might reveal his plan, but he has scheduled a televised townhall meeting for this thursday in suburban virginiabrian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and tomorrow the weather having a moderate impact on your day. the coldest air we've had since early march and not only that, but dealing with breezy to windy conditions throughout the day. so quite the shock to the system and then we'll continue to track cold air throughout the day on tuesday. the coldest time period is monday night on into tuesday morning. so here is your weather outlook and outdoor exercise and you're one of those people who want to be outside and just head to the gym and treat yourself. out walking the dog and talking to one of my veterinary friends this evening, you can't give an absolute temperature as to when you need to be aware of your dog heading outside in the cold. it's kind of all with their hair length, how they've grown up and that sort of thing, but i know my dog just going out and right back in these next few days. you can get your car washed and we're looking at dry weather the

in suburban virginia 30 inches and counting. crew -- stuck. i'm 56 hm. you can see the snow is past my knees. when you get out to the suburb, this is what you see, house after house blanketed. all that snow piling up on roofs here. experts say a foot of heavy wet snow on a 1,600-square-foot home weighs as much as 14 tons. for the first time here residents like the shaft family are anxious. you have about 18 inches of snow on your roof. right now, it's light and fluffy. but is that a concern? >> i am not going to dance up there for sure. >> i just don't know what happens when you get past two feet. you start to wonder how much it can hold. >> reporter: the snow so heavy this gas station roof caved in. this historic theater in virginia destroyed. to protect your home look for early warning signs, creaking sounds and cracks in the ceiling. up and down the coast heavy snow and winds downing powerlines. our phillip mena is in north carolina. issue on trees and on power lines. crews are working to restore power. more than 100,000 people tonight without electri

." >> it's not clear when the - but he has scheduled a this thursday in suburban virginia. a group of protestors have occupied a federal building at the national wildlife refuge in oregon. the small group says they're protesting for ranchers' rights. they insist the protest is peaceful, and they are quote "not a threat to anybody." the occupation came after a peaceful march and a rally in nearby protestors were showing support for dwight hammond and steven hammond -two ranchers who california prison. "it is the people's facility owned by the people and it has been provided for us to come together and unite and making a hard stand against this overreach, this taking of the people's land resources," said ammon bundy, protestor. an f-b-i spokesperson said they were aware of the situation at the refuge, but made no further comment. after a chilly day fog is developing for more on that, we'll toss it over to chief meterologist ron demers clouds moved in on our sunday for many of us as temperatures were quite a bit cooler than saturday only topping out in the 20s. we could see ar

in suburban virginia, 30 inches and counting. this emergency snow removal crew stuck. >> i'm 5'6". you can see the snow is up past my knees. when you really get out to the suburbs this is what you see, house after house blanketed. all that snow piling up on roofs here. experts say a foot of heavy, wet snow on a 1,600 square foot home weighs as much as 14 tons. for the first time here, residents like the shaft family are an shis. >> you got 18 inches of snow on your roof. right now light and fluffy. is that a concern? >> i'm not going to dance up there for sure. >> once you get past 24, calling for 36 or 40, wonder, how much can your roof hold? >> reporter: the snow, so heavy, this gas station roof caved in. this historic theater in virginia, destroyed. early warning signs. creaking sounds and cracks in the ceiling. up and down the coast, heavy snow and winds downing power lines. our phillip mena is in north carolina. >> here in rami, ice is the issue on trees and power lines. crews working to restore power more nan 100,000 people tonight ill without electricity throughout the state

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you go to suburban, virginia, and it looks the same. that's why the federal government is closed. a lot of the folks here work for the federal government. the schools are closed. the nor is still bringing thing to a total halt in this particular area. if you go to the main streets they are have much clear. you have plenty of streets that are two lanes on a main road. but for the most part they have gotten that back up and running. bus service is still a mess around here. the airports are open but they have massive delays from the weekend with thousands of flights canceled. we are slowly getting back to normal. because of scenes like this replayed throughout the area it's still slow going. did you see the size of that front loader on 6th avenue at 6:00 a.m. this piece of equipment was gigantic. here we are. two days later and they are still moving it. there is a lot out there. martha: hoik going one-on-one with voters in iowa, and she faces tricky questions about whether voters can trust her. >> i heard from quite a few people my age that they think you are dishonest. martha: where

and motorcycles, they were caught doing tricks and going the wrong way on the road in suburban maryland and virginiasten to the 911 calls from three of the people caught in the mess in prince george's county. >> what's your emergency? >> yes, sir. i'm on the beltway headed north on the opposite direction right around route 4, there is a group of about i would say 30 to 50 if not more motorcycle riders popping wheelies and riding unsafely and it looks like they're deliberately slowing down safely. >> i'm in the passenger seat. >> i'm on the beltway just past exit 13. there's about 30 atvs, sports bikes, motor bikes on the highway blocking traffic, and doing tricks in the highways and holding up traffic. one almost hit another vehicle. >> the owner of a bike business in suitland posted on instagram the group had no plans to disrupt traffic and according to our partners at wtop bike life said the bikers simply wanted to enjoy the nice weather. they say they've been getting backlash ever since the video was posted online. jim? >> all right. scott macfarlane, thank you, scott. do you ever feel like you g

