we've got preston duncan joining us from richmond, virginia. what happened before the incident began? >> we were outside from the initial incident and we saw the headlights coming up and we all at that point booked it to the curb. she slammed on her brakes and swerved around the car from the original incident before she was forced to a stop by one of the attending officers. >> when did the guy in the yellow show up? >> turn the camera off, son. >> how did he make the words to the scene? >> officer and dad pretty quickly and handed the phone to the officer. >> stop taking my video! >> half an hour later a large black truck showed up, probably her father, i don't think it matters if he was a richmond police officer or another police officer or a local politician, what matters is someone clearly involved in the enforcement of laws saw fit to circumvent them when it was convenient for him to do so. >>> stockton firefighters come upon this house fire. that's what they saw. a heavily involved structure fire. you see these guys immediately approach th

this is a look at a crash in richmond. virginia state police responded to more than 1100 crashes across the commonwealth in a 12 1/2-hour period yesterday. we checked with vdot and they are treating primary roads in 12-hour shifts. they are waiting for the temperature to reach 15 degrees to apply salt to the roads. >> a lot of spots coming in were still very slippery caked down with snow and ice making it a problem on the roads right now. >>> let's get the forecast now from tom kieran. >> that's a live view of reagan national, that's one of the warm spots in the upper teens. as we look at the live view from our storm team 4 skywatcher cameth

there's the forecast precipitation for tuesday through charlestop, north of richmond, virginia beach, d.c. several inches of new snow. maybe we can dye the snow green for saint patrick's day. >> hey, there's a great idea, aren't you tired of the cold? >> absolutely, i'm ready for spring, bring it. >> let's move to cancun, mexico. i think that's all en massee everybody in america. >> if you are paying, i'm there. >> afghan president hammond car sigh is speaking out saying his country does not need american troops. what's behind that bold statement? major changes could be coming to the internet. why the move is making u.s. businesses really nervous. >> why don't we give away the recipe for oreo's? there ought to be something about the fact that the united states primarily it's military to develop the whole concept of the internet. what i sphere when it goes into this sort of global mishmash, who really then has any ability to control and who has any ability to monitor [ female announcer ] who are we? we are thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nhts. and the ones who turn ideas into ac

not a lot of heavy freezing rain, but just enough to glaze the road just to the east of richmond, virginia. so keep that in mind this morning. it will be very slippery for the morning commute. back towards south dakota, we are expecting 5 to 7 inches especially just north of minneapolis. the heaviest of the snow is expected later on today. but we will see some warm areas. temps low to mid-60s in parts of the midwest and back through the tennessee river valley. around here, about 42 degrees. tomorrow new york city should get closer to 50. only bad side is that it does come with rain. but i think we'll take it. >> really important weather question. who wore it better, me or barnicle? >> barnicle is sitting closer, so i'll go with him. >> thank you. >> we'll get you straight to the eye doctor. coming up on "morning joe," inside the cockpit of the missing plane. latest developments in the search for malaysian flight 370, new information about why the plane veered off course. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler, your favorite cereal characters won't at that time the fig

costly areas and cindy or thunderstorms could develop over at the east including bcs bowl is in richmond virginia philosophies are expected to happen across the east on u wednesday as well. temperatures are going to be quite willing the north side is your fingers in toronto and chicago but going out to them it close or twinkies in the east at the twenty ten washington d c fourteen in your bed that could go down to only minus four on your friday so watch out for and that sudden change of the weather across the flip side of the country keeping up to twenty seven key to the santa ana winds in los angeles. so watch out when you spy near and said temperatures are going to be claimed warning note that the country across europe the looking quite messy over the north as follows turkey understands us policy least likely with the black sea region of turkey and temperatures in the middle of the continent and very windy in the light conditions. even in paris that a stink eye excuse in the nineteen degrees a new wednesday and eighteen indiana on new ideas for lots of sunshine for you and warm temperatures his

even richmond, virginia, your average high this time of year should be mid 50s. you're going to get three to six inches of snow today. yesterday in richmond it was 71 and sunny. now you'll have three to six inches of snow and temperatures and the wind chill down near zero. look at the temperatures in the midwest. it's the fact that it's march and this is happening. the wind chill in chicago and kansas city is negative 16. it's just storm cold, storm cold. we can't break this pattern. >> we look forward to breaking it especially when you say it, richmond, 71 degrees? >> 71. by tonight they'll have six inches of snow on the ground. >>> we switch gears talking about what's going on in ukraine. old foes are sizing each other up. secretary of state john kerry will travel to ukraine today as a show of support with the new government there. it was over the weekend where thousands of russian troops moved in. some in unmarked uniforms, others surrounding the army base in the strategically important region. russian ships are off the coast and the head of the ukrainian navy

