northern virginia, much of west virginia, much of maryland, including the district of columbia, as well aselaware. temperatures are cold enough for it to stick. only in the teens in the suburbs and rural areas, near 20 close to washington. and this snow, allue to a weak area of low pressure that's going to passing south of the region. but close enough to us to give us some snow, and we'll have light snow throughout the day today. highs only reaching upper 20s. sunrise 7:21. sunset 4:48. looks like that band there in the middle is where northern virginia, the district, and the nearby suburbs in maryland will get about 1 to 3 inches as well as northern shenandoah valley. farther north not as much. farther south, more, mixing with sleet in the middleof the afternn there. jerry, how's traffic? >> calm at the moment. clear, dry road surfaces. i-270 southbou headed out of frederick to urbina, right here at 118 and german town moving along very, very smoothly. let's see if that's the case from the west. 66 eastbound from fair oaks headed toward route 123 continuing toward the capital beltway,

northern virginia into west virginia and east, 1 to 3 inches. more to ousouth, lighter amounts farther to thenorth, and this should all taper off and end later tonight. looks like a dry weekend coming up. we'll be here with frequent updates throughout the morning. stay tuned. how's traffic now? >> tom, prince george's county on the capital beltway, had an accident on the inner loop as you head on down to route 5. earlier this morning that was cleared now police are checking inner loop at forestville road for an accident. as you travel between central avenue and the wilson bridge both directions, please be very alert. watch for flashing lights. head on over to see how we're doing at this hour, making the trip on 95 northbound. fairfax county parky, building in volume. i-66 had that problem near cub run over to the shoulder but manassas to centreville is going to be particularly tough after that. looks li we're in better shape, fair oaks headed down toward the capital beltway. out to the rails we go, just seconds ago weid receive word from metrora

all these counties in colo under winter weather advisoriea, northern west virginia, northern virginia, the district. much of maryland for today for some accumulating snow. and it's certainly cold enough for it to stick. right now temperatures are in the teens to just near 20 degrees all around the region. and out in the mountains, only in the single digits right now. so much of that snow begins to ll as evaporating before it reaches the ground. eventually it will there. now here's the wider view over the last 12 hours. this storm system is moving rather quickly but it is a weak area of low pressure nonetheless. it has quite a bit of moisture with it, advancing to the east, passing south of washington b close enough to washington for us to get some aumulating snow beginning here, at about another two or three hours. so for the bus stops this morning, most areas will just be cloudy. but farther south and west will there be some light snow, the teens and low 20s. light snow throughout the day with highs in the upper 20s. and these are the total amounts i expect from this storm, one to th

about 1 to 3 inches in that middle band there across northern virginia, the district d the nearby county. farther north, lighter amounts. farther south, 3 to 5 inches of snow from fredericksburg to charlottesville, central southern shannenandoah valley. may actually mix a little sleet there, too. a look toward the weekend in ten minutes. hos traffic, jerry? >> at the moment we're in pretty fair shape as we get under way on the thursday. clear, dry road surfaces. that is the headline for the morning, anyway, at this point. 395, northbound, as you leave the capital beltway headed toward from edsel road to landmark shirlington, nothing to worry about. travel lanes are open, and clear and dry pavement. 270 southbound had overnight roadwork below montgomery ville. at should be just about wrapped up if not already very soon. there was also some construction northbound in rockville on 270 at those very bright lights. so be careful there. wilson bridge, we're okay. toll road, 6 so far so good. joe and eun. >> jerry, thanks very much. >>> happening today the house is expected to vote on the presi

. >>> a holiday gift inside a northern virginia jail as incarcerated mothers are given a few precious hours with their children. >>> and good evening. i'm dwwendy rier. jim and doreen have the night f. the temperatures are getting close to zero and doug is standing by in the weather center. >> close to zero is right, wendy. outside, current temperatu 22 degrees. we're looking at mostly clear skies tonight but temperature and wind creating the wind chill. still seeing some gusts upward of 30 miles an hour around the region. 20 in sterling down toward the south in quantico, that 20-degree mark. same area of kwaunquantico comi with a wind chill of 11 and 8. frederick, maryland coming in with a wind chill of 5. many areas will be near zero. it's not just the cold. there's not one but two chances of snow in my forecast. i'll show it to you cong up. >> thanks, doug. for the second time in eight weeks, agents have arrest aid man in northern virginia for making threats against the metro system. these threats included plansor pipe bombs and made reference to 9/11. jackie bensen joins us live.

