to sally fairfax. the way the goddaughter thing works is the parent decides to the godparents are, not the godparent. they don't decide to be a godparents. this child i think was sally, cary and george fairfax's first child and they kept the first child with them for their lives. if you go to the cemetery where they are buried in england their graves are there. there's probably a marker there for somebody who is an attendant. i called her miss fairfax. it was one thing to keep the daughter in the household. it was another thing to keep the sons. lawrence was already in. fairfax's man. he was going to be their agent. everything was moving in that direction. until lawrence died. before his death, he had consulted with and fairfax washington and became close to george william and sally cary fairfax. i think they agreed to take the boys to mount vernon. back in those days you can see across from the veranda of mount vernon to belvoir. having the boys said washington's was no hardship. the washington's were

fairfax and sally cary fairfax have three children. miss fairfaxn she wasn'th george going to send her goddaughter out into some unsafe place. she was there. dies billy is probably born around 1750. frank is probably born a year or two later. they are living of mount vernon until mount he dies a few months later. and fairfax marries colonel george lee and moves to westmoreland county. later george butington steps forward everybody who was in this was aware this family that the lee boys were special. they probably thought they were lawrence's children. the only people who would know .he difference laura thomas fairfax might've know lord thomas fairfax might have known. but i will think anybody else knew who they were. summarizing the genealogical relationship of george washington to billy lee goes collaterally down through south cave and then through the marriage of henry down to william and george william to billy. then it goes collaterally between williams daughter ann and george's half-brother lawrence. it is entirely plausible but i

back to you. >> reporter: a controversial request in fairfax county. i'm mikea turner reporting outside the fairfax county schools administration building. they're asking the public school system to shut down all public schools in fairfax county on primary day. they're afraid some trump supporters will be a little rowdy at the polls, all this stemming from a pledge that you must affirm your republican status before you can vote. the superintendent says she'll touch base with the elections office to learn more about the new security concerns. as of now schools will remain open. reporting live from fairfax county, mikea turner, wusa9. >>> downright cold today. temps in the 30s if we're lucky. windchills will hold in the teens and 20s this afternoon. 40s tomorrow. 50s friday. another shot of cold air sunday into next week. >>> a new accident on southbound d.c. 295. this is between east capitol street and pennsylvania avenue causing some delays this morning and still slow going. a live look right now from sky 9 shows how things are shaping up both on the i

county out of inova fairfax. a ambulance crashed into a bowl. >> bob barnard is live more with what happened here good morning. >> hey, good morning, allison, steve, we understand the ambulance was on its way to the hospital which is right across gallows road here. this is it here it's a private ambulance and there was a patient inside and two people up front. you can see the front end is smashed here and headlights ended up 50 yards ahead of of

why did your book start and end in fairfax, virginia? >> fairfax county, virginia is one of the best examples of the community that has been totally transformed by immigration over the last 50 years. how america has changed during these 50 years is what is interesting to me and i wanted to set is in a particular community. fairfax county in 1970, 0.5% of the population was born outside the country. today close to one out of three presidents of fairfax county board outside the country said the influx of immigrants from all over the world has completely changed fairfax county from a whirl largely white county into the that any of multicultural america. >> why do you believe that is? >> all of america has been transformed by immigration during this time. the population is three times what it was 50 years ago and immigrants are coming from places where they didn't come from before. 1960, and nine of ten and the grits were from europe. in 1960s seven of eight immigrants were from europe, nine of ten immigrants are from outside europe so that

into a poll in front of innova fairfax hospital. erika gonzalez moving locations. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hi, eun. we're right outside innova fairfax hospital. big scene. you can see the private ambulance -- looks like it's on a tow truck trying to get out of here. chopper 4 is over the scene. melissa mollet showing you the live pictures a moment ago. huge backup here at gallows road and arlington boulevard. police tell us the ambulance was transporting somebody from the hospital when it collided with another vehicle. still don't know why that happened. we're going to get more information, bring it to you on news 4 midday. >>> erika, thank you. >> we'll see you in 25 minutes. have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody. >>> breaking news. north korea claiming it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb overnight. the tremor of the size of a moderate earthquake. the reaction in countries around the world, swift and intense, but was it really an h-bomb, and if so, what didn't u.s. intelligence know it was co

we have a closure in fairfax. we'll talk about both of those things coming up. >>> plus, the massive winter storm on the horizon. we're helping you get ready. what you need to do to make sure your car doesn't leave you >>> storm team 4 is helping you get ready for what promises to be a powerful winter storm. you're looking at the most up to date projections on how the snow will move in and how hard your community will get hit. news 4's erika gonzalez is helping make sure your car is prepared for the winter weather. >>> meteorologist chuck bell will continue our coverage with the storm and what you can see today. chuck. >> absolutely right. you've got to get through today. tomorrow will be the day to get it done. most of the moisture of this little alberta clipper will be rung out as it comes over the mountains. temperatures, upper 20s. cold and dry tomorrow. all out blizzard conditions around here. winds can be in the 30 to 50-mile-per-hour range. the difference between a heavy snowstorm and a blizzard. blizzard y

