Continue right on through the night tonight. I do expect to see a few more power outages. Weve already seen thousands already in parts of the region. Were going see more tonight as the winds continue to pick up. Now, the snow is just about gone. The snow in d. C. Out of here. But right now its through Howard County, Montgomery County, right on down through prince georges and anne arundel in calvert. Thats about it as our storm system finally, finally begins to move out of here. We will see drying conditions. However, things are going to get a lot colder tonight. Your friday forecast, waking up on a cold side as we are snow covered on the mall. Temperatures 28 degrees early. Ice in the morning. A very chilly day tomorrow and then guess what i got for you . More snow tomorrow night. And so it goes. Thank you, doug. The federal government will be open tomorrow. But on a twohour delay. In the meantime, most of the major School Systems in the area already made the call. They will be closed on friday. Well have the latest closings at the bottom of the screen, and the fullest updated throughout the night on nbcwashington. Com. There is no doubt this storm affected all of us. Its the most snow to hit our region in four years. Conditions downright dangerous in some places from spinouts on the highway to side roads that have not been cleared. Shomari stone is live in the storm team 4x4 with a look at what its like in northwest d. C. Shomari . Reporter well, guys, ill tell you, the roadways are treacherous in some areas. Doug kammerer told you the snow is stopped. But it is covered on roadway likes this one here. This is wiyndham place in northwest d. C. Snow all over the place there are cars covered it. In of these folks, some of them government workers are wondering how theyre going to get through all of this and get to work tomorrow. And its also worth mentioning that some people are staying indoors. I dont plan on going out at all. Reporter jean white wont leave her Prince Georges County house tonight. Snow covers her neighborhood near annapolis road and i495. I dont want to go out and cause my more problems. Reporter storm team 4x4 captured the problems treacherous Road Conditions, crashes and spinouts on the beltway from Silver Spring to Prince Georges County. Take a look at this guy. He crashed in a ditch. This is a lot of snow. Reporter and this evening, 2 to 3 inches fell on what was already 8 to 12 inches. On annapolis road, this woman is stuck. A Good Samaritan tries to dig her out. I watched as this woman struggled to get out of the snow. I want to get home. Reporter and youre stuck . And im stuck. And im tired. Reporter want me to help you . Please. Reporter put it in reverse. Okay. Have a nice night and be careful, okay . Thank you. Reporter youre welcome. Bye. This road causes a major backup. Drivers get out to see what is going on. Back at jean whites house, she tells me shell relax at home until the roads clear up. I know when its time to stay home. Reporter thats what youre going to do . Exactly. Reporter youre now looking at a live picture from storm team 4x4. This is the rear camera. This thing is absolutely amazing. Cameras all over the place. Many secondary roads in d. C. , maryland and virginia look just like this one. A lot of government workers have been hitting me up on twitter at shomari stone saying hey, how can the government be open tomorrow, you know. And i have to tell you, i dont make that decision. But one thing is clear. A lot of you need to be careful on the secondary roads. Live here in storm team 4x4, im shomari stone, news4. It was slow going for people who did venture out today. This was the scene across Montgomery County. Cars getting stuck in the snow. And strangers stepping in to help out. Jackie bensen steps in to cover. Hi, jackie. Reporter hello, doreen. This is Rockville Pike behind me. I want to show you something that is going to cause problems tomorrow morning. This piled up mounded snow. You can see it obscures a drivers line of sight when theyre pulling out on to the main roads. I can also tell you many, many residential streets remain unplowed this hour. Even the most snow worthy suv couldnt handle the unplowed intersection at the corner of old georgetown road and bethesda. Worsened after it started snowing again this evening. After shoveling the heavy, soggy snow, this driver, a physician who had to go to work today, was finally on his way home. I ended up dropping off at the store to pick up flowers for my wife. I didnt want to forget about valentines day. Go, go, go reporter moments later, another suv got stuck in the same spot. The main roads are fine. These roads are a joke. Reporter after a friend did some shoveling, this driver was also able to clear the mounded snow. Removing the snowbanks that are now encroaching on to the lanes at even major roads like route 355 in gaithersburg will be the key to a successful friday morning rush hour. The main street got things going, a pretty good job, except for right here. Doing a pretty good job, really. Reporter and were told that it may be until the weekend until some residential streets in Montgomery County are plowed. Live in rockville, jackie bensen, news4. In d. C. , the snow emergency has been lifted. Now it ended around 6 30 this evening. Crews were able to clear the snow curb to curb, and now cars can park on the major streets again. City Officials Say they tow in order than 200 cars during the emergency status, and more than 600 very expensive tickets were written. Because of the tricky conditions on the road, metro has canceled all bus service until 5 00 tomorrow morning. After that, metro will have limited service on major roads, much like todays schedule. Some of those routes will have detours among them. Metrorail operating on a normal schedule tomorrow. The