areas of snow in bright white pushing through southwestern virginia and into north carolina. purple and green indicates mixed precipitation and rain. that continues to push east. that will turn into snow. we anticipate a good coating of snow. that's mainly between the rush hours. high temperatures in the upper 20's. we anticipate two inches locally in the metro area. a tube 3 inches possible south of the metro area. close to 5 5 inches in richmond. highs today in the upper 20's. upper 30's tomorrow, sunday. >>> we do have trafficking nice on the beltway so far. this is the outer loop from college park to silver spring. headlights toward the bottom left. 270, there was an accident near the river. that was off the road to the right, causing debris. we are at hyattstown, heavy traffic. continuing south toward germantown core montgomery village, in pretty good shape. no accidents on 66, 95, 395. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a steady, buccola 21 degrees. >> thanks for watching. >>> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg urged is time magazine's 2010 prism of the year. >> the billionaire,

it is snowing pretty heavily across parts of west virginia, southwestern virginia right now.lues. the lighter blues, that's not reaching the ground yet. that will take a few hours. as far as the snow potential, the white area, general one to three inches. some of that blew off to the south. fredericksburg, pockets in southern maryland. could be seeing three, three and a half. we'll watch that for you. as far as the sev-day goes, the snow starts later this afternoon through the evening hours. tomorrow, saturday, sunday and monday will be dry. we've taken that coastal storm out. temps holding in the 30s. another chance of snow will be here on tuesday into tuesday night. let's go over to richard andrei who has timesaver traffic. >> it looks like we do have some incidents to report still inner loop, capital beltway accident left shoulder by allenton road. at least it is off the travel part of the roadway. may cause a brief delay. prince george's doubt, accident clearing, two left lanes on excalibur road. slide off to the right to get by. northbound on 395, definitely some slowing

you see it in west virginia, kentucky, southwestern virginia. as far as the bigger map on the totals here, we're looking at a general, a general one to three in the white covering the area. quickly dropping off toward the mason dixon line. these are many of the counties we have had reported closed. they're anticipating problems this afternoon. we'll have a few problems for the afternoon rush as well. more on the totals coming up. right now, 5:30. here's richard andrei. >> howard, good morning. still we get the all clear. no major problems or accidents in the area. there is some ice to look out for in the district. rock creek parkway. traffic does get by there as we can see. it is a little bit of an icy situation. so, definitely back down at that point. now, i-495 on the outer loop moving quite well. as you move from i-95 into 270, you'll find lanes open there and no real problems. i-95, the bw parkway, southbound on both ways. all lanes open there. 270 southbound also not a bad drive. some volume. a bit heavy around germantown road. nothing to h

been tracking this since last night and early this morning, as it came in from west virginia, southwestern virginia and it's a mess. down i-81 and places like lexington and roanoke, seeing 2- 3 inches as opposed to here. and in pennsylvania very still going on. and column because, ohio, still snowing. and there are the advisories covering everybody and because this light blue is 3-6, well south of town. we'll break down the specifics. meteorologist anne hong will join me also. and jaycee, back to you. >>> many schools are closing early. we want to give you this important information. right now fairfax and loudoun county schools will close 2 hours early. manassas city and manassas park public schools will close 2 hours early. prince william county schools will close 1 hour early. in maryland, prince george's and frederick county schools will close 2 hours early. and all after-school and evening activities are canceled. anne arundel county will let students go home an hour early. in west virginia, mineral county schools will let students out two and a half hours early. of course road crews in our are

he is accused of kidnapping 12- year-old brittany smith in southwestern virginia the two were spotted outside a san francisco grocery store last week. smith has been reunited with her family. >>> man accused of molesting a young girl in a san leandro wal- mart will be in court this afternoon. police arrested carlyle villazon friday night. he is suspected of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl when she wandered away from her mother. the girl ran back to the girl crying and told her what happened. the mom yelled out, that guy touched my daughter and an 18- year-old tackled him. then another man helped hold villazon until police arrived. >> i was like man, i ain't about to let this guy get up. i couldn't let that go. that's it. >> i saw the tear in the little girl's face and it was a serious thing. i just had to stand and take charge. >> you might remember less than two weeks ago union city police arrested a registered sex offender they say sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl in a dollar tree store. in thanks dent two men outside the store -- in that incident two men outside the stor

who was easily's girlfriend was found dead in what police consider to be a homicide at her southwestern virginia home. easily is under arrest awaiting kidnapping charges and brittany is safe in child protective services. >> now that we have her for christmas she will be here to tell her mother goodbye she will be able to help her mother rest in peace tonight. >> that report from don knapp. detective row want okay virginia are here to take over the case. >>> in iraq, western baghdad 17 people were killed when suicide bomber blew up his car. victims included women and elderly and six police officers. al qaeda is being blamed for the attack and in afghanistan, 6 nato personnel died in an attack. >>> police in sweden say two explosions in stockholm last night were the acts of terrorism the first time this has happened in a nordick country two people were wounded body of the suspected suicide bomber was found lying on the ground. the attack happened on a street lined with busy shops 10 minutes ahead of the attack a swedish news company received a warning. >>> a shooting on international boulevard and

