and the crews working at reagan national airport. saidpeople we talk to they tried to rebook earlier today to be able to get on a flight. justs said they were going to take a chance that they could get out ahead of what was coming in here today. talked to said b.y do in fact have a plan take listen. >> there is a plan b. we have a hotel on reserve. backup plan. >> hopefully get back in town down until monday. brianne: just happening right now, we are just seeing a flight take off. be theeve that will last flight here. it was the last flight still listed on the departure board the past half hour. we just saw the flight take off. lastlieve that is the one leaving from here at reagan national airport. we talked to officials. all flights tomorrow are canceled. the wind and the snow picking up. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you. leon: all shut down. maureen: i wonder if the last -- flight was going south. leon: it's out of here. get back to horace holmes who has been traveling around the region in mobil

reporting live from reagan national airport, wusa9. nick. >> it's time to go grocery shopping in green belt, maryland. a lot of people are out stocking up in anticipation of the blizzard on its way. we just took a peek inside a moment ago. the shelves do appear to be in good shape right now. all hands on deck for the store overnight, restocking everything that was wiped out last night. really from what we could tell, running low on bread and water started to move fast, but outside of that, shoppers have been carrying out what they told us is on their list. checking in with them, for now, that's the latest from green belt. we'll send it over to surae chinn. >> folks are getting a hot meal before they have to head into work for a few hours, some folks had to come here for a hot meal on the grill. one of the last hot meals they'll have before the blizzard hits. and yes, lots of things going on here at the tasty diner in bethesda. they don't close for nothing unless the power is out and despite two feet of snow, they are going to be open.

she is actually at reagan national airport where she has been all morning long. she has more on the snowfall controversy. something broke out there, right? jacqui: i am sorry. what was your question? jummy: something broke out there at the airport and that is what the controversy is about? jacqui: there has been a little controversy about that and whether or not our snowfall thel was verified because normal way that they do that with their instruments, he didn't work the proper way. they had to do estimates more than anything else. there is a little bit of question as to whether or not that number should have been higher. 17.8, the national weather service says they are standing by it and it and is the most accurate measurement they can get. we will keep looking at that. can you hear the noise behind me? that is an airplane that just took off. finally, 7:00 this morning, we started getting landings and also departures, more than a dozen planes have come in and out of reagan national since thousands were canceled over the weekend. still about 100 flights canceled h

after we see it's 37 at reagan national airport. scott kelly aboard the international space station snuck this picture from the space station this morning. put the arrow to the

alison: runways at dulles and reagan national airport will stay close tomorrow. that to remain shut down tomorrow, no word on when it could resume monday. school closings have started. frederick county schools will be closed monday. now is a good time to sign up for the text alerts at wjla.com /text. are in everyorters corner of the region. first let's get the latest from meteorologist steve rudin. steve: good news in the forecast because finally parts of the area, the warnings coming down. valley, worn county, fauquier county, the winter storm warning has canceled out. the areas in red, including the , frederick, loudoun county, stafford, southern maryland, under the blizzard warning until 6:00 in the morning sunday. this may cancel early as we move through the overnight. still going to deal with a lot of blowing snow and gusty wind. live doppler radar, most of the snow has come to an end. we may have pockets of snow flurries, but hard to disseminate because of the wind that continues to blow. northern montgomery county, frederick county, loudoun county, if you

manassas, 16 frederick, 34 degrees reagan national airport. will fallatures quickly thanks to mainly clear skies. just a few clouds over southern maryland, but not a lot going on. 12 to 24 overnight. that means anything that melt it will re-freeze -- sidewalks, roadways, and overpasses. moral the rest of the forecast, plus a big weekend warm-up coming up. mentioned, the puddles on the road can quickly when thece temperatures drop. jay korff is live in capitol heights with how the drive is looking now. jay? jay: alison, this neighborhood gives the perfect backdrop for how dicey things could be in the morning. this pile of snow is hard as a rock. a plow insult truck came here a short time ago, the salt on the road doing what i can, but look at all the icy patches. that is the problem the people will face in the morning commute tomorrow. it could be treacherous. jay korff, abc 7 news. prince george's county is investigating a third death connected to the blizzard. in elderly woman was found dead in hyattsville after wandering away from her home.

we look at the capitol wheel. 46 at the reagan national airport. mid-40's in the metro area. later tonight the winds will draw north. it will draw many colder air. plenty of rain on radar. the old screen is filled with rain in the green. this is the heaviest rain. this is on target with the computer models. heaviest rain is east and southeast of the metro area where the heaviest amount would be. over an inch or so to lower eastern shore. metro area, maybe .7 or .8 of an inch. we will give you a big view of the system now. it's all consolidating here. all the rain is pulled together as the storm system starts to consolidate. i will get stronger and moves offshore. that motion is beneficial to us. as that happens overnight, 3:00 4:00 in the morning it will accelerate rain moving offshore. and clearing skies. despite rainy start for the weekend it's going to turn out nice here. 35 to 42. the overnight temperatures. once the rain ends. it will be northerly by morning. wake-up temperatures in the area, a lot of upper 30's. 40 in brentwood. 38 in waldorf. 36 in germantown by tomorr

