a man was found buried under a pile of snow in southeast washington yesterday. when police got there, the man was already dead near the anacostia metro station along shannon police in southeast. how he died remains unclear. >>> 6:04. three people are dead in howard county, maryland, after going into cardiac arrest while shoveling snow. the men ranged in age from 45 to 57. we told you yesterday about a wreck. that was yesterday morning. it killed a vdot contract worker in loudoun county. that man was standing behind his salt truck in ashburn on belmont ridge road when a dump truck hit him and killed him. >>> 6:04. even though schools are closed and the government is on a two-hour delay, you might still have to get up and move your car. d.c. is enforcing morning rush hour parking restrictions. that's from 7:00 a.m. until 9:30 this morning. if you're caught parked in a rush hour zone, you could be fined $100, and your car could be towed. >>> this winter has been brutal for people trying to fly anywhere. >> according to the associated press, this winter has had the h

according to officials, the w-2 bus was stopped in southeast washington when rocks were launched at the windshield. authorities hope to see something in the video that could lead them to the people responsible. >>> and prepare to wait longer for metro train this weekend. track work will cause trains to run on delayed schedules on four out of five lines. rains on the orange, blue and green lines will all running every 20 minutes. and trains on the red line will run every 10 to 16 minutes. the why he will low line will have normal service. >> by this summer, your trips on metro could get more expensive. aaron gilchrist has a look at a possible fare hike. >> we should find out next month whether metro will increase its fares. it just announced yet it plans to move forward with with a 3% to 4% hike. and we're breaking down just how much this increase might cost you. we did the math on a 4% jump in a round trip commute. we'll start with the busiest line. red line. with a trip from glenmont to metro center. right now it costs you 9. $70. after the hike, you would pay $10.09. we head over to p

a child has been shot in southeast washington. it happened on valley avenue. richard is live with the breaking details. scene herery active at valley avenue where police are investigating the shooting of an eight-year-old girl. 3:00 thisd just after afternoon. i believe we have some video. people can tell me if we have video from the scene. this happens on valley avenue. we are told by family members and police that the eight-year-old grow was leaving heraunt's house, going to house inside this large shotsent complex when rang out. perhaps only one. we do not know how many were fires. police were indicating there was one shooter. family members tell us the girl was struck up year in the shoulder and she is now in surgery at children's hospital. we do have some sound from the young girl's grandmother. >> she was out in this area. >> she was going to her house. she was leaving from one building to another building to go home. the guys were out here shooting at someone and the bullet happened to hit her. they ran. the girl is in critical condition. this is a very

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from southeast washington, where the police are investigating a deadly shooting on the 4300 block of how the halley terrace. stay with us for updates on this story. >> the weather is clear and bitterly cold, but we may be getting some relief for the weekend. doug hill hill has this first look at the forecast. milder over the weekend before the winter storm comes our way monday. right now 21 degrees outside of the belfort furniture weather center. clear skies, 12 degrees hagerstown, 16 gaithersburg, 23 quantico and reagan national. the current wind chill, three below and hagerstown, one above at washington dulles, feels like five indianapolis, seven in the city. tomorrow, wake up to temperatures between five and upperimbing into the 20's. more on the potential storm on monday. >> meanwhile, a community rallies around a family dealing with an unimaginable death. jennifer lawson died monday when she was hit on a dump truck outside of her child's elementary school. tonight, dozens gathered at an arlington church to celebrate her life. tom roussey is live with where friends and loved ones

>> well, just a heartbreaking story here in southeast washington today. we wrapped up a press briefing with d.c. police, and they are confirming that the little girl is 8 years old, and lives right here in the neighborhood. she was shot and wounded just after 3:00 this afternoon, and police say that right now she is in surgery clinging to life. let me tell you what her grandmother told me a few moments ago. she says that little girl was walking from this building here to her aunt's house from this building here to her mother's house this afternoon just after 3:00 when the shots rang out. the d.c. police at the briefing said that when the shooting happened, there was a group of people running from the scene. now, this is a gated community here there. is a gate that you have to go through to get through, as well as the fencing here, so it is not an easy place to get into and out of unless you in fact live here or are let in. d.c. police saying that at this point they have no lookout information, and no suspect ss d no description to give out, and they are a

