Had, actually Southern Maryland, Northern Neck of virginia. This narrow band there. Unloaded an inch to two inches of snow parts of the Northern Neck, into st. Marys county, lower eastern shore. Now locally were just getting lingering snow showers and flurries in areas in gray and white across Northern Virginia and into the nearby suburbs in maryland. Its going to be with us here perhaps for another hour or two. And then ending. Up to about an inch of snow generally. All these areas in the purple color, until 9 00. A Winter Weather advisory in effect. Its probably going to be expiring around dawn. And most locations, though, around the metro area only had about a dusting to maybe a quarter inch where temperature are only in the upper teens Prince Georges County. Montgomery, arlington, fairfax near 20 in the district. And later today, its going to be mid 20s by noon. Well have sunshine then. A gusty wind will swirl the snow, gusting to 30 miles per hour. The windchills will be in the teens. Sunrise 7 20. Sunset, 5 21. By then winds will diminish to the mid 20s under a clear sky. More snow maybe tomorrow. Ill have details on that all morning long. Stay tuned. Im back in ten minutes. Danella . Good morning. Checking a new accident. This is as you head westbound 66 at the dulles toll road. Crash here blocks the left lane. And heading over i want to show you local roads. This is 29 in columbia at 32. And you see at least a path here thats clear for you as you make your way northbound. Southbound, well continue closer to silver spring. This is at franklin. The roads get a little better, but you see some areas are plowed, some still snow covered. You have to give yourself extra time just so you can drive slowly in case you have to come to an abrupt stop. If the have the ability to leave a little later, you should do so. It is pretty slick outside. Over to you. Thank you. 4 32. The blast of Winter Weather has left a coating of snow around the region. Some of are you waking up to a dusting. Others might have a bit more to clean off the car this morning. News4s Megan Mcgrath is scoping out Prince Georges County. Shes live in forestville with the conditions out there. Looks like you got snow out there, megan. Reporter yeah, i would say we got around an inch of snow in the forestville area. And basically we have a scenario where the major roads are in pretty good shape. Those side streets are still snow covered. Take a look here at walters lane. You see that theres a coating of snow across the roadway here. Its difficult to see the striping on the pavement. So treacherous. This, again, a side street in the forestville area. If we pan across to the intersection, this is pennsylvania avenue here. And you see that we have wet pavement. Weve seen a number of plows go through the area. Theyre spreading salt. Theyre not actually using their plows. Theres not enough snow for that. They are putting the chemicals down. As you see from wet conditions on the roadway, those chemicals are doing their job. Theyre melting the snow here. We also have some traffic going through the area now. Rush hour is starting to get underway. That helps, as well, as people run over that salt. It grinds it up, gets it down on the road surface, helps to melt thing. We are expecting an improvement of conditions as the morning wears on. But keep in mind there are plenty of areas that are still very slick and that have not necessarily been treated. Live in forestville, Megan Mcgrath, news4. Back to you. Thank you. People in virginia waking up to snow this morning, as well. News4 todanews4 continues our coverage. Tony is in Prince William to look at things. Is in Prince William county to look at things. Tony . Reporter its similar to what megan was talking about. Were at the corner of Prince William parkway and telegraph road. If youre waking up this morning, this is what youll see on the side roads. Plows have been through but not a lot of salt down. Theres still a lot of the snow is covering the ground on the side streets. If you look at Prince William parkway, a lot of salt has been down from yesterday. Theyve been putting down the brine milk and adding molasses mix and adding molasses, too. We came down 95, and condition werent that bad on 95. Guys, the temperatures are low, as toms been talking about all morning. A lot of spots are wet. Could be a little black ice. You still want to take your time. Guys, by the way, a lot of people might be off work this morning. You see this couple i talked to a couple of minutes ago, theyre out enjoying the snow. Its only a little after 4 30. Some people making the best of this. Well stay on this all morning, continue to check in with you guys. Thats the latest from woodbridge. Back to you. Look who finally bought a hat and gloves. Tony live from Prince William county reporter yes, sir. Thank you. Reporter you got it. 4 35. Our areas growing population has metro considering building two new tunnels as part of its longterm plan. The