[ male announcer ] choose taste. Choose prego. A blizzard from new york to boston, a monster storms hammers the midwest. And here in the d. C. Area wicked cold as the snow continues to fall. The first snowfall of the year makes its mark in virginia covering roads and already causing delays and cancellations for tomorrow. What comes down must be cleaned off. Im Debra Alfarone in germantown with a look at the cleanup ahead. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. More than 100 Million People in 22 states tonight dealing with snow and some bone chilling temperatures. Including all of us. The snow started falling this afternoon. Its now tapering off in most areas. Schools are cancelling classes for tomorrow. You can see them on the bottom of your screen. There are crews throughout the area. First lets get right to meteorologist topper shutt. What can we expect overnight . Heres the problem, like a flash freeze overnight. Whats fallen is not going away soon. Lets talk about the advisories. The district is still under a Winter Weather advisory, the immediate metro area is, as long as Fairfax County and Montgomery County and across into Prince Georges County, howard county. So primarily because the snow will taper off there last, well see it taper off west to east as we go through tonight. Hagerstown, winchester, folks to the west are cleared now of the Winter Weather advisories. Snowfall totals, pretty impressive. Damascus had 4 1 2 inches, North Potomac had 3, centreville 2 1 2, percyville 5 inches and fairfax 1. 5 inches. Heres a look at radar. You can see the back edge of the precipitation pushing through central Montgomery County. In fact, its already through Loudoun County, no more snow for you tonight. It will take a while to end east of town like Prince Georges County, anne arundel and points off to the east. This is the latest image, the last bit of snow. Its snowing hard now in la plata into Southern Maryland. Temperatures, were below freezing in many spots. Were not going to go up at all tomorrow. In fact, temperatures will fall throughout the day friday. Well be talking about some low wind chills. Whats on the ground, thats going to stay on the ground for some time to come. We will come back, talk about low wind chills and another problem after this we have to deal with tomorrow and also some of the coldest air of the season on the horizon. The snow might not have piled up that much, but School Closings and delays tomorrow sure did. Some of the big ones in our area, Loudoun County public schools, Administrative Offices open on time. Tomorrow was already a vacation day for kids in fairfax, but the School Age Child care program will be closed and all other activities are canceled. Fauquier, stafford, Prince William county schools all closed. The federal government is open. Weve got more closings and delays on the bottom of your screen. You can also find them on our website www. Wusa9. Com and the ipad app. Our reporters have been out all night checking conditions from maryland to virginia. Mola lenghi is live in leesburg where school is shut down already for tomorrow of the how bad is it out there . Reporter its not snowing anymore, but certainly more than a dusting in virginia and Loudoun County around leesburg. It snowed a good five, six hours blanketing the entire area, especially roads. The roads have started to clear up a little bit with plows coming through, more specifically the a man roads, back roads still a main roads, back roads still a little dicey, route 7, leesburg pike, Loudoun County parkway and main roads down Fairfax County, 66, 123, fairfax and western parkways,ing toll roads fared okay and look pretty good. You should still practice caution, but main road look relatively good. As usual its the smaller prose, some of the back roads, the side roads, ones running through residential areas that remain kind of dicey as plows continue to work around the area. We vanity seen or heard much in the way of major accidents havent seen or heard much in the way of major accidents. There have been plenty of people losing control of their cars. Plows have been working the streets all night really getting going when the sun went down. Thats when the snowfall picked up its pace down here. Roads will continue to be treated throughout the night in preparation for tomorrow morning. I expect to see bad driving, absolutely. It depends where theyve come from and what their experience is with snow, but its a mixed bag, just got to be cautious, look out for the other guy. Reporter by the looks of it over the last 30, 45 minutes the snow has stopped falling but not before giving us some solid snowpacking snow, quality snow out here in northern virginia. Im interested to see what Debra Alfarone in germantown got. Shes been cruising the roads all day. She went from bethesda to frederick. Now shes in germantown, curious to see what it looks like out there. Reporter its actually a lot nicer here than it was earlier. The snow has stopped. It is really cold, but right now were working, but its go time for all those private plow trucks that try to clear out these Shopping Centers like this huge one in germantown. Theres a lot of work to be done. They coop cutting through. A keep cutting through. A lot of people have a lot of work to do to get this ready for tomorrow. Maybe you have a little bit less of a job to do for your own driveway or maybe all you need is one of these. What