tonight a sheet of ice and snow covers it in woodbridge virginia. spots that were wet earlier today are now frozen and the soft snow has hardened. >> i thought they'd come through and get some of this up but i guess the little bit of plowing that they did, they moved on. >> reporter: moved on to other neighborhoods and found several potentially dangerous roads. tonight's refreeze into tomorrow morning followed by arctic air has started what i describe as an ice-melt buying frenzy in some hardware stores. this bridgewood home depot was sold out when donovan showed up. >> everybody picks things up as soon as the weather gets bad. >> reporter: so what are you going to do? >> go to another store. >> reporter: too bad. as soon as he rolled out to go to another store, a new shipment arrives. that's good for todd stubblefield he can buy more when he runs out. >> kind of getting tired of the snow. >> reporter: well a lot of people are tired of it and i'm out here in woodbridge virginia. a lot of folks are going to have to come out tomorrow and remove a lot

live in woodbridge virginia, where it is cold. stone, news4. >> it is. >>> a lot of flights are back on time this evening but it's been a rough day at the airport. we just checked flightaware. more than 1,500 flights have been canceled nationwide today. regionally reagan national had the second highest number of cancellations with more than 130. but compare that to dulles and bwi marshall which together canceled 75 flights. we did some -- find some people who were about to get out of town. >> yeah. i went to bed thinking, you know i hope we'll be traveling today so i hadn't even packed my bag. >> it does appear these cancellations will be cleared up by tomorrow. and you can head out of here. >>> the post-snowstorm priss conference held by d.c. mayor muriel bowser featured a new face today, an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing. mayor bowser added this interpreter after complaints on social media that the deaf community was being overlooked. the mayor says deaf interpreters are included at regularly scheduled events and t

i'm back with live pictures for you at 4:51. >>> at 4:45 now here is a live look at woodbridge, virginia. the snow is starting to fall down pretty heavily now and you can see more cars are on the road. is why it's importt to tracs today and what is happr forecast. the timing of the snow. stay w >>> good morning. snow falling across most of virg into maryland eastern west va now. bright bands getting some big flakes now falling in prince y just to the west of clinton and that extends near mt. vernon. southe fairfax county. and then down into southern priny n dale city and woodbridge. anot bright band farther to our south in calvert county and that stretches across northern st. into southern charles county. zachar joins us live in waldor does it look like now, zach? >> yeah we just went through a l patch. saw a little bi much flurs here. but it's been pretty clear. started at e shop at about 3:00 a as we reached the beltwa we saw some flakes. that's whe we started to see salt trucks. t as we headed down here to branch avenue, clea for the most part. starti to see a little patch here and th

the game high 24 points for the sophomore from woodbridge virginia. we're in the half.reacting to the pass. blackhawks up by two. over three minutes left. 67-59. let's go to blacksburg. virginia tech hosting florida state. picked this up in the second half and hokies down five. they're on the run. nice reverse layup. later in the game the noles start to take over. in the corner. monte brandon. florida more from the noles. the hokies turn it over. fsu on the break. brandon throwing down a huge slam there. he scored 16 in the game. florida state, they go on to beat virginia tech 73-62. one more score for you. american they fell short to colgate today. 59-43. mason, they lost to st. joe's 58-54. maryland they will play iowa tomorrow on the road. let's talk a little football before w th redskins have already filled out their coaching staff. now the team turns their attention to rebuilding their roster. diana russini caught up with head coach jay gruden to get his thoughts in the upcoming nfl draft and the future of cornerback deangelo hall. >> well we the combine. we have t

far, opal, virginia, .8 inches, but 2 inches have fallen in front royal and 3 1/2 inches in woodbridge, virginia. a beautiful snow pup here and an ice covered and snow covered potomac river, thanks for sending this in. in petersburg, west virginia, so pictures from all three states in our viewing area here, melissa mallow from the pan handle of west virginia. keep those pictures coming facebook and twitter. >> let's look ahead because behind this storm is even colder air. so snow will end early tuesday, again generally 4 to 8 inches. snow showers wednesday. tell you what. in could be dynamic, not unlike our saturday -- this could be dynamic, not up like our saturday storm. we could hear the rumble of thunder again wednesday night. it will affect the p.m. commute. colder air arriving on thursday. hard to believe that's true. below 0 we think thursday night in the burbs and certainly single digits downtown. on the futurecast by morning you can see most of the snow pulling away. by 6 appear it's not snowing? i longer -- 6 a.m. it's not snowing any longer in gaithersburg and leesburg, temps in the t

