i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. rain is marching through the area tonight. coming up in a few days, get ready for another change. gwen tolbart is here to start us off. >> you know what? this wet weather really impacted the commute tonight and there were some areas where it got very heavy and that's the story for tonight. there are pockets of very heavy rainfall in here. we're going to see this into the early hours of your saturday. be aware if you're heading out anywhere late tonight or even early in the morning. let's take a look at the big picture because this swath of rain is coming from the deep south and it's all associated with a frontal system. but if you take a look to the west there's some colder air pushing in. that is where they are seeing some snow showers as a result of that. for us here we are doing very well temperature wise thank goodness with all this rain temperatures is above freezing. but if you take a look at temperatures up and down the mid atlantic to the west, you can see where those temperat

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. we begin tonight with that arctic chill and those gusty winds blowing through the region. >> gwen tolbart is here with your first forecast of the night. >> well those winds really brisk today and continuing to be fairly strong tonight. we've got wind chills as a result of it. our highs today exactly where they should be, just a degree or two off, but we are definitely in the ballpark. that is going to change as we move into this weekend. and right now we are looking at a nice situation overnight as we get a refreeze and temperatures dip below freezing. lows overnight expected to be 25 in the district, 18 degrees to the north and hagers town, 20 in frederick. and this is going to be a pretty cautious situation if you're heading out tonight or in the early morning hours of tomorrow before it all changes. right now our current temperatures, 33 at dc, 28 at gaithersburg, 30 at culpeper, that's the same at winchester, 28 at martinsburg and 27 at hagers town. and we've got gusty winds pushi

i'm shawn yancy. and i'm tony perkins. we have a lot of ground too cover.inutes we learned that federal agencies will be open tomorrow with thewh option for unscheduled leave, unscheduled tell he work andnd early departure no later thanhan noon. so effectively they'll bey'll closing at noon. let's talk about the schools that are closed. d.c. public schools, fairfax, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick countyred schools also had a scheduled day off. as we count down to the blizzard our fox5 crews have you cover.e. let's start things with sue palka. >> first of all a big bravo toto the federal government for making sure everybody is

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. we going to get things startd with a damp start to the weekend, let's get a quick update from gwen tolbart with the latest. >> you're absolutely right. it is that way outside right now and it is going to continue tonight. but guess what? linger into your saturday. let's take a look at radar and show you what's going on. you can see we have a swath of precipitation moving its way towards the northeast and that pattern is just going to continue. another yas over the allegheny front and potomac highlands, by parts of tomorrow even talking about snow accumulations over higher elvaths vacations. we are talking more fog, more rain, more drizzle. we've been exactly where we should be. right now 44 at dc and at quantico. 42 at baltimore, 39 at gaithersburg, 42 at dulles and 40 degrees at culpeper. tonight clouds drizzle and fog, but more rainfall into this weekend. i'll have details coming up with your full forecast. of course that game forecast as well. >> thank you, gwen. new at 10:00 tonig

thanks for joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy. and i'm tony perkins. i' right off the top, president obama is defending his actionsctio on gun control. he took his message to george mason university. he fielded questions fromns f supporters and critics during a prime time nationally televised town hall meeting. we have team coverage with marina maracco and will thomas. let's begin with will and what the president had to say. >>reporter: as we've seen this week, president obama is pushing for tighter gun control and he's using his executive powers to to avoid a show down in congress. he laid out his plan on tuesday on and went as he spoke about the murders of those 20 first graders at sandy hook elementary el school. tonight, a different story his mission to build support to narrow the gun show loophole on background checks. in the town hall style meeting broad west in fairfax in masonason university. the white house says the say president wanted to engage with wi people who support his gunis g control ideas and those who need th a little confusing.onf

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. there might be a few problems on the roads tomorrow but the real story may be what's coming after the snow. sue palka is here with what you need to know. >> it's been a long time since we've seen any snow around here. nothing has been able to be measured so far this season. as a matter of fact let me show you some stats that might surprise you. this time last year we had 2.4 inches of snow. and we have broken a record here in dc for longest we've ever gone without a trace of snow. maybe that record gets broken tomorrow. i would remind snow lovers that 80% of the snow we got last year fell after february 15th. it's an alberta clipper because they begin in alberta canada and they move very fast. and that's what you're seeing the snow in the chicago area. here's what i'm expecting in this region. is it going to have a big impact? likely not. and the reason is we'll probably get into the 40s tomorrow. so a lot of the snow we do see will melt as it comes on through. visibility may be the p