in the low 30's now. 32 in reagan national airport. 30 in andrews. 30 in winchester.he bigger story, the wind chills are in the teens. later tonight and tomorrow morning the wind chills chills e single digits. coming up, i will tell you when we will see the milder temperatures again. leon? leon: turning to vote 2016 tonight. >> the politicians can pretend it's something else but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. leon: donald trump is out with the first ad in the presidential campaign. the front-runner focused on terrorism and immigration in the 30-second spot. today, bill clinton hit the campaign trail for his wife for the first time on his own. we will have more on both developments at 5:55. a major shakeup in the meantime for ben carson's campaign has the one-time front runner adopting a new approach, including being more aggressive. so can a new attitude and a new campaign manager return him to the top of the polls? senior political reporter scott thuman sat down with carson and his team for a story you will see only on seven. >> are we looking at be

s reagan national airport, the fourth largest snowfall ever recorded there. 28.3 inches of snow falling at virginia's dulles international airport, the second largest snowfall they've seen. and at baltimore's airport, brand-new record 29.2 inches of snow. rene marsh live at reagan's national airport. do we know when things are going to be somewhat back to normal? >> reporter: yeah, poppy. we've been poking and poking because we want to know what the situation for the d.c. area will be. we have not received official word as yet. an update from here, flights are still grounded both at reagan national as well as dulles in d.c. they are still shoveling. out there. i just peeked out there. we have been showing you this all day. it is absolutely abandoned here. no one is here besides us, pop y y. still waiting for official word for when it will change. however, things do look good at other airports, new york city airports having a limited number of flights going in and out tonight. of course, that continues tomorrow. same thing in philadelphia. they've resumed flights. baltimore have resumed

everybody managed to get out safely. >>> here is a live look at reagan national airport. crews are working around the clock to clear all the snow. airport officials at national and dulles hope to have at least one runway open by tomorrow morning. the main runways at bwi-marshall opened this afternoon. they are trying to get back to normal over the next 24 hours. >>> every major school system in the area closed tomorrow. some districts even announced plans to close tuesday as well. we want to give you the school districts closed tomorrow and tuesday. monday and tuesday. virginia, fairfax county, prince william county, loudoun, arlington, falkner, ma nas sas, montgomery county. schools closed monday and tuesday. if you have any doubts or questions, you can go to the nbc washington app and check for the closures there. >>> we've taken you live to d.c. and virginia. now we're heading to prince george's county where people are digging out from the storm. they're already getting set for another major concern that is just around the corner. >>> blizzard 2016 put parts of the jers

here's a look at reagan national airport were there were three cancellations. dulles, eight flights, four departures and four arrivals have been cancelled today. >>> also, officials will hold a public meeting to discuss the proposed levee system. the meeting start at 6:30 at huntington community center. officials say it will protect homes from flooding caused by major storms. >>> today, a family is making funeral plans for a man bethesda. he died on a crash on 270. he was on the exit from 70 to 220 when he hit a guard rail. police say thomas had some kind of medical emergency before that crash. he was only 38 years old. >>> a major storm over the weekend seriously damaged one northern virginia school. and it's caught problems for students at another. take a look at this scene here. the roof collapsed over the m s music room at st. timothy catholic school. contractors were assessing the damage. no word on when that will be reopened even after the snow is cleared. now, take a look at the huge snow pile on olney lane in fairfax county. residents are frustrated to

(kris van cleave/cbs news/reagan national airport, va) the airlines say they've added 10-thousand jobs and, on average, took possession of one new plane a day last year. they also say ticket prices dropped three percent in 2015. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. > ((denise valdez)) > unloading an unwanted timeshare... the legal way. ((dave courvoisier)) > coming up at six... michelle mortensen is on your side with the one place you should turn to... if you decide timeshares aren't right for you./// ((coming up... coming up on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. )) < j@j@ on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she'll get the job done for us. choice for news. this is 8 news now at 5."

our hampton pearson is at reagan national airport where the cancellations have already started.ey, hampton. another nearly 2700 flights already announced as canceled for tomorrow. that in flight aware.com, which also is famous for what it calls misery map, which keeps tabs on activities at the major hubs all across the country. again, not much activity going on at all. at the charlotte hub coming north, of course, along the atlantic seaboard, we are here at reagan national airport where overall the activity is much less than a normal day. it feels more like a saturday. most of the people here are getting on planes and expect to get out of here ahead of the storm. everybody has a story to tell. >> supposed to fly out saturday, but dulles has come to a halt. second chance was to fly into charlotte. charlotte got canceled, so now flying out of st. louis from dulles. now they moved us up here to reagan. >> i got here extra early today. i really thought it would be a lot busier with everyone trying to get out. mine, fortunately, is going. i'll be getting out. hopefully. >> and you ne