. >>> in woodbridge virginia tonight, five people had to be taken to the hospital after either a gas leak or a carbon monoxide buildup inside laundromat. crew still on the scene trying to determine what caused the leak. >>> d.c.'s interim fire chief says every one of his firefighters will be trained to handle emergencies on metro. more than half of the district's firefighters have never received that special training. a smoke incident at the dupont circle station highlighted that need again today. the brakes on a car caught fire and filled the station with smoke. d.c.'s fire union wants to be given old metro cars in order to train for those situations. the mayor says she'll look into that. >>> incredible video of fire on the water. tonight in glen burnie a power boat ignited at the marine flaa and spread to two sailboats. one eventually sank. no word what started this. >>> new at 11:00, iced over ponds are dangerous to more than just humans of course. fairfax rescue crews pull add dog through the pond after it fell through thin ice. you can barely see the dog's head in that earlier p

up. >> reporter: she called 911 after the teen lost control and hit this concrete barrier in woodbridge virginia. >> both of his air bags deployed and he bounced off and after that he wasn't very with it. >> reporter: tonight v-dot has deployed salt trauks to treat the roads. most drivers say they've done a relatively good road. this sign on prince william parkway warns icy conditions are possible. possible. snow is expected to fall overnight. >> not too bad if you maintain and don't speed. >> reporter: i talked to chief meteorologist doug kammerer he tells me this is a light, fluffy type snow. so when you clean it off the windshield like i'm doing here make sure you also remove it off the top of your car so that when you're driving it doesn't blow off and distract other drivers. nell king cleaned it off and she's happy the driver she helped is okay. >> i think he's going to be all right. >> reporter: why? >> he's a good kid. he went to work and this is what happened. >> we're not the only ones dealing with this winter weather. almost 50 million people are in the path of this storm. including fo

in woodbridge virginia and i will show you our live super doppler located in bowie and anyways, it is picking up on a few showers, snow showers into southern maryland into southern st. mary's county and into southern calvert as well. for the most part this is associated with an upper level that's pretty much moving on out. but is it cold outside? our average this time of year is 50 degrees and we're nowhere near that. 30 degrees in quantico as well as in lexington park. it feels a little cooler especially with the winds blowing out of the northwest anywhere between 10 and 20 miles an hour. and radar shows the bigger picture. we had that front still moving well off shore.still, a little upper level disturbance moves through, it is bringing us a little bit of some of those snow showers. otherwise, the breezy winds with us and then high pressure off to the west will move on in for the day tomorrow bringing us more sunshine. but as i've been hinting at the possibility of maybe a little wintry weather come sunday. let me time it out for you on the futurecast. started it tomorrow at 10:00,

our jeanette reyes is live in woodbridge, virginia with us this noon with how things are looking there. jeanette? >> well ladies we are here in woodbridge, as you mentioned. good thing about snow days is that around this time when the sun comes out the kids come out and apparently so do the adults. take a live look here behind me. you have these fathers playing with their daughters here. they've been here all morning long. but, you know there's nothing else better to do really unless you want to dig your car out. the side streets are still quite an issue. still a lot of snow on the side streets. take a look at the images that we got this morning. you'll see a lot of that. the primary roads, vdot has done really an excellent job cleaning up those streets. interstates and primary roads but the side roads, you'll see a lot of problems with that. according to state police virginia state police they've had over 2200 incidents reported around the state, 600 disabled vehicles but on a positive note, it's hard to believe people really did a great job staying off the roads. and we actually foun

. >> host: ronde is in woodbridge virginia. good morning rhonda. you are on with dr. tatum. >> caller: good morning dr. tatum. i am calling because my daughter insisted that i come home early so i can see dr. tatum on c-span. she has applied to spelman. her name is daniel lyall and she's so excited about the possibility of being excited -- accepted at spelman. she is predominately gone to a white school but she has her heart set on coming to spelman. her godmother lives in atlanta and every day she's on twitter after school and if she could have taken off a school to be here to watch her program she would. i'm just going to find out what is the possibility of her being accepted at spelman? thank you. >> guest: certainly you are making a great case for her. i want to congratulate you for her advocacy and i can't comment on her application. i haven't seen it and i can't comment on the air about it but certainly i want to thank you for your encouragement of her and we'll keep our fingers crossed for daniel. >> host: what advice would you give to students who maybe are lo

