jobs are plentiful in northern virginia. they are worried that they are going to lose a critical employee. one of the coast guard individuals i talked to basically put it this way -- it's embarrassing, it's psychologically embarrassing. we signed up to help others, not beg for charity. -- at food banks or restaurants for federal employees. and just talked about how hard it is, in a way, this is something we should all be willing to ask for help. we all need help in our life. but somebody who has signed up when their goal is to help others, they were just being candid and saying, it is really hard to go ask others for help for food. when the coast guard can't do missions like on the honor good, can't go to funerals at arlington or honor occasions or when they can't do some of the other numberses they're supposed -- functions they're supposed to, then the jobs fall heavier on the other services. they talked about not just the degradation of their own work but the fact that others have to pull extra weight for them. here's what

residents cannot legally own a gun, and most of the crime guns found come from northern virginia. the supervisor says nthern virginia is a natural fit. >> i think the timing is right now for ust to do t expansion. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney couldn't give a specific time frame,sut he d say all of the northern virginia agencies will eventually be. onboa he said it will require a shift in mind-set for officers to collect and enter every shell casing they find. but he says that will come with time as itol helps more violent crime. >>> now we get l aook how that machine works, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. >>> you want to know how our weather is going to work over the next 24 hours, this storm is coming in. be a really is going to thing for early tomorrow morning. if you're able to sleep until like 9:00,0:00 in the city it's going to be a lot better for you. >> and what about thes k going to school tomorrow? >> that's theim typical frame or that's the time frame we're going to see the storms come through, 7:00, 8:00 in the morning that's when the wst of

a warning about a dangerous increase in drug deaths in part of northern virginia. >>> plus, remembering mlk. a look at the tributes in our area to a civil rights icon. >> announcer: welcome to "news4 this week." >>> hello, everyone, i'm leon harris this week police in alexandria sounded the alarm after a sudden spike in suspected opioid overdoses. four people suffered overdoses over the weekend. two of them northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports detectives are now trying to find the source of the deadly drugs and steer overdose survivors into treatment.te >> rep an alarming pattern in alexandria over the holiday ekend. four suspected opioid overdoses in just 72 hours. two women died. one call came in from this aldi customertore when a was found unconscious n bathroom. >> 30-year-old breathing hea in the bathroom and is unconscious. >> reporter: alexandria health officials and police not waiting to sounding the alarm. >> we have created a spike ale system. when we see a certain number within a certain amount of time, we know there could be a public safety andh issue. so we wa

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey explains. hr >> reporter: t away doesn't necessarily mean go away. drugs thrown in the trash or down the drain end up in roe enent or maybe even in the wrong hands. >> we're finding these substanssubt sues are becoming ubiquitous in our streams. it's a concernt tha we identify what are those effects and how do we better control them. >> reporter: officials in fairfax county wanting to keep problems like that from happening. they have added prescription drop boxes to every police station in the county, expanding on a pilot program that turned out to be effective. >> people are encouraged to drop off their unused or unneeded medications to these drop box locations. it a safend convenient wayf to dispose o old, unusedec medication bse we don't want it to end up in th wrong hands. >> reporter: but there's some things you should not bring to the drop boxes. >> prohibited items include needles or sharps of a kind, liquids of any kind, illegal narcotics or drugs, or drugs from businesses or clinics. >

all of the snow just blanketed northern c virginia andered the area. we whe dealing wit so much to clean up. right now, as you tack another look out of our drive, cam he pretty much blacktop everywhere. that's good news. we'll continue to dve around. if we find problem spots, we'll let you know. >> adam, have you seen ice or what looks like black ice on your travelsfa so >> it's really spotty and hard to knowess you get out and step on it. we've been driving through vienna and oakton. right now, it looks pretty good out re. they've been doing a decent job. off to the right here, actually, as we're just passing this area, there's a cple of spots. that's really the name of the game this morning. you have to be careful that you could -- if you look to right on this drive cam, this is some of the black ice to the inght that you might as you go around a turn or something t be aware that could be out there. >> good to hear that the crews made a lot of p yesterday. if you haven't done so, take a moment and download our free nbc washington app. you will receit

and maryland, nearly half of all the hits in northern virginia matched toncutside as. >> are you worried you might have missed out on some potential matches prior to the policy change? possible. >> reporter: the director says virginia is increasing equipment nd staff to produce leads faster, but the push to have every police department submit every cing could also have a downside. >> if all agencies did start doing th we would be overwhelmed very quickly. >> reporter: it's why atf is deploying 22 machines around the country. >> we are investing a ton of resources into making sure we make it available to all our state ocounterparts. ne was slayed for northern virginia. richmond has a much higher cas load and need. the more they put into an item the more they can get out of it. >> if you can tie it to another case and potentially there are witnesses from that case, we will give you infon from the suspect. >> reporter: d.c.'s chief newsome says he'll take all help neighboring police departments can give. >> you never know if that shell casing will be the shell casing that solves one of your

