what is the northern virginia -- [laughter] >> guest: yes, for some people in virginia. he grew -- born in new mexico, spent time in san diego. he was actually invited to the pentagon to speak after 9/11. he was hanging out with two of the hijackers, he's the most important english-cleric in the world of jihad. even at death, brightings keep showing up and helping publish, english language, jihadi magazine shows up at all cases that you look at and, indeed, in the boston marathon, they got the bomb recipe from magazine. >> host: you said there's no real connecting threat for no one-size-fits all. >> guest: one factor desire to belong something bigger, they believe in themselves, some are relatively young. for that it's tremendously exciting. amir khan, one of the first people to create jihaddist website. first person it appears. he's from charlotte, north carolina, he was working in a coal center as a computer support specialist and move today -- moved to yemen. when you look at the cases, the more you know about them, the more individual each person is and the mix of mo

as the army of northern virginia would go, so with the confederacy. the analogy had been drawn, contemporarily as it has today, between lee and the army of the confederacy between washington and the continental army to the colonies during our war for independence. that is apt. it's because lee is related to george washington. both men, by virtue of being exemplars of their respective sides, bring that with them. they bring the outside forces into the room beyond themselves. christopher: both men, by virtue of being exemplars of their respective sides, bring that with them. they bring the outside forces into the room beyond themselves. they bring in what they represent. to understand appomattox and how it reverberates going forward. i want to talk and introduce an underappreciated quote, one that i think sums up the causes of the war better than any other. it is in 1956. he said, "the origins of the civil war lay in the growing tension between two completely different types of society bound together under one government. the issue of slavery sharpened

and that's pretty much what we've seen throughout northern virginia today. in fact, take a look at this video. you can see most people getting around with no problem. things were slushy and wet and messy, but that was about it. and that is because vdot crews have been out and about plowing and treating the roads, keeption any major problems from happening. in fact, take a look at 66. you can see it was a smooth ride for most of the day. traffic again pretty light, especially for a monday. now it is a holiday, that means people didn't have to commute to and from school or work, but it was also a holiday weekend, so a lot of people perhaps heading back now from a long weekend. in fafa main thoroughfares were plowed, not the same situation in neighborhood streets and that pretty much is the same case throughout all of northern virginia. in falls church much of the same on highway 50. not a lot of problems, but again, wet and messy. we actually even saw some pedestrians who were out and about even when the snow really was coming down. some of them even enjoying

northern virginia mid morning and into the district into. trailing behind a broken line of showers. we'll keep showers probably in the forecast through this evening. we've got a flash flood watch until 7 p.m. district and points west to northern virginia and west virginia and painly because we have localized flooding where we still have piles of snow the brown is stat rated after weeks of the snow melt and additional rainfall. and fox future cast shows those showers. they could be steady at times moving across 66 and into the districts there by this afternoon and even down towards charlottesville this is rain. it could be heavy and briefly thunder or lightning. by 5:00 heavy stuff is over with andho they moved east to maryland and into eastern shore and up into delaware and new jersey. you can see when we get breaks by this evening we cope at least a chance of shower in the forecast for those trailing rain showers. and all right. here's the setup as we go into this week. this moves by today brings us rain and high pressure reinforced and dry

this morning, we're finding out more about a fallen officer in northern virginia. in hampton -- police are working to figure out how a pregnant woman died in a car accident. what we've learned so in south carolina...and more candidates heading our way. what's happening good sunday morning. thanks for joining us i'm lex gray. i'm meteorologist deitra tate today: mainly sunny and mid 40s. wind: sw 5-10mph. monday: partly sunny and warm. highs in into the mid 60s...which is above the average (mid 50s). southwesterly flow weak cold front will clip cold front will cross on cool back into the 40s to develops & tracks, we stay tuned as we continue to monitor this potential we're following developing news out of northern virginia this morning. a suspect shot and killed an officer on her first day on the job. two other officers were also shot. it happened in woodbridge in prince william county last night. a suspect shot and killed officer ashley guindon and injured two others. officer guindon was a former marine, who had just joined the force friday. she died during her fir

. >> host: anwar al-alaki was from northern virginia. what is the northern virginia connection? >> guest: for some people many people in northern virginia. yes, born in new mexico, spent time in san diego, being a moderate cleric. he was invited to the pentagon after 9/11 even. he became, he is the most important english-speaking cleric in the world of jihad. he was killed boy a cia drone strike in 2011 but even in death his writings show up and his cases, inspire magazine, which was he was involved in helping published, shows up in all of the cases you look at and indeed in the boston bombing case they got their bomb making recipe in part from "inspire" magazine. >> host: you say there is no connecting thread or one-size-fits-all for people being radicalized? >> guest: islamic ideology, desire to belong to something bigger than yourself, some people are very young and it is exciting. i profile one of the first people who created an english jihad website, he is from charlotte, north carolina and was working in a call center as a computer support specialist, moved to yemen and he