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. > it is looking more and more like we will see someome significant snowfall.nowf > let's start with sue and thed very latest. >> there has been an updatepdat today. for starter, the shore that wee are tracking is finally ashore in.com pacific northwest andorth that's a good thing because it allows us to sample the data above it.it. that did happen today. let me show you the storm andth then i'll show you there was a a little bit of shift.h that's what we're going to bebe tracking, the snow that you see pushing the rain into montana and down toward you that and idaho. i'd be remiss if i didn't tell you that there is a little storm out ahead of that. t that could create some snow flurries.fl we'll get back to that in a moment, but that path is going to take it to our south. we know you want to know aboutbt the storm friday night intoo saturday. so let me tell you that we arear still thinking this is going to have an high impact on the area. when does it start? it looks lo like it will either be friday afternoon or saturday.urda maybe we get schools off on friday. it

. >> and i shawn yancy. >> and of course by now you heard the d.c. region is under a blizzard watch. tonight we're dealing with another storm and a clipper with plenty of traffic and as you can see through the tree there's a long line of cars that sort of are stuck in the snow trying to make it through. because the roads in many places tonight were not pretreated. they have not been cleared and we are hearing reports of accidents all across the regio region. >> this is similar to what we saw at one point before a couple years ago with ca carmageddon and the crews could not get out to treat the roads because of the rush hour. >> school delays are starting to roll in for tomorrow. they include so far, stafford county, fairfax county, spotsylvania county and fredericksburg city schools all on a two hour delay. we'll ep weep you updated. >> we begin with sue palka. sue, if this is what an inch of snow did tonight, we really should be worried about friday. >> you know, i actually was in the afternoon meeting today talking about this clipper toppling throu

shawn yancy and i'm jim lokay. >> here's a look at the school districts closed thursday. in virginia, alexandria city, arlington county, fairfax, fauquier, frederick, loudoun, mastracchio narcotic, mannasas city, prince william, spotsylvania and stafford. >> and frederick county prince george. >> and the following districts on a two hour delay. charles county maryland and call pepner virginia. find the full list and anything else we did not mention on the bottom of your screen and also on fox5dc.com. >> and tonight, team coverage is post blizzard outrage continues to grow from the nightmare commute neighborhoods untouched by plows and a forecast with dropping temps that could make for a trucky morning commute. will thomas t. was gridlock behind you, will. >> absolutely. it was a mess out here, jim. i'll tell what you for a lot of people watching this right now, probab thousands of people. the commute into d.c. was a mess. maybe took you twice as long. all right. getting out ever a blizzard and crews are working and the commute home may have been worse. it was gridlock in

i'm tony perkins.pe >> and i'm shawn yancy. shawn y of course we're talking about the massive snowstorm headed or way. last night's practice run did dd not go so well inform factform f just a -- in fact just an inch of snow had commuters sitting initng gridlock for hours. hou >> many school systems are canceling classes for tomorrowfr and in fact activities throughac the weekend. those closing are at the aret t bottom of your screenly i willil tell you that almost everyry major school system has calledse in and closed schools for sch tomorrow. let's get straight to suet st palka for the latest on the the timing and the totals of the t storm which is very likelyy going to be a blizzard. let me just ask you this. i asked youus this downstairs. what's the likelihood thatihd this won't happen? >> i'd say zero. >> fair enough. >> you have a better chance at t hitting the lottery. >> you have a better chance atne getting that powerball again. >> oh, okay.y. >> this can't be a good sign. why is thi underneath theat weather center. >> y

