>>> murder in north arlington. >> wow, what's going on here? i never seen anything like this. >> a man charged with killing his wife in a town that hasn't had a homicide in more than 20 years. >> and the warping for parents who police say a man tried to lure a 10-year-old girl on her way to school. >> it broke me. >>> a foster child is taken away from his one-time family. a mother's fight to get him back. >> good evening. i'm chuck scarborough. >> police believe the body of a woman found dead in her home had been there, they say, for at least a day. >> we're live in north arlington with the crime that has a community in disbelief. natalie? >> yeah, they are in disbelief. i can tell you that they just took down officers just took down that crime scene tape behind me. they've been investigating in this homicide case for almost 11 that's where police say they found a woman dead. her husband tonight charged with murder in the apartment there behind me and what i can tell you is, this is a case this community hasn't seen in more than 20 years. >> i'

the burrough of north arlington is 20 minutes from manhattan. the couple do not have children, and by all appearances, eric plager and his wife lived a quiet life. neighbors did not know them at all. >> everything here is people walking their dog. children playing. it's kind of shocking, scary. >> reporter: back now the live picture from the scene. investigators would not say what kind of weapon was recovered. they were apparently called here by the complex manager who had an unspecified concern and asked police to check on the apartment. >>> dave, thank you. >>> new at 11:00 a scare in the air. the plane quickly dropped 20,000 feet. this is inside of an air canada after the oxygen mask dropped. the flight was diverted safely to toronto after it somehow lost pressure. no one was hurt. again and then it severely dropped altitude 20,000 feet in just five minutes. >>> new video tonight showing the man who tried to lure a 10- year-old girl off the street in queens. cops said the girl walking today in jackson heights when a man across the street most

in north arlington, new jersey, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a scare in the air and flight from newark airport. the plane quickly dropped 20,000 feet. this is the inside of air canada flight 449 bound for vancouver after the oxygen masks dropped. it was diverted to toronto after it lost pressure. it dropped 20,000 feet in five minutes. >>> well, another slashing to report this morning, but this one happened at rikers island when an inmate attacked a correction officer. investigators say that officer yesterday by an inmate who brazil's president says her country is focused on eliminating the breeding area of mosquitoes and calling on brazilians to help eliminate standing water. there are several cases in our area including a pregnant woman. that is the real scare here, pregnant women and impact on the child. >> special vulnerability for them. >>> coming up on eyewitness news on a saturday morning in the 9:00 hour after widespread anger and frustration by people that live in newark p ross baraka will join u

police say 22-year-old 'star of reno motel on north arlington avenue. nv-energy is reacting after their recent decision to scale back solar energy incentives brought protests from customers and companies selling solar panels. the company has now proposed a moratorium on the rate changes for existing solar customers for as long as 20 years. here's lindsey with your final check of the forecast. high pressure will bring dry conditions for much of the week. air quality may decrease today and wednesday as surface inversions develop across western nevada. the next system moves into the region early friday bringing rain, snow and gusty winds into the weekend. high pressure will pass over the sierra and western nevada today, then flatten on wednesday as a strong pacific jet noses toward 130 west longitude. for today, fog in the northern sierra valleys will burn off by 10am with afternoon highs approaching 50 in the nevada valleys with 40s for the sierra. coast are getting some snow days thanks to that monster storm. actor chris pine joined jimmy kimmel last nig

the woman who was arrested sunday in connection with the stabbing at the 'star of reno motel on north arlington avenue. police say evans was found a short distance away from the motel after the incident. the hospital after she was found with stab wounds in her back and stomach. no word on what led to the stabbing. for the second time in less than a year, a sophisticated escape from behind bars is making headlines. the daring prison break in new york over the summer revealed a detailed, complicated plot -- and the one that took place in california friday has investigators scratching their heads. reid binion has more. --reporter pkg-as follows-- "we are in a position when we absolutely need the public's help. orange county sheriff jeff hallock laying out the urgency of a manhunt underway in california... ...after three inmates broke out of the the orange county central men's jail friday. "these three are extremely dangerous felons and need to be apprehended and brought into custody immediately." two of the men are facing charges of murder and attempted murder and are thought to have ties to vietn

north arlington hasn't had a homicide in more than two decades. >> i've lived here 28 years. we had one homicide about four years after i was hired. so it was probably '93. that was the last one we've had. >> quiet. everybody is friendly with each other. all the neighbors know each other around here. it's a real shock to all of us. >> reporter: that's what a lot of neighbors have been telling me here in the past hours since we got on scene. officers still here working the we have asked about the identities of the victim and her husband in custody. they hope to release that information later tonight. we are going to stay here, work to get that information and talk to more neighbors out here in this shocked community. >>> today the ride sharing app uber made a really big move against the city's yellow cabs. >> it's angering yellow cab drivers and uber drivers alike. uber is cutting its city fares by 15%. for example, a ride from midtown to la guardia airport, goes from $39 in a yellow cab, that will cost $37 in an uber car. going from williamsburg to bushwick is approximately 1