transportation reporter adam tuss is at reagan national airport to let us know the answer. adam? >> i'll tell you about that in a second, doreen, and first, the snowflakes that started falling at reagan national airport and we've been saying they're coming and light snow right now. when the really bad stuff hits and the road crews, the crews have to get out there on the runway, they get in a vehicle and they slam on the brakes out there on the runway and that tells them everything they need to know. when planes land in rough weather every single pilot reports what they call braking conditions. then the airport gets to work. >> in addition, we do our own measurements on the runway with vehicles. we actually slam the brakes on and measure the friction coefficient. >> reporter: if things get too sloppy the runway shuts down and all bets may be off with this one. aside from battling the storm, a lot of people are battling just to get out of here right now as airlines waive change fees. brandon carter. >> even the uber driver said get ready man, he had his coat and scarf ready to go. >

kris van cleave has the story from reagan national airport. >> reporter: you have a big dog like buddy here and you want to fly with him, you used to be able to go to the ticket counter. but increasingly the airline this is the cargo terminal, and it is nowhere near that second counter. >> come on in. >> reporter: for peter harold and his wife jan, shanty is part of the family. which means when they fly their golden doodle does, too. but she is too big for the cabin, so she has to be checked. typically, airlines require carry-on pets to fit under the set in front of you. >> it is not the easiest thing. it takes a long time, you have to go to your vet within a week of the flight and get a health certificate each time that you do it. so yeah, it adds about an extra hour to your arrival time. >> reporter: starting in march, delta will no longer allow larger pets to be checked on their owner's flight. instead they'll have to be handled as fright. pets will have to arrive tree dropped off and picked up in the cargo section and the pooch could fly on a separate flight and arrive at a differe

thousands of flights are canceled today. 17.8 inches of snow fell at washington reagan's national airportrded there. 28.3 inches falling on virginia's dulles international airport. the second largest snowfall there. and in baltimore's airport, new record, 29.2 inches of snow fell. our live team of reporters across the nation's capital, avs correspondent rene marsh, meteorologist jennifer gray both in washington. rene, let me begin with you. usually i'm happy to see an airport that's completely empty. today not for a good reason. >> you're right, not for good reasons. the tsa line doesn't exist. there's no one

(on cam tag: kris van cleavevebs news/reagan national airport)service animals of all sizes are allowed into the cabin, a system travel experts believe will be taken advantage of as airlines make it harder to eck pets. kvc, reagan national airport, virginia policy will ensure a high- quality, consistent service for pets when their owners choose to ship them with delta cargo. if you're just getting up, good morning -- it's now after the break... break...the we're tracking the latest reactilns from both major political parties after tragagy on the campaiai ail. trail.you're watching c-b-s 2 this morning -- covering the

kris van cleave reports from reagan national airport, just outside washington d-c. >"good morning, we're checking our pet." for peter harrold and his wife jan, shanti is part of the family, which means when they fly - their adorable golden doodle does, too. but shanti's too big for the cabin so she has to be checked. (peter harrold/pet owner) "it is not the easiest thing, it takes a long time, there's lots of paperwork" starting in march delta will no longer allow larger pets to be checked onto their owner's flights. pets will have to arrive at the airport 3 hours before a flight, be dropped off and picked up at the airline's cargo facility - which may be in a different location than passenger check in, and the pooch could fly on a separate flight- that may arrive at a different time. delta's change follows united which also transports larger dogs as cargo. sue kazlaw-nelson is runs the airline's petsafe program. (sue kazlaw- nelson) "we really have a better equipped facility at cargo, (vo) and we can properly keep the animals in a safe environment and have professi

at reagan national airport, snow teams are working to clear the runways. they likely will not be open today. metro, the mass transit system here, it's service will remain time to clear the tracks. myra: more images from the east coast blizzard. there is so much know that even emergency vehicles cannot get throt stuck in d.c., and firefighters in maryland had to dig out their ladder truck about two hours ago. people are being told to stay off the roads until they can be cleared. the blizzard that battered the east coast brought back memories of superstorm sandy for those in new york and new jersey. >> as the sign says, the travel ban is still in effect until 7:00 sunday morning. thats that stopping every driver, even with the threat. still, drivers on major roadways, far lower than usual. even on long island, the blizzard conditions. >> we have had cars that are rolling over. , total wide-out. nothing visible. conditions like this left a hundred crashes across long island. a 90-year-old man died, doing what so many people did today, blowing snow out of the

c - b - s news correspondent kris van cleave has more from reagan national airport. 3 supers: :47- :56 charisse jones, usa today national business & travel reporter 1:11-1:18 jean medina/airlines for america1:19-1:24 kris van cleave/cbs news/reagan national airport, vatrt - 1:33 pkg(mos)"all these fees get tacked on after the price that's advertised.""i think the airfare's pretty reasonable until they nickel and dime you to death."despite the industry ranking near the bottom when it comes to customer 3 satisfaction, u-s airlines are having no problem finding customers.in just the first three quarters of last year they made almost 18 billion in profit...and during that time were on pace to pass 2014's record of $3.5 billion dollars in bag fees.their planes flew 85% full on average and the steep drop in oil prices helped fuel the big profits. tuesday delta reported a record 4th quarter, and annual income of 5.9 billion dollars. while just days earlier delta and 4 other carriers raised sot//usa today national business & travel reporter)"i think it's very hard for passengers to understand