another cluster of rain in northern virginia, tracking southeast. the low-pressure with the leading warm front and the trailing cold front is the bigger picture, and that is what is exiting along the front. tomorrow, we expect more sunshine, though it may come later in the day than anticipated. then, mostly rain coming our way. that is monday, tuesday. coming in closer, very detailed forecast, right now, overnight towards the temperatures could be chilly in the northwest, 32 may be too low . lots of sunshine tomorrow. north west zones, upper 40's, lower 50's. the immediate metro, lower 50's with sunshine. southern maryland, northern virginia, lower 50's, upper 40's. the same in the southwest zones. equal opportunity nice day, right about the average of 49. ,uesday, and one set -- onset could have some snowflakes in the shenandoah valley, but this is a rain event tuesday and wednesday, with the second system coming in. the high temperatures drop into the 40's on tuesday. , cloud covercast before daybreak, breaking in the morning. wa more sunshine pop

tonight the northern virginia league hosted its championship game. >> i go to every game. i go to practice. i watch this practice. i recruit for the team. >> reporter: the bulldogs made the ice their may ground. led by player of the year and points leader and goal leader. >> we ever en undefeated. >> reporter: they played where the capitals get their game on. >> very special knowing the caps play on the ice every day. being in the atmosphere is great. >> 26282628 win -- 28 straight wins. >> we have the best team. didn't give up a goal all playoff. >> reporter: with the 6-0 win stone bridge is a 7 time champion. grace olson, wusa 9 news sports. >> the bulldogs are heading to nationals. congratulations. hoops play off. keeping it close. nice passing. easy layup. blue devils pull spring brook wins 83-67. >> steven strasburg got his start with the washington nationals but where did he learn? >> reporter: we know steven strasburg can hum the 95 miles per hour fastball, where did he get his start? it was from his grandmother. >> used to go over my grandparents house as a kid and

rubio campaigned in northern virginia today. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is leading senator bernie sanders by a near 2-to-1 margin in those same three key super tuesday states. her biggest lead is in georgia with 64% of likely democratic primary voters compared to 30% for sanders. >>> well, you rush to reagan or dulles, you just make it through tsa screening, you board the plane, throw your bag overhead, find your seat, prepare to relax, but you can't, right, because you're stuffed in there like sardines. you know what i'm talking about. new york senator chuck schumer leg room and seat size has shrunk by more than four inches. he plans to introduce an amendment to the faa reauthorization act. a vote is expected this month. >>> stay with us, news4 at 6:00 >>> you're watching news4 at 6:00. >>> tlooe family members killed in a two-car collision in bethesda. a fourth family member in the her life. an 18-year-old walt whitman high school student was killed. his younger sister also a student at the school is in critical c

jonathan: plus, a fox is on the loose in northern virginia. one person has been attacked by the guy. we have pictures of the critter. where it has last been spotted. we'll tell you that. michelle: still ahead at 4:30, former d.c. mayor vincent gray is back in the game. we hear from him and which councilmember he is targeting.

northern virginia, west virginia and including d.c. rain this afternoon could lead to localized flooding. let's time it out for you mid morning moving across 66 and loudoun and fairfax will see rain first. by noon, 1:00 raining in district could be heavy down south and maybe rumbles of thunder. showers will continue through this evening as we move to eastern shore and then later tonight looks like we clear out. rainy sunday afternoon. it doesn't look like a lot. projected rainfall amounts really less than half inch for all of us and again flash flood watch west for where the ground is wet. as we head into the workweek. we get a nice break tomorrow after the rain. high pressure moves to and it's cole. not cool, not cold, temperatures in the 40s tomorrow and when you don't have a source of cold air it's not going to produce much wintery weather. that's the case for us tuesday, peps, and into thursday thursday could be a west in -- snow cop find close toss ohio valley and cuxing of the storm moves through wednesday and rain could be heavy

following an awful series of events in northern virginia. jamie yuccas has details. >> reporter: prince william county virginia police department posted this picture of rookie officer ashley guindon about to start her first shift. the caption, "be safe." >> she was literally sworn in the day before on friday. >> reporter: before becoming abe u.s. marine reservist, she interned for the police department. >> she clearly had a passion to serve others in a way that went beyond herself. >> reporter: guindon and two other officers responded to a domestic disturbance on saturday. when they arrived, suspect ronald hamilton opened fire from the front door. >> reporter: guindon's training officer and ten year veteran david mckeown along with eight

he is from northern virginia as wem. white middle class kid, high iq, who converted to islam and became a leading jihadist on the internet. it is interesting the european internet was largely created by americans and the english speaking jihad who is motivating people in the united states, the uk, and australia has been started by american citizens. >> host: anwar al-awlaki is from northern individual as well. >> guest: yes. he was invited to the pentagon to speak after 9/11. he was hanging out with two of the hijackers and he is the most important english speaking member in jihad. he was killed in a covert operation but he is still celebrated around the world and shows up in all cases we look at. and indeed in the boston bombing case they got their bomb recipe in spite of his magazine. >> host: you said there is no one-size-fits-all. >> guest: right. a desire to belong to something, some people are relatively young and it is tremendously exciting for them. i profiled one of the first person to create an english jihadi w