. >>> later today we could learn the names of two men gunned down along alabama avenue in southeast washington just after 9:00 last night. one of them, an 18-year-old, was hit in the chest. he died, the other man who was 22 was hit more than once, but remains in the hospital and it appears he will survive. no word yet on possible suspects or a motive in this case. >>> today the metropolitan airport authority will announce a new delay to a metro silver line. reportedly the contractor building phase i reported to mw aa that it was complete, but the authorities and inspectors have decided the tracks are not ready to be turned over to metro. it will still be 90 days before the line can be opened to riders. this decision will push back the already delayed opening by at least three weeks. phase i was originally supposed to open late last year. >>> still to come, when our news continues, another snowstorm could darken our door steps later this week. howard is up with details. >>> but first, find out why netflix is at the center of >>> very surprising claims against a major automaker. a new lawsuit cl

man's body buried under the snow yesterday a few blocks from the anacostia metro station in southeast washingtone not said how the man died. a vdot worker in loudoun county was also killed yesterday. he was standing behind his salt truck in ashburn and a dump truck hit him. >>> if howard county, three people are dead after shoveling snow. a 57-year-old man from woodstock and 55-year-old man from columbia had to be rushed to the hospital after shoveling. both men went into cardiac arrest. a 45-year-old from columbia also went interest cardiac arrest and collapsed outside his home after shoveling. >>> if you're depending on a train to get to work today, listen up. amtrak will be up and running for the most part despite yesterday's storm. the keystone line will be moving but on a reduced schedule. acela trains will push through with reduced frequency, as well. amtrak officials will do their best to notify and accommodate anyone who is dealing with an altered travel plan. >>> meantime, marc trains will be operating on their reduced s schedule main three accommodate the government's -- mainly to acco

a shootings near a metro station in southeast washington leaves one man dead, another injured.t happened just after 9:00 in the 1300 block of alabama avenue near the congress heights metro station. both victims were taken to the hospital. police have not released a motive and no arrests have been made. >>> just ahead on wusa 9, our weekend flirt with spring, it's over. erica will lay out what's ahead >>> the last two days have been gorgeous. and it came on the weekend. that's even better. >> we really lucked out. now a cold front is moving through bringing colder temperatures. it looks like we could see a few flakes flying as we head further into the work week. let's start out with a look at the michael and son weather cam and the washington monument. we have clouds moving through. no rain falling at reagan national just yet but we could see a few raindrops later on this evening. 48 degrees with those winds out of the north-northwest really making it feel colder. right now sustained at 16, gusting to 22 miles per hour. so if you haven't stepped outside since before dinner time,

both men are from southeast washington. >>> no letup in the cold this weekend.nd we're looking at a very cold night. what about the rest of the weekend? let's go to first alert meteorologist erika grow. >> we are looking at a very cold night as you mentioned it. is because of the clipper system that moved through earlier in the afternoon. it brought some snow showers, late morning, through the early afternoon hours. and most of us picked up just a system. ating out of the a couple of areas reporting an inch or more in the far northern and western suburbs. another clipper is on the way. this one doesn't have nearly as much energy. at best, we will get a couple of flurries out of that system, as it moves through tomorrow. right now, the current temperatures, they are pretty cold, 32 in leesburg and frederick. and 36 in dc but we have some really strong winds as well. look at these wind gusts. 25 miles an hour. in leesburg. and 33 miles an hour right now, that's your wind gust. at reagan national. and 31 miles an hour in hagerstown. so it is going to be a blustery

it happened off fourth street and atlantic avenue in southeast washington. more than a dozen people were on the bus, and some of them had to go to the hospital. the driver was interviewed by police and explained what happened moments before the crash. wendy reiger is covering the story at our live desk, and she'll have the report coming up in a few minutes. >>> turning to the weather now, yet another storm coming our way. it's going to have an impact on tens of millions of people. right now a winter storm warning is in effect for parts of our area, and we are not alone. >> this is a live picture from indianapolis. up to 8 inches of snow there expected there before it heads our way. >> kansas city, missouri, new video just in of a southwest airlines plane stuck in a snowdrift. the engine stalled. the plane got stuck on the tarmac. 60 people had to be rescued. >> and that same system is barreling down on our area right now. the next couple of hours could be the most dangerous for drivers. our team coverage begins tonight with doug kammerer tracking the conditi

we know it happened just after 8:00 tonight on langston place in southeast washington, and we're still gathering details. here is we know. the w-2 bus was at a stop when the rock was thrown. we're told the driver was injured by flying glass. he was also very shaken up and was taken bymbulance to a local hospital for treatment. now metro tells us there were passengers aboard the bus. we don't know how many witnessed the incident. metro transit police are investigating. unfortunately, this is not the first situation like this that they have investigated. we're told that the bus does have a dashboard camera, and we're hopeful that the dash cam video will lead them to suspects, will lead them to an arrest in this case. jackie bensen, news4. >>> and more breaking news in the district. a teenager shot and killed on the street. the gunshots range out on halley terrace in southeast. shomari stone sat police headquarters now with the latest. shomari? >> reporter: well, jim, tonight d.c. police are searching for killer of this teen. i talked to a lot of folks in southeast, and they tell me that

