the potomac into virginia. and then, of course, he fought on december 13th at fredericksburg. the plain between fredericksburg and crossed a significant drainage ditch, then the attacking ranks had to cross more open ground to confront a sunken road which formed a perfect four-foot trench for

the year. we heard from robert crick who for 30 years was chief historian at fredericksburg and spots sylvania national military park. and his nomination was thomas stonewall jackson, general jackson. we're going to talk to robert crick momentarily and also take your phone calls, as well. here are the phone lines if you live in the eastern and central time zone, the number is 202-585-3885, mountain and pacific 202 ohio 585-3886. mute your television when you call in so you don't feed back. you can participate online even if you don't want to call in at twitter.com/c-span. we will focus specifically on the #poty 1862, if you put that in your tweet, we'll try to read some of those. we already very postings on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. join in with your nomination for person of the year, 1862 and just a couple of them want to take a look at now. writing in for lincoln. justin says it should be lincoln in september of '62. with the emancipation proclamation. also paul martin says the abolitionist william lloyd garrison. we'll look at a couple of those and take your phone calls, as well. robert

the rest of the region nice and warm, 63 in fredericksburg, 59, winchest winchester, look at easton, ern shore, currently sitting at 57 degrees. what are we going to be spying in notice the cloud cover. we saw plenty of sunshine earlier. now the clouds envelope the area. showers back to the west. we will see a good chance for showers, most should you can on the light side and most should be out of here by tomorrow morning. wet road bus i think the cars should be able to get out of it without using those windshield wipers. 629 high in washington, 70 in raleigh, 74, jackson, mississippi, 75 in jacksonville, florida, the warmer air is just going to continue to make the way our way before we get into some cooler air up there toward chicago, kur represently 45 that coming this weekend. showers and thunderstorms, tennessee today. that front will move by, showers on tonight, and tomorrow, we will see warm front move by to our west that will help temperatures to climb to near 70 tomorrow. i think we will see partly cloudy skies during the day and then we will see those temperatures nice and w

we did see snow also in parts of the fredericksburg area earlier today, falling since this afternoon.snow. it should be ending later tonight. more details on that coming a little bit later. >>> a d.c. store that had been allegedly selling liquor to minors for years is still in business in spite of the arrest of its owner. but always armando trull reports tonight, authorities placed that store under a magnifying glass. the major reason is the 9 news now investigative report. >> reporter: this piece of crime scene tape is the only indication saturday night the town square market on mcarthur boulevard was raided by d.c. police. the owner, dan ki kim showed here in a 9 news now investigative report was arrested. kim was charged with selling alcohol to a 17-year-old arlington high school student who was using someone else's identification. >> you would have to be some kind of doofus to not see before you someone underage. >> reporter: police officers were surveilling the store last night in part because of a 9 news now investigative series about the town market. it had become a place where

if you would care on comment on jackson's actions in the second manassas campaign and also the fredericksburg campaign which concluded in 1862 and whether you feel that it enhanced his qualifications for man of the year or was he just a really superior super subordinate executing lee's work. >> all three of those jackson did very well. in fredericksburg was pretty much a set piece, the most rigidly set piece battle of the war in the east. sharpsburg involved a lot of movement, but not nearly as much as chancellorsville. second manassas was a masterpiece, jackson's execution of the joint plan that he and lee had crafted and certainly contributes mightily to the success of the confederacy. there's a very interesting quote from lee that pertains to all of this, and that is in the fall of 1862 when the confederate congress finally had authorized the creation of the lieutenant general's rank, northerners never did it get that far, they created corps legally and lieutenant generals to command those corps. in acknowledgement of jackson's failure, although the public didn't recognize it, everyone in

the potomac into virginia. and then, of course, he fought on december 13th at fredericksburg. the plain between fredericksburg and crossed a significant drainage ditch, then the attacking ranks had to cross more open ground to confront a sunken road which formed a perfect four-foot trench for confederate infantry. behind the sunken road, marie's height rose precipitously studded with artillery and more infantry. the assault disintegrated into murder. lee saw the enemy founder and saw his own men leap from their cover and chase their fleeing foes. it is well that war is so terrible he said we should grow too fond of it. again and again the federals charged and each time they died and recoiled. general, lee said to longstreet, who was by his side, they are massing very heavily and will break your line, i'm afraid. general, longstreet responded, if you put every man now on the other side of the potomac on that field to approach me over the same line and give me plenty of ammunition, i will kill them all before they reach me. and he did. this is what lee did in 1862. he wrote in wh