where up to ten inches ofÑi snow along with thunder are possible, and richmond, virginia, where a rareix inch could fall. that is nearly half the city's average snowfall for the entire year. on the beaches of north carolina residents may see sleet mixed in with the sand by late tomorrow. >> jeff: lauren casey from wcco thank you. california is still recovering from the weekend storm. most of those who have been asked to evacuate due to possible mudslides are being allowed to go home today. john blackstone tells us what they are finding. >> reporter: with the storm moving on, today was a day forÑi moving mud in neighborhoods at the san gabriel mountains. the cleanup is under way, but at ed's house in azusa the mud and debris built up over two days is still a threat. >> there's tons of mud that are sitting in my upper levelr holding it, it's putting pressure on the foundation. >> reporter: residents here knew mudslides were a danger after wildfires in january burned over the hills. heavy cement barriers were installed to hold back the mud. joe roche, is the mayor of azusa. >> it's tough

of low pressure treks along the frontal system in new york, washington, d.c., philadelphia, richmond, virginia, outer banks of north carolina. this is what we're looking at in the midwest where we're tracking that storm and the icy roads from kansas city into the boot hill of missouri stretching over towards memphis. then by monday look how much snow. new york city, two to five, washington, d.c., five to ten? any little adjustment as to the placement of that area of low pressu pressure. ice is the big issue. for airports, treacherous, the bull's eye right here in the city of memphis over the next 24 hours. temperatures unbelievably cold. as much as 20 degrees apolo normal with daytime highs in new york only in the mid-20s. back to you. >> all right. bundle up and get those supplies. karen maginnis. i wanting to to you, this bad ice storm hitting in a couple hours. do you see a lot of preparation or people going and getting groceries, hunkering down for what they are going to be hit with? >> deb, certainly. not to overuse the cliche but the phrase, the calm before the storm, what is we're seein

>> richmond, virginia. >> very nice. welcome to new york. and i saw you had little arms.re's actually someone on her back, so that works out great. we are looking at some rain in the northeast today, but it is going to hold off through the morning, but we do have watches and warnings, winter storm warnings across parts of ohio, up through northern new england. we also could see about 3 inches of rain here in new york city, up into parts of connecticut, rhode island, into massachusetts, back through albany, new york. so, it is going to get very damp around here, especially later on this afternoon. but today we could see our strongest storms down in the southeast. isolated tornadoes possible, but it looks more like we'll see some damaging wind gusts, some isolated hail. the middle of the country looks good, but the northwest also seeing more rain. another couple of inches of rain in parts of washington state, where they do not need any more rain and we'll add some wind to that as well. temperatures look nice and warm. in the southwest, though, 88 for >>> 5:34 the time right

have any reason to believe in the last 60 days that tatum might have gone anywhere other than richmond, virginia. even so though, they and the fbi have alerted every jurisdiction where she might have a connection. at this point now, again, doesn't have any reason to believe he might have left the washington, d.c. area other days. >> this it girl was living in a homeless shelter. social workers involved with her family. school officials involved as well. is there any investigation to what people did to try to protect her? >> well, you can imagine there is going to be all sorts of investigating on what happened and who knew what and when and how on earth this gentleman was able to have any interaction outside of the shelter with this little girl, especially alone time but a lot of people aren't talking about this right now. i can tell you, i called the media spokesperson for the dhs department and nobody has returned my call though i made half a dozen contacts. but the other thing they will be looking at is motive. the chief said she wouldn't talk about the evidence today. but we do know they also

that they need to -- you know, i emphasized on how good i get my spinal cord injury care in richmond virginia now. so, you know, that's a four-hour drive for us. so i would go there every day. >> if you were getting adequate care? >> well, i mean, i get adequate care there. i get superior care there. >> you mentioned the 90-mile drive. >> that would be within my va medical center, which i try to avoid at all costs, because they are just out of the loop. they don't have the resources. you know, they don't even have a doctor that specializes in spinal cord injury care. he he's just an md who thinks he just knows about it but really doesn't. but the thing is if every va had the resources to deal with every type of injury, illness, whatever, then it wouldn't be a problem to use the va system. it's a problem that each va medical center is different in that they're not being held accountable. >> do you have thoughts about that? >> i believe there are a lot of benefits, especially in the ability to test drive basically other counselors and caregivers to whom you feel comfortable, as well as being ab

