school -- mi tree this is an elementary school in stafford county. we have been seeing a couple of things, roads that still look pretty icy. some secondary roads, neighborhood roads that still have that sheen, that glare to them. schools were canceled in spotsylvania county. the other thing we have been noticing more of in stafford county is the roads with the white residue left over from all the salt and brine that crews used to pretreat and also to stay on top of the snow that was falling over the weekend. stafford county schools decided to open two hours late today, as well as frederick, fredericksburg city schools. it was the schools in spotsylvania today that were canceled. just because there are still too many patches of ice on the secondary roads, and some of the sidewalks. a lot of children use those sidewalks to walk to their bus stops to walk to school. better safe than sorry. tomorrow might be a different story. we understand that vdot crews are very busy. over the past 72 hours, they were on 12-hour shifts trying to stay on top of the snow

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stafford county is on a two-hour delay. you can see e bottom of your screen. highs: 27-31 winds: w to sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. continued cold. lows: 16-2 julie toss to john julie toss to john meanwhile out west - a winter storm is battering parts of bringing heavy rain, strong winds and even ice and snow. right now states of emergency are in effect in northern nevada.. as rivers are rising to their highest levels in more than a decade, forcing thousands to evacuate. in northern california, at least 3 people have died from falling trees and flooded roads. and in the heart of wine country.. vineyards completely underwater. we are following some breaking news this morning. police in france have arrested sixteen people in connection to the armed robbery of reality star kim kardashian. according to multiple french news outlets-- . police used dna evidence from the scene to track several masked men broke into 36y breaking news overnight in the district... d-c police say a person was found stabbed overnight on "w" stree

stafford county schools are closed today. fairfax county is opening two hours late. - prince george's and charles county schools are also opening on a two hour delay. toss to eilen winter for the dmv. - isolated slick spots early; otherwise cold & breezy - few sprinkles tomorrow & wednesday - quiet rest of the week (40s) - watching sunday into monday (wintry mix possible) today: mostly cloudy and cold. breezy. spotty pm sprinkle. highs: 36-39 winds: nw 5-15 g 25 mph tonight: partly cloudy and cold. lows: 23-29 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: partly sunny. milder and breezy. sprinkle possible, mainly north. highs: 48-52 winds: sw 10-20 g 25 eileen toss to johnny johnny toss to breaking right now in montgomery county. a rite aid pharmacy - held up for a second time in less than week. police say overnight a suspect the store on east west- high highway in silver spring. this is the same store where there was an attempted armed robbery just last thursday. on that night, two other cvs pharmacies were also hit. police have not said whether this incident is connected to last week's

right now stafford county, culpepper county, paige county, all those schooled are closed. >> if you livefax county or prince george's county your kids can sleep two hours late today. charles county and st. mary's county on a two-hour delay. >> check the nbc washington app for all the schools that are impacted. >>> all right. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 today. it's a busy morning with all the snow headed our way. >> glad you remember my name and yours too. >> there's melissa and chuck and -- >> he knows everybody. >> the gang is all here. >> all right. walk us through this. what do we have? >> it's only about ankle deep at most. you won't need the industrial boots. another chance of a clipper coming by on wednesday morning. just trace amounts to maybe an inch or two. staying cold all week and maybe a better chance of a significant snow event coming our way on sunday. for today, weather impacts really just inconvenient. flurries will continue this afternoon and another little opportunity for a clipper coming air our way as we get closer to wednesday. >> we still have some sno

stewart has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder for a set of 2012 attacks in stafford countyhe is already serving a life sentence in montana for tossing homemade explosives at state troopers during a high speed chase there. a manifester recorded by stewart were obtained in a recent news4 investigation. in virginia, detonating a series of homemade explosives near the homes of two sheriff's deputies in stafford county. no one was hurt in that case either, but stafford now faces two life sentences, one in each state. prosecutors told us it was important to see both cases through. >> this de cold-blooded, premeditated intent to kill. we saw that through the bombs he made in advance of the incident and the video he made. he made it clear his intent to kill law enforcement. >> reporter: and the news4 team found homemade explosives like this are increasingly common in the d.c. area. about 600 cases investigated by police in virginia, d.c. and maryland just since the start of 2014. >>> donald trump hits the ground running during his first full weekday in office. a look at his first o

through stafford county. i think that was the bull's eye there. two inches or so. generally, not much to speak of. but we saw two inches for some areas. what's left over, first alert live doppler. [000:18:58;00] and we expect this to linger through the mid afternoon. that's what's going on right now. let's zoom in here. where we're being impacted. south of hagerstown along 70. howard posted a picture in clarksburg with some snow showers. 36 in frederick. here we are in gathersburg. lighter snow showers, a few flurries. this isn't going to stick around for long. by 2:00, 3:00, things wind down, we'll see a bit of sunshine before the sunsets. it's breezy though. we're not getting out of the 30s today. when you factor in the wind, it feels like the 20s for much of the day. maybe 32 at best. snow showers continue for areas west of 81. that will continue for a few days on and off. tonight, 5:00, your drive home, looking better out there. the roads should be fine. over night, we're dropping down to the 20s for a lot of spots. it'll be a cold night. the winds will relax.

