is reopened. red line and philmont pine road is closed. delsea drive is shut down at academy because of a water main break. stick to broad street. delsea drive shut down, downed traffic signal in woodbine cape may county blocking route 50 at tuckahoe road. an earlier accident that brought it down. >>> breaking news, police have arrested two suspects in a brutal attack on a woman in port richmond neighborhood. "action news" reporter, eva pilgrim has been gathering details live outside special victims in hunting park. good morning eva. >> reporter: goodgood morning tam a woman walk be home from the gym overnight was sexual assaulted and robbed, police have arrested the two suspects, this happened after 11:00 on the 4100 brock of richmond avenue in the port richmond. police responded to the area after hearing the woman screaming. two young men approached the woman one had a gu

this is montgomery village avenue here. the far left lane just within the last ten minutes, two state highway plows came through and plowed that far left lane. that improved that situation a little bit there, but you can see that already we're starting to see a fresh layer of snow. because it's really coming down. we've been out and about all morning long and the neighborhoods are absolutely snow-covered. the plows have not reached them. we've encountered plenty of people digging out, getting at the sidewalks. businesses of course trying to dig out and clear things up but not a lot of people out. we are seeing some cars but a lot of people have listened to the warnings listened to the advice and are staying home. they're going to allow those plows to get out there on the roadways and do their thing good advice. what people should be doing. we've been talking to a few people though who did have to go to work today. said they had no choice and saying the roads are pretty sloppy. >> we're wen i came over to maryland it got hea

thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ ♪ >>> live look this montgomery county. weather alert day. all this rain is expected to change to snow as the morning moves on. >> and you can see a mixed mess on the radar. some parts of our area including frederick, maryland are already see something snow right now. and we're talking about it heading south later today. we're seeing the first snowflakes right here in washington, d.c.. >> it's hard to see in this picture, but trust us there are a few flakes falling right now. want to go to tom and get you up to speed. >> you can see it right around the street lamp there, you can see very small tlaks beginning to come down in the metro area. a big area of snow much farther to our west and that stretches all of the way down to texas. and that line of snow and moisture coming our way continuing to track north and east. green still rain down toward frederickburg. but pink zone we're getting a few flakes mixing in. southern montgomery into northern prince george's county and southern howard county and into anne arundel. then nor

he represents montgomery county and all the members of the county council endorsed him. he's your congressman if you live in frederick or carol counties. >>> your weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. tom kierein hoping we get more spring weather. yesterday was wonderful! >> yeah. it got to 62 yesterday. overnight it got chilly. it's in the 30s. at the bus stop you need a light jacket. it's going to be chilly and you need an umbrella by later today. for the morning the bus stop will stay dry. we'll be hovering around 40 degrees. what to wear? have the umbrella ready because during the afternoon we'll have the rain coming down. also have your rain boots. we could have ponding of water around the curbs. that's going to be moving in as rain approaches us. right now it's in the kentucky and tennessee and farther south and west. the rain advancing to the north and east. just now coming to southwestern virginia western north carolina. it is on a conveyer belt track with upper level flow coming to the metro area by late this morning, maybe around noontime for your lu

accused in the murder of a montgomery county pastor. roland zinneh was taken into custody wednesday after police say he killed connery dagadu inside a germantown home. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is there tonight with what zinneh yelled before police arrested him. kevin? >> well, kimberly, a frantic 911 call that led paramedics to this two story residential church. the ambulance sped right on up that driveway and that is when paramedics saw zinneh in the front door frame. he was pacing back and forth. jumping up and down as if he were dancing and then he allegedly explained "demons, i kill demons"! >> his legal name was connery dagadu but while leading worship services in this brightly colored two car garage everyone called him the apostle. >> he prays for people. he cast out demons from people. >> this woman, precious treasure israel recruited the apostle to live in her home. >> he is a man of god. >> the 57-year-old often counselled total strangers helping them purge evil spirits. on tuesday, at -- the apostle met with this

join me in the litany from selma to montgomery.ts acts, brown's chapel and 50 years. 50 years ago, leaders and such soldiers -- foot soldiers said, let us go to the brown chapel african methodist at the school church. the march four voting rights will begin within its sacred walls. the forces of reason and courage men and expir inspiration will reverberate from wall-to-wall. martin luther king junior, malcolm x, and other prophetic voices. >> [indiscernible] >> march 7, 1965 was the first sunday. the brown chapel congregation would have knelt to receive the blessed sacrament of holy communion, remembering that christ died. without the shedding of blood there is no remission. it was an eject on the first passover, and calgary on good friday, in selma on, or near the edmund pettus bridge . we offer great thanksgiving to god for the ultimate sacrifice of jesus, and for those who paid for freedom with blood. >> [indiscernible] >> from the front steps of the brown chapel in selma to the front steps of the capitol in montgomery i determi

