and this new government for virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predominantly were supportive of the confederacy. so virginia takes her vote for succession, the last vote, the majority of virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and join the southern confederacy. those delegates from northwestern virginia who were overwhelmingly against it, would come back to the mountains in west virginia, they would have mass meetings, public meetings to decide what west virginia would do. and they decided they needed a place for more formal convention and that wheeling would be the place to have that convention. it would be safe, given that it's stuck in this wedge of land between the great and powerful union states of ohio and pennsylvania. so there was safety there. and so it provides a place for them to meet to formulate a plan and to embark upon one of the most incredible experiments in our american history. and the only successful secession needed in america

this new government over virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia, predominantly, were supportive of the confederacy. so, when virginia takes her vote for secession, the last vote on april 17, 1861, the majority of of the virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and to join the southern confederacy. those voters from northwestern virginia, who were overwhelmingly against secession, they would come back to this side of the mountains in west virginia. they would have mass meetings, public meetings, to decide what northwestern virginia would do and they decided they needed to have a place for a more formal convention and wheeling would be the place rest to have that convention. it would be safe, given that it is this wedge of land between the great and powerful union states of ohio and pennsylvania. there were safety there. it was a place for them to meet, to formulate a plan, and to embark upon one of the most incredible experiments in our american hist

there is no question that building a healthy virginia economy requires giving every virginia veteran the opportunity to live a meaningful and productive life here in virginia. [applause] i am proud of the work that my administration is doing encouraging companies to hire veterans particularly through the virginia values veterans program. in just over two years, the v3 programs 234 member companies have hired nearly 7000 veterans. and let me say this, one of them is here with us tonight. as travis johnson ended his distinguished 12 year career in service as a marine sniper, he found himself struggling to translate the unique skills that he developed in the military into a successful civilian career. fortunately, systems technology forum, a v3 certified company met travis and recognized his enormous contributions that he could make to their company despite his lack of formal professional training. travis is now working hard and getting further training so that he can advance in his career and after hiring 41 veterans in their first year with the program stf has committed to me today th

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if we build the new virginia e. economy we must get those hard-working men and women in the care that they deserve a and the truth is we have already paid for its with one vote this session we can get health care for 400,000 of our fellow virginians and save our current budget $105 million. with one vote. we can ensure hospitals across the commonwealth can stay open to eliminate a key barrier to economic success for so many thousands of our friends and neighbors. with one vote we can show the world that virginia is a place where public good comes ahead of partisan politics so let us come together at the table to take that important vote this legislative session. [applause] as we continue this important discussion i will continue to implement our health care plan, a health the virginia, just today just in the last few hours hours, we learned that more than 290,000 virginians have already signed up for the new health insurance of the federal marketplace of just the first month of open enrollment. [applause] many of th

and may god bless the commonwealth of virginia. thank you. [applause] >> and now the inauguration ceremony for the oklahoma governor. she won reelection to a second term in november. at her inaugural address, she outlined three priorities for the next four years that include education, health care, and prison incarceration. this is courtesy of the oklahoma educational television authority. it is about a half of an hour. >> it is now my honor to ask -- >> are you ready to take the oath? raise your right hand and repeat after me. i mary fallin do solemnly swear that i will support, obey, and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of oklahoma, and that i will not knowingly receive directly or indirectly any money or other valuable thing for the performance or nonperformance of any act or duty pertaining to my office other than the compensation allowed by law. i further swear that i will faithfully discharge my duties as governor of oklahoma to the best of my ability, so help me god. congratulations. [appla

that is a new virginia economy. [applause] last year i stood in this chamber and announce my goal to make virginia the east coast capital for agriculture and forest or exports. that wasn't empty rhetoric. we got right to work. i have posted over 20 ambassadors to the governor's mansion to discuss new trade opportunities for virginia. we have traveled the globe selling virginia agriculture products. everything from apples to blind to soybeans to peanuts. i have even eaten my fair share of fried cicadas and chicken pause. folks i will e anything if it back brings an investment to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] [applause] and i am so pleased to announce that our efforts are paying off for the first time in the history of the commonwealth of virginia. agriculture and forest or exports for the first time ever last year exceeded over $3 billion in exports. [applause] we outcompeted to other cities across the nation to bring stone brewery to virginia and we beat out mexico for the continental automotive major exp