all right. >>> stafford county is prepare forth a big influx of students and the school district wantsknow whether you think redistricting will help. county school leaders are holding a meeting tonight. it's at colonial forge high school. there is a public hearing about the issue in march. >>> navient services about one in every four student loan borrowers in this cub. one of its borrowers is this man, matt portwood. he took out a $41,000 loan in college. after his dad died with, he could no longer afford the pay and deferred the payments. his interest rate jumped to 21%. that loan is now $127,000. him the interest rate would go up. navient declined to comment. after several thousand similar complaints, the federal government filed a lawsuit against the company last week. >>> we are explain whag record numbers for the dow jones industrial jones means for your retirement account. the dow closed at 20,068 for the first time ever. floor traders say the record high is partly to do with president trump's promises for lower corporate taxes and fewer regulations. corporate earnings add an imp

stafford county winter weather advisory until 1:00. st. mary's county and the northern neck, this area now under a winter storm warning. just about all of the dell mma also a winter storm warning. we'll have the latest snowfall totals coming up here in just a few minutes. >>> following a meeting with the nation's intelligence leaders, president-elect donald trump acknowls are constantly trying to break through this can you want's cyber infrastructure. trump says that while the attacks were against government institutions and organizations like the democratic national committee, there was no tampering with voting machines. trump says he's appointing a team to come up with plan to aggressively combat cyber attacks, with a report expected 90 days after he takes office. he says today's meeting was constructive and he respects the work done by the intelligence community. >>> hundreds of thousands of people will crowd the national mall for donald trump's inauguration. district officials are preparing for this event. >> reporter: it's quite a lot

we are getting reports we had a report in stafford county up to 2 inches of snow.reas in white here south of dc south of 66, up to an inch but there will be some of those spots that see over an inch but not much more than 2 inches. areas west of dc you will get short changed just a dusting if that. this carries on until 6:00 a.m. then it is out of here it will be breezy, cold, not getting out of the 30s. 1:30 p.m. another round of snow showers this one is not going to be so much of an impact however it could bring a brief snow squall that is when the visibility drops pretty fast. just be cautious of that for the rest of evening. your drive home will be just fine. as far as impacts, i think it really gives a good explanation. north and west minimal impacts areas south you will see an inch. those seem to be doing just fine temperatures stay into the 30s watch for more areas along and east 49 tomorrow 48 wednesday and both those days, snow shower or rain shower. stay in the 40s for the rest of the week good morning beverly. >> good morning alison. decent start as far

some school closures and delays just coming in - stafford county is closed today. fairfax county is on a two hour delay. and charles county also on a two hour delay. toss to eileen winter weather advisory remains in effect until 7am for the dmv. - isolated slick spots early; otherwise cold & breezy - few sprinkles tomorrow & wednesday - quit

we want to start in stafford county. culpepper, page counties do not have school today. in fairfax county brins george's county, charles and the school there is are on are two hoff hour delay today. also a two-hour delay for warern and clark county schools in maryland. in west virginia hardy county schools reason oa two hour delay. they'll also be on the nbc washington app we'll update for you all day. >> let's turn to our meteorologist today. we've seen the snow come, starting to really move out of >> we are talking about it even on friday morning. giving people the head's up for this event on a monday and sure enough, a quick little hit of snow outside has left on average an inch to two inches. a little more than two inches in some spots but the weather alert will continue on for the remainder of the morning hours. another alberta clipper like action likely to bring us a similar amount of snow. it will be cold all week and there may be a better chance for a slightly more significant storm on sunday. super bowl sunday. outside this morning, maria sent me this picture th