comes down must be cleaned off. I got a little bit of it off. There you go. Youd think, but todays snowfall in parts of maryland was relentless. This is us heading to our story and this is us hours later. Whether you drove on side streets. It was victim rei. There was a School Bus Stuck in the slippery. There was a School Bus Stuck in the middle of the roads. It took me two hours to drive what should have taken 45 minutes of. Reporter what were the Road Conditions like . Horrible. Reporter visibility was in short supply. We talked to drivers in frederick where a few of these were visible. Thankfully snow trucks are out, so theyre doing their jobs, but its still pretty bad. Reporter while secondary roads and main highways still need cleaned off the job thought tonight is whats it going to be like tomorrow . Hopefully i can get to work tomorrow, but if not, i can work from home if needed. Reporter thats a good idea. Dont take any chances if you dont have to. These roads are pretty bad and again this parking lot, they have a lot of work to do. Right now its about 28 degrees here in germantown, but overnight its going to head down to the teens and thats going to make clearing up all this a lot tougher. Debra alfarone, wusa9. Of course, the roads and traffic could be a mess in the morning, but we can help. You can download the wusa9 app for free to get the latest traffic information in your own neighborhood. Were the only station in town with an interactive app this has realtime street level traffic. We are also starting our morning news early for you, so you can join us at 4 a. M. Of course, the snow we are getting is making a mess of things around here, but it is nothing compared to the storm thats bearing down on new york and boston. Look at times square tonight. The snow is starting to pile up and over the next few hours this noreaster will hit parts of the northeast with blizzard conditions. Some areas are expecting more than a foot of snow and that is enough to wipe some of the happy right out of the new year. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick ordered state employees to stay home and everybody else he says ought to do the same thing. It helps us help you if people stay off the roads as much as possible. Right now the mayor of new york city spending huisache night on the job just trying to keep the subways running and the streets and sidewalks clear. After the snow stops falling tomorrow much of the northeast will spend saturday in a deep freeze, wind chill temperatures way below 0. Meantime the midwest is preparing for its own version of that arctic blast and they could get hit with the coldest air mass in some 18 years. We are talking wind chills negative 40, 50 degrees next week. People in international falls, minnesota, can sympathize. It was 40 below there this morning. Just in case you cant really imagine how cold that might be, let me help. See that egg . They cracked it open. It right away started getting harder and harder and in less than five minutes that egg is frozen solid. The snow and freezing temps didnt stop these hard core soccer players from getting in a game. Youre looking at video we took earlier today. This is at long bridge park Near National airport. As you can see, players here not even fazed. Of course, wusa9 is the place to be as we monitor the weather and Road Conditions for you. Weve also got School Closings on the bottom of your screen. You can find them on our website www. Wusa9. Com and our ipad app. Join us first thing in the morning. Howard will be on the air starting at 4 00. A controversial mayor of toronto giving it another go if you can believe it. Passengers on board a ship stuck in the ice are finally free to go, those stories in your world in just 90 seconds. The helicopter to take us home the heli pad was a homemade effort staffed out in the snow near the stranded ship. The chopper tested the ice and when there were no cracks, it settled down to hold the first dozen passengers. A few hours later all 52 tourists and about Research Scientists had been airlifted to a nearby australian icebreaker. As detectives investigate two killings to start the new year of 2014, Prince Georges County is touting Violent Crime including homicide is down. This was a full lack of disregard and disrespect. We do sincerely care. A spokesman for the department of Veterans Affairs says the department is looking into allegations brought to light by wusa9 and a whistleblower and any problems will be corrected. This is the forefront. Prohibition has ended. This married couple rang in the new year by waiting outside the evergreen apothecary at 2 00 in the morning, six hours before Recreational Marijuana sales began in colorado. Some 800 people took a number at this store on day one alone. Ive been the best mayor this city has ever had. My record speaks for itself. Despite the scandal, the admission of drug use, the alleged ties to gang member rob ford is back on the ballot. If my blood sugar gets too high or too low, i could die. This is where ajs new best friend comes in. Hell be able to alert to ajs high and low blood sugars 20 to 40 minutes sooner than aj would even think to test. That extra time could mean stopping any potential problem. New tonight police say they caught up with that woman who attacked a pregnant lady with a tikki torch and stabbed a man in the same house. Katherine johnson, 46 years old and tonight shes in the d. C. Jail