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yvette joins us from richmond. >> reporter: it's been a messy day today. full of heavy rain and a lot of sleet in the metro richmond area vdot crews have been working around the clock all week and spraying the roads with a salt and sand mixture trying to plow that mess away. the problem is, the heavy rain is washing away this sand mixture. more quickly resulting in dangerous driving conditions. reply say since friday there have been two storm-related deaths so far and plenty more accidents. there are cars here stuck on sides of the roads and ditches. schools remainlosed today, as well as many businesses in the area. one industry that is booming with a lot of work right now is the towing companies. they are benefitting from all of this. here live, the snow is falling. you can feel the wind out here. people are taking it very slow on the roadways. you can't imagine anybody wanting to get out tonight. back to you. >> all right. thanks. >>> richmond has had its share of winter weather down there as well as up here. a number of people talking about snow fatigue

richmond is playing tonight. dayton, though, seventh right now, 18-8 overall, 7-five with a win and they can get even with rhode island. >> there is not a lot of separation with three losses; however, if dayton can get the win, they going to give st. louis a run. >> >> tom: 45-41. what do you do if you're dayton here? >> john: going to have to put temple on the foul line and hope they miss. >> tom: the team just did that brooks is fouled by johnson, his third. johnson's third the two shot foul now. >> john: even if temple makes two free-throws, you will have to trade two-for-3. >> tom: brooks with the first one, the five-point game and two-possession ball game, with 37 secs left. >> john: this was important for dayton and they offset the two- game road losing skid. >> tom: lowery stumbles and loses control. guzman and the open floor! gets the roll off the side of the rim! 28-41, 24 secs to play. a couple of costly turnovers for dayton the last few minutes and that is no good for wright and lowery and lavoy allen.

this trucker had only a short trip from richmond.en to the fairfax hospital and hopes to get back to richmond before the snow starts to pile up. >> traffic has been pretty good. the roads, they're not -- they're doing pretty good also. i haven't seen any of the salt trucks yet. the temperature is staying above freezing. but i'm surprised there's as much traffic as there is out here. >> that was a littleÑi bitÑiÑiñ) today. not so bad out !here on Ñii-95. starting to get worse right nowi jz their minds tonight, but tyson'sÑi corner center, stl open. some stores, though, will be closing early. so the mall advises anyone heading out this way to check ahead. now we'll head out to pat collins and his superiorÑiÑiçó r yardstick inÑiÑiñr gaithersburg >>ñr julie, remember this time this Ñiday. 4:00 on this february 5th becauseçó that's when it began change. the snow's intensity has picked up here. the winds increased. the temperatures dropping. at 3:00, no gloves. 4:00, gloves. at 3:00, that wet sidewalk i showed you is now beginning to ice u

a piece of energy comes across and you can track this through charlottesville and richmond and now approaching parts of even norfolk may get a little snow out of this. around here it has been snowing to beat the band. a little lighter across northern virginia but impressive. won't be surprised if there is lightning and topper shutt has made it in to the building. >> another cry tear a ya is a quarter mile but on the way in it was almost zero in spots. if you get disoriented put your hazards on but really stay home. this is worse in terms of visibility than the last storm. look at doppler 9000 and then go to the computer. some heavier bands of snow and these have been wrapping around the storm. i'm going to zoom in. inside the beltway and just north of town, around bethesda and chevy chase, around east- west highway, very heavy banding. around silver spring and chevy chase, out river road. here's the east-west highway. very heavy snow there and also on the beltway from greenbelt down to lanham and over to fedex field. we have no shortage of snow, but as howard mentioned last night the signature

richmond over gw74-70. howard falls to florida 72-67. >>> we need a tv time-out but when we come back, the wizards try to do something they haven't done all season. we'll be right back. coi'suwo t >>> welcome back. it's been impossible for the wizards to string together three straight wins this season. to in a row is the best they've done. raptors playing without their center. second half, the wizards down four. jack drives but stripped by andre blatche. the 6'11" forward looking graceful on in dunk. he scored 14 in the third quarter. fourth quarter the wiz take the lead early. boykin the smallest guy out there, he spins, drives. the wiz took a 10-point lea with less than 8 minutes left. with 2:25 on the clock the wizards looking to go ahead. but instead the raptors go the other way. a no look pass to antawn. wizards still in search of the three-game winning streak. they're beaten by the raptors 109-104. >>> the accenture match play, garcia in the cacti. number 12. it's never good when your ball goes backw

