this is in stafford township ocean county. ted greenberg, our jersey shore bureau reporter is now on the phone with us. ted, tell us where you are and how close you are to this house explosion? >> vai we're a couple of blocks away from it. we just arrived on the scene in stafford township now. i know you're taking a look from skyforce10 above the area on oak road and you can see there is still active fire a lot of debris scattered all over the place. as you have been saying three injuries were reported so far. one very serious. one of those victims is a gas company worker. as you can imagine, this is a very active scene right now, police have closed off many roads, so we're trying to make our way to the scene to get as close as possible. we'll also stay a safe distance away. people are outside their homes, many people in this area say that they felt the explosion. it was just that intense. and, betweenagain we're trying to get as close it the scene as possible. when we get there, we'll be back in touch with you. >> stay with u

. >>> we begin with the lightest from stafford township, new jersey, in ocean county at least two were hurt and 75 homes were evacuated after a gas explosion on oak avenue. the gas crews were looking for the source of the leak when it ignighted this morning. chopper 6 hd was over the scene after the explosion and it was leveled. police say between 75 and 100 homes are evacuated right now and it's affected area stretches from route 9 to perkins lane, that is the video from after it happened. this is the way it looks now, it looks like the fire is extinguished. we know that the gas company -- well it's still burning there -- it's an active gas leak here and they have evacuated the area because there is an imminent danger here, it's unstable and the gas company is on the scene trying to turn off the source of the gas, they have evacuated a large area here to get people out of the way and they have been evacuated when the gas company was called out because of the odor of gas and they evacuated the homes and at this point they expanded that evacuation area, there are other homes here as wel

mary's charle stafford, no neck low eastern shore, that's they get some he heavier snoamounts, metro area 1 to 2 inches. of northern virginia. and then farther south, 2 to 3 inch lieu north centr virgin. then 3 to 6 amounts much fartr to the south. amelia is in the 4 x 4 trac the snow. e are you now? >> rep we're in stafford where the is that winter storm warnin tempere now down to 30 degrs and snow has picked up. when we first started just 4:00 a.m. flurries in parts oe area. but right now you can see a steady snow falling outside as we take a live look with our dre cam. for the mt part the roads here remaining wet. water not seeing snow stick to road but t necessarily wasn the case further north up around the springfield area. visibi now i wou say about half a mile. so thebad. and of course we'll sin to trav aroun here in virginia th bringing you the lated conditions as we track this last or maybe last round. we'll e about that. of winter weather. >> we hope it's the la round. taking a look at 95 in virginia where are, taking a look at the northbound lanes here as you' headed out o

fifteen people are in hospitals in stafford. several are gas company employees and two of those seven are in critical condition. >>> also the subject of yesterday's amber alert three-year old elinor trotta is safe this morning. her father is a awaiting extradition back to delaware. police say michael trotta took elinor from her new castle home, yesterday morning they were found in massachusetts. >>> twenty-seven year-old eddie ray routh will spend life in prison without parole in the shooting deaths of american snipper author chris kyle and another man, jury convicted routh yesterday in the 2013 shootings. >>> 5:43. lets check with katie and our weather watchers good morning. >> very cold air reported from the weather watcher network not as harsh as yesterday but we are still in the single digits and lower teens in spots and we will show you a couple of these locations. 12 degrees from sam, he has a very light wind in norristown he had a comment too perhaps today will be warmer doesn't feel like it so far. you know i concur beca

it stapd in stafford township ocean county. neighbors near the home along oak avenue had to be evacuated. >> our live team coverage begins now on "nbc10 news" at 5:00. we have ted greenberg live at the scene of the blast. joining us with the very latest on this now. ted? >> reporter: i just got an update from stafford township's mayor. he tells us none of the 75 people from -- the people from 75 homes evacuated in this area none of them have been allowed to return and he's not sure when they'll be allowed to go back. we got a close up look at the spot where that house stood until this morning. the

it stapd in stafford township ocean county. neighbors near the home along oak avenue had to be evacuated. >> our live team coverage begins now on "nbc10 news" at 5:00. we have ted greenberg live at the scene of the blast. joining us with the very latest on this now. ted? >> reporter: i just got an update from stafford township's mayor. he tells us none of the 75 people from -- the people from 75 homes evacuated in this area none of them have been allowed to return and he's not sure when they'll be allowed to go back. we got a close up look at the spot where that house stood until this morning. the smoldering remains of a home. people felt it for more than a mile away, a massive explosion that disintegrated the home on stafford township ocean county this morning. >> my windows blew out, i dropped, covered my daughter. >> reporter: melissa lewis was about to leave with her two young children because of a gas leak when the house blew up across the street. >> i stood up i heard some screaming outside and people brought to the ambul