thisth morning's' weather relateds' wer closures and delays in virginia fredericksburg cityg c and stafford countyc pub schools are on a two-hour delay. spotsylvania county public couni schools also dcelayed. del >> in maryland theolnglo school systems are closed calvert county dorchester county queen anne's countynne'st saint mary's and talbotnd t county. you can find list, complete list o f closifingnd ls and delays atst .ur web site. just go to fox5d.c.com.5d.com >> ♪♪>> >> now let's get to mike and, yeah, bitter cold temperaturesro in the teens it's unbelievable howld it' chilly it is when youp outsid start this monday off.t is m now, if there's any good news ns it is that temperatures thishert today. ut then the starthat b believe it or the warm coming l bit. bit. traffic time with erin como. >> 4:46. schools on delay in parts of del virginia and maryland.aryland. use calling on the roadsllin especially the secondaries.onda watch for icy spots and slick same story as you make yourou way out on onovg forward reviews in fact i don't thinkn't many of them have been completed yet. slowdown on the

plenty of sun today but the wind did not let us warm up to the chilly temperatures leading stafford county schools to announce a two-hour delay for tomorrow. the chill did not keep everybody enjoys today. ryan hughes continues our stormwatch coverage on them all. -- on the mall. reporter: that wind making it feel even colder. we are looking forward to that warm up to tonight, the city is inviting more people into shelters. take a look at the national see more people walking around. right now it is quiet. earlier we found some people braving the cold. and despite the bone chilling temperatures people are venturing out, braving the cold. >> it is cold. but the sun is out so it is nice. we wanted to look around. 's bonded up,anie visiting the museums. she admits she wishes she had another layer. the sun was shining but with the wind that felt more like the teens good >> we like the cold. it can be dangerous. that is why the district activated a cold emergency plan untilwill remain place monday morning. emergency shelters and overnight sites are open to give the homeless a safe place to stay.

. >>> a virginia man gets a life sentence for detonating pipe bombs near the homes of two stafford county sheriffs deputies, part of a crime spree that spanned thousands of miles. scott macfarlane first released details and images of these crimes and has new information you will only see her on news4. >> the man's name is lawrence stuart stewart has pleaded guilty for a set of attacks in stafford county. he is already serving a life sentence in montana for tossing home made explosives toward state troopers. the troopers weren't hurt. a manifesto recorded by stewart were obtained in a recent news4 i-team investigation. stewart was running from the troopers as they tried to arrest him for what he has admitted doing in virginia. detonating a series of home made explosives near the homes of two sheriffs deputies. no one wa either, but stewart now faces two life sentences. one in each state. the prosecutors told the i-team, it was important to see both cases through. >> this defendant showed clear cold blooded premeditated intent to kill. and we saw that through the bombs he made in advance of

the stafford county public schools are on a two-hour delay. they may reassess in the watch "good morning washington" for the latest. district leaders are offering additional services to those who need it. d.c. has an overflow shelter on standby, available to help the homeless. some community members are stepping up to lend a hand. anna-lysa gayle is live at the mcpherson square metro station. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: kimberly, right now it is very difficult to even stand out here too long. i cannot imagine what it's like for people sleeping outside in the cold at the metro station. it has to be extremely painful. these are some of the individuals officials are concerned about. with temperatures dropping into the teens overnight, d.c. has plan,ted a cold emergency many extra services are available to help those living on the streets. >> i've never been this cold before in my life. anna-lysa: community members also noticed the need. on this cold sunday, across wilderness mission church brought more than just kind words to frequent square. -- frankl

stafford county is preparing for a big influx of students and the school district wants to know whetherou think redistricting will help. county leaders are holding a meeting tonight to get community input on that redistricting. there is a public hearing about this in march. >>> good morning. ooid i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. wall street could be set the to move even higher into unchartered territory after the first time ever. this is the second fastest 1,000 point move by the dow, taking 42 trading sessions. the dow is up 9% since the election on hopes of economic growth under the trump administration with more spending on infrastructure. our appeal of regulations and tax cuts. some investors say dow 20,000 is more psychiatric logical than meaningful. we'll see what happens today, guys. back over to you pop. >>> many of you will be paying attention to how the dow jones industrial opens today after yesterday's record numbers. but what does this all mean tore your retirement accounts? financial advisers suggest invefrting gradually as the market fluctuates. floor traders say tha

joyful kids, unhappy parents in spotsylvania county, stafford, calvert, and st.schools all closed tomorrow. other schools opting for a two-hour delay. tomorrow will be another storm team4 weather alert day. you can track all the closings and delays in the nbc washington app. it's on my facebook page as well for you tonight. >>> new this evening, a dedicated waitress thought she did a good job taking care of her believe what the on the receipt. the waitress says the painful message was hateful. as news4's darcy spencer shows us from ashburn, virginia, the waitress is getting a lot of support from the community. >> it was just total shock. that's all i could say. >> reporter: kelly carter was shocked, not so much that she didn't get a tip from a customer but what was written at the bottom of the receipt. great service. don't tip black people. >> i looked at the receipt three times is what i did because i was shocked because i've never -- never being a server, seen that. >> reporter: carter has been a server with anita's restaurant in ashburn for years. she says the

