No snow emergency is in effect. Your commute should be pretty smooth if youre taking the rail or bus line. There are no service alerts. Marc trains are back on a normal schedule today and vre is also back on its normal weekday schedule starting this morning. Nearly 100 delays right now and even more cans races at airports all over the country. Here is how they are impacting you. 27 flights have been canceled in and out of Reagan National airport. There have been 17 Flights Canceled at bwi marshall already. At dulles, 15 canceled mostly arrivals about. A woman in Montgomery County is recovering after a sledding accident. A woman hit a tree while she was sledding. She was sledding on the golf course. She was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. If youre worried about the Winter Weather, youre probably sharing the same feelings as half the people the nation was slammed with this big storm. Tornados hit alabama and florida. In louisiana, one ripped a roof off of a car wash. You see that here. The roof then fell on to a nearby pizza hut. My car was shaking and high window busted and i seen it like coming at me. It was scary. A few people were hurt, but its not clear how badly at this point. In new york, the cold breath is causing pipes to freeze and burst. In kentucky, the roads were so slick, a snowplow slid right off the road. New this morning, police in Prince Georges County are investigating a deadly shooting. Police called to greenbelt road around 11 00 last knignight and man suffering from a gunshot wound tied at the scedied at th. Right now there is no motive and no suspect. 4 33. Todays sound off on metros proposed budget for next year. As you heard us report before, this budget does not include cuts to service or plans to increase fares. Tonights hearing it at the roslyn station at 4 00 p. M. The budget includes no charge within the socalled grace period, that means you dont have to pay if you leave the station that you entered within 15 minutes. Eliminating the option to load your smartrip card on metrobuses is also included in the budget. It was 20 years ago today that a marc train collided with an Amtrak Capital limited in silver spring. A memorial plaque marks the location of that crash on 16th street. 11 people were killed there, 239 injured. The ntsb determined an apparent failure of the trains engineer caused that crash. I came here for two reasons. One, because i care deeply about jeb and, deeply about our country. For the first time, jeb bush is calling on his brother to help in his bid for the white house. President george w. Bush is on the campaign trail in South Carolina as jeb tries to earn the edge there. The 43rd president won the primary twice. The former president said his brother would be measured and thoughtful on the world stage. A grand jury will now take a look at allegations against three High School Officials in tennessee, accused of failing to report sexual abuse of basketball players. Those officials pleaded not guilty on monday after a judge ruled there was enough probable cause to move forward. It involves a high school outside chattanooga where four Baseball Players have been accused of sexually assaulting a teammate while on a trip. Three of the players facing a g aggravated rape charges. The School Official did not follow protocol to report the the restaurant where a man attacked people with a machete is open again. The restaurant in columbus, ohio reopened yesterday. The restaurant held a dinner and prayer for his staff. A man hurt four people when he walked in with a a machete and started swinging. Police shot and killed the man. Simon newman refuses to step down. A faculty vote asked him to resign and he did not comply. President newman is facing backlash. This comes after newman fired two faculty members for their criticism of newmans plan to weed out underperforming freshmen. Much of the student body and board of trustees is on newmans side. Newman said last week he would reinstate those two faculty members. Geese caught up in that oil spill on the potomac hope to get a clean bill of health. 52 birds were coated with powered substation in crystal city earlier this month. Many were came nad krnadian gee. Were told some could be released back into the wild as early as next week. So if youre up moving around, this is actually pretty awesome to see. Two brothers in minnesota are making pretty impressive sculptures with this snow. Take a look. That is a giant octopus made out of snow. Too much time on his hands. In took them 500 hours and 150 tons of snow to make this octopus. The sad part, that they had enough snow to make it. The brothers have been doing these sculptures for five straight winters apparently. Can you go inside of it . I wouldnt go in there. People from around the state and around the world stopped by to get a and they will be like, mom, stop you dont make life memories playing video games. You make them doing stuff like this. He is way too young. And hes right. Good for him. So the people who stopped by to see the sculptures, they leave some donations and the brothers donate that toward clean water in haiti. So something for folks to see and they do something good for haiti. They really do it for the reaction. Okay. So anyone willing to brave the frigid temperatures had a chance to chow down on a free lunch. One restaurant in spring feed, mass offered up the polar vortex challenge to customers. If you ate outside, you got it for free. And it turns on the out most were full even though temperatures barely reached the teens. All the money was donated to the local rescue mission. I might have given that anything for free food. Heavy rain is on the way but thats not helping the situation right now. Were dealing with extremely icy roads and parking lots. Chuck is tracking your school outlook. You cant predict the market. But through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. 