at reagan national airport, snow teams are working to clear the runways. they likely will not reopen today. metro, the mass transit system here, it's service will remain suspended to give those crews time to clear the tracks. myra: thank you. a lot of talk ahead of the nfc championship. conditions are expected to be than ideal and charlotte today. the panthers practice today outside, in case that could give them an advantage over the cardinals who enjoyed 75 degree weather. both quarterbacks are quick to say that both teams deal with it. and back here in the upstate, kids were out in full swing enjoying the winter snow storm, sky 4 caught these kids yesterday mornng having fun a whole team of letters -- slee dders behind me. here are some pictures you shared with us. what snowfall is not complete without a giraffe? check out this one from player. a panda fan. also, some people here enjoying the snow with their dog. if you have a winter wonderland pictures, we definitely want to share them with us by uploading them to the you local section of our mobile app

brianne: fighting for $15 an hour, the reagan national airport worker marched down independence avenue demand changes for contract employees. the airport workers marching past the martin luther king jr. memorial before blocking traffic near 14th street. continuing dr. king's legacy of the nonviolence civil disobedience. the group supported by the local union that includes baggage handlers and others saying in addition to the wages, they want healthcare. brianne: the other unions are joining in across the country. boston, philadelphia and new york. no arrests were made in d.c. coming up what delicate norton plans to doment brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: not a good day to be outside. i want for a quick to the car and felt like my face would shatter. jonathan: if you're an ice maker you love days like this. doug hill has a check on the chill and when it might warm up or take a turn for the worse. doug: clear skies. very cold temperatures. winds will stay with us throughout the night. with that in mind the national weather service issued wind chill advisory for north and west of wash

the expense -- the tension and anxiety and panic in perspective, live at reaganmwçoÑ national airport. that's reaganational airport. now, i can only surmise they cameras are pointed in the wrong direction where people are scrambling in a parking lot, trying to get to their flights. but we're keeping on top of this panic in the nation's capitol. the epicenter of the storm. enough about that panic attack in washington, dc. joe lien kent on the rush for a port in the storm. >> reporter: this÷dsc&ñ is homet we're inside in downtown manhattan, where a lot of shoppers are coming in to buy the stuff they'll need to dig. thes out of this blizzard. this is the ten dollar shovel, one of the best sellers here. we have ice melt, small shovelsk and downstairs you can get stuff to prevent a flood. that's something that the city of new york is very worried about ahead of this blizzard was of hurricane sandy and the tough experiences there. but the panic it's different at a much higher level in washington, dc, where we would like to somehow you some photos where you can see empty store shelves, showed out bread, eg

reagan national airport, right down here, tied for number four at 17.8. the record, we knew that was not going to happen, 28 inches. the airport1922, was not there. that is when they cap the records west end d.c., just off 24th street. the low pressure moves off to the north and east. moves closere line to was, shifting off to the east. will be to see the snow across the bay, the delmarva, towards philadelphia. now, scattered snow showers remain. not going to amount to a lot. not looking for any additional accumulation, and a lot of what you see right now is blowing snow. that will be the case overnight as we look for drifting to occur. driving right now, not the best idea. hold off until tomorrow, maybe even monday, that would be the best bet. futurecast, everything fizzles out nicely, and the skies begin nice sunrisening a tomorrow, quite beautiful, although with the reflection off the fresh white snow, you will need the sunglasses all day. the wind speed right now, 18 to 20, feels like teens to lower 20's. the next three days, high of 42 monday, 47 tue

faa is restricting unmanned aircraft within a 30 mile radius of reagan national airport. >> cannot fly there, so the only place i can go now is fredericksburg. kellye: the director of a drone service company calls the zone expansion extreme. >> there should be a special system in place whereby you get approval on a case-by-case basis. kellye: the faa is working with organizations to explo options to allow some types of model aircraft to operate in certain parts of the zone. the possibility gives drone owners hope. phillips has no plans of switching to a new hobby. >> i want to continue. i have been in aviation enthusiast my whole life. minehas been a passion of since i was tiny. kellye: kellye lynn, abc 7 news. kimberly: drones have to be registered with the faa. drones weighing a half pound to 55 pounds must be registered. a five dollar fee will be waived for the first month. current owners have until february to complete the registration. each new drone must be registered before the first flight. twitter has changed its policy towards hateful and violent speech, removing anyone who t