i want to let you know we are tracking several incidents in virginia right now mainly just south of woodbridge on dumfries road. we're talking about several cars involved in an accident. more on that coming up. right now back to mike and andrea. >>> ears south and east of the district -- areas south and east of the district are expected to get most of the snow. nikki burdine joins us live from a commuter lot in potomac mills. i want to see that x. >> reporter: it's really picked up and been a constant downpour. the big, beautiful flurry flakes since 3:45 this morning. when we got here the parking lot was clear. nowity the' just covered in snow. it is beautiful but it is covered in snow. we have commuters lined up ready to hit the road. vdot has asked commuters to delay their commute if at all possible because they need to get out and they need to do their job. mike, for that x, come over here. i want to show you. this is the x i made at 5:30. now loot at t. you can see -- now look at it. you can see a little bit of the ground but not much. that shows you how much is coming down and how quickly

we brought the 4 x 4 down here to the commuter lots at woodbridge virginia. current temperature, it's cold outside. we have a 15 degree reading right here. and more importantly, when you factor in the winds which are averaging about 15 miles per hour, it has the windchills all the way down to zero this morning. so you're going to need to have everything you got to stay warm today on your what to wear forecast. just be ready to layer up, everybody. it's probably a three or four layer kind of a morning. might even be the long johns recommended for this time of the morning. current windchills are generally at or just below zero. so have your heaviest winter gear ready to go before you head out to work and school on your friday. it will stay cold much of the weekend, too. tom will have more on that coming up. you know it's cold when i have my ears protected. that's the serious part. >> i was just going to say chuck, there is the most bundled up i think i've ever seen you this winter. so we're taking seriously. thank you, chuck bell live in woodbridge for us. >>>

. >> here's a look from woodbridge virginia at the prince william county emergency operation center and during the day, you saw the snow early. watch how quickly it cleared out sunshine. not much melting in the areas shaded by the trees and the hills and other areas down there. in the areas where we did get a little melting from direct sunshine. that's going to refreeze tonight, that means icy spots. eight inches of snow south of the city. 6 1/2. alexandria, 5.8. burke 5.8. temperatures holding below freezing in most areas in the 20's and once we get past sunset temperatures will fall rather quickly tonight and in fact, by morning, we're expecting the range of 10 to 17 degrees. light winds and clear skies. please be careful. icy conditions. and then we'll start the day with some sunshine. but once we get into the afternoon, the clouds will rapidly increase ahead of that next cold front. our futurecast shows the timing and advancing eastward of the front and associated bands of snow and snow showers and some gusty winds. not the brutal winds that we had before the last front from saturda

she posted that photo on facebook and that was this woodbridge virginia.are your pickss on instragram. it will stay mild on monday. just a smaller chance of rain. and no snow. it will just be too warm. and then we dry out. highs in the 40s each day, morning lows in the 20s. 30s thursday morning. melissa here now with traffic slowing down. >> take a look here. 395 north, that off ramp to glebe is still shut down. alternate is king street. seeing volume now in part because of that crash. taking a look in virginia here again, 95 north bound here dale city don't worry ooch when you see a little bit of yellow there. overall beltway looking quite good. you can see the slow down on 395. beltway at new hampshire is rolling along quite nicely. beltway at central avenue also looking good. here is a question for you. have you ever passed a street and wondered the significance of its name? who was that person or thing that it was named for and what did they mean to the washington area? wonder no more. i'm starting a new series call meet your street. first story tonigh

. >> ronda is in woodbridge virginia. good morning. you're on with dr. tatum. >> caller: hi good morning dr. tatum. i am calling you because my daughter insisted that i come home early to see dr. tatum on c-span. she doesn't know that i'm calling on her behalf. she's applied to spelman. her name is danielle lyle. and she is so excited about the possibility of hopefully being accepted at spelman. and she's pretty much always gone to white schools, private schools, but she has her heart set on going to spelman. we've been out there several times. her godmother lives in atlanta. and every day she's on twitter after school. and if she could have taken off school to be here to watch your program she would be but she'll be watching it. but i'm just calling to find out, what is the possibility of her being accepted at spelman. thank you. >> well, certainly you're making a great case for her. i want to congratulate you for your efficacy, and i can't, obviously comment on her application. i haven't seen it and can't comment on the air about it, but certainly i wa