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And it wont get any better in the next hour or two as temperatures are hovering right at the freezing mark right now. Very icy metro area and points north and west. Heavy rain comes our way from midmorning up to about lunchtime. By late end before 3 00, 4 00 and temperatures climbing up into perhaps the mid50s. But out the door this morning, pocket of freezing rain from fret rick to martinsburg down for warrington, this is all lifting northbound. Well time out the heaviest rain in your neighborhood in ten minutes. A couple problems. Still the problem outer loop before bw parkway, a couple lanes blocked. A little bit of a slowdown there. 95 before and after dale city, two different crashes blocking the right lane there. They say they are bringing salt trucks into redo that area for us here this morning. Another complain 66 inbound at roosevelt bridge, very icy conditions. Salt truck headed there, as well. Bridges and overpasses just gross this morning. So weve been telling you the story all morning long. Roads are icy, dangerous. It may not be bad or be bad now, but chuck has reason to be optimistic coming up. Developing right now, new controversy in replacing antonin scalias Supreme Court seat. The new road blocks being put in place. I lead the 11 oclock news with stories of gun violence. And like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. In congress, ill fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. Lets show the nra were not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. Im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Roads are treacherous. Rain moving through the area. Thats the green stuff. Pink stuff is snow or ice, i dont know what that yellow stuff is but its bad, i can tell that you. Temperatures in most places still below freezing, too. Molette green has been showing us what things are like in loudoun county. And that parking lot does not look good behind you. Reporter i know, ive never wanted rain so badly to try to work on this when the temperatures go up. Look what the freezing rain did example of what its like out in this area. Were in leesburg. The sidewalks, the parking lots, the neighborhoods, all glazed over. Just slick. Now, the major and primary roads are drivable, but folks, there are still slick spots. So its very dicey. Salt trucks are out in the area treating the roadways. Loudoun county government open but unscheduled leave stas tuesday because it will take time before all of this stuff melts and before it is much safer. This parking lot is a disaster area. Very dangerous and a really good example of what life is like out in this area. Knmolinknomolette green, news 4. President obama start to go mull over a replacement for the late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Meanwhile conservatives are trying to set up road blocks to t from selecting someone. Tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the latest. It is a fight that is just heating up. Reporter good morning. The latest that we have for you this morning is that the top democrat on the committee that would consider these nominees says, yes, the president ask have a short list of names the white house is not saying who those names are. And the top democrat also says that they have some names they want to pass along to the president. But the big question, will any of them ever get a hearing here on capitol hill. Republicans have insisted that the next president should do that and now were getting some pretty strong push back from republicans here and also on the campaign trail. That top democrat Patrick Leahy cause this is wrong, irresponsible and unprecedented to even block a vote by the president s nominee even in his last year of office. Chuck schumer says there should be a hearing and a vote. On the campaign trail, were hearing from both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders saying that this is sanders calling them cowards for not voting. On the other hand republican candidates insist even if they went through a hearing and vote, that justice would not be in la place in time to affect the cases ongoing. Remember, were already in the middle of the term. And overnight a Washington Post oped was posted by the top democrat haley reed, he says this that this is nakedly partisan. So where we are now, nothing likely to come out this week. Next week or in following bikes we m weeks we may start to see names come out that republicans insist they wont even consider. Tracie potts, thanks so much. Happening today, activists and cattle rancher cli cliffen bundy is at the time in court. Bundys son staged an armed sitin at a wildlife refuge last month. Today there will be a hearing on the tragic sinking of the el faro cargo ship. The coast guard is expected to focus on the events that led up to the sinking and previous voyages the el faro had during bad weather. All 33 people on board died. Pope francis is this mexico right now. His next to last day visiting central america. Today the pope will travel to the city of morelia. El paso, texas has a big program prepared. Yesterday the pope celebrated mass in an indigenous community. Spoke with a boy in a wheelchair there during his visit. Today the Fairfax County department of transportation is holding the first of it meetings. The meeting today is at 6 30, Fairfax County government center. This openhouse will address what kind of transit systems are needed to accommodate Economic Growth in the county. Medical experts will gather this morning to talk about the next steps for stopping the spread of the zika virus. That mosquitotransmitted virus has raised alarms around the world particularly for pregnant women. The National Academies of science, engineering and medicine will hold a workshop at 8 30 this morning to try to figure out research priorities. P department of health and Human Services requested that meeting. The planned parenthood that was the site of the dleadly shooting in Colorado Springs is reop reopening. Three were killed, nine others hurt. Repairs are still happening. Planned parenthood says that it is still trying to figure out a way to honor those killed. Robert lewis dear is charged with murder in that shooting. 