we've been all over northern virginia tonight. we started out in arlington, came down leesburg pike all the way down to tysons corner. the roads look pretty good. that's right now. traffic has been good, a lot different than it was earlier tonight when the snow initially started to happen, a lot of traffic on the road. it was a combination of traffic and rush hour. even before rush hour, though, around 2:30, something like that on my way to work on the outer hoop coming from prince george's county into work -- loop coming from prince george's county into work to connecticut avenue large amount of traffic. people were driving extremely slow because there was some slush on the road. people were being extremely cautious about the situation, so they were driving slow, probably about 20 miles per hour, arrived. it normally takes me 30 to 45 minutes to get to work. took about an hour and a half today. it was that way all over the beltway for a long period of time today and then coming -- when we did get to work and got back on the beltw

northern virginia it is definitely a different story along i-95. if you squint you can see the snow coming down now. just arriving inside the beltway, north of landmark, headed up. travel lanes are all open. everybody is taking it appropriately slow. metro and vre doing fine. marc brunswick 870, 14 minutes behind schedule. joe and eun. >> thank you, jerry. i can see the snow coming down. >> yes. indeed. engagement photos the world -- well, at least some of the world has been waiting for. >>> also, redskins may have left fans feeling down, threw there is one lol team bringing a championship to the district. >> snow is falling, the trees are lit, now it's beginning to sound a lot like christmas in the district. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-st football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? ♪ >>> well, that was nice. that was one note from mariah carey. she was joined by ellen degeneres, who did not sing, i don't think, for the annual charity event christmas

from northern virginia up to maryland. and we're looking at the possibility of an inch of snow in accumulation. they will see it's going to be light throughout. this is going to be hitting us right during your commute. as you're dving, be very careful. look out for slippery roads. we had all that rain yesterday. now we're dealing with snow on top of . as you saw, road crews out, getting salt out trying to prepare for this. we have freezing temperatures as well. it's going tbe a bad mix. people need to take their time on the road. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thanks so much. >> new threats this morning from north korea. it warned that joint military exercises between the unit states and south korea could push the region into a nuclear war. this morning came as south korea started artille drills three weeks after the north's deadly attack on the south, yeonpyeong island. shortly after that, the united states navy participated in exercises with south korea. meanwhile, north korea accuses the south of collaboratin

virginia this morning. we are live at dulles airport with the latest. >> we are live on westbound 66 where most of these crashes happened. we know at 9:30 this morning a super shuttle was moving west, and hit at least six vehicles. that vehicle kept going and went out the airport access road. you can see, airport authority police told the shuttle over when it was in front of the main terminal. there was no one in the banned except for the driver. that man has been arrested. he has not been the identified yet but he left in his wake all this wreckage. we understand one person had to be transported to a hospital. now there are several agencies try to work together to figure out why this all happened. >> certainly, they are examining the driver. is there any talk of drunk driving, a medical condition? >> i am sure that will all be taken into consideration. they arrested him within the hour, so i am sure there will be a lot going into his with this statement. there was a lot of congestion westbound this morning

i agents arrested a northern virginia man teatening to bottom the metro system. awais younis posted on facebook that he cod use a pipe bomb to kill pple on the transit system and in georgetown >> nightclub dc-9 is expect to reopen tonight. their liquor license was suspended when a man died outside dc-9 in october. the suspension of the club's liquor license ends today. >>> today the senate is expecte to vote on the tax cut compromise. it would extend bush-era tax cuts for two years, extend unemployment befits and cut social security tax. > a routine school board meeting down in florida turned into a tear taking scene after a man apparently angry that his wife had been fired began shooting at board members. it was caught by whg. it could be very disturbing to some. >> reporter: witnesses say a man identified at clay duke talked briefly with school board members about his wife's firing. >> we have no idea who you are talking about. >> she was fired. >> reporter: after spray painting a red figure, he ordered men and children t leave and took those remaining hostamon

initially, shechbd, we have now gotbout 1,400 upon trucks out to spread salt on northern virginia roads. >> are the conditions worse than you had anticipated? is that why you have more trucks out there now? >> yes, we want to be on the side of caution. all the schools seem to be letting out earlier t cuts down our windows of oprtunity here. we are hoping to ve things salted before the rush hour. >> i know in anticipation ofhe storm, there was a lot of pretreatment done, how did it work for you?