police on the scene of a woman found murdered in north arlington new jersey. shannon live in news copter 7. >> and police are up and down the scene in the garden view apartments. you can see police tape literally everywhere here. they've got the essex county prosecutors office telling us that police responded to a call just before 2:00 this afternoon. we're just bringing the shot out to give you an idea just how big the scene is. they did find a woman's body here. her identity has not yet been made known. as this point they're telling us that they have no suspects in custody so they're going door to door here but a huge figure out the details around this woman's death. reporting live, over riverdeal, shannon sloan, channel seven. >> we'll keep our eye on that one. >>> the apple power adapters being recalled. >>> and dozens of mall workers who's cars were illegally towed while they were on their job. seven on your side helps them get their cars back. >>> and it's mango salsa i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . w

police in north arlington, new jersey, were making a welfare check at the river view apartments and inside an apartment they found the body of 45-year-old luisa pleger. officials say she may have been dead for at least a day. her husband eric pleger was also custody. he's charged with first degree murder. one neighbor who knew the victim violence. >> i used to talk to her. she was a really nice lady. like, really, really kind. you know, it's just a shame. i can't believe it. >> the murder is the first homicide in the tiny borough in at least 24 years. >>> we are hearing audio in the middle of an air emergency. the plane was flying from newark to vancouver when the cabin pressure dropped. so the pilot went down to 10,000 feet in just a matter of minutes. >> 549, clear to land runway 338 with 310 at 10 knots. take the time on the runway. vehicles are standing by. >> calm and controlled despite the chaos. that plane did a land safely. nobody on board was hurt. >>> operations are back to normal this morning after a strike by longshoremen halted terminals in new jersey. thousands of workers wal

police in north arlington, new jersey, were called to an apartment building for a welfare check. they found the body of luisa pleger. her husband eric pleger was also inside and taken into custody. he's now charged with first degree murder. one neighbor who knew the victim says he's stunned by the violence. >> i used to talk to her. she was a nice lady. like, really, really kind. it's just a shame. i can't believe it. >> the murder is the first in the borough for at least 20 years. >>> we're hearing communication the pilot was forced to drop the plane to 10,000 feet in a matter of minutes. this is what it sounded like inside the cockpit. >> 549, clear to land on runway 338 with 310 at 10 knots. take the time on the runway. vehicles are standing by. >> calm voices when all that is going on. the plane did land safely in toronto and nobody was hurt. >>> operations are back to normal this morning after a strike by longshoreman. the new york shipping association represents some of the workers and said the walkout was in violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement. >>> we'

eric pleger was arrested when police found him inside his north arlington apartment with his wife's body. police say luisa had been dead since thursday. it's the first murder in arlington in more than two decades. neighbors are shocked by this. >> everything here is usually people walking their dogs and just very quiet, children playing. so, it's kind of shocking. scary. >> police found a weapon at the scene but she noted taking how the 47-year-old woman was killed. her husband, meantime, is being held on a $2 million bond at >>> a scare in the air on a flight from newark airport. the plane plunged 20,000 feet. this is the inside of that air canada flight 549 bound for vancouver after the oxygen masks dropped. the flight was diverted to toronto after it lost pressure. nobody was hurt. the air canned flight dropped 20,000 feet in five minutes. >>> another slashing unfortunately to report this morning. but this one happened at rikers i happened when an inmate attacked a correction officer. investigators say the officer was slashed on the ear yesterday by an inmate who refused to take off s

effective three northbound and southbound lanes will be open the current plan was for north arlington to southbound lanes during the evening commute to people are in critical condition after two separate shootings happened in richmond yesterday to 45 chp officers responded to a question on highway 580 they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds taken to the hospital in critical condition after 6:00 later that day police responded to another collision officers arrived they found a woman shot while she was driving because word had another car police have not been able to connect the two shootings coming up by this weekend edition's puzzle of, as because way home after his year- end vacation president has on his agenda for 2016 and for money gas prices expected to do something we tell you about the 2016 after the break that could be impacting yet the palm here is a live look outside ran headlines this morning court is out there the sun coming up rain is on the way dave will have a chat with their forecast coming up that will then stay with us. >> reporter: is affected bottom- line exp