here in northern virginia, vdot is reminding people to be patient. you've got p one pass withhe snowplow now, and probably two. what we've seen this morning is a lot of salt and sand being put down on the road. just be are there are spots of black ice out there. you have to be careful about that. >> adam tuss, live for usn leesburg. thank you. >>> here's a look at t roads in hyattsville. molette green is checking on the conditions around prince george's county. we'll check in with her in a few minutes. >> as you head out the door, have the nbc washington app that's where you can find chuck's forecast and the warnings on the road. and watch us live for the latest. >>> it is day 20 of the partial governmentsh down. today, house democrats plan to hold their first of two votes this week. we'll have more on that at 6:45. >>> we'reorking for you with special events and giveaways for federal workers. federal workers and theirli es can get a free bite from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and we have information on chefs frs in the nbc washington app. that is where y

. >> a northern virginia community hit by hate. racist flyers found on there da befo the mlk holiday. >>> news4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >>aking you live outside our studios here in northwest d.c., theind gusts are n longer hitting 50 miles per hour. but they are driving down the feels-like temperatures. as you can see out there, the flag still flapping really strong this evening. it is chilly out there. bone-chillg weather. and it's only going to get colder. good evening, everybody. and thanks for joining us. i'm egonzales. the numbers are jarring, if you take a look behind me. feelg like 15 degrees in washington. 20 in annapolis. leesburg, 11. and by this evening, we could be feeling like 2 degrees. stor team 4 meteorologist sam ara. cities are activatingpl emergen s. >> yeah, we are looking at some cold weather, the coldest we have seen this winter season. to think this morning we were at 56 degrees. so we're dropping, and we're dropping fast. let's go ead and take aook right now at where we're at and what it fe

way below freezing this morning all across the region m andh like yesterday morning, parts of northern virginia, northern ntgomery country are real cold this morning, down to 11 in manassas. mid teens now only 16 at joint base andrews. ow here in washington. but everyone is b freezing, so another very cold commute today. watch out for those icy spots this morning. dare i say you may want to try driving a little slower. it sounds crazy, but you may want to try it. afternoon highs up close to 40 degrees. so thatombination means lots more melting. look at the great job i did on my c i decided only to have half as much time as i needed to to clean it off. >> did you drive it? >> i did not drive it like thatf this is myence to remind everybody, just as stupid to leave it on your roof as it to leave it on half your call clearhe snow off the roof of your car. it's the law and you're looking out foroor guy who has to follow you down the road because those big pieces of snow fly off of ther it is trouble for those behind yo melissa, that's my soap box moment for the morning. me, ihad a friend text know

look at ts video from chopper yesterday over northern virginia. just thef amount o snow we were dealing with in this area. we are talking about ten a inch to foot in some spots. it really became just a cleanup effort. for the mostpa , vdot has done a good job. they have been asking everyone on social media to be patient, m. they continue to try to clean up from the stor >> the report from northern virginia, main roads and secondary roads are in good shape. there are tricky spots to run into black just be aware that's out there. >> adam tuss, thank you. >> h if youen't done so, download our free nbc washington app. you will receive weath alerts based on your location. you can also check out the latest local news updates anytime. >>> as the driblistrict continuo break out of this winter weather, the shutdown i5t entering itsday. the house democrats introduced two bills to reopen the government.th first would fund agencies through february 1st. it will be vot on today, on a st track procedural move. it is not likely to move. a cond bill would reopen

. >> my district is in northern virginia, just outside of washington, d.c., and we have tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors who interface with them daily. and i'm getting hundreds of e-mails, phone calls, social media outreach from constituents who are really worried about how they're going to make ends meet. i have heard from constituents who don't know if they're going to be able to make their mortgage payment, who don't know if they can pay their child care, who are looking into taking out loans from their

but making their bid to bring amazon 2 to northern virginia, virginia's governor, ralph northam and several local leaders have said they will bring more options when it comes to affordable housing. evelyn is hopefuleaders act on that. >> we create a model of housing, affordable housing so people can stay. i think that would be a great idea. >> reporter: hector worries the alternative will notnly hurt business, but also his community's culture. >> we provide servi here, you know, for the community for so many years. for us to leave, it would be heart breaking. >> reporter:n exandria, david culver, news4. >>> the competition was fierce, but in the end there could be only one winner of the pat collins snow stick challenge. we'll show you the winning photo, coming up next. >>> all right. with the snow comes the pat collins snow stickchallenge. this week's entries may have been some of the best yet, so we had all r tough time naming our first champion of 2019, but evenally our teamf judges picked one winner who struck a prettylever pose in their snow suit. cong tulations to the sudo family. >> i