too much warmer this afternoon but those winter weather advisories mostly charles county and stafford county and areas south, could see 1 to 3 inches in those areas, even more as you get down to the south and east, especially closer to the beaches. there's that weather system down through the southeast. it's starting to come together now and here it comes as we go into the weekend saturda district coming up we'll take a closer look at the snow total forecast and look at your sunday forecast. >> thanks so much, sheena. >> talk about being at the right place at the right time. there was a man who got tangled up in a chair lift at the colorado ski resort and was hanging off unconscious. >> that's when a professional dare devil jumped into action, nikki wilson is a slack liner similar to being a tight rope walker and gadi schwartz explained how he used unique skills to help. >> reporter: on top of a snowy colorado mountain, a man's back pack somehow got tangled in the chair lift and he wound up hanging by his neck falling unconscious. one of his friends, mickey wilson was in the next chair behin

. >>> meanwhile, stafford county deputies are searching for the person who shot and killed a man over the weekend. they say the victim is this man on your screen, jorge mello. this happened on sunday on madison court. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> we've got new developments in a case that has captured headlines for more than 40 years. a virginia judge now says a man charged with the disappearance of two young maryland sisters would face the death penalty. sheila and catherine lion vanished in 1975. detectives say they were walking from their house to wheaton mall when they went missing. lloyd welch accused of killing them. their bodies have never been found. welch's trial is set to start in april. >>> right now, prince georges county police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash in accokeek. this happened on indian head highway just before 8:00 last night. this is the 15th person to die on indian head highway since 2014. you may remember last week we told you about a iaaa study that detailed how deadly that road has been in recent years. you can find that study in our nb

the commonwealth transportation board is expected to vote to extend the lanes to route 17 stafford county. construction could begin in 2019. >>> the federal government is giving metro almost $2 million to improve the safety of its workers. the money will be used to outfit track workers with electronic bands which will alert them of any incoming trains. back in. october two people were nearly hit by a train. this morning even though we have some fog. >>> we're in about the 40s. some areas are in the 50s but the fog is a bit of a concern. so it's been pretty dense throughout the morning hours and now seeing some improvements. the fog will start to lift but i think some areas will still be running into it. we're still looking at less than half a mile in martinsberg. but much of the area is coming at three miles visibility. quantco is at a half mile visibility. don't be surprised if you run into that this morning. we're talking about mid-40s for most of the area. fredricsburg at 55 degrees this morning. for the morning commute, about a moderate impact, especially if you're leaving dense fog.

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stafford county, south and based on what we are seeing on doppler radar, that will be the story in a many areas for the next few hours. the main area of snow and energy is back to the west of the mountains, moving across kentucky. if you notice the amount of snow, how it narrows down, it looks like we will be dealing with a band of snow moving through the area with the thought that most of it will be in fact north of the metro area. futurecast kind of there's this out as we head through the afternoon hours. , then thisstorm evening, steady snow north and west of metro washington. that will continue until about 2:30, 3:00 in the morning according to our timing here, and that should pretty much be the end of it with clearing skies early tomorrow morning following the snow. as far as how much, one of our computer models has the most snow with an inch and a half for washington, close to that in manassas, more to the north and west. our official stormwatch 7 weather team that is forecasting for our area here, about a dusting to one inch for the immediate metro area the northern zone. slig

culpeper county orange county uy page county spotsylvaniaylvania county and stafford counties.cos again >> here are the delays inelaysin virginia. fairfax county schools k-rappahannock county schoolstys and warren county schools youscs all are on a two hour delay. ho. prince william county schoolsnth also delayed two hours buto hout that's for staff only. oly. the students actually alreadyley had to the day off. >> prince george's countyince charles county and the sainthest mary's schools delayed twools do hours. the complete list of rogs and delays is scrollingays on the bottom out of yourtom out screen and updating at fox5dc.com. >> we have the team in place.pl. erin of course is talkings about the roads this morninge rr how things are shaping up for ur the morning commute and mikeinge thomas is talking about thiskini burst of snow that camers through in thet ofweak hours.kr mike we'll start -- wee hours. u mike we'll start with you.ith y. >> the burst of snow has moved e across the bay already.alread still light snow left across prince george's county georg portions of southern maryl

