. >> the death of morgan harrington has been confirmed to be a homicide. she disappeared in october after attending a metallica concert. >> the doctor at the center of the investigation into the death of michael jackson may be facing charges. he may be charged with involuntary manslaughter today. dr. murray is planning to turn himself in. michael jackson died in june after he was given a sedative to help them sleep. -- to help him sleep. >> involuntary manslaughter requires -- >> there will be a complaint in court, rather than going to the grand jury. he said he gave him an anesthetic before he died, but he does not say there is anything -- he says there is nothing there that should have been able to kill him. >> next, we continue to follow the conditions across the metropolitan region. the winter storm watch has been cancelled. we will have the latest school closings and the latest delays. >> you may find that traffic is running a little bit more slowly and we will be back with some of the troublesome spots

a funeral will be held in roanoke for morgan harrington. she disappeared in october after attending a concert in charles cole. her remains were found in a field abo 10 miles away. -- she attended a concert in charlottesville. the national transportation safety board will hold a public hearing on last june's metro crash that killed nine people. it will begin february 23. witnesses will be questions. the hearing will be webcast. >>> we turn back towards storm watch the coverage. a snow emergency goes into effect in the district at 9:30 this morning. they already got a head start on clearing the roads. mike conneen will tell us about the situation there. good morning. >> the snow emergency means if you're parked along a snow emergency routes, you want to move your vehicle so plows can get in and out of the city. we're joined now by a spokesperson from ddot. >> right now we're getting ready. our crews will come in at about 8:00 this morning and they will hit the streets. it is not supposed to snow before 10:00. there will be ready. >> businesse

morgan harrington's body was found last week on a farm not far from the arena at the university of virginia where she was last seen in october. she was attending a concert when separated from friends. no arrest made. >> in this incident, it was not a cliche. >> ultimately that's the best outcome i could have asked for today. >> those folks are talking about the rescue of three young children by firefighters from a smoke-filled home in the district. those children remain in critical condition. they were asleep in a second floor condo on naylor road southeast when the fire broke out. the father left for work leaving a neighbor to check on the children who were home alone. surveillance video shows the neighbor kiss covering the fire. she called 911 and firefighters were on the scene within two minutes to rescue the children. >>> coming up tonight, a retired homicide detective who cannot get the unsolved cases out of his head. he is back on the job. >> bob has more on another big one headed our way for the weekend. >> later, we'll tell you why th >>> cold cases can haunt law officials when they

however, they did not release details on how 20-year-old morgan harrington diamond harrington disappeared last october while attending a concert in charlottesville. >>> you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. you are looking at a live shot of washington here. we have a little haze and a couple of flurries outside right now. i'm outside on the weather terrace with meteorologist devon lucie enjoying this nice, fluffy wet snow. and this may be nothing compared to what we will see over the weekend. >> you mentioned it was a contradictory term with the fluffy wet snow. we have been dealing with fluffy dry snows but this is the highest water content we have had so far. what it means is when you shovel it will be heavy. >> let's talk about the totals. >> do the totals now. added a few more. -- reported the storm reports to us. thank you so much. i put a weather article on the bottom of the page to show the storm reports all together that you have sent in. that's the latest there. what we called it, the first of a possible trifecta of snowstorms coming in, right, howar

. >> whoever killed morgan harrington probably knew the area where her body was found. that's because the property's streams, fencens and rough terrain. that is the word tonight from police still looking for a suspect in harrington's death. she disappeared from a metallica concert last october. her remains found last week. >>> remember the d.c. cop who pulled his gun during a snow ball fight during the last big snowstorm? sources now say the chief is leaning toward iring the veteran detective. mike bailor who was off duty was videotaped gun in hand after his hummer was hit by snowballs. he was looking for whoever threw tem. >>> congratulations, senator. >> thank you. >> republican senator scott brown of massachusetts sworn in this afternoon. the senator taking over the late ted kennedy's seat. brown was initially supposed to be sworn in a week from now but he wanted in early to vote on a couple of issues, including a labor relations board seat. >>> d.c. says goodbye to tai shan. the beloved panda was loaded on to a fed ex crate and caravaned to dulles. he and another pa