westbound fairfax county parkway. tractor-trailer went through the guardrail. they need it cleaned out of the way. fuel spill as well no injuries to the driver. easy detour and on and off ram ramp. and switch it over to the other problems tracking water main break. lane closures between hibbarred street and hill road slow down and watch for icy patches. use caution. there second one-on-one of the neighborhood areas in alexandria this is north patrick street. northbound only one lane gets by between king and queen street. give yourself extra time to get through the area and watch for slick spots. if you head out another water main break in alexandria. north imoten street rediseaseed to one lane. we'll keep a close eye on that for the morning ride. red lines delays possilbe in both directions due to unscheduled track repair outside rhode island avenue and there could be 15 minute delays glen mont. one fewer train today watch for crowded conditions that's your traffic. >> a new break in assault case on metro. metro polic

live in fairfax county, news4. >> thank you. twitter exploded tonight with tweets about the president's 8th and final "state of the union" address. the #sotu was used nearly 1$1.5 million. chris has been watching. chris. >> the president announced a new national effort to beat cancer and took indirect shots for republicans running for his office. >> i will try to make it a little shorter. [ applause ] >> i know some of you are ancy to get back to iowa. >> any claiming that america's acade economy is in decline is pedaling fiction. when politicians insult muslims whether abroad or our fellow citizens it diminishes us in the eyes of the world. it makes it harder to achieve our goals. it betrays who we are as a country. >> but a new poll shows most americans think the country is going in the wrong direction. south carolina governor nikki haley offered an alternative. >> if we held the white house, taxes would be lower for working families and we'd put the breaks on run away spending and debt. we'd encourage american innovation and

fairfax city firefighter david bush was the one in icy water. >> at the deepest point, i was probably chest level. >> reporter: he was behind the dog pushing him out. >> it feels really good. >> words cannot convey the gratitude we feel for them. if they had not come, we would have lost him. >> reporter: in fairfax, surae chinn, wusa9. >> so glad he got out that night. the family made milo a special dinner. he enjoyed some lasagna and he deserved it. that's a long time to be in the ice. my goodness. >>> absolutely, well, this manmade a big time power ball mistake. but don't feel bad for him. he walked away with millions of dollars. we will explain how he did it right after the break. >> this is a great story. plus ... a racist rant goes viral. what the students said that could get them kicked out of school next know your financial plan won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know

live in fairfax, dan griffin, lisa: thanks for the update. police say the suspect could stolen property and failure to comply with the orders of an officer. mark: in dearborn county today, the man accused of abusing more appeared in court on new charges. lisa: steven rekowski is now accused of molesting at least seven more victims in addition to the one he' s all ready charged with molesting. she locked him in the laundry room and called police it all unraveled from there. brian hamrick is the update from today' s arraignment. brian: stephen rekowski is now accused of molesting at least seven more victims in addition to the one he' s all ready charged with molesting. all of them are between 4-years-old and 10-years-old. >> is it true you admit being a child molester? brian rekowski said nothing as : he entered court here in dearborn county. children then took explicit videos and pictures of him children. he is also accused of drugging some of the children then molesting them after they passed out. all of this since he moved here from colorado

david's in fairfax county tonight to explain why. david? ♪ ♪ >> vance and doreen, you'd think with all of the noise behind me we're at the lead-up to some big game. would you believe it, this is the start of budget talks in fairfax county in in years past, the superintendent had to go into these talks with the anticipation of cuts. no one has asked her to make any cuts yet and she's starting with a different approach. she's not going to make any cuts to the school budget and she's getting a lot of support. they have a rally gathered and you've got teachers. you've got parents and students all in support of dr. karen garza's no-cuts budget. >> if they choose at this point, david, to continue to cut in their schools they'll be cutting their own future. they're going to be fleg electing their children and they'll be setting themselves up for all kinds of infrastructure problems in the future. >> for the past few years, steve greenberg has cut led the federation of teachers. >> our class size is so large that we don't have the ability to wo

we begin with news 4's david culver who is in fairfax. >> reporter: wendy, the police here in fairfax county calling last night chaos and posted a hazard for many officers responding to dozens, upon dozens of crashes last night. he joined several other counties to warn residents that with the upcoming storm fairfax is ready. >> it was chaos. >> slipping and sliding and just not moving for hours. >> we were overwhelmed and had a press conference today and acknowledging vdot was not prepared. >> they seemed to have caught onguard and maybe in preparation for the larger event. >> that cup are upcoming eventlikebiez preparing. >> we're rrg mending to the set ze citizens with the shelves. frank howard says just about everything snow-relate side gone. the generators and snow blowers are gone and the funny part of it is is they'll sit here for a year and then if we had ten more we could sell them. >> back to fairfax, leaders there saying they're prepared. are you? >> please get prepared today if you're not already. >> reporter: and as you saw, we started our day in culpeper county. coming up