host: rhonda, woodbridge virginia.ler: i am calling because my daughter insisted that i come early so i can see dr. tatum on c-span. she has applied to spelman and she is so excited about the possibility of being accepted. she has always gone to predominantly private schools. she has her heart set on coming to spelman. we have been out there several times. her godmother lives in atlanta. every day she is on twitter. she could have taken off school to watch her program, she would have. what is the possibility of her being accepted? guest: you are making a great case for her. i want to congratulate you for your advocacy. i cannot comment on her at the nation. thank you for your encouragement of her. we will keep our fingers crossed. host: what advice would you give to students who are looking to apply next year and years beyond to get into's common? guest: take the most challenging curriculum in your school. if you have access to a fee or honors courses, take those courses. not every high school is created equally. not e

let's go to walk -- robert woodbridge, news virginia -- woodbridge virginia next.obert is an independent. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. i appreciate you taking my call. i'm opposed to the downsizing of the military. you can't run a war without combat arms. with all the stuff going on now with them cutting off heads with isil and all of the crackling on in the middle east, this is the time to downsize the military? it's ridiculous. i'm just wondering if the leadership is trying to purposely sacrifice our military. host: a few tweaks on this topic as well this morning. that conversation -- a few tweeets on this topic as well as morning. don is up next, henderson nevada, our line forward to vote in -- our line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i support our present -- president 150% on the defense budget. host: we will hear from the president can actually. he spoke a little yesterday on his positions on the defense budget and his proposal. here he is at the department of homeland security yesterday. [video clip] >> my budget will in the c

right nothing too out of the order father along the 95 -- ordinary along the 95 corridor in virginia. woodbridgeto newington, 395 hangup with a crash northbound at seminary moved on to the shoulder. the delays coming north of the at that point. the beltway as you make your way through maryland, that has been accident tree. we've had lanes open now the beltway headed south of branch avenue on the inner loop down toward the wilson bridge. outer loop toward landover. into cheverly building volume on 50 to get to kenilworth avenue but lanes are open on kenilworth to 295 south past eastern avenue. just the volume building to head into southeast at this hour. >>> the trial of several 9/11 conspirators comes to a screeching hall at guantanamo bay. >> the white house is expected to send congress a formal request for use of military force against isis. wusa9 is >>> at 6:25 here are some stories you may have missed. a hearing is set today in the september 11 terror case that came to a sudden halt after a surprise revelation from the defendants. they identified a courtroom interpreter as someone they recog

if you'll be making the commute this morning, traveling north from virginia, woodbridge all the way up to the beltway, no issues along 95 north this morning. in virginia we did have some issues on dumfries road, two accidents in fact. but not causing any major delays. police on the scene right now. detouring the traffic out there. and making sure that drivers get around the mess and are able to get -- continue on with their commute this morning. again no major issues in those areas. for those of you on the beltway this morning, we're having no major problems either. light traffic for the most part which is certainly helping us keep the accident level low and making sure people are able to get to their destinations on time. so we can step outside live right now and show you that camera if we can. you'll be able to see that light traffic again on the inner and outer loop of connecticut avenue. so you can see the slick roads this morning as people have been talking about and conditions like this, you certainly want to take it easy. [ stand by for captions ] >>> we're seeing more of the sn

and our northern virginia culver met today in woodbridge with some of those most affected. course the kids. >> their little feet scamper in. this is mrs. gray son's kind class taking in a litt bit of history. under the most extreme of budg cuts this full-day kind class would look more like this. empty. why? well read the simple but wise words left. i have money. i like money. i buy stuff. troubl is the money isn't there. the school board says they're $17.5 million short. at the high school level, plans to ease certain class sizes would have to be scrap if you're in a class size you don't get that commun noby t about budgets in school maybe not using those words. but this student acknowledge thatd miss classmates are on the frontli really a major n for a lot of peop the school board and the superv restore full-day kinder specialty programs and make sure that the capital improv progr intact. >> cory stewart is on the board of supervisors. that group determines how much fundin the schools get. that's based on what you taxe there are going to to be some progra that have to be e