we have in winter weather advisory stretching fro northern virginia, northern maryland. this is in effect until 9:00 a.m. we're expecti a half inch of snow. road crews were pretreating all over the area. they were concentring on the problem areas. >> we'll have 300 trucks out tonight putting salt on bridges, overpasses, ramps, all the areas prone to freezing. >> reporter: so here are the service roads. that's a good idea of what the roads will be looking like when you come out. it's not wet, it's not icy but there's the possibility slick spots given the rain we had yesterday. so be careful as you're driving. roads looking good so far. watch out for drivers around you. hopefully we'll get through this. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thanks so much. the same story we are seeing toy has shut down roadways and caused major delays and cancellations across the midwest. more than 1,600 flights were canceled yesterday in chicago as more snow continued to blanket the city. one man flew to d.c. from st. louis, where he says the conditions are pretty bad. >> very bluster

parts of northern virginia, as well. but the further southwest you go a decent amount of sunshine and there's snow falling in the higher mountains of western maryland and west virginia where the winter storm warnings are in affect through 7:00 in garrett county. you could pick up four to eight inches of snow. so if you travel on 68 where the penn turnpike, there will be rough spots at the at least. keep that in mind. for the rest of us we are done with the advisories. , winter weather advisories but the wind advisories up through 10:00 tonight. once you head to spotsylvania, you are not in the advisories, rather windy but not in the advisory. gusts to 40 to 45 miles an hour. right now we have 26 in washington, pax river, cambridge and easton 27. 29 fredericksburg. 22 winchester, martinsburg. cumberland and petersburg are only 19. wind chill in cumberland is 4. wind chill in winchester is six. feels like seven in gaithersburg. and here in washington, our wind chill is running at 13 degrees in in spite of the 26. we have a

northern virginia, so far so good interstate 66 manassas all the way in but be careful. >> thanks, jerry. >>> 4:4 after the break, a snack scare inside the local classroom. >> if you can't [ bleep ] handle adversity something is not [ bleep ] going right. [ bep ]. >> the faulty locker room speech. >> the bleeps are hurting my ears. 3q lysol believes that kids shouldn't miss school days during cold and flu season. that's why we started a mission for health. by going beyond clean surfaces to healthy surfaces. by making a healthy way to wash hands. and even by working with a pediatrician to develop lysol healthy habits initiatives in schools. when you use lysol, you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, vit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> 4:45 is your time now. welcome back. it's ti for a check of your morning's top sries. expect a tough commute this morning. many roads in our area remain extremely slick. after yesterday's snowstorm, more than 100 crashes in northern virginia alone as a result of the snowstorm. >>> this morning, dozens of stranded passengers are hoping t

hagerstown and northern virginia 2 and a half inches and of course the heavier amount out there in the western edge of the state but for the most part looks like we could gee a little something for thursday morning into thuusddy afternoon. tapering off into thursday evening about an inch or so across the renal. tonight expect to see cold clearing conditions tonight about 19 what we saw last night with winds out of the west at 15 to 25 gusting to 40. tomorrow looking at 32 degrees. winds sticking around and we have to bundle up and stay war warm.. breakdown the 7 day foreccst and another potential of maybe a big storm in the works coming up. >> great thank you. >> be in charge of your own personalized orecast. i radar available aa fox baltimore.com. use the interactive tooo to track coming storms down to your street go to our web site and click on i radar. >> this cold weather is a good time to remember that there are faailies in baltimore that aren't as fortunate as many of us. that's why fox 45 is holding a wwrm holiday wish coat drive this friday on fox 45 morning news. 6:00 a.m. to

in leesburg, virginia, chris gordon, news4. >>> for the second year in a row a northern virginia community has been labeled the most obscene plac in america. a magazine ranked cities based on their internet searches and from that ashburn, virginia, emerges as this year's most obscene. derrick ward has moren what ashburn residents think of their new label. >> reporter: lovely ashburn. the suburb ial. home to corporations and commerce and according to the website businessinsider.com more potty mouth than just anywhere else. they listed google searchrends for the legendary seven dirty words made famous or more infamous by george carlin. it sms, though says the website, more people from ashburn look those words up than those from anywhere else in the country over the past year. >> that's obsne. >> reporter: indeed folks we talked to said it is not the kind of thing they think of or want others to think of when they hear ashburn. >> ashburn is a nice place to live as far as i'm concerned. great schools and great families. >> that's a shame. my daughter doesn't know those words. >> reporter: mos

about everywhere you turn in northern virginia someone was working to make sure friday morning would not be a frightful mess for commuters coping with these first snowfall. >> the trucks were lined up. >> they drive home was hard enough for this woman. >> we had difficulty coming home. we were sliding. >> with the main road sweat and slushy, refreezing was a concern. >> coming home was a little bit rough but hopefully it will be nice in the morning. >> work crews were retreating pavement and plowing. and residents were shoveling. so friday will not be as worrisome. >> we have an elementary school right up the street. kids come by in the morning. >> vdot has 700 trucks working in northern virginia at this hour but despite all of their best efforts they will likely still be some slick spots in the morning. >>> people in d.c. are also seeing icy conditions tonight. they will probably go into the morning. here is what the streets look like in northwest. salt trucks were out this evening. while many of the main roads are clear, there is still slush on the side streets. in bethesda, main s

