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Out here, missouri and Northern Arkansas where they are getting not only freezing rain, but an icing event, too, and that is going to be pushing into our area again late tonight, and here we are at 10 00 p. M. And watch what happens as we move into the tomorrow morning as well as throughout the overnight period, and freezing rain developing and some of us way down to the south will stay all rain and when i return, i want to show you which roads are impacted the greatest from the storm system, and ice disruptions for morning rush tomorrow, and i will be back in a couple of minutes. All right. V. J. The threat of ice brings threat of Power Outages and they have workers standing by to see if if branches and power lines do come down, and the roads are Team Coverage is adam tuss where he is in leesburg where the crews are gearing up. Well, storms coming in means that ddot and vdot and the other area areas are going to be using this brine here to use against the storm. And another thing they will use is the bmix. It is a mixture of sand and salt, and they will be using a lot of it to get it down on the ground. And vdot also has a secret weapon that it is using for this entire round of Winter Weather, and we talked about it with them. Kit shields and acts like a pine tar the and mixed with the normal brine which is 23 sat and 77 water, and keeps it on the road for five to six days. Reporter and back here at this facility, it is going to be a busy night for them, and as they try to stay ahead of the ice, and oh, yeah, the potential of the storm coming sundayk and we will tell you what they say about that storm coming up at news4 at 5 00 and 6 00, and adam tuss, news4. And stay with news4 with the latest on the weather, and we will get up with you early tomorrow. News4 will be on the air at 4 00 a. M. To bring you any changes to the forecast and the road closings that come in. And the d. C. City council is moving forward on a bill to lessen the penalties for smoking marijuana in the district. The council has voted on the bill and gave it preliminary approval and means that possessing less than one ounce of marijuana would be a civil offense, but as Mark Segraves first reported yesterday, smoking pot this in public would be a crime. And the bill faces a final vote and then it is up to major vincent gray to approve it, and he has supported a measure to approve it. And now the vote to remove a Loudoun County judge are on h d hold, because there are no lawyers to hear about the judge from ousting eugene delgaudio, and the Supreme Court has been asked to bring in a judge are from another county, and they claim that dell gaudio used the county staff and resources to benefit his campaign. Delgaudio denied that and a grand jury refused to indict him. We are learning more detail t thes ab the Security Breach of neman marcus and target the and other areas. The Malicious Software is d devastatingly sophisticated and Steve Handelsman is on capitol hill with details. The answer is better credit cards which could prevent at love the fraud that the experts testified up here today. But that fix would cost a lot. Why arent we switching from the magnetic credit and debit cards that you swipe to chips that you touch and then put in your pin . At target, the loss of personal data by millions of customers might have been prevented by chip and pin cards, and said targets chief Financial Officer on capitol hill. That would have rendered the number of account numbers taken far less useful. And this a key point, because this information belongs to the consumers and it is entrusted to the retailers. Reporter but Niemann Marcus had been hit and they are pushing the banks for chip and pin cards and proven in europe less fraud, but research by Time Magazine found that the switch would be very expensive from the current magnetic strip cards. It would cost at least 1 to get them out there. If you go to the higher tech cards, it would be 3. Reporter multiplied by billions of cards out there, and consumer chairmanb says make the change. It cost money at the point of sale, and at the terminals it costs money to reissue the cards and make them compatible. Reporter and you think it is worth the money . Absolute areally. Reporter but now sh, it is banks and the stores versus the hackers and the victim is us. How about catching the hackers . Well, the Justice Department sent somebody up here to testify today that most of them are half a world away in countries that will not extradite them. Im Steve Handelsman, news4. Right now, a federal judge is deliberating whether virginias ban on samesex marriage is constitutional. Attorneys for two virginia men argued in front of the court to deny the ban. The two men file suit against two Circuit Court clerks including Prince Georges County clerk michelle whig, and it has attra attracted demonstrators on both sides of the issue. We have children, and we recognize that every child has a mother and father, and virginians believe that every child has the right to be loved by the mother and the father that brought