richmond, virginia. country --d that company in 1965.ville. >> is the price worth it? >> you're going back a lot of years. >> it is an old southern franchise. would you please explain the romance warren buffett has with old-line print media? who is going to disagree with warren buffett? we are of the same advantage. he has followed a career. i am dealing with startups and young companies. >> let's open this up to wall street. give it back to the shareholders during that is an anti-alan patricof. >> we are dealing with tricking capitalization. a fear of value in investing. carl has his own strategies. >> hasn't gone too far? have they moved the needle too far? >> things always go too far. it is an appropriate thing. there is some excess cash. they don't know what to do with it. that is an appropriate use of cash if you have no growth prospect. ofthe you -- young turks silicon valley full of themselves? >> we're not even close to that. there's is so much dynamism in the technology world. everything you read every day and what i see every d

he's actually done it, playing putt-putt golf in richmond, virginia, a feat only accomplished two timesocus of an animated documentary. "putt-putt perfection" viewed nearly 3 million times. the final hole was caught on camera. >> that's the 18 right there, folks. >> the man, the myth, the legend rick baird is with us now. >> we would have asked if there were others who witnessed this round but that was a tournament. >> yes, it was a tournament in richmond, virginia. >> putt-putt is designed so can you make a hole in one on every one. there's a lot less obstacles. >> so no wind mills and clowns and things like that? >> no. it's designed to be able to practice your putting for the golf course. >> it's like billiards, though,? >> you have to work angles, as you'll find out. >> putt-putt was invented in north carolina where my mom's from so hopefully it's in my blood. >> one-handed. rick, you've been playing for what? >> i've been playing for almost 50 years. >> and had you ever come close before to a perfect round? >> i shot 23 different rounds but this is the first time i had ever gotten

he was found in his richmond virginia home. detectives don't suspect foul play at this time.nded in 1984 is known for its comically grotesque costumes, stage antics and vulgar lyrics. searchers in washington state have pulled eight bodies from the sludge of a massive landslide that happened over the weekend. at least 18 others are still missing and hope is dwindling to find them alive. authorities believe the slide was caused by ground made unstable by recent heavy rainfall. kara kostanich reports. have a friend that's missing in every day i hope that will find closure. but buried alongside the bodies are rapes of hope and promises. but even in the face of such a tragedy this community will find a way. >>: we will get through this. >>: 947 right now. we have a big change is coming. >>: it's about time we have more rain. we're looking at the rain to arrive tomorrow but today we're looking for some this guys battled a mile to warm. small periods of light rain temperatures right now for days at 5353 and san jose. 64 and antioch. plenty of sunshine for today but the bridge of hig

something that the republican party is going to use not only against democrats locally in richmond, in virginiathe country in their effort to take the senate from democrats and i think for a lot of republicans doing that to them is one big step in the overall quest to get rid of obamacare completely. >> jonathan capehart of the "washington post," thanks so much for being on the show this friday. that's it for "now." alex wagner returns monday at 4:00 p.m. she's doing "chris hayes" tonight at 8:00, the ed show is up next. let's get to work! >>> good evening americans and welcome to "the ed show" live from detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work! >> the fact of the matter is that i had nothing to do with this. >> cleared of any wrongdoing. >> they can't make up facts. >> give me a break. >> colorful, brian. colorful. >> this is an enemy hit piece. >> cut the commentary. >> the criticism is that this is an inside investigation. >> no matter who i chose to do this questions would be raised by some quarters. >> it's the equivalent of having dick cheney investigate george bush. >> there's probabl

richmond,hen from virginia. that is all the time we have in this first segment of "the washington journal." we will be joined by michael nlan to discuss -- michael alle to discuss -- kyle cheney from politico. we will be right back. ♪ >> and i have concluded -- >> [indiscernible] the only gentleman on that side who even made a movement was mr. walker. the gentleman did not stand, the gentleman did not rise. i resent the statement. if anybody stands i would have recognized them. >> i did not mean to suggest you are not acting with fairness. what i was suggesting was we do have a bill hear that you have worked with the president of the united states -- >> [indiscernible] on a bill of this type i would never do a thing like that. there wasn't a man on either side of the aisle. did not mean to offend you. >> you have offended me. i will accept your apology. on 35e more highlights years of health coverage on our facebook page. cable, created by the company 35 years ago in karate today as a public service by your cabl

snowing in richmond, virginia. they were 70 yesterday. snow over in new york city.s in philadelphia. by the time all said and done, the snow totals are not that amazing. it's just the fact it's so cold and that we are getting this snow in march in this region of the country. it doesn't happen that often and pretty rare. we are having horrible travel out there from tennessee near the memphis area through kentucky and the snow is not melting and bitterly cold. tonight in san antonio, you have a chance to see sleet and freezing rain. yes, south texas, of all places. crazy winter this is. you're watching "morning joe." ♪ so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy fe