a police dash cam from stafford township police caught the explosion on camera. just incredible. that leveled that house and sent at least 15 people to hospital. crews are replacing that gas main today. >> elinor trotta three-year old subject of the yesterday's amber alert has been found safe in massachusetts. her father michael trotta took her from her home yesterday, trotta is in custody and awaiting extradition to delaware. >>> jury convicts eddie lee routh in the shooting death the of the american snipper author chris kyle and another man. routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" president obama stops the keystone pipeline xl bill with the veto. >>> republicans are responding and whether they have enough vote to override it, we will be right 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 fa

lets go to the stafford mayor can you give us an update on what is happening here at 59 oak avenue. >> okay we mentioned we have everything evacuate from the area the gas leak is not contained yet, the only ones in the area is the gas company, they are not letting anyone in there until they isolated problem and get the gas leak shut off. it's not shut down yet. >> it's obviously still a dangerous situation mayor we mentioned so many people are at work and school and this area is closed off and likely to be that way for much of the afternoon what would you advise the people that are not home and have been evacuated -- is it just a waiting game to be patient until they are allowed and given the all clear to return to their neighborhoods. >> it is a waiting game, the gas company will get the main shut off, if any of the evacuates people need a place to go contact the township we'll take care of them. anyone else in the surrounding areas, be aware of the smell of gas if you smell gas please report it to us if you smell gas in your home open the windows and leave and call us. >> i was goin

not a whole week. >> vdot will deploy 900 trucks across the stafford and fredricksburg region. in addition to the 3800 pieces of equipment, scattered across northern virginia. carrying six to nine tons of salt, sand or both trucks do their best to pretreat the roads when possible but once the snow really starts falling, attention shifts to plowing. >> sticking to the interstate and main road keeping them clear and not letting snow accumulate on those roads. >> across the region today it was hard to find a section without trucks. >> this area. >> and workers ready to go. >> my kids are playing in it and i can go out and make some money on it. >> i'm very excited because we haven't had snow all weekend. i'm ready for it. >> kate malone of arlington is bundled up in fredericksricksburg hoping the holiday weekend could go one day longer. >> have a snow day. fingers crossed. >> yeah everybody excited about that snow day. this is 95 south right now. you can see cars moving definitely cautiously. slow and steady. we've seen some clouds come through in just the past 15 to 20 minutes. t

. >> it happened in stafford township ocean county and it's now nothing but charred rubble. nora muchanic is live on route 9 in stafford township with the latest on everything that unfolded today. >> reporter: good afternoon rick neighbors talk about and explosion that you could hear and feel all over, it rocked oak avenue early this morning, it continued to disrupt life even though flames are out. the house was leveled and 300 homes in the area of oak avenue are without gas service on this bitter cold day. >> felt the vibration and felt a big explosion i thought something happened i thought something fell in my house. >> neighbors described it as a deaf onning explosion that rocked stafford township this morning. gas crews were in the area along with ems checking on a report of a gas smell when the home exploded. >> it felt like a mini earthquake. >> i saw one of my guys get knocked to the ground, it was something i never want to experience again. the gas leveled the home that is still smoking at this hour thankfully nobody was inside and seven workers from new jersey natur

more pictures and video from the scene in stafford township. you can also find information on what to do if you smell gas. and that distinct smell had people on a philadelphia street concerned, so they came to the nbc10 investigators for help. coming up in just ten minutes, mitch blacher looks at the city's oldest and most brittle gas lines. why one official told him those lines keep him up at night. >>> a live look from our camera on camel back mountain. one region that woke up to record-breaking temperatures today. the first alert radar showing a system moving in from the west. nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz joining us with his first alert forecast. >> that could have an impact on the southern part of our area. >> absolutely. we have one storm that is near the southern part of our area right now. that one's a fairly small one. and it's moving eastward. but look how close that snow is to southern delaware. the next one is a bigger storm coming farther north. you can see the spin in the southwestern part of the country. al