hampton roads and northern virginia. veterans can sign up on the apple says it will not help investigators break into the i- phone of one of the san bernardino killers. a judge in california has ordered the company to help the f-b-i get into syed farook's phone. however-- apple's c-e-o says the order could potentially make millions of devices vulnerable. investigators have farook's phone but cannot unlock its passcode. farook and his wife killed 14 people in december. ### residents in flint michigan are being heard following the water crisis. the u.s. surgeon general is in flint today to hear how the community is being affected. the doctor says the filters in the city's water are working and does not believe flint water is the cause of the legionnaries outbreak. dr. vivke murthy / u.s. surgeon general - "a lot of help is on the way and has already arrived in flint. not to say it's nearly enough we have to do a lot more to get flint back to the place where the water is safe for everyone to drink from the a new study says

we continue to follow developing news from northern virginia. a rookie police officer and another person are dead - two other officers are recovering after being shot saturday evening. it happened at a home in woodbridge. this is a story we brought to you as breaking news on wavy news 10 last night at 10. officer ashley guindon was sworn into the prince department on friday. yesterday was her first official day on the job. she and two other officers were responding to a domestic disturbance when shots were fired... the suspect - 32-year-old ronald hamilton - is in the prince william county adult detention center without bond. he's facing multiple charges that include murder of a law enforcement officer. / paul ebert/ common wealth attorney he will probably be arraigned tomorrow morning. he's in custody at this time being held without bond. as i said investigation is going forward and there may be other charges forth- coming." we know the two other officers are still in the hospital at this time. according to our n-b-c affiliate in washington - h

lower 67 maryland, northern virginia. some spots could push 70 tomorrow, not unheard of. at monday, ak little bit of rain. the mountains will eat up most of this rain. the cold front will just cool temperatures a little bit. some 50's to the north. washington, mid 60's, lower to mid 60's south and west. sky cast, one of these rare days from start to finish with a sunny start and a beautiful 35 downtown. a little chilly, but by the afternoon we are pressing the mid 60's. upside down day, where it is warmer in the morning, colder in the afternoon. the cold front expected late tuesday night into wednesday bringing morning showers. potential withle the cold front thursday of some falakes. enough cold air would be in place there is a chance, but only about 20%, 30% probability. it will be mild and great. kimberly: let's focus on sunday and just enjoy that. does not seem like ice-skating weather. scott: not at all. a fan favorite hitting the waiver wire with the caps. plus, a senior day at the verizon center. >> desk, brought to you by your local toyotaealers. and hashat a seas

we're following developing news out of northern virginia this morning. a suspect shot and killed an officer on her first day on the job. two other officers were also shot. it happened in woodbridge in prince william county last night. a suspect shot and killed officer ashley guindon and injured two others. officer guindon was a former marine, who had just joined the force friday. she died during her first shift with the department. guindon and the other officers responded to the suspect's house for a call about a domestic shooting. neighborhood were playing outside when they heard walking up the street with three other people... and we heard three to four gun shots, come home. and they told us to go inside... so we the house next door. prince william county police tweeted the two other officers shot are recovering in the hospital. police arrested the suspect, and we are working to learn his name. the associated press is reporting he's in the military. the commonwealth's attorney for prince william county says the suspect will be charged with capital murd

mary's the northern neck of virginia included this. the best chance for measure rabble snow for a sizable impact will be across the by a. that is the way we see it. temperatures are plenty warm, well in the 40's. even though we expect overnight when the storm center crank cranks up a bit. i will pull in colder air. we will see the temperatures drop. once the rain starts and changes to snow the falling snow will cool the air more. even saying that, i still think the ground is warm enough most of the metro area, most everywhere should only have snow accumulating on grassy areas and rooftops. anything more is closer to where the rate of fall is heavier and faster. even there maybe up to two or three inches of snow is a possibility. pull the view out. the storm system is developing south of hatteris. circulation center will show up on the radar. but we are on the western fringe as it goes offshore. i don't think the metro has any impact. but farther south and east you go maybe interesting time early in the morning. as far as the snow fall

my old area in northern virginia is 30% of the vote. trump's comments on muslims and non-hispanics, prince william county is now majority minority. is chock-full of immigrants. he's got to overcome that. a significant asian population. is it doable? you never know. he is a rock star when he comes into town. northern virginia is pretty's sophisticated voters. trump appeals to more than on college-educated. is noncollege educated. he is running against hillary clinton and she has her own set of from arms. it is a long way to go. a race to the bottom. you will see more negative ads that you have ever seen. hillary generationally has a problem with the sanders people. do you motivate the obama people ? is trump enough to motivate them question mark trump has brought a whole new group of people into the electorate would not participated before. al hunt: if you establishment make peace they will do it on his terms. other issues that would worry? tom: the trade issue is an issue that really worries the establishment. that is one of his signatu