morgan harrington's death has now been ruled a homicide. they have no further information on how the virginia tech student was killed. she disappeared in october. her remains were found last week. >> police are looking for help in trying to find a missing silver spring woman. judith anne sternburg was last seen yesterday. she weighs 212 10 pounds and she may be driving a toyota camry. family members say she may be experiencing early stages of dementia. >>> our time now is 5:49. we continue to track the conditions on the grounds in maryland. pamela brown is live. we checked in with you about 30 minutes ago. how are things look now? >> things have really calmed down a the conditions on the roadways have improved. we have been measuring the accumulation with a dollar bill. you can see it is about 6 inches. we have done different measurements depending on where we go. i have my photographer pan over to route 450. conditions have improved significantly. we first got here, it looked as though this road had not been treated at all. several crews h

morgan's father, dan harrington, we had a chance to talk to him before. e back, how are you and your wife holding up? >> it's been a difficult week. we're having morgan's funeral mass tomorrow and a celebration of her life tomorrow evening and of course we have been devastated, i think over the last week with, you know, i think the reality, you always hold out hope and once the body is found, you have to start processing the information in a different fashion. >> when you talk about that, dan, and you have shown such strength in immediately having theories and talking to authorities. i mean you thought, right, that she didn't survive through the concert, right? >> i believe she was murdered the night that she was taken from the bridge and it's pretty clear having flown over the area and seeing the area that the person who did this knew the area very well. there's no way a person could just stumble upon the farm land that she was found. >> so that goes along with what i said at the outset her, that no one could know where this is, right? you would have to b

really going to be important that we listen to people who know the area, the location where morgan harrington's was found. you know, prior to finding morgan's body we have a lot of unknowns. we still have a lot of unknowns but based on the hard work of the investigators, based on the fact that we have a location where morgan was and recovered, that is very significant. as a matter of fact, it is the most significant part of this investigation. before i go into some more detail why that's important i do want to recognize a couple things. first off, there have been a lot of people working on this case. a lot of resources have been used. and i want to recall that you'll know that the university of virginia, the virginia state police, the federal bureau of investigation, abermarle county police and charlottesville city police have all worked together on this case since october 19th when we all came together. i also want to recap just for the locals that morgan became missing on october 17th from john paul jones arena in charlottesville. we recovered the remains on january 26th, 2010. as you can see

morgan harrington's body was found last week on a farm. that's not far from the arena at the university of virginia where she was last seen back in october. she walked out of a metallica concert to talk to friends but she was not allowed back inside. that was the last time harrington was seen alive. >>the woman who is charged in a car crash that killed two people in prince george's county this week is free tonight. she's not been charged yet, but investigators believe alcohol was a factor in that crash. it's not the first time that the suspect has faced trouble with the law. pat collins in our newsroom with more on this investigation. pat? >> wendy, since she hasn't been officially charged, we're not using her name. but're learning a lot more. the woman emerging at the suspect of that double fatal crash is out of police custody pending the completion of the investigation. that's not comforting news to the family of one of the victims. >> she's out, right? she's describing around somewhere. is she drunk? you know? >> reporter: you have to w

. >>> police confirm that morgan harrington was murdered. body of the virginia tech student was found last week three months after she van fished. -- vanished. no word honor how she died or who killed her. >>> prince william county has a deputy executive she was appointed on tuesday. she had been serving as deputy executive for two and a half years. >>> you could soon legally zoom along virginia highways at 70 miles an hour. that they approved the hike from 65. it would only take affect on interstates in the more rural parts of the commonwealth. governor mcdonnell is expected to sign the bills in to law. >>> now the all-important list of delays and closings. federal workers are on unscheduled leave. >> now the school closings and delays in virginia. these schools are closed. -- >>> i bought a little sled and i get to use it. >> enjoy. >> don't crash in to trees. check the path where you go. >> okay. >> it is over for now. >> for now. >> but the worst is ahead of us. >> yeah, i think the storm over the week will be the worst win we get in the

. >>> police now confirm morgan harrington was murdered.irginia tech student was murdered three months after she vanished. still no word on how she died or who killed her. >>> this morning, prince william county is the new deputy executive. after a seven-month search the board of supervisors appointed her on tuesday. she's been serving for the past 11 years. you could soon be legally zooming along virginia highways at 70 miles an hour. both houses of the legislature passed it yesterday approving the height from 65. it would only affect interstates in the most part of the commonwealth. the governor is expected to sign them in to law. >>> stay where you are because we are staying here with you. extended coverage of the winter storm will go on. we will have the traffic and the street and school closings three minutes away. >>> this is