husband and i shoveled our own. always dos. >> reporter: for the kiddos, i was the first snow day of the year with all the sledding and snowball fightshe could stand. do you feel like we need one day? snow >> yeah! >> reporter: now, if you have not had your road plowed yetn prince george's county call 311 for the road crews to come. they're saying by 10:00p.m., all of the residential road have been hit. part of the reason folks are cleaning this up so easily, it was light and wpowdery. n't that heavy, wet snow. it made it easier for people to do what they needed to do. to show you what's going on in northern virginia, will tos it to my colleague. hey,julie. >> reporter: hey, great plowing progress here, too. this is market the main drive through leesburg. not only is it clear of snow. but that road is starting to clear out a the sun has helped out. so has the temperature. now.egrees right but the sun is going down, now everything that is wet and icy andsnowy, it' going tory freeze. >> that will create real challenge

just search shovel. southeast, aimee cho, news4. >>> there's renewed hope virginia lawkers might okay a plan to provide driversfo cards undocumented immigrants. right now 3,000 undocumented people might be out there driving around without a license in the commonwealth. as jul carey reports, supporters say this is not a political ise, it's about public safety. et>> reporter: when she g behind the wheel, she has her driver's license with her. she cam to virginia from peru in 2000 and got her license before the state required proof residence. but she wants all undocument migrants to be able to drive with the same confidence she has. and with her own teenage son out on the road now, safety is her biggest concern. >> translator: what i'm mostly concerned with as a mother is that virginia roads are safe, od so i want make sure that every single person that's driving behind the wheel of a car in virginia has taken driver's ed, has passed the driver's test knows the rules of the road. >> reporter: mendoza joined

have you shoveled your sidewalk? i shoveled my sidewalk. d.c. law says you have h 24rs to do it. >> seniors who can't do it can have volunteers ce and do it for them. y cho explains the city's adopt a senior program. >> reporter: as cold snow blankets the sidewalks, warm gestures help to clear them. dominick watkins is part of d.c.'s adopt aenior program. anytime it snows more than 4 inches, volunteers get t rk. shoveling so seniors don't have to. do.his is what i like t i got a heart to serve. not just the seniors. i got a heart to serve people, period. >> reporter: people like martha whitehead. >> it means a lot. i don't wanto get fined for not having my snow shoveled. >> reporter: as the volunteers clear away feet of snow, watkins says there's a reason he goes the extra mile. m >> i los grandparents at an early age. i think it's really important for any of us who have grandparents to stop what you're doomg and check on them and out here and shovel the snow for them oh, yeah. it makes us feel really good, to be able to serve the community. >>

andeople did their part to shovel those roads, to shovel thelk sides, to shovel the driveways. but we still are finding this morning lot of neighborhood streets where the sidewalks are cored in snow and ice. of course, you have streets ere some of the cars are able to park on streets t but snow cover is making the streets narrower. you have to take extra time and be cautious. looktrt the st we're on right now. lots of patchy ice that you will find, as the kiddos and folks head out the door this morning, back to work and back to school. that's the latest, live from hyattsville. i'm mollette green. back to you guys. >> big variations there. thanks. >> first comes the snow, then the shoveling and the backs are out. >>> everyone has to do it.no the has stopped falling. that includes the nuns. two sisters were clearg off the sidewalk in d.c.'s brookland neighborhood. a good reminder that if you're able to help out a neighbor in need, if they can't shovel themselves, go pitch in. we'll tell you about the prograt connecting seniors in need to shovellers in the next half hour. i >> thi

you've got to come in and shovel snow. you are not being paid, i know you feel the disrespect of being furloughed and we are not going to be able to pay you for shoveling snow. but can you shovel snow on a sunday? at least the walkways are clear. he said, i really had something i wanted to say on the call, i wanted to say no but then i thought about this, what if somebody because of the snow, like a kid, falls and brexit there like? or there is an accident or something because the sidewalks are not clear? were ice that causes -- he started to think about the people that cares about that he wants to impress by the white house because he wants them to be impressed by the country and he said, i guess i better shovel snow. i kid you not, we were having this conversation at 11:45 a.m. yesterday morning. you've seen a weather report this week a