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. one week after the blizzard brought plenty of snow it was a snow area across our area today. >> we are in for a cold night. let's check in with gwen tolbart and find out if we need to be concerned about the refreeze. >> we definitely do. those temperatures are going to dip below freezing tonight and we're going to see some icy spots tonight and into the first part of tomorrow morning. so let's take a look at where things stand and here's our highs for today and we were actually exactly where we should be in the ballpark with upper 30s and low 40s. but with all that strong sun you're absolutely right. we had snow melting today and that tonight is causing some icy conditions. here's a look at your current temperatures. we've got 32 degrees at dc, 27 at gaithersburg p 30 at frederick this hour, 24 degrees at hagerstown, 30 at winchester and 24 degrees at culpeper. so you can see some of our neighborhoods have already dipped below the freezing mark. now, overnight tonight, overall tempera

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. our top story tonight is the weather. it feels a little bit like london out there. >> it's foggy with some drizzle. we are off to a damp start for the weekend but will it be the same tomorrow. >> you're absolutely right. we do have a london look out there with the gray skies and the drizzle and the fog and that's going to continue tonight and guess what? it's going to linger into tomorrow as the rain does begin to pick uch. here's a look at your radar, you can see we have some light rainfall that's moving its way in and some of you are seeing a bit of drizzle, some of you are seeing maybe some lighter showers but this is going to continue tonight kind of off and on. but the clouds and the fog are going absolutely no where. we are going to continue to see that as we move through into tomorrow. here is a look at your temperatures and guess what? today we were actually exactly where we should be. seasonal conditions. right now 44 kicking in at dc, annapolis and quantico. 39 for gaithersburg this hour while winchester is at 3

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. we begin with the soggy weather we've been seeing around the region tonight. the good news is it should clear out soon. gwen has the latest to tell you all about it. >> yes, i do. we kind of like the rain when it's warm outside but not when it's damp and a lot cooler and it is cooler tonight but not as cool as it's going to get. it's going to get just down right arctic cold. let's begin with the rain right now. here's a look at radar for you. you can see we have a few dry slots here at one point earlier tonight this was totally filled in. we also have a lot of heavier rainfall now that's moving its way across the bay as you can see. this is going to continue all night. there was still a line of pretty heavy showers that were moving away from dale city to just south of dc and that is going to continue tonight also. let's take a look at the big picture because this wide swath of precipitation originated way down in the south and it continues to move through and it's going to continue to

thanks for keeping with us right here on fox5 news at 11 i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm jim lokay in for tony perkins. > right now, the federal government is open tomorrow. >> workers have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled tell he work. the closings and delays rolling at the bottom of the screen. another vial event attack at the metro station. fox 5 marina maracco spoke with a witness who saw the attack. >>reporter: he says when i looked out from the train to the platform. i was completely over crowded, the majority standing at the platform were teenagers. once they got off the train onto the platform, the teenagers who were originally governing off, in just seconds things turned violent. >> i can see myself walking away just as the attack happens on the passenger behind me. > this witness was just feet away from another metro mob attack. this video shows a group of teenagers getting off at the chinatown metro at the height of rush hour thursday. he was shoved to the ground and probably five or sixteen agers were punching him and kicking him in the face. >> he is repeatedly

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. we begin tonight with the arctic blast that's moving across the dc area and those snow showers that are expected tomorrow. >> let's get right to sue palka now. so sue, this is technically the first snowfall of the season? >> it should be if it at least passes over reagan national and they can catch a trace of that. and the reason i refer to it as bad timing is because it looks as though this is going to happen during the evening rush hour. it's not just snow showers, it's really gusty winds that make the visibility poor as the snow showers are affecting the area and a big drop in temperatures and once again headed for single digits and teens tomorrow night. so you will want to have your layers handy. listen during the day tomorrow we get into the 40s so that really helps us with pavement so a lot of what comes is going to be melting. this is an alberta clipper. they form in alberta canada. the bulk of it is going to pass to our north but the trailing front will come through our area d

