now, down south in lusby, there was a very serious accident overnight clearing rowsb road at olivet road. i spoke to all the d.o.t.s yesterday afternoon to gauge what they're going to do for today. maryland state highway was out treating the roadways all day long yesterday, pretreating and then they were out in full force overnight as well. they're on standby on all the major thoroughfares. same story with vdot. we'll have more information coming up. back to you. >>> monika gave us some good tips but if you do have to leave and have to drive today, it can -- can't take public transportation, edmonds.com subjects doing -- suggests doing these things before going out. run the air conditioning to remove the condensation if your windows. make sure your gas tank is at least half full. that way you avoid gas line freezeup. avoid using your parking brake in this type of weather and don't use cruise control when driving on a slippery surface. make sure you can see out your window so check your lights and wiper fluid. >> again, the temperature makes all the difference this morning. it is warmer h

tonya is on the road with an update. tonya? >> we are only a short drive just passing soldier field. as mentioned, the roads are snow- covered. lake shore drive is actually looking good. we are now behind three snowplows making their way to the south. they are doing this like a tag team. one is in the far left lane and then they fanned out across the drive. this is what we are seeing as we head south on lake shore drive. we have some video that we would like to show. we caught up with a few cars that were probably moving too fast. this is the in the 55 workers had to hook up a cable to pull that ban on to the expressway around 2:00. there have been multiple standouts on 55. this is down and the blinof joliet area. all systems been out of 80 near 55. there are about 200 snowplows out focused on the main streets and of course lake shore drive. want to make sure everyone is able to get around this morning. once the main street and lecture drive is taking care of sidestreets no problems, and south but it is 4:00 a.m.. take it slow.

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the main roads are plowed, but the side roads are still a mess. many people are heeding the warnings. they're staying inside. >> in northwest d.c., high winds and a lot of snow. the sidewalks are covered. and so are the cars. and the commute tomorrow is going to be a big concern for people. >> we have a team of reporters covering it all tonight. doug, we begin with you. the question is are we done with all this mess? we're sick of it now. >> we are sick of it. we saw that one-two punch coming through the area. right now we are just about done. but there is another round coming through. and it's not snow. let's take a look and show you what i'm talk about. it is the winds. the winds have really picked up across the region. and we're seeing winds gusting upwards of 20, 30, and even 40 miles per hour. those winds are going to continue right on through the night tonight. i do expect to see a few more power outages. we've already seen thousands already in parts of the region. we're going see more tonight as the winds continue to pick up. now, the snow

you see a road -- this is a secondary road. heavily traveled but not a main road.eated, and we've seen some spreaders come through here since we've been here. what they're doing now is they're not necessarily plowing butting down salt or sand. something to sort of melt that snow and give you traction. as you see, traffic is moving well. if you look here in the foreground at the sidewalk, there's a paved sidewalk, pretty clear, pretty much clear. this is all ice. this is what pedestrians have to deal with. and we actually caught up with a gentleman who ventured out for the first time since the snow began. today, his challenge is just trying to get to work. >> today is the first morning i'm head back to work. >> reporter: what was it like getting to the bus stop for you? >> it's not hard. they got everything paved. pretty easy walk. >> reporter: yeah. it is an easy walk once you get to the bus stop. we have seen pedestrians in the street because you got to hop over a big snow bank to get to the sidewalks in a lot of instances. on the other side of the street not nece

aviation boulevard is closed at terminal road at elkridge landing road. live wires across a dump truck. that entire intersection is shut down and may be that way for a while. let's take a look at the roadways now. here's what it looks like if you're planning to head over in prince george's county and on the north side of town. the beltway looks pretty good. looks like the beltway -- the camera is frozen but trust me, the beltway looks pretty good on the north end of town. i've been seeing salt and sand trucks all around town treating the roadways. there is one accident inside the beltway westbound route 50 over at route 410 and it's blocking off the two right lanes. back to you guys. >>> it's 5:20. after the break we'll have more of your local news stories. >> plus, someone died to use their free time off from work yesterday to recreate the monuments, at least some of them >>> 5:23. say goodbye to the february nor'easter. part two of it here. a lot of snow in eastern new york state through new england right now. for us, we're watching another piece of ene