this video is from the fredericksburg area. snow covered the grassy areas but melted on the roadways. >>> the weekend snow blanketed the campus of virginia tech helping launch the annual corps of cadets versus civilians snowball fight. six to eight inches of snow fell on blacksburg giving cadets and students plenty of ammo. both sides declared victory and will have to wait another year to try and dominate the other side. >>> taking a look outside right now, we've got sunshine helping to warm things up. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for midday. >> what a difference between here and just about 20 miles to our south where there is a coating of snow that's now melting. and look how much snow we did get across virginia from yesterday late afternoon into the evening hours as much as ten inches fell in that dark blue area. that's the zone right in augusta county. that is just to the south of stanton, virginia. they got ten inches. meanwhile charlottesville got six inches of snow and then over toward

see what i'm talking about the heavier rain up toward the north and another batch the south, the fredericksburg region, right around washington. most of this is on the lighter side, starting to see the rain pick up now. let's zoom on in. talking about frederick, toward hagerstown, martensburg, charlestown seeing very heavy rain right now, right along route 340 here, just to the north of leesburg, heavier rain along route 7, we are seeing some of that heavier rain just to the north, waterford, route 9 here, some of the rain coming down at a pretty good clip. this under a flood watch. show you who is involved. counties along i-81, clark county, frederick county in virginia, panhandle of west virginia, up toward washington county, in through maryland, flood watch in effect until 3:00 tomorrow morning, also looking at a flood warning back here toward the west, hampshire, out toward mineral and allegheny county until 10:45 tonight. already seen a lot of rain and will continue to see some, the mountainous terrain easier to see flooding out that way, but look what's coming, we are not done just yet. a

the day would be, d.c. coming in at 57, fredericksburg 61 and that's about as close as the rain has gotten. there are showers coming. there will be some showers in the morning rush hour. they will mostly be light. the best chances will be south of d.c. there could be an occasional moderate downpour briefly here and there. so the clouds will thicken overnight, some showers around for the morning rush hour, overnight low about 46 degrees. tomorrow not going to be in the 70s. here's a look at temperatures around the region, mostly in the 50s. more details on the weekend in a few minutes. >>> tonight dozens are dead after a riot at a soccer game in egypt. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> the death told 74, 250 more injured -- toll 74, 250 more injured. soccer fans rush the field in syed one year after former president hosni mubarak was forced from office. >>> tim tebow cancels an appearance at an ohio christian revival. the event was led by televangelist rob parsley who asked followers last year to give more than $1 million to ward off satanic attacks. the spokesman for tebow said he hadn

with more on these conditions. >> the conditions here in fredericksburg va. are intriguing. it has been snowing for hours and hours. the temperature of the roads is very warm and to the south this is dicey. >> it is getting bad and through the night it will get worse. >> snowflakes rain down on central virginia sunday night. >> this is the aftermath. >> producing a rare storm. it has been relatively uneventful, and this is just fine with roger. >> go home and stay at home if you can. >> just because you have a four- wheel drive does not mean that you are a professional. this could happen to anybody and one wrong move and you are gone. >> the unseasonably balmy conditions prevented the streets from getting frozen. but the snow was having an easier time being difficult. >> if you just try and do what you are supposed to do -- >> vida has over 500 pieces of machinery. >> this is my first time driving in the snow. i am from california. >> the issue is what it will be like in the morning. >> it is going to be very slick out there. >> with all the snow falling,

bob the elder was for more than 30 years chief historian at the fredericksburg and response veil yann national park and in that capacity was extremely active as a researcher, a writer, a speaker and especially as one of the country's leading battlefield preservationists. in his so-called retirement and so-called retirement bob will never retire, he has continued his research and writing in occasional speaking. we are very pleased to have him with us here today to make the first nomination. bob crique. [ applause ]. >> the years do move right along for many decades, my son, a young historian, was introduced as my son. now, almost inevitably i'm introduced as his father. so these things come and go and change. i was instructed by my long-time friend john coskey, that it would be a good idea if i maintained some suspense about who my nominee was. ed bart and others used that ploy last year and john thought it worked well. but i don't see, however, that i can do that. as i look around, there are a lot of friendly faces out there. many of you who know my persona at all, you know who i'm in