. >>> an 8-year-old girl is out of surgery tonight after being shot on her way home in southeast washingtonce still haven't arrested anybody, but they do have some leads tonight. dorothy spencer has new information from the victim's family. darcy? >> reporter: doreen, i can tell you, this little girl is a fighter. i talked to her mom tonight. she is right here at children's hospital by her daughter's side. she did go through surgery, and her mom was somewhat relieved tonight. she says she has stabilized. all hopes are she is going to pull through. these photo shows a happy, vibrant 8-year-old be. now that little girl, makayla darden is fighting for her life. she was hit in the chest by a stray bullet outside her apartment building. >> makayla is going to be okay. god got her. she is going to be all right. >> reporter: tonight police are questioning two people of interest. but no arrest. >> she is a sweet little girl. she don't bother nobody. just a beautiful little baby. >> reporter: it was just after 3:00 in the afternoon when the shots rang out on valley avenue. makayla was hit once. sour

she was hit in the chest by a stray bullet outside her apartment building in southeast washington. >> micayla going to be okay. >> police are questioning two persons of interests, but still, no arrests. >> she's a sweet little girl. don't bother nobody. >> reporter: it was just after 3:00 in the afternoon when the shots rang out on valley avenue. she was hit once. police sources say, she was not the intended target. >> anybody's a target out here. to me. because you never know, you know what i'm saying? you never know what's going to happen. >> her grandmother says she was walking home from her aunt's house from one building to the next here at the complex when she was shot. >> we have no suspects. at the time of the shooting, there was a group of folks running from the scene. >> the shooting took place within a secured area with an iron fence, gate and a guard shack. many wonder how did the shooter get in? >> most of the time the security does nothing but sit in that booth. >> police are reviewing footage from surveillance cameras in the complex to see if they can identify the gunman

moderate snow into fairfax county, moderate snow there, down into southeast washington, out towards capitol heights. the back senlg starting to show up. northern frederick county, hagerstown. still snowing pretty steadily now toward woodbridge, dale city, all getting the snow right now. even our friends and neighbors in southern maryland, pushing in your direction. southern maryland will be the last place to see the end of the snow. and, as a result, you're half an inch to an inch yet still to come. timing on the back edge of the snow should be done in leesburg today. fairfax, 1:00. about 2:30 or 3:00 before the last of the snowflakes start to move out in parts of southern maryland. reston town center, look at that. snow very, very light in reston fairfax, loudoun county. @chuckbell4 on twitter. trying to grab some snowflakes today. he looks like he's having a great time. melinda hendricks, just enough snow to whiten the ground out there. didn't report any troubles on the roads and allison frank in v virginia, look at that. enough snow to write a shoutout to her favorite meteorologist and i

avenue in southeast washington. we're work to figure out who the man is and what his position.e say he was conscious and breathing when they arrived on the scene but no further word right now on his condition. we do have a crew on the way to the scene and bring you latest as we get it. >>> you know it is a new season with some new challenges for the washington nationals and for veteran third baseman ryan zimmerman the change isn't just on the field. >> i don't get too high or too low. >> reporter: he's the national starting third baseman should be nicknamed mr. even keel. >> you're very laid back. where do you get that from? why are you like that? >> i'm not like that all the time. i'm just like that in front you guys. you know, it's funny because i'm like that on tv. it's the way i was taught, you know, to play the game. >> reporter: 29-year-old ryan zimmerman from virginia beach is adjusting to lots of new. newman gear. >> do you have to prove anything to him? >> when you play a sport i think you should feel like you have to prove yourself every year. >> reporter: and a new b