>> well, we're on 95 north jush of stafford. and i have to say the secondary road fredericksbg were absolu horrible. cars that didn't have four-wheele were having difficulty g up the hills. now that we're on 95 north, we're only noticing wet roads. snowfa coming down at a modera ra the snow is sticking to the side. visibi also good at this time. r plan is to continue to head snort for the res of the mog hours, continuing bring e latest conditions of area roads. and i'm suspectsing head north closer to t metro area we'll start to see traffic piling up because of the snow. but here the main roadsing on. secondy r road crews are havi big issues with. >> thank you, amelia. and rit n the snow is really picking up in southern maryland. zach zachar i can see all the snow arou you. how are roads? >> rep i grew up in minute s i know a li somet snow and i was concerned this morning that this thing wasn't going to materi has. it's cold wet and visibility is becomi an issue with some of the snowflakes.d that means that driving cond are dete

>> we're traveling northbound on 95 in kind of that warrenton, stafford area. look over to the left and we're passing what appears to be maybe a pickup truck. it is off on to the side of the road and a state trooper is there. this may be a single vehicle crash and the situation is deteriorating as we speak. i must say when we first left at 3:30 and headed south the roads have been manageable but there's been a lot of volume. h.o.v. lanes were a breeze coming down into the dale city area. for the most part on both north and southbound from arlington all the way down to fredricksburg, conditions actually have been pretty good. you know we've seen a few fender benders here or there. not what we totally have expected but for now, it looks like the treating of the roads has gone pretty well. live in mobile track 7 abc 7 news. >> all right. all right, jay. just check back in with us later on and make sure you guys drive safely out there. >> let's check in now with doug who is here with the latest on the track of the snow and we can tell you -- did you see the shot wi

fifteen people were injured when this home in stafford blew up. the entire thing caught right there on police dash cam. seven gas company employees air machining those injured. >>> crews are working to repair water main breaks in rhawnhurst and fox chase. and, schools were affected but road could be icy. >>> elinor trotta, three-year old subject of the amber alert will be back home in new castle delaware later today. her father michael trotta awaits his extradition back to the first state. we willl be right back. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ mcw plans to play. sixers lost four straight, milwaukee has dropped two. >>> flyers and hurricane in carolina that is jeff skinner breaking a tie begins rocky goalie rob zepp. hurricane beat flyers four-one. fly guys are four points out

. >>> developing right the now, this is video just in from the gas explosion in stafford township. you can see a fireball and then the explosion sent debris flying from the house into the the the air right there. this is video from a police car's dash camera. new lets look live at the scene from chopper three. we know more than a dozen people were injured in this blast. story is unfolding on oak avenue in stafford township where between 57 and 100 homes were evacuated. "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte huffman is live with the very latest tonight, charlotte. >> reporter: jessica, a resident here in stafford township called police around 9:00 this morning reporting odor of gas and crews responded to shut off the the gas but it was an hour and a half later that the house on oak lane exploded, injuring 15 people including gas workers and sending two of them to the hospital in critical condition. debris from what used to be someone's home thrown across the street. the the home itself, completely leveled. the view from chopper three shows fire and smoke rising from the scorched area

all this happened early this morning on oak avenue in stafford township, ocean county. it's still a very active scene there tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt standing by to show us what's happening right now. david? >> reporter: chris a very busy night on oak avenue. back out of the way. you can see these crews. they have been out here all night. they're going to be out here for several more hours. they are digging in the ground to replace a main gas line. the mayor of stafford township says that 34-year-old gas line is what caused the big explosion explosion. >> it was big. it shook the floors, the whole foundation of the house. >> it was terribly loud. i never heard anything so loud. >> reporter: effects of explosion on oak avenue could be spotted late in the night. crews spent hours digging up an old gas line that officials say caused this massive explosion just after 10:30 in the morning. >> i thought tractor trailer hit this porch. that's how much the house shook. >> reporter: eric parker lives a few doors down from the house at 59 oak avenue and told

crews working to restore gas and heat to homes in stafford township ocean county. a natural gas explosion destroyed a guest home yesterday. 15 people were injured including firefighters emt's and natural gas employees. two of those workers are still in critical condition. >>> the mother of three year old elinor trotta is in massachusetts to take the child back to their home in new castle delaware. the girl's father is facing extradition back to delaware to face charges in the kidnapping that prompted an amber alert. >> on 95 look at this travel time 48 minutes from woodhaven to the vine. tracks heavy southbound because of an accident blocking the left lane at the betsy ross bridge. earlier we had a disabled septa bus. the schuylkill is jammed because of an asked at the blue route westbound dave. >> we'll have climb in temperatures today. and maybe not as long and slow as the commute. we'll see. 27 degrees by 9 o'clock. we're in the teens right now so that 27 at 9:00 is pretty big jump. 39 is your high this afternoon. better than yesterday when we were stuck in the