seminary road was just fine. colesville road. but then 16th street, georgia avenue, those are all really good. nebraska avenue on our drive up here. but then you have the big problems. we actually couldn't drive on those roads because they were so bad. of course the side roads, my photographer got out of the truck, went over to shoot some video so you could see what that's like. let's take a look at some of that video. some of the roads where you'll see the biggest problems that we found at least. here where we are off of seminary and georgia avenue, that's dale and that is a bit of a mess. it starts out just fine at the bottom of the hill but as you get towards the top of the hill right there, it is a slushy mess. there are areas where the snow has been pushed to the side and the roads are very narrow. that's where you're going to have some issues. montgomery county says 20% of roads were cleared last night. of course they have resumed clearing those roads again today. something else to be aware of, a lot of parking lots, for ex

road.e nothing. just snow-covered road here. when you come across this way, well, you do have a road that has been plowed. about 20 minutes ago a salt truck came through and actually made quite a difference here. this was not this slushy an hour ago. you can see still very icy and then just up the road here, well, that neighborhood has been plowed. so that is what you're going to find this morning throughout not only montgomery county but the entire area. a mixed bag on the main thoroughfares. it is clear sailing. really wet pavement is all you're going to find, but then you'll have these neighbors with a lot of problems. here in maryland, more than 2700 workers and plow trucks were busy trying to stay on top of yesterday's storm and then when they switched over from the plowing to the salting, well, then we got another batch of snow. another couple inches here in montgomery county. it has been quite a challenge. in virginia, alone, more than 2,000 accidents reported on roadways and two wea

main roads, georgia avenue, colesville road, 16th street, those are all fine but these side roads are where the problems are so allow yourself extra time to get to your cars this morning. again, be mindful of the sidewalks. they are not clear so you might see some pedestrians on the main roads this morning. we will keep you updated here in silver spring at the intersection of georgetown and colesville. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you, nikki. >>> another career congressman announces his plans to retire. >> and a federal judge strikes down virginia's same-sex marriage ban. thanks for waking up with us this ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. it's acceptable to go through the dunkin' donuts drive-through with a nightgown on, right? i mean, it just shows how bad i need coffee. #mydunkin. dunkin' coffee. brewed to perfection for the rich, smooth taste you love. share your story. #mydunkin. >>> that yellow alert up this morn

roads had been salted.ent out to work anyway and then only left work after it started snowing and that's the problem. is that accurate? were you warned that today was going to be bad and you should avoid the roads? >> oh, yeah. definitely. definitely. we knew it was coming in two, three days out. but as soon as the first snowfall hit the ground, it was an exodus to the street. everyone wanted to go home. luckily the schools were closed. so it was just a matter of people trying to get home from work. >> thankfully the raleigh area joined -- closed the schools. >> yesterday. >> ahead of time. john, thanks so much. so glad you're okay. joining us on the phone right now first sergeant jeff gordon, the public information officer for the north carolina state highway patrol. sir, how bad are things out there? moo the roads especially in the raleigh-durham area are in pretty bad shape right now. basically what we saw here is we've been promoting this storm for probably the past three days. and here in the raleigh-d

as for the roads, most of the main roads, route 7, the dulles toll road, interstate 495, they were in pretty good shape. you can travel almost at speed. the trouble is at the enter secretaries. a lot of enter -- at the -- [ inaudible ] reporting live, hank silverberg, wusa9 live. >> that's a perfecfi of the parking lot behind him. it looks clear but very deceiving. >>> as you head out for your morning commute, watch out as hank was telling you for the slick spots. the refreeze overnight could make for a tricky commute. monika has your timesaver traffic after the break. >> how about some sunshine and warmer temperatures to melt some of that ice? that's later today. howard's first ale >>> 4:11 on this friday morning, quiet friday morning. still relatively mild. we have many areas above freezing. temperatures dropping a little bit still the next few hours. we have to worry about flash freezing on the the wet surfaces that are untreated. could be a big concern the next few hours. sunny, breezy, cold today. watch the slick spots early. a little bit of snow overnight into saturday morning.