live in fairfax, john london, wlwt news 5. mike: you can call crime stoppers if you have any information where claimants jones is. sheree: been made for the milford student killed in a car crash over the weekend. lauren will palm drove off the side in overcorrected and hit a oncoming suv. visitations for lauren is set for tomorrow night from five p.m. until 8 p.m.. mass will be held at 10:00 in the morning at saint andrews church in milford. mike: violence in prisons across ohio is decreasing. 01 present in ohio has the most incidents in the entire state. prison violence decreased 12% in the last three years. but the correctional facility in warren county had more than 2500 incidents since 2012. it is among the most violent in new efforts for consistent standards across the board. the change comes in the wake of the 2014 shooting of a 12 euro boy, to mere price outside a cleveland recreational center. they are also working on body cameras in avoiding bias in the field. sheree: police need help finding to men who pass counterfe

so get into town and eventually work its way over toward fairfax. and across into montgomery county. we will come back and have some tips on things you can do to prep before the storm hits. >> we will be talking out it constantly. >>> breaking news, metro has shut down service for buses and rails this weekend. wusa9's mola lenghi live with us from the details from metro headquarters. so bring us up to speed. >> reporter: some pretty significant changes during the course of this oncoming blizzard. metro, the entire system includes rail, bus, and metro access will be closed for the entire weekend in anticipation of the blizzard that we are expecting. here are the details. rail service will be suspended both above and below ground. the entire system. starting at 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. so at 11:00, after that, no more rail service system wide. bus service will be suspended beginning at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. no more bus pickups after 5:00. the transit service for people with disabilities will be suspended after 6:00 p.m. tomorrow and remain closed satu

we have new information from the fairfax county. we are learning that the schools and the government offices are all closed tomorrow. jonathan: it is interesting that it has taken this long to clear the snow. now we are getting poked nationally. some of the news agencies around the country are saying what a joke. you can't clear your snow after two or three days where boston and new york who have the narrow roads to clear, they are cleared 24 hours later. doug: there will be plenty of time after it's done and melted to say what are will we do for next time to make sure we don't repeat it. jonathan: they have more practice than we do. the other cities. doug: start with a time lapse from centreville, virginia, cardinal ridge elementary school in fairfax county. this is sunrise this morning. it's snow covered. after the sun came up, the snowplows appear in the morning. that is pretty much it. so fairfax, you don't have to go to cardinal ridge -- jonathan: it stopped? doug: they had to go somewhere else to work. that is part of the issu

leesburg. 33 rockville. 34 fairfax. it will fall pretty quickly tonight. if you are out, the winds are still a factor. they are going to die down slowly. but it feels like it is in the 20s . the windchills never got out of the 20s . feels like it is 20 in gathersburg. 25 in dale city. so let's talk about the futurecast. 8:00 tonight, everybody is either freezing or below. we have clear skies looking at 20s already in leesburg and fairfax and by 10:00, everybody is in the mid to upper 20s . we will see teens and 20s by 8:00. >>> in prince george's county, the sidewalks you cannot get through are still a big issue, county inspectors went out to do something about it before the kids have to walk to school monday. the fine for failing to shovel is 100 dollars, but the enforcement push is met with mixed opinions. scott broom is live in riverdale with what they are saying. scott? >> reporter: enforcement starts today on what may be the most ignored rule in the county. we have to figure out something to get the sidewalks clear before kids go back to school. princ

some not even trying yet. >> reporter: this is a portion here of fairfax drive. you can see if you're driving through the area, you would be able to get through, but there is a lot of ice out here just like amelia said. there's concern this could all freeze other tomorrow morning. back to you. >> darcie, thank you so much. >>> watch as fairfax county firefighters rush through snow-covered side streets to get to this house fire today. black smoke filled the air and flames shot into the roof as they arrived. the fire on round about way started about 8:00 in the morning. everybody managed to get out safely. >>> here is a live look at reagan national airport. crews are working around the clock to clear all the snow. airport officials at national and dulles hope to have at least one runway open by tomorrow morning. the main runways at bwi-marshall opened this afternoon. they are trying to get back to normal over the next 24 hours. >>> every major school system in the area closed tomorrow. some districts even announced plans to close tuesday as well. we want to give yo

fairfax country did not. and boy did parents and students alike have a lot to say about it. >> do you feel like your kids were put in danger today. >> yeah i kind of do. >> they blew it should have been delayed for sure. >> here's my chance to add to the conversation i'm damn well going to. >> yes those are interviews from last year. people were not just talking about it last yeeringt they were tweeting as well and in fact the #closescps trended on twitter worldwide. this time fairfax county officials are prepared with 13 snow days built into the calendar. they used none this puts them good position out of the gate this time. this is not just friday. it's expected to be multi-day disruption meaning closures could reach into next week if the snow couldn't be cleared quickly. >> how do you factor that in when you are either egg getting praise or slammed one way or the other based on what you have to decide. somebody has to make a decisio decision. >> we're a big family and that's what families do they praise yo