further southward stafford county 95 smooth in both directions. no reported accidents or delays. another check of traffic coming up along with weather at 4:55. >> thank you another big meeting planned at the white house president meets with detroit big three auto maker as moves on his promise to create manufacturing jobs. >> this has one of donald trump appointments was confirmed by the senate and another a step closer to being confirmed. live at the white house, mel. >> good morning, guys, yeah, the president's call yesterday for border on import tax will have significant impact not only on u.s. auto industry but global auto street and some analysts say it could make th detroit law makers to have questions for president trump. meanwhile capitol hill republican lawmakers are handing trump some cabinet victories including just last night with kansas congressman mike pompeo sfwhorn as next cia director. this comes at a time when the new administration has been add odds with intelligence community. some democrats and one republican, kentucky senator ran opposed potential pay pay owe

and as we zoom in there, you see the light rain around stafford county. right across 95 tr fredericks berg to quantico. this morning, keep that in mind if you are traveling. there is a bigger area of rain back off the to our west. i think some of that will be here closer to lunchtime. keep that in mind before you head out. grab the umbrella before you leave. morning commute with the impact to you, maybe moderate if you run into some of those spotty he showers. if you are exercising today, you'll want the raincoat, umbrella at the bus stop. but mostly this morning, we're looking at the wet roads and they'll be staying wet as we go through the evening commute. temperatures not too bad. 41 in the district. here is a look at future weather. by 10:00 a.m., we could have a few more showers a lot of this will start to wind down. tomorrow morning, could see a stray shower, but not too bad. let's get a check on the roadways now with melissa. >> looking okay right now as we take a look at the beltway. through that area, completely fine right now. again, might have

hey, i wanted to let you know, stafford county public activities. buildings closed tonight and tomorrow because of the weather. there you have it. >> all right. >> all right, thanks howard. >>> in china, artists from around the world are competing to carve masterpieces out of blocks of ice. this is really cool. 32 teams from more than ten countrys are competing. it is an annual contest. they are hoping to walk away with a gold, bronze, and silver medal for their skills. one of the intricate ice sculptures features a man practicing tai chi. pretty cool. another one has a child riding a dolphin. and the ice sculpture competition is part of an international ice and snow festival that lasts until february 25. >> you know the ice show they do at national harbor, they bring those guys over to do the carving. >> they are very, very talented. >>> busy day in college ball. hang over georgetown, butler was in town. top 2 teams. we meta appetite control... it helps put some distance between you and temptation. clinically proven to help reduce hunger between me

. >> stafford county schools are on a two-hour delay today in west virginia. ant county schools are open fredericksburg city schools are n safely. >>eeling like single digits. even through the afternoon today, look at that shaky moner tore. even lieu the afternoon, we will stay below freezing for most of the area. leesburg now feeling like 11 degrees. feels like 9 in culpepper. feels like 10 in the district. annapolis feels like 9 degrees. if you're in frederick, you feel like 14 degrees right now. now, as far as your commute goes, it looks good because the roads are dry, but we have been few icy spotslo at your forecast for thetraffic. >>ena. we had a bit because of this. 30 seconds or so. inner loop local lanes, a disabled vehicle is blocking the right lane. also a new problem here in montgomery county. buoy road west of fraley farm, car in ra ditch. police directing folks around that problem. 66 and 95 overall looking pretty good. you can see northbound through woodbridge starting to get slow. that's totally normal because is 5:30. inner loop .outer loop rol

case of a florida teen once accused of pretending to be a doctor goes before a grand jury in stafford county today. they'll decide whether to indict malachi love-robinson. he was arrested in september at a stafford car dealership for fraudulently trying to buy a jaguar. love-robinson is also currently facing charges in florida, where he was arrested at his fake medical practice last february. he is facing a dozen that case. right now.. police are searching for two people in connection with the shooting of a northeast d.c. man outside his home. he was shot around seven yesterday morning, at 21st and "h "streets. he's expected to recover. the suspects were wearing masks. last night, a-n-c commissioner kathy henderson canvassed homes in the neighborhood. she believes d.c.'s new security camera rebate program will help keep neighborhoods safer. seven on your side 7 pulled up crime statistics from d.c.'s fifth district, where the shooting occurred. we learned, the number of violent crimes increased slightly in 20-16, compared to the year before. tragedy involving pesticides at a home in texas. f