police say 22-year-old sarah evans stabbed another woman at the 'star of reno motel on north arlington avenue. the victim had stab wounds in her back and stomach. no word on what led up to the stabbing. nv-energy is reacting after their recent decision to scale back brought protests from customers and companies selling solar panels. the company has now proposed a moratorium on the rate changes for existing solar customers for as long as 20 years. the public utilities commission will hold a hearing on the moratorium proposal on february 8th. joining me now is lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. high pressure will bring dry conditions for much of the week. air quality may decrease today and wednesday as surface inversions develop across western nevada. the next system moves into the region early friday bringing rain, snow and gusty winds into the weekend. high pressure will pass over the sierra and western nevada today, then flatten on wednesday as a strong pacific jet noses toward 130 west longitude. for today, fog in the northern sierra valleys will burn off by 10am with afte

north of fredericksburg on i-95. as we left town driving through arlington, we saw a lot of salt trucks out spreading it on the road. a lot of salt on the road, a lot of treatment here. as we made our way toward fredericksburg, traffic fairly light in nature. we've had to tap the brakes a little bit but certainly not as heavy as normal, not as many people on the road but as we continue southbound, you see a lot of salt trucks treating the roads. you can see by 7:00 p.m.

like arlington and alexandria on the side streets. this is north gasoline we have ston in arlington. not a plow -- galveston in arlington. the county has had people working since friday morning treating the roads, about 250 pieces of equipment all over the county getting things done. there are 100% clear on the main roads. 95% clear on the secondary roads. but only 40% clear on the residential streets. that is the same situation in alexandria more or less. where about 25% on the residential streets. people who live on the streets as you might imagine are frustrated they cannot move. >> we haven't seen one truck come through here. not even one plow has gone through. this is all foot traffic right here. >> it's crazy. we need to dig it out. they clean only the main street. wherever they clean it up in the neighborhood. >> we are asking for patience and understanding. the crews are working around the clock to do this. it's a priority for us. jeff: no question about it. if you look at a main road like this, this is completely clear. just looks like a r

arlington. the gw parkway looks good. north 395 past the pentagon, no issues.n the third street tunnel, traffic heading southbound, right before new york avenue. only the right lane gets by with an accident. metro on track work on the blue and yellow lines between national airport and pentagon the, possible delays. van ness torom friendship heights. jummy: thank you. this could make your commute easier. the new express lanes on 395 on seminary road will open this afternoon. they provide a direct connection for hov drivers. vehicles with three or more people. it will reverse direction depending on the time of day. developing now, a man and woman found at in an apparent murder -suicide. it happened in the lansdowne area of leesburg. jeannette reyes is in leesburg with what we know so far. jeanette: a little girl is without her parents after a murder-suicide. the neighborhood is in shock. one neighbor tells me there was trouble at home and it intensified in the days leading up to this tragedy. share'soun county office says they got a call about a suicide at a town

>> reporter: well, melissa, right now, we're just south of wilson boulevard in arlington on north thaler street and we're tracking cleanup efforts. the good news, well above freezing at 40 degrees. here's say live look outside in our front camera. you can see, we have cruise here making a massive mounds of snow i would estimate to be at least 20 feet high at this point. they're removing snow from one side of the road, clearing out what looks to be some parking spaces. we've been traveling around with the 4 by 4 all morning. we're tracking also not one but two accidents on the outerloop of the beltway, that one that you were talking about by braddock road and one by cambridge road. our plan is to continue to commute around the area and bring you the latest road conditions in the storm team 4 by 4. chuck, no rain here, what's the latest. >> we are tracking a few rain drops primarily southern maryland along i-95. we're get eating up the snow very quickly. temperatures near 40 degrees. you can go through two to three inches per day. we've put a big dent in snow totals from a couple days ago.

to arlington to key boulevard near north ode street and what should take 20 minutes actually took us two hours. this street is a great example what a lot of drivers experience. look over there, you can see that woman, she's on the phone. her car moments ago, jumped the curve, she was going down the hill, sliding and went and jum jumped the curve. there's solid ice on this street. this is what they're dealing with. you can see that guy going down be very careful. if you move to the left there's a red pickup and that car also slid into another vehicle, very icy. lets roll video. roadways like this are very treacherous. we saw a lot of accidents and drivers can't get traction on the roads, slipping and crashing into parked cars and hundreds sat in gridlock. some said, forget it, abandoned their car and left it on the side of the road and kept on walking. many demand dollars to know why vdot did not pretreat the roads. i got off the phone with a vdot spokesman and said they did not pretreat roads because the temperatures were in the 20s and the treatment would freeze. we will now hear fr

signs of snow may be fading here -- but the major problems to our north especially when it comes to transportation. in arlington, virginia crews are still moving mountains at reagan national airport. it's a similar scene in new york city at laguardia. the snow clearing efforts are helping, but there are still delays and cancellations due to the weather. some are still affecting flights to and from norfolk international. amtrak has been slowly restoring its service to the northeast. it has been cancelling some routes or changing schedules due to the storm. we'll let you know as soon they restore full service between our area and other cities. breaking news from portsmouth. police say two men walked into maryview hospital suffering from gunshot wounds around 8:30. they say it happened in the cavalier manor section of the city and both men should recover. officers could not tell us whether this is related to a shots fired call on roosevelt boulevard. we'll let you know when we have an update. breaking news -- police are investigating an armed robbery in virginia beach. dispatchers tell us it happened around nine a