you can tell your friend in richmond, virginia about this. >> i would not recommend driving up from richmond at this point because the i-95 corridor is not shut down but greatly compromised you don't know if the plows have hit a particular stretch of road. so i would not chance t and speaking of nine 5rbgs northbound 95 past white marsh boulevard we have an accident blocking three lanes of traffic. i will let you know what this incident is. also 95 southbound -- 97 south past the boulevard a disabled vehicle blocking the lanes. people on the roadways getting stuck. unless you have really good tires, four-by-fours and four- wheel drives don't chance t you don't know what roads have been hit already and what roads have not. between owensville road and suddenly, the southbound closed because of an accident. northbound on the jfx we have a crash on ruxton road. light volume. not as many people on the roads that is good news. the government is closed and baltimore city having a furlough day. but the volume that we have out there, people really need to keep their speeds down and drive safe and dri

this may be a little bit of sleet, northern neck and near richmond over to charlottesville.shenandoah valley and up to the panhandle of west virginia. most of it is not reaching the ground. temperatures are below freezing except near the chesapeake bay and right in washington. elsewhere in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. and we have a large area that is under a winter storm warning, it includes all of virginia, and all of maryland, the district of columbia and the eastern shore. southeast virginia is the only area that's not under any warnings. all rain there. but a blizzard warning north of there for parts of the eastern shore into southern new jersey they will have some very strong winds from this storm that could cause some significant drifting of the snow there. look at all this precipitation streaming in off the gulf of mexico. this is going to be coming up our way as we go forward over the next 48 hours. primary area of low pressure will begin to form and deepen over the carolinas by 8:00 this evening and by then we'll begin to see the snow picking up in intensity an

richmond at the freezing mark. broad area under a winter storm warning.nties in pink, all of maryland, including the district of columbia. those counties in red on the eastern shore, blizzard warnings. yes, 3, 4-foot drifts are possible with the strong winds coming in off the atlantic as a powerful low pressure system will deep sken and lower as tim goes by this area of low pressure is barely beginning to take shape now over northern georgia. this is going to be the main low pressure system. we have a secondary low over the tennessee valley that will begin to just dissipate. but this will be the main low. and by 8:00 tomorrow morning, we will have some really strong winds coming in off of the atlantic, bringing in more moisture as well as winds gusting over 40 miles an hour, especially here right around the bay and the eastern shore. thankfully, the winds will diminish right around washington and points west. so we're not going to have those strong winds, but this storm system, as it pulls away, will still have some snow behind it during the afternoon on

beth cunningham in her 7th year in charge of richmond. >> christie: these she's done a tremendous job with the rams. >> john: now it's time for our keys to the game. >> christie: the key for vcu. if they can get defensive pressure. they had three double figure scores all season long. james needs control the board. james madison is out rebounding 6 per game. they need scorer and sore score often. guards have been a huge part of the offensive success for the dukes. >> john: we are just about set to go. and again, vcu. and james madison two games in the loss column. waller will bring it up. >> christie: jimenezz inside. early on defense. >> john: and they get it. >> christie: that was rather easy. one-on-one isolate isolation down in the lane. she's not going to miss any of those. >> john: jimenez one of the back door play and well l defended by waller. moss moss again. the lady rams. >> christie: from the outside to 12 feet. it's easy for her. vcu and a man-to-man. play payclose attention to dawn evans. >> john: shot clock number 10, williams. on the attack and a nice inside, jimenez fi

you can see south of richmond form of rain.areas south of richmond, they have tornado watches issued for parts of eastern portions of the carolinas, with severe weather down there. and we are seeing it in the form of snow. one area of low pressure sitting southwest of us. talking about this low wrapping in the moisture coming up out of the south. running into the cold air. and second low converges with that over the atlantic and bring in more precipitation. with all the heavy snow coming down, we could see one to 3 inches an hour. called thunder snow that we could experience tonight with heavy snow, with lightning and hearing rumbles of thunder. do not be surprised if you hear the rumble overnight into the morning, with the thunder snow possible. dealing also with winds. winds pick up out of the east anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour gusting to 40 at times. because of that, that will make the situation worse. we have blizzard warnings stretching all across the western portions of the chesapeake bay. and eastern shore over t

it sells out. >> by the way, i can't believe richmond got canceled after the four times we pimped it. >> it was literally over a foot of snow. i didn't want anybody to get hurt. safety is the number one. >> i think i read that in one of the books. >> yes, well i'm working on it. >> do you have any reading suggestions for this week? >> sure as a matter of fact. i have a diarien truey in the daily caller and i have a column in the daily news on wednesday. you can check it out. >> we gotta go. >> andy, thank you very much. sorry to rush you. bill shultz you disgust me. ellis, a pleasure, jim norton,

