Hello, thanks for joining us. Many of us in the dc metro area woke up to a fresh dusting of snow but the heaviest snow fell in maryland. Even though several inches fell, most commuters had no problem getting rid of it. Reporter it is another snow day for many in the dc metro area. In this frigid weather, snow removal is not a fun chore. But it is not a big burden, either. It actually is so light, it just, you could almost use a broom. And i have like a scoop, like i just scooped it up. Last week the snowfall in Southern Maryland is more of a snowball making snow. And it is a little bit wetter and heavier, but todays snow is really light and fluffy. It doesnt compact well. But that makes it really easy to clean off the car. It also makes it easy to clear off the sidewalk. The snow removal crew at the Jefferson Memorial used a leaf blower on the sidewalks surrounding the area. And for other, the broom was enough to do the trick. Despite getting between 36 inches of snow, the roads in Southern Maryland were in pretty good shape this morning. And the roads are not really slippery or anything like that, and the snow is slow, but it is easy to drive. The frigid weather and frequent snowfalls this winter have kept the Service Center busy at the ford center in marlo heights. The batteries go dead because theyre old and they dont charge them and keep them running. Wiper blades. They freed on the window and break off. People wrecking. Wreaking havoc on another morning commute in the dc metro area. Im meteorologist era grow, wusa 9 news. The weather is wreaking havoc on School Calendars in Prince William county. Classes were again canceled today. We have more on how the School Officials could remedy the problem. Reporter school buses here in this woodbridge lot will remain parked for the day. All schools in Prince William county, they have been canceled. The School Spokesperson telling me the main concern, whether or not these buses could navigate some of the countys trouble spots, and snowpacked side streets. So far, the School System has exceeded its limit with eight know days. That mean eighdays. That means they need a few more hours to fulfill the required 990 instructional hours. The spokesperson telling me theyre about 5 1 2 hours short, and that means an extra day of school here in Prince William county, or longer school days. The school board and the administration will decide very shortly. In woodbridge, julia gonechal, wusa 9 news. We have it pretty good when you consider how the stomp caused Serious Problems down south. States of emergency have been issued in at least six attorney states. Traffic still at a standstill in some atlanta highways but the stork would not be stopped. A healthy baby girl was delivered in suburban atlanta when the parents got stuck in a traffic log jam. Some cars were stuck on snow covered roads yesterday. And two inches of snow turned interstates into parking lots as people tried to get home. We moved further south to get away from the snow. But it followed me down i guess. People are blocking the intersection. And getting out of their cars. And walking. And think about driving around in here . People down south dont know how to drive in it. Officials in the hardest hit areas such as georgia and alabama are telling people to stay home. So crews can keep clearing the roads. Communications from Howard CountyFirst Responders after saturdays deadly shooting at the mall in columbia were released just moments ago. Here is an excerpt after the First Responders responded on the scene. It looked like two victims in the food court. The shooter, 107. We have people holed up and starting to go from store to store. If you can get a group of people clearing from one enand working our way through from unend and working our way through. Unless we have a call of anyone different, this guy matches the description. We will start moving people from place to place. There were devices left behind by the gunman darion augilar, he shot and killed two people before turning the gun on himself. And maryland is the first stop for president obama after his state of the union address. Not everyone is on board with the president s push to raise the minimum wage, as Tara Mergener reports. Reporter president obama is taking his state of the Union Message on the road. The first stop, a cost co in suburban maryland. Hello, maryland. Reporter the president is praising the companys ceo for paying employees more than the minimum wage. He see has if he is doing right by cost cos workers, then they can buy that 80inch tv, too. Costcoemployees earn an average of 20. 89 an hour. Nearly three times the federal minimum wage. A lot of americans who dont work somewhere like costco. And their working for wages that dont go as far as they once did. The president used the state of the union speech to challenge congress to raise the minimum wage and said he is taking as on his own to raise wages for federal contract workers. Republicans say the president should be working with them. I think it is not very conciliatory to say, you know, my way ort highway. You either do what i want or i am going to do it anyway. The g. O. P. Is rejecting the president s call to raise the minimum wage. They say that will cost the country jobs. Tara mergener, for cbs news, capitol hill. A new york congressman unloads on a reporter when interviewed following last nights state of the union speech. The reporter asked republican michael grim about his Justice Department investigation into grims campaign finances. And the congressman cut the interview short, walked away, but then came back, and lit into the reporters hide. Why, why . It is a valid question. Well, apparently, grim has the training to make good on his threats. He is a former fbi agent. And a former marine. Who saw duty in the first and second gulf wars. The reporters network, new york one, is demanding an apology. Still to come, when the news continues, the storm has moved on but it has left our temperatures behind. Howard says more precipitation could be on the way. His forecast is about 10 minutes away. But first, the pope as super hero . Why not. He already has a cape and a lets face it. Todays drivers have pretty easy when it comes creature comforts, blind site Protection Systems and heated seats and heated steering wheels. There are the winter fighting perks with the automakers and we have more on the latest technology to battle the cold. Reporter the cold weather is on top of this mans mind as