we also talked about northern virginia, but this same situation is happening in the district and in maryland. crews are also out and about with their salt trucks, and one piece of advice. if you're out and about and you see the trucks, give them plenty of room and give them time, because they're out there to make the roads safe for you. reporting live in alexandria, i'm armando trull. bruce, back to you. >> thanks a lot for that report. prewinter blizzard in the midwest delayed or cancelled 1,500 flights in chicago alone. as for reagan reports, the heavy snow collapsed the roof of the minnesota metro game forcing today's nfl game to be postponed and moved elsewhere. >> snow inside through the inflatable roof of the minnesota vikings stadium early sunday. and crashed on to the field. the roof couldn't hold the weight of 17 inches of snow that fell on minneapolis. workers spent the day clearing the roof, but the cleanup will likely take days. the nfl was forced to move the vikings giants game to monday night in another city, detroit. further east in chicago, teams cleared their field before th

. >> reporter: traffic was a nightmare on many roads in northern virginia with a slight accumulation slowing folks down. >> i don't like to drive in the snow, but hey, what can you do? >> what is it like? >> terrible. it's scary with a lot of accidents back there. >> police pulled up to warn drivers of the slick snow turns ahead, but this was too late for this traveler. the car sat abandoned after the driver lost control and drove off the road. >> the road is a little slick. >> we have had crews out there all day, up to about 1,400 trucks in northern virginia, putting down salt and they are plowing where it is necessary. >> reporter: so while crews worked overtime to clear the roads, little ones who got out of school early looked forward to the benefits of this snow day. >> they love the first day of the snow. they are happy to come out. >> so a lot of times you see the plow trucks on the road and you automatically assume they are plowing the snow. sometimes they are not dropping the plows. we asked vdot what do you need in order to plow some of the snow and they say they look for ac

it did you not include northern virginia and most of maryland. only the southern counties down toward saint mary's county, charlie county, calvert county, also down toward fredericksbu, southern fauquier county, stafford county, you're in that winter weather advisory. any time we see that winter weather advisory, that mean the national weather service thinks we'll get at least two inches. to the north, it doesn't look like two inches. how much do i expect? about an inch, down to the south in washgton, around the metro area, one to t inches here. then to the south, this is where that winter weather advisory is. i'm thinking two to three ines. some locations, maybe upwards of four locations. that could post some problems. give yourself a lot of extra time tomorrow evening. this evening, clear skies. breezy and cold. the winds will be diminishing. 26 to 30 degrees. the windchills will be a factor this evening. by tomorrow, we culd say goodbye to the wind and goodbye to thewindchills. that's the good news. 15 to 20 degrees. mostly cloudy but snow wil

dozens of accidents in northern virginia. >> a lot of crazy driving. it has to do with t first snow and everybody just panicking. >> reporter: cold weather can be tough on cars that haven't been ready f the winter. zack dimento tod several vehicles that broke down in the snow. >> a lot of accidents, broken cars everywhere. >> reporter: main roads wet and congested, side roads were more difficult to pass. no major complaints as residents cleared the light, powdery snow off their cars. >> this neighborhood right here, they did a pretty good job. >> reporter: no slipping and sliding? >> no slipping and sliding. >> reporter: it also caused problems at the airport. angry passengers say they were left with no food and no place to spend the night, except for a seat in the terminal. >> it got delayed several times. we got on board finally. and after we got on board, it canceled. >> why can't y get back there? >> delta arbitrarily and capriciously canceled the flight over 2 ihes of snow. i would think they could handle 2 inches of snow. apparently not. >> repor

along wilson and fillmore roads toward northern virginia. you can see the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip for a time. really only about five to six hours of snow total. but that did give us an inch and a half to two inches toward arlington. walk in, it wasn't too bad. but driving in it was a little bit of a problem. you can say a digital doppler radar, how that snow ca i about six hours ago and continues to move through region. let's take a look. you can see it is out of here. here it was about sixours ago around the district. anthen it just opens up and clears out. some areas saw some sunshine to the south and west from a couple viewers around charlottesville. you did see more in the way of sun and then more othe, more snow did come through a little earlier in the evening. right now across theimmediate area, no more snow. ifou see anything, it may be a flurry or. two down toward saint mary's county. still seeing a little bit there and toward the eastern shore. salisburyeeing some moderate snow but that is making its way out into t

