. >> in virginia manassas, manassas park city, fredericksburg and shannon doa, page, culpeper. >> in west virginia, grant, mineral, rdy, morgan, jefferso countyclosed. >> all the t delays bottom of your screenhe and app. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the traffic. >> good morning, aon and eun. yes, indeed, this chance of a rain/sm rain/snow combination has been for the filast week. the cities around the city of fredericksburg. north and west a little bit of a freezing rain or sleet problem to deal with. right now we aren't evenng belo frround the area, but that won't take long to drop. temperatures across the shenandoah valley and still mid-30s around town. the planner for today for everything to start arriving fairly shortly andake between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morni and snow could add up to a quick two to three inches of snow before the mixve ar there you can see snow on our southwestern doorstep here. this will quickly overspread the area. if you get a great picture, send it to me o twitter and we'll time out the amounts and timeovers coming up in a dbit. >> g morni

. >> in virginia, arlington, manassas, manassas park, alexandr alexandria, staord and spotsylvania schools will open two hours late. in fredericksburg, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools. grantounty schools in west virginia will open three hours late. virginia, warren,clark, rappahannock, prince william and frederick county schools are closed. culpepper, shenandoah, fauquier and page countyol scho burkely, mineral, hardy, hampshire and jefferson county schools are closed today. >> the roads will be an improvement across the region. cars slid on highways, back roads and parking lots. team 4 has the mess left behind. >> let's start with te ologist chuck bell and see what we're dealing with at this hour. >> good morning, everybody. thursday is off to a quieter sdstart than wed was. that's for sure. all the accumulating snow ise long gt this point. a couple of rain drops len't be out. a lot of slush and tag around early this morning. a big-time meltdown comes in later on i theafternoon, with the return of sunshine and temperaturesn the 50s, will eat up the snow quickly. saturday is

. >> a couple of things happening in virginia. manassas, westbound 66 at the rest areae eft side is blocked at the work zone. inw, bris 28, near vint hill road, downed pole and wires.s repa may not be done until noon today. we'll have that closure, 28t nt hill. this is cleared out of the way. northbound 395 after washington boulevard. no worrieshere. outer loop, after van dorn street. debris was blocking the two right lanes and everythopg is there on the beltway. >>> now, back to our top story. the crisis in the commonwealth. scandals are deepening for virginia's top leaders. each of these men face career-ending issues. >> the latest you may not have ard about surrounds virginia's attorney general. there were calls for mark rring to resign after he admitted to dressing in blackface while in college. it happenede when was a 19-year-old college student in 1980. he says he put brown paint on his face and wore a wig to dress up as a wrapper. as soon as the news broke, we saw this. a visibly overwhelmed state e senator, louislucas. he could not

. >> in virginia, arlington, manass manassas, manassas park city. fredericksburg, falls church, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools. grant county, west virginia, schools will open three hours late. >> to the closings, in virginia, warren, clark, rappahannock, and shenandoah and fauquier and pe county schools. hardy, hampshire and jeffers county schools are closed today. all of the updates are running on the bottom ofsc your en. you can find the list in the washington app. >>> we have team coverage to get your thursda started. we'll check in with drew wilder on the latest into the terror plot arrest. >> let's begin with chubell. are we getting a warm-up, >> yes, yes, we will. yesterday, we were in the 30s with the snow falling. today, we will recover in the low and mid-50s with some nshine around here later in the day. first thing this morning, it's foggy and oudy outside this morning. there's pockets of light rain in southern maryland and thunderstorms, heade out toward norfolk and virginia beac reduced visibility due to fog outside, as we

. >> in virginia manassas, manassas park city, fredericksburg and shannon doa, page,

. >>> f >>> virginia now, arngton, manassas, manassas park and stafford county schools will open two hours late, fred lisburg, king george, loudon and fairfax county schools. >> now, to the closings in virginia. warr, clark, winchester, happrob happe rappahannock. >> in west virginia, morgan, berkeley, mineral, hardy and jeffers jefferson county schools are closed. >> carslid on highways, back roads andarking lots. team 4 has the mess left ndbehi >> let's start with wteorologist chuck bell and see what we're dealih at this eour. >> temperatures h held at or above freezing for most of the overnight hours, allowing for road crews to really get ahe r ofd conditions by quite a bit. rain showers, and thunder andin ligh down there, heading into the tide water regions for west virginia. for he, it's clouds and the fogginess that is outside. i could rule out a drop or two of rain in souern ryland. but it will be a drying trend through the day today. there's the showers through future weather in the first part the day. ater 9:00, or 10:00, the sun will come back it will be an improvement. for

