Do still have the problem in hyattsville. This is route 1 between van about your reason and albion road two lanes blocked because of the water main break. They are doing utility repairs there. Otherwise just around town generally speaking were looking pretty good. Of course keeping a very close eye on Prince Georges County county and right near the wood bridge area. Storm team 4 has you covered this morning. And and virginia. Lets begin where were expecting the most trouble east of d. C. Darcy spencer is live in District Heights with more. Is it still snowing . Looks like it is. Reporter yes i talked to you right about 4 00 we were getting that light wintry mix. Then we were getting a little more though. It was coming down at a pretty good clip. Now its gone back to that wint were along pennsylvania avenue in the District Heights area of the county. Traffic is beginning to pick up. At 4 00 there was hardly anyone on the roadway, but now it is starting to pick up with a few cars. And you can see as they pass by some of this is starting to stick on the roadways. So depending on the road temperature, it could start to get slick out here because we have been getting the frozen precipitation for about the last half hour. E maryland Highway Administration has been out here overnight hours, pretreating the roadways with some salt brine and getting some chemicals out there to try to help make it a safer commute for folks. But they are asking people if you can delay your travel today as we could perhaps go into work a little bit later or raps cancel an appointment, reschedule it for later in the week that would be a great idea. And we cant stretch enough be safe take your time and allow some extra time this morning. Reporting live from District Heights, darcy spencer, news 4. And the federal government says you dont have to drive into work today if you dont want to. Agencies are open but opm says you can take unscheduled leave or telework if you want. Well be updating you with all of todays delays on the free news 4 app a. Right now lets check in with tom. Well try to get tom in a second. Right now were watching for any delays at area airports. So far so good. Reagan national is reporting 11 cancellations and just a few delays. The cancellations are not caused by the conditions at reagan. Same thing at dulles and wbi marshall. Dulles reporting one cancellation bwi marshall has 13 cancellations. If youre leaving later this morning, of course a good idea to check with your airline to make sure your flight is leaving on time. Road c are working hard to make sure snow and ice does not build up this morning. All major roads have been pretreated to prevent the first layer of snow he from sticking to the pavement. In d. C. More than 200 plows have been salting and sanding since 2 00 a. M. Maryland says its trucks are out, as well, but have not given us a specific number. State transportation officials are asking drivers to delay travel this morning to give their crews enough time to treat and clear the roads. Coming up in about ten hichbt, wellmitch minutes, well talk to richard in woodbridge. A video just released shows yemens top al qaeda leader claiming responsibility for that attack on the satirical french magazine Charlie Hebdo. This news comes just as people at this hour are doing everything this they can to get their hands on the first issue of the magazine since the paris attacks. 3 million copies have a caricature of the prophet know whom mohammed on the cover. Release comes a week after a dozen were killed at that magazine and defiant issue was pribts prin despite many threats coming their way. Some u. S. Shops saying they plan to sell the copy. Today the council on the American Islamic relations will give us their thoughts on the latest Charlie Hebdo cover. Council is americas largest muslim Civil Liberties anned a vow ed a ad organizations. A sneak preview of the cover has been released. It shows a weeping rof at the time mohammed holding a say saying je suis charlie under the headline all is for given. The Boston Marathon suspect has filed for at least a m selection. Attorneys forhave tried repeatedly to delay the start of the trial and to change its location. But the judge has so far rejected their requests. It is 4 36. First responders being scrutinized in the emergency. How long passengers say it took them on get help and the complaints between responders. And loved ones remember the only victim that lost her life underground on metro. And storm team 4 radar shg flurries in your neighborhood and the snow is starting to stick combined with sub freeze complains this, could be treacherous for your commute. And hour by hour look in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. 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You can see he won with a 9 point lead over the canned dad that democrats chose to replace him. Were talking about not the amount of snow we might see today, but the timing of it. Lets check in with tom kierein. Prince Williams County closing schools so this will be a southern storm, right . And enough around the metro area to put down maybe an inch. It will stick. And it will be causing any problems on untreated surfaces. It will be slippery and slick as the system passing south and east of us. Were on the northern fringe of it. All this area in gray is light snow fairfax, prince william, the district, Prince Georges County and an a run tell county. Heavier snow the brighter area this band of the lighter greatay and white. Al leaving up to an inch around the metro area. Dusting on the extreme northern fringe of it. 1 to 2 inches in southern maryland. Well stay in the 20s throughout the day and into tonight. So whatever falls will be steking. By this time tomorrow morning, well un under a cloudy sky. Well look at the snow timing itself com at 4 51. Melissa is looking at trafrgtrafc cameras. We can