boom -- richmond just exploding there. and going over to live doppler 9,000 hd.and it's starting to come down. and really think our reporters in the field are going to notice it. let's take a picture. here is one of the shots outside. wisconsin avenue, you can start to see the wind blowing around there and what was a pretty clean road just a few hours ago is now snow-covered. and now back to the doppler live 9,000 hd. and back to snow and freezing rain. it's moving north, northwest and some of the heaviest snow, two areas, one out in the bay, coming toward anne arundel county and then here in fairfax and to loudoun counties right now, it is snowing to beat the band. probably 2 inches an hour from vienna toward reston and ashburn f. we see lightning and thunder develop that wouldn't surprise me. and even into howard county, showing you this heavy, heavy snow around clarksville. across 29, moving to the west, northwest and even out of sandy spring. and let's go out to devon lucie who has been tracking the storm with me. >> reporter: the winds have started to pick u

on the road in richmond, va., he targets rundown neighborhoods that offer fast food, not fresh produce. >> they are addictive to the pet food. first, you have to wean them off that before you can start giving them the good stuff. this goes along way. this will feel a lot people. >> ok. >> let me tell you how to cook it. >> ok. >> i went to the market and the food was terrible. i need to get some free for my kids. i am loving this. i am going to come back. >> come inside. check it out. >> ebt means food stamps, now hoping to feed one in four americans. >> it is all choice. some of this stuff may be higher thn what people can pay. then they have to eliminate something else, like cigarettes or lottery tickets or candy. >> he is also relying on regulation drive for miles to drop by. he puts up-to-the-minute postings on social networking sites. >> it is a better way to get customers. >> its is an all-around experience as he gives out advice, talks about health, and focuses on the basics of family nutrition. but cannot become the american way of life? back in washington, we met a group of pe

a wider view, the snow is coming down from roanoke, north of richmond, west virginia, high elevationspittsburgh, your snow soon will intensify. latest projections. we got these in 1 1/2 hours ago.

las vegas canceled his famous show tonight to go before law makers in richmond. talking about wayne newton, of course. he testified before a virginia house of delegates committee on behalf of his tribe. he asked for official recognition of the tribe from the commonwealth. newton's visit paid off. the committee voted unanimously to recognize the tribe. newton was born in virginia but moved out of state when he was >>> a symbol of blight in one detroit neighborhood is being turned into something beautiful thanks to the work of a couple of artists. two men have been spraying water on an abandoned home at night allowing it to freeze. they created ice house detroit to d

lost to both richmond and south alabama. beat nc state and south carolina on the heroics then, lost to tennessee and beat alabama. so very, very tight games in sec for florida and would expect the same in this game there. is mr. parseons. make a 75 foot shot to beat sc state. he had a heroic game this year. >> same starting five on the floor from florida. and there they need to get going. walker, florida taking a mississippi state basketball. and there is is a teerjs making it in a row. hits, ouch. >> that is the way you alpine them. and this is to get 24 down. and there is a block just inside. gets the role. over tyus. good answer from the sophomore from north carolina. >> he has that nature, no doubt about it. fox demonstrate that had numerous times this season. almost got them to win at vandy the other night. free throw jumper may have been lost. it's going to be misstate basketball. great basketball. the ball went out of bounds. it's mississippi state basketball. >> there is another ball loose along the base line. >> wha

if you have garage pick up, wait until next week because your garbage will end up in richmond. >> that's the minor problems when you think of the branches and trees and power outages and i expect more as the morning progresses and snow. we will throw that in for friends north and east. let's talk about the wind gusts. some are up on the weather computer. some peak wind gusts in to early this morning -- the next three days, very windy and some snow this morning, especially north and east of washington. tomorrow 43, breezy. could be flurries tomorrow night. sunday we are back with 45. a much better day by sunday. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast very windy with snow showers north and east of washington. 25 to 32. sunrise 6:45. wind chill is a big factor this morning. in the teens in most areas. the wind warning until 6:00 with snow showers this afternoon. gusts 4 -- 40 to 60 miles an hour. in the mid-30s with west winds 15 to 35. a few flurries are possible and 25 to 30. the mountains. the latest wind gust, upper 30s, dover, philly, georgetown 43. and out to the west, oakland and garre

above freezing richmond, norfolk and even charleston, west virginia. there's not a tremendous amount of arctic air in place. what we are watching right now is mostly cloudy skies. what you see here is mostly in the form of virga. this is the main line here. once it gets in, i was talking with aleen gabey a moment ago about this, it will start coming fast. it begins between 10:00 and 2:00. once it begins, within an hour or two, it will be coming fast. make sure you don't get stuck in it or trying to get home once it begins because we've got a large storm to begin with and this extends through the gulf coast. severe weather in terms of wind and maybe hail and twisters today. heavy snow back toward the north and west. the time line here, we're looking at the heavy stuff to move in, in the afternoon. by 8:00, we'll deal with mostly sleet across central maryland. if it stays snow across the pa line back west, you'll have substantially higher amounts of snowfall. we'll all go back to snow tomorrow morning. the heaviest stuff starts falling between midnight a