. >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk river, just a mile upstream from the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. >> water is scarce following a warning from west virginia's governor, do not drink, bathe, cook or wash clothes using tap water.., >>...chemical leak, a chemical used to clean coal, leaked from a storage facility... >>...the states health department says the water was contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, mchm... >> a federal investigation is on-going - but this spill was just the most visible of many incidents in west virginia - where, in the past decade, the coal industry has recorded thousands of water violations. fault lines has come here to find out how the state's main industry affects its most vital resource. >> little testing have been done on the chemical that leaked from these tanks

northern virginia, loudoun northern shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia.ave this developing as far as any accumulating though not until late this morning and then by midafternoon, most of it will be done. there could be delays by later this afternoon getting around. going to be mostly rain south of the metro area. a coating to an inch around the immediate metro area. farther north and west, maybe a couple of inches to 3 or so mainly on glass city areas. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with your bus stop forecast for this morning and for this afternoon. that's at 5:41. >>> right now roads looking good. this may not be the situation later today as you're headed home. morning commute should be good stars any precipitation goes. 66 east of prince william parkway, that is flowing just fine. 270 at shady grove road all these folks are headed south in the main lanes. no problem. very light volume here in the local lanes this morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland and bw parkway, into and out of town, we're fine. lots of green, exactl

anyone been to virginia? you can't go anywhere without seeing one of the grey and black signs to denote someone famous who lived there, the famous battle. the church of the blind preacher in abelmarle county. you will never find something to denote where madison and monroe debated each other. >> federalists were engaged in the mercantile trade. they can say, hey, i can see the benefit of having the same currency going two miles north to maryland. i can see the benefit of having a fair judicial system when a deal goes sour in delaware. a benefit of having a government with the national trade policy so i can open up a worldwide market. people not engaged in interstate trade, some of the folks that said i don't know about this government, i think it will invade my liberties. i don't see the consequences. so to generalize, that's why they fall in one place or the other. sometimes not that needed. the conclusions that people drew. they were in totally unchartered territory. a government unlike the world had seen.

as of 8:00 to 9:00 still snowing across northern virginia maryland west virginia. continuing to move off to the north and east. and much of the snow ending by noon time and tracking off to the northwest. we have lingering snow showers out in the mountains to give them higher amounts there as it moves through. they could pick up as much as up to five inches there. closer to washington a couple of inches farther north and west ch nearby suburbs, a half inch to an inch by the time it ends at noontime. the impact for driving is going to be slick on untreated surfaces. the afternoon commute will be drying out and getting above freezing during the afternoon as the roads dry out. keep up with all this on the storm team 4 weather app. we'll have it all throughout the day today. windy and cold tomorrow. very cold on thursday. and a bit milder getting into the weekend with highs in the 30s remaining dry. melissa is keeping up with all the roads. and it's sticking on 270. >>> it is sticking. 70 at 270, the interchange, you can see some of this snow here sticking on the side o

we get snow bands across northern virginia and southeastern virginia. look ata. it's snowing around norfolk now. it's the peripheral effect of new england. we're not getting the blizzard but the snow falling across northern virginia pan handle of west virginia. it's tracking to the south and east. the metro area a few scattered flurries in fairfax, montgomery, thdist. snow totals from yesterday and overnight we had anywhere from 1 to 3 inch ses. but 3 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches farther north and west. ger town had 3.8 inches. we have the continuing snow band activity. all these counties in purple under a weathe u 10:00 this morning for an additional 1 to 2 inches of snow. temperatures a sub freezing. we have it sticking to any untreated surface. through mid-morning by ku7 30 we'll have much of the snow beginning to move off into the southern maryland northern neck and that pretty much dissipating by 10:00. time stamp by noontime some breaks in the may a little sunshine. overnight under a clear sky. it's going to get cold. afternoon temperatures under the partly sunny sk

right now we're seeing snow falling across virginia maryland and d.c. making road conditions worse by the hour. >> we take a look at some of those live images coming in just to give you a good idea of what the snow looks like no matter where you are. this is the live picture right outside our studios here in upperupr northwest d.c.. >> and the problem is it's sticking. let's check in with tom. >> already a dusting here in northwest washington. it's been snowing since about 3:00 this morning. all of this coming in from the south and the heaviest snows are passing south and east of the either troho area. montgomery county fairfax, darker delay color gray colors are the lightest amounts. heaviest snow is in southern st. mary's southern calvert, northern neck. they could add another couple inches to maybe as much as 4 in a few isolated spots southern st. mary's and northern neck. and northern edge of that zone, maybe a couple of inches. eastern charles and northern calvert county. metro area may just get a couple of inches far eastern and southern suburbs r

