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. >>> today you can weigh in on vre eatvr echlt vre vre's plan to raise fares. first p 7 hearings is tonight. 40 cent increase is on the table. >>> we tant towant to take you outside. always a pretty picture at national arbor. but the potomac is a block of ice. >> 26 degrees outside of our studios. let's check in with tom kierein weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. >>> potomac is ice covered and temperatures are frigid this morning. it is nose numbing cold down to single digits most of the region. mid teens in washington and right by the bay. got a mostly clear sky now live view from our tower camera. by 8:00 we'll be in the low teens and then by noontime, ought to be in the mid to upper 20s. near freezing around 2:00 or 3:00. then leading edge of snow showers begin to move in around 5:00 p.m.. a look at the timing on when the snow showers will be moving through, when it leaves next weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> blue line delays. to franconia springfield this morning. so that will cause a problem for some folks. and then as far as travel time, 66 east lo

tuesday, wednesday and thursday you can go to a meg that touk about how much you pay to ride vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. >>> in the week ahead you can find out how to protect your kids from measles. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00at's at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest. it will last until about 4:00 in the afternoon. >>> tomorrow the giant panda cub at the national zoo will turn 18 months. can you believe it? that means bao bao is close to reaching a milestone and will begin learning separately from her mother. the zoo says she began the weaning process more than a month ago and is eating bamboo and more solid food. >> got to let her go. >> clearly the pandas love the snow. any more of that come? >> no. most of the accumulating snow threat is done for the week ahead. we could get flurries tomorrow morning. great pictures lots of stuff coming in on social media. this is haley in gaithersburg. amanda and her friend were out

vre operating a full normal schedu. amtrak says to check its website and social media because the weathe cause more delays or cancellatio today. >>> vdot crews have been out trea the roads all night to get ready for this morning. mcauliffe and the public safety secry pers thanked tron workers. mccaus says the state has t $150 million of its snow budget. they deploy 2500 operators across the state. >>> 6:07. as you're getting ready for work this morning, we're bringing the news straight to your phone. if you have the nbc washington app, ye already getting our push alerts on the latest scho closin kee rolling thi if you haven done it already, it's easy pup just download the app on your smart phone. n legal marijuana.e are lots of rules you need to know. we've put them online and we'll ng coming up.d we've learned fairfax and ar county schools are now closed is a change. they we delayed. >>> we're tracking the impact this wm is having in your community. looking live in southern mary where the snow is starti to come down pr

. >>> plus a sign that commuters who use vre may not be all that concerned about plans to raise fares. ♪ insight is knowing you made the right decision from the start. insight is knowing how to handle things that don't go as planned. and sometimes it's knowing when to step back and see things differently. when you have insight, you can handle your finances with confidence. that's why at pnc insight is behind all the expert guidance we provide tools we create and services we offer. >>> you're going to want to put on as many layers as possible this morning. dig through your closet, put it all on. we're dealing with bitterly cold windchills. the breeze is making our single digit temperatures feel well below zero. >> tom kierein looks at when we'll see the worst of it in your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> by 8:00 this morning, windchills will be minus 5 to minus 10 much of the region. by noon windchills low single digits. by 5:00 p.m. windchills still around 0 to minus 5, but by this time tomorrow morning windchills down to near minus 20 north and west. metro area windchills to minus

vre isd schedule as well. amtrak says check the website and social media because the weatd cause more delays or cancellatio today depending how it goes this morning. >>> right now you can legally smoke marijuana in d.c.. law went into effect just a few hours ago. the are a lot of rules you need to know about, though. e put them all on line for you >>> news 4 has you covered on the roads. this is a live like in prince county. u can see snow is picking up. th just the beginning of the tom kierein is tracking the snow. south has it bad, too. snow and freezing cold down this.n wide power outages, as well. and metro officials ht to discuss today including maki you pony up more for a >>> here is a llook. tom kin say the big story toda timing of the snow not necessarily how much snow we'll get. wel see his latest models in just minutes. it's now 5:10. this m metro will consider making your more expense is be looking at raisg fares by ten centr ride. how lo you have to wait during travel times. today's meeting begins

vre, frederickburg train 300 and 302 now very delayed. 40 minutes on 300, 35 on 302. new york avenue inbound at north capitol, a water main break making the road quite icy. overall no major problems on the beltway. 66 looking good as well. >>> it is 6:25. 5 degrees. you might want to sit down for this one. there is a national thin mint shortage. don't worry, you can still get your hands on your favorite girl scout cookies. the shortage does not affect us here. you can find your neighborhood cookie booth on our nbc washington app. just search cookies. listen the shortage doesn't affect the dwratdgrr washington air, but wouldn't be start stockpiling now? they freeze well. >> good point. >>> possessboston area family is extremely thankful of a their firefighters rescued hair dogs from a pretty icy situation. little dogs too. lola and thunder jumped a 5 foot fence yesterday. and they ended up in a frozen marsh. lola was a little scared as she tried to fight off her rescuers at first. they eventually managed to get lola and thunder back to shore safely. >> i'm so relieved.

