Bit of sunshine. What a difference that is making. It has gone from 16 to 21, so it is still very cold. It is a far cry from what motorists encountered out here this morning. Manyis man is one of drivers who encountered dangerous roads this morning. He slammed into a guard rail along route 301. You can see from news chopper seven, this suv slid off into a frigid creek. The driver is ok. John wayne car ended up in a ditch near la plata. To do something about these roads. The they he is talking about on this road is the maryland state highway is administration. Over and over again they have asked motorists to stay off the roads and give clout cloud plow operators a chance to work. With a spoon says this is a tough storm. Down in thecoming early part of the night and it was tough to keep up with it. Isthis road here in la plata typical of the challenges for road crews. They can wow all they want, but they will not be able to scrape through all of the ice and snow. It is about an inch thick. Except for those shoveling or blowing or plowing, most areas were shut down. Hardware store found it was pointless to keep the doors open because they were out of salt. We will close between 2 00 and 3 00. A spot live you can see that does need some salt. This is typical of what you get out of regular travel lanes. A lot of standing water and a sheet of ice. That is the sort of thing that will freeze up tonight and make for problems all over again. It is going to be a long night in la plata and elsewhere. Now lets go to Northern Virginia. Right now, in woodbridge, another location hit particularly hard. What are people doing their, jeff . Like brad was saying in la plata, roads were difficult until about 2 30 p. M. Recentpavement here in hours, but it will be problematic as temperatures continue to drop and the ice starts to get harder and harder and more thick. Certainlythis area knew the storm was coming and they were prepared, but they are not happy about it. Woodbridge road in monday morning meant crossing paths with of parade of plows. Driver dale shepherd has gotten very good at his job this winter, but hes had enough. Ready for it to be over. One at 4000 pieces of equipment across Northern Virginia to fight this storm. Smaller piles and bobcats did their part in parking lots and side streets. And drivers to their own kind of snow removal. Like so many others, flakes were freezing on mike sumners wiper blades thanks to the deep cold. Paul oneill had to stop and clear the ice on his way home from quantico to annapolis. With freeways caked in snow and ice, Virginia State troopers were on the move all day, responding to hundreds of crashes across the commonwealth. When she woke up to this, her reaction was this. It is crazy. Setting inatigue is across the region, but the show must go on. Just ask this postal carrier. It is my job. I will do my job. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe declared a state of , putting this morning state agencies on high alert, including the Virginia National guard. Meanwhile, vdot grooves crews will say on these roads throughout Northern Virginia and the commonwealth of virginia. A spokesperson from vdot just 15 minutes ago said to me, we still have a lot of work to do and we are not going anywhere. Thank you. Slick were roads slick roads were the problem throughout the day. The traffic tracker caught an accident on camera as it drove down i66. Seems like this were common all through the area. Live in college park with a check of the roads tonight. We are high above the inner loop in maryland, and you can see pavement back there. But dont let it fool you. Virginia and points south got it a lot worse. Have perhaps what could be called a secret weapon. This is the other kind of march madness. I think we are all really tired of winter. Just ask kevin curtis, whose dad compact ended up stranded on route 66 in arlington. Once i made it through the city and got on route 66, i slid off the road. Winter does not want to use up its icy grip, especially on the winter on the roads. Even the big rigs like this tractortrailer in maryland on route 50 near the beltway were dealing with slip and slide problems. We are definitely concerned about toe cold temperatures overnight tonight. Trucks inth 4000 plow Northern Virginia and 20 600 across maryland, there is concern that even defrosted roads will refreeze tonight. Birduid magnesium, sue deicer a kind of super that has a 26 Freezing Point is hoping is the hope for help. While many rate many major roads began to clear up this afternoon, many others like this one in rockville are still unplowed. Im going to stay home tomorrow and play it safe. Outoad crews will be treating throughout the night. They are hoping that the liquid magnesium mixed with salt will and make a safer commute for everyone. The roads are looking fine behind there, but lets see what the situation is elsewhere. As we have been hearing all afternoon from the reporters out in the street and the weather people, its not about traffic volume, but temperature. Tonight as the temperatures continue to drop and the icy conditions continue to be a problem well into tomorrow morning and could also be a problem on your car, you want to make sure you clear off your car before you go to bed tonight. It could take a while by tomorrow morning. Temperatures, pavement to be quite slippery later on. Hopefully, main roads will be in good shape. It is just ramps and overpasses and secondary roads that will be of concern. Thats the way it looks for now. Bob, thank you for that. This storm is causing problems as far west as texas. Take a look at this scene. This is in dallas this morning as icy conditions cause a 34 mile backup. Also in dallas, conditions caused two mishaps at the airport. Wing clipped the building and another slid off the taxiway. People inms for tennessee. Crews are working to restore prop power 2000 after a tree fell on a power line because of the ice out there. From alooking live now inffic tracker right here downtown. We will look at how low the temperatures will go overnight. Dont forget to send us your snow pictures. Are you traveling today echo i will tell you what is open and what is not. A live report from Reagan National is next. And tension inis ukraine escala russia denied setting a tuesday deadline for Ukrainian Forces to leave the Crimean Peninsula or face a military storm yuriko meanwhile, military storm. Meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry is headed to the ukraine and president obama is calling for russia to stop the invasion. It is a violation of ukrainessovereignty, territorial integrity. They are in violation of international law. Dowhe crisis and the tumbling more than 150. 