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live now in stafford township. she's got the very latest. good morning annie. >> reporter: good morning tam. that progress continues as crews try work to restore heat and electricity to all of those homes affected. you can see behind me the lights there. that's one of the stafford township police officers that's blocking off the road where this all happened yesterday. well, take a look at this video. it was tuesday morning that the gas explosion leveled this stafford township new jersey home rocking the neighborhood and injuring 15 people. now, new jersey natural gas workers and first responders were already on the scene ahead of the explosion. actually searching for reported source of a gas leak. in facts, one police officer going door to door to evacuate people turned on his dash cam catching the explosion. among the injured are firefighters emt's and new jersey natural gas employees. two of their workers are still critical. all but three residents were allowed back in last night but residents in about 300 homes returned to no heat and pre

ted greenberg joins us live from stafford township. you have new video that shows the aftermath of this explosion? >> we do and it gives us new insight into what happened here after that blast caused so much destruction. destruction. >> this longer police dash cam video obtained by nbc 10 today captured the moments immediately after the house explosion. >> we got injuries. >> it includes audio and shows police officers running towards the scene on oak avenue in stafford township tuesday morning. soon after the blast you hear frantic efforts to help one from the victims. >> today investigators believe what they believed cautioned the house to blow up. gas leaking from a crack in a two-inch main made its way along the water line into the street and into the home's basement. >> as it built up you have utilities in the basement. your furnace hot water heater. one of those sparks set off the explosion. >> two gas company workers investigating the gas leak were the most seriously hurt. one is critical condition the other was released from th

southbound past route 1 over the occoquan and south of quantico towards stafford, a little bit of volume and people getting a jump on the weekend no doubt. generally running well on 95 as well as on 395 and a little by of volume on the inner loop headed from 395 and i-95 b.w. parkway doing all right. 95 southbound not doing too bad getting over the occoquan and then you don't slow down until you get to quantico. >> you're giving us the forecast from what looked like anchorage out there and it was the potomac. >> truth of the matter many parts of alaska anchorage in particular is warmer there than it is here. >> get out of here! >> most of alaska is warmer too. yeah. it will warm up one day here. so we're getting closer. it's 30 days to first day of spring, 30 31 do the math here. not tonight. don't think spring thoughts yet,

matt delucia is live in stafford county. what are police telling you there now? >> reporter: police via social media are telling the residents around here to be patient as gas services is restored to each of the roughly 300 homes that are affected in this neighborhood. the crews have been working around the clock going door to door and clearly the big issue right now is what caused this natural gas leak and explosion of a house under construction. the gas workers were already out here yesterday morning at the home on oak avenue investigatinging that very leak. 15 people were injured as a result of this. while evacuation orders were underway at the time, some people who lived here didn't know what happened and couldn't go back home for several hours. >> i came out of my house and at that point i guess because the injuries, it was chaotic with people going up and down the streets and ambulances everywhere. then luckily my parents live right down here so i was able to go to their house with their dog and go there for right now. >> reporter: back out here live in sta

. >>> your student in stafford county could be moving to a new school next year. the fredericksburg star reports the school board has decided to redistrict schools to help with overcrowding. students from rodney, thompson shirley hime and hhp middle into will go to new schools. stafford county middle school will receive the majority of those students and students are being sent to stafford middle because that school is experiencing underenrollment. >>> we're tracking potential problem spots for you on the roads this morning as we deal with the refreezing of the melted snow overnight. your weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> plus offering you you a faster way to work at a price. the crowded highway that soon may offer you you the choice of toll lanes. >>> also ahead, two too high tech for their own good. why some fear popular new toys could be used to spy on them. >>> welcome back. maryland regulators have approved a settlement with sububer. uber's subsidiary will be required to apply for a motor carrier permit and hire drivers. those names will be submitted to the