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arlington police department evacuated after a bomb threat. employees had to be moved to another location. the building is on north courthouse road. lice blocked off streets and asked people to avoid the area. news4's darcy spencer is live in arlington with the developing story. darcy? >> reporter: erica, the bomb squad went into the building tonight and searched for hours. fortunately, nothing was found. everything has been cleared at this point. and all the street closures that were happening for hours this evening, they've also been lifted. everything back to normal. this all started with a threat from what they're calling an automated telephone call that's basically a computer call, saying there was an explosive device in the building. a detection dog did alert on something in the public library area of the arlington county police station and that's why the building was evacuated for hours this evening. that affected police, 911, and the sheriff's office. i'm told normal police operations continued. they went to a backup plan. how do you continue 911 operations without people in there? >> sure. so we have a backup location for

there, go back to that, we're going to get temperatures above normal. 43 arlington to waterten, cambridge. quincy, 43 degrees. north shore, 41 for rock port where the picture was sent from. 40 at raymond. back here in the worcester county, temperatures to be cooler, 39. 41 in bellingham tomorrow afternoon. here is what's happening. all these clouds racing north. here are some showers, midnight off shore, the heaviest participation. future cast model data shows that rain shower activity, making cape cod. that i don't believe. it would be cold enough it will showers. 24 system is working in from the great lakes, bringing flurries at the least. if they could get their act together we'd be dealing with a billing storm. doesn't look like that will happen. this runs ahead, this is later. so we get two separate systems rather than one big one. that means that one off shore won't get steered into new england as a direct hit. there the snow and rain coming there the storm system to the west and the departing storm to the east. this is another look. different computer model. this one is another american computer model that b

right now the company's north american headquarters are based in arlington virginia. mbta is the biggest contract on the continent. shift brings just 15 20 jobs to the area earlier this month ge announced it would move its offer offices to boston and bring hundreds of jobs. night governor charlie baker delivers day of the commonwealth address and you can watch it live right here on fox 25 hour coverage will start at 7:30 p.m.. several police department doing everything could today to make a little girl smile. the three-year-old is currently battling leukemia. >> mission accomplished today thanks to copps for kids with cancer gene and a family got a police escort to the tewksbury police station when they got there the family was presented with a $5000 check to help out with their medical bills. >> the little girl and her big brother also got to where police uniforms and take a ride in this very special cruiser. >> 75 different police departments came together. getting credit for helping a woman escape or smoking car after crash but when it came as a surprise by the pat

shoveling out four foot snow banks in the median on north gleeb road is what charlie has been doing for days. >> somehow, vdot, the county of arlington did not plow the crossover. so if people get out of their houses they could not turn left to go toward town. >> reporter: snowplows like this one have cleared 55% of arlington county streets. >> thank god he's here. i was home. i just heard the sound. before i saw him, i ran out. >> reporter: others haven't been touched. >> we dug ourselves outed yesterday. half the street. not the whole street. it was quite an ordeal. >> i tried to stop a couple of plow trucks but they just waved back to me. i can still hear them laughing. the guy that put it in my driveway. >> reporter: once all this snow is out of here, steve, what are you going to do next? >> i think i will hide from vdot and go down to florida. >> reporter: i made a few calls to vdot today to ask them about the neighbor's concerns. no one has culled me back. meantime, arlington county tells me that all of the streets in the county will be cleared of snow by tomorrow night. reporting live in arlington, stephanie gailhard, wusa9. >

commuter rail operator announcing today the company north american headquarters is based in arlington virginia. nbta biggest contract for killed on the continent the shift rings just 15 to 20 jobs to the area earlier this month ce announced it would move its offices and bring hundreds of jobs to boston. >> top news for commuters new numbers show the mbta system as a most breakdowns in the country according to the the tea had 219 major mechanical failures 2014 that is four times national average. according to boston business journal the data did not include any breakdowns which happen during the january and february snowstorms according to the t workers worked very hard to keep the aging lead up. and running picnics boston is pulling out all the stops to welcome general electric according to the globe $100 million will be spent to fix and reopen the northern avenue bridge. addition to the $25 million in tax breaks and 120 million state funds already promised to the company. the structure which is been closed to cars for decades link the financial district to the waterfront. >> boston-b