all kind of things to look around the horizon on the clear days like this one. 32 at the reagan national airport. winds are light at 3 miles per hour. temperatures around freezing downtown and at the reagan national. even else dropped in the 20's. fredericksburg at 26. 28 in winchester. 29 in hagerstown. 30 in baltimore. forecast for overnight hours is clear and calm and dry and cold. 9 to 21. the range of air temperatures. the winds are calm enough we don't expect the wind chill to drop feels like temperature any lower than that. through the day tomorrow. we have another day filled with sunshine. temperatures are 42 in the afternoon. that is average for early january. for the next seven days check it out to take you through tuesday next week. increasing chances of the clouds and the showers. a morning sprinkle saturday. otherwise sunshine and 53. cloudy. 50 degrees on sunday. 40% chance of rain. sunshine. push of the cold air by beginning. especially the middle of next week. back to you. leon: okay. thank you. more and more you talk the people about the game coming up don't you get the sense th

mark segraves is live at reagan national airport where many protesters work. >> reporter: we're talking about the men and women like the skycaps behind me who help you at the curb at rayieagan nation airport and they work for private companies and many of them tell us that they make so little in their paycheck that they have to work two or three jobs just to survive. >> we demand 15 and a contract! >> reporter: just steps from the martin luther king, jr., memorial. airport workers gathered with politicians calling for better wages and benefits. >> to demand basically that low-wage workers be respected. that they have the ability to earn a living wage and have the kinds of benefits that allow them to have dignity and respect. >> reporter: they're the men and women at reagan national airport who help you with your bags and escort wheelchairs through the airport, clean the airplanes and load the bags. >> many like this man who makes $8 an hour hasn't had a raise in years and they get little or no benefits. >> you haven't had a raise? >> nothing. nothing. not at all. >> reporter: do you hav

including 25 from manassas. 23 in kulbir. 31 at reagan national airport. they are going to drop overnight. we will see a range of nine to 21 degree air temperature tomorrow morning. maybe we will crack 40-degree mark tomorrow. is that part of a trend? we will see. the seven-day outlook coming your way in a few minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. coming up at 6:00 -- in the wake of freddie gray's death, what baltimore is doing to change the look and feel of some of the city's most blighted neighborhood. leon: plus construction dig in old downturns up something very historic. maureen: becoming a military is on your new year esresolution list you're in luck. the powerball jackpot has grown again. we will tell you how much. leon: vacant homes that saw blithing and looting after freddie gray's death and this will be paid for by the city and the state. maureen: the f.b.i. and the alexandria police want your help to find a man who robbed a bank. the surveillance pictures were released today. on east monroe street. the suspect gave the teller a note and left a fake

. >> at reagan national airport a quarter of the flights from cancelled their flights in advance and taxi drivers said they're going to stay off the roads. >> district of columbia declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm and told residents to prepare for the worst. hunker down and shelter in place. >> while it's stopping the plans, they realize they have no choice. >> yes, i'm disappointed but what can i do? you just have to go along with nature and this is winter. >> in washington, mark meredith. >>> and we know, the roads a mess tonight. we hope you plan on staying put. >> it looks like people are doing that, as we go to brianna smith, carefully navigating the roads, how does it look? >>reporter: jason is doing 14 people went to the hospital because of traffic related injuries. we got back on 385 and want to show you this, these roads look like they haven't been treated but the salt trucks have been out here all day. they've been going over these interstates. they're not using salt brian brine. that is because as soon as night falls, that's going to get worse. we're seeing

in the last hour at reagan national and dulles international airport, runways will stay close through tomorrow. unofficial numbers from the national weather service show at least 40 inches of snow have fallen in parts of west virginia, and it's not far from harpers ferry. leon: safford county -- stafford county this afternoon emergency operations talked a father through delivering his baby. a wrapup ofs get what is happening with the weather. meteorologist steve rudin, look at that behind you. steve: this is capitol hill, the visibility really limited at this time. we will see limited visibility through the evening and overnight. even though the snow will come to an end, the gusty wind will low.visibility 27 degrees right now, sustained wind out of the north northwest at 26. that gives us a wind chill factor of only 12 degrees. the we have the snow and blizzard warning, the areas and read until 6:00 tomorrow morning. the areas in pink, that is a winter storm warning until 6:00 in the morning sunday. although these areas will see the blowing and drifting snow, the strong low-pressure l

this was the scene earlier today at reagan national airport as passengers tried to get out ahead of the storm. by midday, the airport was anita: travel on amtrak also being affected. several trains will continue running, but on a modified schedule. the train from virginia to florida has canceled all trips this weekend. passengers should keep a close eye on conditions and check with amtrak before going to the station. the storm is keeping police busy . officers have responded to more than 500 accidents. police have also responded to 400 service calls. a spokesperson says no fatalities have been reported so far. glad to hear that. continue to exercise caution. north carolina can't report the same. there has been at one fatality reported since the storm started moving in this morning. the governor said highway patrol officers have responded to more than 500 accidents and 800 >> coming up -- >> i'm chris horne where rush hour is not what you would expect for a number of reasons. at longhorn steak like this doesn't need anything else. longhorn steaks that sizzle for $12.99. the new smoky bac