easily's girlfriend was found dead in what police consider to be a homocide and her at her southwestern virginia home. easily is under arrest on kidnapping charges and awaiting can extradition to virginia. brittany is safe and being cared for by child protective services. they called today a day of sunshine. >> brittany will not only be home for christmas, she will be here to tell her mother good- bye, she will be able to tell her mother and sleep tonight. >> reporter: detectives from roanoke have arrived to take over the case of easily and brittany smith while detectives are here to deal with burlinghoff and her uncle charles burlinghoff. >>> if you have been out today you may have seen a heavy fog settling over the bay. robert liles says those conditions are going to continue tomorrow. robert? >> that's right. in fact the national weather service says the visibility is down to less than half a mile. what does that look like outside as we take a live look from the golden gate bridge. fog is alreadien develop opening the coastline, fog has been spotted and stormtracker suggests this dense fog ad

satellite picture, radar combined, clouds entering southwestern virginia and eastern kentucky and tennessee. that's the leading edge of the system we have to deal with tomorrow. because of that, winter weather advisory posted south of town, calvert, fredericksberg, stafford county, doesn't mean you won't see snow in manassas and d.c. and gaithersburg, you will. and we'll break that down in a minute. and overnight, increasing clouds by dawn, lows 16-24 and winds west southwest at 10. we'll come back and tell you if it's snowing in time for the morning commute and how much will fall. >>> a ring of suspected mexican drug cartel members goes down after a joint sting operation between the feds and d.c. police. the group was reportedly looking to bring and sell large amounts of crystal meth here in the d.c. area. our ken molissina explains. >> reporter: streets like those are where drug investigators say crystal meth was headed before they busted men that are mexican nationals and claim to have ties to the mexican cartel known as la fam illia. they have crippled the country. >> we have dealt with

mother who was easley's girlfriend was found dead in what police considered a homicide at the southwestern virginiae. and easley is under arrest in san francisco on kidnapping charges, awaiting extradition proceedings. brittany is safe and being cared for by child protective services. and the family's dark days, members called the news a ray of sunshine. >> now woe have a christmas, where she will be able to tell her mother goodbye. she will be able to tell her mother rest in peace. >> reporter: there were 700 tips that were being waded through that came in when they learned the two were tapped up in san francisco. >> i know in my heart it is due to the information you put out and the national news media. >> reporter: roanoke police say the man and girl came to california a week ago friday and they don't know the name of the shopper who notified police, but they are calling her a hero. >> she sure is. an angel. >> and she had the wherewithal to recognize that picture from television and make the connection. >> and how many people would make that connection from virginia to san francisco. a long sho

darker blues that are coming in to charleston over toward southwestern virginia and kentucky. those are reaching the ground. it will take a little while for the atmosphere to moisten up. winter weather advisories have been -- they start to the south and west and go until 9:00 p.m. tonight. jefferson county, west virginia up through the panhandle here. also into washington county, maryland. you're not in the advisories. everyone else is. we're looking at a little snow. i'll get there in a moment. 22 right now. cold enough that anything that falls is going to stick. 18 gaithersberg. it is 15 in winchester. the air is also a little dry. that's one reason that early snow will evaporate. look at the relative humidity. 55%. you have a spread between the dew point of 8 and the temperature of 22. 14 degrees. for us to get a good snow going, we have to moisten up the atmosphere. we can't have 55% humidity and get a good snow. you want to have 85, 90, 95, 100%. bic bigger picture, snow showers here. they're ending. here is the system. it is coming out of the tennessee valley. warming up

he is accused of kidnapping 12- year-old brittany smith in southwestern virginia. the two were spotted outside a san francisco grocery store last week. smith has since been reunited with her family. >>> time now is 4:34. the man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl in a san leandro walmart will be in court this afternoon. police arrested carlyle viazon friday night, suspected of molesting an 8-year-old girl when she ran away from her mother. and the girl ran back to her mom and said what happened and the mom yelled out that man touched my daughter. and a good samaritan tackled him and another man helped hold him until police arrived. >> i was like man, i ain't about to let this dude get out of the store. i couldn't let that go. that's it. >> and it is a serious thing. and i just had to stand forward and take charge. >> and less than two weeks ago, union city police arrested a registered sex offender they say sexually assaulted a 2-year- old girl in a dollar tree store. in that incident, two men outside the store tackled the suspect, and held him until police