airports arent much better. Both national and dulles were shut down today. Hundreds of flights were grounded. Some travelers camped out in the airports. But tomorrow, 100 flights already have been canceled locally. This the scene just hours ago. Nonstop effort out in dulles. Crews working to keep the runways clear there. But the snow is falling too quickly for them to keep up. Our Team Coverage continues now with erika gonzalez. She is at National Airport with more on the trouble there. Erika . Reporter vance, you know, the first takeoff and landing didnt happen here until after 5 00 this evening. And then even after that, it has been a snails pace to try and get things back on track. Busted. I cant wait to get back home. Reporter your travel plans from the roads to the skies. Well, its not every day that you get to stand in front of a board where everything is canceled. Reporter the word for tonight is wait. I never seen snow really before. Reporte grant and his dad are from florida. Theyre driving down to charlottesville, virginia, slowly. Were planning on four hours today. Reporter nearby Hotel Employees are working overtime. Just nonstop, grabbing for the keys. Reporter at dulles, one of four runways is cleared. Where are your traveling to . Paris. Reporter but International Flights have virtually gone off without a hitch. Im one of the lucky. Reporter domestic flights are the problem. I travel a lot. Reporter andrea houston is from hawaii. Note the difference in shoes. Im just taking it as kind of a first vacation. Reporter flight e. Com indicates 86 of flights at Reagan National have been canceled today. 78 at bwi marshall, and 65 at dulles. Chad, a minnesotan. Its wet and heavy, the worst kind. Reporter is moving heaven and earth to get home to his kids sooner rather than later. Get home late but still a day early. Reporter and sending a clear message to his one and only. If youre watching me, im coming home soon. Reporter most airlines will try to resume functions by tomorrow morning. But you can almost bank on more flight delays and cancellations, especially in the morning. Check your flight, check your statuses, call your airline companies. Do what you have to do to stay safe. Erika gonzalez, news4. Several deaths across our area is under investigation in the wake of this storm. This morning a dump truck hit and killed a man who was doing contract work for vdot in loudoun county. He was hit along Belmont Ridge road. In the district, police found a mans body buried under some snow a few blocks from the Anacostia Metro system along Shannon Place southeast there is no word on how he died. And Howard County is reporting three deaths tonight linked to snow shoveling. A 57yearold man from woodstock and a 55yearold man from columbia, both had to be rushed to the hospital after shoveling. They both died. A 45yearold man from columbia also collapsed and died outside. Officials say its not yet clear if he had also been shoveling snow. Take a look at conditions all over the country now. Wendy reiger at the live desk with more on that. Wendy . Reporter this has been a historymaking snowstorm in parts of the northeast, with nearly 100 Million People in its path across 14 states, and at least 21 deaths blamed on the weather tonight. Most of them on the road. 6,000 flights grounded today nationwide, and another 900 nationwide are canceled already for tomorrow. Lets take a look at some of the hardest hit areas. This marks the first winter that philadelphia has ever seen four snowstorms that each left more than 6 inches on the ground. At new york city saw nearly 10 inches. But the schools were not canceled, prompting some backlash against mayor bill de blasio. De blasio defended himself. He said parents depend on the schools in new york to watch over their children while they are at work. Down south, some roads in north carolina, they are still packed with abandoned cars. And about 200,000 customers in atlanta are still waiting for their light to come back on and their heat. Now looking beyond the physical impact, businesses across this country have lost an estimated 15 billion because of all the snowrelated closures this winter. Jim and doreen, back to you. Thank you, wendy. Because of all the snow that has fallen and the conditions outside news4 today will go on early at 4 00 tomorrow morning. Be sure to tune in for the latest on School Closings and Road Conditions in your neighborhood. Next and new at 11 our major winter storm finally moving out of our region. Ill show you what is moving in next. Plus, the competition is heating up in sochi. Im jim handly. Team usa back in the medal count game. Ill tell you how they did it, next live from sochi. Complete coverage of the winter games and the breakout star who almost didnt qualify, star who almost didnt qualify, coming up. Dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and heres exactly how youll get there. Youll work hard and youll fall hard. Youll lose sometimes when you really should have won. Youll win sometimes when no one thought you had a shot. And youll never, ever stop. We know this. Because youre one of us. At citi, we believe in everyones potential, which is why citi and evan are giving back to Community Sports programs to help fiuture athletes every step of the way. Breaking news out of virginia tonight. A federal judge has ruled that the states ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional. News4 broke the story on twitter. In her 41page order, the judge wrote we have arrived upon another moment in history when we the people becomes more inclusive. The judge stayed her decision until an Appeals Court rule. That means gay couples will not be able to marry in the state right away. Talk about extremes. Here in d. C. , were looking at ways to get the snow off our roads and sidewalks, right . Over