fairfax did not. and boy did they hear about it. >> you feel like your kids were put in danger today? >> yes i kinda do. >> they blew it. >> i felt here is my chance to add to the conversation because i'm damn well going to. >> folks were not just talking about it, they were tweeting about it a lot so many snow that at one point the p hash tag started trending on twitter worldwide. this time fairfax county school officials say they are prepared and here is the situation. fairfax county has 13 snow days budgeted into its calendar. they've taken none so that puts them in a better position now. it's not just friday here. this is expected to be a multi-day disruption meaning that closures to reach into next week. and as for friday the assistant fairfax county superintendent tells us he will have a conference call before dawn on friday. they are expecting an announcement by 4:30 a.m. at the latest. either way school officials expect to say they hear from supporters and haters no matter what they come up wi

robert rigby is a high school teacher, an advocate for transgender students in fairfax county. >> the idea of having bathroom users accuse other bathroom users of violating some sort of gender policy some sort of gender policy brings problems to the school. >> reporter: media outlets said it would require media inspections something cole calls a gross and politically motivated grosshood. >> it's always been common sense. >> reporter: the bill was referred to the committee, general laws last week. he didn't know when it may come up in committee, but clearly the public debate has gun. garrett haake, wusa 9. >> to campaign 2016 coverage now, a lot of action on the trail today, and donald trump getting a big endorsement from another fiery republican, but how much will it matter? >> are you ready to make america great again? >> yeah! >> reporter: donald trump caps off his busiest day in iowa with what he calls his biggest endorsement. >> when i heard she was going to endorsement, i was so honored. >> reporter: sarah palin the 2008 vice presidential nominee has supported the nominee in the

this year fairfax county officials say they are ready for it. they've budgeted 13 days in the calendar so far this year they've used none of them. however officials tell us they are prepared whether they're opened or whether they're closed, they are willing to hear when this dedecision is finally made. >> how do you fact for that in? somebody has to make a decision. >> we're a big family. that's what families do. they praise you and give you proper criticism when you need it. there's a high expectation in our communities. but we believe that's what makes it so rich to live in this region. >> well, it's a good thing they have that frame of mind. because that hashtag and that account that started last year, #close fcps it's been dormant for a year. it's already getting another round of retweets. we're told a decision will be made on friday by about 4:30 in the morning. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. >> parents, students and the rest of us will be watching. >>> keep it right here on fox 5 for continuing coverage of this winter weather. we will h

rescuers from fairfax pulled milo, the st. bernard, from this frozen lake in fairfax station just as the blizzard was kicking into high gear. david culver has that reunion as milo reunited with his rescuers. >> reporter: the last time yolanda and her family met these fire and rescue crews, it was in the midst of a blizzard. >> a busy night already for those folks. >> reporter: last friday evening around the same time we were on air riding along with fairfax county four and rescue crews, their colleagues were responding to this. >> if he'll come. >> reporter: 5-year-old milo, a 120 pound st. bernard trapped in the icy waters of this fairfax station lake. the frantic calls coming from the family, dad, mark whartman. >> oh, man, when it first happened, your heart sank. >> mark was temped to jump in but his wife held him back. >> what made you hold him back? >> because then we have to try to save both of them. >> reporter: master technician david bush among those in the frigid water wit milo. >> got in behind him. luckily the dept

reporter david culver is in fairfax right now. he's got more on all this. david? >> hi there, vance. >> yeah. fairfax county officials telling me today that tomorrow at noon is when they're going to open up the emergency operation center here within the county. they say they're coordinating at this hour with vdot so as to avoid what you saw many of you yesterday on the roads which was a treacherous commute. >> this mess many of you sat and sat in and fairfax county leads are trying to prevent this weekend. the county reminding residents. >> in virginia counties are not in charge of clearing roads and that's the responsibility of the state, and we appreciate your help with getting that message out to the community. >> reporter: they say vdot was not repaired last night. >> they seem to have been caught off guard maybe in their preparations for the larger -- for the larger event. >> it left police scrambling. >> it was chaos and we were overwhelmed. >> its leaders want you ready. >> please get prepared today if you're not already. >> that's echoed farther west by of

eastbound on i-66 the volume really gets heavy as you get closer to fairfax. from fairfax county parkway to 27th street northwest now a 26- minute commute. southbound on i-270 from buckeystown pike, you'll see major volume as you head into clarksburg. once we get that additional lane it starts to ease up just a bit. from buckeystown pike to the capital beltway now a 51-minute commute. let's take our trafficland cam and show you how things are shaping up outside. this is 95 at the prince william parkway. heavy volume on the northbound side but you will be able to make it to springfield. just expect a little bit of delays this morning. weather and traffic coming up again on the 9s. for now over to you. >> thanks, larry. >>> from the prek prince to his father the potty mouth prince. the roys are making some news this morning -- the royals are making some news this morning. >> donald trump heads to the green mountains and to ♪ ♪ find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400