as i was traveling through southeast washington this morning, lots of side streets still need attention show you some of those streets. tune in at noon and we'll see what the side streets are looking like throughout the city. back to you. >> delia is right. it made it difficult for postal workers to get through and deliver mail yesterday because the side streets were so, so bad. hopefully today will be different. thanks, delia. >>> a deadly explosion kills two and a son-in-law is charged in the case. coming up next, what authorities know about this now. >> facebook unveils new ways for you to identify yourself online. >> happy friday. speaking of facebook, congratulations to crys riley, our wusa9 facebook fan of the day. >> she says i watch wusa9 news every morning for my 4:30 workouts. i'm wearing a jaunty hat in my photo. >>> we'd like you to be our next facebook fan of the day. click on the facebook fan page. the fan of the day tab is right there. tell us why you should be a fan of the day and please include a link to your favorite facebook picture. we'll good is in every blue diamon

. >> i saw a story in southeast washington, a man was found covered in snow dead, and it's a mysterylways said, how can this happen in the united states of america that they simply find someone dead in the street covered in snow? >> this apparently was -- and i'm still learning more about it myself. this apparently was a man who had been a patient in st. elizabeth's which is our mental health hospital. he apparently had wandered away from there several days ago, and we are still obviously learning more about this. and we will learn more about it in the days ahead. but again, we'll find out what happened, why he was away from the hospital and how he wound up in these conditions. >> what do you do? because you drive around washington, d.c., as you well know, within blocks of the white house, you always see homeless people on the sidewalk. in a situation like that, what do you do with those people who are simply freezing? >> i've been out on the streets myself at night, wolf. one of the things we did during this very cold winter that we've had, those -- the people who have mental health

it has already coated parts of the southeast and dump series no on washington, d.c.nation, president obama signed an executive order yesterday raising the minimum wage to $10 10 cents an hour for government contracted workers. his larger goal -- expanding that rate across america. the minimum wage is the cover of the latest edition of "bloomberg businessweek." though truth be told, we created six different covers for this issue. that is how complex this issue is. we spoke with economics editor peter coy. >> this is not an easy issue. it has so many different moving parts to it. the strained economics, about which there is more russian than there used to be, and then there is kind of the whole moral issue, like what is "right," and then there is the engineering issue, given the fact that you have different answers from the economic than the social justice, what ultimately should you do? >> peter, $10.10 is about half the median wage in this country. how does that compare a story to -- historically to what we have seen? >> that goes back to the way it was may 1960's an

he is in washington for an official state visit. >>> a big part of the southeast is bracing for yet anotherm, but georgia's governor this time not taking any chances. he has already declared a state of emergency and closed public schools. the state was caught off guard last time, leaving a lot of people stranded on highways and stuck in schools. and people are fearing this storm will be worse or just as bad as the one before. >> would not hesitate to say just as bad and it could be worse. a lot of ice with this storm coming up. it is just getting underway here. the area of moisture will move out, the big storm we're talking about tomorrow developing across the gulf there. the temperatures are still above freezing in atlanta, charlotte is down to 30. this is tomorrow afternoon right at 5:00. the pink area is where you get rain, which is falling into air which is below freezing. a large area, and the lighter color indicates very intense precip coming down. atlanta is right on the border, but certainly close to that 34 degrees mark could see a lot of ice accumulation here. 6 to 8 inches of sno

the storm ticking up into washington and eventually new york, this massive, huge swath of a storm, winter ice storm, that is hitting the entire northeast, and southeast. john. >> all right robert thanks very much. >>> now john terret is standing by in the nation's capital and shows us the impact it has on transportation. john. >> good evening, john from washington, d.c, the famous union station, amtrak hub. amtrak says none of its trains will head southeast, and the northeast corridor which is the businessest part of the service, they are running restricted. new jersey transit, long island metro? are following by the hour. the number of flights that have already been cancelled. according to flightaware.com, 3700 flights have already been cancelled and that will have a massive knock-on effect thursday, friday and into the weekend with delays at airports as they get the planes back into place and the airlines struggle to get back onto schedule. in washington, d.c, as emergency has been declared, anyone who is parked in an entrance or exit point, will have their vehicle towed overnight. there is a 75% chance the federal government will be closed tomorro

