Book direct at hilton. Com for the lowest price anywhere online. Delta is proud to be the official Airline Partner of the grammy awards. Dea, keep climbing. A yellow weather alert in effect as sleet and freezing rain are making those streets slick. A live look here in arlington where virginia officials are describing Road Conditions across the state as, quote, treacherous. Glad youre with us tonight. Hope you enjoyed the show. Im adam longo. And im lesli foster. Lets get to meteorologist topper shutt and see what we can expect, top usually, it never quite scours out as quickly. Heres a look at the radar over the last hour. You can see eventually everybody in the metro area except Southern Maryland has freezing rain. Nothing crazy heavy but freezing rain across most of the metro area from fredericksburg to gaithersburg. 30 at national. Upper 20s at fredericksburg and gaithersburg. Leesburg, thats an encouraging sight. Manassas, light freezing rain pretty much across the board so we still have these winter storm warnings west of town and Winter Weather advisories most of the morning because of icing and slippery conditions. What about future cast. Were looking at temperatures above freezing as we get into the 1 302 00 morning hours, 33 downtown at 1 30 and by 6 00, everybody will be in the upper 30s to mid40s. Reminder, you can track this rain heading our way tomorrow morning on our app, the radar, and the sevenday forecast. Well come back and talk about thank you, topper. Flood this Winter Weather is causing problems. For a lot of people traveling this holiday weekend, whether theyre doing it by car or up in the air. Wusa 9s mola lenghi is live in arlington with a look at the conditions. Reporter theres still some slick spots on the sidewalks and roads tomorrow night but by tomorrow morning, things will be better. Today, the problem was up in the air for most people it was not good. Reporter they were just trying to get home but the weather didnt make it easy really, weve gone through a lot of delays and delays. Reporter one look at reagan airport board this evening, you get the idea. A few more delays and a few more cancellations up, it was like one, two, three, four, five we were thinking, are we ever going to get home . Basically. Every hour, we were getting pushed back and pushed back. Reporter alex jockins and her family were wrapping up a long weekend on a disney cruise, right . Well, until it got bad. We got stuck at the Orlando Airport for about nine hours. We did very little sitting, a lot of running and jumping and general creating havoc. Reporter fortunately, the ground tomorrow should treat them a lot better than the air did today. Any icy spots on area roadways are expected to be gone by your morning commute, and youre likely still going to see wet roads and pooling, so drive more carefully but ice should not be an issue. Again, ice should not be an issue tomorrow morning but if you happen to be on the roadways tonight or over the next few hours, you still want to be careful as there is still some icy spots on the roads and sidewalks. So in the next few hours, you certainly want to be careful out there. Live in arlington, im mola lenghi, wusa 9 thank you. And dont hit the road without checking in with wusa 9. Our wakeup Washington Team will be on the air an half hour earlier at 4 00 a. M. To help you navigate around any trouble spots last summer, police in Charles County started an investigation that in the case that gained national attention. Investigators say threeyear old gire lee died after his mother stood outside pushing him in a park swing for two days. His mother is charged with child abuse and is facing life behind bars. Her mother is trying to make sure her grandson isnt forgotten. Wusa 9s Allison Barber with the story. He was always so happy to go out and meet friends, do new things. He was never one to shy away. Im not going to allow him to go in vain. Its not easy. He was my everything. Reporter this is house bill 574, its a bill supporters say protects adults with Mental Illness and their children by ensuring someone in the middle of a Mental Health crisis can get help. Its only three pages but for simms, it represents so much more. Mental illness is a serious issue and we can no longer continue to keep it under the covers. We can no longer continue to keep it in darkness because people are losing their lives. Reporter police came to this park after someone reported seeing a woman and a toddler here for an abnormally long time. When they got here, they found her son in this swing. He was already gone. The medical examiner says the threeyearold died from dehydration and hypothermia i remember that day, how could i ever forget that . Thats when my world fell apart. Reporter Police Arrested the mother for child abuse, manslaughter and neglect. But simms says her daughter suffered from schizophrenia and months before