it looks a little like a winter wonderland in the fredericksburg area. rther south, you -- in fact, the farther south you go on i-95, it was all snow. vdot says snowplows and salt trucks spent the night clearing roads for this morning's commute. >>> the snow is sticking in southwest and central virginia. a winter storm warning is still in effect in the roanoke area. the storm dumped eight inches of snow there. it also knocked out power to more than 20,000 customers. virginia state police say they responded to about 350 crashes due to slick roads. >> then look at this -- police in tennessee say the weather is to blame for a huge pileup on i-95 -- rather, i-75. ten cars, eight tractor-trailers and a greyhound bus involved. they were involved in the accident near the kentucky border. police say the roads were icy at the time of the crash. paramedics treated more than 50 people on the scene. five peopler taken to the hospital. yenchs everyone's expected to recover. the red cross opened a shelter for stranded travelers. a mess. >> indeed. luckily no one was mo

this will pinpoint the activity. fredericksburglata, some of the activity now getting into southern maryland. for the most part it will bea glancing blow and a quick one, but enough to wet the road especially if you're coming up route 5. so some showers in the morning on thursday. the good news is we're look at a salvageable afternoon after a wet morning commute south, not a bad day on thursday. still mild. not 72 but 55. and then still nice on friday. temperatures still should make it up to 50. so there's no arctic air in sight. overnight, mostly cloudy and cool, light rain by dawn, lows only in the 40s. winds northwesterly at 10. tomorrow morning, we're going to have some early showers, primarily south and east of town, then becoming partly cloudy, temperatures tin 40s. by afternoon, very nice really. partly cloudy and cooler, but still mild. highs around 55. winds out of the northwest at 10. there will be some clouds up in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, sew may not see his -- so he may not see had shadow. groundhog day, morning sho

the moment. it feels like 22 degrees in hagerstown. feels like 27 in fredericksburg. m moving to the east and northeast. high-pressure building today will clear skies really quickly later this morning. temperatures will be average. tomorrow we may have a few sprinkles now and west of the city, but that's about all. a different kind of system later this week. tempered dressed today in the upper 40's, lows in the twenties tonight. tomorrow will be partly cloudy and warmer. adam caskey will have a seven- day outlook coming up in a couple minutes. that's the latest. >> thanks very much. in politics, a game change controversy. former vice-presidential candidate now protesting a new hbo movie based on his 2008 campaign. >> mike allen is here with us for more on the story. it seems to depict sarah palin as the fiery personality and calls herself a puppet where people told her what to wear and how to present herself. >> if that is fact. she does not like to be reminded of embarrassing or unpleasant moments from the campaign. the movie comes to hbo on march 10. it is different

again, the nominees today were from robert krick, who is the chief historian of fredericksburg for 30 years, david blight of yale nominated frederick douglas who came in third, nominated by james macpherson came in first and he was dead last in the voting in virginia and we congratulate professor thomas and we'll open up the phone line again for our viewers. professor thomas, you earn a big trophy or a big prize? no, i got a handshake for the director of the museum of the confederacy. >> we have callers waiting to talk to you. you talked a little bit about this in your nomination for robert e. lee. when general lee turned down the command of the union army in the spring of 1861, did he have inkling that he would take over command of the southern army? >> i don't think so. i think he turned it down because there was some irony here because he really just did not like conflict. he doesn't respond well to conflict and he does so because he can't handle conflict, what kind of conflict, you ask. he would have had war on his neighbors and relatives and he's going to do that. he would have s

in the fredericksburg area, a winter scene that we have not seen much of this year. there you go. 95. the snow begins to pile up. vdot says snowplows and salt trucks spent the night clearing roads for the morning's commute. >>> here's what happens when you get too much. the weather did some -- caused major problems in tennessee. police there say weather was to blame for a huge pileup on i-75. ten cars, eight tractor-trailer trucks and a greyhound bus were involved in a big accident near the kentucky border. police say the roads were icy at the time of the crash. paramedic treated more than 50 people on the scene. five had to be taken to the hospital. all the victims are expected to recover. and the red cross opened a shelter there for any stranded travelers. >>> good morning, welcome back to "news4 today," i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. meteorologist tom kierein is here to tell us more it the forecast for today. i kind of miss the beauty of the snow, but i don't miss driving in it for sure. >> a lot of it melted on roadways, fredericksburg, that area in southern maryland, charles

not a headlong assault from washington right down the telegraph road along the line of richmond, fredericksburg railroad to richmond. no. no, he would go down the chesapeake bay after touching base at fortress monroe in hampton which never, ever surrendered to the confederates, his plan was then to move up to the rappahannock and then move inland. cutting off joe johnston's forces up there around manassas and centreville. he said he'd need 140,000 soldiers to do that and obviously priority on navy assets to move them down through the bay to virginia. well, that concept troubled lincoln and his newly appointed secretary of war edwin stanton. it appeared to them that the army at the potomac could do a better job of protecting washington and defeating the confederate forces in virginia by attacking headlong into manassas and clean up those camps and then head south. by way of fredericksburg. or alternatively move southwest and cut that virginia central railroad line that was bringing so much sustenance that was the breadbasket of the confederacy from the shenandoah valley to richmond. however, mcc