. >> within the next hour crews should begin turning the gas back on in stafford township ocean county. we know 15 people were injured in the blast. dozens of homes were evacuated but emergency officials say all of those people found other places to stay tonight and didn't need to stay at the designated shelter. we do not know what caused the blast. >> tonight we have live team coverage. george spencer is investigating the gas company's safety record. we begin with denise who is live in stafford. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with the gas company spokesman who said they should be able to make repairs by midnight. much like these workers who are out here the two utility workers who were injured were only standing feet away when the education explosion happened. they were knocked to the ground and dragged to safety by a couple of police officers. you can see the damage. debris not placed here but blown here by the blast. people say video from a police dash cam captured only part of the impact of the natural gas explosion. >> everything just shoot. it was chaotic everywhere. >> re

duct taping will happen wednesday morning at the s stafford. good luck. >>> the washington performing arts gospel choir is honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr.. they sang a tribute called living the dream, sinking i go dream. they also presented civil rights icon and baptist minister vivian with the 2015 humanitarian award. incredible gathering there. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m.. >>> your temperatures still above freezing this morning. take a look at the thermometer on our weather deck. but don't get too comfortable. we are on our way back down. tom tells us how cold it will get and whether we're going to see spring anytime soon. >>> and we're watching a developing story right now. d.c. police investigating a shooting. meg apan mcgrath is on the scene there. first good morning, it is 5:00 a.m.. >> welcome to "news 4 today" for this monday february 23. we'll check your forecast in a moment. but first, we want to check in with melissa mollet. >> breaking news in virginia 95 north totally shut down righ

the blast on oak avenue in stafford township followed reports of a natural gas leak. it left 15 people hurt two seriously. nbc 10's ted greenberg is live for us this morning. what have you seen there since you arrived in the neighborhood? >> reporter: well, vai, this is the closest we have been able to get so far to the scene of that explosion. you can really understand why some folks who live in the area say it looked like a war zone right after that house was blown to bits literally. you see there is still debris scattered throughout the area. stafford township's mayor tells me gas company workers are more than halfway through the process of restoring gas service to about 300 homes in this community. it is a slow process because they have to do it by going house by house. this morning, gas company employees continue to go door to door in stafford township turning the gas back on for those who have been without service and in many cases heat since the blast. >> we have a wood burning fireplace, so we all bundled up and got downstairs and slept by the fireplace us and

>> reporter: dorrie stafford says this letter shows how badly the v.a.'s claim system is broken. it's dated july 29, 2014, thanking dorrie's husband wayne an army veteran for the disability claim he filed ten years before in 2004. but wayne died in an accident seven years ago. does this upset you? >> it upsets me. why would you suddenly after all these years send a letter to a dead man? >> reporter: five current and former employees tell us that wayne stafford's claim went to the oakland california, veterans' benefits office and was stuffed in a file cabinet and ignored along with some 15,000 informal claims sent by veterans between 1996 and 20 09d. informal claims tend to be letters from veterans asking for help, and by law the veteran is owed an immediate response. >> we were getting letters from elderly veterans and for widows. >> reporter: rusty ann brown worked at the oakland office and was part of a team assigned to process the claims in 2012. most of the claims, she says, were for agent orange or ptsd. 13,184 veterans who were waiting for an answer. >> begging for help. i

from stafford township we go to new castle county. state police right now holding a news conference on that brett called off. let's listen in life. >> multi jurisdictions work together rapid toll achieve a victory. it's a good day. a little girl gets to come home to her mother and her mother gets to rest soundly tonight and the community can rest. i'd like to thank new castle county pd and all the other pd's that helped us. thank you very much. >> following in protocols we practiced this morning we let you all speak to the mother. i think she's very happy right now. we're going to let you talk to her again. dawn? >> hi. it's a different tone than this morning. i just want to thank the fbi the new castle county police department detectives purse officer jackson officer dolan patricia from the da' office and everyone at the courthouse and all my friends and family who supported me and stood by me threw this hard time today. is my birthday and i prayed all day do to god i would get her back and he gave me the best birthday present ever i

look the at the after had math this morning of the natural gas explosion that leveled a stafford township home, right there. >>> maxima reen who in murdered chris kyle and another man is headed to prison. a full wrap up of the late night jury decision in the american snipper trial, coming up. >>> but first lets get a quick check of our forecast and already feeling chillier, temperature 21 degrees, yesterday we were at ten. >> even of the february is coming up, hi, katie. >> hi guys. today will be a break for us here. we have another coal front on the way but at least for to take we can expect to flirt with 40 degrees. i don't think we will quite get there but we can at least expect to ease up on the thermometer. we have that going for us. we will have much more tea tail on that here as we progress throughout the the show erika back over to you. >>> back to our top story, aftermath of this unbelievable explosion that leveled a home in ocean county, new jersey. the video is incredible. >> this dash cam video from a police cruiser captured the blast as it happened. >> utility crews are conti

a gas explosion leveled a stafford township guest house rattling this community to the core. >> gigantic explosion. felt like the whole house -- felt like the house moved. i come outside and i see the plume of smoke. >> reporter: new jersey natural gas crews were at work on oak avenue trying to repair the ruptured line that knocked out gas and precious heat to 300 houses. greg johnson who was at home at the time of the explosion built a fire and pulled out the space heaters to keep his family warm. >> once the gas company was turning everything off, it was going to be a long night. >> reporter: around 11:00 a.m. natural gas workers and first responders were on scene after the report of a gas leak. they were evacuating homes when an officer's dash cam caught the explosion. >> he was returning to his car at about the time the explosion happened. instantly once the explosion happened, he entered his car pushed the record button knowing that the recorder would capture 30 seconds prior. >> reporter: 15 people were injured including firefighters emt's and natural gas employees. two of those wo