live in fairfax, wusa 9. >>> thank you. doctor sgar says they have 90 today, and she blames teacher salaries, that lag behind neighboring counties, her budget includes more than $40 million for teacher raises. >>> new tonight, a former police officer has been sentenced to prison time. a judge gave 41 months to 41 -year-old christopher bartley. last summer, bartley pleaded guilty to trying to cook meth inside of a government building at the national institutes of standards and technology in gaithersburg, where he worked. well, that concoction triggered an explosion that blew out the windowss of the lab. >>> a better check for cracks in your next egg after the drop. fell 392 points and nasdaq losing 146. investors are worried about a slow down in china's economy and a worldwide domino effect. looking for good news tomorrow in the latest u.s. labor report. an uptick in higherring. >> a lottery jackpot unlike any other in the united states, the prize for this weekend's powerball drawing, has grown to about 700 million. and lott

westbound by fairfax county parkway. fuel spill. as melfy told you really easy bork around and kin toned to the on and off ramps. doesn't look like that's getting around any time soon. water main break in fairfax as well. cambridge road. lane closures in both directions. watch for icy patches from the water main break. another water main break we're tracking on north patrick northbound side only one lane gets by between king and queen. in old town we'll let you know if that causes big slow doupz as volume picks up. 10 northbound at the ram top 2 295 and finally 270 southbound down to 36 miles an hour already seeing slow traffic 70 to truck scales. we'll keep you posted on morning drive and seeing usual heavy flow of traffic as well. >> 6:08 still ahead another deadly terrorist attack in pack stap. this time a university. >> game changer in the rep presidential race sarah pallin shaking things up. presidential race sarah pallin shaking things up. we'll discuss it next at 6:08. >> 6:10 now developing in pakistan a terror attack ended

fairfax, arlington, alexandria.? this will start at 3:00 in the afternoon and continues through 6:00 on sunday. further west you go, you have a winter storm warning. even though we are under a warning in the area you will see quite a bit of snow. when will you see first flakes in the neighborhood? noon to 3:00. the district, the surrounding county, southern maryland. winchester. first flakes. by 5:00, later than that, to b.w.i. marshall and philadelphia. there are the problems arriving quickly. doug: the cause of this is this area of the low pressure developing now. texarkana area that is creating tornado warnings around jackson, mississippi. they pick up the moisture. the upper level winds will increase. these are all things you can't see. this is the real deal. the future cast shows the snow that is making inroads to the southwestern virginia tomorrow morning. in the mid-afternoon it will arrive in the metro. you notice through the progression, the yellow, green, sleet, mix. the sleet could move to the metro area.

i'm going to show you visually why fairfax county is closing schools the rest of the week. schoolringfield high behind me, if i'm a teenager walking, it's dangerous to walk in the roads. if i want to walk on the sidewalk, where is it? this,f i walk in all of before get to the high school, i will run into a mountain of snow. >> i'm glad we are all. >> my birthday is tomorrow, so i'm happy about that. tom: not surprisingly, these boys are glad fairfax county has called off school arrest of the week, but dad agrees, especially sinc snow days are built into the schedule. intoey have 13 days built the school year, so better safe than sorry. tom: there were far from ideal conditions in springfield. at irving middle, the parking lot is ok, but you cannot find the sidewalk. it is similar at west springfield high. walker's in this neighborhood were not only find the sidewalk covered in snow but a trail leading to the snow on the other side also completely covered. there is also concern about ice and giant snow mounds that would force kids into the street at bus stops. >> you have to

the fairfax county board of supervisors is keeping a close watch on this. the parents and teachers are vowing no dice. it was a pep rally of a different kind. >> we will not take cuts anymore. richard: a push to hold the line on karen garza's $2.7 billion budget. >> it's a shame that every year we ask to be fully funded, and in the board of supervisors says, no come here is all you get. legitd: it is the largest in the district's history, which includes raises for teachers. >> it's a lot of money. we clearly always have room to look for efficiencies and reductions. richard: it will be up to the board to decide how much the state gets. >> we hear that every year, and our school system is not always doing this. richard: the average teacher salary is $68,000 per year. add on insurance, retirement, and other benefits, and that number rises to $96,000, but teachers are still leaving. teachers are leaving and going to other counties because of better salaries. >> my family would be willing to pay more in taxes. richard: this mother of four says it's the extras th

ar plus the school budget battle intle fairfax county. cou how the new proposal will affect you and your children. >> a drone that can carry a human passenger. pa we'll show you how it works. wo fox5 news at 10 starts right now. thanks for joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy. and i'm tony perkins. i' right off the top, president obama is defending his actionsctio on gun control. he took his message to george mason university. he fielded questions fromns f supporters and critics during a prime time nationally televised town hall meeting. we have team coverage with marina maracco and will thomas. let's begin with will and what the president had to say. >>reporter: as we've seen this week, president obama is pushing for tighter gun control and he's using his executive powers to to avoid a show down in congress. he laid out his plan on tuesday on and went as he spoke about the murders of those 20 first graders at sandy hook elementary el school. tonight, a different story his mission to build support to narrow the gun show loophole on backgro