temperatures today reached the 70-degree mark down to the south in fredericksburg. they've stayed in the 50s all day in washington. the rain came through and some heavy thunderstorms. even some hail reported down into southern maryland around waldorf and pax river. you can see the rain continues to pull away right now. it is not the rain that's not the story. that is going to be the winds. winds right now gusting to 21 miles per hour at the airport but that is nothing compared to what we will see with current temperatures right now at 55. the rest of the area seeing temperatures in the 61-degree area down toward fredericksburg. 50 in annapolis and 48 in gaithersburg. temperatures will cool down tonight but once again the winds are going to be the thing that you'll notice the big time. we're talking about winds in excess of 40. maybe 50 and maybe upwards of 60 miles an hour to the west and along the higher peaks. we'll talk more about the winds, what to expect and what to expect for this weekend. all these changes happening just as the weekend gets started. >> thanks,

the slavery museum in fredericksburg has filed a bankruptcy. >> the museum has never been built. it owes creditors about $7 million. organizers hope to raise $900,000 in the first year. the hub donations to increase by 50% in subsequent years. -- they hope donations will increase by 50% in subsequent years. >> a bill recently passed bans the use of state funding for projects that give incentives to contractors who use union labor. the airport authority has already offered a 10% bonus for union workers. they are urging them to reconsider that decision. >> it is early for the filing deadline. what will you do with their tax refund if you get one? the national retail federation study shows 44% say they will stash away some of their refund. 40% say they will use some to pay down debt. 12% say they will spend it on a big-ticket item. >> one thing you do not have to spend it on is umbrellas. >> not yet. tomorrow a few clouds and temperatures approaching 70 degrees. it is kind of crazy. it will get colder as we head into the weekend. what's the use started and look outside. sunset was a

they stretch all the way to fredericksburg. they're advancing off to the northeast out of the southwest and temperatures above freezing in the 30s. we're in upper 30s to near 40 in month gonery, arlington, fairfax counties. 42 in reagan national. district of columbia at 43 and it's in the low 40s near the basement weather watchers checking in this morning reporting cloudy skies. sunrise at 6:59. might have a few sprinkles but a greater chance of any significant rain will be during the afternoon hours. not much rain. maybe a ten kts to a quarter of an inch by later this afternoon. more later tonight. we'll have a look at your evening forecast in a few minutes. danella has traffic. >> good morning. we're not seeing any incidents. nothing but green. traveling up i-270. we'll take the trip together. if you're traveling southbound making your way through urbana south through clarksburg, you're at 56 miles an hour. continuing into gaithersburg, connecting through rockville, again, no issues on i-270. a live look at west montgomery ave

at the freezing mark for fredericksburg. for the overnight hours.his is different compared to we have had in the past. burlington at 10 degrees. the windchills are a lot better than they were 24 hours ago. detroit and indianapolis. chicagogrees warmer for and indianapolis. its way for tomorrow? milder temperatures. our next whether maker is well west of loss. now across texas. this will not arrive until late wednesday,early us a chance for showers. the day tomorrow. the sunshine will stick around of tuesday.t half clouds will increase from the west. 18-25 ford light -- for a nighttime lows. tomorrow, lots of sun. 44-49. temperatures around the 50 degree mark for the next couple days and the upcoming week. the coldest temperature in the upper-40's. that will be on mother's day. winter that wasn't. not too bad. we will take it. >> some people cashed in on the ice today. injuries are hurting the team. it is feeling a little icy in caps locker room. tiger came deske toyota sports brought to you by your local toyota dealer. forward.u >> here is a player

the colder air has settled in just down to the south, where there are snowflakes flying now. fredericksburg, on out to charlottesville, temperatures are way too warm. showing up on radar here, most of this up here across northern maryland isn't even reaching the ground. that's a big part of our snow forecast going forward. in that area, northern maryland, nary a flake to be found for the rest of this evening. conversational snowflakes only from about i-66 and route 50 down to parts of southern maryland. might get an inch from fredericksburg westbound towards culpepper and the southern end of the shenandoah valley. nothing around our area. winter weather advisories pick up from fredericksburg to points south of there. there's the leading edge of what is actually sno