. >>> thinks the way it looked as a house literally blew up today in stafford township, new jersey. police and fire personnel were on the scene, trying to determine, if there was a gas leak in the neighborhood, and this is how they found out that there was. tuesday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the update on a house explosion today in ocean county, the the gas leak blew a house to bits, forcing neighborhood resident out of their homes and holding gas service to hundreds of dwellings. a "action news" reporter kenneth moton is close to the scene, kenneth what is the very latest on this. >> reporter: jim, accept for three damaged houses police have allowed everyone to return to their home their very cold homes n an hour new jersey natural gas is hoping to start the propers zest to restore gas and heat. it was unimaginable, until we saw the video. a gas explosion leveled a stafford township guest house rattling this community to the core. >> gigantic explosion. it felt like the house basically just moved. i come outside and see the the plume of smoke. >> reporter: ton

ten years after dori stafford says her husband wayne applied for veterans benefits. it thanked wayne for applying. the rob, it did not arrive until seven years after he died in an accident having never seen any veterans benefits. >> why would you suddenly after all these years send a letter to a dead man? >> reporter: stafford's claim came here to the oakland's veterans benefits office where whistle blowers say it was stuffed in a file cabinet and ignored along with 13,000 other claims filed between 2006 and 2009. cbs reporter wyatt andrews tracked down the whistle blowers. >> every other piece of paper i touched was for a person who passed away. >> reporter: her job was to process the lost claims once they were found but she and other whistle blowers say supervisors ordered her and the rest of the team to label most claims no action necessary. denying benefits to veterans who deserved them. >> we pulled 15 indiscriminantly to look at. eight of them were owed money. was one owed $36,000. they took them, they put them in a file and they stuffed them away. >> reporter:

western charles and down 95 between stafford and fredericksbu. maryland a little bit of a mix of the light sleet and little bit of a light snow in the gray and pink zone in charles county. and samary's county. what to wear today. your winter coat scarf, gloves and sunglasses. we'll get the sun breaking out later this afternoon. bus stop this morning remaining cold. and then 8 to 9:00 the winds will start to pick up. it will be near freezing but the temperature 20s. >> thank you. 6:32. chuck bell in the storm team 4 x 4 this morning keeping an eye on road conditions. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron! we're on route 50 going eastbound. we just got on route 50 off the capital beltway. traffic on the beltway is moving fairly slowly this morning. accidents all over the place. traffi ead toward the bay now light traffic on this side of route 50. that's good news. better still the little rain snow mix we were dealih t 30 minutes ago basically come to an end. most of the rain snow mix is overwith for us. we have seen no iciness on any of th

so are anne arundel, stafford and spotsylvania. and fredericksburg city schools. >> for you kerr, culpeper page all starting two hours late. frederick county virginia and shenandoah opening one hour late today. one school this arlington will be closed williamsburg middle school closed because of pipe burst. all other arlington county schools are open on time. a full list at the bottom of your screen and always available on nbc washington app. >>> let's get a look at your forecast now. >>> good morning. starting off a lot of clouds around. radar showing scattered flurries in western maryland, far north and west of us, a few flurries washington county northern frederick, panhandle of west virginia. other scattered flurries closer to washington in the metro area. right inside the beltway, northeast, southeast washington, prince william, just a few scattered flurries. temperatures silver spring by 9:00 a.m. down to the mid 20s. right now we're above freezing. so what is wet likely freezing up later today. only getting to the low 20s by

gas explosion on oak avenue in stafford township near long beach island. a police officer actually hit the record button on his car's camera after the explosion. >> once the explosion happened? he entered his car pushed the record button knowing that the recorder would caption 30 seconds prior to it being turned. >> reporter: one home was shredded two others left uninhabitable and more than a dozen others were damaged. new pictures of the scene show the devastation. this was where the house was. other homes off foundations windows blown out doors landing across the street. a debris field of more than 75 feet in one direction. >> i've been in law enforcement 29 years. i've never seen the devastation total devastation like i saw today. >> reporter: neighbors heard the blast and felt their own homes shake. >> i heard this big crashing noise or explosion or something. the whole house shook. i thought the house was going down or something. very violently. i call downstairs mine kitchen cabinets were open. >> reporter: the building was a family's guest home bein

