. >>> manassas city, mns park, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania and winchester county schools are closed. >> in maryland carroll county schools will close 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> we have not heard from prince george's or anne arundel. >> by the time children are coming home from school we could have three to five inches on the brown. between now and then we'll see big changes. there's a look at the radar. good morning, i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have some snow falling. south is all rain, moderate to heavy rain. the local radar is showing, perhaps, just a few sprinkles, maybe a little bit of sleet in southern maryland. that pink zone, st. mary's county to near charlottesville. panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries at this time. the temperatures are a little bit below freezing in most areas. a little above freezing in washington and near the bay. near 30 in prince william, fairfax and arlington. all those counties in pink across pennsylvania, all of maryland. most of west virginia into the ohio valley. there's a blizzard warning in effect for those counties

frederick, orange, page, rappahannock and shenandoah county schools are all closed to day. >> in west virginia, berkeley, grant, har dee and jefferson county schools are closed, mifrn ral and morgan county schools are also closed. >>> it's 4:41. a check of the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein. looks like the snow is moving out of the area. but not for much longer than that. >> probably the next snow we'll see won't be until friday. the storm has ended. lookinat radar right now, the radar showing it's snow-free. that is it. the storm is over. total amounts ar rountd washington around thr to four inches as well as the nearby suburbs, prince george's, montgomery and fairfax county. a few of the high spots might have up to five to six inches. most of the location haves been three to five inches. temperatures around the region are at or a little above freezing in washington, in prince george's county, montgomery and fairfax as well as arlington, shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. here is the view from space, the radar over the last six hours showing the storm has pulled far to th

. >> manassas city, manassas park city, orange, rappahannock, spotsylvania county schools are also closed as well as stafford, warren, winchester city and prib city schools all closed. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampton shier, hardy, jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county schools are also closed. >> metrologist tom kierein is here in the studio. he joins us now with a look at the forecast for today and this weekend. >> still on track. not much of a change over the last couple of days as far as the track of the storm and talts we expect. here's how the timeline is taking shape. will likely have light snow in the shenandoah valley by 8:00 this morning. right now panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries. southern maryland northern neck getting a little bit of sleet and rain there. we'll see by noon time the snow moving into the metro area, light at first. quickly having snow by 3:00, 4:00. by sunset around 5:30 we'll have three to five inches on the ground. higher amounts further south and west. very heavy snow coming in overnight covering the entire regi

fauk rappahannock, shenandoah and spotsylvania county also all closed.winchester cools on a two-hour delay. >> in west virginia, berkeley, granted, hardy and jefferson county schools are closed. mineral andorgan county schools are also closed. d.c. public schools are open. >>> now we want a check on the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein. another round of sw and some more on the way. >> came down in big clumpy flakes. i think each flake had little fingers, it was clinging to everything, all the branches and shrubbery now covered with the snow. the bamboo and white pine trees, their bows are bending toward the ground with the snow cover. great for photography. you want to get out, if you do, maybe a good time to get out and take the family picture for next year's christmas card. >> wake up, kids. >> yeah. get clesed. get out and have some fun. look, we had about three or four inches. it's good sledable snow, too. >> in washington it's 33, a little above freezing in southern maryland, northern neck where they had rain. parts of the northern neck, away

oorng county, page county, prince william county, rappahannock county and shenandoah county schools.i codod schools, loudoun county schools, spotsylvania county schools, fairfax county schools. stafford county schools are all closed today. the administrative offices in fairfax county will be open with liberal leave. also closed in slirn, arlington county schools, falls church city schools and manassas park schools and fauquier county schools. it would probably be easier to just let you know what is open. >> we have just run one delay in alexandria where schools will be open two hours late today. over in maryland, charles, montgomery, prince george's and de balaguer vert county schools are closed today. frederick counties schools or a two-hour delay. berkeley, granted, hardy, jefferson, mineral and morgan county schools are closed in west virginia. everything is at the top of your screen as well on myfoxdc.com. check there for continuous updates of closings and delays. and also tony, the federal government open today with unscheduled leave in effect. so if you can't make it in, call y

also closed in virginia, orange, page, prince william, rappahannock and shenandoah county schools. >> the quantico dod schools, loudoun county, spotsylvania county, fairfax county nd sfaf toward county schools are also closed. the administrative offices in fairfax will be open with liberal leave. also closed in virginia, arlington county, falls church city and manassas park city, if he cannier and warren county schools. also fredericksburg city schools in virginia are closed. a couple of delays too. alexandria city and winchester city schools will be opening two hours late today. over in maryland, charles, montgomery, prince george's, calvert, anne arundel county schools all closed. frederick, allegheny, howard, st. mary's and washington county schools will be delayed by two hours. check the top of your screen throughout the morning. winnipeg keel that up until 10:00 when you would have been in school anyway. on myfoxdc.com, we have everything updated there and the federal government is open today with an unscheduled leave policy in effect. contact your supervisor if you have to take