Washington Post reports that the tenyear plan will be presented to the board today. It includes a proposal for a tunnel that runs underneath 10th street to thomas circle. Thats the one pictured on the right. And a second tunnel under the potomac between rosalyn and georgetown seen on the left. Leaders are proposing underground walk ways to be built between stations downtown so riders can transfer lines without waiting for a train. The plan also calls for about 26 billion in funding over the next 30 years. Soon youll only be able to use one entrance at the pentagon station. Three 18yearold jesk later will be replaced. Youll be able to use those on the north side entrance. Work is expected to continue into the fall. This is metros third replacement project. 4 36. D. C. s police chief is challenging the findings of a report to be released today that calls into question how rape cases are handled in the district. Chief lanier says the information in that report was gathered using flawed methods. News4, though, talked with one victim who tells us she was mireated by police and her case mishandled after she says she was sexually assaulted. The detective in front of me told the nurse i didnt need the compromdone. And the nurse, to her exam done. And the nurse, to her credit, said it was her job and i would need to talk with her. I did. The experience of being raped was absolutely humiliating. But it wasnt until i talked to police that i felt shamed. My fear is that this report because it is based largely on older data, incidents involving one or two detectives who are no longer in the unit, its painting a picture that thats the current state of affairs here. Its not. The report was done by the Group Human Rights watch and says in the past three years, the d. C. Police department has failed to document more than 170 assault cases and failed to investigate 35 other cases. Today prosecutors could rest its case against Anne Arundel County executive john leopold. A key member of his staff testified yesterday in his fraud and misconduct trial. The chief of staff ran leopolds Reelection Campaign in 2010. Roby testified that a member of the security detail put together a file on a campaign opponent. Prosecutors are trying to prove leopold used his Police Detail for his personal and political benefit. Leopold denies any wrongdoing. In the day ahead, prosecutors will call eight witnesses to the stand in the murder trial of a former police officer. Harmon wright is accused of shooting and killing Patricia Cook in a School Parking lot in culpeper last february. His lawyers claim he acted in selfdefense. The medical examiner testified that cook had been shot five times. In an interrogation video played in court, Harmon Wright admitted he had been reprimanded in the past for excessive force. Today is a day some women in the military have been waiting years for. Defense secretary leon panetta set to announce the military is lifting its ban on women in combat. The joint chiefs recommended overturning a 1994 rule that prohibited women from being assigned to smaller Ground Combat units. The changes wont happen overnight, of course. Each branch of the military will will have to come up with a plan to allow women to seek combat positions. Some jobs could be open for women later this year. Other positions like special ops may take longer. The navy will soon make sure its sailors arent drinking on the job. Tell Start Testing their blood alcohol levels. The testing will be at random. Any sailor with a blood alcohol level of. 04 or higher when reporting to duty will not be allowed to work. That is half the blood alcohol level you need to be considered legally drunk in all 50 states and in the district. The navy says it wont use positive tests to punish sailors, but it could use them to refer them to counseling. 4 39. Want to run down the list again for you of changes with schools. Loudoun county Public Schools now on a twohour delay. Stafford and King George County schools all in virginia closed today. And coming up, the warning that went to redskins players about a girl with a fake identity on line. And a judge banned himself from the district after this stunt banned another man from the district. And snowcovered roads across the region. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. Thats been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design . A toaster strudel. Pillsbury toaster strudel. So delicious. So fun. Weather and traffic on the 1s. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Most of the snow is scattered in Northern Virginia, the district, into maryland. These are heading to the south and east. Theyve left in their wake many locations that have picked up an inch mainly south and east of washington. Even a couple of inches parts of st. Marys county. This is going to be changing over it some clearing skies here over the next couple of hours. Sunshine with a blustery wind. Highs only near 30 degrees by midafternoon. Could get more snow tomorrow. Latest in ten minutes. Danella with a look at traffic now. Good morning. An update on Early Morning accidents westbound 66 at the dulles toll road. Crash here is blocking the left lane and the center lane. Over to i95 at cardinal drive, youll see off to the right lane here, there is an accident. Please use extra caution as you travel along i95. The other accident, this one at dumfries road. Still the box truck is disabled blocking the right lane, as well. Im back in ten. Over to you. Thank you. We have more School Closings and delays coming in. This just in Montgomery County schools opening two hours late today. Loudoun county also two hours late. King george, staffed closed. Closed today. Those will be scrolling at the bottom of the screen. Coming up, how the cold weather left a cell tower worker stranded in maryland. And a live look at the storm team 4 weather deck. Youll see the snow is coming down right now. You see it there. The flag is whipping in the wind. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. Thats why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. Warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. Plus i get two boxtops for their school. Toter strudel. The one kids want toat. Mom, pop it. Two inches apart, becky. Two inches. Tminus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Let the making begin. Welcome back. The time is 4 46. Are you looking live toward the wilson bridge from National Harbor this morning. This area along the water will no doubt be another very cold spot today. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the Early Morning snow for us. Your weather traffic on the 1s straight ahead. 4 46. Highprofile athletes have been caught at the center of a catfishing scandal. First it was mantei tello. Now some redskins players admit they were fooled by a woman with a fake online identity. She used the twitter name redridinghood. According to nfl who broke the story, her actions prompted a warning from team management. The woman allegedly used fake photos on line, and the pictures were actually pictures of a porn star. A germantown man who was also fooled by the woman says he noticed her contact with the players. She told me that she knew one guy on the 2009 roster. Phillip daniels, director of Player Development for the washington redskins, tells news4 that it was all about attention. It was just about being able to talk to players. It was never a situation where the players were giving any money or anything like that. A virginia man behind bars for starting an inappropriate relationship with a 14yearold girl on facebook. Police say 18yearold brian mccool of woodbridge sent that girl inappropriate message. The girls family discovered them and called police. Mccool is charged with indecent liberties with a child. An alexandria man facing charges this morning for an attempted sexual assault. This happened nearly four months ago. Police say 25yearold roger lewis attacked a woman near holmes run parkway on october 2. He was indicted last week and is being held without bond. Investigators say they dont think this assault is connected with another that happened in the same area about a week later. Mitt romney will make a rare appearance in d. C. Tomorrow. The former president ial nominee will attend a luncheon hosted by two of his Major Campaign fundraisers. Philanthropist Katherine Reynolds and Hotel Magnate bill marriott jr. Its being held at the j. W. Marriott hotel. Romney has rejoined the chains board of directors after leaving in 2011 to round run for the to run for the white house. Romney chose not to attend thenation monday. The first nominee the inauguration monday. The first nominee to do so since dukakis in 1989. Ray la hood is defending statement saying the boeing dreamliner is safe. On january 11, la hood said it was the safest to fly despite a about theory fire in one plane. Five days later, he and the faa ordered united to ground all of its dreamliner planes after another battery fire led to an Emergency Landing in japan. La hood says he stands by his decision process. On the day we announced the planes were safe, they were. On the day that we announced that there was another incident and we were grounding the planes, we felt this was the time to ground the planes. The dreamliner planes will be grounded until the battery problem is fixed. Today, Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell will explain how his transportation funding proposal will impact our area. The governor will answer questions about his plan this afternoon in herndon. Mcdonnell wants to generate more than 3 billion over five years for transportation projects across the commonwealth. Hed do that by eliminating virginias gas tax tax and raising its sales tax. An antiabortion protester whos been banned from d. C. After climbing a tree during the inauguration is now getting some support. Reeves grogin clie n climbed th during president obamas inauguration ceremony. He