it is slow from springfield all the way to fredericksburg. once you hit the truck scales it is off and on. a very long delay there. let's look at the beltway which is a parking lot in each direction. from wilson bridge to eisenhower. delays from dulles toll road to georgia ave. outer loop of the beltway have the delays. 270-66. a lot of interstate delays as a lot of people are trying to get out of town. >> thank you. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, details surrounding whitney houston's final farewell this weekend. >> could the redskins be returning to rfk? >> changes are coming to your commute. see how the roads will be the same but >> a private final farewell will be held for whitney houston tomorrow. fans will be able to see the tribute through video streaming online. >> her godmother is talking about the singer who died at the age of 48. >> whitney houston's life will be remembered at a star-studded funeral in the neighborhood where it all began. the sendoff will happen at new hope baptist church. the invite reads "with heartfelt gratitude

thunderstorms well down to the south and east, down there toward southern maryland and maybe the fredericksburg region once again. much more on this and the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> these guys, they just have one thing after another. never before, as i suppose, right? >> no, and two days after the fact we can finally show highlights of the daytona 500. >> it's amazing. >>> first came rain then came fire. we expect nascar races to be delayed because of rain. but 200 pounds of jet fuel bursting into flames was a first. finally, in the wee hours of the morning matt kenseth wins the wildest daytona 500 of all time. danica patrick making her nascar sprint cup series debut. we start on lap 2. jimmie johnson tapped, he gets loose, smacks into the wall. david reagan. danica in the green 10 car. get caught up in the wreck, they ram johnson. take a look from inside johnson's car. boom. ouch, that does not sound good. danica finishes 38th place in her debut. not what she was with hoping for. this is what everybody was talking about today. juan pablo montoya slamming into a jet dryer on turn three

now, on the rails, still seeing the delay on the fredericksburg line of the vre. your delay now is just five minutes. and i'm still checking metro for you and marc. no reported delays. joe, back to you. >> danella, thank you very much. >>> opening statements are expected today in the trial of five men accused in the southeast mass shooting. nine people were shot in a drive-by shooting on south capital street in march of 2010. four of them died. six others were injured in a series of related violent attacks within eight days of each other. each person charged in the crime spree faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole. >>> one woman was critically injured in a fire in southeast washington that broke out around 8:00 last night inside an apartment in the 2300 block of good hope road. a child was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. several others were treated for smoke inhalation. no word so far on the cause. >>> and in just a few hours, student and staff will return to anacostia high school just days after a fire damaged the southeast washi

the 60's. low 70's in central virginia. culpeper fredericksburg, stafford spotsylvania, likely in the low 70's. a developing system will drop colder air into canada. the colder air from canada tomorrow will settle into place friday afternoon and into the weekend. barry springlike. don't get used to it. temperatures will be back where they should be by the weekend. a little windy today but especially friday into saturday. gerry gustin. gusts up to 45 miles an hour the next couple days. 48 right now in the district and the lexington park. 46 in martinsburg and 50 in cumberland. downright windy tomorrow. still in the 50's60's for the first half of the day. temperatures dropping on the weekend. >> 45 degrees in winchester. >> another night. tim brant recaps how ottawa went medieval. >> teachers accused of spraying on children. how to protect your children from sex offenders. >> one free throw made. the running shot. >> that's not going to work. mcgee has the sports world talking again. that's because that was more like a volleyball swap. the wizards w

the beltway. pretty good on 66 between centreville and 495. no problems on 95 between fredericksburgtway. looks good at the wilson bridge. mass-transit reporting normal service. back to you. >> thank you. the president delivering a special psa yesterday reminding everybody to grab a gift for their loved one for valentine's day. >> do not forget. i speak from experience here. 1 it is important that you remember this and go big. >> the president did not take his advice in vain. he took the first lady to vermilion restaurant and twister personal greeting on twitter. some of the most pampered pooches gathered for the westminster kennel club dog show last night. >> best in show at the 136 annual westminster kennel clumps america's dog show is the pekingese. >> there's your winner. malachy is four years old and has won his 15th overall best in show. it's the first time for that. to win their since 1990. it's 41 degrees in dale city. coming up this morning -- jeremy lin from downtown. >> you knew that was going to go in. linsanity lives on in the big apple. find out what the knicks point gu

the weatherbug, fredericksburg, a quarter inch of rain. some spots will be wet don't worry about any ice tomorrow. 48 degrees after the high of 63 at washington. right at home for the first week of april but we are still in february. another 60-degree day, going back in the record books, 16 times we have had 60 degrees or higher this winter. what a winter we have had. 56 right now, cooler to the west. the showers has a little ripple coming through. it will be mainly through us overnight as you are sleeping. tomorrow morning when you had out, 6:00 in the morning the low temperatures in the hyper local future-cast only into the 40's. through tomorrow, we have the west, northwest wind, a lot of warm air coming in. the temperatures a little bit on the low side, i think because i think some spots will be near 70 degrees. tomorrow night friday, colder air begins coming our way. the wind turns to the northwest. late friday, back into the colder air into friday night it will be feeling like february for the weekend. meantime and await the day tomor