greg in rappahannock, three inches.lizzard warnings all those counties in red, frederick, anne arundel, points north and east will get the heavier snows. about eight to 12 inches generally around the metro area by the time it all ends this evening. then strong winds gust over 45 perhaps this afternoon overnight tonight. now jerry, how is the traffic? >> off we go into maryland, along interstate 270, general vicinity where authorities are looking for an accident. heading toward the american legion bridge, the right side the outer loop, left side tinl ner loop. it is just purely miserable. massachusetts avenue and goldsboro road, treacherous conditions this morning. switching gears, take a live look at east capital street, tough sledding, you need to be sledding this morning. you heard work crews saying we can get the job done faster and better. >> thanks, jerry. >>> this is a live look at the roads in maryland where the snow has been falling fast overnight. state officials are asking people to stay off the roads so the p

fauquier county, rappahannock and stafford county, too. or culpepper y shouldsay. moisture has made its way east and northeastward across the area. the spots south down through the northern neck up into stafford county. that's where there could be sleet and freezing rain hanging on a little longer. and the fact that the secondary roads again are covered with packed snow could become pretty slick as we get the freezing rain on top of that. and then changing back over to snow later early tomorrow morning. lots of moisture coming out of the carolinas there. spots throughout eastern north carolina and south carolina today getting over an inch. look at the winter storm warnings. up to new york and boston this time where there is likely to be some delays. some of the major airport hubs coming up tomorrow. that's the big day where we'll get most of the snow and even some wind. right now just in chicago, running at about an hour and a half for a delay. a tremendous amount of moisture coming out of the south, but nothing like the last weather system. let me show you what's

page county, prince william, rappahannock, shenandoah, spotsylvania, stafford and warren county schools and winchester city schools are closed n in maryland, allegheny and charles county schools are closed as well. >> we have a bunch of early dismissals including the federal government which plans to let out four hours early today. it already has been unscheduled leave policy in effect. d.c. public schools will dismiss at noon today. in maryland, anne arundel county schools will dismiss two hours early. carroll county schools, two hours and 45 minutes early, howard county schools, three hours early and montgomery county school will dismiss two and a half hours early. make sure you continue to watch the top of your screen and go on-line to myfoxdc.com. we'll update all of the situations there. >> it ill will be a big one. i guess the schools taking the necessary precautions. >> i think they are being prudent. if you think you can get the kids in to get some teaching in, do that and then just be ware that you want to release them early. it is fine this morning. i think through the more th

rappahannock, northern fauquier, into the shenandoah valley.ht into tomorrow. snowing moderately to heavily at times and strong winds will cause significant drifting of the snow. 12 to 18 inches common around the region by the time it ends tomorrow evening. joe? >> thank you very much. stay with us. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm john edwards in the news 4 today traffic -- jerry edwards in the news 4 traffic station. there's a broken down plow jamming out of white oak. and checking the beltway inner loop in virginia, jammed with a problem along the right side of the roadway approaching 66. joe? >> thank you very much, jerry. >>> stay with ushrouout the morning for continuing coverage of the approaching storm. ♪ >>> and we're back with more of "today" on a tuesday morning. it's the 9th of february 2010. you're looking at some images of vancouver, as the people here get set to host the 2010 winter olympic games, now only three days away. i'm matt lau lauer in vancouver. natalie morales is about 20 miles from downtownt the athletes village. she's

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on the dollar bill, washington on the quarter, tales of washington tossing his coin across the rappahannock. a mythological figure. guest: it is better the diaries were burned? host: better the diaries were burned? guest: i don't have a view because things happen. but that is what charles thompson thought. but the civil war would happen a couple of generations earlier if we did not rally behind a small -- strong chief executive post cut back on our democrats line. guest: i'm glad you mentioned lyndon johnson, my favorite, because his social issues and his ability to pass legislation but of course, franklin roosevelt. i have a question. in what ways do you find richard 4/ present republicans? how do you find difference in their ideology? guest: a good question. he was much different. richard nixon was the last of the new deal presidents. the shadow that franklin was about half of this country from 1930 to -- in 1932, really want all the way to jimmy carter, let's call in 1976. carter became a fiscalç democrat, a grover cleveland democrat and ended the new deal and nixon came in and simply d