. >> i'm shawn yancy. tonight there's angry commuters across the region. the region -- the reason i should say there's angry voices happening right now. let let's get it going now. the reason they were all kangry is going nowhere fast as they tried to get home tonight. this is what it looked like wisconsin avenue norm west and we'll have more on the traffic troubles in a few minutes and first let's get right to sue palka. sue we've been talking about about theish you've refreezing and ice overnight. right? >> nothing add isal will fall tonight shawn, jim, so much melted in the last 48 hours there's a lot of water around and now tonight we'll have a cold nights. coldest night since the snow stopped on saturday night and sunday. and we did not get below freezing last night. all that water still lurk around will be a lot of black ice tomorrow morning. that's what we call ice you may not see because it may look like as fault or pavement until you take a tumble and it could be slick in interceptions that were not treated. that's the big headline tonight going f

i'm shawn yancy. and i'm tony perkins. we have a lot of ground to cover. in the last 20 minutes we learned that federal agencies will be open tomorrow with the option for unscheduled leave, unscheduled tell he work and early departure no later than noon. so effectively they'll be closing at noon. let's talk about the schools that are closed. d.c. public schools, fairfax, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick county schools also had a scheduled day off. as we count down to the blizzard our fox5 crews have you cover. let's start things with sue palka. >> first of all a big bravo to the federal government for making sure everybody is heading home by noon tomorrow. i am so happy to hear that because we do expect this to get underway tomorrow afternoon maybe three and 5:00, but it will quickly accumula

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. the temperatures have already turned bitterly cold and there is a threat of a huge snowstorm at the end of this week. let's get to sue palka for the very latest. >> about this time every night we start getting a new run of our model guidance in and that's what's happening right now and it's consistently forecasting this major snow for the end of the week. so we've not seen a change and we will start to attach some numbers to that. but you might want to start making your plans that friday-saturday could be majorly disrupted with some heavy, wet snow moving into the area. in the short term we have a significant issue with very cold air and that has been lacking most of this winter but it has rolled into town in a big way. they could be 10, 15, maybe 20 degrees below zero. that's why we have a wind chill advisory for all these areas until noon on tuesday. breezes continue tomorrow morning again another tough one to take, but a lot of you didn't have to deal with it since it was the obser

and it is good to have you with us, i'm shawn yancy and i'm gym lokay in for tony perkins tonight. the wind is whipping. the temps are in the lows to.ows this is all ahead of the winter storm we're tracking for theor especially of the week. we have team coverage starting with sue palka. what are the latest models telling you now about how much of an impact this will have on the region. >> we are getting new information. the american model just comingin in and not much change. it's still very bullish on thisn being a major storm for our area, friday afternoon lightly and then picking up in intensity friday night into saturday night. it appears to be holding the course and not giving up the ghost that is going to have ave high impact on our era. that's just one model coming in right now.ow. we'll show it to you in a moment and hopefully it is updated, bua this is the very latest. this is the storm we're going tn be tracking. it is still a few days away andd we're happy to see it on landa where we can get a better handle on it in ems t of the model asol it continues to churn and then

it is good to have you with us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. we begin the 11 at george mason university in fairfax. president obama participated in nationally advised town hall meeting. this comes after two days after the president rolled out his gun control. > he laid out his plan tuesday at the white house and as you can see it was emotion at at times he was wiping away tears especially as he spoke about the murders of those 20 first graders at sandy hook elementary school. tonight is appeal is to you, america, the president says he wants to narrow the so-called gun show loophole on background checks. it was a town hall style meeting hosted by cnn at george mason university. the president wants to engage with people on both sides of the debate. why can't your administration see that these restrictions are making it harder for me to own a gun. it's actually just making my kids and i less safe. you have to be pretty well trained in order to fire a weapon against somebody who is assaulting you and catches you by surprise. and what is also true i

. > and it is good to have you with us tonight, i'm ' tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. >> right off the top the five things you need to know to start your wednesday. metro rail service will begin at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow on every line but the silver line. free shuttle buses will be provided between all silver line stations and west falls church if the trains are not running. metro bus will run on a modified schedule. wednesday the federal government is reopening on a three-hour delay. tomorrow federal government reopening three-hour delay. but d.c. public schools will open on time. students will not be marked tardy and absences will be excused in case parents have a hard time getting their children to school. here's a look the at cool districts that are closed tomorrow. in virginia, alexandria city, arlington county, culpeper county, falls county, falls church, fauquier county, loudon, prince william, manassas city and manassas park. >> and in maryland, montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arrundel county and frederick county public schools all closed. you can find the compl

. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm jlt jim lokay in for tony perkins tonight. the federal government has not made a decision on whether or not it will open on time tomorrow. meantime metro rail is running up to speed and metro bus is working on a light service plan for thursday. plus there are several school closings and delays you can find the list on your screen or online at fox5dc.com. >> today was the first day back to work for many people across the region although the commute out there has been a rough one on the roads, we have live team coverage. let's get started with paul wagner who is out driving in bethesda. how are the conditions right now? >> reporter: hey, shawn. here in bethesda we're on river road and the conditions are not good at all. and i'm going to show you here in just a second we're going to pull out of this gas station here. we're at river road and little falls parkway. the problem is they've not been able to clear all of the lanes here on river road. they've left one lane in each direction snow covered. and so all of theraffic coming ou

. >> i'm shawn yancy. that's rite, right now at 11 tonight's clipper that came in earlier is starting to wind down a bit and there's still a few flurries flying down out. there the snow should stop midnight. there's an inch or snow covers the ground in various areas and it's making a mess for everybody out there on the roads. >> it really has. some folks have not made it home from work. new video at 11 a reporter lauren demarco shot this video on route 5 branch avenue just inside the beltway and the snowfall was causing a mess on the roads. people are creep ago long, slipping and sliding. it's been a very slow and dangerous commute out there that start add around 5 p.m. and now, yep, it's 11 p.m.. we've already seen hundred of people stuck on roads and a lot of accidents. >> that's right to bring you up to date. rock creek parkway between kennedy center and -- is shut down because of hardard us conditions avoid that area if you can. >> we have a list of school closings and delays. prince william country sc

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. the conditions are really going downhill right now. let's take a live look outside. we should tell you right now this is fairfax, virginia right now. the good news is look at the line of snow plows going down this street right now. this is just an indication of what's happening all around our region. also we want to let you know that right now at 11:00, metro officially suspended all service for the weekend on the rails and on the roads. >> we have live reports set up from across the region tonight we want to begin with sue and the latest developments on this blizzard. i know you're getting in some new information as we speak, both you and caitlin. >> yes, we sure are and we continue to enjoy the information we're getting from our viewers on social media and the updates. the update is that those blizzard conditions have started to develop in a big way to our south and they are moving north as our storm system is going to get really strong now. it is out over the south carolina coast. it's going to move to the norfolk area by morning an

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. it has been a busy day all around the dmv. the blizzard of 2016 is here. let's take a live look right here at dupont circle in the heart of the district of columbia. all of this snow is making a huge impact on the roads. >> want to let you know right now that clara barton parkway from glen echo to the dc line is actually closed right now. we have live team coverage for you tonight in dc, maryland and virginia. we will start, though, with sue palka and caitlin roth in the weather center with the latest on this storm. sue and caitlin? >> thank you very much. i've got to tell you things are going to start going downhill very rapidly. we are starting to see the on set of blizzard conditions in lower southern maryland, east central virginia it's moving north and in the next few hours things are going to go downhill. >> we've had several inches accumulate throughout this evening but we haven't begun with the actual blizzard conditions and that's what we fear as we go through the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning. >> you see these odd looking colors. the

i'm tony perkins.pe >> and i'm shawn yancy. talking about the massive snowstorm headed or way. last night's practice run did dd not go so well inform factform f just a -- in fact just an inch of snow had commuters sitting initng gridlock for hours. hou >> many school systems are canceling classes for tomorrowfr and in fact activities throughac the weekend. those closing are at the aret t bottom of your screenly i willil tell you that almost everyry major school system has calledse in and closed schools for sch tomorrow. let's get straight to suet st palka for

. >> and i'm shawn yancy.ew tonight at 6:00, metro transit police are investigating a series of violent assaults on passengers. take a look at the video. on the left, that's video of an incident yesterday at the gallery place during the morning rush. on the right, the exact same station, another attack that happened the same evening right in front of news crews. fox 5's matt ackland was there as it happened. >> reporter: last night we were covering the early morning assault here at gallery place when another one took place. and we saw just how quickly metro police responded. we saw them running down this escalator and they yelled for the station manager to open up this gate. they ran through to the platform where they stopped a train and pulled several individuals off. this is video we captured seconds later just after police boarded the train and escorted several people off. we're told a man was assaulted at the judiciary square station just one stop away. and police responded quickly. it was rush hour at the