her sons death, showed signs of Mental Illness we immediately started seeking help, reaching out to different people, different agencies, different organizations. Reporter for the most part, simms says they were turned down 2015, getting Mental Health treatment. Reporter she believes this type of legislation could prevent it from happening again if this was available, i feel it would have made a really big difference in his life, and also in my daughters life. Reporter and shes determined to spend every minute fighting for it are you going to stand and continue on . Are you going to fight or just lay down and wallow in your misery, you know . And im not one to do that. Reporter in laplata, im alison barber, wusa 9 the house will start discussing the proposal tomorrow afternoon. As for the mother, her trial could begin early as next week to Prince Georges County officers found a man suffering a gunshot in the 1900 block of rochell avearnue ound 7 00 tonight. The man later died at the hospital. No word yet on the victim or a suspect. Tonight, Hillary Clinton is already predicting president obama will replace justice anto Antonin Scalia. Meric garland, the chief judge on the d. C. District court or 48 year shri srinivasad also sitson that court and would become the first Indian American justice or 51yearold former public defender jane kelly, a harvard law classmate of the president. And while official washington wrestles with the political ramifications of Justice Scalias death, those closest to him are mourning the loss of a grandfather and friend tonight, we spoke to one of Justice Scalias closest friends. He joins us live with the story of the man he knew. Reporter Antonin Scalia and ron cass four decades ago when teaching law. They and their families have been Close Friends every since and he was in charge of planning his 80th Birthday Party set for next month. Now, he is planning his funeral. He was somebody that lived life at the gala, and it ended suddenly. In a way, thats fitting. In a way, it was what he would have wanted. There wasnt any long slowing down process. Harder for those left behind. Reporter ross cass knew Antonin Scalia better than almost anyone. To him, Justice Scalia was just nino, a very old friend we knew each other 39 years. Reporter their families vacationed with each other in new orleans and rome. They were close with one anothers children. With one of casss daughter his image was rough and gruff. He certainly had that character, but he also was very soft, very sweet, great with kids, wonderfully loving to his friends and his family. Reporter an only child himself, scalia had been blessed with a large family of his own, nine children and dozens of grandkids. He must have been so proud of them he was so proud of them but of course all the credit goes to his wife, maureen, who did all the hard work and i think it works that way in a number of families, but he was a great family guy. He was a wonderful, loving person. Reporter in some ways, the nino cass knew resembles the justice some knew on the bench, witty, gregarious and not afraid to give his opinion he was not shy about articulating his views and defending his opinions and saying why he was right and others were wrong. That was something he was very good at. Reporter some of scalias opinions earned critics from those on the left. He said he believed in himself, his god and the law. Reporting at the supreme court, garrett hake, wusa 9 all this week, in a series called faith in our town, were examining the role of religion in the lives of people throughout washington. Our Bruce Johnson joins us for a look at what goes inside one of the largest churches in our area the First Baptist church of glenn artin, maryland. A number of religious institutions in this country and the area are dying, First Baptist appears to be thriving, and it might just be because this megachurch goes beyond the spiritual needs of its members. Reporter its a sunday morning at the First Baptist church in maryland, and the faithful have come in droves to hear the popular pastor its practical application. How can i take the message of the scriptures and apply it to my life. Reporter an average of 11,000 people fill these pews on sunday. It is a megachurch that attempts to meet not only the spiritual needs of its members but the physical and social needs as well our church is comprised of a lot of people from all walks of life, poor, the struggling, the people who are very well off, professionals, college graduates, as well as people who dont even have a high school degree. Reporter First Baptist offers some 119 different ministries. They will baby sit for me. They will teach me some motherly skills. Reporter carolyn obryant, a federal worker joined the church 18 years ago as a single mom. She discovered women mentors and youth groups with church going men who were willing to fill the void left