in sochi, russia, theyre wearing shorts and tshirts. The athletes are concerned that the courses just arent cold enough. Jim handly is live at the olympic park in sochi where the weather is actually taking a back seat right now to the team usa comeback. Hi, jim. Reporter yeah, what a comeback indeed. A strong one today alone, doreen and jim. What a turnaround. Here we were earlier today. We were tied for fifth place with russia. People were starting to push the panic button, making excuses. Now we are in second spot, just one medal behind. Look at the latest count coming in right now. Once again, norway still on top with 13, four gold. But look at what is next. The United States and netherlands now tied for second with 12 medals, four of them gold. The home team russia in fourth with 11 medals and two golds. Now three u. S. Medals came today in a clean sweep in the ski slopestyle with a flurry of flips, spins and tricks. American men taking gold, silver, and bronze before a bumper crowd at extreme park. A brandnew olympic sport for these games. They are shocked. They are stoked. I just wanted to make finals and land a good run and show everyone what we were doing. And i cant believe it. I woke up this morning just hoping to try to make it on the podium. And i cant believe i made to it the top. Reporter now the breakout star for women this week a snowboarder who barely made the team, kaitlyn farrington. She bid out three previous gold Medal Winners to take the gold. They were household names. Tonight she is the number one searched name on google and twitter. I talked to her a short time ago. Coming into it, i was like oh, im going to make finals or, you know, thats what i was hoping for. And then once i realized that i was going get an olympic medal, i was so excited. And then when the contest was over and i was like oh, my gosh, i just won the gold. By the way, kaitlyn told me the only time she has been to washington, d. C. , last summer around the fourth of july. Today she is creating all the heat and fireworks here. Real quick, ovi scores the first goal for team russia. Dianna will have the latest on team usa on the ice tonight. And 5,000 miles away, word has traveled here to sochi. Doug kammerer and storm team 4 take the gold for their snow coverage. Well done back there, you guys. Easy for him to be cheery about it. My first gold ever. Thanks, jim i love it, buddy, yes should we play the National Anthem . If you could. Well see if we can set that up. All right. That forecast looking a little better over the next couple of days. We are finally breaking out from the store. We told you this would be about a 24hour storm. Things really starting to go down hill about 11 00 last night. And they have now ended at about 11 00. Take a look outside right now. First off, this was actually our storm team 4. It was out and about all day. These were the streets of mclean. We did see a lot of accidents all across the area. The beltway was closed many times today, including many accidents that happened both early this afternoon and then again this evening. Here is why. Take a look at the radar, and well set it back 24 hours. This is what we saw 24 hours ago. All of this snow. And in about six to eight hours, we saw a foot, some areas picking up 18 inches of snow. Incredible snowfall totals. We saw a break, a little bit of a lull, and then saw the next round come in. What are we seeing right now . The next round has moved out of the entire region. Still a few snow flurries out there. For the most part, yes done with the storm. The snow making its way out towards the Eastern Shore with this band. Even brought 2 to 4 inches of snow. As we were talking earlier this evening. And everything that was plowed and shovelled just got snow right on top of it once again. Something else were dealing with, the wind. Were at 38 degrees right now. But look at the winds. Gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. Those winds are going to continue to gust tonight. Well see windchills down into the teens. Temperatures above freezing right now. So were not seeing that ice just yet. 38 degrees in washington. 34 in huntingdon. 34 in gaithersburg. So what has fallen still is trying to melt a little bit. But the temperatures will fall. By early tomorrow morning, well be in the 20s. Well will see the refreeze overnight. Slick and icy roads for sure. Use caution early tomorrow morning. I probably dont have to tell you that. But windchills tomorrow in the teens. And they will be quite cold, 15 to 20 degrees when you wake up and step out the door tomorrow morning. Now future weather. Talking about chilly conditions. But at least well see some sunshine tomorrow. And really, tomorrow is a pretty nice day. Some sun will help to melt even more of that snow. And then watch what happens built. Tomorrow night, we start to see some more moisture move. In it may start off as a little bit of a mix early. But then it turns to snow. And this is by early saturday morning. Look at the snow. Back towards winchester, royal, leesburg, washington. Mainly rain down towards the south. But it may end us some snow. This isnt going to be a lot. And it will be auick moving system. Even around noon, were still seeing the snow. On saturday morning. 39 degrees for a High Temperature tomorrow. Early snow on saturday, 36. Lets talk about this a little bit more. How much can we see . I do expect to see upwards of maybe 1 to 2 inches depending on where the storm goes. We may get a little more than that. Thats something were going to watch out for. The light snow early. Most of it will be light. Maybe 1 to 2. Some areas just a little bit more. So well continue to watch that. 35 on sunday. 39 on monday. And have i got a treat for you. Look at the numbers. 49, 52. 85. What . Thats a mistake. No way. Thats a typo. All right. 