the snow is changing over to rein in richmond. that area of rain is creeping northward. we have to keep an eye on that this evening. if we get any sleep mixed in with the snow, -- if we get any sleet mixed in with the snow, it could affect our snow totals. here's tom with more information on this story. >> you can see two areas of low pressure heading back to us. one is from the ohio valley and the other is the main storm hion the south carolina coast. the rain is pushing up into parts of southern maryland at 9:00 p.m. tonight. then the cold comes back in from the north and west. there is a surge of precipitation and then pushes back down to the south. areas north and west of the bay bridge have primarily snow and it it could be quite heavy at times. it could linger into saturday afternoon before the system pulls off the coast. it looks like the main feature will be snow, heavy at times, late tonight and early tomorrow morning. the forecast will take that into account. the theory is that state also could go as much as two feet. -- the areas that stay all snow could go as

the northern half of the is snow, north of richmond, right up to baltimore and pennsylvania -- the northern half of this is snow. there is quite a bit of rain. in the western part of west virginia, kentucky and tennessee and all of north carolina, and that rain/snow line has been edging up a little bit north toward the past couple of hours, but it seems to have stabilized a little bit. maybe a little rain gets into our southern portions of our viewing area. that is what we will be watching, and tom hassett estimates about where we may go with this storm. >> -- and tom has some estimates. >> this will be critical for a good part of the day. so far, many areas have been above freezing. we are getting some reports in the higher terrains. these are starting to drop back into the 20's. 33 in randall's down. -- rentals rebel towone town. this is still hovering within a degree or two of freezing. high pressure to our north. this double -- and hovering within a degree or two of freezing. these will merge and become one major storm, just east of norfolk tomorrow morning. as this one strengthens, tha

richmond, shenandoah valley regional airport only 24. gusting to 36. with a lot of snow flying in garrett county. a ton of snow in the mountains out west. the latest wind gusts down to 39 at dulles. 52 winchester, martinsburg 44. a lot of gusts earlier in grant county, west virginia to 67 miles an hour and not only do we have the wind but we have some snow. this is a monster. some heavy snow on the backside long island to connecticut but in pennsylvania moderate to heavy snow at times and some of that has come down toward maryland. go to live doppler doppler hd and see the bands in northeastern maryland and to the north and east here. take you to the columbia region and howard county, coming out of mount airy and southern carroll county. moderate snow over to bwi. here's 695. this is route 1. watch out there for maybe some slippery spots along with the blowing of the snow around. elsewhere things are fairly quiet, even a few flurries made it across anne arundel and calvert county and across the bay. let's go look at the computer and talk about the seve

on the road in richmond, virginia, he targets the city's rundown neighborhoods got off a fast food, not fresh produce. >> they are addicted to the bad food. first, you have to wean them of that before you can start feeding and the good stuff. this goes a long way. this will be a lot of people. ok? i am going to tell you how to cook it. >> i went to the store, and the effort was terrible. i was like, "i have to get some sort for my kids -- some fruit , kids." so i am letting it. that we take cash, check, or edt. >> food stands, now helping to feed one in 10 americans. in an economy where fresh food is not always the cheapest option. >> it is all choice. some stock in here might be high, but i have to eliminate something else like cigarettes or lottery tickets or candy. >> market is also relying on regulars who drive 4 miles to drop by as he sends out up-to- the-minute postings on websites like facebook or twitter or twittermark -- mark is also relying on regular is to drive miles to drop by as he sends out up-to-the-minute postings on web sites like facebook or twitter. can that kind of

you can see the rain/snow line around richmond where they saw more rain. in fact, the heavy snow amounts solicited to the north, where northern virginia and sterling and ruston. germantown and back through western portions of maryland, including baltimore city to d.c.. so a lot of heavy snow wrapping in with the system. and looking at the bigger picture. the storm is stretching back over the midwest. and involving folks back there in ohio. as well as indiana. double o wrap through the area bringing the moisture into cold air. and we could get rumbles of thunder tonight. do not be surprised. with heavy snow. we could have lightning in the clouds. and we will continue to see that one to 3-inch an hour, as we go through the overnight. not only dealing with that. but heavy gusty winds. looking at winds right now at 24 miles per hour in baltimore. 22 dc. dover at 21. gusting in the 30s. that's why we have blizzard like conditions out there right now. i tell you, do not go out there if you don't have to. with the latest watches and warnings. here is meteorologis

culpeper and luray and charlottesville and richmond reporting snow. show you on live doppler hd. we have been watching that little hole around washington. we see that first widen out and then it gets smaller and smaller as the snow levels drop because the initial snow is not reaching the ground. the blue line is where it is snowing south of the line and i have drawn it too far south. we know it is in culpeper. maybe like this area to the south of the fredericksburg region and this is slowly moving to the northeast. i think by 10:00 it could be snowing here in dc, seeing the first flake and this afternoon things will go downhill. show you the wideer picture. moderate to heavy snow. portions of southwestern virginia up to roanoke and blacksburg getting in to charlottesville now and all of that moisture is heading our way. temperatures are right now probably about as warm as they will be all day. we will see temperatures dropping off especially this afternoon. i expect several inches of snow on the ground by dark. so if you can get out of work early, 11:00, 12:00 head home that's wh