the roads. it only takes one or two accidents in metropolitan areas to block a major highway like i-40 or i 77, which intersect in our state. so we are dealing with abandoned cars in certain areas, namely the raleigh-durham, greensboro, and charlotte arias, and we have a plan to not only clear the abandoned cars for tonight but also help people get out of them and deal with it. people not even going to the duke/carolina game tonight. i encourage others not to go. watch it on tv. our major concern is public safety and the health and safety. we've had two fatalities in the last 24 hours. this actually started 16 hours ago in the fayetteville area in the mountains area and continues to spread. we are amongst three different weather patterns in our state we're dealing with. >> i know it's a big basketball game tonight, duke and north carolina. if it's dangerous for folks to leave their homes and drive or go to watch the game, why don't they just postpone it, do it another night? >> i'm encouraging n

we have in this city i think delayed a lot of important road and underneath road truck work for way too long, and we are finally addressing it in a meaningful way. ~ infrastructure work we are gradually replacing our entire 100 year old sewer system that fails all too often. we are gradually upgrading our water system, and we know that we have too many water main breaks and so we're trying to address that. particularly in some neighborhoods like in diamond heights in my district which has a lot of water main breaks. we are -- pg&e is upgrading its gas lines, which is very important particularly from a public safety perspective. and the department of public works is aggressively engaging in road resurfacing and, indeed, has doubled the amount of annual road resurfacing that it performs. thanks to the generosity of the voters in passing prop b, now thanks to the mayor and this board, we a prop b funding runs its course, we are fully funding road resurfacing out of the general fund. so, this is critical, overdue investment and it has to be done and the city is going to be better off for it

, especially those secondary roads. again, delays and cancellations, so like ly in that area, we als have a freezing rain advisory to the south of prince george's county and anne arundel county, and fauquier county, and this is 7:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. and these locations we could see 0.10 inch of icy spots, and that is going to slow down the commute. right now on the radar, it is quiet and the storm system that we are talking about, folks, way out here, missouri and northern arkansas where they are getting not only freezing rain, but an icing event, too, and that is going to be pushing into our area again late tonight, and here we are at 10:00 p.m. and watch what happens as we move into the tomorrow morning as well as throughout the overnight period, and freezing rain developing and some of us way down to the south will stay all rain and when i return, i want to show you which roads are impacted the greatest from the storm system, and ice disruptions for morning rush tomorrow, and i will be back in a coupl

roads looking pretty good.ting live, news4. >>> still, federal workers do have laid extra time before you need to be at work. the federal government will own two hours late today. workers have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework, too. take a look at the map. the public schools in red, the counties in red here are closed again today. yeah, that's everybody. d.c. public schools were already closed for a teacher in-session day today. a complete -- in-service day today. a complete list at nbcwashington.com and the bottom of the screen. >>> the countless snow and ice storms have led to the highest number of flight cancelations in more than 21 years nationwide according to the associated press. right now 70 flights have been canceled at reagan national. bwi marshall canceled 32. right now, 37 flights are canceled out of dulles. >> the storm grounded about 65% of the flights out of the airport yesterday. >> we ran into several travelers who say they were going back and forth between all the airpor

and neighborhood roads that could give you trouble. we have everything you need to know before you go this morning. good morning, washington. >> most school systems are closed in our area today. you can see those scrolling at the top and bottom of your screen. agencies are running on a two-hour delay today with the option of unscheduled leave. >> you really can't get out of your neighborhood. it is fine once you get on the major arteries. jacqui has more on where we might expect more. maybe a warmup. >> we have a lot going on in the next several days. it was comic alwatching neighbors trying to get out of the neighborhood. it is just not possible without four-wheel drive. let's go ahead and start you off with the storm scan and show you where the system is now. still impacting much of the north and east. we'll see cold conditions for the most part. don't be fooled that we're above freezing in most spots because there are plenty of icy spots and snow on the ground. we expect sunshine to start our day, but then snow may be developing ove

