actually, it's clipping southern fauquier county and prince william county, spotsylvania county, orange on places like that and this is moving to the east. there is another line drifting in -- drifting in our direction and looking well -- likes like the heaviest will stay in southern sections of virginia and that is clipped by the rain and the cold air moves on through. temperatures now, 58; annapolis, 60; >> and there we go. >> quantico, 63; reagan national, the high temperatures for today and this evening, expect a few showers. the temperatures hold negligent 50s and we get cold. >> don't put your umbrellas away just yet. >> no, just have them handy. >>> coming up here on fox 5 news at 5, three people stabbed in virginia. the suspect, a five-year-old boy. find out what apparently set him off. >>> and we're just getting started. stay with us. we'll be right back.  . >> following a disturbing story out of virginia tonight, a five- year-old boy is accused of stabbing three people on monday over a juice box. the boy is in police custody now in green county. that is near charlot

. >>> investigators are hunting for two suspects the throughout the man at his home in spotsylvania countyjust after 4:00 a.m. this morning at his home on the 400 block of hamilton street. two men approached and forced him inside his house, stealing a safe prescription medication and more. >>> coming up -- danger in the sky? air shows are under the microscope after a deadly crash. >>> two years later, metro is talking fare increases, this time for rail and bus. >>> surprise flooding creating a big mess in texas. adam caskey has >>> 7 his and your side with a warning for metro passengers. the next round of fare hikes could mean big changes. under the new plan, the cheapest ride would cost $4 a trip. >> those still using paper fare cards would face the steepest hike, forced to pay $4 even if just writing for one step. >> i might as well be driving to work. >> the last fare increase was two years ago. many want to keep it that way but in order to overcome a shortfall, it does not appear it will less. >> if you start making a calculation, and driving becomes more economical, which is terrible.

for the second time this week detectives are investigating a home invasion in spotsylvania county. a woman was sleeping in her home when an armed man came into her bedroom and demanded her medication. another man stayed in the hallway. there is no link to another home invasion yesterday morning on hamilton street. a public hearing is being held today for a plan to increase tax taxi rates in d.c. instead of $1.50 per mile, it would become $2.16 per mile. the plan would eliminate extra fees including luggage and emergency fuel surcharges. coming up -- >> we just had a plane cleared to cross. >> anger on the runway. in the state nearly caused a collision. new revelations from detectives about the death of natalie wood. >> stay at home moms vs. working moms. plus, kathie lee >> we are learning more about a near miss at chicago's midway airport. audiotapes from the pilot and the control tower have been released. >> we just had a plane take off. >> last month, the control tower gave the go-ahead for a southwest airlines plane to cross the runway, but the pilot ordered the captain to stop

she lives in spotsylvania county. she posted pictures on facebook. someone asked her is that baby jesus stolen? she replied it's so stolen. >> we have no idea how many people saw the picture on facebook but a great number of them knew it was a stolen item and they were talking about it. out of all those people, only one individual came forward and contacted us. we are glad he did. >> reporter: i'm pat collins news 4, fredericksburg. >> she was charged with grand larceny for her involvement. because it weighed 80 pounds when taken, investigators say a second person may have helped haul it away. >>> still ahead on "news4 this week," we dive into a dance workout that helped one man drop 60 pounds. >>> the the giant donation that could help the national zoo's >>> one of the national zoo's newest residents splashed around without a name. now the one and a half-year-old pacific octopus has a name. i's going to be called pandora. kimberly submitted the name in a kids post contest. the giant pacific octopus is the largest species of octopus in the world. you