side streets remain a big, big problem. 35 degrees at reagan national airport. the temperatures will slowly fall. get this. the past nine days have been below average at the reagan national airport. that has not happened since february 23 through march 3 last year. finally for the day tomorrow, near average. look at the calendar. last month most of the calendar was shaded in yellow. nine days with the below average readings. tomorrow is on the edge of the near average. above average as we move toward the end of the month of january. the wind chill factors are not much of a problem. head outside to walk the dog or shovel the sidewalk. you won't run into the wind chill factor issues. just the air temperature. that is not so bad considering the snow on the ground. with the fresh snow layer we look for a chance of fog to develop later tonight and into the early morning hours. satellite and radar, clouds are moving in. cloud cover will keep temperatures up this evening last night and this morning. now with the clouds in place it will have insulating dome. on the milde

our highs today, 35-degrees at reagan national airport.ulles. 34 at bwi thurgood marshal and of course temperatures well bloo the seasonal average. we are going to see thesee temperatures pretty hang in thee range of the 30s when we move mv into tomorrow and right now that is the same story. but it is dropping rapidly. we have a light within and the e wind was very gusty in the lasts couple of days and producing some wind chills. not the store for tonight. 23 in d.c. 16 in baltimore. only 12-degrees at gaithersburgr this hour, 7-degrees at manassas and 8 at culpeper. 15-degrees at fredericksburg to the south and only 8-degrees in martinsburg. so ridge of high pressure building in we've got that snow pack in place. cold, cold, cold. that's what it is. as our temperatures drop very rapidly tonight into the teens t and the single l digits. as i said at least we don't have the winds to deal with, but it is a very cold night. of course our main problem is the refreeze. r your overnight lowe's then, 50-degrees in the nation's capital, the same a

after we see it's 37 at reagan national airport.tt kelly aboard the international space station snuck this picture from the space station this morning. put the arrow to the u.s. capitol building. if you look north and west you can see the dee bridge and memorial bridge. reagan national. what a great picture. spectacular clear skies and high resolution photo of the capitol before sunrise. hard to see the snow on the ground. probably better if we are not reminded. in the daytime you can see it's in space. 37 in reagan. 37 in fredericksburg. the winds still up there. sustained wind speeds of 20 miles per hour in reagan national. 20 miles per hour at manassas. higher windier areas. the wind speeds will diminish tonight. with the clear skies we will drop 15 to 25 degrees by morning. that means puddles will turn into icy spots overnight. through the day tomorrow, more felting. snowshowers demin niching. high pressure moves jeff head. through the day the winds turn from the south to get to us 46. sunshine. a few clouds. 53 on sunday. next

it's 40 at reagan national airport. looking live at the belle habe country -- belle haven country club. it's 47 in hagerstown. 41 in winchester and leesburg. 37 in annapolis. in the evening hours we will hang on to clear skies for a while but increasing cloudiness overnight. not as cold as the past couple of nights 20. to 30 by morning. the high pressure and the reason we have had beautiful weather push back to new england. that will allow clouds to increase. we will wind up with the day that starts out partly sunny. highs up to 41. we check out the weekend and the chances of rain coming up in a couple of minutes. back to you. >> see you then. alison: today the search is on for a woman who likes her jewels. jonathan: plus, men in shiny suits descending on the area. find out what the air and the space museum was not part of the agenda. >> first, getting to the root of the problem. in the midst of a federal investigation. we are talking to the expert about how and if chipotle can bounce back. jonathan: "7 on your side" co

more than 10,000 flights were cancelled and the runways at dulles and national airport -- reagan national airport were closed. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. laura and good news tonight. : the 25 dowling catholic high school students are finally headed home. todd: they were stranded on a bus in the blizzard for more than 20 hours. the students were coming home from the march for life rally in washington d.c. when their charter bus got stuck near the pennsylvania turnpike. kcci's kim st. onge has the story. kim: dozens of teens, stranded on a bus, with hours of time to kill. kim their crew of 50 left d.c. a : day early, thinking they'd beat the blizzard. an accident near the pennsylvania turnpike backed up traffic, their charter bus couldn't keep up with the snow. >> we are slowly running low on food, which isn't fun and we've completely run out of water so if we want to drink water we have to go outside and fill our water bottle with snow and go back on the bus and wait for it to melt. kim they can't flush the toilet : on the bus so they have to go outside. bruce brown admits he sec