eastern west virginia northern virginia, most of maryland, immediate metro area. and the eastern shore, as well as this system arrives bringing in a wintry mix of snow and sleet and some icing. so it will be kind of a nasty mix. anything not in color will be rain south and east of the metro area. radar showing the rain now arriving in the carolinas and tennessee, it's all rain there now. the timing on the arrival of rain coming into the metro area by around 6:00 p.m. northern virginia and to our north and west it will be snow after that from 6:00 p.m. through much of the evening, in, maybe a little bit of icing. and then all rain south and east of the metro area. and we'll get it all tapering off and ending by around noontime on saturday. quickly exits after that. maybe some lingering rain on the eastern shore. rest of the afternoon. then we'll clear out on saturday night. so 1 to 2 inches right around the metro area northern virginia nearby suburbs in maryland. farther north and west extreme northern virginia shenandoah valley could get a couple inches. some high

all of northern virginia most of west virginia and maryland and the district. it's in effect until 1:00 this afternoon. this is a sweepable dry snow. we could pick up one to two inches. and it may be moderate at times between now and 9:00. after that lit quickly taper off leaving in its wake an inch of the metro area. farther north and west we are seeing a dusting of two to five inches. enough for treacherous travel. we have reports of side streets and -- [ no audio ] >> another update coming in ten minutes. >>> we are continuing to monitor the roads this morning as they are a mess. megan mcgrath has been monitoring i-270 this morning. it is slow-going out there. >> reporter: yeah we have now changed location again, aaron. we are on 355. take a look at the live road camera here. you can get a live look at what the conditions are like. we have snow crossing the lanes here. it has been treated and there are spots where you can see the pavement coming through, but certainly we are starting to see the snow packing down making for some pretty slippery conditions out

county virginia into clark county and the panhandle of west virginia just a few flurries now here in frederick and then down 270 there are a few flurries northern part of 270 right on the frederick county line down to germantown. south of there just rain. and then east of there, this is an area of a little bit of wet snow in eastern montgomery county northern prince george's co and howard county where temperatures are still all above freezing. so any of this wet snow that is falling to our north is melting on roads and it's going to stay above freezing here for another several hours. now, here is the timing hour by hour. this area in the pink, this is where we will get the wet snow mixing in the area in green will remain all rain for the most part through 6:00 this morning. and then maybe around 7:00 8:00 9:00 getting wet snowflakes this washington northern virginia, and some of that snow may start piling up a little bit on grassy areas around 9:00 this morning in the white zone including extreme northern virginia loudoun northern shenandoah valley montgomery howard. and then into th

what maryland virginia, d.c. and west virginia got a big fat f in when it comes to protecting your health. >>> new this morning, a tragic development a day after the shooting at a major boston hospital. . >>> good morning. right now just cloudy in the met row area but we do have a little bit of snow and sleet and freezing rain in west virginia. most of this this morning will be passing northwest of the metro area but may be moving in to western maryland panhandle p west virginia, northern shenandoah valley another couple hours. later today we will likely getting a accumulating snow around the metro area. we could get a coating to an inch here. farther to the north and west, 1 to 3 inches falling all of it ending by later this afternoon. >>> and you can stay up-to-date with the latest weather news. today would be a good day to done load the storm team 4 weather app. you can search nbc washington weather in the apple store or google play. >>> breaking news out of france. for the first time charges have been made in

so western virginia didn't have the representation that eastern virginia did. similar to a debate we had at the constitutional convention. madison and monroe tried everything. they said, how about one branch, maybe the senate, could be based on -- it could be equal. and maybe the house, it could be -- you know, we're not going to take slaves into account. they said, you guys don't know what you're talking about. this is the danger of bringing old men into public life. these people they had grown up lionizing, at first they're so excited to have them there. then you're all wet old men. you guys have no idea what you're talking about. and, of course they didn't appreciate the fact that the union had once been so perilous. and madison and monroe knew what it was like to live in a time when it was a question as to whether or not america could live as one country. >> did madison remain in the federalist camp or did his time with jefferson and monroe switch him over to the democratic republicans? >> i think it's clear that madison movedst moves out what -- moves out