. >>> family and friends say goodbye to a young fashion designer who grew up in northern virginia. silva kashay was killed in her new york hotel room last week. her ex-boyfriend has been charged in the case. she worked for victoria's secret, kohl's among others. >>> this next story is no laughing matter. police are on the lookout for cath griffin, not the comedian but a thief. she showed up at a chevy chase home inquiring about a room for rent. she paid for a one-night stay and took off but a short time later the landlord realized the laptop computer and $100 in cash were missing. the homeowner says she got a strange feeling when the woman showed up with no luggage and asked about the home's alarm system. >> one thing i thought was strange because nobody has asked me that is right up front she said please tell me the security codes. >> police say the woman has been on their radar for the last few years. investigators believe she may be part of a larger crime ring. >>> prosecutors are trying once again to keep the founder of wikileaks behind bars. >>> horrific video from a school bo

three major teleworking centers in northern virginia are being foed to close. they're the latest casualty o tightening budgets. julie cary is live with more. >> reporter: you see it behind me, this kind of stop and go commute allows workers to telecommute at least a new days aweek. but some federalmployees could be right back in the thick of the commute again. malcolm mccloud hits the road from fredericksburg on 4:15 a.m. on the days he commutes into d.c. two days a week, thers a reprieve, he works instead st ten minutes from home at this telework center. one of 13 in the washington metro area. e general services administration has recently put the centers on notice. funding will end in march, most will be forced to close. >> it was a surprise and a shock. i'm disappointed. i enjoyed the telework center. >> the announcement comes just as president barack obama signed the telework bill. the 13 centers cost $3 million a year serving 300 people. when the centers were open 15 years ago, the ia was they'd pay for themsels. that hasn't happened. virginia congressman

right now, the storm is movin north, covering most of northern virginia. welcome to "news4 midday" i am barbara harrison. december 16, 2010. the snow is fallg, and in the district, tom? >> we had snow beginning in washington an hour ago. it is picking up in intensity as olympic as you look at the radar, you can see, it is a broad area of snow, covering virginia and west virginia, and continuing to advance through the east. this is a fast-moving storm, otherwise we would be talking about a major winter storm. there is the view, looking down on nebraska avenue there. off in the distanc american university, lost in the snow. the visibility has dropped. it has changed to rain in southwestern virginia, sleet as well. the closer view of the radar, where the darker colors are where it i coming down harder in charles county that is the zone that will likely get the heaviest snow. nortrn montgomery, northern loudo u.n. and stafford and prince william. it is cold. 22 in washington. this is light, fluffy snow that will stick and going to stay. all coming from low pre

. >> the first snowstorm of the season is being blamed for 100 accidents in northern virginia alone. tracee wilkins is live this morning with more on what you can expect when you head out the door. how is it looking there, tracee? >> it was a mess trying to dre out of virginia yesterday. we were headingp 66 heading towads manassas, northwest. cars spinning out. folks having a very difficult time making it down the highway even though they were going very slow speeds. it was an issue. this morning here's what we have here. take a look on annandale. little river turnpike the road has been cleared. this is at major roads are looking like. wood land road, this is a good example how the side streets are looking. they're a little slushy and slippery. you need to be careful. that's the message from vdot. vdot has been telling me their job was to pretreat the bridges and overpasses as they make sure they were pass bibae for the morning mmute. 700 snow removal crews after rush. 700 crews out here in northern virginia. when the sun comes up they will scale back a little bit more. they're expec

especially in northern virginia. folks in frederick and hagerstown may not even get any snow flakes. then it quickly dissipates and leaves by the evening rush hour. however, we should have a little accumulation. for the evening rush hour tomorrow, the roads may be slippery. high temperatures today near freezing, low 30's and breezy. one. inch at the most respected during the midday tomorrow, highs near 30. temperatures near 40 on friday and saturday. possible storm on sunday. >>> in virginia it looks great. 81, no problems to report on the greenway, or the dulles toll road. 95 and 66 are starting to build in volume a little. if let's look at traffic on 395 north bound. uneventful starts at duke street, good to the pentagon. upper side of town, on the north side of town and the beltway at university boulevard, things are running nicely. if you take mass transit, metrorail is on normal service system wide. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:21 right now, 22 degrees. >> of next, the lakers go bryant opens a school in d.c.

roads have been pretreated drug northern virginia. they have the number of salt trucks and snowplows on call. the residents are also preparing. we're at the springfield home depot, seeing a number of people getting the shovels, ice melt, salt. again, that weather will be coming midday. by the evening commute, it should be at its worst. it will be getting more slippery with the temperature is dropping. be careful, especially on your commute home and during the evening hours. we're live in springfield, courtney robinson, abc 7 news. >> courtney, cross is so much for that. adam caskey will be tracking the weather. you can get your updates online at tbd.com. >>> looking at news on the hill -- the house could vote on a compromise to extend the bush- era tax cuts as well as unemployment benefits. the senate easily approved that measure yesterday. the bill could have a tougher time in the house because some democrats want to change provisions on the estate tax. meanwhile, the senate could once again take up a bill to repeal the military's do