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mary's counties southern maryland, also spotsylvania and stafford. we are looking at the winter weather advisory. the area and purple is the winter weather or watch. the temperatures definitely cold enough for the snow. 32 gaithersburg, the same in frederick, 34 degrees at dulles 36 at reagan national. tonight the temperature range between 16 and 23 degrees. snow will develop. give it another 4, 5 hours, this is 4:00 in the morning, it is still to the south. as we move through the busy rush hour, although of this lifts out to the north and east. we could see a little bit of sunshine later tomorrow afternoon. the hour by hour forecast, in d.c., 2:00 in the morning, the snow is yet to start. about 3:00 5:00, moderate snow to the south manassas, cold paper, fredericksburg, lexington park, southern maryland, moderate snow. all of that quickly moves out. by 11:00 in the morning, most of the heavy snow should be well to the north and west. the exception is in the west in the mountains where you could pick up more. sunshine later afternoon. a chance of flur

this looks like the heaviest snow zone is going to be south of the metro area from culpepper, into stafford and southern parts of maryland. around the metro area four-inch to eight-inch amounts. and out in the pennsylvania border up in that area it will be lighter. look at the temperatures down to single digits right now. it's just around five to ten degrees. the hour-by-hour forecast as we look forward to the afternoon, we'll have the increasing clouds. temperatures reaching low to mid 20s. that's when we'll see some light snow moving on through. a look at when the snow will be heaviest and when it ends. weather and traffic on the 1s. how are the roads now, melissa? >> a disabled car i want to mention. ken kenil worth avenue. hopefully they get that out of the way. a wide look overall. no major problems as you look at the beltway. inner loop out of loop everything. looking good this morning. a little to the north. 95 out of town. all looking good. same thing when you're looking at prince georges county. lots of green. lots of movement. 66 at lee highway eastbound. westbound, everybody movi

he has said that stafford hospital is on “the road to closure.” this is what he means by “weaponizing” the nhs. it is an absolutely disgraceful tactic. she knows it is not true, and he knows it is not true, but he hasn't got the gumption to say so. >> i know that the prime minister shares the gratitude expressed on both sides of the house for the sacrifices made by our health care professionals and members of our armed forces, including my constituent lieutenant marc white, who have risked their lives to help the people of sierra leone to combat the scourge of ebola. does my right honorable friend agree that a way should be found to recognize their bravery? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right, and i am sure that everyone would like me to put on record my praise for those incredibly brave people who have worked in very difficult conditions, including over christmas. they include doctors and nurses from our nhs and people from our armed forces, our civil service and ngo's. they are helping to save thousands of lives in africa and protecti

. >>> and an up close look at yesterday's gas explosion in stafford township ocean county. 12 people were hurt and one person remains in critical condition. one minute the house is fine and then the next it's reduced to pieces flying all through the air. nora muchanic is live now from stafford township with a new look at that damage. >> reporter: hi there sara, oak avenue was reopened this morning and we are getting our first up close look at this and from the damage here you can get a sense of how monumental this was a guest house blew at 10:00 yesterday morning and gas crews were in the area at the time investigating reports of a gas odor and what is still standing is just the foundation, everything else is blown to bits. the area is littered with splintered wood and broken glass and installation and all the things that make a house i have seen toy fire trucks and couches and even cue balls homes near the blast site are damaged. it appears that number 55 ma

this is the home, a small modest, brown home at 59 oak avenue in stafford township. then as we go to our map we're able to show you the exact area where all this happened. here is the home itself. here is the home that had the shed destroyed. you can see the shed in this picture on our map. lets take a look at the devastation from today, this is the scene from the the air. this is the lot where the home once stood. here is the shed that was destroyed next door. just an absolutely incredible scene today in new jersey. >>> well, in this explosion, comes almost a year after a deadly gas explosion in ewing township, mercer county. linda cerritelli was killed on crocket lane back in march. fifty-five homes were damaged or destroyed that day the explosion was blamed on a damage gas main. >>> a crazy crash in ardmore, take a look as this video of an suv on top of some parked cars our's contact von tiehl tells us just how it all happened. >> reporter: you cannot blame black ice or slick streets for this unusual crash at piazza acura have of ardmore. >> my assistant looked ov