more than 60 unidentified victims were filme in northern virginia. so far oy four victims have beenie identifd. investigators tell us thes victim were filmed with tiny cameras at forever 21, gap, old navy and h & m locations in fairfax county, including w whe arrested at fair oaks mall. if you think you might b a victim, fairfax county police want to hear from you. we have a number up on our nbc washington app. just search "fitting room". >>> new at s 11:0te lawmakers in maryland hope to close a loophole in a dui law during this general assembly session. the law is nope as noah law. he was killed by a drunk driver in 015. this law receivers drivers to put ignition interlocks on their felix after a first offense of driving under thenf ience. the locks require drivers to blow into them before they can start their cars to ensure that they can't drive drunk, but offenders who are granted probation before judgement have been able to avoid installing the devicesre and lawmakers hoping to change that. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, one on two sto puppies in d.c.

ro crews were out in parts of northern virginia ahead of this arctic bst treating allhe roads before they became icy. vdot officials were very clear that anything wet on the roads overnight will be ice this morning. so news 4 is on the roads right now checking out the conditions. >> news 4 adam tuss joins us reve now from the road. adam, where you and how sit looking? >> well, we are on fox mill road, aaron, in the okdon slash vienna area. you can see that this road is ig reald shape. melissa was talking about the main roads. they are fine. this is a classic secondary road in northern virginia and the road crews have been out in force salting and getting it all down to really good pavement. but, i got to say there are some spots where it does change over, especially if you get off a road like thiso into a parking lot, sidewalks also going to be an hesue. i think biggest problem this morning likely will be you just getting to yourcar. that's going to be a big problem for you this morning just to make sure that you get your oting on the ground. but as you can see right now, roads like

most of northern virginia down through southern maryland, 6-10 inches. in the ue, north of washington, montgomery, fredericknd maryland, back through washington county about 4-8 inches will be falling there. here is your zone by zone forecast. washington, burk, alexandria six to 10 inches. 4-8 in gathsburg you are looking at generally eight to 12 inches here, that including huntington, king george, stafford. less in st. mary's county. we could see a wintry mix torrow during the day. in our western zone, 4-8 inches in frederick andeadsburg. 5-9 in martinsburg. you are waking upte to modeo heavy snow. a winter wonderland for sure. as we head on into theer aon and evening hours, we see heavy snow moving back in the area. 9:00 p.m. the snow tapers off and moves out of hye mon night, or i should say sunday night into monday morning. 6:00 a.m. going to be dry out here. here is your four-day forecast. 32 for highs tomorrow. this event we willta at or below freezing. as we look to monday, 35 for a high. any frees will end about 5 a.m. 7:00 a.m. thursday mostly c

explaining how this shutdown is not only hurting eir livelihood but also their communities. >> northern virginia bureau reporter spoke to some of those home owners in ashburn. >> reporter: virginia senator tim kaine conveying the pain of the shutdown. >> and just returned this morning from a discussion with businesses in louden county, virginia snch. >> reporte we started o day at that gathering. roughly a dozen business owners re. >> this is a very difficult situation for us. >> reporter: jeff lawson among them. more than a third ofssheir busis focused on hosting government conferences and workshops. the latest numbers compared at this time last year -- >> it represents right now a 55% decline in thent. >> reporter: opening up their cafeteria. and our offering to furloughed government employees is breakfast, lunch or dinner. >> it would be a place a lot of ofolks flock to get ath deal. owner tells me they're feeling the shutdown impact, too. >> downt about 35% this time l year. that's a big drop for a local small business like us. >> reporter: a recent surge of hopeful sellers, folks dropping o

there's 105 outages in northern virginia, the majority of those are in loudon and fairfax countys. more than 6,600 people were without pow and prince george's county residents are still without power. >>> there's a wound advisory that could cause more stages. leurn things over to lauren to talk about what we can expect today. >> you're right about that. that frontal lsystem,k at this arctic front. you can see it on the dar. it's moving through the area. now, we're seeing some snow squallsut of it. generally, we have a snow squalls around our area but the breediund for them usually up bill the great lakes. when we get snow squalls it usuallyigfies a really strong cold front and some arctic air moving in and that's exactly what we're seeing and these can create some low visibilities, qck small accumulation but they are bursts of snow that move on by and they're sweepg on by and right now all the way down from shenandoah county all the way up to hagerstown, you're impacted on i-on. it willnue to move to the east. we'll have snow showers maybe a quickinor accumulation but i am worried