the district. in fredericksburg, at 52 degrees. on the way to 60 in some areas of town.to say that we will be in the 50's today. it is still above average. some are a lot of sunshine back down to 53. it of the close to 50 on saturday. the weekend is looking a little uncertain in terms of where and when we can get this. but there is a chance they get some areas of frame. we will keep you posted. overall, a fairly agreeable. >> fairly agreeable even though i have areas of what they bent. we have no accidents to reports. as far as traffic into the district, quiet. our wide angle shots are going to take you on to 81, 95, and 70, where we get normal travel times along the interstate. we will pull up a live picture. read on the right heading southbound toward woodbridge. we're heading back to the news desk. >> not a bad start. it is 50 degrees. >> details on a key bill that affects thousands of workers. will you get a raise? >> import news for women. details of a recall of mi >> welcome back. parents want to know how a man could walk into a d.c. school and sexually assaults is

the south. several inches of snow so not too far away. 38 in washington. 36 in fredericksburg. 36 in ocean city. ocean city has a leftover shower. salisbury has a little light snow. it is still snowing across the lower eastern shore. mostly sunny, breezy at times. winds gusting at dulles, 25 miles per hour. it will be breezy with a high temperature of 48. should be a very pleasant president's day for us this year. >> thank you. >>> time to check in with lauren demarco to see how the roads are doing. >> tucker is so sad. this is good news for all the people that have to go to work. they don't have to get up, ice off the car. so good news there. very nice and easy trip this early morning hour. let's take a live look out there as you travel the beltway in montgomery county, the inner and outer loops, no problems to report. prince george's county, same story in virginia. traveling route 50 near 202, no real problems for you. i do want to mention that all of the hov restricts are lifted around the area today except for route 50, the john hanson highway where they are always in effect. 66, no real pro

including culpeper, king george, orange, and spotsylvania as well as the city of fredericksburg. all right, so let's get over to topper who has the weather story for us. you have some new nike's? >> when she said she was going to buy them and put them on ebay, i thought good business plan. it is a good business plan. >> it is a good idea if you can get them. >> all right, looking at big wins tonight. wind advisory covers the entire metro area and winds will be with us through tomorrow. let's have a live look outside. brought to you by michael and son. this is wisconsin avenue. looking to the left and north on wisconsin avenue toward bethesda. and it's nice out. it's getting chillier in the suburbs as winds pick up. i would definitely bring a jacket. winds right now are calm. the temperature is 53 and the dew point is still 50. so, we're not looking at anything drastic in terms of temperature, but it will gradually get colder tonight and remain so over the weekend. 50 in bethesda. 50 in rockville. and 49 in great falls. 49 in reston. 53 downtown. but 54 down toward fort belvoir and

we got a look at the snow last night in fredericksburg. this shot posted by felicia nowles. coated her deck. >> it is the farther south that you got more snow. >> further south and west. our viewers in southern maryland got about an in. >> so just missed us. >> just missed us. >> so close. >> yet so far away. >> yeah. >> officially a trace at reagan national for you are creeping track -- keeping track of that kind of thing. i saw no flakes even though i was waiting patiently in some my lawn chair. >> i was waiting for your tweets. >> i tweeted on saturday and then i hightailed it and locked the doors and closed the windows and shades at my house. we'll be enjoying an affect. it will be breezy around. i know a lot of people want to go out and play for president's day. if you want for go out and play in the sunshine, jacket weather as it will be breezy here with the storm exiting to our east. 35 now in washington. we continue to fall -- temperatures continue to fall here in the past hour. 37 in quantico. gently south of washington, we have at least some covering of snow. so as

taking the rails, traveling the vre, we have a delay on the fredericksburg line. 302, a minor delay ofminutes. right now, metro and marc aren't reporting dlies. i'm back this ten with -- delays. i'm back in ten with another look. >> thank you very much. >>> construction on the first phase of metro's 23-mile silver line out to dulles is ahead of schedule. now it's time to name the stations. the fairfax county board of supervisors released the list of names. but metro wants you to weigh in. starting this morning you can vote on the names you want. the two stations in particular are in the middle of the discussion, the seventh and eighth. station seven will be on the western edge of reston at the existing herndon monroe street park and ride. leaders in herndon don't like the suggested name. herndon-reston west. they say reston is already being considered for two other station names, and herndon deserves its own station. station eight is the last stop before the airport. it's clear metro would like something jazzier than herndon-dulles east. some choices are innovation, coppermine, and fho