them into world. Our plaintiffs and their f family are being discriminated against or put in a separate box by the commonwealth of virginia. It is not clear when the judge will make her ruling, and we will check in with david culver live in norfolk in a few minutes. He was in the courtroom, and he will break down the arguments. A woman who was killed after a police chase h in front of the capitol is suing the federal government for the 75 million. Attorneys for the sister of marion caryannounced the lawsuit. Last october, she tryied to the ram her car through a white house barrier and led the police on a high speed chase before being shot and killed with herred toler in the car. And police in new york are looking the overdose death of actor Philip Seymour thomas, and what police say he did the day before he was found dead in a manhattan apartment. A business targeted in a smash and grab robbery, and now police are trying to find out if it is linked to a series of similar crimes. And power things are getting back to normal at Laguardia Airport in new york after a smoking bag caused quite a scare before a flight to virginia. R ramp workers spotted the bag as it was moving toward the delta flight to richmond around noon to d today. And terminal c was evacuated while the workers took the bag to a remote location, and the terminal reopened an hour later, and the plane left for richmond has planned. The owner of a local Subway Restaurant is worried a after a second smash and grab theft in three months. Somebody smashed the front door of the restaurant on old klumpy ya pike in burtonsville overnight, and they took the money from the register and stole a safe under the counter. The surveillance camera wont he help in the case, because the thief took the security recording. I am very worried about the future, too, because this is two time it happened. Im really, really upset. Reporter there have been more than two dozen similar cases in Montgomery County and Prince Georges County since november, and it is not clear if one person is responsible for all of them. And the Prince Georges County School System is in the spotlight following a trip by president obama to a local school. What he says that the county is doing is extremely well. And a restaurant creates an unusual menu for valentines day, and coming up, we will see what is on the the menu for a beyoncethemed dinner. And the latest on the ice storm headed in our direction. Two people are facing charges with a bizarre series of crime crimes. Police say they started to follow a car after it passed the Police Station without any lights. They say it started go hg in the wrong direction on a oneway road, and at some point a man without any clothes jumped out of the car. Police say they followed the vehicle until the suspects crashed it. Then they say that it turned out of that the car belonged to the man not wearing the clothes. Pat collins spoke to man involved in the case, and we have more at 5 00. It was a chilly night last night and another one on the way. Yes, another one on the way, but temperatures rising as we get into the morning, but nonetheless, we will e see some cancellations coming in for the counties and especially north of d. C. For this event that takes place overnight. That is what it is an event that is going to be bringing the freezing rain to the area, and some of you will have all rain. A little bit of the wind out there, and lets head over to steam 4 radar and show you the scan as promised throughout the daylight hours, and we said it would be quiet, but the storm is going to be here around 11 00 p. M. , and around then is when we will see the first freezing rain, and you can see it there around kentucky and advancing to the east. The headlines is that it is an icy event overnight, and the roads will be impacted and the rain by midmorning. Lets talk about where the temperatures are right now. And the temperatures are sitting fairly well including the road temperatures, and 38 degrees right now. By 11 00 p. M. , we are at 35, and getting closer and closer to the freezing mark with the freezing rain to the west of us, and ready to make its way in. And now, let me show you which with roads are impacted and the temperatures by midnight, and 33 in culpepper and 30 around fredericksburg, and they will drop a little bit and start rising a little bit by tomorrow morning, and at 7 00, with we are 37 in d. C. , and 32 in gaithersburg, and 32 in fredrick, and these are some of to aer yas impacted the most is i270 and ice impacted on the roads and the secondary roads off of that, and the road temperature is 39 for 495 and we are just wet. The road temperature is now 45 degrees around i81, and 66 and headed west, and icy patches and the road temperature there now at 41, and so we are monitoring all of that for you, and the air temperature including the road temperatures. Lets watch it all move in. Let me take you through the next 48 hours. The clouds increasing, there is the rain moving in, and waldorf and warrenton, and that is the pink that you are seeing there around 10 00 to around 11 00 p. M. , and then