. >>> this spotsylvania county sheriff is looking for somebody as well asking for the public's help. wanted is 26-year-old jacinto hernandez andrades. he tried to abduct a 15-year- old girl in october. if you know where this man is, contact the spotsylvania sheriff's office. you do not have to give your name. >>> 2011 ended on a good note as far as unemployment numbers. today the labor department announced 200,000 new jobs in december bringing the unemployment rate to 8.5%, the lowest level in nearly three years. >> we're creating jobs on a consistent basis. we're not going to let up, not until everybody who wants to find a good job can find one. >> the economy has added at least 100,000 jobs for six straight months, but even at this rate only 1/3 of the jobs lost since 2008 have been regained. one piece of good news today from the president, the white house is asking for a .5% rate for all civilian employees, their first pay raise since salaries were frozen in 2010. >>> the brady campaign is holding anti-gun violate events around the country and has launched an online campaign calle

orange and spotsylvania counties. >> the district announced it has a $240 million surplus. latest estimate from the u.s. census bureau gives d.c. a population of 617,996. if that surplus was divided evenly, it would boil down to $388.38 per person. but as bruce johnson reports, it does not appear that is going to happen. >> many areas the city is on a roll. 16,000 new residents, office space in high demand, the federal government with all its workers and billions of dollars to spend. >> eve knew estimates were made, economy was in a very bad shape. >> cfo revealed the district ended the last fiscal year with $240 million more. mayor gray wants to keep the surplus. >> this is one time money. it isn't as if the surplus represents money we will get every year going forward. >> the hiring and spending freeze, under spending by agencies. but also point to higher fees and fines. a tax increase on businesses and high end income earners. >> it is very tough to do business in our city. it is very expensive. >> some of the new taxes and fees should be reevaluated. >> i did not suppor

. >>> nearly two dozen pets have been killed in a house fire in spotsylvania county, virginia. the home has been destroyed. the residents of the house were not there when the fire broke out. fire officials say 12 cats and seven dogs died in the blaze. fire officials were able to rescue three cats. heat from the blaze damaged the house next-door. no word on the cause. >>> a tragic story in central virginia. authorities are investigating the deaths of a father and his three-year-old twin daughters. the hanover county sheriff's office has identified the man as 40 years old robert king. all three bodies were found late saturday in the richmond suburb of mechanicsville. police say the twins lived there with the mother. they're calling the death tonight suspicious but await awe top see. robert king, the father, did not live at the house where he and his daughters were found dead. terrifying moments for construction workers at a casino project. a floor collapsed, sending workers sliding or falling to the ground below. more than a dozen workers were hurt. they were pouring a section of

in addition to fredricksburg, the disaster area includes culpeper, orange and spotsylvania counties. >>> a new "washington post" poll suggests support for legalizing gay marriage in maryland is growing. the new numbers come as opmoneys of gay marriage ralliedout side the state capital in annapolis. >> lawmakers hold the crucial vote. >> marriage should be defined between what? >> one man and one woman. >> there you go. >> reporter: tonight a diverse coalition on display, heavily republican conservative christian groups allied with reliable democratic african- american churchgoers and a latino minister putting it into words. >> denominational, racial, ethnic and partisan lines. tonight we are one. >> reporter: tonight's rally against gay marriage comes as a new "washington post" poll finds the largest number of marylanders yet, 50% in favor of gay marriage with 44% opposed. senator richard matalino raising two children with a same-sex partner is not surprised. >> people are becoming more comfortable with it because it's less of a surprise and mystery for them. >> you can't stop us fro

county. stafford, spotsylvania, charles county, st.ary's, anne arundel and calvert, that area of rain heading east. temperatures in the low to mid 40s most of the region from the mountains, shenandoah valley, all the way to the atlantic beaches. now 45 at reagan national. sunrise at 7:24. showers through the day, should be drying out this afternoon and climbing to near 60 degrees by mid-afternoon. sunset at 5:12. here's your evening planner. just cloudy. down to near 50 by midnight. then much colder air surges in tomorrow. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend, at 4:51. how's traffic? >>> good morning, 50 westbound seeing all of your westbound lanes blocked at 424 davidson road. if you would like to take this way, avoid route 50 in the area and jump on defense highway instead. take route 450 instead to route 3, and then reconnect to 50. and again, crews are working to clear this accident hopefully by 6:00 a.m. traveling i-95 at fairfax county parkway, it looks like the accident that was in the right shoulder lane is stil