the crime. all pro check cashing on plank road in fredericksburg. the spotsylvania county sheriff's office investigating. releasing this surveillance video of the robbery in progress. join one of the suspects confronting the -- on at 9:00 this morning, after forcing the manager to a back office, he wants the money out of the safe. the gunman takes the employee back to the front of the store to let in his accomplice. one of the gunmen, hiding his face, was the hood of the jacket. the other is wearing a ball cap. soon, they're inside the office at the back of the store at gun point forcing the manager to let them in the safe. once the gunmen have the mean, exactly how much they stole, we don't know and they forced the manager to the floor. they will leave him there hand and feet bound with wire and away they go. out the back door, robbery committed. >> we have had a similar robbery in the same area in december this year. and that one we're still investigating as well. >> reporter: and sheriff captain mike harvey sells -- tells us they got calls, a call

or watching across south central virginia, you could be in the 70s later today. 55 in fredericksburga whole lot to get warm again. 58 in quantico. we are used to dealing with 20s this time of year. 54 the winning number in hagerstown as well. mix. cloud and sun once we get the showers out of here. another warm one. 68 your daytime high. winds out of the west at 10 to 15. will be a little breezy at times with winds gusting to about 25 miles per hour. cloudy tonight, chance for light rain as the cold front moves through. the cooler temperature as the win shifts out of the way. early clouds, some a.m. showers. might be i agent late day sun tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s. there we go, that is closer to normal by the weekend with highs in the upper 40s with clouds on sunday. that is the weather. let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. rain showing things down? >> not yet. but i think it is a combination of the fact we don't have a lot of people out on the roads just yet so it will later on as more people get out and about. right now, check out the ride here at u

we do not have any dramatic of cold air you can see coming down the run of fredericksburg, that grain is moving in. there is more around the .oanoke it was the boundary that is air as we goooler through the night time. through the night, midnight, that rain shower. there are rain shower showing up. temperaturesing, month of degrees. for you folks in southern -- still at around 60 degrees. for the folks in southern maryland, some rain. some showers of them tomorrow. too heavy. it will be cooler. tomorrow afternoon, once they by, some afternoon showers. some morning showers and then during thene afternoon. in the 50's. we head into the weekend, cold.g our facebook page and asked, is this too long, too early? had over 200 responses. i will show you the best responses. different responses. a lot of folks weighed in. >> i bet they did. thank you. >> what a busy night this was. the was it did not stop the magic. the hurricanes blowdowns the terps. i will show you this coming up. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish

wind speed sustained around 16 in the city, 26 for dulles, sustained for martinsburg at 32 miles per hour and fredericksburg now sustained at 12. the wind gusts have not nearly been as strong down to the south. in the city we're gusting to 25. dulles is back up to 38 mile- per-hour wind gusts and martinsburg right now is gusting to 41. again overnight tonight these wind gusts will begin to calm down, but it will stay breezy overnight and tomorrow. complete weekend forecast coming up. >>> police are investigating a stabbing at l'enfant plaza. a group of teenagers began fighting at the metro station and that fight continued a block away at seventh and d street southwest. when officers arrived, the teens ran and one girl found that was stabbed. she was taken to the hospital and should be okay. >>> a local connection to a deadly military accident. captain michael quin and six other marines died when two military helicopters collided during a routine training exercise went night. the 28-year-old was -- wednesday night. the 28-year-old was from purcellville, virginia. investigators say it could take weeks before

the snow it came close, down in charles county and points south. one to two inches. fredericksburg, an inch to two. temperatures down south in the mid-30s to lower 30s. so other than isolated slick spots, i think most of the roads are just going to be wet. they have been heavily treated so the highway department out on that. we have lower 30s off to the north. other than a few lingering sprinkles, flurries to our south and east, that is it. nothing going on. 51 this afternoon up in frederick. 52 for manassas. 49 in easton, and here in dc around 50. >>> you know, it is nice to give good news for a change all morning long. things are looking great. if you have to go to work, rest assured i think you will get there on time, at least if you are leaving right now out of southern maryland. no problems route 5, route 4, route 301, everything good to andrews air force base. well along the east side between 95 and 295, things are great on the east side of town. we'll go back over to the maps, this time to 56 and the dulles toll road coming out of leesburg and haymarket you are going to be f