jobs are plentiful in northern virginia. they are worried that they are going to lose a critical employee. one of the coast guard individuals i talked to basically put it this way -- it's embarrassing, it's psychologically embarrassing. we signed up to help others, not beg for charity. -- at food banks or restaurants for federal employees. and just talked about how hard it is, in a way, this is something we should all be willing to ask for help. we all need help in our life. but somebody who has signed up when their goal is to help others, they were just being candid and saying, it is really hard to go ask others for help for food. when the coast guard can't do missions like on the honor good, can't go to funerals at arlington or honor occasions or when they can't do some of the other numberses they're supposed -- functions they're supposed to, then the jobs fall heavier on the other services. they talked about not just the degradation of their own work but the fact that others have to pull extra weight for them. here's what

the snow continues to fall in northern virginia. thha only things been more constant is this stuff. we have seen a lot of snowplows come to this gas station whe a we to gas up for the long night and long morning ahead clearing roadways here in northern viinia. >> tonight, the snowfall made for slow goingth in norn virginia. most driverseeppear to the warning to stay home. those that didn't found themse tes inhis position. this driver spun out near the dulles toll road. >> with 27 years of lg haul trucking experience, he says driving in this weather is second nature. >> take aour time everybody slow down a little bit, everything should be fine. >> wilson is headed up i-95 into maine. he hopes to be there by torrow. weathe permitting, it should be a walk in the park. >> the weather has been good. the roads have been pretty good. from maine down to florida, everythingan be nice. >> she's been driving the snowplow nonstop. >> i haven't seen any accident so it meanshat were doing a great job. >> and as the overnight hours approachnd theoads turn to icy ones, other crews will continue to

some test fire guns used in crimes. >> we definitely see lower submissions from the northern virginiae do from some other epareas. >>ter: virginia's department of forensic science is home to most of the state's machines. it'seen steadily reducing the firearms backlog, still takes about foumo hs to get the results back to detectives. weidner would love to bring virginia on board as a partner. >> it's definitely a list of prior tis. not only do criminals go between d.c. and maryland, they also come into virginia. >> reporr: of the guns in d.c., data shows more come in rginia than any other state. the virginia labs only compared their casings to thethers they entered. when they included d.c. and maryland, nearly half of all the hits in northern virginia matched to outside agencys. >> are you worried youha might missed out on some potential matches prior to the policy change? >> it is possible. >> reporter: the director says virgia is increasing equipment and staff to produce leads faster, but the push to have every police department submit every casing could also have a down u downside.

. >>> our northern virginia reporter david colvert is out in the cold tonight. he's in arlington watching those planes struggle to land. >> they're dealing with some strong wd gusts along the water there, aren't they? >> reporter: i'll tell you this in the past hour we had the sun in our last report. you felt some sense of warmth. since the sun has gone down it is bitterly cold. and you mentioned that wind, it is a cool wind. and it has as you mentioned tested the skills of some of ose pilots making the approach here to reagan national. like the roar of a passenger jet, tonight an arctic chill is surging across our area, made more intense by t on arrival to reagan national. jane was onboard a flight from wnapolis. weched several air crafts swaying from side to side. >> a couple ofeople on the plane were a little upset because it wasn' what they had expected or ever experienced before. >> reporter: he feels prpared fo tonight's cold blast given what he experienced in minneapolis. what was it like just stepping out of that a up there? >> it almost takes your breat

starting off in the 20s f most of northern virginia. low nirts in maryland. planner for today,ou there go, temperatures in the 30s most of the

here's the snow pushing in between noon and 2:00 p.m.,ci esly in northern virginia. at 11:20 i will walk you through the forecast hour by hr out from the weekend. and i will have how much snow we are thinkingyight now cou by county. >>> thank you. the government shutdown hassb d its 21st day. 800,000 fedrsal worre not receiving paychecks today. meanwhile, president trump insists thshutdown will continue until he gets funding for a border wall. you may recall during the campaign then account trump said over and over again mexico would pay for the in a tweet this morning, he insists that is still true, sort of the president said the new nafta deal will bring in millions of dollars in new revenue and says that difference will end up payi for thewall. let's go to tracie potts for more. >> reporter: federal rkers. >> we can't pay our bills. >> mayking pa with protests. >> this shutdown has to end and it has to endnow. >> reporter: now feeling the effects of a federal budget stale made at ho. >> are you going to pay for medication or are you going pay for laundry detergent