awaiting extradition to takoma park, maryland. Police say that woman took a cab to this home and when nobody answered the door, she pushed in a window unit air conditioner so she could get inside and once she was in there she hit a woman who is seven months pregnant. When a man tried to break up the fight, the woman stabbed him and ran off. He went into surgery and is doing fine. Police believe that suspect did know both of the people. Also new tonight a stun gun in disguise. This might look like a cell phone, but you take a really good look at this picture you might be able to tell us actually a stun gun made to appear as a cell phone. The tsa says a woman tried to carry it aboard a plane leaving bwi yesterday. An xray machine spotted it in her bag. That woman was cited for a weapons violation. It might be a new year, but not everyone is off to a good start. Russ ptacek hits the streets and heads to some local restaurants with some pretty nasty problems. Dinner plans for the weekend . Not without ch [ male announcer ] this holiday season, youre getting all the best devices, which means you need the best network to support them. And once youve got 100 fiber optic verizon fios, you get it americas fastest, most reliable internet. I was streaming videos, movies, music. Once i realized how fast it was, thats when i got it. [ male announcer ] this holiday season, get the most from your new devices and your money. Get the fios triple play for just 79. 99 a month online guaranteed for the first year, plus get a 300 Holiday Bonus with a 2 yearre agement. Technology that makes your new toys more entertaining. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities thats powerful. At 8009746006 tty v. Check it out. Its the first big snowfall of the year and its been coming down for hours. Thats a live look at georgetown. It sure is pretty. Not so much for the schools out there. Some have canceled classes and topper will have the latest on this and the huge storm hitting our neighbors coming our way in just a few minutes. That does look pretty. Where is the last place youd expect some unsanitary conditions . Heres an in for you. You cant say the name without using the word sanitary. But tonight it is also part of russ ptaceks restaurant alert. Reporter in germantown two closings in one. Inspectors closed food world indian market and its neighbor big daddys smoke house on wisteria drive, both for operating without hot water. During our visit the owner let us check the hot water serving both locations. Thats hot and you can see from the steam rising from that. Inspectors also cited food world for floors and walls in the refrigerator being visibly soiled with excess blood from raw meats. The owner said this fresh goat blood was from a recent delivery and hes instructed workers to clean everything thoroughly every day. In New Carrollton a complaint prompted inspectors to close nannys and olgas for operating without running water. A worker said the owner was not in and declined our request to check the water. In laurel unsanitary . Inside the Washington SuburbanSanitary Commission. Thats what inspectors said about its cafe on schweitzer lane. Inspectors called well bean cafe with a severe mice infestation and ordered mice damaged and contaminated food discarded. A november inspection at the wssc cafe also cited a mice infestation. The closure inspection was a followup and identified several mice droppings observed still on the lids of both food containers, on the floors in several rooms and mice damaged walls. In a statement Washington SuburbanSanitary Commission says, the well bean cafe is contracted by wssc to run our cafeteria and we certainly regret the circumstances that led to the closing and corrections have now been made. On bonifant street in Silver Spring inspectors closed thai derm citing live roaches, roach excrement, dead roaches throughout the kitchen walls and inside of their large white refrigerator and also cited them for having no one certified in food safety and Improper FoodHolding Temperatures like canned crab meat at 56 degrees instead of the required 41. A worker said the manager was not in and declined our request to check for improvements. In the district inspectors closed 7eleven on connecticut Avenue Northwest citing 10 Violations IncludingImproper Food temperatures, no hot water, no one certified in food safety. An employee said the manager wasnt in and our camera wasnt allowed in either. Were probably not making any friends, but we are keeping you better informed checking in restaurant we check out on four square. You can also follow me on facebook or twitter. All the restaurants we checked out have now passed reinspection and they are all now back to serving customers. Im Investigative Reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. This is a yellow alert day. Now heres wusa9 first alert weather. Snow is tapering off pretty fast, but its not going anywhere. Were looking at a deep freeze tonight and tomorrow, beautiful live shot in georgetown by the water. You can see the coating and about an inch fell in georgetown, about an inch and a half in northwest. It will taper off quickly west to east, already done in Loudoun County and Fairfax County as well. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, these are the soccer fields they were playing on a few hours ago, not anymore. They had about 2 inches there. These fields are just outside the pentagon. 