4 51 just about. Morning, we have the full mixed bag that we were expecting freezing rain here this morning giving way to heavy rain and temperatures in the 50s before more chilly air comes our way tomorrow. But for what you need to know first thing this morning, winter storm warnings remain in place for most of our western two thirds of the news 4 nation and included in the winter storm warning now is Montgomery County, allow tloudoun, fairfax culpeper, all these bright shaded counties, that is the winter storm warning. The darker shading, this is a Winter Weather advisory for arlington, the district, anne arundel, calvert, charles and st. Marys. The advisories go until 10 00 this morning. The main concern is freezing rain. That has left an icy glaze on everything. Heavy rain will melting today. Most dangerous time frame is between now and 9 00 a. M. After 9 00, everybody should be well above the freezing mark, but major trouble trying to get around here early this morning. If it looks wet and you live anywhere near the metro, it is probably nothing more than a sheet of ice. From 00 a. M. Until 2 00 p. M. , lots of rain. Possibly a quick inch of rain in addition to the frozen ground and the snow melt, flooding will be a concern and a possibility today. So flood watches are up until 11 00 tonight. First thing this morning, freezing rain and freezing drizzle martinsburg to charles town to leesburg. Closer to the metro, not much falling out of the sky currently, but that may change very soon. Look at the pinch of moisture that is coming our way. A powerhouse line of heavy thunderstorms here moving in to raleigh now. That will be funneled right up into our area here mid to late morning today. So keep in mind that things will get worse before they get better. We are hovering near freezing now. With the rain coming our way, a highs today a, away 1 00, 2 00. And then back into the chillier 40s and cold 30s for highs with sunshine, though, for thursday. Friday a little better and the weekend looking magnificent, in the 60s with sunshine. It looks good to me. Looking forward to the weekend already. Im always looking forward to the weekend, though. Brand new problem, northbound Fairfax County parkway before braddock road, a crash blocking the right lane here this morning. Just got off the phone with tom kierein. Theyre at a condo complex in reston, take a look at this, it is just ice encrusted, lots of neighborhoods look exactly like this this morning. Allow have a time. It will take a good amount of time to get your car scraped off at least. 15 southbound after 40, left lane getting by that crash. Still have two problems 95 southbound there after dale city. And then beltway at centre avenue, that looking pretty good. An nbc oh, gosh. How a lot of you are putting your kraeft differecreativity t another pat collins s if it looks wet, its probably ice. Were tracking dangerously icy thunderstorms may cause in sh flooding later on. Montgomery county schools are closed today. Chuck bell will have another update for us shortly. Shes dropped nearly 60 pounds and a local contestant owe journey on the biggest loser is over. I never thought that i could change this much in my life. I never thought that i could be the person that ive always wanted to be. Erin willett from gaithersburg was voted off the show last night. She made the final six. And just two episodes short of reaching the finale. She dropped from 238 to 179 pounds on the show. Good for her. The live finale of the biggest loser is next honest rigmonday. And you can since going home. New numbers now out of syria. The United Nations saying air strikes killed 50 civilians including many children. Hospitals and schools were hit yesterday. State Department Spokesman criticized russia and blamed assad. Several countries agreed to work toward a ceasefire last week. In ohio, were learning that some people were not notified about lead in their water. According to the columbus dispatch, the ohio epa showed ten systems in the state had advisories. Ed and all the areas except the city of seaing notified their customers but not within the required 60 days. Inside a northern mexican prison, 49 inmates were killed inside montereys prison rival factions. When police went in, they found everything from saw inunas to b. Some of the top prison staff have been arrested. That suspicious twice under a rental car was a hoax. Federal Authorities Say it looked like a pipe bomb, but it did not contain anything explosive. An atf spokesperson says it posed no threat to the public, but the atf and the fbi are now trying to figure out who built it and put it under the car. A rental car mechanic discovered it during a car reinspection. The controversial Marijuana Oil bill in virginia is going forward. The bill is meant to make it easier for virginians with severe forms of epilepsy to obtain therapeutic oils made from marijuana. It seemed this danger of dying survived a critical vote and now heads to the house. Another snow stick challenge is under way. Its the president s day edition. I love this. This this time we asked to see your best patriotic snow pic. Pat collins received several entries. Here is a look at a few. The best patriot in the snow gets an official pat collins snow stick. Thats good stuff. This is the ramp just getting off the dulles tollway that has not been treated. It is very slippery and the visibility is terrible, too. Reporter you see that ice, saw a guy coming out just a few minutes ago, he was doing a little shuffle. So thats what you have to do. My street was awful, the street getting on to 270 was awful