split by 2 00 a. M. Where it is split, and this is near fredericksburg and hagerstown, and you can see it hang on longer and more ice to maybe a little over. 25. And out of the event as it heads out of here by noontime tomorrow, we could pick up just over half inch of rain. So it is soggy as we get into the lunchtime. And now for the temperature thes for wednesday, 35 and try. And 40 friday under a partly sunny sky, and folks, for saturday, we are looking at the possibility of rain and maybe some snowshowers, but the bigger event could come sunday. And while this next system that is going to p be is bringing ice, saturday is looking at snow, accumulating snow throughout the area. Later in the newscast, we will talk more about the weekend event, but right now, back over to you, pat and barbara. Well, with three days to go, more American Team thes are arriving by the hour in sochi. Also on the scene this afternoon, russian president Vladimire Putin who is going to be well coming the russian athletes as they arrive. Keir simmons spoke to some american athletes who are anxious to get down the business. Reporter president putin is here to make final checks with the olympic officials and tomorrow he will welcome the team from rush sharks an meanwhile, the team of usa have been making their own assessment of sochi. The vibe is crazy, and a beautiful place. Reporter and the womens ho hockey team arrived keen to get their skates on. We are excited the be here and happen happy to get on the e and compete and show the world what we have. Reporter and just four hours later, they were in the olympic arena. The run up to the games has been riddled with bad p. R. And one major concern is would there be enough snow, and i can tell you that is one thing that the russians dont have to worry about. But some athletes have been questioning the condition of the courses. The course is just built, and so they are kind of working out the kinks and everything. Reporter and while on the e slopes the International Olympic Committee Says that some accommodation is not fully ready. For seven years sochi has been preparing about this, and preparing the children for the olympic, but they say they are very ready. It is very great and im very happy that the Olympic Games will be in sochi. Reporter which country will win more gold medals, usa or russia . Russia. I think that they are nervous to be interviewed, but they are excited about the games, and great to get up there on the mountain and go skiing, and you think that with the warm weather it will be slushy or melted and then frozen over, be but none of that. It is terrific up there. Back to you. The olympic medals have arrived and they are designed to highlight the beauty of the area where europe meets asia and russia and part of the medal shows the Snowy Mountain tops and the warm sea and the ice that all exist next to each other. Ten of the gold medals given on the 15 will include bits of a meteorite pool at a nearby lake. We have jim hand willy in sochi right now, and you can follow him in by going to nbcwashington. Com and search ha han handly in sochi. And some prominence may be waning for car businesses. And there are no pizza for you, and that is what the School Administrators have told some students at a local middle school. And are you eat iing out tonight . Some restaurants are coming up with strategies to get us in their doors. Hot 95s kane is here with those stories. We have a couple of stories of restaurants, new strategies to get you in the door. Olive garden is going to pay the babys babysitter. So they will kind of pay for the babysitter, and teamed up with all of the my gyms across the country, and you drop your child off at the my gym and enjoy a dipper out at a participating olive garden and when you go back, you hand them your receipt and the my gym is free, and they warn that it is for a certain select number of kids until it is filled up. Select . Well, first 30 and depends upon the size of the my gym, but you have to act quickly. And those kids would not be invited to the beyoncethemed dinner . Well, they could go to new york city, and listen to this, for valentines day, they wanted to celebrate and it is called brucey, and they are giving you a beyonce and jayzthemed menu, and you could have oysters rockefeller, and a Destiny Child chicken dish that is to be awesome. You have to make a reservation online. It is Destiny Child . Yes, a chicken dish. Very romantic. And now, lets talk about the parents who are not happy with the plans of one local middle school to reward students for the good grades. And that is not a bad idea well, there is a debate about this. So it is whether or not this dance which is happening on tuesday is good for bad towards the morale for the school. Middle school has deejay and pizza set up. If you have an a, you can show up in the last period, but a b or c, you can only do it after school is done for the day, and anything below that, you cant come at all. No pizza . No pizza or dance party for you, and it is a debate whether it is a good thing or thing to keep the grades up. And hot tickets tomorrow . Yes, tickets for justin timberlake, and that is all on hot 95. 