by the absentee father of joshue and jeremiah. Coming here, god has blessed me to have mentors in my life, helping me and my sons to be better, young teenage men about 10 years i smoked crack. Reporter jim thomas kicked a crack cocaine habit through the churchs turning Points Ministry and is working in the churchs Housekeeping Department like i said, i went from the crack house to christ house. Reporter the most ad educated africanamerican county in the u. S. At every level, people can be found trying to recover from the bad economy and maybe some poor money decisions. Enter the First BaptistProsperity Partners ministry and i was able to pay off 20,000 worth of my debt in my first year of Prosperity Partners. Reporter beth and nita adams were advised to share a home to cut expenses in half. Prosperity partners are put on a 21 days of no eating out, no shopping, no entertaining you cannot spend money and people cannot spend money on you when you come back sunday night, its because you want to be here. Reporter john jenkins took over First Baptist some 26 years ago. There were 400500 members, but he was a pastor with big ideas who needed a much bigger church. A megachurch requires big resources and you are thankful for him we are about developing peoples lives. Our church is transparent. We report to the church what weve done and they can see what were doing with the money. Reporter members of the First Baptist are expected to contribute 1 10th of gross income. We have 300 employees at this church. We have a school, day care, Community ServicesFirst Baptist teaches us that we should tithe. Reporter norman and Danielle Simms are active with the eagle scouts and so are their sons i believe tithing, the gross. That is the sacrifice and where blessings come from. I tell people dont be afraid of the size, because when you come to First Baptist church and when you get connected in relationships with the church, its really quick and its not as big anymore. I think First Baptist helps people live life. It helps them to win his life, be victorious, help them fulfill their dreams, help their make their marriages work, raise their kids, to help them just become what god wants them to become. Four members from First Baptist at glennarden were nominated for a grammy tonight in the gospel category. They didnt win. These were the first nominations from all of them in the very same church. They are setting the bar high for all sorts of religious institutions absolutely right. And tomorrow night at 11 00, how important is it for your spouse or partner to be of the same faith . We take a look at interfaith marriage and how some couples of different faiths are raising their children. Thats faith in our town tomorrow night at 11 00. Give me a memory on the way next, well see what has so many of you troubled on twitter tonight. What was up during the audio of you just watched it, musics biggest night. The biggest names in music taking the stage at this years grammy awards. Danielle nottingham has more from the red carpet in los angeles. Reporter or out of the woods from her album 1989. Kendrick lamar won best rap album and then confronted racial issues during his live performance. They both lost to edsheerans ballot thinking out loud. Adele went onto the grammy stage for the first time in four years. Chris stippleton took on the best album for traveler. This is something you never dream of. The show was heavy on emotion this year as the show paid tribute to several music legends who passed away recently. Looking like Ziggy Stardusts twin center, lady gaga wowed the crowd with a david bowie matter. Bonnie rait helped honor blues legend b. B. King. Taking it easy Jackson Brown and the remaining eagles remembered glenn frey. And in a first, the grammys got a taste of broadway, courtesy of a smash hit pop hit music hamilton. And meaghan trainer took home the award for the best new artist people on twitter became critics of the performance adele put on. Quite a surprise reaction tonight. Elliott said, cant tell if i should be crying because that adele performance is beautiful or awful. Janice tweeted great dress, adele, but the audio and amanda said i still love you adele. A cbs spokesperson confirmed a 58secondec outside their control. She was trying to recalibrate her voice and as always, adele is the constant professional. She can hit notes others wish they could hit she sounded better than bieber here we go here comes the haters not hating. Just saying. All right. It is a real battle out there taking longer than we thought. By morning, well be in the clear. Lets start with the 3 degree guarantee. The final numbers arent in yet. It could get to 31 or 32 before midnight. A high of 34, very close. Were sitting on 30 right now. You can always track us on the web by downloading our free app. Live look outside, the weather cam, sitting on 30. We have freezing rain