tom sherwood, news4. >>> well, as tom just hillary clinton will be back in northern virginia. that happens monday. for an underdated list of the presidential candidates and their scheduled events, open up the nbc washington app during the commercial break. just search candidate tracker. >>> thanks but no thanks. that's the response to president obama in the supreme court showdown these days. today nevada's governor brian sandoval removed his name from the vetting list of possible supreme court candidates. in a statement, sandoval said he told the white house he is grateful, but he does not wish to be considered right now for the nation's highest court. sandoval is a republican and a former federal judge. he was unanimously confirmed for that office. president obama is set to meet with senate leaders next week to talk about the vacancy created by the death of justice antonin scalia. >>> top secret technology used by local police. how they're tracking your calls and text messages criminals, and why lawmakers are now getting involved. >>> also a new twist in the legal fight betwe

i always say northern virginia and here we are virginia being a super tuesday state, northern vgi most informed voter. they're more likely to be the a voter that decides to not just go with somebody they're passionate about, but at least extra teemg extra strategic strategic. so i'll be curious to see who carries it. i'll be shocked if trump carries it, but if he does, it tells you where the party is headed. but when i think of the three big voting blocs there, it will be interesting to see if it's kasich or rubio. if rubio made the consolidation case. >> and he's in loudoun today. >> and what is going on with trump and rubio? it's getting kind of nasty. >> i know you're a big world wrestling entertainment fan, right? >> that's right. >> it's the rick rick flare had a phrase that if you want to be the man, you got to beat the man. and -- >> is that become the man is this. >> what i mean is rubio made the calculation and i understand why he did it that you have to outtrump trump. if you want to beat trump, you have to be like him. so he went the insult route. nothing else has worked. i

the body of antonin scalia is back home in northern virginia. this is his casket at the airport in west texas. that is where scalia died at a resort. there will be no autopsy. the decision made by scalia's family and the texas justice of the peace. the washington post reports that scalia was pronounced over the phone after officials said there were no signs of foul play. the 79-year-old jurist had several chronic conditions. senate republicans are calling for no replacement nominated for the supreme court until after november elections as cnn's manu raju says the white house has no intention of honoring. >> reporter: good morning. president obama said he would wait until next week potentially or maybe after to choose the replacement to justice scalia. that doesn't mean the battle lines are not already being drawn. especially in the senate. the schedule is set of who is nominated and confirmed. decided the next president should not name, not the current president. president obama did not listen to senate mcconnell and is planning to move forward.

his also from northern virginia, white middle-class kid have a very high i.q. who converted to islam and became the jihadist on the internet. you know, it's interesting the internet was largely created by american. the terms of the english-speaking jihads which is motivated people the united states and also u.k. and australia has been fermented by american citizens. >> host: anwar al-awlaki was from northern virginia. >> guest: yes, for some reason many people in northern virginia, anwar al-awlaki also born in new mexico, grew up and spent time in san diego leading the moderate cleric of the cleric of looked like what the nine 9/11 attacks who was invited to the pentagon to speak after 9/11, but he was hanging out with two of the hijackers and use the most and port english-speaking cleric in the world of jihads. even though he was killed by a drunk strike in 2011. his ratings keep showing up in the cases in which he was often helping publish the jihadist magazine has shown up in all the cases that you look at and indeed in the boston marathon case, the bomb mak

northern virginia is different from the rest of virginia. tuesday, get this come only about 33% of voters view clinton as a favorable candidate. the rally starts at 3:15 this afternoon in old town. john gonzales, abc7 news. jummy: of course, the race for the white house making its way through virginia. donald trump is speaking at regent university in virginia beach. he is joined by the christian media mogul pat robertson. he is celebrating another big win in nevada last night. it gives him another blast of momentum heading to super tuesday. marco rubio and ted cruz remain locked in the race for second place. both are hoping to get republicans to get around them as an alternative to trump. late last night, another virginia school district decided to shut its doors ahead of next week's primary. closed on super tuesday, citing concerns about large crowds of voters. fairfax county, prince william county, and spotsylvania county have made the same decision. coming up, a health matters alert to tell you about about talcum powder. the major ruling

northern virginia it seems like most of the roads are in better condition, at least compared to places like maryland. you can see cars zipping along the key bridge here. bridges of course being one of the first places you typically see ice. but here in arlington, falls church area, so far no major problems. but i will tell you that the virginia department of transportation put out information saying they're already starting to see ice on the roads in places like loudoun county and they expect that to head our way. so things expected to get worse and this is why, take a look. you can see there is 3-4 inches of snow on the ground from that storm that hit us this morning. well, with the rain that's expected, it's going to melt a lot of this. i mean, it is fluffy powder that's going to melt right on to these roads and then that probably likely will stick and turn into ice. and that's the concern. that's what the virginia department of transportation is dealing with. they tell me they plan to keep 3,000 to 4,000 trucks on duty in northern virginia through the night treating the roads as bes

up next, a teen in northern virginia gets performance. but, he didn't know there was someone special in the audience. a look at an emotional things got a little greasy in new orleans on bourbon street. yesterday was the annual "greasing of the poles" event. local ladies and celebrities rub oil on the support poles of the historic royal sonesta hotel's balcony. then judges decide who did the best job getting them ready for carnival crowds. the pre-mardi gras tradition started when businesses in the french quarter would make the poles slippery so people wouldn't climb up on the balconies. local business owners now say it is a tradition that brings the city together. s/al gross/president, royal sonesta hotel :16 not be here for the rest of the weekend will be here today. so what you'll see parades, people in costumes. it is just a fun, fun day. the energy is like no other day of the year." the event has been going on for 46 years. these stories never get old. an emotional reunion for a middle school student and his dad in northern virginia.