so far no precipitation ernight except northern virginia. the counties flashing lavender are winter weather advisory, the district, montgomery, howard. a few under passing snow showers. winter storm warnings out of the mountains for 10 inche of new snow there. upper teens to 20 degrees. and the windchills are brutally ld. now just single digits. manassas, only 3 above. hagerstown, 3 ave. they had a wind gust of 36 miles per hour. we have had gusts 25 to 30. temperatures in the mountains only in the single digits this theirs are below zero. westernaryland and west virginia, highlands and eastern west virginia. they could pick up 10 inches of new snow. for us passing snow showers this morning. but the big story the cold wind at0 miles per hour. you definitely need wrur warmest winter gear. upper 20s by noon time. winds coming to 40 miles per hour. highs near freezing. sunset 4:47. windy and cold. a small chance of a passing eisenhower. highsgain tomorrow only 30 degrees. still frigid thursday. could get flurries in virginia. partly cloudy. mil

. >> reporter: now about 700 v- dot trucks are spread out across northern virginia. >> we have like 88 pieces of equipment on the interstate and the rest of them are spread out through the secondary and primary routes. but i think we're getting ahead of the game this time. >> reporter: as the road crews get to work, others are opting to take a day off. >> i'm getting ready to go home and build a fire and stay home. >> hunker down? >> hunker down. >> are you ready for winter? >> no. too cold, too early. >> reporter: and many places are closing early. manassas city is closing two hours early. and prince william county is one hour early. there you go. so for all of the kids, i can't help myself, for all of the kids getting a little extra time off and not in school today, i just have to do it, to give you guys a good snow ball report. and i'm sorry to say, this stuff is not too sticky. it's pretty fluffy, for a lot of kids getting an extra hour or two off of school, good luck having a snow ball fight. back to you. >> thank you very much, kristin. try and stay warm. >>> well as kristin said

that through a to northern virginia. they have 400 trucks on standby, ready to get out when they need to. snowplows and that sort of thing. one or two inches. in other areas we could see more. with cold weather and freezing temperatures, the roads are cold. transportation officials are concerned that when the snowfalls, it will stick, and that will make for super- commuters. we have seen people at area businesses stocking up on the year for their vehicles, like snow shovels. it's good to have that in your card to be prepared. we will follow the winter weather and bring you the latest as it develops. >>> a lot of people in our area are having a hard time coping with this freezing weather. holiday shoppers at the baqouba plaza holiday shopping center in greenbelt were there despite the temperatures and strong wind. >> asserts, a sweater, a jacket. >> i have five layers. >> its really cold. >> its freezing. >> we spoke with a man in greenbelt with a two-year-old son will the heat went out and he tells me the problem will be

the threat was made by a northern virginia man on facebook. now more on the suspect's alleged plan and what is family is saying. >> the father of the 26-year- old felt there was no evidence of bomb-making material inside the family's arlington house. >> there broke the door. >> he wrote about it placing pipe bombs in manholes and bombing railcars. >> should i not to go along with my daily routine? >> this girlfriend replied to him on facebook that he would never do that and he told dir, and watch me -- told her, watch me. >> when he was in 10th grade there was a picture [unintelligible] >> the neighbors raided the house last week. >> it looks like someone was hiding in our yard. >> on facebook he pointed out which kind of janelle would cause the most damage and during rush hour or would be the most ideal. >> i'm glad the authorities looked into it. >> when he learned his girlfriend went to the fbi, he wrote to her on facebook that this is bigger than you end in. metro says they will not make changes to the current security standards. >>> the s

more than 200 snow plows will be patrolling northern virginia today. they'll be ready to clea the snow as soon as it falls. still, v-dot is warning you to be extremely careful if you do have to dri through the commonwealth because of yesterday's told temperatures. >> we normally pretreat, because to keep the roads from freezing, bridges,hills, things such as that. but because the temperature never got above freezing today, we weren't able to brine and pretreat in most of the areas. >> v-dot also says it's more prepared for this winter than last winter. it has as many as 1800 plows available. that's almostriple the size of last year's fleet. you y also want to make other plans if you take white's ferry to work. it's closed again this morning. the ferry connecting montgomery and loudoun counties waslosed yesterday afternoon because of ice. >> wow. look at that image. that is a lot of ice out the. >> still a lot of ice that's up there inhat part of the poma

police shut down service for hundred of people in northern virginia. this come one day after it was revealed a northern virginia man was arrested for threatening to blow up metro trains. >>> coming up, more protests in greece. >>> a bold burglary suspect taunts his victim b posting on the victim's facebook page. >>> the human age society said animals are being abused at a farm in virginia. >>> after years of recall, the federal government has banned drop side cribs. >>> the capitals saying it is crunch time. there is a cozy new deal in washington. donovan mcnabb trying to prove he is a starter. plus, enough is enough. the capital have a chance to snap their losing streak. >>> in greece, the economy is in desperate trouble. the government has made some drastic cuts in an effort to deal with that. a lot of people don't like it so they've been protesng. today it turned violent once again. hundred of protestors clashed with police in athens. police fired tear gas and stun grenades when it escalated a it began to spread across the city. the greek government