ted greenburg is back live on the scene in stafford township. >> ted you were there yesterday. tell us more what you found out today? >> reporter: renney and jim, authorities are trying to find out what cause aid crack in a gas main here. they believe once gas started leaking from that crack, a spark in the home's basement triggered the blast. >> my house is trashed. >> reporter: lynn thomas came back to her stafford township home today to find walls and ceilings cracked the damage caused the this massive explosion a few hours away. >> i can't stay. there's enough structural damage that i can't stay here. >> reporter: 911 calls shed new in light on the intensity of the blast. this man lives on another street. >> i heard an explosion. i don't know what the hell is going on. >> you heard an explosion? >> investigators say what they believe caused the house to blow up, gas leaking from a two-inch main went from the water line along the street and into the basement. >> you have your furnace, hot water heart that sent out sparks. one of those u tilts caused the explosion. >> reporte

it took emergency crews from stafford county fire and rescue 45 minutes to cut off the roof and pull out the injured driver. >> the first thing we have to be worried about is our own safety. we have the patient to take care of, but we have to worry about our own providers, make sure they're not slipping, falling, that we protect the roadways, frequent the scene. >> reporter: there is a cost savings to all this snow when school systems close. for every snow day fairfax county saves $40,000 in fuel costs and $100,000 in substitute teachers. so far fairfax has used seven snow days and saved nearly $1 million. in springfield peggy fox, wusa9. >> peggy tells us fairfax actually counts hours instead of days. so when you total them up, they've got about four unused notice days left. loudoun county has about six. prince william county has about five unused snow days. >>> school shut down in southern maryland today as well. the biggest snow totals there, st. mary's county up to 1/2- foot in some spots. this was the first time since 1979 the st. mary's college varsity sailing team has been ice

with one of their citizens on death row, the british government asked clive stafford smith to investigate kris' case. clive was a young idealistic lawyer this made a name for himself fighting death penalty kise a pro bono basis. >> by the time i got there in '94, he had been sentenced to death, gone to the supreme court on appeal, come back down. my first thought of, my good not, how did i let myself in for this. >> despite his reluctance, clive agreed to meet with the man he presumed of guilty. >> i never talk to people when i first meet them about did you to it. they don't know that, they don't trust you. kris of one of those rare poem who inexisted on giving a -- insisted on giving a lecture about the fact he didn't do it. it was convincing, although i will say the evidence of strong at the time. >> as a former cop, don had doubts about the case. >> initially i thought kris just killed these guys. but i'm looking to see where the evidence takes me, and it didn't add up. the deeper i got into the investigation, it began to dawn on me that kris was innocent. >> drum is very, very loyal t

. >>> your student and stafford county could move to a new school. the fredericksburg star reported they decided to redistrict schools to help with overcrowding. sfrunts rodney thompson shirley hooim and h.h. poole middle schoolless go to new schools map total of 408 students will move under this option. stafford county middle school will receive the majority of the students. students are stent to stafford middle because that school is experiencing under enrol >>> paying at the pump and your pocketbook. why gas prices are going up. >>> a consumer alert. what you need to know about your credit card to make sur >>> you may want to gas up your car this weekend. apparently prices are about to go up. gas buddy dotcom says prices go up in two weeks when stations shift from winter blend gasoline to summer blend. according to aaa it will cost you $2.49 for a gallon of regular in d.c. right now. it's a little cheaper in maryland. prices are average about $2.36 in the area. gas is cheapest in virginia at $2.23 a gallon for regular on average. >>> first 4 traff

. >> and i'm shirleen allicot, the big news is breaking now a house explosion in stafford township ocean county we got an update about the people injured. nora muchanic is live now in stafford with the details. >> reporter: authorities say that luckily nobody was killed by 15 people suffered injuries in this blast six gas workers and seven firefighters and route 9 was blocked off for a large part of the day and oak avenue is still shut down. 300 homes are without gas service now on one of the coldest days of the year because of this blast. >> it will knock you off your feet one of my guys got knocked to the ground and its not something i want to experience again. it destroyed the house at that location and currently there is nothing remaining there except a block base. >> this is the scene from chopper 6 hd with the gas fire still roaring, seven workers from new jersey natural gas were take and to the hospital and two are critical. >> it was like a mini earthquake thark is what it felt like. >> you could feel it? >> yes you definitely felt it. >> homes in the immediate area were evacuate