back to you.f&lç >>> i'm pat lawson muse.he deck we're just hearing about marc service for tomorrow. marc trains will be running three times each way on the brunswick line. the trains are running in the morning. trains number 874, train 876 and number 880. and then in the afternoon, three additional trains will be running. trains number 873, 877 and 888. things getting back to normal on the rails. at the light desk,itis pat lawson muse. >>> in news for your health tonight, we've got some new guidelines out there for moms and mothers to be. the u.s. preventive services task force announced today that they, women should be screened for depression during their pregnancy and after they had the baby. while the task force previously advocated screening for depression in all adults, this is the first time it has specifically recommended screening for pregnant women. and women who have just given birth. more than 14 million adults reportedly suffer from depression here in the united states, with women much more likely to be diagnosed

back to you. >>> i'm pat lawson muse with this just in to the "news4" live devg. a new promise to help clear the roads for one of the hardest hit areas after the blizzard. officials say ddot will make at least one pass through every neighborhood road by tomorrow morning. however, a bit of caution comes with this promise. here's what we heard a few moments ago. >> one pass means just that. one pass is one pass. it doesn't mean the streets will be clear or two cars can pass but one pass. they would do that by taking some of the heavier equipment off of the primary roads and putting them into your neighborhood. >> the loudoun county sheriff is asking everyone to stay off the roads to let vdot plows get through safely. parts of loudoun got 36 inches of snow. eun? >> thank you, pat. new school closings into our news room in the past hour. check this out. schools in fauquier county say they will be closed tomorrow and thursday. tomorrow washington counties, maryland schools and morgan county will be closed as will schools from arlington. we also heard from william, loud

i'm pat lawson muse. childhood hunger is a serious problem in our communities. in the washington region, an estimated 200,000 children and teens are at risk of hunger. in the district alone an estimated 75% to 80% of students qualify for free and reduced-price meals. after the blizzard officials worried shutting down schools meant thousands of students who depend on school breakfast and lunch were going to go hungry. joining us to talk about childhood hunger and efforts to promote healthy eating among our children, dr. beverly wheeler, director of d.c. hunger solutions. kim young is a culinary nutrition expert, also president of healthy little cooks, an organization that promotes children and healthy eating. welcome both of you. >> thank you. >> it's good to see you and see you survived the snow. dr. wheeler and ms. young, after the blizzard all of the schools were closed, but as you know, many students in the city were able to eat because d.c. opened their cafeterias in about ten schools so hungry childr

i'm pat lawson muse. tomorrow the nation pauses to remember and commemorate the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. for many, the king holiday is a day of service, a day of dialogue in our neighborhoods and communities. tomorrow many in our area will roll up their sleeves to keep the dream alive. a guest this morning this morning are lillie jessie, with the alumni chapter of delta sigma beta sorority, also vice chair of the prince william county school board. emmjolee mendoza is director of campus ministry and community service at catholic university. and nicholas smith is a senior at forest park high school. welcome to "viewpoint," all of you. >> thank you. >> emmjolee, tell us about your project tomorrow and what you folks will be doing. >> we have over 800 students, staff and faculty and alumni signed up for our national day of service for martin luther king. very excited. 11 years ago, 26 people and here we have grown to 800 people. they'll be working on a variety of projects on the national

reporting live in vienna, adam tuss, news 4. >>> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk.ust gotten details about amtrak's service for the weekend. accela express will be running and they'll be running on a modified schedule and there will be fewer trains running. amtraks to keep a close eye on the website if you have tickets for saturday or sunday because there could be changes. >> there's one cancellation that could impact you. the train that runs between northern virginia and sanford, florida, will not be running tomorrow or saturday. and united tweeted it will suspend flights at dulles and all mid atlantic airports starting at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. nearly 200 flights already canceled at our three local airports for tomorrow. that's it from the live desk. >> thank you, pat. >>> we'll give you a breather about this blizzard talk to tell you about a lovely program. dozens of children struggle with food and security every day because they don't have access to enough food to live a healthy life. there is a local organization that is bringing nutritious food directly to t

i'm pat lawson muse. tens of thousands of dollars in cash sitting in locked cabinets at the d.c. public schools office. an internal audit shows that since 2011 more than $350,000 from proceeds from public school sporting events has been sitting locked up for weeks after events rather than being deposited in the bank. the audit is being blamed for a former athletic director and it raises questions about the way other moneys have been raised. they make the statement they take it very seriously and have taken steps to make sure the funds in question are handled properly. will that satisfy anybody who's asking what in the world is going on? >> probably not, and if you look at this, it reminds you of something old school where you left it under a mattress or floorboardso somewhere. >> or a sock. >> that's how this reads. stephanie evans, former athletic director for the city who had to resign said this problem was going on long before i got there, and she said she requested someone, a business manager to be ab