62. But thats still pretty nice. 62 degrees with some sunshine and a chance of a shower. I think we will take that just about any day of the week. Especially, you know, maybe this day. Well, we were going to salute you with this. I think we ought to take it back. Stop the music. We got the take it back. Coming up, we got sports. Big day for a couple of caps over in sochi. But for us, a look at some of the best pictures of the snow sent in by our viewers. The cold can overwhelm even the toughest among us. And when courtney is sick and cold in her own home. It just breaks her mothers heart. Courtney is winning her fight with leukemia, but her mother had to quit working, and the heating bills just keep piling up. My little pal, dylan, continues his fight against cancer, while his dad works two jobs to keep food in the fridge and oil in the tank. Lyndsays mother still struggles to keep the heat on,. Even though lindsay, thank goodness, is in remission. Citgo petroleum, the people of venezuela and president maduro are once again the only oil company, and the only country, to answer our call to provide heating assistance to the poor. They make it possible for nonprofit Citizens Energy to deliver millions of gallons of heating oil to families in need. Im joe kennedy. If you need help, call me at 1877joe4oil. Because no one should be left out in the cold. Is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Dianna wants me to be excited about this hockey game coming up, and honest to am trying. Its the u. S. And russia . 7 00 in the morning. Its going to be in a few minutes. Its valentines day. But for hockey fans, the passion is going to be contained for saturday morning at 7 00. The usa mens hockey team will play russia. The two heavyweights of group a will go after it after beating up their opponents today. Team usa taking on slovakia first period. No score here. John carlson, trailing the play. Team usa would win it 71. Carlson also had an assist. This is his first olympics too. Meanwhile, russia facing slovenia, Alex Ovechkin playing for the home team. Less than two minutes, ovi fires it in, his first goal of the olympics. He also had an assist. Russia won the game 52. Mens figure skating experience sweet and sour in just over two hours. The sweet was japans hanyu, the first skater to surpass the 100 point with a spectacular routine. But it was few hours before this, fourtime olympic medalist Evgeny Plyushchenko withdrew from the Mens Short Program because of a back injury and retired from the sport. Plyushchenko tried the warmups but his back wasnt cooperating. He has had numerous surgeries in the past, and today he felt there was no way he could present. But the show goes on. Jeremy abbott took the ice and on his first jump again falls, slides right into the wall, hurts his hip. He did get back up. You have to give this guy credit and performed outstanding. The crowd was loving that tonight, cheering him on. But then it was the Fan Favorites turn. The u. S. S Jason Brown whose routine during the Team Competition has three million youtube. Tonight he danced to prince and scored his highest Short Program of his career. He is currently in sixth place. Outstanding mens figure skating tonight. But lets leave the ice and go outside where its nice and warm, like florida. Today the nationals pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. There we go. The rest of the team will join them on february 18th. Today making a move to bolster their bench, trading for Tampa Bay Rays catcher jose louboutin. He has had his best season last year, batting. 249 with seven homers, including this walkoff against the red sox in the alds last october. Its nice to pick him up. So, pat early today asked for your best in snow photographs, and for a chance to win the world famous pat collins snow stick. The pictures rolled in. My goodness. We had more than 2300 of them. Wow. Some people sent us photos of their babies posing in the snow. Love that one with the kid got his tongue out, trying to catch a snowflake. Others focused on slightly older kids having fun. Cute. Of course, a whole bunch of pets. What . Dogs posing in the snow, guinea pigs. Anyway, those photos. A hedgehog. Entries ended at 7 00 p. M. Today. Tomorrow, tomorrow we ll announce a winner. And the snow will end eventually . The snow will end eventually. You promise . Its over tonight. Well get a little more tomorrow night. And then 85. Come on. June 15th. Thats right. We welcome you back to sochi, and welcome to late night, everyone. Coming up, we have lots of short track from the iceberg skating palace. Right now, take a look, with their hardware in toe, the u. S. Ski slope style medalist Joss Christensen guys, good evening. And congratulations, how are you feel something. Amazing. Yeah, its been quite the experience. Probably one of the best days of our lives. You got the medals a short time ago. Thats something you dreamed about since you were very young. Since you were even young summer. Yeah, olympics is a new thing for us. Our sport was only just decided that it was going to be included a few years ago. Since that moment, i think weve all been working really hard to get to this point to make the team. And this was just incredible. Lets talk about the run. Your first run was pretty amazing. You pulled out the triple cork . Yeah. And you pretty much knew at the end of that run that you were the guy to beat a a longshot . I was hoping. Neither of these guys and anyone else on the field could have taken it down. What kind of luxury . Can you explain the luxury coming up to the second run knowing you can go down on your back and win the gold . That was insane. I have never felt like that before. Ive never qualified first. Dropping last is huge, and being able to no
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