34 degrees, light snow at national, winds out of the north at 12. Winds have not picked up yet, just wait. Theres the back edge of the precipitation essentially southeastern Montgomery County, the district and east of i95. You folks in Prince Georges County down into Southern Maryland where it changed over later youll get more snow tonight before it pulls out. Pretty good snow now between baltimore down 97 going toward 50 to the bay bridge and pretty good snows into Calvert County and st. Marys county. Youll probably pick up an inch before all is said and done. Other snowfall totals gaithersburg 3 inches, wheaton 2 inches, old town 1 1 2 inches, bluemont 4 inches and American University about 1 1 2 inches. So wind chills will headline friday, wind chills 0 to 15 all day. Temperatures fall all day, so slick spots will remain. Be careful walking to get the paper and mail. Wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. Overnight cloudy, windy, cold, snow ending, total 1 to 3 inches, more north and east of town, winds north, northwest 10 to 20 and gusty, morning early flurry possible, partly cloudy, windy, cold, temps in the 20s. They dont go anywhere. We have a wind advisory until noon, the entire metro area. Winds could gust 40 to 50 miles an hour especially west of us. Secure those loose objects. Bring in small chairs. Turn tables upside down. Peak winds tomorrow 7 a. M. To noon and in the immediate metro area we could gust to 40 miles an hour. Temps hold steady, 22 at 11 00, 23 at 1 00, wind continuing. A break saturday only 33, then more rain possible sunday, low 40s. Now that rain could end in snow on monday morning, temperatures in the upper 20s and look at this. You think its going to be cold tomorrow. In the teens on tuesday. That might be optimistic, back in the wednesday and light snow possible as we get into thursday. So whats there now aint going away for a while. So the coaching search continues over at redskins park. It does. Its still ongoing. Were getting constant information about who theyre talking to, not talking to. Weve got the latest news on the redskins search coming up. Plus the capitals go into overtime for the 16th time this season. Could they welcome in the new year and now my journey across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. Cheers. And seeing as its such a historic city, im sure theyll appreciate that geicos been saving people money for over 75 years. Oh. Dear, ive dropped my tea into the boston harbor. Huhh. I guess this partys over. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Now game on with kristen berset. The Washington Redskins are deep into their search for a new head coach. In a brief interview with the Washington Post today redskins general manager bruce allen said theyd like to get this done as quickly as possible but want to make sure they picked the right guy. He also said they have not met with former Pittsburgh Steelers coach bill cowher despite previous reports saying the two sides have talked twice before. Another candidate is ravens offensive coordinator jim caldwell, varying reports on him. Espn said the two met yesterday while the post said the interview is scheduled next week. Did i clear any of that up for you . Probably not. Heres a look at the candidates. The team interviewed seahawks defensive coordinator Darrell Bevell new years eve and have a meeting planned tomorrow with Shawn Mcdermott and have requested a meeting with giants defensive coordinator terry fuel. Linebacker Ryan Kerrigan will have arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee. Recovery is two to four weeks. The capitals hit the midway point of the season definitely keeping things interesting. Of the 41 games theyve played this year, 16 of them have gone to overtime or a shootout. The good thing after all that extra hockey, the capitals have come out on top the majority of the time. Tonight capitals host carolina in a metropolitan divisional showdown. Down 10 in the 2nd, Alex Ovechkin gets the capitals on the board, a dart into the net for his 31st goal of the season. Like many times weve seen, this one needed overtime. Ryan murphy threeonone finds jeff skinner in front of the net, capitals lose this 43. College hoops george mason trying to get back over. 500 hosting pennsylvania. Patriots would trail at the half, but after the break they finally wake up. Patrick holloway with one of his fourthrees on the night, 18 off the bench. Mason holds on against penn 80 77. Time to announce our High School Game of the week, Loudoun County at wood grove in girls hoops. Thank you all for voting. Well have highlights of this game tomorrow night. Finally receiving a scholarship to play at a division 1 school is a dream come true for some players of 1 mom of a new orleans star athlete is making headlines again for her shall we say displeasure with her sons choice of school. Two years ago april justin was visibly upset when her son Landon Collins chose to play for alabama instead of their homestate lsu tigers. See her there in pink. Well, today her other son gerald willis, iii, a top 50 recruit announced his college decision. I will take my talents to gainesville, florida. Your take on this decision, maam . It is what it is. Florida gators, thats where well be. Any easier this time . Yeah, but were still no. 1. Both not going to lsu. No more brothers, right . I think thats it. Thanks for watching, everybody. Have a good night