northwest dc, down into fairfax county into manassas. you go to i-95 west, still a big storm, into southern maryland, we are looking at 6- 12 or 3-6 because it will mix with sleet or rain from time to time. there's a blizzard watch for southern maryland. i think it will taper off to the north, and it's for a good reason. friday through saturday night, and okay, let's break it down for you a little bit. historic storm, and you can get your errands done by friday at noon. 1-7inches on friday, and 8-12 overnight on friday, and an additional 8-14 on saturday. finish your errands saturday morning, less to the south and east. we will come back and check about the other model and if it's going to be a prop when it finally melts. >>> blizzard 2016 coverage is just getting started continue. >> we have school delays running at the bottom of the screen. the mayor's office has already tweeted out a warning, and the mayor of dc, we should be clear about that, asking people to avoid travel and reminding people crews will work throughout the night befo

tom: they use the same training and equipment in fairfax county. this technician says this is used when a wall collapses. >> it is intricate way of holding the wall up so it does not fall on us. tom: when snow or anything else causes a roof to cave? >> this is one that we would use for a ceiling collapse. it makes a safe area for us so we can go in and search. video cameras and very sensitive audio equipment to try to find somebody trapped. and they bring trucks with lumber and other supplies. it all makes them ready show the snow cause havoc. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: as we mentioned, many schools are still closed, but one district got a little creative with their message. hello it's me it's the voice you love to hear in the face you do not see ♪ alison: that is the anne arundel county school spokesman doing his best adele impression, informing parents that their school will remain closed. apparently his daughter also sings on the voicemail. that is cute. at least it's creative. leon: have to give him credit. steve: the government gets a

fairfax county parkway, it's going take you nine minutes. remember to listen to your friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. 95 going northbound, 71 miles an hour. . perhaps a little bit over the speed limit. southbound, nice and green, no problems in prince george's county. i'll see you back at 5:01 with a live look at 66. >>> all right. thank you. she lifted a car off her father and saved her family from a fire. she's not even old enough to ♪ ♪ >>> there will soon be a new person in charge of d.c.'s 911 and 311 call center. muriel bowser appointed karina holmes yesterday. she hopes that holmes can fix the problems. right now holmes runs the 911 center that covers the suburbs of dallas. >>> a soft-spoken teenager found incredible strength and heroism when her family needed it most. erics heel myer was pinned under his truck. he smelling fire. his 19 daughter came running barefoot. hopped in the passenger side and gunning the truck out of the garage on three wheels. >> thank you for coming so quick and saving the house. i di

that's about it and then in the city of fairfax, let's go towards fairfax. and fairfax county, looking pretty good here. just to the west of fairfax not seeing much. to the east over towards burke, burke center parkway, and annanda annandale, picking up rain. the rain will continue through the evening and off and on it's part of a cold front trying to sweep through. with it, moisture down to the south. we're not going to see a whole lot of rain from this and a whole lot of cold air on the back side. it will get colder and it will produce much different conditions tomorrow night than tonight. tonight is just the showers through the overnight hours. we're looking at the showers activity south and east of d.c. by 7:00 a.m. it's out of here. we start to clear and see some sunshine. tomorrow afternoon temperatures getting into the 40-degree range. but tonight, notice how most areas stay above freezing. so i don't think we'll is he a refreeze. the only condition will to be the north and west. frederick and martinsburg. could see a refreeze. wednesday morning mainl

but again, we've seen a number of fairfax county fire trucks up and down route 7. they are out there. we just hope, hope they don't have to be deployed too many times today and that the pictures you've been seeing convince you that it's best to stay home. interestingly, too, in the last hour even though conditions are still bad, i'm starting to see a little bit of pedestrian traffic. a few people have come out of apartments and come into the convenience store to grab a few things. still, pretty darn quiet otherwise. >> i think people get cabin fever and want to see for themselves what the blizzard looks like, to step in it and feel the snow. other people -- to feel it and be a part of what's going on. >> julie, thank you. we'll check back later. >> reporter: sorry, guys. >> we know that blizzard 2006 has been paralyzing travel, not only on the roadways, in parking lots, also in the air. new numbers just in from our area airports regarding cancelations and delays. bwi, 215 canceled flights. 88% of all flight. we checked with reagan national. looks like their board i

county fairfax schools superintendent dr. karen garza making big promises, budgeting a raise for all employees, a salary step for teachers and a plan to lower elementary school class sizes and a $113 million price tag. >> i don't think that's asking for a lot. >> i don't. >> and you don't think they're getting hopes up or anything? >> i think we have to. i think we have to. after nine years of consecutive cutting we're lagging in a lot of areas. >> is there any fear that the budget we're looking at here is just getting hopes up? >> i would hope it's getting fears up, david, because if they don't fund their schools now there will be cuts and these will impact children ultimately which should always be our primary focus. >> steve greenberg, as head of the federation of teachers for the past few years. he's now transitioned back into the classroom teaching third grade. >> the thing that bothers me the most, david, is i have colleagues who now have to make a choice between leaving the children that they love and want to teach and