southwestern virginia, the ohio valley. there is some rain. we will not see a rain or mix. it will just be snow. temperatures are near 20. we only expect the upper-20's for the highs. it will be just as no w. most of it will fall between rush hours today, especially the early afternoon. about one-2 inches locally -- 1- 2 inches locally. richmond might get as much as 5 inches. >>> we had a report of a truck stop earlier at the exit to the george washington parkway. it is not impeding traffic. let's go to the maps and show you some problems out on the virginia highways. we have a broken-down car on the inbound 66 near the virginia center -- visitors' center. there's an accident inbound blocking the left side. at the 270, expected very slow getting through the interchange. the beltway through college park to silver spring -- the outer loop is there on the bottom left of your screen. >>> we are on stormwatch this morning. the snow will start falling this morning and could cause problems for your evening commute. >> courtney robinson has more on how people are preparing for this

it has changed to rain in southwestern virginia, sleet as well. the closer view of the radar, where the darker colors are where it i coming down harder in charles county that is the zone that will likely get the heaviest snow. nortrn montgomery, northern loudo u.n. and stafford and prince william. it is cold. 22 in washington. this is light, fluffy snow that will stick and going to stay. all coming from low pressure that is traveling wes to east and rapidly moving through the area. for the afternoon, snow, light to moderate at mes, highs reaching the upper 20s. accumulations will be piling up. i will show you the forecast maps for the amounts d, when it will stop. the forecast for friday and the weekend coming up. >>> our live team coverage continues, v-dot is trying to stay ahead of the storm. more than 200 cruise ready to treat the roads. it appears the crews will be put to the test soon. live with the latest for us now. >> reporter: they are saying they are ready for that test. see what it looks lie, they have been catching up with this storm.

we have accumulating snow in central and southwestern virginia now. to pile up. it's really piling up there and snoeling moderately to heavily. but closer to washington, northern virginia and in the district. e radar is showing sno in the district. it should shortly in the next couple of hours and begin to accumulate later this aftnoon. farther north, though, just about an inch, but farther south >> a lot of crazy weather out there check in with the weather channel twothree, four times a day oro online to weather.com. head down to willard scott and willard.com. >> nicest gifts in the wor, the metropolitan museum of art. they are classy and they are priced right, something for everyone. metmuseum.org. please. you are doing yourself a favor. any way, happy birthday, how sweet it is. check it out and see for yourself. this is dorothy haines from harmon, missouri, 101. taught bible studies for years. we love her. good old darryl, he is from cherokee river, arkansas. still drives his own car to his favorite restaurant and never gotten a driving ticket. beu

snow is reaching the ground in west virginia now and southern and southwestern rginia.and it's going to be about another three hours before it arrives in the metro area. cold this morning, only in the teens to near 20 degrees now. and we'll have some of that light snow from late morning all the way into the afternoon. highs only reaching upper 20s. but total amounts 1 to 3 inches around the metro area. and lighter amounts farther north d perhaps some heavier amounts mixing with some sleet farther to our south. then as we get into the weekend looks like it will be a bit warmer but colder than average. no snown sunday it appears right now. more details on the storm coming up in ten minute how is traffic? >> along i-270, unusually heavy as y head on down toward the spur and continuing down to the spur. there may have been an issue on the shoulder there. looks like the lanes are pen. again, lower end of 270, unusually heavy early on. in from the west along interstate 66, to and through manassas, the earlier issue near here, just one vehicle left on the shoulder. the flash o

there's a few snow showers and snow flurries reported across parts of southern virginia and southwestern virginia. this is all moving in our rection so basicallyalong and to the south of 66 might see the chance of a passing snow shower or snow flurry but that's about it. real cold stuff up across the great lakes. advisories, only winter advisory out acss north central north carolina. reinforces my thinking that there's not much of a threat for accumulating snow today. area low pressure off the georgia coast for now headed up the eastern seaboard. the track is just enough now off the coastline where we don't have much of a threat. the cold air is in place. about this time tomorrow morning 6:00 tomorrow morning the coast still south of cape hatteraseras north carolina and there's the northern most fringe of the snow chances coming right u into southern maryland and lower parts of the delmarva. as that storm goes further up the coast it should take all the chances away from us. so not much of a snow threat this weekend. for today cloudy, cold, passing snow flurries mainly south of town. highs today

he is accused of kidnapping 12 years britney smith in southwestern virginia. they were spouted outside a san francisco grocery store last week. smith has been reunited with her family. >>> and the man accused of sexually assaulting a child in a san leandro wal-mart will be in court. carlyle villazon is suspected of molesting an 8-year-old girl. the girl was shopping with her family friday night. her brother became separated from them and the girl volunteered to look for him. the girl ran back to her mom crying and told her what had happened. when the two spotted the suspect the mom yelled out, that guy touched my daughter. that's when 18-year-old malcolm mason tackled him and another man held him until police arrived. >> i was like man, i ain't about to let this dude get up out thi stuff. i couldn't let that go, that's it. >> i saw the tear in the little girl's face and it was serious and i had to take charge. >> less than two weeks ago union city police arrested a registered sex offender they say sexually assaulted a 2-year- old girl in a dollar tree store n