vre is proposing a 4% hike. it would take effect in july. there will be seven public hearings on the proposal later this month and in march. to find out where and when, visit our home page and search vre. >>> a delay in the fairfax county assault trial for jesse matthew. matthew's lawyers convinced the judge they need more time to analyze the dna evidence. prosecutors did not object. matthew is accused in a 2005 sexual assault in fairfax. he's also charged with abducting university of virginia student hannah graham. the new fairfax trial date is likely to be in june or july. >>> a field trip this afternoon in the murder trial of aaron hernandez. jurors were on a bus ride visiting several key sites in this case. the former nfl player is akutzed of the 2013 killing of odin lloyd, who was dating his fiance's sister. jurors are seeing the boston street here where lloyd lived and the industrial park where his body was found. they're getting a tour of hernandez's home as well and seeing several cell phone towers that picked up data investigators u

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>>> howard right now we're looking at the delays on the vre right now. to 30 minutes late. so make sure you plan accordingly. for those of you taking metro we still have delays right now on the orange and silver line. they're single tracking to east falls church. that's because of cracked rails there. for those of you traveling along 295 expect some delays, volume at the 11th street bridge. >>> a man accused of child sexual assault at a montgomery county middle school is in court today. john epps jr. is accused of groping a 12-year-old girl in damascus at baker middle school. he was a contract worker there installing security cameras there at the school when he touched that student. >>> the bethesda station will be closed all weekend so crews can fix the escalators. 212 feet long with a rise of 106 feet metro says they are the second longest in the western hemisphere. first one will go this weekend and eventually all three will be replaced. >>> thank you for joining us. we're back here in the next half hour. now back to "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ most

mark and vre service impacted. mark service along the cam don lines. penn line operates on the s schedule today. the only commuter bus running today is route 201 between gaithersburg and baltimore, washington airport. all vre service is cancelled today. >>> a live look now. people there saw about 3 inches of snow. maybe a little more from the winter storm. tom is tracking when the system will officially push itself way out of our area. >> flagging down a cab today comes with a catch. how snow emergency fares will impact the price you pay. >>> the roads are not the place you want to find yourself this morning. the conditions are pretty bad. our crews found a number of problems on road so far. some have been plowed than others. you're not seeing a lot of pavement out there. if you don't have to be anywhere stay home let the crews do their job first. >> if you have to go out. don't force other people to speed up while they're trying to be cautious. i had a big truck behind me this morning. i got news for you. >>> 11 minutes after 6:00. if so you to head o

three days this week you can learn more about a fare hike for vre service.s considering increasing what you have to pay by 4%. the change wouldn't take effect until july. this week's first meeting is tuesday in burke, virginia, at 7:00 p.m. >>> the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence measles outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. at the national press club on northwest. it will last until about 4:00 p.m. >>> it's something so many of us do. but don't make this mistake -- here we go. if you do make this mistake, you could find yourself locked out. consumer reporter air can gonzalez will let you know what to do. >>> it's the secret to getting a manny and peddy. it's what's missing that's all the talk. >>> here is another look at storm team 4 radar showing the recent storm ending >>> today you're probably thinking about the upcoming week. >> and for some of you ladies and even some guys you're thinking about getting their nails done. if you're planning a pedicure or manicure i stopped by a n

tuesday, wednesday, thursday you can go to a meeting to talk about how much you pay to ride vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. the meetings are in burke, arlington and mon nat sass, virginia. >>> in the week ahead you can find out how to protect your kid from measles. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest. it will last until about 4:00 p.m. >>> tomorrow the giant panda cub at the zoo will turn 18 months. that means bobo is reachingw bao bao will be leaving her mother. >>> 9:27 now. after a man's shooting death by local police we'll tell you the chaungs some police officers in northern virginia are making to be more up front with the communities they served. >> you've traveled across bridges lots of times, you've never seen a bridge like this. what you missed all these times. >> it probably looks something like this out your window, a whiteout or >>> right now on news 4,