. >> in virginia, ton, manassas, manassas park, alexandria, stafford and spotsylvania schools will open two hours late. in frericksburg, king george, fairfax county schools. grant county schools in west virginia, will open three hours late. virginia, warren, clark, rappahannock, prince william and frederick county schools are closed. culpepper, shenandoah, fauquier and page county schools. in west virginia, morgan, burkely, mineral, hardy, hampshire and fferson county schools are closed today. >> the roads will be an improvement across the region. cars slid on highways, back roads and parking lots. 4 teas the mess left behind. >> let's start with meteorologist chuck bell and see what we're dealing with at this hour.d >> gmorning, everybody. thursday's off to a much more palatable start. no snow toda tiny bits of rain have dried up at this point. the only real issue, there's pocketsbelow freezing and dense fog in leesburg. over a mile in prince george's county. fogginess early this morning. over the national airport, temperature stands at 35 degrees. 31, gaithersburg. 32, manassas. there

in virginia, prince william, manassas, loudon, fauquier county schools will open two hours late, too. culpeper, manassas park city, and rappahannock county schools. berkeley, jefferson and grant county schools on a two-hour delay. we have that iormation at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington ap >> jack taylor is in for melissa, keeping an eye on the roads. >>> let'sit start chuck bell and the forecast, though. >> the list of delays and closures may be increasing with time over the next couple of rours. snowd the d.c. metro area, mostly around 1 to 2 o inche snow. the roads are all below freezing th morning. temperatures are mostly in the teens. everything that comes down will stick and accumulate startg right away. no reason to wait below freezing. the weather will improved.ver the week there's a little alberta clipper here. it will be funneling that snow chance in here for the remainder of the day. the steadier snow moves in around 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. ynter advis for the northern half of the area. 18 inax faiounty and 19 in prince george's county. total snow, e

. >>> f >>> virginia now, arngton, manassas, manassas park and stafford county schools will open two g george, loudon and fairfax county schools. >> now, to the closings in virginia. warr, clark, winchester, happrob happe rappahannock. >> in west virginia, morgan, berkeley,

. >> in virginia, prince william and manassas city schools are .losed are closed.ow, to the dela fauquier, page,er culpend winchester schools. >> carroll county schools are closed. prince george's, washington, frederick, anna rundle schools will open two hour late. in west virginia, grant, hardy, hampshire, and mineral schools will open late. all the closings and delays running at the bottom of your screen there. they're also in the nbc washington app. >>> local crews spent the night treating the roads, ting to get ahead of the snow and the ice. the danger is very real this morning. all ofhe drivers are bei urged to use caution. this morning, we have team coverage of the storm and its impact. >> news 4's justin finch is on the roads for us, as is nicole jacobs. we'll begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the weather. >>rohank you, a cold and wet start to your monday morning. it will an b uglyinning to the work and schoo week. from about 9:00 to 7:00 thisev ing, this will be a rain event. limited troubles today. could be prbrewing tonight, a

. >> in virginia, prince william, manassas city schools, warrens frederick, shenandoah count schools are closed. to the delays. arlington, fairfax, loud, manassas park city, falls church and alexandriape schools will two hours late, as will fauquier, page, culpepper, winchester, and rappahannock schools. >> carroll county schools are closed. washington, montgomery, frederick, and charles county schools two hours late. allllegany county schools are on a three-hour delay. and d.c. public schools are on a two-hour delay. hardy, virginia, grant, min tral county schools open two hours late. morgan, burgeon, and jefferson county schools are closed today. all of thoselosings and delays are running on the bottom of your screen. and you can find information on the nbc washingn app. >> if anything changes, we'll be updating you throughout the morning on that. they're scrolling at the bottom of your screen, obviously. >>> team covern this weather alert day. justin finch and nicole jacobs are driving around. melissamo let is keeping an eye on the roads and the rails. >>> we begin with chuck bell

virginia, hardy, hampshire and local schools are closed, as well. in cnt ymand mahools will open two hours late. ssas city, loudon, fairfax and fauquier county schools will be two hours late. culpeper, warren, manassas park, and falls church city schools. can add fedarcyk county schools today. in west virginia, berkeley, jerson and grant county schls on a two-hour delay. >> we ha that information on the bottom of your screen and on the nbcp. washington >>> we have jack taylor in for melissa to tell you about the road warnings. and we will start with chuck bell and the news breaking this moing. >> good news for snow lovers. another chance for snow coming our way today. already, quite a few flurries and there's more where that came from. this is a steady batch of snow. it will be moving in moved in in manyot sps. and the ground is more than cold enough not only are the temperatures below freezing but the ground iz solid because of the cold stretch. winter weather advisory northern half of the news 4 nation today. d i expec that more school districts will delay or go on to a full cancel for the day. stay wits on the nbc washington app. the temperatures are in the teenso 20 degrees. how much snow is the