ry frederic county, virginia closes. winchester city and fauquier county and page county schools closed. >> in maryland, montgomery county schools say they will be open on time. howard county schools are on a two hour delay. prince georg charld maryland county all closed for scheduled teacher workdays thought because of the weather. in west virginia weather is closing schools in mineral, hampshire, grant, berkeley and jefferson county schools today. watch news 4 all morning download the nbc washington ach as well for a list of all the closings a and delays. >>> tom kierein begins our team coverage with what you can expect during your morning commute. >>> a combination of rain and snow. right now in the viewing area, right around washington we have a sharp dividing line of where the rain meets the snow. all this in green is rain. it's right along washington, inside the beltway, and inside the district and then into fairfax and loudoun cou and points south. north in montgomery county northern prince george's county, howard

covering northern virginia the district most of maryland. most of west virginia.il 1:00. could be moderate at times, one the two inches possible on the slippery surfaces as we have seen this morning with our reporters out reporting on the roads. melissa is here in a second to show you the latest road conditions. the timing on the sno tapering off near noontime and will continue to snow through mid morning. you can see most of the snow is ending. and by early afternoon, maybe just a few lingering flurries coming through. and down in the mountains, the lingering snow showers to pick up as much as two to five inches farther east in the panhandle of west virginia winchester and farther south and east of there in leesburg and montgomery county over to washington waldorf and prince william getting a half inch as well as the district of columbia. and the nearby suburbs in prince george's county all of it ending by noontime. for the morning commute, slick spots on the untreated surfaces in the mid-20s. we'll have drying roads and temperatures in the low to mid-30s. keep u

the outer loop near 95 in virginia.we have the right lane and right shoulder blocked morning. 1 1/2 of a back up. metro the silver blue line delay now back to normal service. 95 and maryland bw parkway a tad slow. nothing major. take a look at travel times. slowest right here 39 minutes. 15 minutes behind this morning. 66 east from fairfax county parkway to the beltway takes you 15 minutes. taking a look at maryland 270 southbound to german town to the beltway. i'm back in ten. >> thank you. >>> searching for six family members after fire rips through a mansion in annapolis. this morning the challenges firefighting are facing as they continue their investigation. >> plus the big item jp penny is bringing back in hopes of boosting sales. >> weather and traffic are all always on news 4 today. you can check out the temperatures. dhop oh no, we have a dress code here, and it's not see through. next! whoa, this is a lunchbox not a halloween bag. so sorry - this lunchbox is already at capacity. rrrrr...a natural beauty. you'r

tonight, i'd like to welcome home west virginia native and the new general manager of the west virginia operations, derek cutwright and senior vice president of the west virginia division paul giger. please stand so we may recognize you. tens of thousands of our residents are already benefitting from that he has developments and i'm committed to ensuring our state continues to capitalize on this abundant natural resource and the opportunities it brings. with this in mind, i've directed the department of revenue to launch a comprehensive review of our state's public lands to identify opportunities where west virginia can take advantage of this energy revolution. we have the potential to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in bonus and royalty payments. money moneys that can be vested to improve our state parks, support tourism across the state and finance a number of worthy endeavors to strengthen job creation. for generations west virginia has been one of our nation's leading energy states. as we continue to explore opportunities to diversify our state's energy portfolio, we must ens

fauquier county -- in west virginia closed. fauquier county in virginia closed. shenandoah county schools closed. we have fauquier county schools, we told you about that. frederick, virginia schools closed. rapahannock, virginia schools closed as well. win chester public schools closed. warren county public schools. allegheny county public schools in maryland closed. we just received word on that. so that is a very new updated closure there for you. and we can also tell you that just into the newsroom, culpeper public schools closed. and garrett county, maryland, public schools closed. we have about a dozen or so delays so far. i encourage you to just tune in and take a look at all of those closures and delays that you see scrolling on the bottom of your screen. you can always download our mobile app for latest information before you head out the door. again, a lot of kids sleeping in but if you live in d.c., time to wake up. back to you. a lot, delia. you saw just a moment ago with allyson's map, the district and north, you're going to get an inch to two inches.