much of virginia may get into low and mid-60s from areas in stafford and spotsylvania counties into fauquier county as well as towards culpeper and charlottesville. those areas could get into low to mid-60s this afternoon. here's your evening planner. sunset a 6:01. a clear night. low 40s by midnight. looks like a nice day tomorrow. we'll get into changes next week. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> sounds like the perfect day for a sick day, but if you have to get into work, i'm going to help you. traveling along i-95, this is the view right now. you can see no major delays. i don't have any accidents to report. if you're traveling i-95 in virginia, this is a look at dumfries. southbound, you're in the clear. northbound, picking up just a little steam. no major delays. continuing on to 395, if that's your commute, this is a look at seminary road, getting a little bit busy as you head northbound. again, no accidents to report at this time. you're clear as you make your way over the 14th street bridge, clearing to the city. i'll give you a travel speed if you're making your way on

00 a.m., not too far away and this mean charles county, saint mary's county, calvert county, spotsylvania countyy get thunderstorms developing here and we're going to be mild, too. and that is suggesting 60s at 8:00 a.m. and there is a lot of warm air from the south and tomorrow at 6:00, we'll get out of here and some sunshine is in here and that snow will stay back to the north and to the west. and looks like wisps in to western maryland and might get fresh tomorrow night and into saturday. the clouds and showers at 7:00 and this is holding steady through the evening hours and some temperatures in the 50s and some showery weather and by tomorrow morning, that might be's rumble in a few spots, the temperatures in the 50s and looks like it's mid-50s to upper 50s. the 8:00 temperature tomorrow morning, i can easily see 60 degrees and that shower or tomorrow and that --ish on a storm. spot shower by 91, 62 and some fallling temperatures through the be after tomorrow and that will be windy, too. the winds will begin to switch directions to the west and to that northwest. saturday, still breezy and c

federal and state agencies are operating a disaster recovery center in spotsylvania county. they are reopening the center in louisa county. they will operate from 10:00 to 6:00. the deadline to register for help, march 6th. the quake hit august 3rd. >>> health officials are called to occupy d.c. after complaints of an increase in rats in the area. they will visit mcpherson square and freedom plaza. they will make sure the kitchen and bathrooms are being kept clean. the the temperatures dropping drove some of the protesters away. the d.c. health department want to make sure those that are there are keeping warm. suggests on how living conditions can be improved will be made to the city. >>> more women in this country are giving birth to twins. health officials say one in every 30 babies is a twin. it's a big increase over 30 years. in 1980, one in 53 newborns was a twin. experts attribute it to medical treatments and procedures that help couples. women in late 30s have twins at a higher rate. >>> one of the most infamous cold cases. what prompted police to continue their sear

. >> an elderly couple in spotsylvania county is shaken up after being held at gunpoint. >> two men forceday in and demanded money and medication. stephen tschida joins us live with their story. >> there is fear in this neighborhood where an elderly man and woman are inside the home price in the suspects did not return. 69-year-old clyde and his what are glad to be alive. when he let alice out around 3:00, the dog became agitated and refused to go back in. >> i heard a click and a shotgun was in my face. >> thus began the hour of terror. it forced him inside his home where they demanded money and medication. he believes they targeted him because of the handicapped license plate on his vehicle and the ramp to his house. >> the other boy was very unstable, and one was called. you just do not know. >> police stepped up patrols looking for clues. >> keep your eyes open. >> who knows when they are going to be back? that person has not been caught. >> the suspects are diminutive about 5 feet tall. he believed they were kids -- dangerous kids. >> we are alive, okay? we are thankful for that. i ha