. >> in virginia, prince william county and manassas city schools are closed. arlington, fairfax, loudon and manass park city wilpen two hours late. falls church, alexandria, falkeu and pagey schools. d.c. and prince george's county schools are o two-hour delay. >> grant county schoolsnest virginia will open three hours late today. all of the delays and closings are on the o bottom

. >> in virginia, prince william county and manassas city schools are closed. arlington, fairfax, loudon and manass park city wilpen two hours late. falls church, alexandria, falkeu and pagey schools. d.c. and prince george's county schools are o two-hour delay. >> grant county schoolsnest virginia will open three hours late today. all of the delays and closings are on the o bottom your screen and on the nbc washington app. >>> the danger is v real this morning. drivers are being urged to use caution. this morning, we have team coverage of the stormnd its impact. >> justin finch is o on the roads for us, monitoring. conditio melissa mollet is standing by with a word on the commute. we begin with chuck bell and a colors on the the map. >> you never want to see this many colors on the map, no doubt. most of whe troublesl be contained from northern montgomery county, northbound to the northern pennsylvania that is where the likelihood is to see some slushyness. most of the side roads are in very good shape. four things to note. a messy mix for the morni commute. j

the 20s for most of the area. 25 now in poolsville, maryland. 27 in frederick,ry nd. 27 in manassas, virginia. 32 now at national airport. another freeze in thbo s. your forecast for today, plenty of sunshine early. we'll be innd out of cloud and sunshine for the remainder of the day. unlike yesterday where a lot of spots made it above 50, they stay in the mid to upper 40s most of the areas but not much of a chance for rain.ng that will c after we get past sun down tomorrow as a chance of rain drops and wet snow early friday. all that with the ten day forecast coming up. me l sarks good morning. >> good morning, chuck. looking at the roads here northbound georgvenue at bel pre road we had that shut down for a crash investigation overnight. everything has renow reopened. northbound lanes are reopen there in silver ring. crash reported. you can see some of those delays there at the top of they. laurel northbound bw parkway before 32 left lane blocked by an accident. northbound, southbound also eing slow-downs. rest of the beltway is looking okay here. taking a look at gaithersburg, do have a br

this is the scene along sudle ad in manassas, virginia. it's going to be slick out there.es are below freezing. it's stillll snowcross the region and it's going to stay that way for at least the next three tr hours, eventually slightly warmer air, that pink down to the south. i thats the beginning of the change from all snow over to re of an uglymix. snow, sleet, freezing raing turnto all rain. snowfall amounts remain between three and six inchesn northern suburbs. a quick meltdown tomorrow and 60s on sunday. >> chuck, thank you. when w come back, we'll check on the roads for you. st does your customers connecting to the wifi ever slow down your business? yes, it does slow things down. aggravating. it's a nightmare. so our gig-speed network is fast. and we go beyond fast by making it easy to create separate networks for your business and your customers and even control how much bandwidth each of those gets. so your business won't miss a beat. this is a big game changer. this is the new wave, and whoever doesn't get on, i think they would be left behind. wifi pro runs on th

climb, up to 41 in arlingtonnd prince george's countys. 39 in montgomery county now and 36 in manassas, virginia 67 pected for a high in washington. cooler tomorrow with a rain chance and another mild day ursday. and then a windy change on friday. >> that's the latest weather. don't forget to get more of "today" on serus xm 108. today at 1:00 off the rails. >>> speaking of dylan, youe in for carson. "popstart." >> a lot of fun news. first up, a huge congratulations to our pal andy cohen. he is officially a dad, welcoming his first child monday, a bouncing baby boy. >> if a picture is worth 1,000 words, this one sparks millions. andy cone's 9 pound 2 ounce bundle of joy to social media avalanche of congratulatios from famou friends. ♪ twinkle, twinnal little star." >> making the bigl gender rev on the biggest night of the on new year's eve. >> it's a boy. >> mozal of the. >> inspiring more dancing than diapers. >> the baby gifts are still piling up with gui frsrom the guys and father and son one sees. making the announcement on his show six weeks goi to become a. he was very open about the pregna