. >> post that we have gone from richmond, virginia. >> caller: how are you doing. want to question. you have mentioned why have blacks and islamists ignored certain aspects. like they never existed and there would be no person named malcolm asked without the nation of islam. there would be just a guy who would probably die within needle in his arm. and there's just no question. >> host: are you a member of the nation of islam? >> caller: no, i'm not. >> guest: i think that when we think about how the nation talks about the books of biographies of elisha mohammed and books that look at the nation of islam and malcolm asked, and i say that part of it is tapping the history. because the nation will start in the 1930s and it will proceed in one fashion up until his death in 1975. and then it will be transformed by one of his sons and then louis farrakhan is going to reignite and restart the nation of islam that is based on the belief that he is the messenger in the 198 ithin .. with passing a complicated history. certainly i do agree that when we speak with people abou

dan from richmond, virginia. go ahead.m to getr together and realize the president has failed us. we need to move on and go with hillary. host: you think president obama has failed you? caller: he has made us look really stupid. he has been really incompetent. andas taken our ideas ruined them. we need to move on. host: what is an issue the president has disappointed you on? employment. the idea of the keystone, he needs to go with it. host: are you active in the democratic party in virginia? caller: yeah. i voted for him twice. to thegiven money democratic candidates. not the party itself. host: what do you think of your new governor? caller: he is great. he is reaching across the aisle and getting stuff done. host: dan in richmond, thank you for calling in. front page of "usa today." a story about sxsw. how south by southwest put itself on the map. it is growing in austin, texas. it talks about the founder. a 31-year-old proofreader for an alternative newspaper who persuaded his bosses to put on a local music festival. t

we will talk to a caller now from richmond, virginia on our democratic line. caller: first, i want to congratulate you on your position there at c-span. i think you do a fantastic job. i have been working in the field of communications about climate change for about 15 years. for the first 12 of those, at least, i was beyond frustrated and angry at the ignorance of a lot of the american public about the science of climate change. i continued to to be amazed that people don't understand the difference between weather and climate. it has become so frustrating for me. i have made a little bit of a shift in my way of talking about the subject. first off, the conversation around the science is like a ping-pong game. it is back and forth between people who don't understand the science and people who are trying to make this people understand the science. it is just like people talking to the wind. the reality is that people need to think of this as a new paradigm for making money. it will need to understand that there is a whole world of entrepreneurship out there ba

. >> richmond, virginia, democrat line. caller: i am interested in what you were just talking about. how do they feel about male enhancement drugs and other ways that they can make a man have sex better -- how do they feel about that since it is such a religious issue? also, a distinction between the married man or the single man if they do. it is really weird. they are in the government and should follow laws just like everybody else. you still have 80-year-old man marrying 14-year-old girls. they already got it down to 16 right now as the legal age in some states that you can have sex legally, with a 16-year-old. you are -- guest: well, i do not know what the personal views of the owners of hobby lobby are on the male enhancement drugs. but i do know that that was not an issue that they raised in their court cases or in doubt superior court. and under the affordable care act -- under private insurance -- under insurance policies, any types of drugs that have been approved by the fda are generally made available under thos

waitingt's go to mike in richmond, virginia, on our line for republicans.ere on with professor snelling. caller: good morning. i was wondering how hard is it really to get the gmo's or non-gmo's labeled on products, and you think it has anything to do with the fact that people who work on the boards on monsanto are also intertwined with the government and the fda and all of that? mike, for theou, question. as joyce mentioned, the first labeling is being handled more at the state level. so it is not a federal regulation at this time. i think the federal government may be waiting to see what the states are going to do with gmo labeling. is ainly our food industry strong lobbying industry, so it is possible that some of this does get mixed in to policy. but i do think that the public has an opportunity to continue to push at the state level for more gmo labeling and perhaps at some point that will become a federal regulation as well. maker on her twitter pages watched the first lady's statements on these nude labeling changes and she writes -- how insulting, m