an emotional reunion for a middle school student and his dad in northern virginia. tray kee already had a big night. he just starred as mufasa in his school's production of the lion king. while he was up next, a teen in northern virginia gets through his first theatre performance. but, he didn't know there was someone special in the emotional reunion. frustrated with your overactive bladder medicine not working? can't handle the side effects? botox treats symptoms of leaking, going too often, and the strong sudden need to go. ask your urologist if botox can help calm your bladder and reduce your daily leakage episodes. the effects of botox may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, loss of bladder control or muscle weakness can be a sign of a life-threatening condition. don't take botox if you can't empty your bladder on your own or have a urinary tract infection, or uti. side effects may include allergic reactions, injection site pain, fatigue, uti, p

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is in mobile track 7 tonight. what has been the reaction to this? jeff: well, this has been a bit mixed. we are heading east on 66 in that section that is going to be widened as part of the deal. we will take a look at the traffic. no surprise. red brake lights heading east on 66 in to the district. this deal was hammered out at the capitol in richmond for the past few days. key lawmakers from northern virginia are supporting the deal not all residents feel the same way. for drivers who endure the daily grind of 66 traffic, news of widening is like a breath of fresh air. >> it is a great idea. >> traffic is bad there. >> in the long run, it will be worth it. >> for the arlington residents who live by the stretch set to be widened this is a different story. >> i think it is a poor idea. that is not what the road >> nick who has lived here since 1971 says the initial intention was a two-lane parkway, not a beltway like thoroughfare. >> arlington is not something you can just pave over. that is where this is going. >

police officers in northern virginia are mourning the loss of one of their own. caitlin: we'll show you the we're learning about this morning. anthony: and increasing the pressure on donald trump. the candidates believe their tax filings and why trump has naacp urging people >> now, abc 11 eyewitness news continues. anthony: we've got double february 28. 7:31 is our time. thanks for starting sunday with us. i'm anthony wilson. caitlin: and i'm caitlin knute. great to have you with us this morning. we are counting down to the oscars this evening but right now, are looking forward to this warm-up you've been promiseing. i've been holding you to this and looking forward to it. steve: i'm okay with you saying it. it's the promise of like next week. caitlin: sure. i know not to do that, not that far out. steve: it is going to be nice today. as a matter of fact, the next few days, temperatures nice and warm. cold to start, temperatures warming quickly with all this sunshine we're going to have a good southwest flow. hard pressed to find clouds out there as we'll be nic

a special reunion in northern virginia! next on good day virginia: the heartwarming story of milo the emergency crews in northern virginia reunited with a st. bernard!the dog's life was saved by that crew in the middle of last weekend's blizzard!jay korff has more! emergency crews in virginia were reunited friday with the st. bernard whose life they a cold front enters the region today...sliding south to the northcarolina/south carolina border by midnight. this front returnsnorth as a warm front late tuesday night followed by good morning.thanks for starting your week off with good day virginia!i'm january keaton.and i'm kyle benjamin. there are less than 24 hours to go before the iowa caucus gets underway. fox's joel waldman has the latest from des moines. the loudest sound in iowa right now is the ticking of the clock... that's because time is running out for the campaigns... the candidates... and the undecided. donald trump is employing cruz control in an attempt to slow down his biggest rival in iowa. trump: "he likes t

live pictures from northern virginia, that weather of course moving our way. >> storm triggered deadly tornados in parts of the south coming our way. we'll keep you updated on nbc 10 and nbc 10.com. >> glenn will be back in a few minutes. we'll have update the entire night and anytime on the nbc 10 app. >>> to the health scare for the pennsylvania governor. tom wolf has a treatable form of prostate cancer. the governor and first lady address the the situation. >> i'm convinced, by people who have looked at this and by other people that i've gotten this early on, i if the that -- it's very imminently treatable. >> more than hopeful that this -- he'll beat it. >> nbc 10's lauren mayk spoke with local health experts and more on the diagnosis. >> the governor says this was caught early, a very good sign in fighting this. his wife, she said that she first felt sad with him going through this and saying we don't need to be sad. they have a lot of confidence that he will be okay. >> i wanted to be open and use this as an opportunity to say, routine checkups for whatever matter. >> reporter: h

summer, the fbi investigated a series of 7-eleven armed robberies in northern virginia, d.c., and maryland. >> 7-elevens are open at all times. that ithley savage says is one reason they are targeted. >> it is unlikely another person will be there to witness the crimes and they will l >> shock, actually. you have to be watchful. jeff: police are urging 7-elevens everywhere to keep the signage down so that the clerks can see out the window. a lot of lights in the parking lot. that is a recommendation for police. and urging them to call 911 if they see anyone suspicious. we repeatedly try to get in touch with the 7-eleven, their media relations department, but never got a response. ok, jeff, thank you. maybe this was a bit of an omen from fairfax county police. ae department tweeted picture, little bird that said hello to patrol officer. the person who tweeted it out asked "is this a sign that spring is around the corner?" doug is here. -- tweeting?eta [laughter] doug: they were talking last hour -- it is going to be fine. showers sunday possibly but it will be mild for the weekend. tomorrow