so being from prince william county, we rely heavily on virginia railway they're making major investments in terms of expanding our manassas line, our eight car to ten car train over the nextew years. the bulk of the riders get off at alace where they can transfer to a metro train. while we think of vre and the outer suburbs of being our t' equivalent, actually sort of an interconnected partner. >> that's the thing. it's all got to feed together and this is kind of where you jump in to see how everytheg can m adequately fit with one another. do you see room for our systems to integrate further? doesn't it seem likee need to kind of update our systems just a little bit? >> yes.e ood news -- yes, i agree, but the good news is as a region we areovg towards that. that's really what's happening. if you look at the transportation planning board, the long-range transportation plan and you look at the total number o trips that are happening and the growth, we expect to add about 1.2 million more people in the next 25 years. >> where? >> exactly. there is the question. an additional one million more jobs. so this population and job

manassas. >>> the fight to mine uranium in virginia hear from the man who started the legal debate. >>> the race for the next president is getting crowded, including a histoc number orif >>> long serving congressman walter b. jones jr. has died. he served 13 t ams for district in eastern north carolina. while jones worked on a number was hisittees i about-face on the iraq war that defined his career. he supported the war in 2002, but after attending the funeral services for a marine sergeant he wrote a letter of apology to the marine's family he went on to write similar letters to more than 11,000 relatives of dead u.s. service members. congressman jones was 76 years old. >>> now to decision 2020. the cldwded f of democratic presidential candidates sntinues to grow. minnesotaator amy klobuchar annound her candidacy as know covered her rally in minneapolir yey. >> as one faith leader reminded me this week, to pursue the good, we must believe that goo will prevail. >> her campaign team ordered 100 gallons of hot coco and 100 gallons of apple cider to keep her supporters warm there. the e-term sena

go to the gym or get to an early jump on work, 22 in manassas. 28 in fredericksburg. 31 in leonard town, maryland. 32 in beautifulleesburg, virginia forecast for today, nothing bad with this. our high temperature will be around 47.t mid-40s noon. 52 by 5:00. our high today, 55 degrees in the 3:00 or 4:00 range today. if you're headed out for a night, f the week date for valentine's day, it will be cloudy and on the cool side by 5:00 this evening. you want to have your light jacket on again. milder weather again. more on all that coming up. melissa, good morning. >> good morning, chuck. looking at the roads here. this is the only thing we have hanging around thet oads here. ride blocked by a crash. inner loop and outer loop, no complaints. through prince george's county no, issues. inbound on 210 gets slow and we're not seeing that quite yet. 95 in maryland, from 32 down to the beltway, 67 miles per hour. that's going to take you 11 minutes. everything isooking northbound on 95. >> thank you. >>> major developments this morning to avoid a government shutdown tomorrow. a few hours ago, lawmakers filed a $330 billion spending bill. c

. >> manassas, manassas park city and alexandria city schools as are shendoah, page, warren, clarke, prince pileum, fairfax, king george. all the schools are closed. >> in west virginia grant, mineral, hardy, morgan, jefferson schools are closed. all theay d and cancellations are at the bottom of your scen. >> good to familiarize ourselves with all the school districts in the area. crews spread out thrghout the region to keep an eye on the conditions. first to lauryn ricketts and chuck bell. >> start with chuck, though. >> the o school district i did not hear on that list was the district of columbia. are d. schools open or closed? >> holiday week here in d.c.,o they're already closed. >> i justasoticed it not on the read on list. >> you can put a lot ofby thing me, but not that. here's what you need to know about the forecast. becominging rain in the ternoon and rapid melt down tomorrow. in the mid-50s with sunshine in th yes, indeed, snow showers are moving on in. you can see there from our live macture near the fredericksburg area. be coming down as a mix of rain and snow now as temperatures in fredericksburg are at 35 degrees and over to drops of water after they

manassas, godwin drive between gateway and central park boulevard, an overturned work truck.st ling, northbound 28, waxpool road, a vehicle causing delays. as you head through virginia into d.c.,outhbound g.w. parkway at the memorial bridge, an oversized tractor-trailer blocking the right lane. we can see delays there. >>> w, to the crisis in the commonwealth. it will be another tense day in richmond, as virginia's top three leade struggle to hold on to their positions. the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general face scandals tt could put their careers in jeopardy. >> aaron gilchrist is live in richmond with the latest on what's happening dow there. good morning again, aaron. >> reporter: good morning. this is a capitol that is in limbo right now. a lot of questions swirling about what will happen next. of the leaders or all of them will speak upr step down at this point. the lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, was swarmed b reporters as he tried to mov through the halls of the statehouse, into the senate chamber, which hes es over. this comes as a new report in "the virginian pilot," saying the woman accusing him of sexual assault, told bobby scott abo