traffic impacted at least by a .ook at all the rain when i go into areas south, southern maryland, stafford county of this yellow is the moderate and heavy rain starting to make its way into our area. wille frederick area, that be coming across you in the next few minutes. another area here that will slide through areas of southern -- prince william county. eventually towards bruce's berg. remington and 15. temperatures for to good, well above freezing. more rain, bylot the finished up today when things taper off, the rain finishes before midnight, we should have another half inch to fall across the area. 44-47, temperatures at the bus stop. wet a 100% chance today and another system on friday. that will lead to a sloppy morning rush because of not just rain but wintry weather in the form of a little bit of snow that will mix with the rain. the possibility of friday morning rush delays are certainly there. our best chance comes during the overnight into front of morning. your weekend, a very cold weekend. highs in the low-30's. julie: around the capital beltway now, lanes are open but the low-spee

here is a check of your stop stories frigid temperatures are delaying and crossing schools in stafford county on a two hour delay. in the di extra services available to help on wle living on the streets. northwest just 2 blocks from a u street metro station. the victim was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. no word on that person's condition or a possible suspect. bundle up if you're headed outside. here is veronica johnson. >> reporter: dress properly on this monday. like yesterday, temperatures will be update freezing with windchill values in the single digits, teens during the afternoon. a little bit of sunshine. clouds roll in late. there is a possibility for early tomorrow morning to see isolated freezing rain well north and west of dc but better chance of wednesday between 4 and 8:00 a.m. take a look at mid week, highs into the low to mid 60s on thursday, then another cold weekend headed our way. >> reporter: we continue to see off le. merging to the beltway from 95 toward no majorssthe approaching the legion bridge. interstate 66, earlier accident activity continues

right now, leading edge of it coming into stafford county, getting closer to the melt row area. in about another hour or two, temperatures well above freezing, we're in the upper 30s and low 40s. regular yab international airport is at 43 degrees. hour by hour, have an umbrella with you. rain likely through the morning. passing showers by afternoon. . staying in the 40s near 50 during the afternoon. damp and chilly late tonight. melissa is here. do we have any fender benders yet? >> two problems on the beltway that just popped up. outer loop after 270 still having that right side blocked by the accident and inner loop as well. not slowing things down, but we're keeping you updated. 66, in town, out of town, just car this morning. top of the beltway, looking quite good. no worries. take a look in d.c. coming up in just a few. >>> we are following breaking news right now. some people are waking up to costly damages. d.c. police say a man rammed into several parked cars. >> justin finch is live in northeast where this happened. what have you learned? >> aaron, good morning. just go

this is just volume 95 northbound coming out of route 17 through stafford county seeing light volumeuild. that's a look at traffic. we'll keep you updated on 295 crash as we go through the recollect of the morning,ies with dom. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has a warning for president trump on infrastructure spending. mcconnell told the president that his infrastructure man needs to be paid for and not added to debt. trump discussed trillion dollar infrastructure plan. one of the few areas his proposal sounded policeer to democrats than republicans. >> metro getting ready for a big event. it will have more trains running friday to accommodate the thousands of people headed to d.c. for moore. for life rally. trains will minute during the midday hours. anti abortion march is biggest yearly demonstrations on national mall and it's held every year on the app versey of supreme court decision legalizing abortion. this year it was pushed back and several names are expected to speak including kellyanne conway. >> happening now jerry brown declared a state of emergency for 50 coun

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man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the explosives went off near the homes of two stafford countywas part of a 2012 crime spree that spanned thousands of miles. lawrence stewart pled guilty to attempted murder. he is already serving a separate life sentence in montana. >>> 5:34 right now. a woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for helping to kill her husband's ex-wife. the murder happened in jermantown in 2013. prosecutors say her husband was tired of paying alimony so the couple decided to kill the wife. the couple was originally trying to do this together in 2014. the husband was sentenced to life in prison. she was granted a new trial because of ineffective counsel. she was convicted a second time in november and sentenced yesterday to two life sentences, plus five years. >>> prince william county's cory stewart is kicking off his campaign for governor of virginia. >> this whole thing is not about me, it's not about any other politician. it's not about politician it's about the direction of virginia and making sure that we take virginia back. >> stewart is battling e