. >>> a series of road projects announced today could transform transportation in northern virginia. those projects totalled more than $1 billion. among them, thetate plans to add a fourth auxiliary le at i-95 south to prince william county parkway. it one of the most notorious bottle necks in our region. the state also plans to add a neweversible ramp from 95 to connect leopitz brd near santora hospital in woodbridge with the hot lanes. v also,dot will expand the toll laneso fredericksburg and extend the 495 express lanesll the way to the american legion bridge. >>> when we come right back on news 4 tonight, a look a on a mission. they want to make sure no one else experiences the heartbreaking loss. >> please help stop these agedies from occurring in our schools. >> only on news 4, hear from the grandmother of a killed in a school second. how she believes lawmakers can save the lives of other children. >>> and we're talking about cold. just look at this. the windchill right now in d.c., 17. minneapolis, 50 below zero. cold air moving in tomorrow. >>> tonight we're hearing from the

about the impact on federal workers, and two members of congress, gerry connolly, democrat from northern virginia, and congressman don bacon, republican from nebraska. from the oval office as we move into day 19 of the shutdown tomorrow, the president's address to the american people. trump: my fellow americans, tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. every day customs and border patrol agents and thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. we are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home. america proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. but all americans are hurt by uncontrolled, illegal migration. it strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. among those hardest hit are african-americans and hispanic americans. our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including math, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. every week 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin, 90% of which flood

their new financial condition, it could jeopardize their serity clearances so a northern virginia law offer free advice to help them. >> the best thing f bks can do proactive to assure their clearance is not affected by thw shu ways to do that is to document as it's happening, the reasons they may not be able to meet their obligatio. and also, to show good faith that they are trying. >> foror more ition on the free advice, search security clearance in the nbc washington app. stay on top of the developments and resources, go to n washington with any updates and we will go straight to your phone if you have the nbc washington app. >>> ahocking situation at radford university, a student tabbed to death there and her doommate has been arrested. a 21-year-old ope the door when police officers showed up, covered in blood saying i killed her. officers found her roommate alexa cannon, with stab wounds inside. cutting now faces second degree murder charges. >>> locked, loaded and ready to pray. tonight a bill that would allow you to carry a gunnto a worship service is making its way to virgini

we just drive slow. >> the driving struggle across northern virginia is real.ways lookene well maint with icy and slushy spots here and there. on his way to work, their coighbor said he didn't mind the winter itions. >> more is more exciting. tlittle is jus a pain. >> secondary and neighborhood roads treacherous in place, but the plows were hitting them too. though they'll need more time before they can get good at the main roads. and if you have toead out at some point today by cou, make sureive yourself more time and be very careful on those ngads. still secy spots out there. that black ice that can be a major problef and speakingad conditions and black ice, i know that that's something malette is seeing, too. >> definitely. we got a chabs at the top of the hour to take a closer look at the neighborhoodstreets. now we want to show you some other areas around charles county. we wereen the m along some of the busiest stretches in the county. along some of theusiest streets. 301, 228. western parkway and saw the assault tcksreating the roadways and plow trucks m

. >>> meanwhile, northern virginia democrats have hung on to a sear in thenia state senate. this after a special election yesterday. voters in parts of louden and fair fax counties elected jennifer boysko. she has been in the house of delegates. she defeated gop candidate jill may by a margin of 70 to 30%. boysko replaceson jennifer we who is now in congress. her victory creates t need for another special election. >>> nine minutes after four:00 now. there's something on the roads now that's unusual, even for c. >> the oldest synagogue in the city will be rolling down third street to new site later this morning. the building that was the original home will itng the road at 9:45. the 273 ton building wil make a short one-block trip from third and ftreet down to third street in northwest. the building will become part of the new capital jewish museum set to open in 2021. this is the third time this building has moved. the first was to make roomo for me headquarters in 1969 and then again two years ago when construction for capital crossing began. it will be interesting to see,

now basically the future of the army of northern virginia lies in his hand. we have watched him through volume one come out of nowhere, then if anybody predicted this guy would be a general a few years earlier, nobody would've imagined. but there he is. he gathers the trains around him and rights, the very windows of heaven seemed to open. rain fell so hard that it looked like the whole face of earth was covered in water. raging streams ran across the road in every direction. wagons filled the roads and fields in all directions. as afternoon fell into night and hereby can train creaked west of the mountains, the storm increased in fury. the poor wounded lying upon the wagon bodies were drenched by the cold rain. horses and mules were blinded and maddened by the storm. the roar of the winds and water made it almost impossible to communicate orders. he rode up and down the road along the train, barely able to see. what he could see and hear was horrifying even for a man who had witnessed so much suffering. 'in the wagons were men wounded and mutilated in every