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. >> i would vrdz taking the richmond/san ralph -- i would virginia taking the richmond/san rafael this morning. there there is an accident on 80 westbound. the backup, this is the eastshore freeway extends from the toll plaza to the macarthur maze and up the eastshore freeway to hercules. we want to mention a new crash at the albany exit on 80 westbound. a make motorcycle verses a car. 101 in san jose, we have some congestion in the northbound direction on the right-hand side of your screen there as you make your way toward the airport. it is 7:19. let's check in with steve. >> thank you. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> thank you. thank you. >>> some low clouds around. definitely a break in the clouds for a few. but it's a cooler day already. it's going to be temperatures. temperatures coming down 10 degrees. there's been a lot of reports of drizzle. there is a little bit there. some low clouds. breezy, some clouds. it will clear out. mostly sunny. mostly sunny, breezy. much cooler later this afternoon. a lot of 60s. the system not a cold front. it's a cool front. it's setting the stage

virginia that voted for those. he wasn't from fairfax county or arlington. oun,asn't allowed in -- loud norfolk, richmond. as from merriam virginia -- marion, virginia. marion is in another world probably. it is southwest virginia. who was the congressman was the last congressman -- i would suggest that it took heroic votes to make a difference in this country. he paid for it. pat jennings was his name. [applause] >> in addition to the problem of patients being denied care in the first place, what you have to say about hospitals dragging patients with a serious mental illness when they still need care? that -- that is a big issue. my son was hospitalized twice and both times -- when he was first hospitalized, i visited him and he was under the 48 hour order. he said this is where he needed to be in i realize it now. about six weeks later, we were back in the same situation. he was released within the 48 hours and we had a problem. we took -- by the time we went to the next hospital. he was one of the smartest people i met him he could figure things out. there was no psychiatrist or psychologist he couldn't

virginia that voted for those, and he wasn't from fairfax county or arlington. he wasn't from louden, he wasn't from charlottesville, he wasn't from norfolk, he wasn't from richmond, he wasn't from roanoke. he was from marion, virginia. most of you probably don't know where it is, but for those of you who think roanoke is southwest virginia, marion is in another world probably. but it's southwest virginia. it was mary ann hovi's father, a congressman from rural virginia was the last congressman i would suggest that took heroic votes to make a difference in this country. now, he paid for it. pat jennings, is his name. [applause] >> in addition to the problem of patients being denied care in the first place, what tough to say about hospitals discharging patients with a serious mental illness when they still need care? >> you know, that, that's a big issue, you know? my son was hospitalized twice, and both times when he was first hospitalized, i visited him, and he was under the 48-hour order, and he said, dad, this is where i need to be. and i realize it now. they're getting my medicines straight, this is where i need to be. well, about six weeks later we were back

slightly below freezing here in virginia and north carolina, so that mixing area, still evident on the radar, but not nearly as wide as it was before. the temperatures at richmondn raleigh. you could still get that ice accumulation and slick spots on the roadways. north carolina and around this area up towards virginia. here it is across the peninsula there in virginia, north carolina, just off of the coast of new jersey, clearing out by tomorrow, but this will be followed by colder air, starting to see a little snow up around the great lakes this weekend. lows tomorrow in the northern plains down below zero. it really doesn't make it too far south here. maybe as far south as philadelphia, but some mild air returning across the southeast and southern plains, but right in the middle is the area that is suching south. del? >> dave warren thank you very much. and thank each and every one of you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the truth is" is next. and check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera.com.

virginia and low pressure is moving out. the temperatures climbed to just above freezing in richmond. the next storm over the northern plains is bringing snow into the minneapolis with a winter storm warning in effect and bringing warmer air with it as it is moving to the east. del. >> thank you, dave. thank you for watching al jazeera america. "inside story" is next. we have a team of reporters following the crisis in ukraine. i'm del walters from new york, have a good day. . >> send in troops to occupy a disputed piece of land, and don't be too surprised bay lopsided result. the crimea referendum. what happens now. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez.

virginia, along i-81. ice is the problem. in richmond winds pushing out of the south ahead of front by tomorrow. it will be a lot colder. in charleston, 37. you can see the potency. it's dry in southern california, where tonight the oscars will be held and the red carpet will be dry for tonight. there's a system bringing in mountain snow out of portions out of the oregon and washington cascades. if you travel along the i-5, take it easy. >> the weather is cooperating. it's the biggest night as the academy award take a global tainable. here is a live look at the red carpet. if you squint. you may see stars working the rope line. >> ellen degeneres hosts the awards broadcast to 225 countries around the world. >> this year many of the films nominated were taken from real-life tales. in hollywood, real is limited. >> this was a movie year in which art didn't imitate life as copy it. "12 years a slave," it says there on screen. this film is based on a true story. "captain phillips," based on the 2009 hijacking of a cargo ship off somalia, al-amin khalifa ihimah, "the wolf of wall street, "-- "philome