. >> a well known search and rescue team joined police in the search for missing woman in montgomery county. >> big story on "action news" tonight is arrest of 20-year-old man in connection with shootings of two police officers in furgeson missouri. >> tonight the suspect says the officers were never his intended target. prosecutors say the suspect jeffery williams admitted he fired the shots and gun used was recovered. they add he told authorities he was firing at someone whom he had a dispute with and not the police officers. >> essentially what we charged him with is firing shots and it's possible at this time he was firing shots at someone other than the police but struck police officers. the charge is still assault in the first degree. class a felonies for striking those two officers. >> the gunfire erupted at the end of demonstration late wednesday night near the furgeson police headquarters after the chief there resigned. both officers were treated and released from the hospital. williams is held on $300,000 cash bond. >> and we're following developing story out of camden, new

this is the latest from montgomery county.ve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news", back to you. >> steve thanks. another fire to tell you about. also new this morning firefighters bat al two alarm fire in new castle county delaware. "eyewitness news" at the woods edge ants, edgemore. it took several hours for firefighters gain the upper hand on that fire. now, at one point part of the roof collapsed. no one was injured. several residents are displaced. >>> well, officer robert wilson killed in the line every duty this week, being remembered across our area by those who knew him as a friend, and also, a neighbor. says wilson redefined what teens to be a here o black bunting hangs outside the district where wilson work. another memorial this one outside wilson's home where neighbors work to clear snow from his front walk. >> just a shame. i feel sorry that's all. because, you know, you got little kids. >> will be tomorrow morning at a mass, the address 2340 west lehigh avenue in philadelphia. the mass begins at 10:00. >>> learning

heaviest rains are in montgomery county this big area of red. that's a big area of moderate to heavy rain that stretches from damascus over toward ashton. this is gradually tracking up toward columbia. now, later this morning, still rain falling in the upper 40s by 8:00 a.m.. by noon, still only in the upper 40s. but lighter rain. and then the rain ends after that so we'll have are a drying during the afternoon. but no warming much p. only going to be reaching the low 50s maybe briefly by late afternoon and remaining cloudy. look how long the chill will last into our weekend, that's coming up at 4:51. alexis davies, how are the roads? >> looking good on the beltway in maryland and virginia. no reports of incidents or delays. but you do want to watch out fornd forring on the roadway and the potholes. we have a widespread power outage in northeast, maryland avenue northeast between bladensburg road and benning road. watch out for out traffic lights. 270 in gaithersburg looking good. beltway at good luck. tune into wtop 103.5. >>> imagine opening y

let's look at how much snow is falling in montgomery county. nbc 10's doug shimell is live. 6 to 10 inches expected to fall there. i talked to you an hour ago. how have things changed? >> reporter: we have picked up about another inch of snow. we're at the intersection -- >> we're having problems with doug shimell's shot there in montgomery county. we have a live picture to show you, though. we have doug back. let's go right back to see if we can talk with doug. you're live there. can you hear me? >> reporter: we are here yes, i can hear you, keith. since we spoke to you over an hour ago at 40 foot road. we picked up a little over an inch of snow since we talked to you. you're looking north along 40 foot road. and the puck workblic works crew doing a good job keeping both lanes passable. i spoke with lansdale police. they say their public works, a smaller entity playing catch-up with the weather. budgets and salt supplies taking a pretty good hit over the last few winter snow and ice events. the north penn school district where we are, they hav

add woman died in a crash in montgomery county ris thorng. chopper 4 shot this video. the road is closed in poolesville. firefighters say there were several crashes in montgomery county this morning because of slick conditions on roadways. we're working to find out the woman's identity. >>> caught on camera. drivers whizzing by school buses despite flashing red lights and stop sign. one police official called a number of tickets issued a wake-up call. news 4 richard jordan is live from the roads. tell us about this. >> reporter: hi, brasharbara. more school bus tickets handed out than any other part of the area. more than 1,000 tickets issued and the offenders could soon have to pay more. state lawmakers are considering increasing the penalties. these bright yellow school buses are hard to miss but new numbers show hundreds are missing the point of the red stot sign that comes out when children are getting on and off the bus.