that way in areas of western maryland and eastern west virginia west virginia. we -- west virginia.roblems to be picking up until maybeton. now over to beverly, she's got your timesaver traffic. >> reporter: on the wet pavement accidents slowing you down. the crash between wood yard and do you recall house. in that area where the -- and do youer -- and dower house. trying to remove it completely. 270 south has been the crash at falls road. the distraction for the lower end of 270 although it was out of the roadway and moved onto the shoulder, coming out of gaithersburg, you are slow to that activity. volume delay in manassas in centerville toward vienna with lanes open and on into falls church and rosalyn. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> howard and beverly are both telling us the side roads in the higher elevations are going to be tricky. >> scott broom joins us. the i 81 corridor and some of the side streets around there you are starting to see serious snow, scott? >> reporter: we have seen plenty of snow out here. came here because howard and allison had been reporting about the pa

members of the silver threads club in virginia.un really enjoyed talking with them all about my career and weather in general. they had a lot of great stories to tell as well. as we get through the light snow we'll be in the mid 30s throughout the afternoon. likely melting. and that remains freeze a bit on wednesday night. on thursday afternoon partly cloudy into the mid 40s. bright and sunny. mid 40s on friday and the january thaw wants to keep on going into the weekend. highs upper 40s on saturday and sunday with the sunshine. could get a few flurries and turning cold as we get into next week. melissa is looking at tuesday morning commute. >> we have blue and silver line metro delays. we'll tweet about that and mention it again in the next ten minutes. road wise looking pretty good. 270 here no major issues. a wide look at things overall beltway no problems. d.c. 295 a little bit slow as you head into town there. that's pretty typical. look at 66 here. 66 if you're hopping on in the area of prince william parkway and headed inbou

into the metro area all this area of lavender light snow across virginia west virginia maryland. diminish a bit. light snow showers around noon time. a lot of snow moving off north and east and dissipating by late afternoon. leaving in its wake out there in the mountains one to three inches. farther east panhandle of west virginia maybe an inch or two. mainly higher elevations. lower elevations a dusting as well. during the morning hours, northern and western suburbs gusting to an inch or so. watch out. it's going to be cold enough to it to stick. much colder after that. just near 30 for a high on wednesday. mid-20s. coldest day the next seven days will be on thursday. a bit milder friday saturday and sunday. weather and traffic on the 1s. your bus stop forecast for this monday. now the backup on 95. >>> breaking news 95 northbound virginia here, a nine-mile backup. looks like at least four. and look at this. 95 northbound. 22 mile trip. it will run $7. 95 northbound. crash at fairfax county parkway. >> this is another shot of ground chopper. westbound dale boulevard at ashdale.

p3's are a vital tool for virginia's transportation network. but as we have learned after we wasted $300 million we are still counting a road and not a single shovel had been put into the ground nor had a permit even been requested to build that road. so our p3 program is open to mismanagement and abuse and i stopped all funding en route 460 and i will stop every project that wastes our virginia taxpayer dollars. [applause] this year we are offering a set of commonsense bipartisan reforms that will improve the program's transparency minimize taxpayer risk and ensure greater accountability. the port of virginia is one of our greatest economic assets. it is our gateway to a world of international commerce. this year the port has seen record-breaking growth in the number of shipping containers that move through that facility and thanks to the leadership of the new board and a new executive director we are making great progress. when i stood here a year ago i was disappointed because the airport was losing millions of dollars and i had to discover

we're seeing snow falling across virginia maryland and d.c. as the system pushes north into our area. >>> we will go to tom kierein now to look at what this will system is doing and when it might start rolling out of here. a lot of schools deciding to open late. >> a good call because it is all sticking. temperatures only low and mid-20s p. every flake that falls will stick on untreated surfaces. lighter snow farther north in the met treer.ro area. enough for a dusting. this brighter zone here in prince william southern fauquier into culpepper county that's where they're getting heavier though. heaviest snows are in southern st. mary's to the northern neck of virginia where i'm just upping the totals there. maybe 2 to 4 inches by the time it ends there later this morning. a dusting to an inch or so ar the washington area. eastern suburbs might get up to a couple i thinks on the edge of the dark blue zone. but the highest amounts will be in st. mary's county southern calvert and northern neck of virginia. temperatures staying in the 20s all mor

like maryland the price in west virginia is also $2.39. here's joe fryer with a preview of something that could permanently change your drive to work. >> reporter: the consumer electronics show kicks off in las vegas this week. one of the big things self-driving cars. we'll show you how it works this morning on "today". . >>> 4:58 now. if you're worried about sticking to your new year's resolutions, we may be able to help. new a apps to keep you on track. head space is an app designed to help you meditate and practice mindfulness. fit bit or the misfit shine can track daily exercise. pact can provide incentive to keep your goals. >> exercise more eat healthfully, whatever goal you want. set a penalty you will be charged if you don't make your pact. >> the quit bit is a smart lighter that tracks your smoking sets daily limits. and the bred pap is a food scale to help you track what you're eating. so many devices to help us try to do the right thing. >> i use the cheap old school method. best friend tells me i'm fat. don't eat that. >> ben d