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and just to the north, snowplows moved throughout the weekend in arlington, virginia.. as snow didn't stop until early sunday morning. to the south, the fierce weather forced prodcuers to dump milk in kentucky. as you can see from these pictures, trucks couldn't make it down roads to pick up milk and officials still don't have an accurate count of how many pounds went to waste. the state's dairy development council tells us producers first faced ice, followed by snow, causing barns to collapse. as california farmers and ranchers receive welcomed rains, it's boosting hopes of a more tolerable year. and it's just announced this week farmers will receive a boost in allocated water. the department of water resources says water delivery estimates are now at 15 percent. that's up from the 10 percent recent rains haven't completely healed the struggling state. area farmers haven't seen 100 percent of their annual water allocations in 10 years. meanwhile the federal agency which oversees the central water project has yet to release its estimate. a pest carrying a fatal disease

keolis is a french company and the north american office has been located in arlington, virginia and the contract is the largest in the united states and move will bring invent jobs to the area. earlier this month general electric announced it would move corporate headquarters to boston. >> julie: live look at pike through brighton things still slow as you head eastbound toward the city. i will have look at live drive times in a moment. first here is jason. >> jason: clear skies and update on weekend storm though and going to be snow, rain, wind, even coastal concerns, time it out for you straight ahead. >> daniel: harlem globetrotters are making change to classic theme song. the new song on the team coming up. >> julie: first, inch of snow still and why people gave winter is hard on your nose. from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. >> daniel: 9:13 right now. washington is bracing what could be record breaking snowfall this we

arlington sent me this photo. he said the county website showed north columbus street is clear, but midday he only saw the sidewalks passable. arlington does have three of these massive melters working. so much snow. it's brought in on dump trucks, put into this pile, then carried over and dropped onto the machine. pit out as water. and many students here in northern virginia will have yet another day off of school tomorrow. we did go around and check on the schools and the progress when it comes to clearing them. we'll have more on that ahead in the our next hour and one school that may take longer to open because of some severe damage done to it live in arlington. i'm david culver, news4. >>> they're not compromising, they're not being courteous and everybody's dprust ration is running high. >> we can't get out at all. >> this is the only way we can get her out of here to get to work. one of our in-laws is coming up to pick us up at the top of the hill so she can get to work. >> all the snow is packed in front of people's cars. >> frustrations are running high in parts of prince george's county. there's been so

>> wolf, we're in arlington, virginia, along 395 heading north toward washington, d.c. the conditions are just getting very, very bad right now. often in these situations i can say that conditions deteriorated gradually. you cannot say that tonight. they have gone downhill very, very quickly since the snow started to hit this area in earnest just a few hours ago. visibility is a huge issue right now. we were told that at its best visibility might be about a quarter mile in front of you. i'll switch to the dashcam as we pull off 395 trying to find a place to show you some of these traffic patterns here. the dashcam showing visibility in front of us not very good. and it's getting worse, wolf. our photo journalist are going to find a place here to pull over so we can get out and show you some of these conditions here. virginia state police a short time ago told us, wolf, they have responded to more than 1,100 calls for help today. more than 500 accidents have been reported so far just in the state of virginia. and, again, conditions here starting to deteriorate as we get

just a little north, to the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington virginia. , a blizzard doesn't keep servicemembers from standing guard. they're out there in rain, ice, wind, snow whatever the , conditions are a soldier myra: a live view from our paris mountain skycam. totally clear. calm winds. snow on the ground. you know what that means. it is cold. 22 degrees right nowreally drive. dew point temperatures in the teens. westerly winds coming again from the west -- see how a westerly wind does that. from the southwet, later today -- that will help moderate our temperatures and make things a little more comfortable this a little more of a breeze. it only feels like the single digits. myra: that is cold. wyff news 4 today continues. >> you are watching live, local, breaking news with myrrolo this is wyff news 4 today myra: the east coast throws of fears snowstorm, which is already having a major impact. we will take a look around the area. we do know there is some black ice out there. pamela: we do. we had a little bit of melting yesterday. that is problem number one. with so much to

the folks in silver spring and the people in arlington would have a lot to talk about. i'm on north galveston street. this is not a park or a parking lot. this is mine side road off carlin spring road in arlington. here is the situation. no plows have come through here. probably won't be here, maybe not until tomorrow into tomorrow evening. a similar situation in the city of alexandria as well. we did driving in other part of virginia today and things were good shape in a lot of the main roads. they moved smoothly. so many others were clear and smooth sailing. vdot has been working 24/7 since thursday night pretreating and clearing the roads in the storm and after the storm. 4300 pieces of equipment across northern virginia. making progress but the work is not done yet. >> it is slow going. not a lot of places to put it. we appreciate the residents patience. we are working to get to them. >> it feels amaze being out. been home for two days now. cooped up inside. the sleeping, resting. now everyone is back out. enjoying the sunny day. >> vdot handles all the roads in loudoun, fairfax