there are snowflakes and raindrops mixed in across northern virginia, as well. route 301 here, waldorf, laplata, could be slushy in area. but again road chemicals are very effective at these temperatures. so it should not be a big impact. here is the tail end of the moisture moving in to part of southwestern and central virginia. so this will all come to an end fairly shortly. future weather by 9:00 a.m., last of the rain and snowflakes in calvert and st. mary's by 4:30 this afternoon, skies cleari clearing, turning breezy and cold. most areas back down below freezing by early saturday morning. keep an eye out, there could be some areas of patchy black ice first thing tomorrow morning. we'll reach mid-40s later today. another chance of rain and snow coming our way monday night into tuesday. we'll talk more about that can go up at 5:01. it is traffic time. here is melissa mollett pretty in red this morning. >> thank you very much. taking a look right now as some of this snow here, this is in st. mary's. you can see some of the snow on the roadway at 235 and 237 t

just heard from our northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey. she confirmed the name of the suspected gunman in the police shooting. we are told his name is ronald hamilton. and he's being held at the prince william county detention center. he's being held on a capital murder charge. now, prince william county police also sent out a picture of officer ashley guindon's cruiser via take a look at this. the caption -- actually we plan to put that out on our twitter feed coming up shortly and have it here later in the newscast. but along with the photo, it says blessed are the peace makers for they will be called children of god. to take you back, this all started with a call to police about a domestic argument at a home on lashmere court yesterday. gunshots started flying soon after officers arrived and kids were outside and they had to run for cover. >> we heard three to four gunshots, so we started running. and when we got up here, we saw all the cops and we were trying to come home and they told us to go inside. >> three officers were shot the a

this is our storm team 4 x 4 driving through northern virginia. the roads are covered in that ice and it is very finding out in leesburg, virginia. that is where molette green is live. is any of that ice melting yet? >> reporter: things are starting to get better, at least from my vantage point. it's been raining pretty hard for about 45 minutes, maybe an hour now. that should help the road crews work on those icy spots. take a look as the temperatures rise, take a look at some of the video we shot that shows how iced over leesburg has been. we're along east market. we know the neighborhoods and side streets just terrible earlier this morning with the ice. and we talked with one plow driver working in three apartment communities not too far from my vantage point telling me what he had to do. >> right now it's coming up pretty easily. did some salting and last night. so with the road temperature being up a little bit, it's a little bit better. >> reporter: so right now conditions are slushy now that the rain is coming down. temperatures rising. and

i also interviewed his first cousin from northern virginia. he is a successful lawyer not far from here. cousints out that his -- was unmarried, , was very worried about going to afghanistan in a never had ad had serious relationship with anybody else. no friends. this was a socially isolated .ndividual there is no one-size-fits-all explanations. a lot of people enjoy being part of a jihadi group -- it is fun, it is exciting. tried to reach out -- a lot of these people are in prison, some of them are dead. often, they are under special provisions by the government, are prevented from talking to journalists. i talked to one person -- i got a 100-page letter from a man who is in super max in colorado. he is a white, middle-class kid who converted to islam and became a leading jihadist on the internet in the english speaking world. it is interesting. the internet was largely created by americans. it turns out that the beensh-speaking jihad has fomented by american citizens. anwar al-alaqui. guest: perfect example. host: he is also from northern v

hillary clinton will be in northern virginia on monday and bill clinton was here earlier this week. marco rubio will be in loudoun this weekend along with other stops across the commonwealth. donald trump was in virginia beach on wednesday. and will be in southwest virginia on monday. places you might find campaign signs along polling places or roads it is hard to find any indication a big election is around the corner. >> i'm surprised by how little people care. >> jeremy mayor is a professor of government at george mason university and says the voters in virginia are not used to the attention of iowa or new hampshire. that mentality is hard to change. >> if any year was going to, it would be this year when donald trump is running as a republican. and bernie sanders is a democrat. jeff: clinton has a huge lead over sanders in virginia and trump's >> in every election any voting is important. jeff: sophia cares about super tuesday but many of her friends do not. >> not excited. jeff: that is not good news for any candidate of either party. in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. ali

his northern virginia supporters held get out the vote phone banks and canvassing events. on friends will hold a burritos and bernie event at district taco before canvassing virginia voters ahead of the march 1st primary. >>> three people are dead following a multi-car crash. this all happened before 7:00 on river road near pyle road in bethesda. outbound river road shut down while accident reconstruction teams are on the scene. traffic is slow and no word yet on the cause of the crash. >>> tonight the search is on for as many as seven suspects wanted in connection with a carjacking this afternoon in wheaton. that carjacking happened in the 11900 block of claridge road. montgomery county police say five to seven suspects strong armed the victim and took his car. that car, a golden honda odyssey with maryland tags. >>> a man is in custodyig after a barricade situation in alexdr man held his estranged wife inside a home in the 2300 block of fair view terrace. that's in the huntington area. the woman eventually managed to get out of the house about three hours later. she was