you have got to come in and shovel snow. you're not being paid. i know you feel the disrespect of being furloughed, and we're not going to be able to pay you for shoveling snow, but can you come in and shovel snow on a sunday so that at least the walkways are clear in front of the white house? he said, boy, i really had something that i wanted to say on that call. i wanted to say no, but then i thought about this. what if somebody because of the snow, like a kid, falls and breaks their leg or there's an accident or something because the sidewalks aren't clear or there's ice that causes some problem. and he started to think about the people that he cares about that he wants to be impressed by the white house because he wants them to be impressed by the country, and he said, well, i guess -- i guess i better go shovel the snow. i kid you not, we were having this conversation about 11:45 yesterday morning. some of you have seen that there is a weather report this weekend that's a little bit iffy in d.c. during the middle of his telling me his story,

>>hi t morning, plowing and shovel willing continue. as our region digs out from wis year's firter blast. with the government closed and no school, road crews in d.c. have a chance to make headway against the snow yesterday. the issue this morning w l be we're working for you with complete coverage on how the ice could impact your morning. >> justin finch is driving th ugh northeast d.c. now. what do thingli look ? >> we're in the area of northwest. a nice stretch here by florida avenue. we have been telling you, there havee been s dark spots and some shiny spots. areas that look clear but have that slush accumulation that can getun over and melted and become refrozen and be p ablem spot, perhaps the black ice. e neighborhood streets have been an issue o concern. they have a lot of ice buildup on them, in addition to that snow. and also, too, that the dewalks have not been cleared. that's beenn issue across the district. want to show you this, as one of the examples. take a look here. this roadway, the slush, jt accumulates right in the

you have got to come in and shovel snow. you're not being paid. i know you feel the disrespect of being furloughed, and we're not going to be able to pay you for shoveling snow, but can you come in and shovel snow on a sunday so that at least the walkways are clear in front of the white house? he said, boy, i really had something that i wanted to say on that call. i wanted to say no, but then i thought about this. what if somebody because of the snow, like a kid, falls and breaks their leg or there's an accident or something because the sidewalks aren't clear or there's ice that causes some problem. and he started to think about the people that he cares about that he wants to be impressed by the white house because he wants them to be impressed by the country, and he said, well, i guess -- i guess i better go shovel the snow. i kid you not, we were having this conversation about 11:45 yesterday morning. some of you have seen that there is a weather report this weekend that's a little bit iffy in d.c. during the middle of his telling me his story,

have you shovelled your sidewalk yet? i shoveled my sidewalk. d.c. says you have 24 hours to do it. >> seniors who can't can have volunteers come and do it for them. amy cho explains the city's adopt a senior program. >> reporter: as cold snow blankets the sidewalks, warm gestures help to clear them. dominick watkins is part of d.c.'s adopt a senior program. anytime it snows more than 4 inches, volunteers get to work. shoveling so seniors don't have to. >> this is what i like to do. i got a heart to serve. not just the siors. i got a heart to serve people, period. >> reporter: people like martha whitehead. >> it means a lot. i don't want to get fined for not having my snow shoveled. >> reporter: as the volueers clear away feet of snow, watkins says there's a reason he goes the extra mile. >> i lost my grandparents at an early e. i think it's really important for any of us who have grandparents to stop what you're doing and check on them and come out here and shovel the snow for them. oh, yeah. it makes us feel really good, to be able to serve the com

neighbors ar also out shoveling their own sidewalk and driveways to get out. >> w yesteray was shoveling about five hours. >> a snow day is usual lay lot fun for kids, many adults are counting on plow drivers to ha a safe commute on the roads. >> it's pretty to look the roads are clear. >> now, county officials tell us thesewp sw drivers will be returning to roads that are ice packed. ny will be ice packed tomorrow to try to retreat them and replow them to make sure they are safe for neighbors. o you. >> thanks, meaghan. let's go from the roads to the skiesnow. air travl traffic controllers, e ng another week without pay. senator ben cardin met wh aviation workers. carden said their job is being compromised for all americans who are flying. >>> a new poll blames president trump for the shutdown and backing democrat's plans to reopen the government. the survey included 1,200 response with a margin of error. >>> chef joseandres is going to be a part of an effort by the world central kitchen that he runs. they will open up a new memorial on pennsylvania avenue. the kitchen will be opened to