thank you for joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. we begin with this mangled mess. a tragic multi-car accident that killed one woman on route 202 it landover this morning. take a look, this man is accused causing the crash. police also say he did not have a license and there was aas warrant out for his arrest. fox5's lauren demarco spoke exclusively with the suspect's system. what did she tell you. t >>reporter: shawn, tony, she and the family told me that juan sanchez was taken out of the hospital and is now being held in custody by police in jail. they say that he was driving on a suspended license, accordingcr to the family. according to court documentsg that stems fromto an arrest in 2014 due to speeding and dwi. sanchez' sister tells me that he was on his way to workaround 9:00 a.m. this morning. he works for a piping and sue age control business. when the crash occurred justust behind me at 202 and locks fordd road. it had traffic tied up for hourr today with lane closures. i can tell you that sanchez' blue pickup truck was he

. >> and i'm shawn yancy.ional weather service issued a blizzard watch for the entire dc region starting friday. we haven't seen that since snow-maggedeon back in 2010. >> here is a live look outside right now where a different weather system has come in this evening giving us a small taste of what we're in for in the coming days. a little bit of snow here and there. we have team coverage tonight let's start with sue palka for the latest. >> i'll start with the bigger story which is our friday-saturday blizzard. yes the blizzard watch has been posted. we're starting to hear you are seeing a little bit of light snow out there. a winter weather advisory for that weak system just started at 6:00 and it will continue until midnight. more on that in a moment. but look at this big footprint. all of these watches and blizzard watch in our area are for the friday-saturday late-week storm we are arts pating. all the areas you see in that brighter blue all the way up to baltimore, under a blizzard watch. winds could gus

. >> and i'm shawn yancy.orrow we could see some snow showers at the height of rush hour. yes, i said the word "snow." yes, do not panic. sue palka joins us here in the weather center. please explain what's going to happen. >> you're absolutely right. we're going to urge everyone not to panic. while we'll probably see our first snow of the season tomorrow, it doesn't look like it's going to be able to accumulate. before it gets here temperatures get into the mid 40s. one of the thing where you see it and it's going to melt on the ground. that's disturbing to snow lovers. it may come down hard enough, the visibility might be a little bit of an impact. why we're making sure you know about this, it's the timing. it's probably going to occur around the evening rush hour and it's arctic air moving into town. so most of it is going to be melting. maybe the mountains will get several inches. there's a possibility that some spots north of the area can get a dusting on grass. it's going to move through quickly but that

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm jim lokay na for tony and we begin with the forecast.or a real winter storm this week. >> right now before we get to that we're going to deal with these frigid temperatures. let's get right to sue palka in the weather center. i'll tell you what, sue. i came outside and that cold air smacks you in the face. >> it sure does. that's why you want to keep those layers handy for tonight and tomorrow too. because this is going to continue. in fact our headline is the big wind chill that we've been seeing out there and we'll go ahead and show you that. the wind chill is in the dangerous category tonight. i've got a wind chill advisory posted until noon tomorrow. so what does that mean? it means farther to the west those wind chills to be as cold as 10 to 20 degrees below zero. locally 5 to 10 degrees below zero. that's mighty cold at the bus stop in the morning. temperatures already most areas in the teens. we've got temperatures south and east. it's going to get even colder as we go through the night. our current wind chill because gusts are up

we thank you for joining usus tonight, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy.e begin tonight with new details about a man suspected ofuspe causing a deadly car crash inrash prince george's county. we've learned tonight there were already two warrants out for his arrest. alexandra limon is live near then is scene of the crash with an update tonight.ight alex what's the latest? >>reporter: guys sources telltell me that juan sanchez has a history of not showing up for traffic-related offenses. last night after that deadlydly crash he was arrested, but itt was for a warrant, for a dui in 2014 and today he is again a freeman after posting a $2,600 bond.bo charges are still pending foror that nine-car deadly crash, but that could take sometime.ome today we learned that the princee george's sheriff's department has been trying to find 34 yearind old juan sanchez to serve him with a warrant for not showing up in court with that dui charge in 2014.01 they tell me they tried to serve him at least twice, the lasthe time in november of 2015 so just a couple of