. >>> virginia state lawmakers are headed tome tonig eed home but budget. the session came to an end in richmondakers are deadlocked over expanding health care coverage under obamacare. that means they have to come back to the capitol in two weeks to keep working. >> major, major piece of legislation. they want us to take and just accept. and that makes absolutely no sense. >> driven by one thing, one thing only, it isn't medicaid. it's the hatred of the man in the white house. they'll sit there and tell you no, but let me tell you, i didn't just get here from mars. >> some legislators are bracing for a long, drawn-out showdown and that could threaten state services if it's not resolved by july 1st. >>> cpac 2014 officially in the books. conference wrapped up at national harbor as sarah palin addressed the crowd. before she took the stage, officials released the results of cpac's straw poll. rand paul won for the second year in a row with 31% of the vote. it's a three-day event that brings thousands of people together to discuss issues important to conservatives and republican party. >>> did you

if we go back to west virginia, we saw about 13.5 inches, washington, 8, and even richmond, lower down into the south. 2 inches of snow there. currently, the temperatures are below, so the snow that fell is going to stay on the ground all night long, but we expect the temperatures to come up tomorrow, 41°. probably with wednesday with the rain, we'll see most of the snow is going to be out of the picture. big problem here in parts of florida, tornado watches are in effect now, and that is until 11 p.m. this evening. and we'll be watching that closely. that's all for national weather. and news is coming up after this. .>> california's iconic redwood trees are facing a new danger. poachers have been sneaking into national parks and slicing off parts of the trees to sell. lisa bernard has the story. >> reporter: california coastal old growth redwoods are majestic national treasures. it's illegal to distribute the trees on public land in the redwood and state parks. but now the thieves are being threatened by drug $5icted thieves, who are cutting large knobby growth off of the freeze for s

virginia. today mcauliffe told republican leaders who oppose the medicaid expansion he wants them to return home and hear what their constituents think. julie carey will be in richmondw for the last scheduled day of the session. look for her coverage tomorrow on "news4 at 6" and 11. >> we have better news ahead? >> finally i think we're going to string a couple of nice days together. it's been hard to come by. the nice days in a row, yeah, we'll get a couple this time. tomorrow looking really nice. still a little brisk for sure. we've got that wind still up there around 10, 15 miles per hour. that is ushering in some cooler air. and tonight's a cool night. at least we're seeing some clearing skies. and really, it's been a very nice night, if you have been looking outside, looking at the stars and the moon a little earlier. 37 degrees. but there is that wind, north at 12 miles per hour. that puts our windchill in the upper 20s.

virginia. we have a bus crash north of richmond this morning. at least four people are hurt. parts of i-95 are closed. it is also snowing heavily in atlantic city, new jersey. wyatt andrews is in washington, d.c. where the severe weather is leading the government to close offices yet again. wyatt, good morning. >> reporter: charlie and nora, good morning. well, later on this week, d.c. will feel like los angeles, with temperatures slated to be in the 60s by thursday. but right now in d.c., it is 30 degrees. there's about 5 to 6 inches of snow on the ground. and for the fourth time this season, a winter storm has shut down the federal government. the biggest problem came out in the suburbs surrounding washington, where 7 to 10 inches fell overnight, but another 1 to 2 inches in the forecast. that created a travel hazard for the tens of thousands of federal workers who commute into the district every day, and so the decision was made for this one-day shutdown. as for the d.c. area airports, they are technically open and are functioning. but the airlines tell us this morning tha

richmond for a special session later this month. that's because the most important piece of business, the budget is unfinished. the impasse, expanding heavyweig health care coverage for low income people in virginia. >> people are dying because of lack of health care coverage. >> reporter: the governor and senate say medicaid must be expangded now. house republicans stand firmly against it. their solution, strip medication expansion out of the budget and debate it later. >> what it is is a major, major piece of legislation that they want us to take and just accept. that makes absolutely no sense. >> reporter: the governor says lawmakers need to go back home and reflect. but at least one democratic leader is skeptical that republican minds will change by the time they return. >> this is driven by one thing and one thing only. it isn't medicaid, it's the hate tretd of the man in the white house. they'll sit there and they'll t you, i didn'st geterfr >> reporter: when lawmakers return on march 24, governor mccauliffe says he expects them to need three weeks to resolve the impasse on medicaid and the budget. >>> lawmakers did pass several other important measures today including reform saying they're