. >>> a dangerous scene at the richmond, virginia, city hall. ice and snow crashing down from the roof into a glass canopy. a similar scare happened in december. the city says they will now install a rooftop heating system to melt all of that ice. >>> now here's a look at your wednesday weather. drenching downpours in arizona, texas, and louisiana. heavy mountain snow in the southern rockies. rain and mountain snow from northern california to seattle. snow ends early in the northeast but it is on and off around the great lakes. >> 30s from omaha to detroit. 24 in the twin cities. 37 in new york. 55 in atlanta. 75 in miami. 40s in boise, salt lake city, colorado springs. sacramento is 55. that ice falling off buildings is scary. i remember signs in chicago and new york saying, watch out for falling ice. freaky. >> sad that it happened twice in the same place, too. >>> a beloved pet is finally back home with his family after a harrowing ordeal in california. >> nearly two weeks ago, spiky the german shepherd, the one plucked from the l.a. river in

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why do they think that by producing 20% in richmond, why do they think -- 20% and richmond, why do theyave been bonilla -- 20% enrichment, why do they think that what happened? we have no enrichment. they should listen carefully that we are not a liar and a coward like you. you know that the activity going on is not the path of manufacturing of bomb. if you do not know, you should hire honest and skilled scientists and experts to explain what is being done. it is not the path for manufacturing of bombed very good all of our activity is transparent -- it is not the path for manufacturing obama. all of our activity is transferred -- mfg. a bomb. all of our activity is transparent. those worried about the future and think the nation needs a nuclear bomb. i want to draw your attention to the point that they should know our nation is so courageous that in case it intends to make a nuclear bomb, it will openly announce and make the bomb with no fear. when we say we do not manufacture a bomb, we mean it. we do not manufacture a bomb. we do not believe in it, but if we want to manufacture it, i

why do they think that by producing 20% in richmond, why do they think -- 20% and richmond, why do they think that would have been bonilla -- 20% enrichment, why do they think that what happened? we have no enrichment. they should listen carefully that we are not a liar and a coward like neyou. you know that the activity going on is not the path of manufacturing of bomb. if you do not know, you should hire honest and skilled scientists and experts to explain what is being done. it is not the path for manufacturing of bombed very good all of our activity is transparent -- it is not the path for manufacturing obama. all of our activity is transferred -- mfg. a bomb. all of our activity is transparent. those worried about the future nuclear bomb. i want to draw your attention to the point that they should know our nation is so courageous that in case it intends to make a nuclear bomb, it will openly announce and make the bomb with no fear. when we say we do not manufacture a bomb, we mean it. we do not believe in it, but if we want to manufacture it, if you think the nuclear bomb can save

. >> christy: welcome back to richmond, virginia. james madison up 50-31 with 11:55 seconds remaining in the 2nd half. you have to take a look at how james madison has been getting it done. williams the three. same spot, different player, hamner the three as well. james madison doing it without dawn evans who was injured early on in the 1st half after scoring just 5 points. the junior averaging 27.5 points. the team has stepped up. >> john: you don't have to hit a lot of threes. but they hit three tonight. it keeps you honest. >> christy: it does keep you honest. when you have the shooter spot it up you have to contest those shooters or they will knock them down. vcu a 3-2 zone. carrying there and battling offensively. >> john: the attack pulls up. rebound from moss for the rams. patterson. threw it away. fortunately moss was there. and moss will shoot, too. >> christy: vcu even on the break they look disjointed offensively. they can't find themselves at good angles with passes. moss as a senior we have seen her do it before. >> john

host: next caller from richmond, virginia. welcome to the program. gonchingse i was very disturbed by your comment. tim kaine was a much better governor than you were. we've had a lot on the policies and i just don't get it. i don't understand why you support privatization of abc when that's the only revenue-producing agency in the state. so please explain yourself. thank you. guest: well, the only question you've asked me to explain is the abc privatization. my suggestion was that pursuit to a study that was asked for by governor mark warner, we put in a study that showed that we could achieve several millions and hundreds of millions of dollars if the state got out of the lick err business and privatized it and that was the study. the governor said he thought the study was excellent. he legislature at this time has shot it down in the first sections. as you know, governor cain as we left the state with several billion dollars of a shortfall and he had suggested that that would be limited by personal income tax increase of over $1 billion and the le