spotsylvania county sheriff's office investigating a report of a suspicious man near freedom middle school. officials tell us a man recently appeared to follow children from the school to a nearby house. here's a description. he is a white man 30-40 years old, 6 feet tall about 190 pounds, curly gray hair with a bald spot and maybe a close cut beard. >> learning details of the dramatic rescue that hostage and jessica buchanan experienced from somalia. preparations are now under way so she can be reunited with her family. first, they are speaking out against what exactly she went through. tahman bradley is live in a twist d.c. with details. good morning. >> good morning. after three months in captivity jessica buchanan is now safe at u.s. military base in africa waiting to be reunited with her family. tuesday after the state of the union, president obama called the canon's father to inform him that his daughter had been rescued from somali pirates by the elite seal team six specialists that killed osama bin laden. in the dead of night the team stormed the pirates tied out, facing a barrage

. >> today, fema will open a new disaster recovery center on courthouse road in spotsylvania county. and reopen one in louisa county. people who sustained damage in the august 23rd earthquake two months from today to apply for federal assistance. meanwhile, the department of transportation is also helping recover repairs from tropical storm lee. by giving the commonwealth $6.5 million from the department of transportation and that would pay for road and infrastructure repairs. back in september, flooding caused by lee damaged or washed out 15 roads and bridges in northern virginia, all of them have since reopened. >> you first heard the story on 9news now. we continue following the latest on the local political shocker in d.c. council member harry thomas jr. is expected to resign and plead guilty to a felony charge in connection to using city money for personal purposes. delia gonsalves joins us live from the wilson building with the latest on the expected plea deal. delia, good morning. >> good morning, andrea. we could see the plea deal later today. sources tell us harry thomas jr.

one is in spotsylvania county. the other is in louisa county. both will be open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. >> students move back into three renovated schools in montgomery county. canon road elementary, garrett park elementary and seven locks elementary. first bell rings at 9:00. >>> a decision could be made today on whether to demolish the president's residence at the university of maryland. it doesn't meet current safety codes and the school calls it outdated. a foundation wants to build an event center on the site. >> it finished late today. we'll also see the fallout from the iowa caucuses. mitt romney a winner by a raiser-thin margin. >> the former massachusetts governor won by eight votes in a very close second place former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> let's check out the numbers. both romney and santorum got 25% of the vote. romney again by eight votes he won. texas congressman ron paul came in third at 21%. speaking to supporters this morning, both romney and rick santorum focused on the economy and on presi

. >>> -- spotsylvania counties. >>> governor martin o'malley is expected to testify in favor after bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. his testimony will come just hours after opponents of gay marriage rallied in front of the statehouse in annapolis. several speakers made reference to maryland's first lady katie o'malley's comment that legalization of same-sex marriage failed last year because of cowards in the house of delegates. the first lady made the comment at an annual conference thursday. the very next day she said she regretted making these statements. >>> the average price for a gallon of gas in maryland is about $3.51. but a new proposal from governor o'malley would tack on another 21 cents on top of that. o'malley says he supports applying the 6% sales tax to gasoline. right now gas purchases are exempt from sales tax in maryland. o'malley's proposal would leave the state's 23.5 cent gas tax in place. a state transportation commission estimates a 6% sales tax on gas would bring in $613 million. o'malley plans to introduce the measure after wednesday's state of th

. >>> the spotsylvania county sheriff's office is warning parents today about a report of suspicious activity near freedom middle school. students reported a man in his 30s or 40s following them home from school yesterday evening and then waiting outside their homes for a while when the kids went inside. the sheriff's office will add patrols to that area and parents are encouraged to discuss safety with their children. >> coming up, president obama ex-changes heated words with arizona's governor. making a trip to the dmv is going to be more convenient in >>> some big changes are coming to the pentagon. defense secretary pan ate is set to announce major budget cuts today. as many as 80,000 soldiers will be cut and multiple combat brigades will either be dissolved or reassigned. 30 older model drones will be grounded and air important will not buy new models. at least not for now. president obama says that these moves will help cut the defense budget by half a trillion dollars over the next decade. >>> arlington national cemetery is trying to figure out what happen ed to $12 million. a