light volume in both directions and traffic also running well on 95 in virginia heading south to woodbridge and dumfries. no incidents or delays. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> thank you. vice president joe biden thanked people who braved the snowy streets to watch ash carter sworn in as the new secretary of defense today. >> in washington when you hear snow is coming everything shuts down. but we actually did have some snow last night. but i appreciate you all making the effort particularly those of you from boston who probably would view this as visiting the caribbean right now. >> because of course boston has had nearly 100 inches of snow in just the last few weeks? can you believe that? that snow has just paralyzed commuters and that city in many ways. transit officials say it may be a month before everything starts to operate normally. >> if only there was a way to take that stuff and dump it in california somewhere. >> absolutely. >> where they sneed need it. >> alas, we cannot do that. still ahead here on abc 7 news at 5:00 -- >> everybody is like you're on espn. i was like

as we head right now to virginia from quantico to woodbridge, woodbridge toward the beltway, very few cars on the road. we did see a few disabled cars that were causing a few lane closures but they weren't causing any delays because a lot of people are heeding to our advice, staying home, making sure that -- are staying home and not getting themselves in harm's way. and allowing these crews to go out here and clean these roads up because that's exactly what they need to do at this point. we also want to let you know what's going on on marc as well. two trains have been canceled. penn 427 and penn 610. we want to pass that along you to. coming up in my next report, we'll let you know what's going on on metro this morning. back to you. >>> so far this hour, we've shown you conditions in the greenbelt section of prince george's county. not good. we discussed virginia roads with michelle holland from ddot. >> we want to give you an eye on the district. weather team meteorologist allyson rae is traveling in the northwest with the conditions here. good morning, allyson. >> reporter: good mo

50 we had a crash there, and moving the camera around on me. 95 in virginia no problems really until you get to dale city. woodbridgea little slo and then taking a look at prince george's county a tiny bit slow there, 95 in maryland. >>> thanks melissa. virginia state police say they are increasing patrols around route 15 and route 50 where there have been multiple crashes in the last few days. serious ones. they say drunk and distrted drivers caused many of those crashes. >>> this storm today is expected to dump up to two feet of snow over the next few days. school it is boston are already closed today. closed tomorrow too. this is the third straight monday in which that area has been hammered by a snowstorm. the governor there says that in the past two weeks, more than 60 inches of snow has fallen on that state. >>> we are seeing storm have a ripple effect on airports in our area this morning. megan mcgrath live at reagan national with the information you need to know befor. >> reporter: well, we may not be seeing the snow here in our area, but we're deefly see seeing the flight delays. you always see a trickle do

little slow here and there and traffic on 95 south slowing over the occoquan and woodbridge and south of quantico on the virginia side. we have a problem on 66 out to the west. as you head to the beltway, going to be a slow ride. there's a crash on 66 westbound and it is just after route 28. and it is causing quite a delay getting out to centreville from vienna on 66. just west of that and here on the beltway at river road, volume delays. crash northbound on the 270 spur and that should be out of the roadway now. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> see you next hour bob. up next here -- a gift designed to relieve >> welcome back. we are live in the abc 7 "7 on your side" help center. we have police officers and detectives from across our area. d.c. maryland virginia this is a critical 90 minutes of television coming up. do you have questions, issues or concerns about crime in your neighborhood? we have five unsolved murder cases that we are trying to help these departments close to try and bring some peace to five grieving families. the phone lines are opening right now. the phone number is 703-236-9220. cal

the virginia beltway moving freely. as you head near woodbridge, 66 to make your way east through manassas. >>> today the dc public service commission will hold a hearing on the pending merger of exelon and pepco. >> efforts since this was announced last year there has been a steady stream of people and organizations opposing the move. nikki burdine is live in northwest outside the pepco building with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning we expect to hear from a lot ofpeople who oppose the merger between exelon and pepco. it starts at 10:00. concerns are two things, that rates and reliability will change. they are worried their rates will go up their concerns are nothing new, but a new poll just released yesterday shows 44% of dc voters oppose this merger. those against it say it would create a monopoly and their rates would go up. they are also afraid the merger would ruin what dc has already done to boost renewable energy and those who do support this merger they are out there. they are mostly business leaders. they say this one ac