. >> in virginia, the fast-falling snow meant accidents on the roads. these pictures from richmond, the richmond area, hit by just a few inches of snow, but that was enough to send these cars just spinning. and officials warning this morning, it could be even worse, as the snow freezes into ice. crews were out all night treating those roads. >>> near louisville, kentucky, this beer truck, wow, wound up off the road. look at that. light beer for miller. after sliding and spinning out on interstate 65, one of dozens of accidents reported because of the snow. >>> so many schools in the washington, d.c., area are opening late this morning or they're closed again because of the icy roads, refreezing after yesterday's snowfall. the federal government will be opening two hours late this morning. >>> and look at this picture. this comes from a weather satellite. that shows the great lengths. they're now more than 90% dmoferd ice. look at that picture! this is the most ice these lakes have seen in some 20 years, almost completely covered. beautiful. >> wow! indra petersons is tracking this

virginia and washington, d.c. and it's amazing for martha it's 19 degrees during the week. it snows in march, but new york city has had a coating. four to eight in d.c. and richmondesn't get many snowstorms in march. three to six inches, tonight you're going to be shoveling snow. talk about a crazy roller coaster. dallas, 2 degrees. wherever you had the sleet yesterday, it's still on the grounds, roads are still treacherous from that, and no end in sight, unfortunately. tonight we're down to 6 in philly, 9 in d.c. these are close to the all-time coldest temperatures we've ever seen in the month of march. unfortunately, one week from now, here's the weather pattern, chris. we have this huge dip in the jet stream. it allows the cold air -- we are cold in the eastern half of the country at least until the middle of march. no break in this pattern. none. if it's this cold, sooner or later it will probably snow again. >> bill karins, we appreciate that. of course, trying to get anywhere this winter has been absolutely a nightmare, it's been exhausting, governor chris christie closed state offices, told new jersey residents to be careful. my colleague ron allen is chec

richmond dmv which became away of the stunt after it was featured in the local paper and they were less than pleased and demanded the licenses back. will and dave claim they've lost them. the virginia it has updated its policy and will deny a license or i.d. card to anyone who appears in disguise. >> when these videos came out the first reaction is, these guys are awesome. how did they come up with this idea? why do they think they can get away with this? they managed to go get a number of driver's licenses pictures with completely different identities in a post 9/11 world. this is remarkable and it caused a major outcry. >> maybe one of the reasons i was a little skeptical is like, really? the dmv is that lax about letting that stuff go with the way security works in this country? >> will and dave say they meant no harm and maybe did some good. >> it was a joke, it escalated to a matter of national security. it's good that people know someone could get a license that easy. >> call them filmmakers or pranksters. whatever you want to call them they made a video, for a moment, anyway, captured people's attention but has that changed them? you decide. >> everybody wants to be our frie

virginia, 6 to 12 inches. another 9 inches in washington, d.c. richmond, 4 to 8. 5 to 9 in salisbury. atlantic city, close to a foot, philly ends up with 6 inches. to the south of this as that colder air makes its way into the warm air, we are going to be looking at an ice mix right now. about .10 inch. while it's not going to cause big problems as far as power outages, it is going to make roads slick from knoxville, wilmington, all the way to columbia as those temperatures continue to push south and drop down well below freezing in the 40s, all the way down into the teens later tonight. matt and savannah, a little bit later on, we're going to tell you how cold it's going to be and how much longer it's going to last. you're not going to like it. >> okay. good news, al, thanks. >> thank you, al. >>> and now to the crisis in ukraine where russian forces have invaded and complete control of the crimea region. this has left the white house with a very difficult decision of what to do next, how far to push this. secretary of state john kerry getting set to travel to the region. let's get t

and i heard somehow that ed must sceerks th-- andi heard somehowe was coming to richmond, virginia, was going to be at the airport on a tuesday nievment a bunch of us went over to richmond to hear him. i can remember standing in this crowd along a fenceline -- there were probably 300 or 400 people listening to muskie. this was right before the election in 1968. he spoke about his vision for america. he spoke passionately about what this country can and should mean. and this was a very important election. this was richard nixon versus hubert hu hum frivment it was -. it was a very close election. here is my strange memory that again i say i don't really fully understand. i remember standing in that crowd, listening to muskie speak, who again i didn't know at all. i had never set foot in maine at that point. i didn't know him. i hadn't met hism but listening to him speak and at the end of f his speech, out of my mouth completely spontaneously came the words "we trust you." "retrust you." -- "we trust you." there was something about the man that made you feel that you could trust him. he w