suburban maryland authorities said they were getting more than one emergency call a minute. virginia police report dozens of accidents and at least one fatality. >>> and it wasn't any better from the busy city streets. there were many accidents in west virginia including at least six chain reaction pile-ups. in another accident a car slid into a store front. shutting the business. luckily, there were no injuries to report here. experts say a light snowfall like this is more dangerous than the big one because drivers are >> drivers in west virginia and washington will get a chance to find out if that's really true because a big one is on the way. >> let's get the details from accuweather's justin povick. justin, good morning. >> kendis, marci, we are following developing severe weather on this thursday more so over the western gulf coast states from louisiana back into alabama and mississippi. threats here going to be damaging winds and tornadoes. and then later on friday into friday night and saturday, we will be following a heavy snow threat evolving throughout the middle atlantic s

a suburban maryland fire and rescue squad said it was getting one call per minute from stranded drivers. >> wow. >> in virginia, there were hundreds of accidents including at least one fatality. we'll get a live update on the mess in our next half hour. >> and earlier the sneak storm caused dozens accidents we were just talking about in western north carolina near the tennessee border. the problem overnight is black ice. several school districts called off classes or sent students home early. the next storm is about to move into the south and that is the big one. >> that really should be the one that's a problem. we'll get details from accuweather's justin povick. good morning. >> kendis, marci and good morning to you, as well. very actub conditions over the middle atlantic states into the weekend. we are concerned about a major snowstorm. low pressure takes a trek to the north and east. on the northwestern flanks, the potential for significant snow amounts. i'm talking over a foot of snow, perhaps even local amounts to two feet in and around baltimore and d.c. kendis and marci, back over to you. >> all right.

virginia troopers responded to more than 100 crashes. even president obama's motorcade also became a victim of yesterday's storm. the 25-minute drive from joint base andrews in suburban it's going to get worse, between 12 and 24 inches of snow 2 fall in the dc metro area by saturday evening. >>> if you're planning to fly along the east coast this weekend it's going to be a mess for airlines. american, delta, united, jetblue, all waiving fees now so you can alter your night to avoid this weekend's big snowstorm. delta is also offering refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed flights. jetblue will offer refunds only for cancellations. >>> shay ryan is monitoring it for us. two feet of snow? >> in dc, yikes. very well. given the fact that they just don't have the equipment to hand that will kind of snow. winter weather watches, warnings, advisories are. they span all the way from nebraska on into the northeast so again if you're going to be doing any traveling, yikes, not looking good over the next 24 to 48 hours. this storm system, the southern portion of it, that we're going to get that cold front rolling through on friday and that is going to change our weather

virginia parking lot. we're talking 24 to 30 inches of snow fell in the region. schools are closed for another day in washington. baltimore as well as philly. and suburban communities. federal offices will again be closed today. themation's capital. but in new york city, roads in manhattan are mostly clear but other boroughs and suburbs still need work causing tempers to flair. >> this is not right. they're not doing anything. >> i didn't think it was going to be this bad. no transportation, really? not everybody has a car. >> it may be days before all public transportation is roing again. warmer temperatures over the next few days may help the cause there. >>> so air travel is still a mess after the storm. hundreds of flights already canceled for today and more than 16 flights were canceled yesterday and 2,000 delayed. united airlines has the most headaches. it has hubs in newark and washington dulles airport. the problems in the east affect flights all across the country as planes and crews are stuck in the wrong places. >> there's a new ruling in the legal battle between detroit and its teachers. teachers protested outside the croom where a judge den

virginia troopers responded to more than 100 crashes yesterday. president obama's motorcade also became a victim of yesterday's storm. a 25-minute drive from joint base andrews in suburban maryland to the white house took an hour. >> the president couldn't fly on marine 1 because of the heavy snow. it will be worse too, between 12 and 24 inches of snow could fall in the dc metro area by saturday night. >>> if you're planning on this weekend it's going to be a mess for air travel. american, delta, united and jetblue are waiving fees now so you can alter your flight ahead of the big snowstorm. delta is offering refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed flights, jetblue will offer refunds only for cancellations. >> a lot of us have family and friends in that area. >>> how bad is it going to get for them? >> it's going to be nasty. that travel concerns are definitely not understated with the storm system of this magnitude and especially affecting areas that are not used to this kind of weather. in our area though we have a glorious day today but look what is on the way for us. it's this same stadium but the southern portion of it -- the same system but the southern por

virginia supreme court starting today. republicans will mount an effort to replace governor terry's pick for the court. gop has been upset since she used a recess appointment to install the suburbanton judge on the state's highest court >>> search is on, police are searching for a man wanted for peeping incident that occurred in the area of glosser avenue and jiles place in springfield. in each of the incident, the man peeped in to occupied homes and escaped. >>> i'm delia goncalves, live in temple hills, fire investigators will return to the home to try to determine what started this fire that sent a woman to the hospital fighting for her life this morning with burns over 40% of her body. we know for sure, there was no smoke alarm here, firefighters believe she was trying to keep warm sleeping next to a heating unit. they say, as we are approaching this cold stretch, please be safe, bundle up inside. don't keep space heaters next to flammables. make sure you have a smoke alarm. if you don't have one, call 311 and firefighters will install one in your home for you. >>> cold for several days, getting above freezing not until wednesday afternoon. all eyes on friday and in to saturd