undermind that poll circumstances every year for the next four years, we are going to be down in richmondut the fairness of the policy exist the formula. so i think it sets a horrible precedent for the governor had he allows it to stand. >> we look forward to updates on the future of the legislation. >> absolutely. happy to do it. >> thank you for joining us. be careful in the snow. >> there do. >> he's from minnesota. he can handle it. >> i grew up with lake effect snow and i'm tired already. >>> toyota's troubles get getting bigger and bigger. the latest news when we come back. >>> and we're going to go out live to no washington red skins science center -- live to noah science center. a new exhibit that shows you how they predict the weather. details from the experts when fox 5 morning news continues. 8:23.  bacon? gotta get that bacon! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! (child laughing) where is it? where is the bacon? tv anchor: bacon popular, story at 11. yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip? me! i'd get it my

host: richmond, va., go ahead.caller: this has been correct since the 1960's. -- corrupt since the 1960's. . >> i'm going to receive criticism from people that believe guest: this is something not new, the dollar weakening. host: this is a jump from the article we referred to early quarter. they write "fearful investors have started wondering if richer countries should be forced to bail out their poorer cousins. an outcome that would have repercussions for europe and financial markets worldwide." is there a proposal put forward to help out smaller, less affluent countries? guest: there is speculation. i will note yesterday in the stock market, we had a big down day on thursday in the stock market. the day yesterday began with a pretty bad day as well. in the final hour of trading, things came back. and one of the things we heard from a lot of people was that the reason that the stock market clawed back all of its losses it had earlier in the day was there was speculation europe would come out with an announcement t

we are at freezing right now and in retch monday and roanoke, they have light -- in roanoke and richmondrgy. not in maryland at least but back towards virginia, that is the stuff moving in our direction and give it a feó  hours. we should have it moving through central maryland and extend all the way to the deep south and combining forces. and low pressure that will merge. and that's where the big mess happens. and the computer model. and definitely pulls it in and it is coming down real heavy. do we have the heavy snow. and do we have a snow sleet combination. what ever we have. it is going to be heavy. on through tomorrow morning. if we get more sleet that will cut down. and overall the liquid content of the storm is close to 2 inches and it is heavy. when precipitation is included. and it will be heavy. and pull out by saturday evening. we expect to have it move in by early çafternoon. and 36 degrees and snow sleet mixture and moving in after the start through the evening. and that could cut down on the snowfall tolls. going through tonight. and drop back to 28 degrees and even thou

charlottesville, richmond. they may see the snow by 7:00, 8:00. we will watch as it advances from the south. most areas this morning are still on the relatively mild side. in the lower 30s with the temperature at national at 35. the winds are calm and the barometer is falling. low pressure is heading this way and 30.30. this should make the top ten easily. near blizzard conditions at times and some mixing south and east. around the house. mark the down spouts where the drain is. mark the fire hydrants. mark the storm drains. hopefully we won't need that. keep it free of snow. a lot of energy south. look at the moisture flowing in from the gulf of mexico. upper energy back here you can follow it is moving east and ganging up on us. by the end of the day, high pressure and cold air and we expect a lot of cold air. here's the accumulation map. the folks down south have been inching. totals may be below a foot in reedville. they are that's our best guess. tomorrow's high 3 # 29, sunday 32. we will watch what will happen on tuesday and wednesday. hopef

not so bad south fredericksburg to richmond but winchester, hagerstown, oakland 40 plus. 40 here in town with, zooming in 46 at dulles. 55 on the wind gusts in the martinsburg area and andrews air force base is gusting to 44 miles an hour. beside the winds a little wintry weather and snow in the northern and eastern suburbs. the winter weather advisory until the noon hour. as we look at the bigger picture you can see the snow rotating around the low pressure here. coming in to pennsylvania. johnstown is reporting heavy snow. and getting close to us. show you what is happening. see the dark blue area around the baltimore region extending in to carroll and howard county. this is moderate snow band down there. this is in anne arundel county through annapolis and davidsonville over to bowie and prince georges county, as well. upper montgomery county to frederick county, parts of carroll and western howard we are looking at lighter flurries but eastern carroll and howard county mild snow going on. upper 20s and low 30s. 32 manassas. 29 martinsburg. 32 dulles. 28 in gaithersbur

outside of d.c., and as between washington and richmond, i have my preference.o be with y'all today and especially on this topic. i'm a big believer in freedom and i am a tremendous critic of what the governments at each level have done in recent years that has snuffed out a good bit of that freedom. you heard from congressman cantor, he talked a hot for instance about the stimulus bill and how spending grows the beast that crushes the freedom and i will tell you that i start with a premise that i'm sure many of you share. you can grow an economic pie with good government policies. but you cannot grow or shrink the freedom pie. and there are only two slices. government and the citizens. and every time you increase the spending, you increase the taxes, you increase the regulation, that government imposes, you increase their slice of the pie, and it only comes from one place. and that's you, and me. it comes from the freedom of the citizens of this country being shrunk at the same time. i agree with mark mix, freedom works. freedom works. it is the best system of