temperatures a all below freezing acros maryland virginia, west virginia and the bay. those are the warm spots. closer to washington, nearby suburbs into the upper teens, including montgomery, loudoun, fairfax and prince william and fauquier. manassas manass degrees. charles county, southern maryland, down into the low 20s. shenandoah valley in the 20s to 30 degrees. no travel problems around 95, the beltway. 66 west, dry pavement all around. a lot of traveling here on this new year's day. the only trouble spot in louisiana and texas where there will be cold rain and a wintry

getting rain across m of virginia. northern virginia into maryland, it does change over to some snow where you see the gray. northern allow do that across 270, much of montgomery, wet light snow. most mixing with rain. farther south and east it's all rain melting on roads early this morning. a look at the hour by hour timing on this coming up at 5:51. >>> this same storm system will slam new jersey. parts of the state are expecting up to 16 inches of snow today. tracy strahan is live outside a grocery store with how some people are preparing. >> reporter: i have to tell you, if you think shopping before the snow storm, if you position it's not a big deal you'll want to talk to somebody who has been to a grocery store over the past 24 hours. we're at a 24 hour grocery store and we've 3:30 in the morning and not showing any signs of slowing down. even the county executives local municipalities are telling people to stockpile items that can last for at least two to three days because it's not often that the tri-state area

even after 1784, kentucky and west virginia remained part of virginia until 1792 before kentucky was split off. i think it was '92, '94. those territories mason was involved with. mason was serving as -- for part of the period, mason was a state legislator that represented washington from right here. he was in the state legislature. so they would talk about that. they would be involved. they realized that the future -- virginians felt the future was out on the frontier. but it wasn't just them. all americans even americans like ben franklin without investment, realized that the future of the country was in the frontier. that's where americans' future and greatness light. that was the outlet. what made america work what made a person like franklin, a self-made man was that he was able to go to philadelphia. there would always need to be a pittsburgh or a cincinnati or somewhere working or cincinnati or somewhere working into the future. the very name cincinnati tells us how tied it was with washington because that obviously was named for washington. so they were closely connected and

berkeley county grant county west virginia schools are closed. and falls church city p a two hour delay today. coming up in a few minutes meteorologist will have the hour by hour forecast. >>> right now a blizzard is hampering the boston area. this is a the current conditions 20 minutes outside the city. take a look at that. that's heavy snow falling there. you can see the area is expected to get at least 2 to 3 feet of snow throughout the day. and take a look at the video from prelimma at least 6 inches fell. bringing winds of 50 miles per hour. you can see the winds blowing there. officials anticipating wide spread pow flooding along the coast. the governor is urging people to stay home today. >>> the storm shut down the city that never sleeps. the new york city subway and bus system closed at 11:00 last night. no word when it might reopen. new jersey new york and connecticut under states of emergency as nearly 30 inches of snow is expected to fall today. >>> we say that parts of the northeast are used to the weather but this is a serious issue

davis, west virginia, their current windchill negative 34.'re about 4500 feet so much different climate. 12 in town. feeling like zero with a west wind at 8. we're not going to have the gusts to 30. with the extremely cold temps, even winds at 10 miles an hour are enough to produce the brutal windchills with the advisory expiring in the metro at 8:00 a.m. 24 today. temperatures slowly rising. a stray flurry overnight into early friday. a milder are day. breezy friday, 35. but another shot of arctic air friday night. so 15 in town. again single digits with subzero windchills by saturday morning. saturday back in the deep freeze, 28. sunday we'll climb toward 40. monday morning, could be enough cold air around for a little bit of a wintry mess changing to some rain, 38. we've got to track that. the confidence on that forecast this far out is not high. it still looks seasonably chilly tuesday and wednesday. 6:49. beverly, we're almost toward 7:00 a.m. >> indeed. getting to the 7:00 hour, we expect the delayed sort of extended rush hour again tod

virginia up with three points. this is justin anderson the former montrose christian product with the long three. shooting over 60% from three-point range this season. he's not just a shooter, though. big time slam for anderson. he had 15 points. virginia state is perfect. they beat clemson 65-42. let's move over to georgetown on the road. big east battle taking on depaul depaul. second half action. aaron bowen, the senior nice move. the spin. beautiful finish. take another look. under control all the way. we're tied at 49. later in the half they lead it by 6. depaul with the ball. georgetown had an 8-point lead right there. they go on to beat depaul, 78-72. great night in basketball. >> a lot of technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on

