Whats next after the snow and rain . Also remembering the newtown victims one year after the shooting and the push for tougher gun laws here in d. C. Plus, Nelson Mandela and its final resting place. The crowd gathering on the eve of the funeral. Hello, everybody, im bruce johnson. Right now the storm is on its way out after leaving rain in some parts, snow in other parts of the washington area. What about the rest of the weekend . Lets go straight to erica groh. You can see the storm system departing here on doppler 9,000. This is a sixhour loop. We have the rain and snow moving through the metro at dinner time and now pushing up into new england. Not a factor for us during the overnight hours. But this is what it looked like in frederic county this afternoon, early evening. This picture sent to us by my colleague. As he was out on the roadways, you can see it did get covered with snow here in frederic county. So even some of the interstates and major roadways were cold enough to support that snowfall. This is how much that fell in hagerstown. 3 inches. We also had 3 inches in winchester. Those were some of the bigger numbers in the d. C. Metro area. In the larger dmv area. Falling waters, west virginia, received 3. 5. Latensville only 1 inch and perserville only. 8 inches of snow. And a quarter inch in vienna and trace amounts of snowfall throughout the beltway and beyond. But now washing away to snow, overnight tonight, everything is going to cool off and were also going to see breezes pick up. Take a look at your wakeup weather forecast. Partly cloudy and chilly. 26 to 34. Black ice is a concern early in the morning before that strong sunshine melts any of those lingering icy patches and it will get above freezing tomorrow, however, its going to be windy. Blustery and chilly with the temperature between 38 and 44 degrees. Coming up, ill tell you more about a dry stretch in the first alert sevenday forecast and awfully cold temperatures. Bruce, back to you. Residents of newtown, connecticut, marking a dark day in their community. It was a year ago today that gunman, adam lanza killed 20 children and six teachers at the sandy hook elementary school. He killed his mother before going to the school. Today in newtown and throughout the state, Church Bells Rang 26 times in memory of the victims. Flags were flown at half staff. Newtown officials encouraged drentzs and the residents and the rest of us to honor the victims through service. The president and first lady observed a moment of silence in memory of the newtown shooting victims. They lit 26 candles in memory of the 20 children and six workers slain at sandy hook. And across the country, groups marked the sandy hook anniversary with calls for tighter gun laws. Several gathered to remember newtown and all victims of gun violence. Surae chinn tonight brings us that story. Its a tragedy last year, and i think this is something that we can all get behind. Reporter on this somber anniversary, some were brought to tears. I think common sense, long overdue. My daughter had turned six two days before the shooting. Kim wilkins from falls church channeled her emotions after newtown gathered her daughters friends and created this video. And i wanted to show living, breathing children running and have fun. The message is to End Gun Violence with tighter gun laws. This group of moms and dads say their First Priority is to push for universal background checks. But Congress Says unfortunately, its not going to happen in the very near future. The idea that weve lost 30,000 people in the last year since the newtown tragedy means that were not speaking up loudly enough or effectively enough. And we have to persevere or give up. One by one, we started jumping out. Its frustrating to see multiple Mass Shootings since 2007. When he broke his leg jumping out of his classroom window during the Virginia Tech massacre. My professor was shot and killed while he was breaking the door. Not just newtown, but even the School Shooting yesterday is the 28th School Shooting in the last year and really moms realized its up to american moms to change the culture and to change the indivisible allowed. The time to take action in a tragedy is before it happens, not in the middle of it. In arlington, surae chinn, wusa9. Two group, one of them moms demand action for guns and the second group, mayors against illegal guns. They sponsored 50 events across 35 states today. He had a shotgun, a machete, and three devices. That word from a colorado sheriff who says the teenager that opened fire at a denver Area High School on friday also had ammunition strapped to his body. The sheriff says 18yearold, karl pierson shot and wounded a student before killing himself. When we read about it or see it in another part of the world, now come into our home at pointblank range. I wish he could have gotten some help rather than having to end his life like that. Authorities say piersons target