5. We want to know what the viewers are thinking about the party for the straight a kids. Is that a good idea . Text one for good reward for two for not fair to the number on the screen right now. We are going to air the results later in the program. Still ahead, a fisherman who claims he survived a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean, and his ties to the washington, d. C. Area good afternoon, im pat lawson muse. And im barbara harrison. A judge is considering whether a ban on samesex marriage is constitutional. The twoen were denied a license, and now the judge says that he can no longer uphold the ban. And it is not clear when the judge will make the ruling. We will have be joined by mark culver at news4 at 5 00 with more. And there is a bill that would dekrcriminalize marijuana and possessing less than an ounce would be a ticket instead of jail time. Smoking pot in public would still be a crime. And this is a measure to stop people put in jail for a minority use. And a credit card breach that targeted over 40 million people. A top target official said that the company is fast tracking new security measures. And as with we speak, the road crews are getting d. C. Ready for a night of icy weather. That i are using a mixture that will help chemicals to stick together longer on the roads. They plan to keep the crews out all night to stay ahead of the ice. It is round two, and a big chunk of the midwest is getting pounded by a second vicious storm this week. And for folks, damaging ice is part of the mix. And Nbcs Chris Clackum looks at the damage as the ice is moving our way. Reporter as predicted heavy snowfall arrived midday at kansas ci kansas city with a foot to fall before the day is out. We are well on the way to that right now, and we are snowing at an inch an hour. Reporter and much of missouri and kansas is bearing the brunt right now, and of the second winter storm since the weekend. There is a lot of people off of the streets today, with which is a good thing. Reporter and kansas city mayor though is warning the residents that the heavy snow is just the e beginning. The main thing is do not let the fact that the snow stopped makes you feel so safe and comfortable that you ignore the low temperature thes and the things that kcome with it. Reporter indeed, the bitter colds p behind the storm another week at least of below freezing temperatures will keep what is falling now frozen for a while. And that includes the freezing rain that fell in arkansas where an ice storm warning came too late for some who ventured out in little rock. More than 118 million americans in 32 states are under some form of Winter Weather alert as the system moves to the northeast where preps are under way for the arrival. I got a few groceries p before the next storm. Reporter and the next storm will pile up a foot of snow on top of what the last one left that just hit monday. Chris clackum, nbc news. Well, lets check out the weather tonight. Veronica, any of that . Or rain or when does it start . Well, freezing rain especially up to the north, and some of us will have a combination of freezing rain, guys. When the freezing rain moves in, it is going to last a while in the area shaded in red up to the north, and this is the area where we believe it is going to to be impacted the greatest. And the area roads early in the morning. Maybe around a quarter of an inch of ice possible, and the secondary roads in and around i81, and 7270 will be impacted the greatest, and cancellations, and even some delays throughout the area around fredrick and winchester and wardensville, and cumberland and fosberg. And now this the 30s with a big range of gaithersberg and then 33 in campp springs, and 30 in annapolis. The temperatures will drop and then they will rise. As we rise, we will switch to rain. So from 11 00 p. M. To 4 00 or so a. M. , we will be in the pocket of the potential of the icing. 35 at 11 00 p. M. , and 30 degrees morning that range of 30 to 37 degrees is across the area again, and the window for freezing rain, and by tomorrow, around noon, that rain as liquid should be making its way out of here and moving out n. A couple of minutes we will talk more about the storm system for the weekend, and what has changed and what we are looking at right now. And tips are pouring into the Virginia State police to try to help them to find missing Police Reservist kevin quick. Police are hoping to hear from anybody who has spotted his toyota fourrunner. It was last spotted in manass with a man who was trying to 450 hide his face. He was last seen leaving his mothers home in charlottesville, and he is a Longtime Police volunteer. And a real life castaway. A fisherman says he survived a year in the Pacific Ocean and says he survived by catching fish and birds with his barehands as he drifted from the marshall islands. And the family ahead on news4 at 5 00, and Kristin Wright will have more reaction from the relatives on this remarkable story of survival. And now students will have a story to share