if you see the suspect or have any information, call the fairfax police department or live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. new tonight... an indianapolis elementary school principal is dead after being hit by a school bus. bus.the woman was killed when the bus went over the curb and struck her outside the building.it happened as school was letting out around 3 o- clock. two other kids were hurt when the bus lunged forward... the school's superintendent is asking for the community's support. <"we lost a great educator today. we're going to work very closely with the authorities. we're want to make ti very clear it was an accident and we just ask that everyone in this community and beyond please pray for our students and our great leader."> leader.">twenty five kids were on board the bus when it happened. police have not yet said what may have caused the accident. the man accused of molesting at least seven children sits in jail on a one million dollar bond tonight. rekowski drugged young girls ages four and ten before sexually assaulting them.. on different occasions.the girls are all chil

by 6:00 in the morning 9 or 10 in damascus. 14 in fairfax. 20 downtown. by mid-morning, we are back in the 20s . but still well below freezing. good news, no wind tomorrow. by 1:00, not bad. near 40 in leesburg. up pores in frederick. we are still in the low to mid 30s . the clouds will roll in here tomorrow night but we will stay dry tomorrow night. 33 on the day planner. 38 by 1:00. full sun. better chance of rain and showers thursday and friday. not bad. pretty good day saturday. 54. the showers will end just before kickoff time. 48. we will turn colder and colder monday and tuesday with temps only in the 30s . >>> i think it has been said the skins are healthy now getting ready. >> finally. and you know what? that is always good news. because going into this weekend's game, we need everybody to be on the a game. >> but not every running back will be able to play. >> they will have a really tough decision there. we have more on them coming up in a minute. you have had so many play makers for washington this season. this past weekend, guys, with i have

, one that requests more money for fairfax county public schools. for the past nine years that school district has had to scale back on spending. tonight, the district superintendent said she's done cutting the budget. she wants smaller class sizes and better pay for teachers. for her, it's non-negotiable. >> we're losing great teachers to other jurisdictions. we opened the school year with 200 vacancies, unheard of in fairfax county. >> she says it will be tragic if it is not fully funded. you will get to weigh in before the school board makes its final decision in april f. >>> future markets are looking up right now following what's been a dismal week on wall street, investors worried about a slowdown in china. the markets in china have been up a few hours now, up and down but no suspension of trading like we saw last night. >>> back at the live desk, federal authorities have arrested a man in houston trying to help people in this u.s. travel overseas to join a terror organization. he's from iraq but living with his family in texas several years.

westbound at fairfax county, all lanes blocked there. you have to use the ramps to continue westbound on 7. eastbound we have two right lanes getting by because of the response. the semi is across the median affecting both lanes of traffic. >> northbound at patrick street, king street, all lanes blocked. being pushed on to king street. southbound seems okay. 95 quantico to the beltway, 25 minutes. out of town you're also rolling along quite nicely. no major issues. beltway at branch avenue is looking good, too. we'll take a look at that water main break again in a couple of minutes. >> melissa, thank you. >>> slapped with a major sex abuse lawsuit. how a teen's family says an area group home failed him. >>> planning a vacation sometime soon? somewhere warm maybe where there's no snow, aaron? how about spring brea >>> 4:56 now. if you're just joining us, we're following breaking news in prince gorges county. that's where police are on the scene of a homicide investigation. news 4's molette green is just pulling up. >>> the family of a loc

side.atures on the cooler 37 in fairfax, around 37 in aspen hill. maryland. in southern low pressure, that will move on out of here. then winds change direction, more out of the north and west. that's going to keep us chilly tomorrow. temperatures above average for this time of year. sunday, a frontal system that will eventually move on through. us a fewbring flurries, maybe light snow showers. to expecting anything accumulate. then we'll get all of this out of here by monday. whole lotl turn a colder. 51 for a high tomorrow. degrees.0 it's going to be breezy at times. on monday, martin luther king holiday, temperatures only in the upper 20's to around 30 degrees. partly cloudy skies. parade, of course, is going to show temperatures that are going to remain on the chilly side. be evenll factors will colder than that. the feels like temperatures only in the teens. you out with a look at the seven-day outlook. justratures will moderate a little bit into late next week, upper 30's to around 40. >> all right. boy, you were looking at a place a lot hotter than tha

kind of blustery, winds will turn northwesterly, still only in the mid-30s, 36 downtown, 5 in fairfax also in dale city. we'll come back take you through the day also take you through the day with the wind chills, might be surprised how cold it is going to be tomorrow but might be surprised how warm it is going to be over the weekend. >>> tomorrow may be the end of the week, for many it is just the beginning of what could be yet another tough commute. >>> with more and more schools and businesses staying open more of you will be it hitting the road and riding the metro, is the district live for that. >>> we're live along river road to see if things were any better than they were 24 hours ago. >>> we have fingers and toes crossed here. >> somewhat better i'm going to show you all of it later things do seem to be improving here across d.c. things seem to be back to operating on normal hours to the metro to d.c., that doesn't mean the commute is back to normal. >> how do you get to work? >> i typically drive. >> i take the bus. >> i walk. >> driving, riding or walking this week's daily c