see something perhaps falling because of the sheen on the roadway. Beltway at branch avenue people rolling along just fine. Beltway at new hampshire, also looking quite good. 270 at shady grove road all of these folks headed southbound and that looks good as well. Taking a look in virginia here 66 and 95 everything rolling along quite nicely. Lots of green, lots of movement. And remember the express lanes that were shut down this morning because they were treating them they have now reopened. And taking a look to the north here in maryland, 95 into and out of town, and bw parkway, all looking good. Im back in ten minutes. Good looks can get you far in china. What some people are getting for free just for being beautiful sfloop and light snow coming down in woodbridge. Prince williams cou county has canceled classes. Wel a report from Richard Jordan live. And give yourself enough time to get to im watching an area of low pressure passing south and east but close enough to give us some snow. South and east of us this area in pink is a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. St. Marys county parts of the thorn neck and southeastern virginia. Much farther south and east, that is all rain. Farther north, its snow. Very light though falling around the metro area. This area in gray in montgomery and Prince Georges County and the district. Brighter colors coming down just a little bit harder there. Radar will be keeping you informed all morning long as the situation is changing minute by minute. You can see it continues to move up from the southwest heading northeast into the metro area fp chuck is out on the roads this morning. Where are you now chuck . Reporter good morning. We just crossed into the city of fredericksburg. There are snowflakes swirling around now. Not enough to leave a white coating on the roads just yet, but you can definitely tell that the snow will stick as soon as it starts to come down any harder. Seeing a lot in the way chemicals being put down on the road. Quite a few trucks have passed us putting it down. The roads are wet, but not slippery just yet. Current temperature outside the 4 x 4 is 24 degrees. So the air is more than cold enough to support the snow. Well be continuing to keep an eye on things. If you live down this way and you see snowflakes flying where you live send a note on twitter twitr chuckbell4, well try to search out the snowflakes in your back yard. Well circle done through throu fredericksburg and then head over to route 1 to come back northbound. Thank you, chuck. 4 46. Two people are still in the hospital because of the underground emergency on metro this week. Smoke poured out of the metro tunnel monday filling a train with smoke. 61yearold carol glover died. The Government Contractor was on her way hoo alexandria when sh they are in shock. Wed play out here with my son and wed see her coming home and, you know, exchange pleasantries hello, how are you. Very sweet. Ne lady. So its horrible. Tragic. Glovers fami say they are still making her funeral arrangements. From what exactly happened to the Emergency Response there are a number of questions unanswered. Passengers on board the stuck train monday say it took 40 tes to an hour for help to arrive. First responders were heard over radio scanners complaining that they could not communicate with one another. D. C. Mayor bowser says there arent a lot of answers right now, but shes committed to finding them. We will find out what happened get to the bottom of what happened. And commit to fixing it. The residents of the District Of Columbia in this region deserve a safe and reliable Public Transit system. Metro red line passengers very alert after what happened on monday. Reported seeing sparks under a train at the chinato station. Oc spark when theyre moving and nothing was unusual. Service was not disrupted. N check out be in washingtons app for more coverage. Sign up for breaking new alerts to get updates on this and other stories september right to your phone. The renewed search for the lyon sisters remains is now being extended until tomorrow. New evidence in the cold case prompted federal agent ac dig this week Taylor Mountain in virginia. Sheila and Katherine Lyon vanished from the whooet ton Plaza Shopping Center nearly 40 years ago. Authorities wont reveal what this new evidence is. D. C. Lawmakers are challenging the new Republican Congress to block the new Marijuana Law. Council chairman Phil Mendelson sent the measure to capitol hill yesterday. Some are concerned that it will start a long legal battle that could wind up in the federal courts. Congress stopped d. C. From spending money to enforce the new Marijuana Law with a provision in a 1 trillion spending bill last month. Right now a bill is back in congress that would make d. C. The 51st state. The same bill eleanor homes mortonmore norton more than 20 years ago. She has 93 cosponsor. She told Kristen Wright why she thinks the change is a real goal. Were not going to continue to pay taxes without representation and coming over here to the house and having the risk of shutdowns of the district when we have a balanced budget and surplus. Were not going to continue to operate that way. Right now were watching the conditions south of d. C. Weve learned Arlington County schools are on a two hour delay today. Richard jordan is live for us this woodbridge. Prince Williams County, cla bn canceled all day today. Richard, we can see the snow. Reporter its light, but it just really started to come down a little heavier just within the past few minutes. But take a look this is route 1 near maryland avenue you can see nothing is sticking to the pavement here on the road. Light traffic at this point and now that schools have been canceled here you can expect that it will sta whe things are brings city are on the major highways. About 700 plows are out all across Northern