stayed up there for five hours. Several Civil Liberties groups say banning him from the district while the case is pending violates free speech. Hes been arrested several times in the district for disorderly and unlawful conduct. This morning were hearing of the calls for help of a man trapped 20 stories in the air. He was working on this cell tower in gaithersburg yesterday when he got so cold he couldnt move. He even had trouble reaching his cell phone. After several hours he was able to call 911 for help. Youre stuck on a tower . Yeah. My hands are like completely frozen. I cant like grip i cant get down. My coworker, he cant hes telling me to meet him halfway. How high up are you . I think its like 200 feet or 150. Okay. Cell phone tower. I was able to reach in my pocket and finally get it after two hours. My hands are like frozen. Before rescue crews could even arrive, the mans coworker, rob bonsell, climbed to the top of the tower to bring him down. He told news4 that he used special ropes to lower them both to the ground. Nice to have a friend like that. More school delays. Fairfax county announced a twohour delay. Montgomery county, maryland, Fairfax County, virginia o a twohour delay. Stafford and Prince Georges County schools close clod today. Tom . A light coating of snow stuck to all untreated surfaces. Where you see roadways wet thats because theyve been salted. There is the view from our city camera. Visibilities have been lowered a little bit. We see the washington monument, light snow now at Reagan National airport. That light snow is going to be with us here for another couple of hours. Right now, its at 19 at Reagan National with a northeast wind around 10. That wind will shift to the northwest after the snow ends. You see the general trend is for it to move to the south and east. Its broken up a bit now. Parts of Southern Maryland where they had the most report of snow. Now the highest amounts are st. Marys county where they had over two inches near town creek. In the Northern Neck of virginia, bill holliday newland, a weather watcher, reports an inch of snow in richmond county. Farther north and west, Montgomery County, prince georges, arlington, fairfax, had generally under an inch. Although Prince Georges County, some locations there had about an inch or so. Loudoun county, into Prince William, fauquier, as well as frederick county, maryland, panhandle of west virginia, all generally had an inch or less. Were still going to get a few of these passing snow showers and some flurries here all the way until perhaps another couple of hours. This Winter Weather advisory expires at 9 00 this morning. All these counties in the purple color are under this advisory until 9 00. It may expire earlier than that as the snow will be quickly coming to an end over the next couple of hours. Right now, look how cold it is. Its only in the upper teens and n teens in Prince Georges County, mid teens in arlington, fairfax, and district of columbia. As we look going forward, the snow will quickly end. Well get sunshine breaking out with a blustery wind today. Then clear, cold night tonight. Then on friday, increasing clouds. Does look like more snow moving in. All the areas in lavender. Areas of more snow perhaps friday afternoon into friday evening. That will end by midnight friday. Between now and then, still cold. Most areas staying below freezing today. Winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. Swirling the snow around. Down to the teens tomorrow morning. Then afternoon and evening, light snow scootered around. Could get a couple of inches or so. Does not look major, but enough for it to stick on untreated surfaces beginning late on friday afternoon. Ending midnight friday night. Sun back saturday and sunday. Still cold mornings and cold afternoons. Finally a warmup, though, first part of next week. Could get rain wednesday. Im back in ten minutes. Danella with traffic. Good morning. An update along i95 in virginia between stafford and dale city. Multiple accidents. Ive counted over four so far. Heres one at dumfries road. You see just off to the right lane. The delay here, its still just a very slick commute on i95. Crews are out trying to salt the road, plow the road. Some spots still pretty covered in snow. You got to give yourself extra time. Lets talk about local roads. This is along arlington boulevard. 