. > and we thank for joining uss tonight, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy.night in prince william county. police and school officials aree investigating threats of violence. fox5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >>reporter: classes went on as normal here at woodbridge high g school, but what has been going on inside this building this week is not normal.orma at issue, threats of gunun violence that somebody has been scrolling across a school wall. take a look at this, the first r threat that was found red 1/4/16, 1/8/16 the school will be shot. prince william county school's contact determined that thethat threat was not real.ot but then it happened again, lasi night in a facebook post schoolt officials announced that a second threat was also written on a wall and threatenedhrea violence on a specific date next week. just as a precaution they had an increased presence at the school on pry morning. school officials say they takehy this incident very seriously. they decided to go ahead andhea open schools as normal. i really am not concerned.conc i work here, a

. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm jlt jim lokay in for tony perkins tonight. federal government has not made a decision on whether or not it will open on time tomorrow. meantime metro rail is running up to speed and metro bus is working on a light service plan for thursday. plus there are several school closings and delays you can find the list on your screen or online at fox5dc.com. >> today was the first day back to work for many people across the region although the commute out there has been a rough one on the roads, we have live team coverage. let's get started with paul wagner who is out driving in bethesda. how are the conditions right now? >> reporter: hey, shawn. here in bethesda we're on river road and the conditions are not good at all. and i'm going to show you here in just a second we're going to pull out of this gas station here. we're at river road and little falls parkway. the problem is they've not been

. > thanks so much for joiningr o us, everybody, i'm shawn yancy and it is a good thing to have you here tonight with us on fox5 news at 10. >> i'm gym lokay.>> tony is off. we've just received word that the federal government will open on time. employees do have the option of unscheduled leave or unscheduled tell he work.te you can ' the school closings at the would bottom of the screen s on our fox5 d.c..com. all of this comes after another horrific snow removal night. nig drivers were sitting in traffic for hours during the evening rush. the question is, is there any relief in site. tisha lewis is roadside tonight. you were out in the mayhem firsthand so how long were you stuck out there in.ther >> you know what, jim and shawn, we were stuck in traffic for nearly two hours. two we were on our way to do on interviews in northern virginia before you knowno what, we saidi we're going to all contact it quits. we pulled over and we talked tot some drivers and they say all oo this going on behind me over my right shoulder, that's the real road rage. > we've just been sitting hereh in traffi

thanks for joining us, i'm tony, perkins and i'm shawn yancy. temperatures plummeted, wind pl chills that are headed towards the single digits. we have weather coverage withwih sue palka and caitlyn lost. >> you certainly didn't need it on when we got into. > finally d.c. gets its firstts trace of snow.tr this is the longest we've ever gone without any trace of snowsw in d.c. in the record books re tonight. a lot of places getting a small accumulation, too, as what we call snow squalls came throughho with that artic front. enough to cover the cars, the grass. these were fast movers andnd thanks to those temperatures ine the upper 40s earlier today. it didn't have a huge effect on roads.ro although some drivers on i66 did have some problems out towardowa the shen den owe a valley. dulles picked up three 100 these of an inch and that should be .3 at dulles. an inch of snow that they got.o. here is how things looked as we put it all in motion. there's that squall moving on through. about everything out of here.ere i still a few flurries still linge

. >> thanks nor joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. > we begin with the blizzard aftermath. we just learned that the federal government will open tomorrow, but on a three-hour delay. del federal government open, three-hour delay. employees also have the option for unscheduled leave or tell he work. as you might have guessed a number of schools are also closed in article, fairfax, fact quarter, manassas city and manassas park. also, alexandria rings in maryland prince george's county and anne arrundel county schools are closed. you can find the full closings and delays ceiling on the bottom of your screen. sue palka begins our weather o coverage tonight.cove we have seen some rain out there and that is further melting some of that snow. >> i actually had some good newn for you tonight, for a change, right? we did have someome significant melting today andg o even at this hour many places p are still in the low 40s which w is closer to where our average o high for the day to be. we've had some help from motherm nature today.na let me show you the temperatures that w