>> reporter: i ca tell u, the road cditions in northern virginia have improved a great deal in the lastouple hours. the saltas finall started to do its work. the morning rush hour wasn't quite over when the first snow flakestarted to fall, tangling up the traffi and it was slowoing all day ong. dozens of accidents out there. hen add all those schooluses to the x on the early rease and then parents leavi work early to hustle home to interct the kids. the snow arrived oner and stuck to roads faster than many expected. by 10:00 a.m.,herince william police were call this four-wheel pileup. at the back of the ne, a george mason university student hurrying to take a final exam. >> the car over there. yeah. >> reporter:n the middle the crunch, a fairx county school emplee who sayshis was her first accint in 30 years. it went boom. ere were. >> reporter: police were ke buas accident after accident was called in. v-dot d pretreated the accidt spots but ads were quickly covered before the salt ucks could t going. >>e'll put some chemicaldown. >> reporter: for a time, intstates weren't in much beer sha

there students from northern virginia say the consequences are clear. more debt for some while others have to lea school for a time or take fewer classes to keep costs down. >> myself and the students here are already in debt and stuff. >> becoming hardeand harder to graduate within four years. the too i go hikes might be making people drop out earlier. >> he said his new partnership with virginia's university comes with conditions. theyeed to keep tuition down to get renewed funding. to underscore the point, he urged lawmaker to thhold part of the funding until i sets tuition rates for next year. some lawmaker question singling out one school for blame but say mcdonald's fcus on higher education is welcome. >> i thin this is a step in the right direction. i think the money as suggested is a positive thing for virginia. i think this will be warmly embraced. julie carey, nes4. >> these are tough time for a l of families. some children are writing some heart breaking letters to santa. the u.s. postal service says many of the letters received are pleading

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a northern virginia man is in jail accused of making threats against the metro system. they had reference to the tw tower and 9/11. news 4's jackie benson reports. >> these images taken by a neighbor on the arlington virginia home of 25-year-old eunis, known as sonny. during an early december facebook chat he said he would place a pipe bomb. court documents saye further stated that the third and fifth cars in the metro trains had the highest number of commuters on them and he could place pipe bos in these locations and would not be noticed. his family lived in arlington for many years. neighbors say they are shocked. >> they have a little girlment they're good people. i was so shocked. she's ying to raise themnd brought them up this far. one is in college. >> reporter: court documents

>> reporter: police say the area, specifically northern virginia, because of the high- end malls. we're not talking about shoplifters who steal a pair of jeans and walk away from the store n. many cases these thieves are walking away with bagfuls of merchandise. in the midst of holiday shoppers, thieves are lingering, looking for an opportunity. >> there are so many things going on and they try to take advantage of that. >> reporter: but also blending into the crowd at fair oaks mall are eight undercover police officers waiting to catch the shoplifters. >> they are very organized and they know what they want to steal. they usually have multiple players, multiple vehicles. >> reporter: and during one arrest, they found a car. >> the vehicle was -- inside the vehicle was $13,000 in merchandise. >> reporter: this is one of the two uniformed officers who also patrols fair oaks and said the shoplifters are organized and becoming aggressive. assaulting officers, even brandishing guns. the retail anti-theft team snapped picture from some latest busts. several thousands dollars worth of c

that threat was made by a northern virginia man on facebook. he said he wanted to detonate pipe bombs and he talked about which tactic would cause the most damage. john gonzalez is live in arlington with more about what the suspect's family is saying tonight. >> he is 26 years old, lives in arlington. his family says he is not violent, but tonight, he is charged with making threats on facebook to use explosive devices to kill people. his father spoke with us exclusively and said his son is not violent, but the fbi says the threats are serious. the father of 26 year-old awais younis tells us there is no evidence of any bomb making material inside the family home. authorities say the young awais younis wrote about placing georgetown.s in >> should i not go along with my dad routine? >> when his girlfriend reply to him on facebook that he would never do that, he told her, watch me. he said the christmas trees would soon go boom. he said that one of his photos shows him in the middle east toting an ak-47. the caption reads "my family business." >>

virginia. the driver drove up to 95 miles per hour from i-96 in arlington to dulles airport as they morning and crashed into four cars and ran some off the road. he was hired just a few weeks ago. >> he was talking about his uniform and how he wanted a uniform. we were going to get him one and he was very nice. it is still in shock them a mother and her baby were hurt when the vasn rear ended their car but they are expected to be okay. police arrested the 25-year-old near dulles airport. >>> sentencing is under way this error for the man convicted of killing a music producer in prince george's county. raymond brown was shot and killed in 2006 in mitchell bill during a contest the man was convicted in october and faces up to 155 years in prison. stay tuned tonight at 5:00 for results from the court room. >>> mopurners are paying their respects for a fashion designer from mcclain was found dead in a new york city hotel. her ex-boyfriend was charged with murder from strangulation. >> when we conti