by midafternoon, neighbho across maryn virginia, west virginia, low 40s.0s metro area and to o south. a look at big changes for the weekend next weather andrc on the 1s at 5:51. breaking n with melissa. >> talking about maryland 95 south at 100. all lanes are now blocked. we just pushed this out from our nbc washington app. southboundes blocked. a tractor trailer w disabled in the midd of the roadway. no word on injuries. still this situation a pedestrianitt germantown marc trainti as far as avtimes maryland,did. 270 southbound. outer loop from 95 to 270 looking go as well. 66 in virginia no problems into town. no proem o of town. quantityt beltway, 22 minutes. looking good. i'm back in 10. >> see you then. thank you melissa. many of you hope to slim down in 2015 not with the pancakes. now there is a new dice device that claims to help why you will still be hap with the results even if y g the weight back. >>> a ma automaker starting life's running out of shaving stuff. and thankfully being able to find backups. people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin'

virginia dominion power says its 2.4 million customers in virginia used more electricity than ever to keep their homes warm during the arctic blast. dough hin i don't know says it has generated 20,000 megawatts by last wednesday morning. our 4 x 4 is on the roads giving you a look at the conditions this morning. chuck bell will join us in the next 15 minutes with what to . >>> the paris rally for unity against trimp waserrorism was the are latest in france's history. more than 3 million people marched in to the night to pain friday buttey tribute to the victims. 17 people died in the three day rampage. police have killed three of the four suspected terrorists. turkey's foreign minister says the common law wife of one of those attackers crossed into syria from turkey on thursday. that's the day before her husband held hostages in a kosher supermarket. cities around the world held rallies. french ambassador to the yunld led about 3,000 people through downtown yesterday in a silent march. there was also a prayer service. >>> keep an eye out for slick spots as we deal with freezing rain.

in many states that could cost you your e-zpass, though not here in virginia. in maryland if you speed through a toll booth, your e- zpass can be suspended, but we checked with the transportation authority since that law took effect in 2002. they've issued 73,000 warnings but have yet to suspend one pass. the other states where you can get your e-zpass suspended for speeding through a toll booth, new york, west virginia and island. hank silverberg, wusa9. >>> the only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. >> hi there. i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. we're tracking an approaching storm system. today it was just cloudy and filed, but here comes the rain on doppler 9000. it's hundreds of miles away, but as it make its approach early tomorrow morning temperatures will be below freezing north and west of the beltway which means we could see some sleet and freezing rain especially in the panhandle of west virginia, along the 81 corridor and maybe the higher elevations of northern maryland. places like hagerstown and frederick are under

the pan handle of west virginia. they're all tracking to the south and east. and the areas you see in the darker gray it's not snowing as hard. light know. maybe an additional half inch or so on top of what has fallen as it moves out of washington coun into loudoun, fairfax, prince william stafford. also farther to the south into the northern shenandoah valley they're we. snow totals across the region are general around 2 to 3, 4 inches. in the upper 20s nearby suburbs and the entire below freezing. as a rest we have it sticking and a big area under winter weather advisory. all the counties in purple northe virginia, and district and maryland maybe an addition inc on top of what has fallen with the snow bands pass through between now and 9:00 this morning. making for slick pavement. anythi untreated is getting slippe3 inches of snow has fallen in fairfax county in the last 24 hours.8 inches in germantown. farther to the west 6 to 8 inches. many areas got about 3 to 4 inches. area roads looking like this one. i took t

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virginia is ranked 12th. west virginia is in 27th place. >>> breaking news just into the live desk right now from france. a a second shooting there this morning. we have just learned that the police officer, the traffic officer that was shot in that shooting has now died. this was in a southern suburb in france where the traffic officer apparently gunned down by a man dressed in black. a street sweeper was also shot. at this point police have not been able to connect the shooting to the mass shooting yesterday at the headquarters for charlie hebdo. 12 people were can killed in that shooting yesterday. now a second shooting today. we have confirmed one person has died. a police officer that was shot there. there is still a manhunt for the shooter involved in this morning's shooting as well as two brothers that are suspect in yesterday's shooting. a lot developing in france. eun and aaron. >> richard thank you. it is 5:38. 12 degrees outside of our studios. feels much colder than that. the shootings in paris ha