was the school librarian. The wounded student remains hospitalized in critical condition. D. C. Police make an arrest in the burglary at the Salvation Army. That burglary took place on december 1 at the Salvation Army facility that is located in the 2300 block of Martin Luther king avenue in southeast. Two suspects seen here on Surveillance Video broke into the building and made off with close to 10,000 that have been collected from the Salvation Army holiday kettles. Police say one of the suspects, a male juvenile has been arrested and charged with seconddegree burglary. Police are still searching for a second suspect in the case. People donated thousands of dollars to replace that stolen money. The superintendent of Montgomery County schools is calling for tonight after he says several of his students sent him threatening and disturbing tweets. He responded to the messages with his own call to parents. Nikki has this message. The storm of tweets started with snowfall last week. Most tweets were funny. I got a will the of funny tweets and kids asking stuff. But snowballed to anything but. But some that were threatening towards me, slashed my tires. One person was threatening our family dog and her family and things that are disturbing. Here are a few of the tweets we can show you. Others not appropriate for tv. This associate media savvy superintendent saw the tweet says what else, a teaching moment. I always feel like the first thing you have do is have a conversation about it. And he did, through this letter to parents he shared, where else, on twitter. To address something he says his students need a lesson on, an Action School safety and Cyber Bullying expert, amanda, says was a smart one. I think its a great idea on how to talk to kids. If we teach them how to do it, we can teach them how to do it appropriately. Its not so technical afterall. A matter of cause and effect. I would like to hope that people wouldnt walk up to the superintendent and say horrible, awful, inappropriate things, but because of technology, i think people have this false sense of, it doesnt mean anything. The responses have been exactly what he hoped. Some parents, you know, e mailed me this morning and said we printed out the letter. And thats an analogy parents can understand. Thats a part of her day. So, i mean, the world is changing and thats a big part of her day now. What she does at the kitchen table, it should be the same online. In Montgomery County, wusa9. As for those students who sent the tweets, thats in the hands of the principal now. The superintendent received apology letters from several of those students. Coming up tonight on wusa9, were going to take you to south africa where mourners by the hundreds, if not thousands, continue to gather to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela on the eve of his funeral. The body of Nelson Mandela is back home tonight. Carrying the body has arrived in the rural village where he will be buried after his funeral tomorrow at the family compound, the National Flag covered mandelas casket. It was replaced by a leopard skin. Reporter, brenda wood from a sister station is in johanasburg. Candles are burning outside mandelas home. His president ial home where he died. Where mourners continue to gather so the atmosphere is anything but. Before you can even get to his house down the street, you have to walk past this. Mandela trinkets and tshirts turned this street of wealthy gated homes into a bit of a spectacle. But then just beyond, a lingering crush of people in front of a mountain of flowers. Spread like a carpet next to mandelas home. Despite this near festival atmosphere and the multitude of photo ops, many who come are still moved. We cannot thank Nelson Mandela enough for what hes done. It is just a miracle. Its a miracle to sacrifice enormously and i think she and her daughter remember the days before mandela. I was born just after the apartide system came into being in this country in 1949. I was born and it came in at 1948. And witnessed the whole thing and the terrible people in this country. The poverty, the lack of dignity. It was an insidious regime. So i say thank you, thank you, and thank you again for all youve done for our country. Youre tearing up. Yeah. Theres a steady flow of people of every race and creed, old and young who come. Bringing personal notes and small gifts of gratitude. While the grounds remain quiet, the memorial outside grows ever deeper. The trail of melted candles, ever wider. At some point, all this will end. The streets will open again and life will return to normal. But not now. No one is quite ready to let go. Im brenda wood in south africa. Derek mcginty has been reporting all week long. On sunday, hell be covering Nelson Mandelas funeral. You can look for his special reports right here. Still ahead tonight, never forgetting the veterans at Arlington National cemetery. Tens and thous sandof wreaths