those in the city of fredericksburg are eligible, along with culpeper, guchland, and spotsylvania countiesions can be filed with the virginia employment commission offices. the 5.8 quake rocked the region last august. >>> today, interior secretary ken salazar will help make the national mall brighter. he'll flip the switch at 5:30 tonight for the new l.e.d. lights along the mall. officials say the system from 3rd to 15th streets will reduce lighting energy use by 65%. it will also provide better lighting and security there. be nice to see. >> it would be. very nice. all right. >>> just about 5:51. time for a look at weather & traffic on the 1s. tom, okay, where are we today on the ride that has been our weather for january? >> i know. every day we've had different weather. it seems markedly different weather. today, it's going to feel like a winter month once again. good morning, i'm tom kierein. right now under a clear sky at reagan national airport. the temperature is a little bit above freezing, but many locations right now are below freezing. clear sky over the national newly lit mall.

freezing mark throughout much of virginia including fairfax county and loudoun county, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, toward fauquier county, culpeper. low to mid 30s. in prince george's county, near freezing. near freezing as well much of southern maryland, charles, calvert, northern neck, eastern shore. the view from space showing a clear sky. we have clouds moving in from the north. a few high clouds from the south and west drifting in as the day progresses. sunrise at 7:20. by 9:00, 40 with sunshine. clouding up in the afternoon. we'll peak in the upper 40s, maybe briefly near 50 at mid-afternoon. sunset at 5:21. we'll have a cloudy evening, upper 30s by late evening. a look at some rain on the way for the rest of the end of the weekend. a look at the weekend, too, in ten minutes. >>> the commute looks good. seeing a lot of green around the beltway. let's start with the beltway in maryland. if you're making a trip in montgomery counti, this is the view at new hampshire avenue. travel speeds on the inner loop and inner loop look good. outer loop, 59 miles per hour. in prince george's county, the

farther to the south, though, in prince william county, stafford, spotsylvania, fauquier county, thesereas are just getting a little bit of light rain. this one in southern fauquier, more moderate rain now falling. let's go forward over the next 48 hours. all this moving color is rain. does look like we will have this from time to time. pockets of yellow and orange or areas of some more moderate rain. that will be this evening. clearing out as far as the rain is concerned after midnight we will stay mostly cloudy during the morning hours on thursday. then thursday evening, we are going to have a front arriving as it does come in after midnight maybe some rain locally and predawn friday. after that, sun comes out and it turns much colder on friday. could get snow showers out of the mountains during the day on friday. how much rain will we have? all this area in blue including just about all of west virginia, virginia, the district and maryland could get a half inch to an inch and a half of rain by the time it all ends predawn on thursday. and that includes all these areas in northern vi

in prince george's county, fairfax, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania. d then southern maryland, light rain in charles county and across calvert county. southern calvert into st. mary's, heavier rain. pockets of yellow also getting light rain on the eastern shore. we're in the 40s from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. late last night, there was some freezing rain and sleet way out in western maryland. the highlands of west virginia. but that's warmed up now. it's changed to rain there. so the slick spots that were there earlier, those are beginning to dissipate. and the sunrise will be at 7:24. we'll have periods of rain through the morning. by noontime into the low 50s, actually may climb to near 60 degrees as the rain tapers off and ends by early to mid-afternoon. and then cloudy by late afternoon. sunset today will be at 5:12. i'll have your evening planner. that will be coming up in ten minutes at around 5:41. joe? >> thank you very much, tom. >>> mitt romney holds a comfortable lead in decision 2012 this morning. a new "washington p