a little more moisture coming into the area showing up on radar. 48 degrees currently in fredericksburg it rains throughout the area, you can see the clouds advancing through. you can see where there is some precip and it has been falling for a while but right now we're seeing reports just to the west around la ray, a little bit of drizzle and way down to the southern part of west virginia a little light snow. this is showing up but is going to take a while to saturate the atmosphere. by 7:00 we'll see light rain and then for 11:00 p.m., 5:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. a mixture of rain and snow as temperatures fall down to the low and mid 30s tonight. cold air will be on us. snow for most of us. rain south and east for the early part of the day tomorrow. then as we advance it through we've got two systems actually affecting the area. a cold front coming through in an area of low pressure up the coast so really two rounds of snow for us. the first round most of the snow overnight, early tomorrow morning. we'll get a little bit of a break and then more for the afternoon and evening. then very windy

the district, 51 in quantico, 46 in fredericksburg. 34 in cumberland, 36 in hagerstown and frederick.ind moving out of the t today. the cooler air into town. drop a fews will degrees before sunrise and 6:43 a.m. 51 degrees or other 52 for the high temperature. 55 down in fredericksburg and culpeper. low 50's this afternoon, sunshine, light northwesterly winds. as yesterday. increasing clouds tonight in storm systeme next tomorrow. bring may be a brief mix northwest of town and morning, not a g deal, then just rainfall off and on throughout the day tomorrow. around three-quarters of an inch expected. more in some locations. near 50 tomorrow. clearing by thursday. 60 degrees by the hon. >> traffic is good. no big deals to report. overnight construction barrels being put to bed. the beltway moving nicely in tysons and landover. on 66 in and outside the beltway. and on the greenway. couple pictures now, in 395 northa look at southbound quiet in landmark. will go to the beltway top side near new hampshire avenue, nicely all the way to the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you.

boardatures across the low 50's.to the quantico looking at 58 degrees, as fredericksburg. the area track towardse the east. over the next 24 hours, it will lot of energy. it should remain mainly south of d.c. metro. the clouds are beginning to filter into our area. it is not going to be a classic nor'easter. national weather service has operated the winter storm watch warning across southern virginia, southwestern virginia. this includes areas like culpeper and shenandoah. they will either upgrade this to or downgraded to an advisory. next 48the futurecast, hours. expected band of snow afternoon into the hours. what do we expect in terms of snowfall? 3:00, that much -- not much the ground. it will be hard to accumulate. temperatures today it were well the 50's. 1.2 inches, up we may see it much. here is our forecast for tonight. 32 to 38 degrees. the extended outlook, temperatures are warm and very moving toward the middle of the week. >> the further north you go, you not see a whole lot. >> the capitals were in action today. it is a critical day because it a comeback. >>

temperatures around the region 43 in leesburg. 48 right now in fredericksburg and la plata. f both coming in right now at 47 degrees. we'll see a nice evening although i think the temperatures are going to fall off fairly quickly. we don't have many clouds in the sky at all. the sky is clear and you can see on storm 4 radar no rain to show you until we get way out to the west. that is the storm system that is going to develop and move toward our region overnight tonight through the day tomorrow and then in through wednesday. that you can see some snow on the back side but it's going to give us some extremely warm air. overnight tonight 33 in washington. 25 in leesburg. 24 in culpepper. and down to the south, fredericksburg 28 tonight. tomorrow temperatures warming up a little bit. we'll call it partly sunny with a high of 53 in washington. 50 in gaithersburg. back toward manassas around 52 degrees. 55 in culpepper. here is the next couple days showing 60 on wednesday. 67 on thursday. and then a good chance for rain and maybe a big storm on friday. could be an all day rain eve

the day. mid-to upper 40s in northern maryland and fredericksburg and spots spotsylvania. county and near 40 miles an hour gusts along the blue ridge keeping windchills in the upper twen upper 20s and 30s. you will have a bundle up factor on the way out the door. not a big rise in temperatures because of all the wind. winds gusting over 50 miles an hour at times today, will make for a very tricky day if you're driving high profile vehicles, hold on toe the wheel tight. our snowstorm is racing towards ocean city and oh shcean pine s your friends at the beach are getting snow showers. and they went make it over the mountains. in the panhandle of west virginia, you might have a pa passing. >> shower today but mostly sunshine. after the sun goes down this evening, high pressure builds back into the evening, a cold start and chill in the air, temperatures near 50 degrees. but the wi-- without the wind, will feel warmer tomorrow. enjoy your saturday. tomorrow, mostly sunny, a lot less wind and feels like a much nicer day and temperatures back to near 60 degrees or better as we ge