being layed at graves. And looks like were in for a gold and blustery end to the weekend. Erica has the full forecast when we come back. Chevy year end event is a great time to buy an allnew silverado. This interior is incredible the nav is perfect for my long trips up north this time of year. How far up north . Akron. Akrons nice. Mm. [ male announcer ] chevys giving more this holiday season, chevys giving more during the calendar year end event. Trade up to the allnew 2014 silverado all star v6 for a total value of 5,250. See your local chevy dealer today. More than 100,000 wreaths were layed on Arlington National cemetery today. The wreaths were made in maine and shipped to maryland where they were loaded on to trucks and taken to arlington. Its part of a program by a nonprofit called wreaths across america. Expects to ship as many as 500,000 across the country and overseas. In the middle east this weekend, snow is actually falling and sticking in cairo for the first time in a century. They are calling the snowstorm, they had the strongest one since 1953. Blizzards had a widespread impact across the middle east affecting syria, jordan, thousands were left without power. Always watching, always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. Help me put it in perspective, the snow is rare, right . It is very rare. Very normal for us to get dodged by a winter storm here in the d. C. Metro. We kind of get scraped a little bit. A few snow flakes falling earlier in the day. We did get that accumulation up in hagerstown, winchester, and points north and west of that and now were going to see clearing skies as we head into sunday. However, there are more weather issues to talk about. Well get to that in just a second. Well start off with the michael and cam. 39 degrees, doesnt get much more miserable than that. Chilly rain with the dew point of 35. Winds are out of the north, northwest at 9 miles per hour. They are going to get stronger as we head through the Morning Hours tomorrow. And our weather headlines, the big issue tomorrow morning, especially before sunrise, will be black ice on some of our area roadways, especially north and west of the beltway where the temperature is going to get below freezing. Any untreated surfaces are going to see that black ice accumulate north and west of the beltway and especially because some of the salt that was on the roadways might have washed away with this heavier rain fall that we had in the evening hours. During t day on sunday, its breezy and chilly. More sunshine entering the picture. Its a long, dry stretch that were about to enter. However, temperatures are going to stay colder than average until the middle of the workweek. Right now, were already at the freezing mark in frederic and martinsburg. Winchester at 32. Its 29 in hagerstown where you had that snow. 34 in gaithersburg. But still close to 40 degrees right now in Downtown Washington and not too far off in andrews. You can see that big sprawling area of High Pressure keeping things dry through the midwest, through the rocky mountains. Thats going to shove its way toward us. And as that area of High Pressure tries to push out the storm system, thats when well see that pressure grade i gradient tighten. But you can see that the rain and the snow have pushed off to the north. Now we are left with cloud cover. Even some of that cloud cover is going to clear during the overnight hours. So expect these last lingering rain and snow showers to move out, basically youre done in the beltway, but points north and east still have a little bit of rain holding on. It will turn breezy overnight. 25 to 33 with winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. On sunday morning, 20s and 30s for your temperatures. Partly cloudy and breezy, at least its dry. Northwest winds at 10 to 15. In the afternoon, those winds pick up, mostly sunny skies, a high of 40 to 45. Doesnt sound terrible, but when you factor in the winds out of the northwest and gusting higher than that, its not going to be a pleasant day to be outside. Were in green alert mode because we dont have any real issues with the weather. Its going to be downright cold on monday. A High Temperature of 34. Barely getting above freezing on monday. Tuesday, a little milder with a high of 40 and partly cloudy skies. First alert sevenday forecast. Finally getting milder on thursday. Look at this long, dry stretch until the rain arrives again on saturday. Highs returning to the 50s on friday. Looking forward to that. 50. Keep the sandals out. Tell me army put up a battle. It seemed like it at first. Not like they did last year. It was a cold and windy and snowy day. Nobody seemed to care. The annual tradition army versus navy. Got a complete wrap up in spor now, game on with kristen berset. Live from the wusa9 cadillac sports desk. Its the time honor tradition that gets a fall saturday all to itself. This afternoon was the 114th annual