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have snow now moving in to west virginia, the shenandoah valley of virginia, and central and southwestern virginia. it's advancing to the east and to the northeast, leading edge of the snow right knew into the central shenandoah valley and into the highlands of west virginia. it's cold enough for it to stick. temperatures there just near 20 degrees. we're in the teens to near 20 closer to washington. right now, 22 at national airport. the ght snow throughout the day today, with highs only in the upper 20s. these are the total amounts i expect. that band in the middle 1 to 3 inches across northern virginia, highlands of west virginia, the district of colbia and the nearby counties in maryland. and farther south, though, higher amounts, 3 to 5 inches, perhapfrom fredericksburg to charlottesville, may mix with a little bit of sleet before it ends this afternoon in southern maryland and the lower eastern shore. then overnight tonight we'll just have cloudy skies and by dawn tomorrow we'll see some sun back. a look at friday, and in to the weekend, that will be showing, it look like, a settled pattern.

rick boucher from the southwestern virginia who had been in the house 28 years and had been a key to reach you really understands the sector. e he had been a key negotiating with the waxman markey waspair defeated. periello was defeated. the 48 page pledge to america uv butei republicans unveiled in advance of the election included their commitment to oppose be asn't anergy tax. a national and trade energy tax. no truth in labeling here. and my favorite, my favorite in this a very perverse sense was the commercial i caught one night with then-west virginia governor manchin, anybody from west virginia? well, they missed this, maybe, or maybe you saw it. had a rifle, and can he shot at a giant target labeled cap and trade. i thought, oh, my. i was quite surprised. he won, the climate legislation lost, needless to say. the 112th congress looks hopeless for any sort of comprehensive cap and trade legislation. it ain't happening. i know that, it's one of the reasons i felt no guilt whatsoever at having quit my job and on to a new life. congressman fred upton who's the new chairman of the

west of there from charlottesville over toward blacksburg, virginia, and southern west virginia, as well as southwestern virnia. they're getting the snow now, roanoke and lynchburg and danville. now here locally, we have a winter weather advisory in effect r today. all those counties in lavender under the winter weather advisory. farther to our south it's a winter storm warning. this covers just about all of virginia and much of maryland, including the district of columbia and much of west virginia. certainly cold enough for snow. temperatures right now just in the upper teens in prince george's county d montgomery county, near 20 at arlington and fairfax and in the driktd of columbia, low 20s. low 20s around the bay, southern maryland. it's very cold. shenandoah valley only in the teens to near 20 degrees. over the last 12 hours, been watching this storm system advancing from the west. an area of low pressure. a fast-moving weak area of low pressure. nonetheless it does have moisture with it. you can see thesnowfall is moving into west virginia, out ofentucky and ohio and indiana, and also thatnow stre

it's been moving into western maryland, northern west virginia and southwestern pennsyania.llstay to our north. a few morning clouds and sun back this morning, into the afternoon. above freezing for a few hours. much of the y below freezing. overnight, 20 degrees by dawn. saturday increasing clouds. mid-30s for highs. after midnight through midday sunday. could get accumulating snow east of interstate 95. two to four inches possible for the eastern shore. sunday mrning through mid day. sun back in the afternoon. monday, into next week, colder than average. could get light snow wednesday. jerry, how is traffic now? >> off we go. aive look at the i-95 corridor in virginia near route 70/100. authorities headed over to check the reports of an accident. if you're headed tat direction, be careful. elevated road surfaces are going to be a culprit. so be very cautious there. new york avenue, kenilworth, no incidents to report in the travel portion of the roadway. head on to the next camera and see how we're doi elsewhere. commute headed for downtown, 395, 14th street bridge. smooth

and they very aggressively with congressman rick boucher from southern, southeastern, southwestern heart of virginia to craft a bill that the industry could support. it passed out of committee. it became sort of a super bowl of politics as it went to the floor. waxman and markey stepped up and make lots and lots of political deals. i know you're shocked that that might happen during a major piece of legislation, but it certainly didn't. the administration was very aggressive in its support of the bill. valerie jarrett who is one of the two senior advisers to the president said in a meeting i attended with her that the president had made more calls on the cap-and-trade legislation than he had anything previously in the congress at the time. i suspect that record, it might've been eclipsed recently by the health care debate or anything that they did in lame duck. but it was a big deal here my then boss from exelon called in on defense democrat from illinois, whose name is bill foster, and foster said look, john, the president has called me. the vice president has called me. rahm emanuel the rahm emanu