71timed today. The European Union plans to discuss its response during more than 150 points at one time today. The European Union will plan to discuss its response during a meeting. The trial of olympic runner Oscar Pistorius began today. The neighbor testified to hearing blood curdling screams and four gunshots the night that he killed his girlfriend. Contradictsimony his story. He said that he thought he was shooting an intruder. Work is now underway in kentucky to remove the eight corvettes swallowed up by a massive sinkhole. You might recall that massive sinkhole inside the National Corvette you meet Corvette Museum last month. Once all of those vehicles are out, they will repair the hole and then work on restoring the cars. Would still take one of those. Back to the weather situation. Serious travels delays. Lanes are now landing at dulles, but look at the runways. Runways there. It did not make it very easy for many airlines. National is one of the hubs for east coast travel. Natasha . We will get to the trains in just a second. Several of the runways at dulles are open for incoming and outgoing flights. Here at reagan, the main runway opened up just about an hour ago. Look at this sidewalk. It looked like this about an hour ago. Work crews have been in and out of here so that things can fully get back to normal. Thehts are now coming into airport, but that does not mean things are back to normal quite yet. National airport since 2 00 p. M. Yesterday, she found a way to stay comfortable. The great blow warm air in. If you lay on the great, you can stay warm. Her flight to huntsville, alabama was canceled yesterday. She opted out of a hotel so she would not have problems returning to the airport in the snow. I know it is nothing they control. And more flights are getting out this afternoon. Landing one planes runways covered in snow. Look at the monitors at Reagan National. Almost all flights canceled. This family from florida is waiting to fly tonight. They were supposed to leave this morning. We can have a drink while we wait. What else can we do . There is nothing to do but wait. A College Professor is setting an example for her students, despite the snow day. I thought i would grade some papers and make use of my time. Check of the monitors inside the airport, about 45 flights federal to leave this four or five flights scheduled to leave this airport. Service, i just checked with them. They are on a modified schedule. What does that mean . You need to check to see where you are going. Some are still canceled, some might have some delays. Live from Reagan National airport. You have been here since early this morning. A busy snow day. It sounds like it could still be having problems later on. The temperatures are so cold. Teens and lower 20s with average highs in the lower 50s. Here is a time lapse from the Army Navy Country club in fairfax. It was snowing when we started the animation. And he continued to snow through the morning. About 4. 5 to five inches. Temperatures will remain cold and the next four or five days. Area will havehe some sunshine. We will clear out, and that is all part of what has been happening. This young lady is enjoying a sled ride this morning. This is the kind of snow that is fast to go away because it was not flashy or mushy. This is a twofer. The dough here, but do you see the second thing that is here . A cardinal sitting on the branch, too. A beautiful shot. Lets talk about the numbers and the snow. It is moving out of here rapidly to the south and east. Chasing ity air is out. Late last night and early this morning, many parts had heavy rain and it took a while for it to transition. Eight inches of snow in nokesville. Seven in new market. And 5. 8lle, 6. 5 inches inches in front royal and five inches in washington. Map version of the numbers here. Seven inches in woodsboro. Five inches in the district, compared to four. With the bitterly cold air tonight, none of this is going to melt. Temperatures now in the teens and lower 20s. Currently 19 degrees at dulles. 23 at Reagan National. Clear skies and snow on the ground and diminishing winds will wind us somewhere between two to 10 the above. The cold is widespread for this third day of march. Temperatures in the teens in syracuse. 11 in burlington. Ridill take a while to get of it. Tomorrow, upper 20s to near 30. But then there are encouraging signs on the map. The first sign is how much colder it is right now than this time yesterday. Degreesdegrees 42 colder in raleigh than this time yesterday. Then you have temperatures that were warmer than they were yesterday. Temperatureake up with sunshine and eight degrees tomorrow. 22 at midday. Eventually, 29 is the high. Maybe a patchy snow shower thursday night. Warm up intoreally the weekend, back into the 40s and low 50s. Saturday, said your head set your clocks ahead one hour as we return to eastern daylight. There will be closures, delays, and all kinds of traffic. And now team stormwatch coverage continues in the district. This is where a snow emergency was called today. We are live in northeast washington with what this means visitsidents and all who there. Hi, sam. As you can see here in northeast washington, not bad on minnesota avenue. Its streets have been scraped the streets have been scraped and the sidewalk has been scraped. As you say, there is a snow emergency that started in dcs 7 00 this morning and is still in effect. D. C. That started 7 00 this morning and is still in effect. This is the 25th Winter Weather deal that theyve had to with since the fiscal year began in october. As the snow fell in d. C. Today, at times it was difficult to see more than law or two away, though some said they had to get out and walk around and experience the event. Since they dont know how to plow on days like this, as pedestrians own the town. City authorities would not exactly agree with that. D. C. Public work said they had nearly 300 trucks out today, even as initial Road Conditions made you wonder sometimes. The weaer is so cold right now that it is not as effective in a salting and plowing operation. It will take us a little longer. What you did not see see today is echo trucks. The companys ceo said bnoon they only had six d. C. Customers out. Why so few . The level of maintenance that weve done to the system, the aggressive vegetation management, which is code for tree trimming, is paying off. We hadingly, downtown many areas still covered in snow and ice, but we saw pavement. Many people had to walk to shop. No buses today . No buses today. Sleep machines could damage your babies hearing. Researchers tested 14 of these machines designed especially for children and they found that some machines exceeded limits recommended for workplace noise for adults. Experts are recommending placing noisemakers away from the childs bed, keeping the volume low, and using the machine just for a short time frame. Up next, the snow did not keep one family from celebrating a big event in their loved ones life. See how they used the snow to their advantage to make in memory. In the newsroom,