. >> we start with part o of the ice storm across the southeast and a full-fledged nor'easter across the land taken northeast washington d.c. by 3:00 a.m. as well as philadelphia new york this raid, the sleek freezing rain could cut back on snow totals on the coastal aas by interior sections could be walloped depending on the positioning of the pressure but here is the best estimation between three and 6 inches boston 4 inches and 8 inches new york city law i would would be cut back between 6 inches and tonnages in philadelphia and interior sections could get of what the us now with a very short amount of time and washington d.c. will be in the snow wednesday through thursday but about 438 inches first the ice storm which could be crippling them and fellow develop to becoming or easter wednesday through friday. lou: i'm almost afraid to ask you leave a one dash lately. with my next guest is been a shift in the family structure but to help understand what is going on that is changing our society senior fellow at the manhattan institute. this is a big deal. this is theersian with colle education, education, dropouts, the

. >> we start with part one of the ice storm across the southeast and a full-fledged nor'easter across the land taken northeast washington0 a.m. as well as philadelphia new york this raid, the sleek freezing rain could cut back on snow totals on the coastal areas by interior sections could be walloped depending on the positioning of the pressure but here is the best estimation between three and 6 inches boston 4 inches and 8 inches new york city law i would would be cut back between 6 inches and tonnages in philadelphia and interior sections could get of what the us now with a very short amount of time and washington d.c. will be in the snow wednesday through thursday but about 438 inches first the ice storm which could be crippling them and fellow develop to becoming or easter wednesday through friday. lou: i'm almost afraid to ask you leave a one dash lately. with my next guest is been a shift in the family structure but to help understand what is going on that is changing our society senior fellow at the manhattan institute. this is a big deal. this is the persian with college education, education, dropouts, the jobs,

washington. >> all right, tahman, thank you. >>> the more immediate weather threat today is in the southeast. >> accuweather's jim dickey joining us now with the very latest. jim. >> good morning, john and marci. a winter storm continues to impact the south here as we head on through midweek. the worst of the ice this morning, that's from northern louisiana eastward into mississippi and alabama. watch out for slick spots on the roadways, but this will be light compared to what's going to go on here tonight into wednesday across south carolina into north carolina, portions of georgia including atlanta. we're talking significant ice accumulations, over an inch in some locations that will likely lead to downed trees, power outages across the region. john and marci, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you. >>> breaking news out of the dallas area, those icy roads have claimed the lives of at least two people. a firefighter dying last night after he fell from a slippery overpass onto an interstate below. >> fire crews were responding to several crashes when the fatal accident happened. earlier in the day, a 16-year-old boy died wh

washington. snow, sleet, crippling ice, a triple weather threat hitting the southeast right now. at least five deaths are blamed on this massive storm. so far, power knocked out to tens of thousands of people, and many flights grounded. georgia has been particularly hard hit. the georgia governor, nathan diehl, will join us live in just a few minutes for an update on what's going on there. but first, let's get to chad myers. he's outside on the streets of atlanta, keeping a close eye on the power outages and the flight cancellations. chad, what's the latest? >> reporter: up to a quarter million people now without power and that number growing rapidly. when i first looked at that number, about 6:00 a.m. this morning, it was at 54,000. i thought, wow, maybe we get lucky. but now up to a quarter million and trees falling and power lines coming down. my coat is wet now. a long time ago, couple hours ago, at least, wolf, all of this stuff coming down was bouncing off. it was sleet. now it isn't sleet. now it's freezing rain. completely covering everything in ice. there is the ice just

southeast. we're told some homes in many of those areas may experience water service disruptions. >>> police have started issuing tickets for drivers caught on cameras around washington. the cameras are designed to catch drivers who speed, run stop signs or violate intersections. they also catch driver who pass intercessions at unsafe speeds. the cameras have been in place since november. the warning period ended today. >>> you better enjoy tonight because more for seeing your business' cash flow work even harder. for seeing receivables coming in and payables going out... so that now you can do more for your business today and tomorrow. for seeing your business' cash flow like never before. the enhanced cash flow insight, powered by pnc cfo, a suite of online tools that can now sync with popular accounting software, and turn seeing into doing. ♪ >>> black history month begins today and we thought this would be a good time to remind you that w u.s.a. 9 has a partner ship with bounce tv. that's the first over the air network owned by african americans. >> reporter: we had ambassador young, bet. we have radio and tv 1 address ing black audiences. what was the need for b