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we have the winter weather advisories for stafford county.ng. for any updates farther south and east the higher the snow amounts look. >> thank you. >>> another hour of news and weather coming up on news 4 midday at 11:00. see you then. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. >> friday! jenna bush hager is in for kathie lee. cathy will be back on monday. this is lady by austin mahone. and we want to say welcome on this friday. we hope you're ready for a fun weekend. i want to point out the reason i'm wearing a "20." >> she can't take it off. >> today happens to be the day that matt lauer celebrates his 20th year on television. we had just a lot of fun

this just got expanded, it did include prince william county to stafford, now we are adding in rappahannock, culpeper and spotsylvania counties. it is southern maryland, down i-95. we will look for not a lot of snow, but it is the timing that is the issue. it could lead to slick spots early tomorrow morning. quite a bit of energy pushing through. the heavy snow in west virginia will be heading our way. what we've got going on, through the rest of the evening, everything that falls will melt. overnight, 12:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m., we will see the most intense snowfall and that could lead to slick spots, especially elevated roads, overpasses, bridges, and sidewalks. i will show you who will see the most coming up in about 10 minutes. officials treated -- officials will launch cruise at 10:00 tonight. the director tells us despite the early treatment, you need to be careful when you hit the roads. keep an eye out for plow trucks and salt trucks. >> don't crowd the plow. as our crews are working, safe tomorrow morning. will work alls night to make sure roads are clear when you get up and head o

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notice culpepper down around stafford, king george counties and extreme southern maryland.e in purple the winter weather advisory begins at midnight and it's going to go to 6:00 saturday evening. the blue, sleet changing to rain, maybe some spotty ice. back around the i-81 corridor, more of an ice concern out that way. currently we're well above freezing so we have a long way to fall. by tomorrow morning we will be right at that freezing mark. tracking sleet at that point. we're going to hover right around the freezing mark for this event. if you're traveling tomorrow, you still want to be cautious for slick spots. if you're skiing, unfortunately not a great ski or snowboard day. freezing rain in the forecast out there. until sunday. it's looking nice. it's the side roads that get kind of cooler that you'll want to watch out for tomorrow. we're kind of in between that okay and bad level tomorrow, kind of a moderate impact on the area. maybe even low, especially as we head into the afternoon hours. it's only on and off showers during the afternoon. some dry time as well. sun

stafford and spotsylvania county , public schools in fairfax, st. mary's, charles, even prince george's county, running on a two-hour delayed this morning. you've got the total list of closings and delays at the bottom of your screen right now with coverage continuing with -- ok, we will get to john gonzalez and a bit, first we will get to veronica johnson. veronica: 30 minutes of a winter weather advisory and after that we could see a few light snow showers here in their hanging on for just a little while longer. thata look at the roads, really is the story. for quite some time, the snow getting started at around midnight for most people. wind, that's one of the weatherbug sites. live information right now, the big winners for areas like opal, stafford with about two inches of snowfall. kids at the bus stop this morning, know that we are seeing a handful of delays right now with temperatures ranging from 29 to 34 degrees this morning. could be some icy patches until about late morning from the temperature gets above freezing. i think that this even

metro into fairfax county, prince william county, stafford. inter storm warning for st. mary's county until later this evening. through the fredericksburg area. darker shades of blue indicating moderate snowfall. that is set to continue into the early half of the afternoon, especially southeast of d.c. expecting a coding to two inches of -- in d.c. and south. higher amounts to work fredericksburg and eastern shore, where they will be picking up substantial snowfall later today. in addition, the wind will be picking up. already getting wind speeds in the teens. >>> welcome back to "gma" on a very basis saturday morning. we have new details emerging about that deadly attack at the airport in ft. lauderdale, florida. multiple deaths in america's first mass murder of 2017. >> overnight florida police taking 26-year-old esteban santiago into custody charging him with murder. now, he is at the ban served in iraq and has a reported history of mental problems recently interviewed by the fbi. they say he told them isis had gained control of his mind urg

county liquor -- bribery scheme involving liquor board officials. announcer: now "7 on your larry: 7 on storm watch. the winter weather in the area. fast-moving storm has falls church and fairfax, prince william, stafford and frederick county canceling the evening activities. there are more at the bottom of the screen. we have crews tracking the impact across the area with doug hill. doug: on this thursday evening there is no snow in the area now. we have seen very light snowshowers and flurries. more to come after sunset. a winter weather advisory continues continues in effect for the areas in purple. north/northeast and northwest of the metro washington area until 5:00 tomorrow morning. in these areas the greatest likelihood of 1 to 2 inches of snow and the likelihood there could be an impact to traffic. farther south and east, there could be patchy spots but generally in a better shape. way down at the bottom of the map for the northern neck and the st. mary's county, winter watch for saturday. maybe more significant snow from a separate system. patches of the light snow. some of this is reaching the ground. but when the bulk passes overhead we find snow through the area. steve rudin in stormtrak7 i