all these counties in tan, all of northern virginia, most of maryland the district eastern west virginiand gusting to 50 miles per hour. may cause scattered power outages. download the weather app to find out where the strongest winds are as we get going into the afternoon and you're away there your tv. right now we're all above freezing. because we had moisture still lingering on area roads and streets and sidewalks from yet's rain and sleet. so it is still just wet. and will likely stay above freezing for most of the region for the rest of the day. temperatures will be in the mid-30s by 8:00 a.m. lots of sun by noontime, but that is when the winds will pick up. they could be gusting 30 40 miles per hour. and then the strongest gusts around 5:00 p.m.. back down to the mid-30s of a we get up around 40. those windchills will be down in to the teens this evening as we drop below freezing. still strong winds by 8:00 p.m.. but then down to maybe gusts to around 20 miles per hour by 11:00 p.m.. then nearly calm on saturday. love this gorgeous sunrise from yesterday morning. call this raspberr

this speech coming to us from west virginia public broadcasting west virginia state of the state address live on c-span. [applause] >> the governor is making his way up to the speaker's podium, to begin his state of the state address. we also note that the state's congressional delegation is here and two senators and the members from the house of representatives. the house speaker along with new clerk for the senate and the house. as well as other legislative officials to preside over the session. >> and standing ovation and warm welcome for governor earl ray tomblin as he begins his state of the state address. >> the honorable earl ray tomblin. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the legislature, members of the board of public works justices of the supreme court of appeals, members of congress, distinguished guests and my fellow residents of west virginia 40 years ago tonight, i joined as a young man and recent college graduate just legitimated to the house of delegates. i wondered what on earth i got myself into. [laughter] >>

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also closed frederick in virginia. county in winchester city schools. >> fairfax, arlington, prince william, warren fauquier spotsylvania, fredericksburg, two hour delay. alexandria, manassas city and parks delayed two hours. falls church, one hour late. >> grant county closed. hampshire county closed. hardy and morgan opening two hours late. >> that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25. >> make it a great people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >>> good morning, closing in overnight, several arrests tied at a paris newspaper, an 18 connected to the attack turning himself in as police hunt for the brothers allegedly behind the shootings while another fatal shooting of a police officer this morning rocks that city. deadly call 200 million ameri

maryland into northern virginia. eastern pan handle of virginia where there may be one to two inches. look how cold it is now. we're in the mid 20s nearby suburbs to low 20s parts of northern virginia. front royal down to 32. it's near 30s by the bay waters. before the afternoon a nice warming. a little bit of cloudiness. a little sunshine but temperatures should make it up to near 50s for a brief time by 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. overnight the clouds close in. look at the gorgeous rainbow. this was over the shenandoah valley. sunday rain around sunset when we had the light showers around. beautiful double rainbow. you can see the second one there. that was posted by laura ellen on my twitter page. here is how you connect with me on twitter and facebook. i love seeing your photographs. i'll postit on instagram. as we get into tomorrow morning we might have a little bit of light snow around dawn. not into the metro area until around k9d or so in the morning and ending by 2:00 or 4:003:00 in the afternoon. temperatu

and and virginia. let's begin where we're expecting the most trouble east of d.c.. >> darcy spencer is live in district heights with more. is it still snowing? looks like it is. >> reporter: yes i talked to you right about 4:00 we were getting that light wintry mix. then we were getting a little more though. it was coming down at a pretty good clip. now it's gone back to that wint we're along pennsylvania avenue in the district heights area of the county. traffic is beginning to pick up. at 4:00 there was hardly anyone on the roadway, but now it is starting to pick up with a few cars. and you can see as they pass by some of this is starting to stick on the roadways. so depending on the road temperature, it could start to get slick out here because we have been getting the frozen precipitation for about the last half hour.e maryland highway administration has been out here overnight hours, pre-treating the roadways with some salt brine and getting some chemicals out there to try to help make it a safer

the city was the first state capital of west virginia after it seceded from virginia in 1863. hosted by our comcast partners c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about wheeling all weekend here on american history tv. ♪ >> we are at the oglebay institute mansion museum in oglebay park in wheeling, west virginia. oglebay park is one of the largest city parks in the united states. people are surprised. they think it may be a state park, but it is a city park. this museum was the former summer estate of earl w. oglebay. when you think of great american industrialists, you may not have heard about him. you think about rockefeller and carnegie. but he knew those people and worked directly with john d. rockefeller. he was a native of this area. he was actually born across the river in bridgeport, ohio. march 4, 1849. when he was five years old, his dad moved to wheeling. his dad was in the wholesale grocery industry, but he was also as a stockholder in the steel and iron industry, and in nails. which was big in wheeling. wh