canvassing events in northern virginia and charlottesville. yesterday, we told you congressman bobby scott is supporting the former secretary of state as well. senator kaine says virginia is becoming an increasingly more contentious state in the election season. sen. tim kaine/d-virginia 17:13:42 up to 2008 we were kind of irrelevant in presidential politics battle ground states. but that puts more pressure on our shoulders to participate. 17:13:52 according to hillary's camp - more than 40 democrats in the virginia general assembly plan to back clinton. at least three presidential candidates will be in hampton roads before super tuesday. that includes marco rubio - who was here earlier today. hillary clinton will be speaking in front of voters monday at lake taylor high school in norfolk. the doors open at 6 tomorrow night - and the event starts at 8. also, republican doctor ben carson will be at regent on monday. at least two schools in hampton roads will be off or delayed because of the elections. according to suffolk public schools calenda

worst of it now parts of northern maryland and out into parts of northern virginia, as well. but there is an improving pattern here. an hour or two ago, visibilities were much closer to zero, but drier air is trying to work its way in. that should help eat up the fog. the advisory go until 7:00 a.m. thickest is in annapolis and culpeper. 3 mile visibility there. as far as rain chances, a little sliver of showers here drifting its way through prince george's county going through bowie, down in brandywine and rosaryville and eventually into charles county and st. mary's county. not a lot of rain, but that's the leading edge of the drier air. so fog thickest along and ahead of it, drier air back out here to the north and west, that will be an improving weather picture it by later on. but not entirely done with rain chances. this plume of moisture riding right up over the lower bay, so there will remain a small cans for some light rain today especially south and east of i-95. so southern maryland, a much better chance of some light rain today as opposed to the panhandle of west v

thieves stole 100 feet a of copper from a church in northern virginia. this happened at kirkwood presby tear kr presbyterian church friday night. the two downspouts could cost thousands to repair. it appears the thieves used a ladder to reach the downspouts. >> it really makes you sad that someone has to resort to having to steal and from a church, where we're here to help the community and we want to help those people who feel that desperate. >> the church reached out to news 4 about the theft so that other churches would know to be on the lockout for these types of crimes. >>> we have new numbers in from aaa on traffic fines and what you think of them in the district. the poll shows that six out of ten d.c. residents oppose a major spike in a dozen new traffic fines. now, while it's true people who live in the district are less likely to get a ticket, seven out of ten think that higher fines won't make things safer. in fact half believe the city and he raising of fines is being done to make money. more than 1,000 drivers were part of the survey. >>> ne

but if you're around i-95 westward, through northern virginia -- northern virginia, you're clear across the region. i'm not worried about you at all. it's all southern maryland that we're going to continue to watch now. as we move on through, as we zoom on in here, you can see what i'm talking about. right along i-95 and to the west of i-95 we're going to be that area -- yeah, to the west of i-95, that's where we're looking at everything clearing out. now, notice what's not clearing out. we still have the flash flood warnings, we still have flood warnings, so we still have a lot of areas of high water. turn around, don't drown. i guarantee you what happened in that earlier shot was somebody tried to drive through some flooded roadways and got stuck. right now, i-95 eastward is where we're looking at the strongest storms. so, we're going to continue to watch this move out of here. should be done by around 8:00. again, this tornado warning goes until 7:45. could be another one with this storm that makes its way up, again in towards st. mary's and calvert county. >> thanks, doug. you also

but first, northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in loudoun county where a lot of drivers have been forced to turn around. >> this is shreeve mill road. this road is flooded, it's a major cut-through road for the dulles greenway, which is a half mile up the road, over to leesburg and other important spots, so it's been a real inconvenience for folks today. this is what happened earlier, v-dot putting up the road closed sign, around noon after we and a plow contractor called them to tell them about the floodwaters we discovered here. here's what it loed morning. when our photographer first arrived. the combination of the pouring rain and melting snow caused the creek to surge out of its banks. before v-dot could get here, we saw a succession of cars roll down shrevemill, put put on the brakes and turn around. fortunately, everybody we saw wise enough to do just that. not to make a run across the floodwaters. back live, can you see the floodwaters have receded a little bit from what we saw earlier. but the v-dot workers who came out to put the road closed sign up. tell me this wi

in northern virginia there areia about 1100 people in the darke r and in the richmond are number jumps to more than 3900. in the district pepcot p reporting slightly less than 500 customers without powerower and bg and e is reporting about 400 people. the storm impacted travel lastla night. many trains and flights werets delayed but right nowed b everything appears to be running as scheduled and we'll let you know if that changes.f h >>> to the midwest now residents were hit by heavy b h snow and powerful windsl w yesterday.sty. nearly 1200 flights weree canceled at chicago's o'hare airport. rp several states even canceleda school. today northern indiana isrthends expected to see the heaviestea snow with up to 18-inches. 18-ih >> this morning d.c. policemog . investigating a deadlyinveating shooting. police say a man was found f yesterday afternoon in the 3100 block of mlk avenue in ze i the victim was taken to the hospital where he wasal w he pronounced dead.pr the suspect is on the loose.th police are looking atooking surveillance video from nearbyeb businesses for any clues thatesf