below freezing in parts of northern virginia, including in prince william county, fauquier, culpeper. stafford and spotsylvania, near freezing. the blue ridge, upper 20s to mid 30s. montgomery county, prince george's counties, low to mid 30s most of those location. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore is in the low to mid 30s. we'll have clouds and sunshine this morning. day planner, sunrise 7:20. upper 40s this afternoon with increasing clouds. the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good news if you're on gw parkway. head h a disabled truck -- had a disabled truck southbound at 123. that's out of the roadway. you will see congestion from the beltway to route 12 it. traveling the beltway, outer loop at georgia avenue, chopper 4 is there now. at the ramp to georgia avenue, once you pass this ramp, you have an accident. there's volume on the outer loop. right now travel lanes are open. back to you. >> thanks. >>> today president obama will begin selling the plans he laid out in last night's state of the union address. he heads to iowa where he'll speak at a factory abo

county. and not just coming into western spotsylvania and stafford counties, points west, culpeper, rappahannock county. sun may break out later this afternoon, few more showers coming through as we go forward here into wednesday, though, a drying trend and it is going to turn cold again tomorrow. so the roller coaster ride continues out mountains, too, of western maryland and west virginia, maybe a few snow showers late on wednesday. as we get into thursday, sun in the morning. then some clouds quickly closing in. and more changes are on the way. so for the rest of today, we will have brightening of the eye and maybe a few more areas of some passing showers coming in. it is going to be rather breezy, too, that southerly and southwesterly wind, gusting to around 20 miles an hour. yes, it may make it up to 60 degrees, even around the metro area. especially points to our south, southern maryland and from southern fairfax county down 95, fredericksburg, towards charlottesville, warrenton, that area, may get up into the low 60s in a few isolated spots. sunset at 5:12. you cloudy and cool this evenin

spotsylvania county, spraincles of light rain there.charlottesville and harrisonburg. watch out for that. some rain noontime, metro area, continuing to this evening. more tomorrow with sun back. >>> don't forget. get your weather any time day or night. weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> coming up, we'll meet two original "today" show staffers. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two year price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today. hurry -- this offer won't last long.

county. in much of northern virginia, near the freezing mark to near 30 degrees. fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania. southern maryland, prince george's county, charles, calvert, st. mary's, many locations there near the freezing mark. watch out, there could be icy spots. all this melting by mid morning, fog dissipating by then, too. and maybe some light to moderate rain into the afternoon as we climb into the upper 40s to near 50. and we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. traveling in d.c. right now, fire activity is shutting down 14th street, between irving northwest and park road northwest. please use calling in the area. taking the beltway, the inner loop trying to get on the ramp to westbound 202 now. that ramp is shut down due to low-hanging wires. and if you're traveling on i-66, still seeing fog in the area. looking a lot better at fairfax county parkway. i'll give you a travel speed because even though your volume's increasing, you still have a good speed of 62 miles per hour. not bad at all. and if you are on i-95, looking good,

steady or light freezing rain and snowflakes across parts of charles county, maryland, fredericksburg, spotsylvania, stafford and mix of freezing rain and snow gradually coming to an end. the back of the precipitation from southern west virginia and the bulk of what we will get we already have on the ground. it will stay slippery. between 2:00 this afternoon and 7:00 this evening, the best time to get out and around and this evening, everything will refreeze. tomorrow afternoon, precipitation starts to come back in again, might start with snowflakes and starts to rise tomorrow morning and everything back to rain. icy morning coming to an end and temperatures in this 30s. chance for more tomorrow afternoon and then all rain and i'll be here updating you all day and you can follow me on tw twitter at chuck bebell4. >>> new york state officials believe stress is to blame for causing some high school students to experience a condition similar to ter rets. >> i used to work -- ah - work -- ah -- ah -- >> 12 students in the school district suddenly developed ticks and impulsive verbal behavior in the las