he has a 3.7 gpa, but right now he's at fairfax hospital. he has cerebral palsy, and his mother admits when she started high school she worried about him fitting in. >> i was so worried and overcome, and i was nervous, and i would cry. >> reporter: until she visited him at school. >> all the football players were hanging out with him. >> reporter: soon the football coach asked him to join the team, and his love for football took off. >> to him, football is everything. it's surprising to see how much of the support his community has given him. >> reporter: the redskins' support started with rg3 who met him during a school visit. they became quick friends. the more players he met, the more he befriended. when he was hospitalized in december, pierre stopped by to see his friend. >> reporter: they look up to him, too, and they share a beyond. >> they see beyond his disabouts. it's just football. >>> football and -- >> reporter: football and friendship. after high school he wants to attend a university with a big time college football program to

fairfax connector with express buses between wheelie and west falls. our plan for rail service tomorrow is today we ran trains every 12 minutes and that's worked well and supported all the ridership we had today. our plan for tomorrow is to run trains every eight minutes from the end-point terminals and even if silver line does not come back for the morning. that gives you a four-minute headway through the core of the system at those stations served by more than one line. should note that rush plus service on the yellow line will not operate. but blue line trains out of franklin east springfield will operate every eight minutes instead of 12 minutes to compensate. so the plan is to have every metro rail station with service tomorrow. it's still an open question whether it will be bus or rail service. we're working hard to get those five stations restored. in terms of parking we've been working hard to clear surface parking lots. those are expansive spaces, overall we're about 70% clear. and so there is some parking displaced. we expect we'll be okay fo

closed at parkway by b fairfax county parkway. easy detour on and off-ramp be b prepared that could slow you cow down a little bit right now this morning.ing. that's your look at traffic.loo. back to you maureen.ck tu ma >> thank you, erin.,ri coming up baltimore police making a big change followinge f the death of freddie gray.ra >> a big break in violent assault caught on camera in the district.district those stories and more when weaw come back.coack. it's 7:38. ♪ ♪ >>> back now 7:41. metro police arrested teenagerde in connection with an assault on the red line. l it happened at the moment mat ma gallon debt station back intionc december. witnesses say group of teens were egging each other on toer commit a random tack.m t six people were captured onred surveillance video. vid police say the investigation isn still on going and chargesha against others still possible.. >>> big break in violent assaulu caught on cram in the district.c family members of three of the teens brought them into theto police station to be questione

the latest from fairfax county. >>> #sno >>> now to a story you will only see on 9. a story that will take your mind off the snow, at least we hope for awhile. >> mola lenghi with a boy who alive because of a class his brother took in school. >>> what do you do when your child is dieing in front of you? >> i didn't know if he was going to be here or not be here. >> reporter: today he is all smiles, in the kitchen with his family, but when manieke woods' son jayden recently suffered an asthma attack she did what most people would do, panic. >> reporter: in that panic she called 911. >> blow two puffs of air into the lungs, one second each. >> my brain knew what to do, but my hands didn't know what to do. i looked at him and just started crying. >> hello! i need you to stay with me, okay? >> he comes out of nowhere. >> reporter: her 15-year-old son was sleeping when he heard the commotion. >> couldn't just sit there, and i was like i got this. it was all instinct. >> reporter: instinct and the right amount of training. just 3 days earlier he learned cpr in school thank

heavy snow south of 50 in southern half of fairfax county. heavy snow through all parts of the district right now. the area of low pressure that's driving this storm is still the upper level low. this will not start to wind down until the upper level low finally goes off the coast and moves on out to sea. with the low sitting back here, imagine you get an ore and dig it as hard as you can along the side of the canoe. you spin up the whirlpools. that's what's going on. this area of low pressure is essentially digging down into the atmosphere. it's these curly qs that come up, these smaller areas of intense low pressure. that's what's going on. as it digs in, i throws moisture off the boy and back into us. the air is way below freezing. this is all powder across parts of northern maryland. it's a heavier, wetter snow. do know that the power outages are more likely to take place east of i-95 towards the bay. because the winds are stronger % and the snow is heavier and wetter. so planning out your day, right now it's coming down north and south,

reporting in fairfax, fox5 local news. >>> that's a lot of pooch. well, a walk along the beach was interrupted for some people in florida when some sea creatures washed ashore. for miles and miles, the sands of crescent beach in see he is that keys were covered with star fish, see you are chants, even small fish. officials from the florida fish and wildlife research institute say that a combination of some recent stormy and cold weather has led to the sea creatures washing ashore. >> well, tomorrow night fox is enrolling airing grease, musical is done live right here, going to be a lot fun. fox ' julie chan talked to the actors who will be still. hitting the stage. >> ♪ >> grease is the word this sunday as fox broadcast the musical live. van's hutchins takes on the part of tough girl rizzo. >> it is never been done before. we're filming on three different stages, we're going to be doing a scene, running out of the stage, hopping on a golf cart, being drive tone another stage, running in, doing a costume change, and stepping in to do a musical numb