on north galveston, they are digging out the vehicle of one of the neighbors to allow her to get on the main road. carlin springs. the narrow older streets are difficult in arlington and alexandria. the trucks have a hard time getting in here. they have to bring in front-loaders and it can be a proesses. the residential streets are between to 30 to 40% cleared. both local entities are hoping that all the streets cleared or passible by tomorrow night or wednesday morning. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you, jeff. cities and the counties in virginia and maryland, d.c. has the hands full of clearing the streets. one place that will not plow are the alley ways. so says the property owners and the residents must clear their own spaces between the buildings where a lot of people parked. 350 miles of the allies throughout the city. maureen: abc7's maryland bureau chief brad bell spent the past two hours driving the area roads checking on the condition. he is in mobile track 7. brad, where are you now? brad: well, maureen, we are still here in northern virginia. in the arlington jared. we talked about the heavy equipment was a surprise

north. leon: back to the folks in the streets covering the storms. erin hawksworth is in arlington. last time we checked, she was having too much fun. look, she is still out there, finding more people. what's going on? erin: when you send me outside, i'm bound to find somebody having fun. these are my latest victims. >> on patrick. >> i'm also patrick. >> i'm lori. erin: what are you doing? >> i'm from massachusetts and this is not too bad. i'm pretty used to it. erin: where is the good sledding? i have not been able to find many spots in arlington. >> if you walk about a half-mile in that direction, it's not bad. it's a good hill. i'm from tampa bay, florida, and this is horrible for me. this is basically antarctica. i was watching the weather reports today, and they were saying 72 and sunny today, so this caught me completely by surprise. erin: you are almost like a snowman here. i don't know how you are dealing with all the snow on your coat. >> it's pretty heavy, but i will manage. erin: for the florida guy, how are you reacting to this? >> it's kind of fun. in florida we get sc

north high school after students were sent home. skyfox saw fire fighters and police officers at arlington high school. none of the threats were credible and we learned that most were made using automated phone calls. police say schools in six other states also had similar threats. some mentioned bombs. at least one caller talk about shooting students in all cases, the identity and location of the caller was hidden. >> it's alarming and the children at first initially >> certainly not fair to the kids. not fair to the parents. it is not fair to the community. >> gene: well, friday, there were similar threats directed at schools that seven communities from arlington down to falmouth. and this morning the fbi is looking at threats like this in six states. if any of the schools are affected, we will let you know affected, we will let you know. >>> and the search is on for a gunman that open fired at a mbta station. two men were shot on the platform, but the fight started on the train. daniel miller is more with the chaos that unfolded on the blue line. >> daniel: sara, a story we have been following since

north of fredericksburg on i-95. as we left town driving through arlington, we saw a lot of salt trucks out spreading it on the road. a lot of salt on the road, a lot of treatment here. as we made our way toward fredericksburg, traffic fairly light in nature. we've had to tap the brakes a little bit but certainly not as heavy as normal, not as many people on the road but as we continue southbound, you see a lot of salt trucks treating the roads. you can see by 7:00 p.m. tonight, 2 to 5 inches across the area, a little bit more to the south a little bit less to the north. waking up tomorrow morning, you're talking about a foot of snow already on the ground in the dc metro area. more if you're south of town, a little less north of town. by 1 178 p.m. saturday, 18 to 20 inches. lairch, we're going continue to drive south and meet the storm. as soon as we see the first flakes fly, we'll caught back in and let you know and i'll be talking with my photographer joe all afternoon. >> thank you for that. >>> nbc news meteorologist dylan dreyer is on the road and has been. in the snow west of charlottesville. uh-oh. what's up

this is north danville streete r in arlington and it looks i really pretty, doesn't it?it's only about an inch of inch snow but i'll tell you, if youif come down here, it is -- it's i' just super slick. s and we've seen a few cars out here.he. gentleman just brushed off hisnu car here to take his dog for aor walk before going to work.oing t he says a neighbor driving from sterling to arlington, itrn took him seven hours and this ht is what greeted them, just slightly snow covered but very y slick streets and here's a carea coming right by us here and he you'll see they just got to go t very carefully and you can you hear it's quiet. she's got some traction but let's see if she's trying to shn turn. i don't know where she's goingoe but that's what we're seeing out here, guys. virginia state police say theyhe have got at least two dozen active accidents just here inuse northern virginia. some 70 abandoned cars.ed in the 24-hour period that ended at midnight nearly 800 ne0 accidents just in the northerns virginia area.ju so, it's been a busy night foror police and for folks