>>jay: the snowfall amount at reagan national airport. >>holly: here is your visionexpress.net traffic cam. lot of snow on i-26 but it looks >>jay: news 13 this now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. everyone. a lot of folks are cooped up inside after the snowstorm, maybe you have not left your neighborhood. give yourself extra time to leave this morning because a lot of roads still look like this. still snow covered even though we did reach above freezing yesterday. we have had so much snow fall it will take a while for all of it to melt. you can see the main roads looking good, but i still saw slick spots even on 26 on my morning commute. leicester carpet sales skycam network, 22 in asheville, you can see the snow is pushed to the sides of the roadways so we will see snow here for quite a while. maybe not on the actual roads, but piled up for sure. our departure now in the positive territory for the year. and temperatures this morning, cold. 21 degrees as cold as we have gotten at the ashville airport. what acr

get started with a look at the conditions right now at reagan national airport. 33egrees. a live shot from the national harbor. look how calm the potomac is. the winds are light. that is good news. not much of a wind chill to deal with at all. something big happens today for those of us who suffer from the disorder where shorter amount of days and the longer nights make us a little crazy. the sun sets at 5:00. that is a big deal. the last time we had a 5:00 sunset was november 9. so it has been slowly building. as we get through the end of january, the sunset will go to 5:28. that is just over the next 26 days. daylight hours are getting longer and get to the point of the end of march. 7:31. that is with the help of the daylight savings time. and then april 30 is 8:00 p.m. big changes coming. but year after year the coldest weather happens the same time that we get the longer daylight hours. that is part of this forecast here. 32 degrees. common numbers from college park to aspen hill to chevy chase. 33 at reagan national. we have clear skies and light wind. the center of

at reagan national airport, enough snow to fill a football field dumped into a massive new snow melter. while the runways were clearing, the parking lots take a lot longer. and without parking spots, passengers and employees can't get inside. >> so these guys are pushing and hauling snow from sunup to sundown. >> going home. >> reporter: after days of empty gates, finally today the runways and ramps were reopening. american alone brought in 41 planes by noon to jump start operations. mariana spent last night on the floor here. >> i was lucky that i was like sleeping on the heater so i wasn't cold. >> reporter: staggering 13,000 flights cancelled

normally we'd be able to show you reagan national airport. the heavy snow from the blizzard is making it hard to see anything. >> let's take you to maryland, this is national hash earp. you can still make out the ferris wheel's lights through the snow. >>> and the capitol is cloaked in white this morning. whereas we mentioned most people are waking up to 12 inches of snow. >> we have proof of it. the coveted pat collins snow stick sitting right there. you can see the line, it is hovering right around one foot and cold out there, too. >> that thing will be busy. >> yes, indeed. >> welcome to the 6:00 hour. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. dominion has 193 customers out and pg & e 194. >> that is one of the many things we're working on for you this morning. we have crews spread across the region this morning from maryland to virginia and the district. >> we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. for those waking up, chuck, it's important for them to note that a blizzard warning remains in effect. we are far from over. >> it is not

airports. at least one runway will be open at both reagan national and dulles international airport.right now both airports closed down still due to the snow. elsewhere in the city, crews are scrambling to move piles and piles of snow and ice. all schools are closed tomorrow in d.c. all government offices including federal governent offices will also be closed. you've got limited bus service and subway service resuming in the morning. our meteorologist jennifer gray joining me now from washington. sort of a slow roll for d.c. to get things back up and running, huh? >> reporter: yeah. you just covered it. i mean, so many things are still going to be closed tomorrow. the streets are still not in tiptop shape as you can imagine. i mean, look at all this snow. we had so much snow that dulles ranked as the second snowiest storm ever recorded. reagan at the fourth. and so a lot of people have never seen snow like this. it's just going to take a while. the plows were out all day long, and most of the major thoroughfares are cleared out for the most part, but a lot of the second daary roads

. >>> right now a live look at reagan national airport. there aren't many delays and cancellations at our airports this morning so far. only one delay at reagan national. at dulles, one delay if a flight to frankfurt and also one delay coming out of bwe m wchlbwi are. it's always best to check your flight before heading out. >>> d.c. snow emergency is officially over and we have the final numbers. it lasted 129 hours. 690 cars and drtrucks were towe. nearly 5500 parking tickets were issued to cars parked on emergency routes. and that added up to nearly $1.4 million in fines. >>> 4:35 right now. and in howard county, at least one person is having a lot of fun with his days off. ♪ ♪ just take those old records off the shelf ♪ >> this is the principal at waterloo elementary school. earlier this week, he drove from his home to check on the school and to give this pretty create i have thank you. >> an opportunity to thank all custodians for coming in during impossible situations so that they could prepare the school for our students. >> now, mar

you can't fly within 15 miles after ronald reagan national airport. drones are subject to f.a.a.ules and some have to be registered. >> army parents forced to pay out of pocket because of major problems with a government funded day care program. see what congress is doing to make sure the issue gets taken care of. >> outside to where it is cold, cold, cold. tom is timing out when things are going to warm up for the rest of your week >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> back at 9:14. there's a hearing with congress to look into problems with a day care program. they will question administrators to find out what fixes have been made to the u.s. army assistance program. it's suppose to help army parents pay their child care bills but the i team recently revealed red tape, late payments and administrators never returning parent's call. they'll hire a contractor to fix the problem and have to answer for those changes on wednesday. >> there's a new battle brewing between new york's attorney general and two fantasy websites. eric schneiderman filed a lawsuit. he wants to force the site