reported really as far south as fredericksburg. This had me a wee bit worried. In the last hour, this is all in the form of freezing rain. Nothing crazy heavy but when you have light freezing rain, temps accumulate a little bit. Dont see any major problems but be careful walking to get the paper tomorrow or to your car. Allow some extra time if youre in places like hagerstown and frederick. I still feelab like 6 00 in th morning, everybody will be okay. If you leave before then, scrape your windshield. Yellow weather alert on tuesday, and heavy rain. And a lot of schools have delayed a little bit. So if youre around the bus stop between 9 0011 00, its going to be pouring to beat the band. Heavy rain ends around 1 00 a. M. , thats good news, and chilly and dry wednesday and thursday before our warmup over the weekend. We still have a flood watch in effect for the entire metro area right through tuesday. I would say an inch of rain is pretty much a good bet pretty much across the board, and with the snow and the ice, a little covering of ice, a little run off will occur. At the least, ponding on highways and roads. Take it easy. A little warm, upper 30s, the point is its above freezing. Watch what happens, watch this heavy rain develop from hagerstown to martinsburg. 9 00, heavy rain in gaithersburg and fairfax with temps in the 40s. This rolls right through 11 00 in the morning. A rumble of thunder is possible with this. But the good news is it rolls through fast and clears out by the afternoon. Day planner. Rain, rain, rain, ending. Temperature around 50 by 1 00 p. M. Behind the front, nothingcrazy. Maybe a sprinkle or flurry on wednesday, cooler, mid40s and chilly on thursday. Temperatures low 40s. But then look what happens. Friday, were in the low 50s, on the 50s on saturday, 60 on sunday, and still no rain, monday, back in the mid50s as well, so get through the next six or seven hours, well have something to look forward to. Thank you. We deserve it. The terps looking to bounce back . Saturday. Every time they tried to get back in wisconsin had an answer for them. Thursday, theyll have a chance to get back in the win column but the terps will have to do it find fantasy shows. When it comes to the things you love, you want more. Love romance . Get lost in every embrace. Into sports . 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Coach mark turgeon suspended diamond stone for thursdays game after being hit with a technical foul. He shoved his head into the court. Stone says he regrets his actions and did call brown to apologize. The terps return home sunday to face michigan at 1 00. Join us at 11 30 for a special pregame edition of gameon live from college park, right here on wusa 9 tony bennett and the virginia cavaliers dropped a spot to number 8 after losing to duke, looking to make things riagght ainst nc state. The wolf pack put up a good fight to start. They were all tied up at the half. In the second, a different story. The steal, takes it down court, misses the lay up and look at anthony gill for the putback dunk. The cavaliers go on a 132 run to start the second half. Overall, a big night for the fifthyear senior, a high of 22. Virginia with a 20point win over nc state. The Washington Capitals return home from a successful road trip winning 23. We get tonight a possible preview of the stanley cup finals. The capitals look to get back in the win column when they host the l. A. Kings at the verizon center. The first time these two post season contenders will face off this season. The caps still sit atop of the league in points and the kings of course looking to knock them down a few pegs. What you get is every teams best effort every night because they look at you and say theyre on top of the standings and they want to prove something to so you get every teams best effort every night and ultimately makes you a better hockey team finally, a Minor League Hockey team making a major league save. This is of the toledo walleye. Talk about sacrificing your body and the overhead look. Tries the little backhand. Pretty sweet, a little backhand stop, sacrificing his body on that one. Thats pretty good. We dont see that all the time. The kick save is a beauty phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. 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Its a tough battle. By 6 00 in the morning, everyone should be above freezing, and well have a flood watch. Between 7 00 a. M. And noon. Cooler wednesday and thursday. Nice, 50s on friday, saturday, 60 on sunday. This is for real . Im not just throwing this out there. And 54 on next monday. It will all be a distant memory at the end of the week thanks for watching tonight vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Sfx metal pouring. Oh sfx electric buzzing. Yeah hiya sfx engine fires. Sfx engine revs. Ooh, yeah woo woo ahh yeah music one more time sfx engine revs