use monterey road.y are letting people off the freeway just some minor delays actually in the area. but you will have to use that detour. the roads are slick obviously. this is what's causing these problems on the roadways. we have a number of high wind advisories issued by chp one for the san mateo bridge and another for the bay bridge. right now though no delay approaching the bay bridge toll plaza getting into san francisco. that is your latest traffic. for the forecast, here's lawrence. >> round two could be a real soaker and some stronger winds to come with it. right now the first one is still winding down. most of the heavy rainfall moved through. we have seen thunderstorms overnight still gusty winds 20 to 30 mountains in the mountains. our hi-def doppler radar showing you widely scattered showers outside right now. so don't be surprised if you are heading out this morning you still run into a few raindrops but i think as we look toward the afternoon, you'll see decreasing showers but tonight win

take a look at some the roads here and you can see it's already sticking to the roads. this is what much of hampton roads looks like tonight with that snow already covering the pavement. i can tell you that virginia department of transportation started pretreating the roads with brian solution, a salt water like solution yesterday in hopes that they can keep it from going ahead and freezing temperatures are supposed to go up. we are not going to have anything like they have to our south. that's really good news. we may have dodged a bullet in virginia. now back to you. >> jason, thank you. i hope that you are dead right that you dodged that bullet but it looks pretty wicked up and down the eastern seaboard. thank you. >>> and the roads are treacherous and going to get even more dangerous in the next few hours. do you remember what they were like two weeks ago that weather was so wicked traffic was paralyzed around atlanta. what is atlanta like this time around? reporter morris diggs is there with the very latest. morris? >> this town is shut down but for an all together

look how icy this road is. right up the hill, that road has seen a plow. it is interesting to see the differences and in this neighborhood alone, throughout the area, we have been dealing with a lot of accidents and problems in the past 24 hours in virginia, for example. more than 2,000 accidents were reported by state police. maryland, more of the the same. crews have been out trying their best to clear the roadways. again, just wet pavement on the main thoroughfares. essentially, the crews have plowing to salting. even right here, just got a salt truck. again, still some issues here. neighbors say this has been an issue for sometime. john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> all right, john. thank you. 4:36 now. metrobus also start running in half-hour or so. officials suspended service last night because of all of this winter weather. the buses will only stop on major roadways. keep in this mind. >> airports across the country are slowly but surely getting back to normal. so many flights canceled. still a lot of problems out there today. we have the very latest at

we cleared the roads.e did a state of emergency -- we had the same storm atlanta had two weeks ago. and we did the exact same steps. >> soon enough? >> but the issue there was probably the snow pack was a little bit different, which put things at a standstill. and we had, you know, some accidents that just caused a standstill in addition to some icy spots. and some people didn't take my warning. and we gave 24-hour warning. and, you know, i said be smart and take your stupid hat off, but we had a lot of people still get out and just say, well, maybe this is a false alarm. but thankfully, again, it didn't stay overnight. this was a four or five-hour hit. charlotte's getting hit real bad right now. asheville's getting hit. and greensboro is about to get hit and raleigh later on this afternoon for a second round. but the good news is no one's at work or trying to get home from work during the next day. so it should be quite a bit easier. and we've also retrieved and made sure there is no one stranded. there w

roads is real bad.to stay focussed and get past where we need to. >> i'd like to be home now. hopefully i can get there before dark. >> take a look at this. in the middle of the traffic you chaos, one driver saw this car spin out. as you can see, that car burst into flames. as far as we know, no injuries. what a frightening site. we have cnn coverage. indra petersons, david. let's start in central park with ashleigh banfield where snow is falling like mad. good morning. >> reporter: hi carol. sometimes it's hard to tell with the camera the direction the snow is falling. if you're traveling southward, no problem. if commuting this way, it feels like tiny bullets hitting your eyes. we're expecting 15 inches of snow by the end of the day. if you can go to the magic cnn sign. i find out to what's happening in the temperature. it's 31 degrees here. we've gone up half a degrees in the last hour. it's expected to go up above freezing which means this lovely white flaky skiable stuff turns to nasty, sleety, ugl

cars are just parked on the road. over here you have vive who said it took three hours to drive 22 miles, and snow keeps falling, and you see her windshield wipers there. >> do we still have the pictures of the charlotte area? because maria, there we go. that's probably--yeah, and that's what we've been following here for the last hour or so. pretty closely. it's been going on all day. we're talking about accidents, the number of accident it's, i-70, it was a pretty bad accident there. state route 73, but it is that area, raleigh, durham, and chapel hill. you got to get through this russia hour, and maybe folks will stay off the roads completely tomorrow until the system moves out of the way. thank you. >> now to georgia where they seem to have learned their lesson. people stayed home and the roads virtually empty. robert ray, good to see you. it looks like there is virtually no one on the roads there behind you. >> yeah, exactly. a couple of cars every once in a while. a snowplow or two. looks like definitely people