in the district of columbia, fairfax county, prince william, and along 95 through stafford and spotsylvaniamuch of southern maryland is wet, as well, getting light rain southern prince george's county and across the county line into charles county and into st. mary's. raining a little harder, as well as in southern calvert and on the lower eastern shore. temperatures are in the 40s throughout most of the region now from the shenandoah valley to the bay and the eastern shore and the beaches. farther west where we had slick spots, it's getting above freezing most locations. we'll be into the 50s later today to near 60 degrees with occasional showers. so keep the umbrella handy. we'll have perhaps a few showers into the middle of the afternoon and near 60. then overnight, getting gradually colder, near 40 by dawn tomorrow. near 30 by sunset on wednesday with a gusty cold wind tomorrow. cold on thursday and friday. maybe some flurries for thursday night. and then chilly rain saturday. a bit warmer after that. how's traffic? >>> breaking news in davidsonville, maryland. accident westbound 50 jus

county, around baltimore. further south down interstate 95, stafford to spotsylvania, it's raining harder. that's going to be moving into the metro area over the next few hours. there's going to be wet pavement. right now, la plata, 61 degrees. pax river, 63. fredericksburg at 64. culpeper, 64. and some of that mild air is going to be coming up our way. farther west and north, it's only in the 30s. frederick, hagerstown, upper 30s. quite a contrast in temperatures around the region. here's your day planner -- big changes on the way, hovering in the 50s to around 60 through the morning hours. some passing showers. then getting windy as we clear out this afternoon, down to the low 50s by 5:00. then much colder tonight, we'll look at the evening planner in ten minutes. here's traffic for friday morning. good morning. >>> good morning, checking our roadways, i'm not really seeing any issues and travel speeds really good at this time if you're ready to hit the road. traveling westbound 50 making your way from 301 to the beltway, you're at 66 miles per hour. on the dulles toll road, heading east

spotsylvania, we're talking to you. fredericksburg, we're talking to to you. and maybe prince william county and there is more to the west and most of it, can you see here s on out of west virginia. and right now, we're dry and we have a significant cold front coming and we seeing a few showers popping up around pittsburgh. until that front gets through, say, 2, 3:00 in the morning, i still think there is at least going to be a chance of a shower. in the near-term, anyway, looks like we're doing good. i wanted to show you the snow from the midwest and to willile and chicago. and it shows you the cold air is there and we talked about it last night, right? this is cold stuff. international falls minus 6 and ahead of the front, you can't see and you happen that is. and this is buffalo at 52 degrees and had of the front, it's significantly warmer up and down the east coast and the reality sets in when you jump the front and that is coming our way and that is going to settle in. evening showers, we may have some. turning older -- colder once the front comes through and low in the city, 38 degrees

county, prince william, southern fauquier. that's heading into staff poured and spotsylvania.her areas of heavy rain farther to the south and southern maryland and northern neck. all associated with a cold front bringing in cold weather. already in the 30s out in western maryland. that's coming our way by late tonight as we clear out with gusty winds this afternoon. >> thanks so much, tom. we are going >>> good morning. the rain is really tying up your commute this morning. let's take a look at the beltway. inner loop jammed at robinson terminal. your delays start around i-95. they continue to the dulles tool road at 22 miles per hour. taking the beltway in montgomery county, still very slow at this time. live look at university boulevard. these cars are at a slow crawl as they head to georgia avenue. your travel speed in this area 18 miles per hour. >> danella, thanks so much. more news, weather and traffic for new 25 minutes. ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's mea

county, southern anne arundel. another little batch of light rain further down interstate 95, prince williams, stafford, spotsylvania, culpeper and warrenton. that is heading off to the east, too. we will have wet pavement this morning. right now in the mid to upper 30s, far west and north all above freezing. right near 40 degrees in arlington, fairfax and prince george's. southern maryland near the bay, northern neck eastern shore, weather watchers reporting around the low 50s. shenandoah valley, mid and upper 30s. we will be holding steady for the upper 30s, low 40s for another couple hours. near 50 noontime with periods of light rain. light rain this morning, then a few brief moderate showers this afternoon as we reach the 50s. tonight, could get some more moderate and a brief heavy shower coming through later in the evening. holding steady in the low 50s, then claiming to near 60 by noontime tomorrow. that's when the rain should end, then turning windy and chillier. a cold start to saturday morning, near 30. afternoon highs near 50. a chilly day on sunday. it's going stay chilly into next week as well. danella,