acela express will operate on a norm schedule and vre is operg a full and normal today as well. v-dot crews spent the night and early morni treating the roadwa. yester governor terry mcaue and brian moran person thanked tran workers. mcaulie says the state has already spent $150 million of its snow budget. during most storms, virginia deploys 12,000 pieces of equit and 2,500 operators across the state. >>> a developing story. the man seen and heard in isis vide now identified. the white h just released a statem the n information from the desk. plus the fcc is set to make an hist vote on regulating the intern. the ruling will mean for the average user. e winte storm that f battered the south and then moved across our area this morning. an update from the weather ce >>> i'm richard jorn at the li desk following a developing story. the man known as jihadi john has now been identified by multiple a outlets and u.s. inte officials confirm that he is a london man named moha emwazi who joined isis a few years ago. he's believed to be the execr oft seen in these vide with a mask clutg a

. >>> vre wants to raise fares, but it's giving and you chance to weigh in first. they want to raise fares for about 40 cents. step up tickets on amtrak will go up from $3 to $5. >>> during his trip to washington pope francis will bring divine intervention to the capitol perhaps. house speaker john boehner confirmed the pope formally accepted an invitation the speaker extended last year. francis will be the first upon tis to address congress. pope francis is also expected to visit president obama at the white hous stops in new york and philadelphia. the pope's trip is scheduled for september. not surprising that pope francis is breaking new ground in all sorts of ways just really getting involved in so many issues of poverty. i'd love to interview him. >> i can only imagine you'd all all sorts of things. >>> a chilly start to the friday but it looks like you will get to enjoy a little warmer weather this weekend. >> amelia segal has taken the storm team 4 x 4 to the tacoma metro station. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday guys. we've been here for just over an

. >>> today you'll have a chance to weigh in on vre's plan to raise fares. the first of 7 public hearings starts tonight at 7 ouk at the staff nord county government center. a 40 cent daily ticket increase is on the table. step up tickets for amtrak could also go up from $3 to $5. >>> in the near future in virginia stun guns could be allowed at your child's school. the virginia general assembly is considering a bill to arm school security officers with stun guns and pepper spray. advocates say it helps defend gets against aa sheertooter. >>> today governor hoe fan will join the u.s. secretary of education at a charter school in baltimore. the two will talk about a bill. hogan wants to s toexchand poises and also make it easier for charter schools to run in maryland. >>> this morning metro is pushing back after a report said they knew some of their systems couldn't handle a smoke emergency. >>> plus the vice president we'll say awkward moment at the swearing in of the nation's new defense secretary. florida and a look outside our studios. it is colds out ther

. >>> vre wants to raise fares on your daily train commute, but it's giving and you chance to weigh if first. the rail service wants to raise fares by 4% about 40 cents extra for every daily ticket. step up tickets on amtrak could also go up from $3 to $5. the first hearing is set for february 18 at the stafford county government center. >>> the lengths police say a mother went to to teach her son a lesson that landed her in jail. >>> when the pope visits d.c. in september, we're learning he's going to do something never done by a pope before. >>> and it's a really cold start out there. we are tracking warmer weather for the weekend. so stay tuned for your forecast. >>> we're wait to being learn about the latest job numbers for january. they will be released this morning. given out by the bureau of labor and statistics, the report is a key indicator on the state of our economy. financial experts say the cold weather and plunging oil prices are not helping the nation's financial recovery. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at just over 5%. the same level as december. >>> d

. >>> vre is planning a fare hike but the rail system will give you a chance to weigh in on how muchill be going up. the first of seven public hearings will be held february 18th at the stafford county government center. a 40-cent daily ticket increase is on the table right now. step up tickets for amtrak could go from 3 to 5 bucks and the fare increase is set to take effect this sumner july. lane low columbus, ohio sures on i-66 is definitely something drivers will want to avoid tonight. this work was supposed to happen last night, but the high winds delayed that project. around midnight there will be rolling closures on the eastbound lanes of i-66 between route 29 centreville and sully road. crews are installing new overhead signs to give you some extra information as you travel there. and that road should reopen by 5:00 tomorrow morning. >>> local high school set to host its first basketball game since a shooting on ca this week. right now news4's shomari stone is at frederick high. he'll explain how students are rallying together in a live report. >>> a child care operator is mak