after a visit from the president in buck lodge in delphi. It is a new school leading the way in technology. He used the visit to promote the connect Ed Initiative to bring high Speed Internet to more classrooms and every student has access to an ipad to help them with the homework, and the president says that access to new technology is imperative if our students are going to compete for jobs in the global economy. Only 30 of our students have true high Speed Internet in the classroom. And in countries like south korea, that is 100 , and we want to make shure that our young people have the same advantages as some child in south korea has right now. The federal government and the nations Biggest Tech Companies are teaming up to bring high Speed Broadband to 20 million new students over the next two years. And so, why did the president choose Prince Georges County for the announcement . The School District has made huge improvements to the wireless and the Broadband Networks in the past 2 1 2 year s years. And today, Prince Georges County Bureau Reporter Zachary Kiesch told us about more of the progress. Reporter with president barack obama coming to the school to today, it was much of what he had envisioned. This school is wireless behind closet doors and Ceiling Tiles lay the gateway. And the Wireless Network is brand new to the school basically, and what we are seeing there is that the children really having the ability to have mobile devices in the classroom is changing things quite a bit. Reporter and here in Prince Georges County they have been working over the course of the last 2 1 2 years to the implement some of the new technology. Take peek. 204 schools in the county. At this point, 160 of them are done, and by june, the entire county will be wireless. This the classroom, this Technology Investment means ipads and Mac Computers and shows up on the smartboards and Access Points like this one, which is potentially a commercialgrade router to allows 50 students to connect at a time. There are 11,000 of these in the county. If i look at the prek class of the 4yearolds, and they are utilizing the smartboards and they can navigate web sites and ipods and ipads and that is a part of the culture and who they are and how they are as learners, and so as adults we have to make sure that we provide the same platform to engage the learning. Reporter and it was op full display in mr. Huntres class. We with were identifying the states and where they are located and the name of them. This is a 23 million project for the county. Reporter reporting in Prince Georges County, zachary quiche, news4. Four feared dead after a plane tried to land at a nearby airport, and why the pilot may have prevented this from being much worse. And the click of a mouse, and the click of a mouse, and the news4 team exposes what that its given me time toabout reflect on some of lifeseen biggest questions. Like, if you could save hundreds on Car Insurance by making one simple call, why wouldnt you make that call . See, the only thing i can think of is that you cant get any. Bars. Ah, thats better. Its a beautiful view. I wonder if i can see mt. Rushmore from here. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Breaking news about a serious crash that we are following right now in maryland. Scott macfarlane has details at the live desk. Yes, pat. It is happen iing and chopper 4s at the scene, and you are about to see the intersection of two vehicles who collided at 3 00. You stee white suv and the black car and both of them badly damaged at the scene. Not too many details about the injuries, but multiple people have been taken to the hospital, and we will keep following this, and bring you the latest as we get it. Pat and barbara. A 4yearold boy drown and second boy nearly drowned on a nfor the wee jan cruise line shp and it happened yesterday on the norwegian breakaway. The ship was off of the coast of North Carolina and the second child was airlifted to the hospital, and the parents dont want his condition to be shared with the public. We are still digging to find out more about the circumstances of the near drowning and the drowning. And police are putting together a time theline of the final hours of Philip Seymour hoffman, and the suspicious overdose death. And the officials will hope that this message cuts down on the number of teenaged meth smokers. And a winter storm morning here is through 1 00 p. M. Through the kocounties shaded i pink up to the north of d. C. Travel is expected to be dangerous. Tomorrow morning we could have delays and cancellations throughout some of the secondary roads, and we will have more on that storm, and then another one that is potentially for the upco well come back to news4 at 4. The evening rushb is fine, but otherwise, tomorrow morning, make some plans if you are north and west of d. C. , because the travel on some of the secondary roads could be icy. We are at 38 degrees right now sh, and we have a northeast wind at 6 miles per hour, and the cloud cover is continuing to move in, and by tomorrow morning, northern maryland, this is what you can expect temperaturewise. 