coming up tonight on news 4 at 5, we'll take younside the northern virginia lab that made how ssible and show you they're helping change lives around the world. that's tonight a 5. >>> and just a reminder for you to check out our annual nbc 4 telemundo 44 health and fitness expo this weekend at the washington conventio center. there will be health screenings, experts to answer questio about nutrition and exercise, all sorts of things. we'll all be there, too. and it's all free. >> please join us. it's always a great event. >> we'll be there ono saturday talk and take pictures and whatnot. 6:11. if you're hoping to see online sports betting become legal in d.c. this week, not so fast. >> we'll tell you why the issue was pulled at d.c.'s meeting moments before a vote was to take place. chuck? >> still too early to put out a snow map for the weekend potentials, but it's not too early to talk aboutit. ow looking more and more likely now for saturday night into sunday. how much to expect coming right up. ♪ >> this a cappella chorus is headed to the grand ole opry. t who you didy do it? we

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver says tonight you'll have the opportunity to weigh in on this. >> reporter: fairfax county is woing on a program to incorporate drones into many of ations.nty's op officials wanting to use drones for search and rescue, to asseso floo disaster damage, manage traffic and assess fire and crime scenes, among other things. >> we want to go b and able to do investigations as far as provide theomnder what's going on, the good information, and even officer safety. we're doing a tactical entry someplace. having that drone up there is a lot quieter than a helicopter. we can sit there andtc >> officials admit they're a bit envious looking at other arisdictions in virgihat use drones. we've shown you some of the success stories. in stafford county they have used drones to tra down criminals. in louddo on county, they have used them to find missing people. choppers also cannot fly a low. >> instead of the helicopter which is restricted at 1500, maybe 500 feet, the uav we can drop dow 50 feet, 100 feet, and really get close in so we have a lot better per

road crews were out in parts of northern virginia ahead of this arctic blast.were treating the roads before they became icy. vdot officials were very clear that anything wet on the roads overnight would be ice this morning. so news 4 today is on the road right now checking o the conditions. >> adam tuss joins us live from the road. u adam, tel where you are and what you see? >> reporter:e are in the herndon area. take a look outside the windshield and you can see that some of these side roads, guys, they still need a lot of work out here. this is what a lot of people are waking up to this morning. a lot of people are questioning why school system like fairfax county public schoolsleecided to coly close schools. a lot of roads look like this and lot of people are on lays. i want to show you other video from earlier today. this was in the chantilly area and we're seeing more side roads were that covered throughout the area. i do want to mention that the main roads and the secondary roads, they look pretty good. but the neighborhood streets, than be in tough shape

blayneal ander, thank you. >>> our team coverage continues in northern virginia.rath is live in fairfax with more on free meals for furloughed workers. this is a nation gesture. >> reporter: yeah. t're here at 29 diner here in fairfax, a local institution. and inbout 15 minutes, they're going to open their doors and they will be offering free meals to people, to filies impacted by the furloughs. you can see, a little quiet right now. we're not open yet. but we are expecting crowds to come together. it's a situation where you want to help. john is the owner of the diner. talk about the program. you're offering up to $60 in meals? >> yes. we have teamed with the unions here in ftyrfax co they have come in support of our efforts to provide free meals to families impacted by the government shutdown. we'll be feedingt starting 6:00 a.m. this morning. we'll be feeding thes familie every day ontil coffers and wu funds run dr >> we're expecting a lot of people to come today. this ih made possible w a number of players that came together. not just the diner. but the fairfa

. >> certainly in lee's army of northern virginia was not particularly safe thing to do, most of theoldiers died, two thirds of the intra-tree men. why are people so drawn to him? what was so magnetizing to him? why are people captivated by his leadership? >> this is what sows interest income and generally took over after the seven-day battle in 1862 and from then on until the end of the war he commanded the army of northern virginia for the cell. he had a higher casualty rate among his army then any other commander in u.s. history. we talk about patent, we talk about any of the other commanders or ulysses grant that incurred a lot of casualties, nobody got close to robert e lee. if he was Ãbif you are an infantry man 71 percent grant is not even the same neighborhood as that. and yet, robert e lee's army stayed entirely loyal to him through the war in after the war until his death in 1870 and that his memory kept getting burnished even more. here is a guy if you look at results he had a huge casualty rate and he lost. not a small thing. and yet the loyalty to him and part of it was