newton north high school surrounded by police and fire trucks, a scene that played out in 15 towns across the state including arlington where it was clear a hoaxster frustrated officials. >> what do you have to say to the person or persons? >> i like forward to meeting you. >> -- i look forward to meeting you. >> difficult decision because it involves a lot of students, very young students for that matter that have to be moved. >> reporter: moving students creates lingering problems for educators because the buzz among the community doesn't go away instantly, according to the director of the massachusetts association of school superintendents. >> just a ripple effect in terms of the number of people whose anxiety increased and >> tim scott says our state has the best public schools in the country. doing nothing isn't an option in these cases so resources, most significantly time must unfortunately be spent creating protocols and procedures. >> even when they are low level incidents like this where we get robo calls or continually seeing computerized threats. you can't just dismiss them. you need to do something reason

north that's one of the highest totals. with five inches of snow there native or over. concord close to four. arlington 3.5. new bedford close to three inches. acushnet not too far away close to five. hanover four. definitely localized over achieving a little bit. hopkinton 4 inches of snow. you get the idea. the snow still coming down here. you can see that band right around the gloucester area now. another one crossing over 128. so from around the needham area down to westwood close inning on the boston area that's really the last gasp with this storm. you can see that's generally the back edge here as everything continues to pivot on off shore. that will be the trend over the next couple of hours. most of us walk away between 2-4 inches. some localized higher ales south of boston. it appears up toward cape ann as well. you can see here on future cast by 8:00 this morning, most of the steadier snow is off shore. can't rule out a passing snow shower through about 9:00 this morning. but thereafter we're getting into some sunshine. you can see this arctic front coming through this morning. much colder air of

district of montgomery county, waldorf, fairfax, arlington, alexandria likely to see the on set for snow. further north and east you go, 5:00 and later this is where you see it develop around annapolis, b.w.i. marshal and up to the philadelphia area. if you have plans to head that way. as far as this everything is concerned no problems at all out there. the skies are a lot of sunshine. the clouds just beginning to increase, to the south and west of us. this is the leading edge of the storm. that is what will arrive here as we move through the daytime hours tomorrow. doug, reminds me of the first blizzard together in 1996. doug: yeah. that was a lot of fun. interesting you bring that up. as far as what it looked like around the d.m.v. and the viewing area for that matter after the blizzard of 1996 ended that is what it will look like around here after this one ends. there is the storm. it is moving east/southeast. tornado watches, a few tornado warning, thunderstorms tapping the gulf for moisture. it will move as we expected. of course, once the storm is in the neighborhood we have to fine tune it. ther

@let's look outside on 77, at @arlington road and akron, @everyone is getting by fine, a @smooth commute. @same picture to the north, we @are all green and clean, i @haven't tracked one accident @this morning. @the picture on 271 at broadway @avenue in bedford, we know it @usually gets a little bit of @slowdowns, now, we are looking @great. @>>> major airlines canceled @hundreds of flights for today, @as the east coast tries to @recover from the weekend @blizzard. @>> delays and cancellations hit @cleveland hopkins all weekend @long, will ujek joins us there @live. @tourists near cleveland for a @couple of days. @30 flights canceled or delayed @saturday, same thing on sunday. @people are getting back out @here, cleveland hopkins, as you @see, red on the map there. @officials predict delays will @begin to minimize this morning, @the blizzard was forecasted so @far in advance, many were able @to reschedule before the storm @hit. @according to flight aware, more @than 12,000 flights canceled @across the country since @friday. @they show about 800 flights @already canceled today and they @are urging you to check before

north high school after students were sent home. sky fox also saw firefighters and police officers at arlington high school. none of the threats were credible and we learned most were made using automated phone calls. police say schools and six other states had similar threats. some mentioned bombs, at least one caller talked about shooting students and all cases the caller was hidden. >> it is alarming and the children at first initially freak out because they know it is not a drill. >> not fair to the kids, not the community. >> gene: on friday there were similar threats directed at schools in seven communities from arlington down to falmouth and this morning the fbi is looking into threats that this -- looking into threats like this made at schools in six states. >> sara: the search is underway this morning for a gunman that opened fire at an mbta station. two men shot on the platform but the fight started on a train. fox25 daniel miller is here with more on chaos that unfolded on the blue line. >> daniel: story we have been following since it first broke yesterday afternoon. witnesses say the entire ord

are not as well cleared, on i-76 in arlington and akron, it is moving a little better this is consistent with lake effect .n here, it is moving better than east or north of cleveland, if you do not have to be outside that it's best to stay home s. >> exam >> fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. fox 8 news the morning is the only show that starts at 4:00 a.m..n theft of office, mark leslie accused of stealing money from the phonecard kiosk, 61-year-old barbara byrd bennett is accused of taking thousands of dollars from commissary money.ta >> i'm disappointed at the same token it is our profession to investigate crimes must have found out that there was a crime committed ri we did what we have to do and then we turned it over to additional people .n it would be an impartial investigation of. >> they are given certain doing so to face those charges. >> are there ways to honor martin luther king jr. . one-day event menchie rough go dream the rock 'n roll hall of fame opened its doors with programs tailored towards connecting music and civil rights is plenty of music programs and family activities to honor his