that's the latest live in montgomery county. back to you. >> thanks chris. >>> virginia's governor terry mcauliffe says his snow team hit the storm early and hard. the governor joined us on set here today for "news 4 midday." he says there are 9,000 trucks out on the roads in virginia and 3,500 of them are deployed in northern virginia. while the dpof nor was here we also asked him act the controversy surrounding hillary rodham clinton's emails. mccauliffe worked on her presidential campaign back in 2008. >> well we see the stories, many of the presidential candidates have been involved in the same situation. general colin powell did the exact same thing. the law had been changed after she left office so, you know listen this is going to be a long campaign. you'll see a lot of activity on both sides. i hope she runs. >> in the meantime it could take months to vet hillary clinton's 55,000o they can be released to the public. that's according to the reuters news agency. the controversy erupted on monday when "the new york times" r

this issue is not montgomery, alabama. this issue is whether these united states shall be preserved and whether we shall surrender to mob accuracy in the country that has been witnessed today in the city of montgomery, alabama. i would also like to point out and make this statement. that the president of the united states himself said the other day, and it's widely quoted in the press, that he would not see people who came and lay down in the white house. and of course we have taken the same position in our state. and i think of course that is a good position. i again want to stay in my statement given today that i'll be happy to see a group of representative citizens from this state and receive any petition from them provided they come in an orderly and proper manner. >> governor the office was closed today. >> yes, the office was closed when they came today to present the petition. screeria -- nigeria. - gwendolyn e. boyd. thank you and to all who are gathered here, and other elected officials, my brothers and sisters in

we'll make a way up into montgomery county. and don't worry, aaron has offered to come out and clear your car for you once he gets done with the broadcast this morning. so he'll be ready to go with that. >> you can't hear on tv. just putting that out there. >> aaron you're so giving and generous. >>> let me give you this news story. that's all i'm giving today. the other problem you will have driving this morning will be the on and off-ramps to the highways. any slush that was on the road last night again froze over turned to ice. vdot says it spent all night treating the roads with salt and sand. >> we're still going to continue to have nearly 4,000 trucks like we had at the height of the storm. >> and metrobuses up and running again this morning, but with himmed service only as part of the moderate snow plan. some routes are suspended, others will see detours. bus service was halted last night around 9:00 due to snow, but today riders should expect longer wait times. metrorail riders will see normal weekday service. metrorail

a council member of montgomery county is hoping to change that.in wright shows us his plan as well as one concern that it raised today. >> reporter: roseanne ward has a 9-month-old, a 2-year-old a-3-year-old with special needs, and a teenager. ward is an e.r. nurse working night shifts so that she can take care of her kids during the day. child care is not an option for the family right now. not in montgomery county. >> it's expensive. >> and projections are for the cost of care to continue rising in double digits. >> reporter: council member hans reamer wants to create a montgomery county office on child care early care and education to focus on making child care more available and affordable. >> we do so much with public education, transportation housing, we do very little with early care. >> reporter: council member nancy navarro supports ss reimer's bill but is worried about a separate office. she worries low-income families would lose out on services if they don't go through health and human services. >> i was a member of the hhs community to

we're just north of the montgomery/fredryerick county line. the road is in noticeably better condition here than it was literally just five or six minutes ago. temperature is up. we're at 31.5 here. a couple minutes ago, we were at 29. so that little bit of a temperature change is making all the difference around here and there is a lot less snow on the roads here. but we all know that will be changing soon. back to you. >>> we're watching the twrans six as trafrns tr chuck mentioned. right now just rain in vienna. >> and we'll check in with the crews in northern virginia and prince george's county >>> live pictures at 6:39 from laurel maryland. the rain there still falling. roads obviously wet. the city just posted on facebook that there is a snow emergency in effect there in laurel. they're asking folks to stay out of the way as much as they can as their public works crews are out treating the roads. >> i know it's hard to believe right now but spring is just a few days away. in florida today, the nationals are playing their first spring tra