30 in fed ri fredrick, and 32 i cumberland and columbia, and the temperature right at freezing, but for the temperatures, before they start the rising which i think that is going to be around 3 00 or 4 00 in the morning, and these are the areas where the travel could be dicey, and the roads could be compromised, and so if you live in that area or some of the areas off to the west, you will need to plan accordingly and get a early start tomorrow around moorfield to winchester to luray and some icy spots are rather likely. We look at the forecast. At 7 00 a. M. , we are mostly looking at the rain as the temperatures rise. We will be up to 37 degrees by then, and the rain ending around 10 00 a. M. To the 11 00 a. M. , and then we will be headed for the high of 45, and once that system moves out, i think h that still a little bit of cloud cover in that area, and the wind going to be picking up, and it is going to be breezy. Let me show you the storm team 4 forecast, because it is going to be wet until noon. So you need the rain gear. And we are dry for thursday and friday and right now the high is 35 to 40 degrees for the two days and the weekend is giving you a High Temperature of 39 on saturday, and so as the next system moves in, a little bit of snow and ice mix, and so this system could bring snow and sleet and rain and possible accumulation on news4 at 5 0, and meteorologist Doug Kammerer will have much more on the weekend storm. Back to you. Federal investigators are look into the clues that caused the plane crash near nashville, tennessee. The gulf stream went down yesterday, and all four people on board died. Witnesses say that the pilot is a hero, because the plane narrowly missed buildings including a ymca. And the pilot may have made every effort to avoid that. Im not a pilot, but we have heard it through the years that he may have made every effort to miss that building and maybe that is why he landed where he is. Once again, im a professional firefighter, but that tells me that the pilot did one hell of a job. All of those on the plane were family member, and the investigators have not yet revealed the ages or anymore about the identities. And the autopsy results for actor Philip Seymour hoffman could be released as early as today, but meanwhile, nbc news has learned more details about the final hours. The mother of the children, Mimi Odonnell said she spoke to him around 4 00 and he appeared to be high. And he also withdrew 4,000 from his atm near his home. And hoffman was found dead on the bathroom floor last sunday with a needle in his arm. And the medical Examiners Office is looking at whether the heroin that was found near his body is linked to the popular link of heroin and morphine. And there is overwhelming sadness over the allegations that he molested his adopted daughter 20 years ago. Dylan farrow accounts it in a open letter over the weekend. This morning, allens Attorney Says that the idea was implanted in her mind by mia farrow, and nef went away. They had a volatile relationship. They had a volatile relationship, and woody allen is riding high getting the the Golden Globes for Lifetime Achievement which he deserves, and it revived the anger she has towards him. And woody allen has denied the allegations, and never been charged with a crime. News for your health now, and the food and Drug Administration is launching a new series of antismoking ads and targeting teenagers who want to take up the nasty habit. There are new images aimed to grossout teenagers who are not convinced by other means. What does a pack of smokes cost . Your smooth skin, and aging and wrinkling prematurely, and what is it costing you . They will appear on mtv and teen vogue and social media sites. And dozens of explosives are available with the click of a mouse. Police say it is powerful and dangerous and easy to assemble. Scott macfarlane is looking into a controversial product that is legal in our area, and flatout banned in others. Going hot. Fire at will. Reporter we stood hundreds of feet away and shielded our ears as the news4 iteam tried out a hunting product that is popular with hunters. Explosive targets that are detonated with the shot of a rifle. You can see how powerfully it destroys what is next to it, including the table it is placed upon, and we found that nearly anyone can buy it. Manufacturers say that the product is designed to help with target practice, but the maryland state fire Marshals Department says it could be used by other people. It is very simple to buy and use and can be very dangerous. You just mix and shake. Reporter maryland has cracked down on anyone who wants to use or travel with the exploding targets even before they are mixed and paid for and purchased only wh a license. But that is not what we found. A teen the ager can get on the internet with mom and dads credit card and get it delivered to the door. Reporter we had that delivered to our door. And tannerite says it is the safest and most stable exploding target on the market. And another brand h2targets say s it is very safe when common sense is