showers in the northern and pareme so8:00, 9:00, rain in northern virginia.tice the mason dixon line, a few showers in frederick and washington coumoy. of the rain from this system is going to impact the d.c. aetro area to the south. here we are at midnight movito rd 4:00 a.m. commuters dealing with rain and around the fredericksburg area. by 6:a.m., the rain is out of here. maybe wet roads tomorr morning. for most of us, the morning commute, we are dealing with rain at thatpoint. our temperatures are coming in in the 40s, 47 degrees in washington. tomorrow morning, cloudy. a tempeture of 42 degrees. it's dry for recess. recess is definitely -- a light jacket is fine. don't need a puffy coat a temperature of 50 degrees. tomorrow, plenty of clouds and creasing sunshine. all in all, the weather having a low impact on yo d tomorrow, on your thursday. the morning commute, wet roads early. recess is outdoors, getting the run done outside. it's cool, not cold. maybe light gloves. i was running out there with them. on saturday, a high temperature of 52 degrees. your

of the wind chill temperatures, about 10 toee 15 de belows >>> a soal media fire storm over a northern virginiaawmaker's bill that would loosen t rules on late term abortions. virginia democrats say she was forced to take down her social media feeds because of death threats. and governor drawing fire for defding his fellow democrats. she held her little girl on the house floor when she wasrn in last year. now she's at the strof a fierce partisan battle after her testimony monday went viral in conservative circles. aepublican delegate pushing with this question. could an abortion be done even when a woman is dilating ready to give birth. >> i'm asking if your bill allows at? >> my bill would allow that, ye >> reporter: anti-abortion activists seized on the answer. today the fight center stage on the house floor. the house speaker weighing in, condemning the measure that's similar to one recently passed in new york. >> thisill would allow a mother who's showing physical signs of g labor to an abortion. we are really one small step from new york. >> reporter: the democrat'sin leader f back, accusi

northern virginia, northern maryland you won't get that warm. a mix of cloud and sunshine.hance of evening showers and a little bit more -- bween 8:00 and midnight probably a quick burst of rain. behind it you'll notice it northwest winds tomorrow will be howling around here, way colder tomorrow andhat cold weather hangs around as we get into thursday and friday. there's the front for now. this is the leading edge of a lder pattern that's coming our way. let me show you how we handle the change in the weather. snow showers in the mountains oe t virginia tomorrow. then as we get towards thursday, little storm starting to develop in the southern plains. it starts interacting with the o d. snow in st. louis on friday. that leads to a snow chance her saturght into sunday and then by sunday afternoon we should get back to sunshine once not a lot of confidence in this forecast just yet. medium levels but i would say that we should plea on at enough snow to whiten the ground saturday night into sun fy. we'ne tune the amounts, aaron, over the next w days. >>> harley-davidson is goi

go to getfios.com today. >>> now at 6:30, two northern virginia communities are coming together tonighte crash. >> teenage girl was killed, five other people injured on the way to a cheer competition in delaware on sunday. ourorthern virginia bureau chief, julie carey reportsow the communities are supporting the survivors. >> small but strong, always joyful, that's how friends, teammates and parents are remembering 15-year-old katana graves. >> she was always smilinat nor what, she was smiling. if she was hurt she wouldn't say because she jus wanted to keep. >> reporter: the competitive cheer leader w killed when the suv carrying here team crashed on i-95. she was thrown from the vehicle. at her high school, students tributeens of roses in to her. in the gym she once competed, her friends comforting one another in a group embrace.s showing us t poster of their younger days together. >> she was a fendnd she was like a sister to me. it's hard to believe she's gone. >> reporter: she recently joineh r eruption all-stars in winchester. a teen dad wasehind the wheel sunday, the crash sending

way below freezing this morning all across the region m andh like yesterday morning, parts of northern virginiarthern ntgomery country are real cold this morning, down to 11 in manassas. mid teens

they have been out aay in force in northern virginia and around our region. it's starting to pick up, the crews are out here on roads like lee highway makinal sure the brine solution goes down on the road they're not taking any toances and there's been even a little rush at the. road crews out in force. salt brineolion seemingly everywhere in northern virginia at the moment. >> they're back and forthright now filling up the tankers and spraying down the roads. >> reporter: getting a birds eye view of it all. of course, how much snow you get depends on where you are. >> peanut butter it's on sale. >> reporter: per towels, toiletpaper, coffee, all necessities. the shovelsinre c out as well. dawn is out shopping she has a prediction, a small storm. >> i not feeling it. i might end up being surprised but i'm not fling it. >> reporter: what are the tricks? you flush the ice cubes down the toilet. >> my daughter where's her pajamas inside out. >> reporter: there are questions about the federalng roads b treated but the park service tells us those roads will be take