southeast from texas to the carolina coast. more heavy rain for the northwest. parts of western washingtonee up to 6 inches of rain and flooding. >> temperatures are warming across the nation. 40s in the great lakes and northeast. 50s and 60s across the midwest. today's hot spot, phoenix. >>> an ohio woman was on her way to work when what she thought was a clump of dirty ice on the road. then it moved. it was a kitten frozen to the road. >> poor baby. she took it to an animal shelter where it's sleeping, wrapped up in an electric blanket. she named the 4-month-old kitten frosty and they expect it to make a full recovery. >> thank goodness she stopped and did something. >> what a cutie pie. the lady rescued said she can't take the cat home because of her allergies but she says she hopes someone will adopt frosty. whenever you put an animal on tv, people line up -- >> i'm sure frosty will have a home very soon. >>> the body temperature is back to normal, by the way. they say she's purr, lively and she'll be just fine. >> thank goodness. >>> coming up, last night's jaw-dropping antics on "the

southeast. >>: as the storms moved up to the mid-atlantic and into the north east official washington orderedtters into reporting. >>: across the country more than 300,000 flights were canceled her flight for today are still scheduled to depart and derive a but obviously keep an eye on that alleging that that changes. but kron4 dot com if you would like more of days. we have full bay area flight coverage. >>: live in the weather center waking up to mainly high clouds three years and live look outside of the cemetery bridge through the full details on what to expect later on today. i've been talking about the next chance for rain in the next couple of minutes. or 14 as the time. what patrick to the weather center. erica following are forecast on this thursday. if >>erica: the morning. it's a pretty mild star. religious looking at high clouds. and that's actually helping to keep the temperatures a little warmer this morning. so everyone at least in the upper 40's. in fact most of us headed out to 50s on this thursday morning with oakland and san francisco poke at 53 degrees. we're seeing low 50

southeast knocking out power to more than half a million homes and businesses. mike spent more than 24 hours without power outside atlanta. >> even though it's cold, you know, southern boys are tough. >> reporter: here in washington, the temperature is climbing delivering a mix of sleet and rain throughout the day, making widespread power outages likely. tonight more snow is expected. it's the same forecast for the philadelphia area where public bus service was suspended for the day. new york city could get up to a foot of snow by friday morning. forecasters say the fast-moving nor'easter will have the biggest impact outside the major east coast cities. >> you head inland, there's the problem, 12 to 18" of snowfall accumulation. and winds as well. >> reporter: the dangerous weather caused more than 5,000 flights to be canceled so far today. danielle nottingham cbs news, washington. >> by the time it's all over the two-day storm is expected to impact about 100 million americans in more than 20 states. >>> updating you on the winter olympics in so much. so turn away from your tv for a second if you don't want to see the thursday results. for the rest of you here we go. team usa swept the men's ski slopestyle compet

a lot of folks on east coast and southeast are talking about, the winter weather will travel up the east koeflt bringing as much as 18 inches of snow to washingtond.c. say it ain't so. the weather channel's dave mall kof joins us from atlanta in the cross hairs as well. give us a sense how the city is preparing? >> reporter: peter, they don't want the same thing to happen that happened two weeks ago today where you remember atlanta froze solid. the governor of the state, the mayor of the city had to come on tv and publicly apologize for lack of preparation. this time, as you can see, the preparation is under hand well before the storm. you can hear the hum of the diesel engine behind me in the salt truck. they have lots of these salt trucks out. what they are doing right now is kind of waiting for the temperature to go down. right now we're at about 38 degrees. they are waiting for it to go down to that freezing level overnight, then they are going to take this mixture of sand and gravel and salt and put it on the roadways. this time around is going to be a lot different than last time around. last time it happened during the day, during the sch

washington. thanks so much. snow and ice are building up on roads throughout the southeast and thousands are without power this morningning. >> reporter: unlike last time when millions were caught off guard, take a look. hardly anyone on the roads. we are tracking it all here on the roads. we will show you what we find as the "cnn newsroom" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 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 not the "juggle a bunch of rotating categories" card. it's not the "sign up for rewards each quarter" card. it's the no-games, no-messing-'round, no-earning-limit-having, do-i-look-like-i'm-joking, turbo-boosting, heavyweight-champion- of-the-world cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. now tell me, what's in your wallet? every single day. that's a man interviewino.for a job. not that one. that one. the one who seems like he's already got the job 'cause he studied all