this happened in northern virginia. authorities are saying offi after rejoining the department she served previously in prince william county, virginia. there is a suspect in custody right now described as member of the military. more than 100 patrol cars lined the cars outside of a northern virginia hospital this morning for an essert for the officer's body. the suspect is expected in court caitlin: right now, signs of unrest in salt lake city. a 16-year-old hospitalized after being shot by police. onlookers throwing rocks. and police are tight-lipped. the teen was allegedly carrying a stick and officers told him to drop it. when he failed to do so the officers opened fire. several arrests have been made. no word on the teen's condition. anthony: this morning one person is dead after a car crashed into a tree in fayetteville. the driver ran off the road before 2:00 this morning on strickland bridge road. the passenger in the car died. the driver and a second passenger were not seriously hurt. no other cars involved. al

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us now live from that woodbridge neighborhood where lots of dig something still going on as the utility addresses concerns tonight. julie? >> reporter: yeah. well, you can see those fraesh patches of asphalt behind me. a few minutes ago they were surrounded by work crews and heavy equipment. they wrapped up for the day but all this activity has residents here wondering and worried a the streets are pocked with holes and fresh patches of asphalt. work has continued here nonstop in the wake of a gas explosion at a nearby home on february 7th. these are photos of the damage left behind. the explosion rocked the house just minutes after firefighters evacuated the family. today two blocks away crews had broken through to other underground lines leading this homeowner too fearful to even cook on his stove. have you done anything different in recent days? >> well, i haven't put on the stove. >> reporter: concerns like that are the reason state senator jeremy mcpike was in the area handing out flyers. his office has received lots of calls. >>

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver joins us live from arlington with the details. how would this work. >> reporter: it will function as a secondary offense. it means a cop couldn't just pull you over for smoking in the car with a kid in the car unless that officer pulled you over for, say, something else like speeding. again, this is just proposed. it is not finalized yet. nonetheless, as soon as we posted this on the nbc washington facebook page, it had a lot of you commenting and our digital team put out the question what do you think of the bill? good idea or does it go too far? before we reveal the answer to that, we want to you hear from the man behind the bill. >> i don't feel like this is big brother government. i feel like we're protecting little brother in the backseat struggl t >> reporter: we spoke by phone to republican delegate tom billian richmond. he's proposed the bill based on the young patients he's treated. >> and they're chronically sick and have asthma and they can't recover from that because they're constantly exposed to second hand smoke in a

. >> and from the snow to the sleet and the freezing rain, from southern maryland to northern virginia and here in the district of columbia, storm team4 is tracking it all for you. let's get straight to our meteorologist in the storm center. >> guys, we saw that snow start coming down overnight last night. some locations picking up a lot of snow, especially just down to the south, but now all that snow changing over to freezing rain and that has some other issues to contend with tonight. >> and we're going to watch for rain and again it's going to be heavy rain tomorrow at times which could cause flooding. >> take a look at the radar. we have snow falling up around frederick, baltimore, hagerstown, leesburg, but we are now dealing with freezing rain for the most part. most of the time it's on the light side and that's going to be the case as we move through t rain to the south. very splotchy in nature. the real precipitation, the real area of rain way back to the west. but by the time that gets here it will be warm enough for all rain. we still have to contend with the areas of freezin

my old area in northern virginia is 30% of the vote. trump's comments on muslims and on hispanics, prince william county is now majority minority. fairfax is chock-full of immigrants. he's got to overcome that. al: a significant asian population. mr. davis: a very multiethnic population. that is what he has to overcome. is it doable? you never know. he is a rock star when he comes in there. northern virginia is pretty's -- is pretty sophisticated voters. trump appeals to more is noncollege educated. fairfax is one of the most educated counties in the country, so is loudoun county. he may do better than most republicans in the i-81 corridor, coming on the western part of the state. he is running against hillary clinton and she has her own set of problems. it is a long way to go. al: some people think it will be fear and loathing. mr. davis: it'll be a race to the bottom. you will see more negative ads that you have ever seen. i think hillary clinton generationally, has a problem , with, do you bring the sanders people? do you motivate th

. >> from northern virginia back towards west montgomery, we have team 4 coverage for you. >> reporter: folks were without power for about three hours. it was the strong winds that broke branchs and forced them onto power lines. first responders had to use a cherry picker to rescue a woman trapped in her car. she attempted to driver through high water. inside the springfield metro didn't have a choice but to slowly drive through flood water. heavy rain flooded the first floor of the garage. but the second level appeared the be even worse. it was a bit of an inconvenience for some, but others found the silver lining. >> megan, thanks. tonight's system led to rescues all around. a dojs challenger got stuck. a man was picking up his dad from union station and thought he'd be water. he thought wrong. >> i literally came back and thought i was going to be able to go through again. >> it's just irritating. >> someone also had to be rescued from a car here near mass avenue in bethesda today. a viewer sent us this video tonight. montgomery counsel i fire had to close the road for a spell. >> t