all trains from here to richmond and new port news are cancelled except the one that leaves at 7:30 thisning. and trains between here and lynchburg are cancelled as well as the trains to savannah, georgia. the train to chicago will terminate in huntington, west virginia. >>> power crews will be out ready to deal with downed lines or outages. a spokeswoman from virginia told 9 news now what the power company needs from its customers. >> reporter: one is to be prepared and the other is to make sure, to notify us if they are without power. often times people assume that we know, but in fact that is not the case. >> for any power-related issues here's the numbers to call. for dominion it is 800-667- 3000. call pepco at 877-pepco-62 and the number for bge is 800-685- 0123. those numbers are on our website. we will have every angle of the storm covered for you and we will be here all morning long and we will have you covered this afternoon beginning on a special edition of 9 news now at noon. and tomorrow our extended coverage begins at 6:00. join us on sunday morning as well before the super

snow across south western virginia, richmond is starting to see snow fall. and then down to the south, that's where where the area of low pressure is. it's pushing all of this to the east, northeast. there have been thunderstorms earlier this morning across alabama, georgia and florida. and and now they are seeing heavy rain there. this continues to push off to the east there. is what we call a future cast. a model that projects what we expect to see. there you see snow pushing into the area, by this afternoon. tucker said by noon you will start seeing that. it last all night and into the day tomorrow. the heaviest snow fall period we believe will be tonight into early tomorrow morning with snow falling at a rate of up to 2 cxsgconnum2 inches an hour. and by late saturday, begins to clear out. sunday looks clear. monday clear. snow developing, not too long from now. daytime accumulation 3-rbgs to 5 inches today. 35degrees during the morning hours and now up to 36 as tucker said. the temperatures drop off starting when the snow starts. winter storm warning in

there is a number of areas of snow and different types of snow and snow in the richmond and delmarvareas and different from what is in d.c. and baltimore. it depends what is in the atmosphere above you. there is a lot of rain to the southeast, but as the storm heads to the northeast, that is where the storm develops into the mid-atlantic states i will call it, where we talk about near the carolinas, you will get north of that line, and that is where it is all going to turn into snow. it starts tomorrow night. d.c. and baltimore could be well into the one-foot category. the good news, it is friday night and people hopefully will go home and stay home and we are hearing some of the bakeries are working overtime to put it on the bread back on the shelves, because the bread is completely gone. >> so one thing that you do is to track things "off of the radar" and you came up with one kn nexted to storm. >> yes, connected to a lot of storms we have had. i put the numbers together. maryland d.o.t. statewide has spent 46 million and budgeted 29 million. philadelphia hoped for the best and th

i think i'm going to richmond. >> i'm looking forward to that one, chris. thank you. >>> you can catch chris at 9:00, he will talk to john kyle and john menendez, congressman paul ryan and dale earnhardt junior. >>> president obama is getting his first physical exam as commander in chief today. being done at the national naval medical center in bethesda. he left around 7:00 this morning. the exam is sd to be just routine. the president got a clean bill of health during his last check up. >>> some of the most telling images of the aftermath in chile are pouring in from the websites we use every day. how social media is really telling the story of the chilean earthquake. >> talk about a close call, two planes collide on the runway at reagan. how did that happen?  in times like these, we need to give businesses all the tools they need to succeed. it's the only way to grow our economy. broadband investment and innovation provide companies new ways to start, grow and create new jobs. even in these tough times, broadband companies are investing hundred

that was marie from richmond, virginia.lmost all of the coverage of the health care summit. you may have missed it. well, you can watch it for yourself tomorrow starting at 10:30 in the morning on espn and that's -- c-span. couple of stories from the papers. this is from the politicses in the nation. washington "the washington post." inquiry saw carrie johnson writing that lost e-mails are of concern covering of critical period in 2002 when the justice department attorneys labors under heavy pressure -- host: that's from "the washington post." this is about the house ethics committee sorry. two of the lawmakers a democrat from indiana and a republican from kansas may have tacitly tied request for campaign donations to earmark requests in violation of house rules after couple of columns are mentioned and cleared by the ethics committee friday. -- host: canyon lake of texas. sophie talking about bipartisanship-and-luce advising of the president forego that and shoot for the moon. caller: hi, cillian's my name. host: cillian,

so, south of d.c., north of richmond, it's just going to be slop.there will be snowflakes in the air, but it will not pile up. north of d.c. it piles up, and then you get north of d.c. from, oh, i don't know, fredericksburg and up to baltimore and allentown and beth le thlehembe philadelphia, and it won't get that far to d.c., but some spots 20 inches of snow, thank goodness it's on a saturday. don't want to get stuck out there. >> slop, meteorological term. >> that's what my father would get fed in north korea, slop. >> that's an accurate way to describe the weather, i don't know about the war. thank you, chad, we appreciate it. >>> born in the usa but now heading to their homeland, two gorgeous giant pandas, mei lan and tai shan, and our reporter is at the washington dulles airport for the breaking story. hi, courtney. >> reporter: hi, don. we have the two giant pandas en route to shanghai right now. they are making their waiy, a 14 1/2-hour journey, they'll enter a breeding habitat. it's a bittersweet good-bye for everyone here in washington. we