army, Navy Football game. All the pomp and circumstance never disappoints. Dominated with 11 straight wins and today, they all had to deal with that snowy, rainy conditions up in philadelphia. Second possession, Army Quarterback getting his first start, gets cracked by brendan clemens, loses the football and recover. Very next play, Quinton Singleton on the quick opener. The fullback with 58 yards to the army four yard line. But navy would only be able to settle for a field goal. 100 right before the half. Navy in the 2 minute drill. Ties the ncaa record for most rushing tds by a qb in the season. And then reynolds does it again, thats number 28, so thats a new single season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Navy wins their 12th in a row in a big way. Our dave owens was there. He has more from philadelphia. Well, the Naval Academy takes pride in being able to overcome any obstacles. They had to overcome a driving snowstorm that turned into a driving sleet storm. For the 12th consecutive time, navy outlasts army. Its hard work. Always working hard, the Coaching Staff is the Strength Conditioning coaches, we work hard, we come out here and we grind and keep putting our foot to the pedal. Very proud of our seniors. Corey peterson and matt and all of our seniors, the quarterback, our guys. We are going to be able to accomplish our goals, got the commander in chief trophy back. Made it to a bowl game and now well have one left on our list and thats to win the bowl game. You know, for these seniors to go out like this, you know, i dont think it would be any sweeter to finish up your career beating army. What a day. He scored his 28th rushing touchdown on the season. Thats an ncaa record for quarterbacks. But, typical navy fashion, he says we cant get caught up on this game. Got to get ready for the bowl game. We shall see. Navy goes to the Armed Forces Bowl to take on middle tennessee state. In a run away victory, Florida State quarterback is your 2013 Heisman Trophy winner. He is also the youngest ever player to win the award. Had 668 first place votes and alabama qb. 79 first place votes. Northern illinois qb came in third and manzel finished fifth. Now to the hardwood. Reaching 500 early last week was a big deal for the Washington Wizards because it was the First Time Since 2009 that they have been able do that. However, its been more difficult for them to stay on the positive side. Since then, they dropped three in a row heading into tonights game. Blake griffin had 16 points. He gets the followup slam. The clippers never trailed today. It wasnt for lack of effort. John wall with another decent game leading the wizards with 24 points, 12 assists, nice play by wall, but no stopping chris paul. He put up a game high 38 points, washington drops their fourth straight, 11397 the final. Down a level, maryland hosting florida atlantic. Terps off to a 14 point lead, but those owls just wouldnt go away. Terps up 4 with five minutes to go. Owls on an 80 run until jake puts a stop to it. He was on fire and provided the dagger. A minute to go. 22 points for lehman. Oh, what a week its been for the Washington Redskins. After an embarrassing loss to kansas city sunday, dropping them 310. Rumors of Mike Shanahan getting fired proved false, but of course the big announcement was the benching of Robert Griffin iii. He wont even be active. So of course, starting tomorrow, all eyes will be on kirk cousins who will be starting under center. We saw him throughout the preseason, looked pretty good, but came in cold at the end of last weeks game and struggled as well. Despite the pressure. Cousins is looking forward to the opportunity. I think it is a great opportunity to show what im capable of. Football is a team game and im only as good as the guys around me. I know these guys are going to give everything they have to help me and im going to do the same for them. This is about the Washington Redskins and doing the best i can this sunday to get a win against the falcons. Centerville versus oscar smith in the final. Lets call this the aj turner show. He takes the handoff in the back field. 52 yards to the house for a. J. Turner. Later, all wildcats and more turner. This score from three yards out. Centerville is your virginia 6a champion. They win big, 356. Briarwood would not be as lucky in the 5a state final. Game tied just under 5 to go. Check out that cutback. What a ridiculous cutback by earl hughes takes it to the house to give the sky hawks their first and only lead of the game. Wins the virginia 5a state title 3528. Congratulations to them. And well see what happens tomorrow with the redskins. Who was checking chris paul tonight . 38 points . 38 points and 12 assists. Hit that shot from a mile. Tomorrow looks like its going to be windy and chilly, but at least it will be dry. Have a good night, everybody. Well see you back here tomorrow. 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