was in custody brown claims she was in pain and was taken to sentara northern virginia medical center near i- 95 in woodbridge. that's where she made her escape around 4:00 this morning. brown was also arrested back in september accused of biting a 13-month-old boy at the goddard school in woodbridge where she taught. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. crews are responding to maryland's decaying bridges after a wusa9 report. scott broom brings us the story coming up at 5:30. >> plus topper is back after the break with more on tonight's bitter temperatures and tomorrow's snow showers. >> a prince george's county woman now has an answer on what caused this 7-foot sinkhole in her backyard. >> right after the break students trapped on this run- away bus. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch -

snow and this is equaling a lot of work for the rest of us, including out in the woodbridge and to locust grove, virginia and at the end of the day, the snow is covered throughout the region. we'll continue throughout few hours. tweet us, the #, snow day 9 and talking about what we're seeing online, i can tell you there are a lot of views on wusa9, mike and andrea. right now, there is a long list of close ours, up -- closures, up to 78 at last count. >> and the snow is history? >> right. >> but, there is another strong front on the way tomorrow. howard, what is that about? >> we have an arctic front coming tomorrow. a brief break from the cold weather we have been dealing with for today and remember it, we'll see some in the 30. the snowstorm, what is left of it, leaving the areas in southern maryland and eastern shores, a couple of leftover snow showers. that is about it. we'll see the skies go sunny today and temperatures in the teens. a cold morning and not a lot of wind. the coldest windchills are down one below in hagerstown and back into some super cold air tomorrow afternoon. ahead of the arctic f

what a lot of folks are getting away for a long weekend on 95 south in virginia and it's a slow ride from newington through woodbridge and off and on as you head down towards stafford from quantico and towards fredricksburg, lanes are open. that's the good part. out to the west, lot of volume on 66 into the sun, things are generally ok as you travel around the beltway right now. traffic northbound 395 over the 14th straight bridge not moving at all. actually pretty light volume. not bad on the beltway as you travel past river road. you'll find a lot of volume up from tysons. i'm bob emler for 103.5 wtop radio. >> thanks, bob. >> here we go headed into this weekend that we've been talking about for several days now, it's going to be brutal. >> probably the strongest cold front of the season the coldest air of the season. the most uncomfortable air of the season is going to start moving in about 24 hours from now. let's tell you what you need to know here. right now, it's gorgeous out. chilly, mid to upper 20's. live look from the rooftop camera in rosslyn and it's gorgeous out here. can't see a whole lot happening. wi

a look 66 west of ox road also looking quite good. 95 in virginia headed northbound in triangle completely clear. all the way through woodbridge. newton street at madison way, a crash there. should be out of the way soon. 95 into and out of town fine. bw parkway same thing no major issues. we're we were seeing slowdowns earlier and then it faded. so probably just something happening a little crazy with those send are sores on the roadway. i'm back at 5:31 weather and traffic always on the 1s. we'll see you then with a live picture of 270. >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk. right how we have new video just in from australia. two cyclones hitting the area one right after the other. strongest is cyclone marsha with winds of up to 180 miles per hour. so strong wind, heavy rain there in more than australia, queensland taking the bankrupt. power knocked out, people that live on the coast have to get out of there fast. no reports of any casualties at this point. we also haven't heard of any serious injuries. but people in the area have been told to get indoors and stay there for now. that's the latest from the live desk. >>> it

storm that came through the region yesterday quickly left virginia dealing with about 8 inches of snow. this video was shot in woodbridgesegal is in the storm team 4 x 4 in woodbridge. a lot of improvements today i best. >> reporter: exactly. so we left the station in northwest. right now we're traveling along route 1 southbound in woodbridge. and we have not seen one sis city patch on any of the main roads. the temperature here in woodbridge right now around 30 degrees. and the entire way down here, temperature was below freezing. so there certainly could be icy spots. the plan is to take the storm team 4 x 4 to check out the secondary roads. we'll stay in prince william county all morning long where the schools are on a two hour delay because of yesterday's weather. but at this point, i have to say, we haven't seen any inclement road conditions across the area. but again, some of the secondary roads could of course gave some problems. i'm amelia segal. >>> 16 after the hour. new this accused of calling the train key railment isderailment is a free man and the district attorney announced he will not be chargeded at thi