the guy that crossed the road didn't stop until quite a ways down the road. reports saying that the man was driving that vehicle was intoxicated. >> oh. >> oh, boy. >> only minor injuries. let's head over to this bit of luck. look on the right side of the road. the m 5 in the uk. see the car going down the road, consider it's the uk. >> wrong side of the road. >> here comes oncoming traffic and lots of it. >> she could have gone head-on into not one but two big rigs. >> she was going the wrong way about four miles. >> four miles. >> yes. >> this woman luckily did not hit anybody. she confessed to being drunk. >> video examples, do not drink and drive. >> head to russia. wave seen these videos before. road rage, gunshots. something we've never seen in a russian dash cam before. snowy roads. very crowded streets. this guy with the dash cam following behind that red car. there's a light there, turns yellow to red. let's wait for it. what's happening. >> oh. the driver gets out and very kindly wipes away the snow from the guy's blinker. >> this was not necessaril

all over the road in front of me.just decided to park it as far over as i could, then get going. >> we're glad you're home safe and sound, hopefully your car will be safe and sound as well, natalie. good luck. >> thank you. >> we're continuing to follow the breaking news. this is a killer storm hammering the south moving up the east coast. the washington, d.c., suburbs they're next in line. she's looking at the cost of this storm. what are you seeing, athena? what are you finding out? >> hi, wolf, of course the storm hasn't made its way here yet. we're beginning to see a few small flakes flying. i'm coming to you from a salt depot. we're right next to a very busy highway. this is the capital beltway, a major artery this in area. all this salt being poured into these trucks, that salt will be used to make sure highways like this stay clear. we've been watching trucks lining up the past couple of hours getting filled with salt and heading out. northern virginia is the point that 4,000 trucks that make sure that roads an

. >> slick roads, downed trees, and overturned cars. we have it all. >> in southern california, homeowners wait if a possible wall of mud to come their way. >> good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us on this busy and wet and slippery friday morning. >> problems on the roads and by air and now, 21 canceled flights already so the rain causing problems. >> mike has the forecast. >> good news in the south bay. from the roof we are still showing rain but not so heavy. that is still the case for you. we have a steady light rain. with live doppler 7 hd we had some flooding around 87 and tail street and 280 and 17 so the rain has let up. you head up to newark and fremont and toward union city and hayward and oakland and san leandro and piedmont all getting light-to-moderate rain headed to the east bay valleys where we just finished with moderate-to-heavy rain and that is moving into the central valley or pushing north off highway 4 into the delta. napa has rain but you can see another batch around bodega bay headed over to petaluma and ro

get over to monterey road. takes you south, it sounds like what christie said you cannot get back on at tenant because of the actheist. continue through city streets. manage the speeds on city treats. this is not a highway. it's called monterey highway. it's a surface street. we track the closure in the south bay, moves alock the peninsula. the green zone through livermore there is an issue. slippery roads. out of dublin a crash is blocking the slow lane involving a sedan and a big rig. it's out of lanes there. heading to the dublin interchange, heading to cub lin but the bigger issue is an early morning crash. 205, about 1:00 in the morning, this is providing a little break of traffic out of the altamont pass. so folks are getting a break there. over the san mateo bridge. we'll look and we see a smooth drive. mind advisory issued by chp. that's because of gusty winds. you got the weather meters. >> the anemometer as it were. good morning to you. live radar shows you we're dealing with scattered shower activity

northbound livingston road at metropatrolitan church road. this earlier accident in the roadway there. out to manassas, good news, the earlier accident along wellingford drive has cleared and your travel lanes are open. >>> danella, thank you. dozens of lives saved when a plane came crashing to the ground. a quick-thinking action from the pilot that kept people on the ground safe. >>> plus, thieves are using a new trick on your cell phone to steal your money. steal[ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks. then, we were protecting the transfer of data. and today it's evolved to infrastructure... ♪ ...finance... and military missions. we're constantly innovating to advance the front line in the cyber battle, wherever it takes us. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> welcome back at 6:15. take a good look at your screen right now. if you live in the counties marked in pink, expect some ice tonight. and if you're in the purple counties,