the pink shading, pittsburgh, philadelphia, roanoke, richmond, we could see six to 12. new york city is up a little bit. we think they'll just be in the northern fringe, possibly three to six inches. north of new york city into new england will not be hit hard by this storm. philadelphia, we're calling eight to 12 for you. we mentioned baltimore and d.c. friends in the ohio valley, it is snowing pretty good from indianapolis to columbus. that's where it's getting colder and the snow is coming down. new computer projections project three to six inches, highest totals around columbus, ohio, where you'll be plowing up to a foot of snow come tomorrow. this is not just a huge storm but affecting a large area, contessa. the important thing, d.c., this could be one of their biggest snow storms all time. >> they've gotten walloped already this year. >> when this storm is over they'll have more snow than boston for the year. which is ridiculous. >> thank you for staying on top top of it, bill. >>> glass half empty or half full for the jobs? put democrats in the half full categor

they did it in richmond.ll not apologize for your comments? >> no. >> you stand by your comments? >> what it all to be -- >> we want to hold you accountable. >> i stand by my comments. [applause] we were all on the side of truth and justice. the truth was enforcement worked. yet the clinton administration ridiculed the program. in fact, the deputy attorney general, now the attorney general, eric holder, was in the national media calling the richmond program a cookie-cutter approach. i mean, the shameful truth was that while they could have been saving lives, clinton pushed more phony gun bans built on the allies that criminals ever obey any laws. if you think that is all ancient history, i will tell you, it is still going on today. when pennsylvania governor edward rendell was on face the nation, i called him out on it. >> there's no rational reason that we should allow people to legally possess these types of semi-automatic weapons. >> you believe the assault weapons ban should be reinstated? >> the governor

yet at richmond city hall a huge sheet of ice fell on it a glass canopy.obody was hurt. >> what's up? >> lets atalk a little bit about what is going on with our weather. we'll start by showing you some of the snow totals from around the area. we've been showing you that all morning. amounts range from about two to five inches. at crofton, maryland, 2.8 inches of snow. reagan national, 2.1. vienna, virginia, four inches. chantilly, four and a half. psych rhode island up to our north, 3 1/3 inches of snow as a result of this system -- sykesville up to our north, 3 1/3 inch of his snow as a result of this system. there is your whole system there with the cloud cover. in washington right now, depending on who you listen torque it is either 32 or 33 degrees. manassas at 30. leonardtown, 32 degrees at this hour. o our temperatures are pretty consistent and they're warm enough that we'll see some melting go on later on today. 41 for your high. afternoon sunshine breaks through. i don't think it will be a completely sunny day but i do think we'll get rays of sun i

in richmond at 20% is what the united states and the iaea, and its partners recommended, so patientsould have access to these isotopes. iran cannot continue to operate the trr at its current pace. not taking the iaea and its partners on a common-sense offer, it leads the world to believe that iran has other ideas. that is why -- and i would say this -- the actions of iran have led the world to be more unified than virtuallyÑi at any other point in the past few years. they have brought forward, through their actions, through their statements, our partners in the p5 plus one are moving forward to take those steps. >> [unintelligible] >> you saw yesterday, the treasury institute, the sanctions on the irtc. the next phase of this, the president talked about the multifaceted. there'll be more faces, -- phases, including the nine nations. >> [unintelligible] why should the leaders of iran -- [unintelligible] >> look, jake, as you said, the president is working with our partners on making that happen. this did not happen in times square when the ball hit zero. this is going to take some imp

the snow has pretty much tapered off and ended through the shenandoah valley all the way through richmondis is a big difference up there into washington and across maryland, radar over the last several hours showing this tremendous amount of inflow. want to know. >> if you hate winter, this day is your arch-nemesis, no doubt about it. even snow lovers like myself are starting to think, well, you know, maybe ving time -- springtime wouldn't be a bad thing at all. we only need 9.3 inches as of the day before yesterday, picked up almost four inches before midnight. bassed on my measurements out here on the front lawn. yesterday we had 18 inches of snow. we're now at 25 inches so we have had 25 inches outere on the lawn at channel 4. todd up in hagers town has 14 inches of new snowhere in hagers town. nora in spotsylvania. and our friends ed and nancy up intark cannery in virginia, six inches of new snow and can hardly see the nose in front of their face. >> snowing very heavily across all of montgomery county and howard county and up into even frederick county and southern carol county and t