southeast. as of right now, it's expected to make its way up the east coast tomorrow night and all day throughout thursday. our nation's capital, washingtonanticipating a storm like something they haven't seen for three decades. remember how washington was absolutely stymied by the big snowstorm they called snowmageddon in 2010? this year everybody's worried this storm that's bearing down on d.c. right now might be even bigger than that. >> a high-impact event. it's going to start out as snow for everybody. obviously the amounts are going to vary widely. major travel delays and widespread cancelations are likely. really just depends on the track of the storm. newest model data does indicate the storm will be hugging closer and closer to the coast. that means a heavy, wet snow. not the powder we had last time. >> blown concrete, the warning from nbc washington bureau's weather -- blown concrete? sorry. sounds terrible. but glass half full here, a by-product of this gigantic winter storm is we as a nation are not going to default on our national debt. and send the entire global economy into a free fall. that's a nice side effect of the stor

all federal offices in washington d-c are closed today as the east coast prepares for the winter storm that knocked out power to more than half a million people in the southeast yesterday. cars and trucks got stranded across the region, as several inches of snow fell and ice coated the southeast. first responders even had a hard time getting around in the snow. power crews were scrambling to deal with downed trees and powerlines. more than three thousand flights i been in the company for 15 years. i've never seen anything to this scale. talking to people they say is the biggest they've ever seen. >> but more than 3000 flights were canceled. and more cancelations are expected today as the storm moves up the east coast, toward new york. the city of chicago is nearly five million dollars over budget for snow removal this winter. the sun times reports the city has already blown through 25- million dollars for snow removal - and that includes almost 20 million bucks for salt. the city only budgeted 20 and a half million dollars for all snow removal efforts this year. the mayor has dipped into a motor fuel tax fund to cover the overage but that fund is left with ju

southeast. people are abandoning their cars in the raleigh area as conditions become impassable. it evokes images of the debacle in atlanta two weeks ago. over the next several hours and into tomorrow, washingtonew york, philadelphia, boston all in the path of the storm. let's go to dan howe, assistant city manager of raleigh. he's on the phone. dan, what is going on in the research triangle there? >> well, everybody knew the storm was coming, and we had warned teem to stay home. luckily, the schools were all closed today. but the weather was really pretty good this morning. it was cold but clear. there was nothing on the roads so a lot of people came to work. right about noontime, about 12:15, the snow started with a fury, and it snowed extremely hard for the first hour. everybody who was at work decided they were going to go home at that point so they all ended up on the roads at the same time. because the temperature here is in the low to mid-20s right now, i think we're around 23 the last time i checked, we've got a windchill of about 12 degrees, the salt and brine that were put on the streets well in advance really are not being very effective most of the streets are covered right now and

southeast due to the storm. or than one third of them in georgia were highways across the state are closed because of icing and downed power lines. federal offices have been closed in washingtond.c. >> for more we go to jeff masters, director of meteorology at the weather underground. arbor,ining us from ann michigan. give us the lay of the land right now throughout the east coast of the united states. >> this storm is bringing snowfall rates as high as three inches per hour right now to the philadelphia area. an inch an hour in new york city. they have already had a foot of snow in baltimore. georgia and south carolina, of to a half-inch of freezing rain and ice that cause the power outages. huge storm is one across the eastern part of the united states or several weather patterns? >> know, it is just one big nor'easter. you're going to get a lot of power outages in the northeast today. >> explain the significance of this come of this historic nature, particularly in the south. it is paralyzing places like south carolina. >> it is not often you get a half-inch of ice and south carolina and georgia. the last time they saw a storm like this was back in 2000 when we had about h

southeast in the northeast, potentially mr. winter storm -- a potentially historic winter storm. emergencies have already been declared and the storm a make its way north tonight and washington, d.c. make it four inches and new york city may get three inches. more than 2500 flights have been canceled already today. >> a five-year-old wire fox terrier named sky won best in show at the westminster drug show last night. he was among -- the westminster dog show last night. no prize money but he gets a trophy and the large ribbon and a steak lunch at sardi's in time square. it is fashion week and westminster dog show, beauty week in new york. >> i never liked those kind of dog before but i like him. he looks pretty good. it has been a busy 24 hours in washington, d.c. john boehner threw in the towel and allow the clean debt ceiling increase to pass the house. president obama hosted a star- studded steak dinner in honor of french president franÇois holland. peter cook was too busy covering the debt ceiling to get an invite. no invite? >> i did not get my invite. julianna goldman represented us at the dinner. the republicans finally said yes to something? >> it is a big moment. it