. >>> i'm pat lawson muse with a problem on metro that had nothing to do with the snow. a man injured in a fight on the red line train. "news4 midday" begins now. >>> we begin with the latest on the huge cleanup effort taking place across our area from the weekend snow. more people getting out today. roadways packed in many spots. today's cold commute was delayed for federal workers by three hours. a few more school systems opened today but were also delayed. the reason those icy roads out there we start our coverage with a look whether we are warming up or not. >> we are going to warm up into the mid to upper 30s today. some spots warming into the low 40s. you can see just about everybody now at or above freezing. that includes washington. up to 34. here is a look at the high temperature today in your neighborhood. 39 for a high in the district. 40 in leesburg with a mix of clouds and sunshine. we will have some additional melting today. unfortunately, refreeze again tonight. coming up in about ten minutes what kind of temperatures you'll be waking up to tomorrow mornin

it took pat lawson muse from our studio six hours to get home. >> back roads, alternate routes, i triedverything, and every direction was blocked. i finally had to go back to indiana highway and i sat for hours and hours and hours without moving. i got home at 3:00 this morning. >> poor pat. glad she made it home safely. please tweet us your pictures and your stories so we can share them on the n b bc washington p. especially if you're trying to get out and facing problems on the roads. all right, so the snow impacted metro service this morning. metrobus is running on a moderate snow plan. that means some routes will have detours based on road conditions and some have been sus spended. if you plan to take the train. one line is still behind schedule. no longer is ingle tracking but delays in both directions. plan ahead. >>> right now we're on blizzard watch. we're told all of us will get at least a foot of snow. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is going to release more details about the city's snow plan. so far we know the city has 20 new plows in its fleet this year. she's asked for nag alt gu

pat lawson muse spent hours driving back from our station in northwest washington. she called us at 3:00 this morning. have a listen. >> reporter: the sheets were literally a sheet of ice. cars were bumper to bumper, unable to move. i drove five miles an hour all the way home. >> pat said she saw lots of accidents. we know there were a lot of them. make sure you are careful out there today and get ready for tomorrow. let's check on our weather. here is amelia. >> barbara, the latest storm timeline. it looks like snow moves in tomorrow during the mid to late afternoon. as early as 1:00 to 4:00. here is the thing. it could hold off a little bit later. you just want to be at home ready and prepared for the storm by the early afternoon hours to get off the roads at that point. once the snow comes, it will immediate start to stick. we'll track heavy snow friday night and throughout the entire day on saturday. not only that but windy conditions created blizzard conditions. gusts up to 40, even over 40 miles per hour at times. snow ends very early on sunday. here is our la

. >> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk. police in kentucky are searching for a man that shopened fire on his co-workers. they believe several employees were arguing when one of them pulled a gun and opened fire. two people were hit and it is unclear rid now what kind of shape they're in and one of the victims drove to the hospital. our affiliate in louisville says police are at a second location about ten miles away that is related to the shooting and that one person there has been arrested. police say they do not consider this an active shooter situation. we'll keep you updated with the latest as it comes in. >>> now to some breaking news. it's an alert that we sent you to your phone. the second trial of the baltimore police officer in the death of freddie gray has been put on hold until further notice. caesar goodson drove the van where gray suffered the fatal injury. news 4's chris gordon looks at how those protesting gray's death feels about this delay. >> baltimore police officer caesar good sorn came to court expectin

. >> i'm pat lawson in the storm center with chief meteorologist doug kammerer. doug, how much melting is going on and do we have to worry about a refreeze tonight? >> we saw that last night. we saw a lot of melting during the day today, plenty of sunshine today. refreeze going to be an issue a little bit, but some really good news coming up over the next couple days. >> we need that. look at the low temperatures this morning. we saw a little bit of melting yesterday but look at the temperatures overnight last night. 3 in manassas. 2 in martinsburg. 16 downtown. incredibly cold out there this morning. that's why we encountered a lot of ice. made the snow harder, too, a little harder to move. we've see mid to high level clouds today. we'll see the clouds lower and that will help to create a blanket on top of the atmosphere. keeping things a little bit more mild tonight. look at these numbers. well above freezing. 41 right now in d.c. 44 in fredericksburg. we are seeing the melting. there's a lot of snow left, veronica johnson. i know you're outside right now talki