Virginia and prince william, fairfax, loudoun, Arlington County. They have been doing a pretty good job of treating those roads, laying down the salt and brine. We havent seen the plows having to actually hit the pavement to escape up anything at this point. Its just not sticking enough just yet. The snow is still coming it town pretty light. Now, when we were making our way down here taking 95 southbound, we also noticed the snow at about lorton, the first flakes. And now starting to build up. So were expecting to see the snow starting to pile up here at any moment. Well of course be on top of it all morning for you. Reporting live this morning in woodbridge Richard Jordan news 4. And this just in, now Montgomery County schools opening two hours late today. Again Montgomery County schools, two hours late. The list is growing. Slowly but surely because the weather is starting to get closer. And all it takes is just a coating of snow because temperatures are below freezing. It will stick on untreated surfaces. You can see the radar behind me here is a closer view of the radar across virginia and into north carolina. Thats where the storm system is located far to our south and east but were right on the northern fringes of it. Close enough for Northern Virginia to be getting all this light snow that is tracking off to the northeast. Right now culpepper into you fauquier prince william, western stafford, getting a little bit heavier. The area in the darker gray up in the metro area, that is where its just some flus falling. But its to down 95 and 66 29 warrington and culculpepper, it will be sticking on untreated surfaces. By 6 00 a. M. It will begin to move right into the metro area from the south. Between 6 00 and 8 00 thats when most of it will be falling. After 8 00, 99 00, most will be heading off to the east. By noon maybe just a few lingering flurries. Rain in far southeastern parts of the eastern shor by late in the morning and early in the afternoon. All these counties in color under this Winter Weather advisory, incl the whole metro area because even though its very light snow, it is xwhog to be t sticking. Most of the accumulating snow is south and east of the metro area. This dark blue zone, 1 to 2 ifrpg inch will likely fall in calvert. Northern neck as far west as king george. North and west of there a dusting to an inch. A dusting on the western fringes of this in Montgomery County southern loudoun and extreme northern fauquier. But farther east right around washington and our southern Eastern Suburbs d easily get an inch from this. So dress accordingly for cold weather. Heavy coat hat scarf, gloves. You wont need an umbrella or sunglasses. Well stay cloudy. Temperatures are in the 20s all around the region. And its going to be sticking because well be staying in the 20s. Keep up where all this with the weather app. Get it at the app store. Tomorrow morning, mid twepts and 20s and sun back on thursday. Low 40s friday with sunshine. And low 40s again saturday upper 40s sunday small chance of a little rain in the afternoon perhaps and then monday tuesday highs low to mid40s. Partly cloudy is the way it looks right now. Melissa is looking at road conditions. Perhaps a problem here again, a new crash just north north of sterling al gonkian parkway at cascades. 66 into and out of town right now, nice and green and flowing well. No major problems there. Virginia 95 at dale boulevard, again, those exp now be open. Prince georges county snow falling there. Darcy spencer along pennsylvania avenue. And she it looks nice out there in the snow of course. She always looks nice. Not so hot for the roads, of course. Roads right now though, no major problems. 95 at cherry hill road rolling right along. Back in ten minutes. Sorry, no carnitas. Thats what chipotle lovers are hearing. The fast food chain says it violated its rigorous standards. No word when the car knee takes will return to the bowls at chipotle. Knee takes will return to t. You could eat free ichina. It seems the Beautiful People catch all the breaks there. Chinese restaurants say the 50 most attractive people every day will pay nothing for their meals. This is according to the telegraph. Who decides who the 50 most attractive people are . Here it comes. Diners will be evaluated by a panel of local plas plastic surgeons. Oh, for heaven sakes. It just gets worse. Research by the university of texas has shown that attractive people are more likely to be employed, they work more productively and profitably, receive more substantial pay, get loan approvals and have more handsome and educated spouses. Its on subjective though. Really. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Im completely biassed. I think people who are extremely attractive get a break. More so thant rest the rest of us. I think ive seen that, too. Are the judges . All right. Out number of hours you work can read to risky dangerous habits. And were timing out hour by the timing of this mornings snow is very important because mixed with subfreezing temperatures, you are in for a tricky and messy commute. Some of the snow is sticking. Storm team 4 is tracking flurries moving into the area right now. Did morninggood morning. Welcome to news 4 today on this wednesday, january 14. We have School Delays tipcontinuing to come in. Howard county schools is on a two hour today. And Calvert County schools are closed. If you live in prince Williams County schools there are also closed. Weve learned montgomery and Arlington County schools a are on two hour delay. Federal Government Agencies are open but you have the option for telework or unschedule we wont get a lot, but enough to cause untreated surfaces to be icy. All coming from an area of low pressure passing south and east of the metro area. Were on the northern fringe of that storm. This white bright snowing pretty hard now in st. Marys county. The gray