. >> it is good to have you with y us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins.m to > the dmv istill not done digging out tonight, three days after the snow stopped.. many school districts still sti aren't ready for students to return to class. >> here's a look at some of the school districts that have already canceled classes top, in virginia, fact quarter, loudon, manassas, fairfax and prince george's county schools, in maryland, prince george's countg and mount, you can find theind folies of all the delays. d they are scrolling at the boom of your screen. scr you can also find them on our screen fox5 d.c..com...co > in the districts, the mayor says the schools will be back open for students tomorrow. >> the plows are making progress, but some of the side streets and the sidewalks piled high with snow. matt ackland life in the northwest tonight on how the districts is digging out. hey, matt. m >>reporter: hey, sean and tony, a little bit of breaking news o for you.f fo we are learning from the mayor's office that so far the cost of getting rid of all of this snow has reached $1

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. right off the top tonight, incredible developments in the wake of this massive blizzard. let's take a look right now this is i-270 at germantown road. all of 270 in maryland is closed tonight as you look at the roadway right there you can see it is absolutely free of traffic at this point. we're talking the entire highway, nearly 35 miles if the beltway to i-70 in frederick. it's also closed from 6 the 5 to i-81. they both will remain closed tomorrow to all drivers. they're doing this so the crews can get on the roads and clear them of the snow and the ice. >> a few quick facts about this blizzard. more than 80 million people were in the storm's path nationwide. at least 18 deaths are blamed on the weather so far from car crashes, shoveling and hypothermia. some areas have seen up to 3 feet of snow. the storm has knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and businesses nationwide. fortunately the averages only numbers in the hundreds across our area. sue, what is the latest on thi

i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins.onerkins an arrest made in a new year'sr' murder along a joggingice say this man killed me katherine alvarado and the twoht knew each other. oth. fox5's emily miller joins us jou now with the latest. emily. jogger found the body of aou young woman on a popularopar hiking and biking trail inin hyattsville.e. but prince george's policece g closed the case today with an arrest. police arrested this man 18-year-old marvin vasquezol juarez.d he has no fixed addressdd charged with first and second degree murder and he's beingr de held without bond.ho b the victim is 20-year-oldld katherine alvarado.lv police say the homicide iss domestic related and that thendt two had been in a romanticanti relationship at one time. time. her mother reported herorte missing on new year's eve and then just after 7:00 a.m. ont ae new yer ar's morning a jog are a found her body on the trail. police pronounced her dead ater the scene. the she has been stabbed to death.ea meals sapolice say the suspect s identified during their dur t investigation and that's why w they were

is to come and what ishi happening right now continueson here on fox5 news.5ew good evening i'm shawn yancylong with tony perkins.erki. >> yes. as expected, conditions haveons been deteriorating throughoutrag the afternoon and we're seeing more significant deteriorationrn in road conditions during thisii last several minutes as a mattea of fact. as you know there's a snowere'sw emergency in effect and they district of columbia.lumbia. and we expect much more snow tonight.ni >> that's right.>> let's get over to caitlyn rothat for the very latest on thehe forecast and what we are seeinge outside right now. caitlyn.ca >> shawn and tony just gettingtg started snow began about four of five hours ago, has beenee spreading north war since.g nor we have now moved past sunset st it is dark out and has been colc the whole time and snow has been accumulating very quickly inck fact already several inches herc in the district as we've been wb telling everyone.. to please get home and stay homh all weekend.eekend we'll start off with snow totalt for you because it has not takek long for that snow to star

. >> i'm tony perkins and she's shawn yancy and we have you kofrd. >> conditions getting a little dicier out there. the mayor practically pleading with people to please stay indoors. even as they plow, as you know, the snow continues to fall so they have to come back and plow again. they need vehicles off the road. they're encouraging everybody to stay indoors. some areas at this point have seen up to 30 inches of snow. and this winter blast is causing dangerous white-out conditions. >> that's right. let's continue our team coverage with sue palka and gwen tolbart. >> there probably are some drifts being mesh ufrd but we have seen higher totals. i just got in a whole bunch of new snow totals and i'll look through all of those but i'll let you see some new information right off the top here and we'll take you to the maps. would they about one of our biggest snowstorms ever in dc and it has cracked the top five coming in at th place at 17.5 issues at reagan national. it's still snowing because notice in fourth place is 2010 at 17.8. we may be moving in fourth place and this is where we're