at newton north, students were told to shelter in place at the fitzgerald elementary school in waltham. students were bussed to another school, in other communities like arlington and swampscott students were dismissed. police say the threats were alarming. . >> clearly they upped the ante by threatening to shoot student and that's why we quickly took it very seriously quickly took it very seriously. >> last friday seven schools received similar threats. some were threatened again yesterday. local, federal and state agencies are investigating and, of course, not just affected, the students and staff. parents needed to rush to many of these schools to pick up their students. some we will hear what some parents had to say about these threats coming up next hour. for now live in waltham, catherine parrotta, fox25 morning news. >>> also developing this morning, the u.s. coast guard and the marine corps suspended the search for 12 marines missing off the coast of hawaii. the marines were on board two helicopters that cracked last week. one one missing service members are marine corporal christopher orlando of hingham christopher orlando of hingham. the 23-year-old i

north at five. the blizzard warning now in effect for the areas in red. it includes everything around the capital beltway and inside the capital beltway, the district, arlington, alexandria, montgomery county, prince george's, all of southern maryland. to the west and south, the areas in pink are where we have the winter storm warning. the reason they have the winter storm warning, the wind will not be quite as strong. we could have when gus of 35 to 50, even stronger across the delmarva saturday. in terms of right now, doppler radar, nothing. if you have plans this evening to grab something at the supermarket, go for it. it will be dry, all the moisture well to the south. the low pressure continues to develop. winteras in pink are the storm warnings for north carolina, virginia, tennessee, kentucky. and this is us in red. we are the bull's-eye for the storm. to be. what it appears this time tomorrow we will see the effects of powerful storm as it moves across the mid-atlantic. 10:00 in the morning at strike, but the snow approaches quickly. 3:00 moving into the beltway. the areas in blue is the heaviest snow. , say it is to hours behind. that would put this

arlington national cemetery. long the cleanup will take after a train derailed near the iowa-minnesota border. it happened tuesday night near reno, minnesota. that's north of new albin. sii cars went off the tracks and into the mississippi. those cars had soybean oil inside. several other cars also went off tracks. three of those had sodium chlorate -- which is used to make paper. canadian pacific says those cars did not go into train derailments. train traffic has picked up considerably in the last year or so and that's where everyone's concern is, especially with the oil tankers, so we're always trying to prepare for them." crews spent much of thday yesterda using heavy machinery to move the cars. an eastern iowa mayor resigns -- along with two other government leaders -- over a zoning dispute. marquette's mayor, a long-time city ccncil member and a board of adjustment member say they're done -- effective immediately. it all hinges on a zoning dispute. a man has been living in a mobile house on the same property. it's illegal-- according to city ordinances -- to have a mobile home on that property because it's not property zoned for it. after refusing

arlington catholic received a threat. the dilemma of whether to evacuate and the disruption either way is something more dealing with today. this morning, newton north high school also received a threat, but did not evacuate. >> based on this particular case, our judgment was that shelter in place was the right option. todd: some of the threats made today came in via live phone calls and others were recorded phone calls. local state and federal authorities are working together to determine if one person or a group is responsible for all of them, or if there is a contagion of copycat threats. reporting live in arlington, todd kazakiwich, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: the man behind the wheel of this car is recovering tonight after he lost control and flipped into a stream in easton. police say the 73-year-old crashed into a utility pole and then a tree before rolling over. they say he failed to safely negotiate a bend on bay road and went off the road down and embankment and into the water. leon rudman of easton, the driver of the camry, landed upside down, but luckily the car was suspended on the banks of submerged in water. among the first on scene and

on 295, trying to get to d.c., heading north from the national harbor past malcolm x before the 11th street bridge. right lane blocked for an accident. arlington in virginia is not terrible. >> let's see if our weather will cooperate for the weekend. how is it shaping up? >> looking much better for the weekend. the problem tonight is rain. it's already arrived in the metro area. the time of congestion, it's all out of here before you wake up. >> take a look at the numbers around the area. lower 40's. well north. ashburn is 43. 50 in chevy chase. 46 in fort washington. 48 degrees in anacostia. doppler radar, yellow in orange jumps out for a reason. we color code it. along the western shore of the bay. most of the steady heaviest rain will remain south and east of the metro area. it continues through hampton road. north carolina. rain to the west here circulating around the developing low pressure center. it will get a normal better develop in the overnight hours. good news is it is consolidating, pull the precipitation together to move it out of the way quickly. ed a midnight, this is what we are looking with the rain over the area. quickly ove