50 in virginia at nutley street. And you see nutley still covered at this time. But arlington looks pretty good. Thats what youre dealing with. Roads are nice and clear. Some roads just not treated yet. If you have the ability to leave later, do so. If you have to head out, give yourself plenty of time. Aaron, over to you. Thank you. Just learned that Charles CountyPublic Schools are closed this morning. Theyre starting to roll in fast and furious now. Keep an eye on the bottom of the screen for any changes and updates. A lawsuit challenging marylands gambling expansion has been thrown out. It argued that question seven required a majority of all of the states registered voters to approve the referendum, not just the majority who actually voted. A judge rejected that idea. Question seven paves the way for veg vegasstyle table games and gambling at maryland casinos. It prevents a sixth state casino at National Harbor in Prince Georges County. Friday is probably your favorite day of the workweek. Wouldnt it be even better if you only had to work for half the day . That was one of the workplace perks americans want the most. Careerbuilder asked more than 3,900 fulltime workers nationwide what would make them happier at work half day fridays was one of the most common responses. An Onsite Fitness Center and ability to wear jeans also scored high in the survey. Consider this before making a call during your drive to work. A study finds that people who multitask tend to be the least capable of doing those tasks well. That includes talking on the phone while driving. Researchers at the university of utah looked at the perceived and actual multitasking ability of 300 college students. They found student who thought they were better than average had the lowest ability scores. Researchers say that proves there should be stricter laws for talking on the phone behind the wheel. Fast food chain subway now facing a lawsuit over its footlong subs. Two new jersey men claim the chain is making false claims in its ads about its footlong subs. They measured them and found the sandwiches are falling short, apparently. Subway would not comment but says it tries to ensure consistency in the more than 38,000 restaurants worldwide. All right. College basketballs numberone team had a stormy night. The save throws it away. Larkin ahead of the pack look at this [ cheers ] a team giving up layup after layup. The miami hurricanes demolished the duke blue devils 063. 9063. The 27point drubing is the third worst beating ever for a numberone team. Dukes worst loss since 1984. A lot of folks love to hate duke. Uhhuh. Right now as we approach 5 00 a. M. , snow all across the d. C. Region. This is the view from our city camera now. Take it easy on the roads. Were checking the camera in virginia. Youll find many main highways treated with salt. Streets could be slick around your neighborhood, as well. And another shot here from maryland right now. These are the conditions youll see. Youll want to give yourself plenty of extra time if you are headed out at this early hour. Good morning, everyone, im aaron gilchrest. Im eun yang. Welcome to news4 today for this thursday, january 24, 2013. We have closings and delays starting to come into our newsroom. Heres what we have so far the federal government is open. Employees have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. The Fairfax County government is also open with its unscheduled leave policy in place. We turn our attention to the School Systems in our area. Fairfax, loudoun, Montgomery County schools are all open on a twohour delay today. These county School Systems are closed charles, stafford, orange, and king george counties. All the School Closings and delays, of course, the bottom of the screen and nbcwashington. Com. Well continue to bring you the latest School Closings and delays to get your kids ready, as well. We want to look at the forecast. Heres storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. It was light snow but certainly cold. All untreated surfaces got coated with snow. And even maybe it was only a half inch to a quarter inch in many locations. That was enough. Once it get compacted down to turn into sheets of ice. Watch out for that. You may be driving along thinking, oh, ive got good traction. You come up on a stop sign and whoa, you keep on going. Watch out for that. Where roadways are wet, thats only because theyve been treated with salt. And this has been coming out of the northwest heading northeast. Storm team 4 radar showing bands of just a light to moderate snow where you see the brightest whites. And the heaviest amounts of snow reported were in southern Charles County and parts of st. Marys county where they had over two inches, two to 2. 5 inches there. Those were only isolated areas there in far southern Charles County and into st. Marys county. You can see all the areas in gray. Light snow, that includes the district as well as northern Prince Georges County, montgomery, arlington, fairfax. Brighter spots, may be coming down harder near herndon, into far southern loudoun county. And fredericksburg, too, getting snow. All this under the Winter Weather advisory. Common around the region and cold. In the teens around the metro area. Northern virginia, the district and maryland, later today, sun breaking out. Blustery wind, highs reaching near 30. Wind will swirl the snow. Cold tonight, more snow likely tomorrow. Im back in ten minutes. Now hows traffic doing with the snow, danella . A lot of fenderbenders in our area. Well start with i270 southbound at 80. Fibo