if you have a sidewalk, please shovel it.inch, news4. >> all right. >>> surveillance cameras were rolling when a disgruntled motel guest took things just a little too far. >> the m plowed his car into the front office and just barely missedhe night clerk. take a look. the clerk in the cowboy hat and a car comes barreling through the parking lot and smashes into the office. look how close that came. police say scott richardson was drunk when he crashed into the hotel. creek moore says he had kicked richardson off the property a few hours earlier because he was drunk and fighting with his wife. amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. >> wow. >>> now take a look at this sweet ms in flagstaff, arizona. that's not mud on the ground, it is river of chocolate. a tanker truck carrying liquid chocolat krarked and overturned on the highway spillingon 40,00 ga of pure chocolate everywhere. road crews had to pump the liquid into the median so the tanker could be lifted on to a tow truck. >>> where were you when you first heard about it on

you need to shovel and shovel again. and there's still snow. >> that's what i hear. you homeowners have i rough. >> i do miss apartment living for that reason only. >> my car, not a lick of snow on it all weekend. >> i am never going to see the prius. i'm eun yang. >> i'm iraaron gilchrist.ni good m to the people that are watching this morning. this is all for the essential personnelhis morning. things appear to be settled outside. we remain in weather alert mode. snowy, icyonditions are making roads treacherous. >> d.c. public schools are closed. federal offices are also closed. emergency works employees and telework employees. this doe not apply to furloughed employees who aren nonwork status. now, to schools in maryland, montgomery. colliver, st. mary's, anne arundel and schools are closir. >> now, tonia. west virginia, grant, mineral, hampshi hampshire, hardy, morgan berkeley schools close today, as well. >> if you're looking to take a metro bus today, you're out of luck. last night, news 4 cameras filmed this bus getting stuck ih northwest gton. yikes. >>> team

two shovels. one under eachdo.de that sized block of snow off the edge of the building. >> why is it so stiff? >> the temperature has to be right. the humidity has to be right. in this case it's the perfect condition for this to work. does this dude really love tetris? >> mike on the other hand, he's a professional bmx-er. he likes to more snow. >> it's not a large amount in all the perfect spots a property? >> yes. >> not if he's gentle and puts it back. >> that's what he does. >> off comes the sign from the post. there goes the snow from the park. him and his buddy put the sign right back where they found it. no harm, no foul. it's time to ride the bikes and pull some tricks. >> yes! >>> i have no idea why they gave me this video. this is from conde nast off in . >> charming, don't you think? >> that the the worst accent. >> queen mary was pretty notorious for wearing multiple different styles of jewelry. she went for the choker which was popularized by queen alexandra, the one before her. 1920s, the queen mother

some of you m have a foot of snow to shovel out from this morning.nd roads that were pretreated may be a bit of a mess right now. 5:30 right now. goodmorning,everybody. >> if you don't have to head out today, stay at home. rit? >> we're going to keep you company this morning. most schools and offices are closed to keep people off of the roads. we want to look at the big closures. they're running on bottom of your screen, too. d.c. schools are closed. federal offices are closed. this does not apply to furloughed employees impacted bh the down who are already in a nonwork status. now, to schools in maryland. montgoment mery, calvert, st. mary's, calvert, anne arundel and howard schools are closed. >> now, to virginia. nk i t i took a breath in there. >> all right. >> west virginia, now. grant, hardy, hampshire, mineral, morgan, berkeley and jefferson count schools are closed. all of the closures are running at the bottom of your screen all morning long. you can find themhe in washington app. >> we have crews across the region. we have melissa monitorin

come in shovel snow. in shovel you are not being paid. i know you feel the disrespect of being furloughed and we will not be able to pay you for shelving the store, but can you come in and shovel snow on a sunday so that at least the in front of clear the white house? he said -- on that call i want to b say no, but then i thought about this. what if somebody because of the snow like a kid falls and breaks the lake, or there's an action or something because the sidewalks are not clear? or there is i.c.e. the costs of problems. he started think about the people he cares about that he wants to be impressed by the white house because he wants them to be impressed by the country, and he said well, i guess i better go shovel the snow. i kid you not, we were having this conversation about 11:45 yesterday and some of you seen that the weather report this weekend and it's a little bit iffy in d.c., and during the middle of his telling me his story, his phone rings and you look at it and he said, that's my boss. i'm not going to answer it. i know w