as you noticed, frye road and marshall road getting downpours right now. we did have heavier storms earlier around the east bay, but this is not as heavy around vine hill and martinez and as we pull away and down toward the south bay, we are seeing moderate pockets of rain. lightning strikes earlier tonight between 7:30, so if you are sitting down to dinner you may have heard a clasp thunder or strikes until 9:30 p.m. and we had a a couple of streaks on mount ain't helena. the radar held up tracking the system. we do have a wind advisory until 1:00 a.m. watch out forth gusty winds. it is gusting to about 31 oakland, fairfield and we are watching this next storm. i will be back to let you know how this will be different from the storm coming through here. >> we could not be more desperate for the rain. it does bring problems with it. downed trees and power lines and car wrecks. leslie brinkley begins our live team coverage and she is in pacifica. leslie? >> that's right. this is the calm after the storm. no flooding in pacifica. just a day and a whole night

georgia avenue at aspen hill road. at this intersection, you see just a lot of slush and ice in the roadway. so it's going to be very important when you leave this morning to take your time. i'm back in ten minutes. over to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> 4:33. and what a difference a day makes. this is what news4's richard jordan saw yesterday at this time in loudoun county. he's there again this morning, joining us folklife sterling. richard, what are you seeing today? >> reporter: aaron, what a huge difference. it's actually impressive that the plows were actually able to make so much progress with the big mess that we had out here yesterday. take a look. there is still some problem spots. here is the algonquin parkway. it is completely clear. you would never even know that there was more than a foot of snow out here yesterday and later through the night, we got the second round, wet, slushy stuff. you wouldn't know it. they've cleared this, it looks great. what happens is you come on to the side streets and are y

and it's not just roads and hotels. are demanding work be done on their new slopestyle course to make it safer. american olympic icon shaun white jammed his wrist on a jump, calling the course intimidating. another border broke his collarbone. and a female snowboarder suffered a concussion. as in the x-games, snowboarders, like white, this is his view, careen 50 miles per hour downhill and then launch, while spinning, landing 80 feet later. >> woo. >> reporter: a jump built just a few inches too steep can launch a border beyond a safe landing point. shaun white says he's okay to compete. officials say the course is fixable. but tonight, it's clear, the sprint is on to get these games to the starting line. matt gutman, abc news, sochi. >>> and back here at home tonight, a sobering warning about the fight against cancer around the world. today, the world health organization sounded the alarm, predicting that in the next 20 years, the number of people diagnosed with cancer will skyrocket from 14 million to 22 million. and

the roads. >> stay home and stay out of the way of emergency agencies and power companies. >> be smart during these times. realize these are dangerous conditions, and realize that as you put yourself in jeopardy, you're putting other people in jeopardy also. >> well, south carolina and georgia residents seemed to heed the warnings, stocking up on the essential before the storm hit. much of north carolina, it seems, has not. charlotte and raleigh-durham, worsening conditions snarling rush hour traffic, causing mass of traffic jams, and in, a repeat of atlanta's mess last week, forcing people to abandon their vehicles on the roads. all flights into and out of raleigh's airport are canceled. adding to the travel nightmare throughout the east where more than 3,000 flights were scrubbed. the storm will continue to march north where it will develop into a full-fledged nor'easter overnight, dumping upwards of a foot of snow or more along the busy i-95 corridor and interior new england. officials around

take a look at the road conditions right now. these traffic maps do show some red in san francisco and up in berkeley and a little red and yellow in oakland, but this is a significant improvement from the conditions earlier this morning. and on the roads in the south bay, one of the biggest problems was flooding. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to shows you what it looks like now and some of the rescues that took place earlier this morning. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: we're here in north san jose. we're near brokaw. literally in the last three minutes, this whole entire roadway was flooded. a crew just came and they cleared out the storm drain because cars weren't able to drive through here and just like that, now it's fixed. but cars were going through the flooded roadways at a high rate of speed, it do have been dangerous. this driver learned the hard way what can happen if you travel in a flooded road. he got trapped. this video shows him in waist deep. >> you couldn't see the water. i thought it