county and here along 95. southern stafford into spotsylvania. temperatures are below freezing throughout much of the region. any of that sprinkle activity may freeze up briefly here this morning. shouldn't be causing any big problems. we're in the 20s throughout much of virginia and maryland. right near the waters in the 30s. sunrise at 7:27. maybe a few flurries, perhaps even a little sleet later this morning to late morning. then light rain is possible this afternoon. and the greater chance of any rain is -- areas south of washington, across virginia, perhaps southern maryland. that would be during the afternoon hours with highs reaching just the low 40s today, which lo and behold is about average for january. and it's going to be a chilly and damp evening with occasional light rain this evening. and sunset at 5:04. we'll be in the 30s in the evening, above freezing. by dawn, clearing out. down near 30. sunny on tuesday. tomorrow's high near 50. on wednesday, clouds return. area of low pressure sweeping through. we could get up to an inch of rain perhaps starting midday wednesday all the way into wednesda

george's county are trying to find a man who robbed an employee at for the foote school. >>> and the spotsylvaniais warning parents after a man in his 30s or 40s was spotted following students home from school yesterday evening and waited outside their home force a while as the kids went inside. the sheriff's department will add patrols in the area. >>> today major changes are coming to the department of defense. defense secretary leon panetta will announce huge cuts to the defense budget as part of president obama's restructuring plan. as many as 80,000 troops will be cut and multiple combat brigades will either be dissolved or reassigned. 30 older model drones will be grounded and the air force will not buy new models for now. president obama says the moves will help cut the defense budget by a half trillion over the next ten years. >>> arlington county cemetery is trying to account for 12 million dollars. the money was allocated during budgets from 2004 to 2010. it's not clear if the money was returned or spent. >>> we are waiting to find out when a virginia woman freed from kidnappers in soma

spotsylvania, and fredericksburg. a nice, mile day to round out the january. i will look at the rest of the week coming up. >> hard to imagine, but another earthquake aftershock rattled people in the bill louisa county last night. a 3.2 magnitude tremor hit near mineral. more than 100 aftershocks since the august earthquake. louisa county middle school and how it -- high-school will return to a five-day week tomorrow for the first time since the earthquake damaged by high school. students had been attending class at the middle school on alternate days. officials say they now have enough mobile classrooms to return to a normal schedule. voters in florida are heading to the polls. the battle for the gop presidential nomination got nasty in florida with millions of dollars spent on attack ads. now voters say they are getting their chance to say what is on their mind. brianne carter has the latest on the primary battle in florida. >> and the biggest race of the year so far with 50 delegates up for grabs, today the two top candidates are out snapping photos and shaking hands. >> i want somebody who is not going to have a skeleton jump out at the last minute. >> ahead in the polls, romney is confident he

spotsylvania, too, and near culpeper. and farther north and west, we've had a few clouds coming through with flurries, temperatures there are around the freezing mark to a little above freezing in montgomery county and prince george's county. parts of southern maryland, though, are near the freezing mark as well as the northern neck. eastern shore in the 30s. over last 12 hours, we did have a few flurries passing north of the metro area. now we have a few clouds that are drifting in. and there is a winter storm watch out. all the counties in blue. and a winter storm warning farther west for accommodation of snow, sleet, and ice beginning tonight, around 9:00, 10:00, maybe continuing into saturday morning. we might even have freezing rain tomorrow morning. here's the day planner for this friday. we'll have sunshine this morning. sun rise at 7:23. then we'll have increasing clouds again this afternoon, similar to yesterday. and temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 30s. a little colder today, though, than yesterday. and then this evening is when we could get the wintry mix moving in. we'll look at your friday planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning and happy friday. so far, t