. >> reporter: the student involve is a senior who attended high school in montgomery county. he is under investigation by the university, but administrators won't say what sanctions he may face. at university of maryland scott broom, wusa9. >> as scott points out, the university president does say this student is under investigation, but the administration is not providing any details about the man's status or what sanctions he might face. >>> former members of the oklahoma university fraternity shut down because of a notorious racist rant are considering a lawsuit against the school. a prominent lawyer for the fraternity says all options are on the table including a lawsuit against the school's president. the attorney who also represented oklahoma city says frat members are in danger. >> death threats have been placed, where there have been physical assaults or alterations on the university of oklahoma campus and where some of the students who are members have frankly been afraid to go to class. >> the attorney for the fraternity brother seen in the video says he was hired b

montgomery county ridge road at hard are road we are dealing with an accident at this hour. springfield new jersey in burlington county, burlington jack sonville road at gilbert road another accident as a car went into a pole, alternate route 639. there is a pot hole causing problems in montgomery county, county line road between stump road and kenas road. look the at drive times from 476 through 676, 14 minutes, moving good at this hour and i-95 woodhaven road to 676 southbound looking clear, your ride is 14 minutes. mass transit reporting no delays. erika, back to you. >>> lets get back to the breaking news in lansdale, montgomery county crews are working hard to fix a water main break at cannon avenue and main street before the start of the rush hour. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us with the update the on the repairs. how is it going, jan good morning. >> good morning, good news. work here on the scene is wrapping up as we speak. these water crews made quick work to get this tied up before the morning commute. crew is here are fill in that trench and smoot

sky force 10 is live in upper moreland, montgomery county where there is a fire.nd fire crews there trying to get it under control. at last word we heard the fire was at two alarms. it is now burning near the turnpike. we have sky force 10 pull out and we can see some of the traffic that's having some issues as the fire continues to burn here at this business. so far there are no reports of injuries at this time but we will continue to monitor the situation. as you can see there, they have got the crews there, we have traffic slowing down and this fire right now burning pretty well that the fire crews are still trying to get under control. again, happening in upper moreland, montgomery county at a business on wyandotte road. >>> well today one local hockey star was back home to receive a big honor. >> he is a homegrown talent who's already making a big impact in the nhl. danny joins us from comcast sportsnet with more on the player known simply as johnny hockey. >> danny, he looks like he could still be in high school. >> you've heard of the baby face assassin. do

sprinkles in prince george's county southern montgomery, the district. much of fairfax county alexandria and arlington. farther south along 95 and west out 66 getting the showers. southern maryland parts of charles county st. mary's, calvert getting a little bit of that light rain. these counties north of the metro area is where the dense fog is still lingering. that includes loudoun county montgomery howard frederick, washington panhandle of west virginia in these counties we have patchy fog. visibilities there have been reduced to about a quarter of a mile. i took this picture about 2:00 this morning. there was thick fog there. so when you encounter it slow down and use low beams. a look change from the morning to the afternoon coming up at 6:11. >>> it's now 6:01. canal road in northwest washington is closed and it's not clear when it will open up again. a tree fell across the road there. richard jordan joins us live from where this is going on. richard, what is going on out there right now? >> reporter: looks like this will be an issue all morning lo

live in montgomery county i'm doug shimell. >>> i'm ted greenberg live in hamilton township. we still have heavy snow and maybe not quite as heavy as a half an hour from now, but the black horse pike driving is dangerous here. the snow has been quickly piling up and snowplows have been coming through and they've had a tough time keeping up with the heavy snow falling here in atlanta county. live in hamilton township i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> and i'm tim furlong at route 40 in salem church road. the snow continues to fall. you could end up on the median like this guy. a fire department trying to help him out. all of the slushy mess on the roads will refreeze tonight and be very dangerous. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> hi. i'm harry hairston in harleysville. snow is light and roads are slick and folks are starting to dig out. that's what's happening here in harleysville. harry hairston nbc 10 news. >>> i'm cydney long live in gloucester township where it has been snowing straight for eight and a half hours and tons of accumulation here and a good four inches and take

. >> right now at 11:00, breaking news from montgomery county a school bus with children inside crashes into a home in whitpain township. skyforce10 over the scene of this crash on windermere road just before 8:30 this morning. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. the bus driver is in the hospital right now and students are shaken up but they are safe. nbc 10's deanna durante is live on the scene for us. tell us what the latest is. >> reporter: look behind me, vai, you can see the school bus still inside this home on windermere drive here in blue bell. we're told it will be some time before they can pull the bus out of the house. they first have to shore up the home to make sure it doesn't collapse around the bus. now, one thing we have heard over and over as people have come by to check out the scene is this could have been a lot worse. nine kids on board that school bus, ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade, and they are all okay. the 58-year-old bus driver we're told is being treated at abington hospital while whitpain township police try to figure out what happened here. it was 7:40