virginia. this area in pink is a little bit of light freezing drizzle east of richmond forward virginia tidewater. that's advancing to the north and east. there could be a little patch of freezing drizzle in the eastern neck over the next hour or two. farther west, just a few scattered places of some light, freezing drizzle. that's south of fredericksburg where we have a winter weather advisory in effect until noon today. watch out for that in calvert, charles, st. mary's, northern neck and spotslvania. a little freezing drizzle is possible otherwise clouds just coming through. and the other threat is the snow that melted overnight and created some moisture on the roads. it has begun to freeze up a little bit. this area in red, much of maryland and around the district, much of northern virginia where all the snow fell, that's where we could have some pam chi ice and slippery spots. stay tuned for that. coming up in the next ten minutes, weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. your hour-by-hour forecast for this tuesday, aaron. >>> megan mcgrath is out looking for the icy spots on the roads this mo

that they need to -- you know, i emphasized on how good i get my spinal cord injury care in richmond virginia now. so, you know, that's a four-hour drive for us. so i would go there every day. >> if you were getting adequate care? >> well, i mean, i get adequate care there. i get superior care there. >> you mentioned the 90-mile drive. >> that would be within my va medical center, which i try to avoid at all costs, because they are just out of the loop. they don't have the resources. you know, they don't even have a doctor that specializes in spinal cord injury care. he he's just an md who thinks he just knows about it but really doesn't. but the thing is if every va had the resources to deal with every type of injury, illness, whatever, then it wouldn't be a problem to use the va system. it's a problem that each va medical center is different in that they're not being held accountable. >> do you have thoughts about that? >> i believe there are a lot of benefits, especially in the ability to test drive basically other counselors and caregivers to whom you feel comfortable, as well as being ab

doppler 9000, while the moisture in the carolinas and southeastern virginia, it's really having a tough time finding much north of richmond trying to get up toward newland and maybe st. st. mary's county. this is what it's detecting. we can also get drizzle in a few areas that is not detected well by the radar. it's just too low and too slow. if this is not flurries, it may be very light freezele sprinkles that are going on toward ridge as well because the temperatures down there, they're still running around 31 or so. that's certainly cold enough to support frozen precip. 28 gaithersburg and we're at 32. let's check in with mofn came and -- with monika and timesaver traffic. >>> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. the beltway behind me is all green. that means we're good to go pretty much all over town with the exception of a couple of things in prince george's county. northbound on the bw parkway an active scene where there's an accident near route 2302 leaving chef -- 202 leaving cheverly. going away from the district, everybody is moving pretty fast so be careful there and scoot over to the left to get by. ove

richmond, it is freezing rain. it is advancing to the north. it's all very light rain. the northern neck of virginia coming into southern maryland. here are the new arrival times. fredericksburg right now, and into southern charles county around 7:10 this morning. it should be up to qauntico around 7:30, into prince william county, and then lowers to 8:00 it will be near waldorf, charles county. most of this can be passing south and east of the metro area. warmer weekend and a mild pattern coming. a look at that next weather and traffic. 6:51. another good morning. how are the delays now? oo

virginia governor terry mcallife wants to pass a bill. he wants them to return home to hear what their constituents think. most opposed medicaid expansion. he plans to bring them back to richmond on march 24th. news 4's bureau chief is covering it all. look for her reports tonight on "news 4 at 6:00" and 11:00. money once set aside for maryland state employees may go toward filling the state budget hole. maryland wanted to use $300 million above the payment to fully fund a pension program. voted in favor of making only $100 million. only one single payment of that amount. that frees up money to ease budget concerns. union reps support the idea to protect potential salary cuts in the future. >>> right now, in northwest, organizers are up early setting up for this morning's international women's day celebration on the national mall. hundreds of people, including oscar award winning actress sally field will meet at 10th street at the national mall in about two hours. the day will include several inspirational speakers. they're going to talk about the impact women have. this walk is one of 45 similar events taking place around the world. >>> new this morning, voicing an opinion as

richmond to cover the last day of the commonwealth's legislative session. it is divided right now on whether to expand medicaid eligibility to 400,000 low-income residents. virginia governor terry mcauliffe wants to call a special session on march 24 to pass the state's budget. mccall sieve telling republican leaders he wants them to return home to hear what their constituents say. most oppose medicaid expansion. look for julie carey's report from richmond tonight on news4 at 6:00 and 11:00. >>> subliminal message aimed at the u.s. as russia hosts the paraolympic games in sochi. >>> not so fast. why plans to build new condos in georgetown could be on hold. >>> team 26. the pitch this group will make to lawmakers after bicycling more than 400 miles here to washington. how their request could change the national conversation on gun rights. >>> this morning, we are staying on top of every angle. all the new developments coming in from that missing malaysia airlines flight. you can download the nbc washington app. it will push breaking news to your smartphone or tablet. this is doug gansler. i'm running for governor - but this campaign is about you more than me. it's