the superb.od wolf mo >>> plus, what's in store for northern virginia when amazon moves in. we're going to look at the first of many townll >>> good morning, everybody. we have a very, very cold weather in mothis morning. check people, pets and pipes. make sure everybody is safe and warm today. there will be a little recovery tomorrow before, yes, more rain comes our way for the middle of >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> 5:15 is your time. northern virginia residents had chance to ask questions about how amaz's new hq2 will impact their lives. rnout.was a big elected officials from alexandria and arlington took questions on a number of topics. they addressed concerns about how the move will affect housing and temperatures. leaders say they will hold amazon accountable. >> we are the ones that need to lead the wayoror m captions, amazon or anybody else, that co as to the neighborhoo support our communities to be good partners. >>mazon will hire 25,000 employees to work at the crystal city headquarters and hiring starts this year. >>> this morning, a new study says cancer

notice some snow showers potentially in parts of northern virginia.s we move towd abo 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., snow showers potentially in the d.c./metro area. overnight we see this transition over to mainly c rain ande to an end very early. i'll have more on this storm system and the chances for and a wintery mix saturday and sunday coming up in 15 mutes, ys. >> oh, boy. okay. thank you. >> deep breaths. >> winter. >>> people did go back to school and work today. the commute was h triere in d.c. and we'll have a look at theconditions. >>> aeenager calls 9-1-1 after her father takes her cell phone. a look at how police reacd to the teca ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer ♪ it's a soul companion ♪ you can feel it everywhere ♪ lift your hands and voices ♪ free your mind and join us ♪ you can feel it in the air ♪ oh sorry, we were running late. no problem, come on in. ♪ stronger is caring for at cha baby's heartnal, in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit

psychiatrist, which we did, we were also trying to get him into intensive outpatient treatment in northern virginia, but there was not any's base. he was on a waiting list. he had a couple of precipitating he had lost a girlfriend, who didn't want to be encumbered by a man going through these problems. than his grades suffered and he was not able to be on the baseball team his senior year. so he was spiraling downwards in the spring of his senior year and we were trying to get him treatment.ive before that could happen, he had a precipitating event where he tried to take his own life. he failed and ended up hitting a telephone pole in his car. a very slow rate of speed, but did not deadly injure him, but we could not point that we keep him safe, and he needed to go into inpatient treatment. >> and how did he do in inpatient treatment? i know that, from personal experience, that one of the most excruciating things in dealing with a loved one is struggling -- with a loved one who is struggling with addiction, is those strings of false hope and the times when they seem to be coming out of it. did jona

we have always lived paycheck to paycheck because of the high cost of living in northern virginia. we do not have the option to take out loans because we have incurred so much debt moving to this area and dealing with my wife's medical bills. i have served our country in the military and left military service to join the civil service and i have been so disheartened to see the lack of respect for federal employees. madam president, this is just a sample. i know every senator is receiving days. i may receive more because i represent virginia but only 20% of federal employees are in the d.c.-maryland, virginia area. 80% are around the country and the stories are common. we are getting them by the dozens every day. i returned to everquest. i am speaking to the choir. we largely share the views that i have expressed. we stand, we work hard to get here, we are elected and it is a privilege to be here. the thing we are supposed to do is be willing to vote and be held accountable. the fact that the bills that would end the pain i have read to you could be voted on immediately. maneuvers a

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news s darcy spencer drove through parts of northern virginia last night. she continues our team covage. >> the region isetting the first snow of the new year, and it's promising to be a major storm. snow fell steadily in northern virginia coating grassy surfaces and making roads wet. drivers seemed to get by okay as long as they were careful. by evening the snow began to accumulate had a little more. roads had some slush. snowplow were at the red as soon as there was enough to push. with expected snow totals creasing, some made a run to the store to stock up. >> at first i didn't think it was going to be a lo but now i -- i'm kind of good that we d get groceries because i wouldn't want to be trapped i the house with no food or anything. >> there were a number de acs in the region. a truck ran into a utility pole on a snow-covered brad okay road. sign side roads were gting slick. >> i ran out to pick up last-minute items and when i heard the forecast was going to be a little works i thought let me come and get a few extras. >> reporter: the roall conditios

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so whether or not it's northern virginia, democrats, republicans. the report showed there are republicans as well who have been furloughed. this is the problem with this president. you're absolutely right. i think speaker pelosi delivered a message that was strong. she didn't go away from her democratic values. she extended an olive branch. she said let's work together. let's not be disrespectful. i think this is a trump shutdown he has owned now for 14 days. he needs to stop throwing temper tantrums. >> he says he's proud of this. >> look, he's not alone. if you look at the polling, it's much more divided than the media wants to say. a lot of americans agree with what he's doing. joem overwhelmingly, his base supports it. >> most americans -- >> divide -- >> most americans do not approve of this. more than 50% say they don't like the idea of the wall. >> it is increasingly divided. trump is not on an island. he has a lot of support for what he's doing. here's the thing, this is the government that americans voted for. they voted tile and again for