as you noticed, frye road and marshall road getting downpours right now. we did have heavier storms earlier around the east bay, but this is not as heavy around vine hill and martinez and as we pull away and down toward the south bay, we are seeing moderate pockets of rain. lightning strikes earlier tonight between 7:30, so if you are sitting down to dinner you may have heard a clasp thunder or strikes until 9:30 p.m. and we had a a couple of streaks on mount ain't helena. the radar held up tracking the system. we do have a wind advisory until 1:00 a.m. watch out forth gusty winds. it is gusting to about 31 oakland, fairfield and we are watching this next storm. i will be back to let you know how this will be different from the storm coming through here. >> we could not be more desperate for the rain. it does bring problems with it. downed trees and power lines and car wrecks. leslie brinkley begins our live team coverage and she is in pacifica. leslie? >> that's right. this is the calm after the storm. no flooding in pacifica. just a day and a whole night

roads like interstate 70 became recovered with snow and side roads fared even worse. was overthinking it and now all of a sudden i see a lot of it. it is really tough. >> as night fell in frederick county, rain was falling in some areas, but then the snow returned with a vengeance. >> it's back again. >> pierre gabriel was still trying to clear up the snow from the first storm in the parking lot when moore started falling. cars that had been somewhat covered were now suddenly almost completely covered thanks to wave snap -- wave two of the snow. >> the driver of this truck said he has been making deliveries all through new england but this is the worst whether he has ever seen in the first time he has gotten stuck. he had pulled over to eat. after 24 plus hours am a folks are ready for this all to be over. >> hopefully it will be better tomorrow. news, piece of good pretty much all night it was either sleeting, raining, or snowing in frederick county. in the last few minutes, finally it has stopped. hopefully that is a good sign, at least for now. >> thanks, tom. a fe

we have a crash westbound 580 around union canyon road. there was slowing over the last five minutes. it sounds like everything is off to the shoulder but i'm tracking that. we don't want anything unexpected. a smooth drive through the castro valley y, in the north bay san rafael, to the southbound 101, glowing lights, sheen and water on the roadway but not a big concern. south from novato, to the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> still ahead, one of the bay area's wealthiest cities the center of an fbi investigation after several homes are vandalized. >> an armed robber foiled by a brave bay area customer. we'll tell you how it went down. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> welcome back everyone. a very good thursday morning to you. those nutrition fact labels on nearly every food pack could get a new look. michelle obama

that run alongside the road and the tree fell, blocking both lanes of the road as well.ut power no those lines, but now crews need to figure out the best way to safely remove this tree. the mystery blocking highway 84 near skyline boulevard. and this is about a quarter mile or so from alex's restaurant. the sheriff's department got this call about the downed tree at about 3:30 this morning, of course this weekend, several days of drenching rain left the ground and this area saturated, that's probably this tree just gave way. the sheriff's department says there were several other trees that fell throughout the weekend. now pge crews are surveying the dak, again, it'll take several more hours, at least two more hours to get highway 84 reopened in the area. it's a fairly well-traveled thorough faye for these people. live in san mateo county, channel 2 news. >>> 6:34 this morning, bay area crews are busy cleaning up after that big storm. a lot of crews worked all night removing mud, rocks, and other debris from the road, our news crew saw one oakland crew working in a downpo

as you noticed, frye road and marshall road getting downpours right now. we did have heavier storms earlier around the east bay, but this is not as heavy around vine hill and martinez and as we pull away and down toward the south bay, we are seeing moderate pockets of rain. lightning strikes earlier tonight between 7:30, so if you are sitting down to dinner you may have heard a clasp thunder or strikes until 9:30 couple ofd we had a a couple of streaks on mount ain't helena. the radar held up tracking the system. we do have a wind advisory until 1:00 a.m. watch out forth gusty winds. wi. it is gusting to about 31 oakland, fairfield and we are watching this next storm. i will be back to let you know how this will be different from the storm coming through here. >> we could not be more desperate for the rain. it does bring problems with it. downed trees and power lines and car wrecks. leslie brinkley begins our live team coverage and she is in pacifica. leslie? >> that's right. this is the calm after the storm. no flooding in pacifica. just a day and a whole