with suitcases in tow, boarding passes on hand, people inside national reagan airport were moving swiftlyearly friday morning, many traveling far away from here away from the storm. tony dorsey is heading to hawaii. how do you feel about get away from it? >> i feel sad -- no, really, i feel glad that i'm getting away from the snow. >> catherine will be spending the weekend in miami. i have my carry-on. >> official, ready. crews are organized, crews prepped and conference calls with the airlines made. since airlines are in charge of cancellations and delays, officials are urging travelers to be in contact. >> i don't want to be get stuck here for ree days. >> and don't forget you can get the latest on traffic conditions, accident reports, flight delays by downloading the free wusa 9 app. >> it is major weather day. and our meteorologists are in the weather center and they are ready to give you the forecast. we have allyson ray and we have topper shutt. who wants to start us off? >> a-ray will start. >> we can hear you. >> and they can. >> okay, i'm here. >> all right. well, allyson, we'll

bumper-to-bumper traffic here at reagan national airport and it is the same situation inside. there are long lines, big crowds and the truth is not a lot of flights. the fact is i caught up with the folks spern for the airport a little earlier today and he explained that here at reagan national there are a total of three runways. only one of those has been plowed and at dulles they have a total of four runways but only ones of those has been plowed as well. they are trying to work on clearing a second runway there but they're just not there yet and that's the reason that they're having additional delays and cancelations and that's compounding on top of all the cancelations they had over the weekend because the airports were completely shut down because of this storm. again we did talk to a spokesperson who explained what they're up against as they try to get things back to normal. >> right now one of the things that our team is doing is melting that snow just so we could get rid of it. we got almost 2 feet of snow at reagan, over 2 feet of snow at dulles. we have a lot of snow

should find alternate plans because, again, those airport operations could shut down at airports like reagan national. we've spoke with passengers, but more importantly spoke with the airport spokesperson about how they're preparing for what will be a record breaking storm. >> i think that it could be, you know, disastrous for a lot of people trying to get out of town. i know if you look at the lines i'm not the only one who is trying to get out a little bit early. >> reporter: what's happening behind the scenes at an airport like this one? >> well, right now we're preparing for the winter storm. we're checking our chemical levels, our equipment and also calling in our snow removal teams so that wooe prepared to clear the runways and roadways. >> reporter: okay. so the key question right now is if you are flying, you know, what does this mean for my flight. right now i can tell you we are still seeing flights leaving, they're also landing at airports. so today isn't really the problem. if you have a flight first thing in the morning, you may be okay. any time after that, that's where you're going to

a live report from reagan national airport in d.c. next. grant johnston joins us from kxsa in dallas ft. worth with the latest. how bad is it going to be? >> travel is going to be very difficult if not impossible in all of these locations. the pink represents a winter storm warning. it's been snowing most of the night in little rock and memphis. that will spread toward nashville and even atlanta could see snow. changes to a blizzard warning tonight and tomorrow. washington d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, new york city could see anywhere from 2 to 3 feet of snow in that blizzard warning. so the snow comes out of arkansas and pushing up into the mid-atlantic. late tonight and tomorrow. you can see across the country. more wet weather moving on shore in the west coast cold and sunny in the central plains. temperatures will be on the cold side to the north and to the east especially. more on worldwide exchange coming up right after this. oppo where self-proclaimed financial superstars pitch you investment opportunities. i've got a fantastic deal

. >> trey is a baggage handler at reagan national airport and says he lives with a roommate because he't afford respect by himself. >> they have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet. not only are they asking for more money, but more benefits as well. >> i fight for my friends. and my friends in different companies. >> those who support plan to take action on the hill. >> next week i will be requesting a hearing on the disregard and the abuse by airlines and the airports. of the passengers and their workers. brianne: today's protest was part of a large scale civil disobedience demonstration across nine cities including new york and boston. cities are some protesters were arrested. in southwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen: a concert that was supposed to celebrate peace ends in fear and violence. three people were shot shortly after a concert at the state theater on north washington street. police say the violence began with a fight at the scarface concert and ended when someone opened fire into a crowd a block away. three people were hurt but will survive. polic

reagan national airport had enough snow to fill a football field. >> these guys are pushing and hauling snow from sun up to sun down. >> at jfk in new york, managers say it's their biggest recovery effort since hurricane sandy in 2012. airlines are reporting it's going to take days to coordinate getting people to their final destination. >> enough snow to fill up a football field. wow. >>> several whales found dead on the beach in the neglecter scientists believe they were looking for food and then became disoriented. >>> and a bus plows through a shop in rhode island and this morning the driver is seriously hurt. look at the damage. police say four people were on the bus at the time when it crashed through the shop. two of the passengers were also hurt. the two workers inside survived. >>> time right now 4:15. and this morning, eight is on your side as you get ready for the gasparilla distance classic. for those planning to run, you're most likely dealing with some sore muscles. >> they hurt so much. this is common. but did you know you can improve your run, like a golf swing, to preve