virginia 95 any volume delays we've seen coming up through stafford to get into woodbridge past the prince william parkway have been pretty light. getting into springfield and 395, your lanes are open downtown. southwest freeway pace is good in each direction between the 14th street bridge and southeast. remember that stretch of 15th street we're still tied up in northwest, northbound oneway there between s street and u street. also swan street impacted between 14th and 16th streets. back you to, andrea. >> thanks, beverly. >>> today the maryland senate could vote on some of new governor larry hogan's cabinet appointments. a vote was scheduled to happen last week but it's been delayed. it's also believed delaying the vote was a way for senate democrats to express their displeasure with republican hogan's state of the state speech. in that speech he characterized the state's economy as floundering. >>> no word on whether virginia governor terry mcauliffe will sign a bill to reduce utility regulation. the house of delegates passed the bill yesterday. it would give the state less oversight in

for my friend coming up from virginia, you'll have no issues as you're traving northbound toward -- traveling northbound toward the beltway. woodbridge to lorton. northbound as well as the southbound side of the beltway free and clear of any issues. marc train, we do have some issues we need to tell you about. cam 841 is running 10 to 15 minutes late. metro riders as well, there's delays we have this morning on both the green line and the silver line. be mindful if you'll be heading out within the next 10 minutes. back to you. >>> 6:22. he's been credited with several veterans affairs reforms. now the v.a. secretary is taking a step back to apologize for a false claim caught on camera. >> they say there's not enough evidence to bring federal civil rights charges against george zimmerman. more on the justice department's decision coming up ♪ such a shame it's labeled a "getaway." life should always feel like this. hampton. we go together. >>> here are is some news you may have missed. he took his apology directly to the people he tried to serve. veteranses affairs secretary robert mcdonald apologized. at the american legion. it's his

virginia. we'll have the full forecast in just a few minutes. >>> congratulations to our facebook fan of the day. today's winner is debra macmillian-terry of woodbridgeshe said i've been watching wusa9 news at 4:00 a.m. i've been getting up even when i was unemployed to get you for the news and weather to make sure i dressed my kids accordingly. i never miss a day. traffic has always been on target. thanks for everybody you do. have a blessed day. >> thanks so you very much so, debra. this week's winners will receive four tickets to see ringling brothers barnum & bailey showing at the patriot and verizon centers. to enter just go to our wusa9 facebook page and fill out the >>> yellow alert with the snow moving in later today and tonight. that's 11 at reagan national. many temperatures in the low to mid single digits. i'm thinking 4:00, 5:00 here in d.c. the snow arrives. hoes low to mid-20s. 4 to 8 generally by tomorrow morning. some areas south will see more than that. snow maps, doppler 9000 and the seven-day are coming up in about six to seven minutes. now over to larry with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> good morning to you at home. we're still

woodbridge this afternoon where several side streets were still covered in snow and ice. and of course anything that goes untreated is likely going to refreeze tonight. >>> it wasn't the snow day two virginiad planned. they fell through the ice on a frozen pond at an apartment complex in blacksburg monday. our roanoke affiliate says the kids were walking on the pond when they fell in. they were only in the water for a short time before they managed to climb onto an island in the middle of the pond. both are out of the hospital and expected to be okay. >>> metro is pushing back against some new allegations connected to the deadly smoke emergency at l'enphant plaza a few weeks ago. "the washington post" ran an article today saying before that incident metro knew it needed to upgrade computer software that handles smoke emergencies. those upgrades would make it easier for metro's control center to pinpoint smoke in the system and to coordinate the ventilation fans. today, metro wrote a letter to the editor saying "wmata is working to improve training and operating procedures with respect to the ventilation." metro says the current software works properly. and upgrades must be paid for by loca

virginia tech student morgan harrington. back in custody, a woman who got away from police overnight was just picked up late this afternoon six mimes away. teresa brown escaped from a hospital in woodbridge overnight after police arrested her. they found her about an hour ago at a shopping center in dumfries about 6 1/2 miles away. officers took her into custody for failing to appear in court and violating probation. >>> if you missed the live streaming of the metro hearings today, there were some emotional moments. news4's derrick ward was there. joins us with the tough questions for metro. >> reporter: this metro incident has generated a keen interest from congress. jonathan rogers tried to save the life of carolyn glover as their subway car filled with smoke and she was overcome. today before a house subcommittee even as he calmly narrated pictures he took of the incident, he welled up. >> in a photo to be i believe the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry -- >> reporter: a federal investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings so far point to reoccurring issues in the metro incidents. first responders' radios that don't work underground. lawmakers were openly fru