. >>> i'm pat lawson, news at the live desk. got the picture of a man who lis say shot two d.c. school administrators this week. justin is wanted on a charge of assault with intent to kill. investigators believe he shot the administrators as they sat in a car on eaton road in southeast monday night. they worked for roosevelt high school and blue state high school. both were found conscious and breathing but at this point the school system is not releasing their identities. >>> now that there's no women and children here, the fbi can kill everybody. >> is that what you're worried will happen? is that what you're worried will happen? that's what i keep hearing over and over and over again. >> there's been a deadly turn in the armed standoff at a u.s. wildlife refuge in oregon. one man is dead and the leader of the protest is under arrest. >> but the occupation still continues tonight. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us now. the fbi, do they feel like they handled that traffic stop well? they do have one person t

. >> you're not getting >> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk.a montgomery county firefighter is hurt after battling a blaze that destroyed a home in north potomac. the blaze started in the basement of a home on turley drive. a smoke detector did go off and all six people who were inside were able to get out, thank goodness, but firefighters say the home sustained major damage and the family, unfortunately will be looking for a place to stay. firefighters are reminding you tonight to check your smoke detectors right now to make sure they're working with with the possibility of power outages and keep the generators outside and away from your house. >>> capitol bike share will be closing at 7:00. closing this evening at 7:00. we sent out word about that on the nbc washington app. back to you. >>> i would not want to be riding a bike in this stuff. especially not tomorrow. we'll take a look at the radar just to show you. there's no running away or hiding from this. it is now everywhere. >> let's get the latest tracking on the radar from doug and ver

i'm pat lawson hughmuse. many of us are still snow dazed after the big blizzard. after spending the last week trying to shift back into normal gear. and many of us are still trying to navigate narrowed streets and roads following the blizzard of 2016. gentlemen, if you you had to grade post-blizzard response and performance, from local officials to the road crews, what would the grade be? joe. >> i think i would go with a c minus fedepending on where you were. if you're stuck in neighborhoods, i think you have to give them a d-minus or an f. but i think for the most part it was average. it wasn't exceptional. and it certainly could have been worse. >> considering how much we got, would you agree? >> i would probably differ with joe here. i would give them a b-plus. the officials said this is what's going to happen, this is what we have, this is what we ask you do in residence. and i think they did what they could do. i think you're always going to have spots and areas and to joe's point depending on personally how it affects you, they're not going to get to everyo

lawson game answers emphatically but matt jones gets a good look, and catches nothing but air. clemson wins and the tigers trail only carolina and pit in league standings. pats staring down the barrel of a chasm in the acc. the first bucket, a three-pointer. he picked up two quick fouls and had to sit. but not before this, what we expected from him. 20 one points, 13 boards. fsu would not relinquish the lead. beasley on the brakes, which seems like a dagger. not quite. rolen hits two late threes to raise everyone's blood pressure but it wasn't meant to be. state false, a -- 85-78. you want panthers talk? i have that, as well. we have the keep pounding crew ahead of the showdown with >> the highlight of panthers practice today had nothing to do with the actual play. three key starters dressed and participated for the first time since week 16. all are on track to suit up on sunday. >> i haven't played for a month or so. to be back out there, back in the groove, back to normal. >> no limitations. i feel good about everybody. confident about guys showing up ready to roll. >> earning a bye could be huge. carolina players got to heal and recharge mentally for what

lawson game answers emphatically -- blossomgame answers. but matt jones gets a good look, and catches nothing but air. clemson wins and the tigers trail only carolina and pit in league standings. pats staring down the barrel of a chasm in the acc. the first bucket, a three-pointer. he picked up two quick fouls and had to sit. but not before this, what we expected from him. 20 one points, 13 boards. fsu would not relinquish the lead. beasley on the brakes, which rolen hits two late threes to raise everyone's blood pressure but it wasn't meant to be. state false, a -- 85-78. you want panthers talk? i have that, as well. we have the keep pounding crew ahead of the showdown with seattle. >> the highlight of panthers practice today had nothing to do with the actual play. three key starters dressed and participated for the first time since week 16. all are on track to suit up on sunday. >> i haven't played for a month or so. to be back out there, back in the groove, back to normal. >> no limitations. i feel good about everybody. confident about guys showing up ready to roll. >> earning a bye could be huge. carolina players got to heal and be in an honest test. >> as you get older, you re