some of you maybe have a footowf o shovel. if you didn't start yesterday, even roads that were pretreated may be a bit of a mess. m eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. if you don't have toead out, stay home here's a look at closures. >> d.c. public schools are closed. federal offices are closed.y emerge employees should continue to work. this does not apply togh furl employees impacted by the shutdown, who are in a nonwork status. >>> now, to schools in maryland. montgomery, calvert, st. mary's, charles, prince george's, annear del, and frederick schools are closed. >> easier to tell you what's open. in west virginia, grant, hardy, miner mineral, hampshire, morgan, berkeley and jefferson county schools are closed, as well. >> now we want to check with our team coverage. melissa is monitoring all of th them. >> chuck bell is here to explain what's happened so far. another round of way this weekend. >> i thought you were going to get throughhat whole list of closings. >> just barrel through. >> the 80s guy, the commercial, the wor

this is a situation where you'll shovel this morning. later on this afternoon if you don't shovel, hopefully you have one of the push shovelso you can push the snow. another tradition we have is measurin the snow as it is falls so, of course, i brought, i would be remiss if i did not bring my own measuring device, so we're goi h stepe in northwest find out, a good meteorologist takes three measures a see what w have. that's 6 inches there. another 6 inches. i'll step a lite far away, hmm. so what we're looking a here, this is northwest washington, everyone. right here at thenow line is 6 inches of snow. 6 inches of snow. it's 30 degrees. 30 degrees in the district of coowmbia. it's b 30 degrees, colder, probably in the 20s where you life, so the important thing, of course, everyone is to be safe. be safe when you go out and make sure you clean the car and wipe the front and back windshield, the side windows when you're out with family. do go to the health and fitness expo and get out there and make sure you're safe before you travel. >>

i'm not shoveling. but i'm going to say yes. >> sal would do it. you like living in all that snow. >> yes, i would. i would enjoy going on a run this morning when it gets light. if i were up there. and here i am. >> and when flexibility to stay inside, when the weather is bad. then it's okay. >> there you go. >>> good morning, everyone. a lot of people went up over the weekend. and they came back. so i think today is going to be the day that a lot of people are back, looking at the gilroy super commute. from gilroy to morgan hill, continuingto san jose. looks pretty od. there have been no major issues into morgan hill, continuing ty valleya look at the macarthur maze. traffic is taking about 60 minutes to get there. and when you get to the bay bridge, there's a light delay at the toll plaza. kind of cold this morning. >> you think that's cold here. wait until what i show you now. >> okay. >> and that's actually better than yesterday. but still a few single digits. they had a lot more yesterday throughout the great lakes and the northeast. and i'll

i spent that saturday shaking hands with a shovel, trying to shovel the snow away. wasn't historic day in springfield but sadly it was an historic day for america. saturday marked the longest shutdown of the u.s. government in the historyke of the united states. as of today the shutdown has continued for 26 days. day by day the harmful effects of this government shutdown are getting worse. alarmingly the president seems not to really understand or appreciate the real-life impact that his shutdown is having on many americans. in all more than 8000 federal workers in my home state of illinois are going without a paycheck during the shutdown. 8000 who are concerned about paying their bills as most working families are. these are hard-working americans i want to show you a photo of one of them who happens to be a friend of mine. his name is toby hoch toby is a veteran of united states air force. his job in aurora, illinois to make sure that my plane when it arrives at of hair land safely. toby hoch is an air traffic controller. air traffic controllers have some of the m

furloughed and we are not going to be able to pay you for shoveling snow. but can you shovel snow on a sunday? at least the walkways are clear. he said, i really had something i wanted to say on the call, i wanted to say no but then i thought about this, what if somebody because of the snow, like a kid, falls and brexit there like? or there is an accident or something because the sidewalks are not clear? were ice that causes -- he started to think about the people that cares about that he wants to impress by the white house because he wants them to be impressed by the country and he said, i guess i better shovel snow. i kid you not, we were having this conversation at 11:45 a.m. yesterday morning. you've seen a weather report this week is a little iffy. during the middle of his telling me his story, his phone rang. he looked at it and said, that's my boss. i'm not going to answer.w did you just timehi this? did you tell him to call i know with this call is about. even while being disrespected, even though i'm not being paid and no matter what i want to say,

steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off and no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history highest avalanche warning for that area even the mayor had to evacuate his house i don't know if you can hear but there's a helicopter flying overhead and all those helicopters are doing are checking the situation to see if an avalanche is about to to go down and so people had to get out of that area i mean a safer reporting there from austria all right next up we had to greece which has made a new demand for war reparations from germany athens says it is grounds to pursue a legal claim for nearly three hundred billion euros in compensation for the nazi occupation of the country and world war two the demand came as german chance on america met with the president of greece

steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history as usual the highest avalanche warning for that area even the mayor had to evacuate his house i don't know if you can hear but there's a helicopter flying overhead and what those helicopters are doing are checking situation to see if an avalanche is about to go down and so people had to get out of that area and i think it's good to know that the choppers are in the air and checking things out in the businesses are open where you are what are you hearing from from the other snowed in towns. well that's that's the thing there are about fifteen hundred the last time i checked fifteen hundred people in this austrian state just this area of the austrian state actually which has ha

the driveways need to be shoveled. and the pat collins snow stick challenge will begin. >> pat will show us the best submissions. >>> stick around to catch "ellen"t 3:00. stick around for the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi can do now store. a get your questions answered by awesome experts store. it's a now there's one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and it's simple, easy, awesome. wbut did you know you could be saving even more?. with the tjx rewards credit card - every time you shop at our stores, you earn 5% back in rewards. tjx rewards credit card. an even better value every day. >>> welcomeack to news 4 today. it is 6:24 on this weather alert day. a live look outside from saturday nighi to early morning. it was all about watching the snowfall and it kept falling and now we will be digging out maybe for day. the first snow of 2019 means the first snow stick chal

steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history highest avalanche warning for that area even the mayor had to evacuate as house i don't know if you can hear but there's a helicopter flying overhead and all those helicopters are doing are checking situation to see if an avalanche is about to to go down and so people had to get out of that area and i was on and joining us from austria german chancellor angela merkel has said that germany recognizes its historical responsibility for crimes committed by nazis in greece merkel made the comments during a meeting with the greek president on the second day of her trip to athens it also comes as greece says that it has grounds to pursue a legal claim for two hundred eighty nine bil

steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history highest avalanche warning for that area even the mayor had to evacuate his house i don't know if you can hear but there's a helicopter flying overhead and all those helicopters are doing are checking the situation to see if an avalanche is about to to go down and so people had to get out of that area. well now we are heading to myanmar where a court has rejected an appeal by two journalists serving seven year prison terms while known and quasi who were arrested in december of twenty seventeen after investigating the massacre of ten bow hinge of boys men during the army's brutal crackdown on the muslim community the two warders journalists were later sentence for breaking the

and at least three people died from shoveling. in upstate new york, 7-year-old frank demasi was found on his front storms monday morning. he suffered a heart attack while trying to clear his property. >> there's a lot of bearing down and upper body work that increases your blood pressure as you scoop and shovel that snow and get your arms raised up. >> reporter: if you do plan on coming out here, be extremely care. even with the proper boots on this is a thick sheet of ice, extremely dangerous. there's some good news. it's expected to warm up by wednesday. actually, it will be in the 40s. that's good news for this year. when the ice starts to melt, it could lead to flooding. there's a chance of snow for this weekend. we'll send things back to you. >> demarco, i'm glad you put your hood back. i didn't know it was you underneath there. looked so warm. >> a little too cold out here. >> too cold. well, you're a trooper, thank you. stay warm. >>> new snow fell overnight in the area where an avalanche killed a man skiing with friends an

he apparently collapsed after shoveling snow. spruell, victim's neighbor: "my grandson and my son-in-law. they do the shoveling and stuff. that's it i don't do that anymore. i'm too old for it. ">( james ) the medical examiner's won't know for sure about the cause of death until the autopsy comes back. ( james ) american airlines is cancelling hundreds of flights because of the winter weather. 185 flights were cancelled today... after 225 flights were a no-go on tuesday. american cited "extreme temperatures" and a winter storm in the northeastern united states. the airline will allow customers to rebook without fees. ( james ) new this morning..tyson foods is recallings its fully cooked pank nuggets because they may have been contaminated with plastics. the recall affects the nuggets packed in five-pound bags. the company says a small number of consumers found tiny pieces of soft blue plastics in their chicken. tyson says there are no reports of injuries. so far, the problem does not appear to be widespread. but out of cauti