followed. Oh, hey, hey, hey call my mom and dad. Reporter but jennifer plank says it is not safe, because she was holding this cell phone camera. The next thing i know, my hand was not there. Reporter watch this video from ohio when somebody detonated a batch inside of an old refrigerator and the debris went flying in several direction directions. I lost my career and everything i had. Reporter she is suing them alleging that she was disfigured. I have flashbacks, and it was very real. Reporter a search of the youtube find several others finding a way to detonate exploding targets. And the feds are worried that criminals will capitalize, and Warning Police that they could be used to explode ieds and bombs for extremists. The maryland state Marshals Office lobbied state leaders to restrict its use in maryland with a punishment behind bars and a 5,000 fine. A spokesman for the targets says that it is only dangerous if it is misused and not intended to d detonated inside of other items like watermelons or tables like in the youtube videos and should only be used in its own container for siting a rifle. Scott macfarlane. And now two Small Business owners are being taking on. There are two tiny dealerships who are told they have to go after decades of business here, but the companies dont want to leave. Mine was earned in korea in 1953. Afghanistan, in 2009. 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And this man has operated the kings lot for 22 years, and this man has sold cars at a b a long time, too. I have been here 18 years, and i have good customers, and i establish established my business here, and i have bought business to the city of alexandria, and i feel heartbroken to leave this pa pace space. Reporter both men question the move, with all tof the empt store sites, but the city says they have given them plenty of nknow tis, and this letter here in 2006 notified them of the zoning change that meant they were nonconforming use. And there an appropriate place for everything, and this location has evolved into a place that is not compatible with a car dealership, and other areas of the city are. Reporter and not all residents who believe that it does not fit in are happy to see it go. I understand that it is not fitting in with the fabric, but i also dont like kicking somebody out of business. Reporter and this man across says he does not mind them, but the customers do. 90 of the people want them to go from what i have been told. Reporter and both of the car de dealers have applied for a special use permit to allow them to stay, but the council has already signaled they that will not allow them to stay longer. And now a look at the snow on the ground in chicago, but it is going to change when that storm hits our doorsteps. In our area, ice is the threat. Starting tonight, driving could get dangerous on the bridges and the overpasses. Schools are poised to make a decision about tomorrow morning. Well, snow is one thing, and ice, and that is a different story. Im adam tuss live in leesburg, and we will tell you what the local road crews are doing about it coming up. And first at 5 00, this the ice storm, and this relentless wi winter wont release us from the icy grip. And these conditions are going the change dramatically in hours, because a massive storm system that is creating problems across all of the midwest is heading our way. In central kansas, drivers had whiteout conditions, and further east, the roadways caused a tractortrailer to slip in little rock, and a similar scene in missouri. And storm team 4 meteorologist Doug Kammerer is here to break down the ice storm step by step, and how it is looking . Well, it is dangerous, and especially to the west of the i95 corridor, and west of d. C. , and this is again going to be affect i affecting you the most, and down to the south and the east, a f different story, and taking you out west to where they are dealing with the storm, and this is louisville, kentucky, and you can see what is happening here. The storm was starting to fall, and they are getting the freezing rain, and this storm is going to affect a lot of us from denver to kansas city which is expected to get over a foot, and louisville today expecting 3 to 7 inches of snow, a nd for us, t is not going to be snow, but the ice. And storm team 4 radar is all clear at the moment, but look at what is happening back to the west. Everything on the map, the snow and the ice and the rain down towards the south, and it is all moving our way, and it is going to be here quick ly. By 11 00 tonight, that is when you will see the biggest effects of the storm. Rain to the south and east of d. C. , and if you are in maryland, this is not a event for you. It is going to be mostly rain. And back to the i9 corridor, it is freezing rain, and this is why there are numerous advisories. This storm warning including Loudoun County, Montgomery County, northern fauquier county, and everybody to the west, and this is the potential for ice. So it may start as snow, but the ice is the biggest factor. Down to the south, this is i95, and anne arundel kocounty, and