we're seeing snow showers in southern maryland, stafford, king george counties down around fredericksburg. in the district by about 7:00 a.m. we track snow showers again at times throughout the morning hours. the most snowll by 3:00 a.m. we start to see the sunshine come out and the roads will then improve. tomorrow morning on into the midday hours probably a good idea to avoid travel if at all possible. by the afternoon, still some isolated slick spots. if you have plans to go out saturday evening, it's look good. i think all main roads will be just fine at that point, but it will be cold. if you're shoveling tomorrow -- if you're in the district and south and east, you will be shoveling at least one time, maybe even two or three times. tomorrow morning will be a storm team 4 weather alert. tom will be in during the morning hours updating the forecast, letting you know exactly what's going on. also a great time to download our nbc washington app. look at your sunday. a high of only monday it's still cold but we finally lose the winds. tuesday, mostly cloudy skies. then we start to warm u

no pbl stafford or prince william wilim county.ther northward as you getyoug into arlington and alexandria,le 395 is smooth as well as route u one. not seeing any local problems.b. edsall road to the 14th street bridge. northbound 295 looks good atlood this hour. hur. not really seeing any delays from the inner loop on to 295. 9 and finally southbound 295 isuni smooth route visit to the 11thih street bridge.dge. hey, that is weather and tt is r traffic. we'll see how tired i get by 6:00 a.m. of doing both. boh. luckily tucker will be comingcon in at 6:00 a.m.a.. maureen and wisdom we'll sendl s it back to you. you. >> super woman that's whathat'sw we're calling her today.r today >> coming up on fox5 news nws morning lawmakers on bothkers o sides of the political aislelitc react to president trump's r feuds on twitter.twi >> investors celebrate the dow t jones historic rise topto 20,000. >> as we head to break a livea e look across the dmv. d time is 4:37 t-temperature-tempe 49 degrees. back right after this. this. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪

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county. the man walk in the wawa on stafford avenue on 1:30 in the morning on tuesday. while the clerk was making a sandwich suspect began throwing cartons in the pillowcase. when the clerk confronted him he pulled out a box cutter. fortunately the clerk was not hurt. >>> ninety-six year-old woman remains in critical condition after he was mauled by two pit bulls. police say it happened just before 4:00 on 5800 block of brush road in germantown. officers found the victim with dog by the to her head, face, and arms. police say woman's husband used a broom to force dogs away and eyewitness tells cbs-3 what happened. >> she was laying on the ground. one dog was biting on her arm, the other one was biting on the other side of her arm and then they dragged her and one started to bite her in her head and other one started to bite her in her face. >> dogs are now in the custody of police. >>> a boil water advisory is in effect after a large sinkhole opened up in glenside area of montgomery county. this is a live picture of that massive hole, it formed between those two homes o

stafford township. the medical office of dr. michael bleiman. authorities say that 900 children who participated in a free or low-cost vaccine program in ocean county through that office may need to be revaccinated for ailments including measles, mumps, chicken pox and polio because the vaccines they received might not have been properly refrigerated. befb el bevilaqua's sister-in-law also takes her two sons to the same pediatrician's office. >> he's a doctor. he knows what he needs to do to make sure these vaccinations are good. >> reporter: a woman who answered the phone when i called the office today said neither bleiman nor anyone else there had any comment. health officials say it's not dangerous to receive improperly stored vaccines, but they could be less effective at preventing disease. authorities say children who got the shots between november 2014 and july 28th of last year should be re-evaluated. the new jersey department of health has filed a complaint with the state board of medical examiners against dr. bleiman. it alleges gross negligence, professional misconduct and other violations. in stafford township, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10

county. some 900 children there may be in need of new vaccinations. health officials say vaccines given at southern ocean pediatrics and family medicine in stafford township may not have been properly refrigerated. the vaccines are for illnesses including the measles, mufrps, chickenpox and polio. the department of health is mailing letters to impacted families. >>> charges tonight for philadelphia school bus driver accused of leaving a 7-year-old student on his bus while he went grocery shopping. police tell us jamar henry picked up the second grader from cornerstone christian academy in west philly yesterday afternoon. he stopped at a shop rite at 67th and hatherford and told the boy to stay on the bus while he went inside. a passer-by called police who arrived to find the driver still in the store. >> you can't tell a 7 yerl-year to sit tight on a running bus in west philadelphia. >> police charged henry with endangering the welfare of a child. police say they found some marijuana on him too. the boy was not hurt. >>> new jersey governor chris chris christie is taking on the opiod abuse. >> i will not have the blood of addicted new jersians on my hands

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