southeast, atlanta, charlotte, trying to get somewhere because you might as well wait another day they're pretty much locked down. airports down there heavily affected by ice and snow. this is washington airport where i'm standing. things are normal, calm before the storm of preparations are underway for what could be a major snow event. we have a little chart we can show you of the cancellations already today. there have been 2982 cancellations already. cancellations yesterday, 1300. cancellations tomorrow, preemptive cancellations 1100. cancellations this week, 854. in atlanta hartsfield and charlotte is where they're hardest hit right now. 60% of the flights in atlanta have been canceled. 50% of those in charlottes. those are major airline hubs. atlanta for delta and charlotte for us airways. the airlines waived change fees. go ahead and change and make it convenient and possible to get where you're going. probably will not happen today if you're not southeast, martha. martha: wow, steve, thank you very much. more on that to come. thanks, steve. bill: what does it look like outside your window, huh? take us a picture, send us a photo. tweet to @billhemmer and @marthamaccallum. we'l

washington, d.c. >> you too. we have to go to breaking news and the fight over america's debt ceiling. over a half million people are without power right now and the storm is slamming the southeast will go to dana before we continue with the weather. what do you know? >> the senate just approved raising the debt ceiling by a super majority to be precise. 67 votes. as you were talking about earlier, this came after an hour of high drama. they never wanted any trauma in the senate. just like they didn't want it in the house. they preferred to have this vote go through with a simple majority with democrats voting yes and allowing republicans to do what was politically right for them and vote no. that didn't happen because ted cruise demanded it was a 60-vote filibuster threshold. what happened was republicans had to find five votes. 55 democrats and noded to find at least with republicans to get that 60-throat threshold. what you saw for the last hour was scrambling around and figuring out where the votes are. we don't know how many if any democrats voted no, but we know the way this played out was republicans voted yes, including mitch mcconnell to the top two republicans. they ha

to 2 inches of ice to the southeast and then eventually makes its way up the coast, kind of becomes a classic nor'easter. and depending on the path, some areas from washingtonhat ugly situation. not prepared for the storm. but they have begun. >> they've closed schools, governments have shut down. businesses are closed. you look at the live pictures of like i-75, 85, 285, they are relatively empty. they're ghost towns. >> lesson learned, right. >> people have learned that lesson. the governor and the mayor, governor of georgia, mayor of atlanta announcing measures two days ago. >> yeah. >> started treating the roads yesterday. >> we're watching it all for you. al's got it covered as he always does. >> here in sochi, competition wise, two-time gold medalist snowboarder shaun white, the legend himself, failed to medal on tuesday. he finished fourth in the halfpipe as you may have heard. earlier this morning, matt did ask shaun whether he expects to return to competition in the olympics four years from now in south korea. >> i'm doing the math, you'll be 31 years old when the games in south korea roll around. is there a chance you could come back and go out on

was that teenage boy shot and killed around 6:last night in southeast -- 506:last night in southeast washington. police talked to several people in the neighborhood, not a lot of information has come out yet as far as any leads in that investigation. and then about three hours later, the woman that was found shot in northeast j street initially when the first responders arrived, she was alive, conscious, breathing. she was taken to the hospital. that's where she died. she did not survive the gunshot wound. that was homicide number 21. so 21 homicides so far this year. if you compare that to last year, last year at this time, there were just 12 homicides in the district. reporting live in northwest washington, richard jordan, news4. >>> 5:04. new this morning, restoration crews are working to get a springfield apartment back open after it was heavily damaged by fire. this is video just in to the newsroom. the fire broke out late last night on backlike road in fairfax county. the "washington post" is reporting that two people have been sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation. another 45 people

it was a two-alarm fire that broke out in the 4400 block of c street southeast in washington last night. the flames were so intense firefighters had to douse the fire from the outside. this home has extensive damage. no won was hurt, though. >>> today family and friend will say good-bye to a naval academy midshipman who was killed in a car accident. the naval academy hosts the funeral today for max allen. allen crashed his car into a creek on the academy grounds in anne arundel county earlier this month. he was set to graduate this may. at noon today, he'll be remembered at a funeral at the naval academy's main chapel before a procession and burial at the academy cemetery. >>> 6:04. a defective door might be to blame for an emergency landing at dulles airport. the united airlines plane was flying in from st. louis, missouri, yesterday afternoon. toward the end of the flight, the crew started experiencing problems with the plane's door. there were reports it opened up or came off the underside of the plane. the pilots were able to land safely, and no one was hurt. >>> a potential pilot s