heavy rains and strong winds toppled trees and power lines in northern virginia and maryland. flooding the problem in pennsylvania, more than 3 inches of rain fell over 24 hours in many areas. the bad weather meant long flight delays and cancellations at new york's laguardia airport. >> there's no need to get frustrated about it because if they're not going, they're not going. >> reporter: strong winds rustled the big branches of 30 rock's christmas tree and sent hats flying in the nation's capital on the first day of hanukkah. and it's the sounds of the season in the great lakes. snow shovels and snowplows rumbling into action from duluth, minnesota, to rochester, new york. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a new jersey store clerk came out swinging his machete against three armed men. the suspects stormed in. one managed to clean out the register, but the power struggle quickly shifted. the clerk took the upper hand and beat the men out of the store. police are still looking for the men. >>> there's a lot of ba

ann down toward dc, laurel, ddwn to around one to 3 inches, and northern virginia ne to 3 inches. so decent snowfall furtter south you go on the 95 corridor. clear skies tonight. 22 degrees. breezy conditions. for tomorrow, looking at the snow showers coming down in the afteenoon. ann evening.3 take your patience. @%d five-day forecast shows 37 friday. saturday there watching for 30% @%ancc forrthe storm to form. could go over the atlantic. so we will watch it to see how it plays out. and then clearing anddcoll temperatures for next week. >> topless acrobbts put onnthe performance of a lifetime. highhprofile audienceethat may not have felt very omfortable. -> the ravens turn foous to the i can't find it. ♪ [ female announcer ] new tide with acti-lift technology helps remove many dry stains as if they were fresh. hey! you found it. yeah, it must have been hiding in my closet. [ female announcer ] new tide with acti-lift. style is an option. clean is not. get acti-lift in these tide detergents. >> aarobatic troupe of topless men performed for a audience. >> ggt this. they suuprise

northern virginia, sterling and rusttn. inch and a half to two. and ttis could leave snow on the @%ound as ttis system pushes through thursday. here is how it plays out on the bigger picture. kind of watching sooth. potential weaken storm as aaea of low pressure develops over theedeep south. traveling up the gulf of mexico. %-snow across the mountains.teis western edge of maryland and then along the 95 corridor. late saturday to sunday. mainly sunday afternoon event. it coull be disruptive weather. -ith some accumulating snowfall. depends on how strong the low gets. so we have to watch this closely tt see if this actually comes together. and formulates a storm for the weekend. we will keep you posted. clear skies, 19 degrees. windy tomorrow as well. looking at 32 degrees. not a warm day. and it looks likeewe will see snow showwrs for thursday, friday, saturday. clearing out. with warming temperatures a bit in the upper 30s. then the chance maybe for some snow on sunday. -ut we will watch the traak of the storm if it comes tomorrow together. >> thi

in northern virginia, about 400 salt trucks are on standby ready to see what happens. one official told me his biggest concern is what the roads will look like during the evening commute. >>> that is what is to come. let's get more on how people are coping with tonight's deadly cold temperatures here. cynee simpson is live in greenbelt. >> 10 days left until christmas. that means time is running out. a lot of people felt it would be better to get out in today's cold rather than deal with tomorrows snow. the weather outside is frightful. >> it is still freezing. >> this woman is determined to make this holiday delightful. >> i have girl scouts and co- workers. gift-giving is important to me. >> people have been braving the cold and the wind at this shopping center. >> i have a share and a sweater -- a shirt and sweater. >> people hope to cross holiday shopping of the west -- of the list before snow moves through the area. staying warm and toasty is not so easy for this man and his son. the heat went out in their apartment today. >> do something. they put a note on your

a wild scene in northern virginia. what a shuttle driver did that stunned drivers and landed him behind bars. >>> plus, millions of people have them, but are they sa? who is examining dental fillings? >>> and surprise snow overnight. many roads are slippery. weather and traffic next. >> if you have not received updated information from us in the past six months or if you want to sign up your school, business or church, please call 202-885-4663 or e-mail closing help at nbcwashington.com. this is the sign-up for the system not to close or delay openings. >>> time for weather and traffic. snow showers coming in from the north. they have laid down a coating of snow in frederick and montgomery counties. as a result, we have many side streets and roads that are slick with snow. right now it is snowing lightly where you see on the radar that area of blue in frederick and northern montgomery county. this is going to continue for e next several hours. areas noh of washiton very slick. temperatures near 20 degrees. windchills i