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road are slick and won't get better anytime soon. you can see all those raindrops accumulated on the camera there. >> sure can. >>> rough commute today. i was hydroplaning a little bit coming in. the rain just intensifying now. if you are heading out we are going to see a lot of rain this morning and then things taper off. let's check the hi-def doppler radar. yellow and oranging moving onshore especially along the peninsula. the area of low pressure on the back side is coming in so it's intensifying. lots of red and orange along the peninsula. expecting to see heavy rainfall in through parts of pacifica and half moon bay, el granada, some of that heavier rainfall in parts of the south bay. a little pocket of clearing towards san jose but that will soon change and right now heavy rain through fremont and petaluma. it's a stormy start to the day. by the afternoon things settle down. temperatures out the door we go, mainly in the 40s outside. i think as we look toward the afternoon, rain ends by the latter part of the day, cool in the

first, i want to take you live to bob redell out there on the roads. bob, what is the aftermath from this whopper storm? we didn't get a lot in the south bay but we did north of the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. of course right now we do have a break in that rain. we're on highway 87 at guadeloupe heading through downtown san jose on northbound 280, you can see this is good, it's going to make for an easier commute but it's not good for our water supplies, the people in charge of our water tell us we need a lot more rain. yes, this storm was helpful but nowhere near enough. we're still at about 20 to 25% of normal rainfall levels for this time of the year. >> i think it would take a good you know, eight inches of rain, basically, to start seeing measurable runoff. the shattersheds are that dry. >> reporter: right now we're headed on northbound 280 toward woodside where there is a report after tree down on 84. our traffic anchor mike inouye has more on that. mike. >> good morning, bob. hey, you know, we'll catch up with him.

roads and bridges are not democratic. they are not republican. and i'm so proud of the bipartisan support on our committee, from my ranking mentor -- ranking member, senator vitter. it is our intention to report out a bill, and i'm hoping for a five or six your bill. i've begun discussion with chairman wyden and ranking member hatch on funding the highway trust fund. they know they have that responsibility, and i know we will all work with them. to all of our witnesses, thank you for being here, and for your advocacy for a strong transportation system. we need you now more than ever. you have been with us through these battles before, and we won those battles because of our unity. whatever our differences may be in other areas, and we know we have them, we don't have them here. and being partners is critical to our success. and with that i would turn to my ranking member, senator vitter. >> thank you, madam chair, and thanks to all of our witnesses. and thanks for today's hearing, madam chairman. it very appropriate that as we hopefully are final

a third of our roads are in poor or mediocre condition.we need as a nation to say, we are going to be the most competitive when it comes to infrastructure and understand that that investment today is going to reap tremendous benefits down the road. i think us coming together, the nation coming together, everybody up here has come together to say we need it and then to have the political will to go forward, i think, is what we need. it is just the determination to say we will do it and get together and do it. i applaud the people, the members of this committee, theuse you understand importance to the country of infrastructure and us maintaining our infrastructure, whether it is a bridge, whether it is a road. i would urge you to go further and think bolder and start talking about high-speed rail. it is a great system that does not waste electricity. a delivery system where you do not have the and seeps and draining gas and water oil into the environment. all of these things can create jobs and make us competitive, and i think the most impor

slick roads throughout.you the map and the backup coming down out of rodeo and hercules jammed up approaching the scene. you saw all of the lights, slow eastbound 80 out of richmond, and in to san pablo, blocking both sides of the freeway. an earlier crash at university has cleared before you got there. the backup around the golden gate field. around the berkeley curve to the bay bridge toll plaza. the blue still showing us wet roads the rain tapering off. watch the slick conditions. here 680 through san ramon, more ponding as well. we'll show you oakland for a live look fast coliseum. water kicking up and on the windshields as well. back to the maps, toward wiffle road, reports of ponding there. something as big as a swimming pool size puddle. be careful. as we move to the south bay, a smooth flow of traffic. a smooth drive but your northbound traffic really jamming up 101 all the way up toward 101 and 880 interchange. i'm circling 280 at bird. we had a closure that had ponding that has reopened. until then