he searches for the perfect vehicle. Moving from new orleans to here, it is much colder and just to take some things into consideration with the weather and maybe like all wheel drive and heated seats of course. Many vehicle, like the Toyota Highlander offer features to help you deal with the frigid temperatures. Heats seats in the front and back. And climate zone control, and the back can set their own warm temperature in the polar vortex. It is as an all wheel drive. And it kicks into all wheel drive when it feels a slip. Subaru forester has an all weather package. The front windshield wiber deicer as you can see right here and it makes it nice and convenient on the icy days like we have had here in washington for the last week. And along with that, you also get the side more deicer as well. In the end, it is about finding the right vehicle for you. Function is number one. But if you want something a little sporty, too. Danielle gill, wusa 9 news. And it is the last weekend to check out the hot wheels. The auto show runs lieu this sunday at the Washington Convention center. Through this sunday at the Washington Convention center. And the storm has moved out but freezing cold temperatures still hanging around. Howard, any word on when we can feel a warmup . We may not feel it until the end of the week but definitely coming. Right now, i want to be inside. Not outside. Look at the temperatures as we go to break. Most of them are in the teens. In fact the low to mid teens here from damascus and germantown and 19 in springfield and we have now cracked the 230degree mark in dc. 20 degrees mark in dc. Coming up from the sevenday forecast, the snow totals from last night and the a giant mural of the pope painted like a religious version of superman has appeared on a wall near the vatican. As alfonso van marsh reports, to many it symbolizes the popes never ending battle to eliminate corruption and bring the church together. Reporter just a few streets from where pope francis greets the faithful at the vatican, one artist shows him as the caped crusader. Italians are calling him the super pope. This man says theyre depicting him as a hero. It is beautiful. Pope francis is likened to superman with his cape fluttering and his rosary swinging around his neck. The pontiffs right arm leads the way. His head clinched in classic superman style. The artwork shows the pope holding a briefcase emboldened with the words that are spanish for values. And his love of soccer, a red and blue scarf, in the colors of his favorite team, it hangs from the case. The vatican seems to approve and tweeted a pic of the artwork that was signed 2014. And back at saint peters crowds cheered the real life pope who lent his finger to a bird called amore. And after the green bird back, it repeated the crowds chants of pa past alfonso van mar papa. Alfonso van marsh, cbs news. And one of the most reverent comedians in washington politics and now he has my righting wrong my political journey in black and white. Thanks for joining us. Thank you for having me. How long have you been working on the book . My whole life. This is a culmination of some of the best columns of the past 10 years. It is a work in progress. All along. And people kept asking me, where they can get a compilation of my columns, so someone suggested that a book is in order and there you have it. There is the title, and were not talking about the political right, but it is a little different. And a compilation of the blogs. One of them i referred in the e mail was titled president obama has destroyed our values. And specifically, you say he has done more to destroy the social and moral values in our country than any other person. What do you mean by that and why can, how can someone else destroy our moral values . Because the president is the leader of our nation. And every word he utters has an important value associated with it. So to have a sitting president saying he supports legalizing drugs, but im telling my kids motto use it, it is a dumb move, but my kids use it, it is kind of your conflict, you are sending out conflicting messages and how can you support legalizing drugs but you dont want your kids or other kids to use drugs. And sfnt isnt it just medical marijuana. , no you look at colorado and the state of washington and california, their drugs are medicinal purposes and recreational use. You can get up to an ounce for recreation. It has nothing to do with medical use. And thats what most people are not focusing on. And talk about the president s state of the union address. Your reaction to that last night. I was stunned at one thing he said that doesnt seem to be getting a lot of attention today. He said the economy is not doing so well. It is getting better. And im like this, is your economy, mr. President. So youre indicting your own administration, during the state of the union address. I have never seen a president do that before. He offered no solutions to the anemic economy other than raising the minimum wage for a narrow set of people, Government Contractors in certain industries. You have not been shy as well. You take on the democrats for certain, but not shy on taking on your own republican party. What do they have to do to turn around the image that they have in the public and make significant inroads coming up for the midterm elections . I separate it in two trucks. The rnc, the Republican National committee, chaired, he is doing a great job. He has blacks on staff. He is hiring blacks in the field. Full time. With benefits. Throughout all of the states. Where we have significant black populations. And putting them in the field. Ahead of time. Before the elections get here. The problem in my view is on the congressional side where we need more congressional folks to step up and do what the chair is doing. Finally we have to go, and where can we buy the book. My web site. Raynard jackson. Com. And thanks for being with us. And lets go to howard with an update on the forecast and hopefully a warmup down the road. Definitely a warmup. Much warmer here by saturday. But last night, the snow is close to what we were thinking here. And there is never going to be a perfect snow forecast but we did get that trace all the way up into carol and Frederick County and factored around winchester, and just and you an inch at Reagan National and some areas in dc, an inch, inch and a half to annandale and it was Southern Maryland, especially st. Marys county and the lower Eastern Shore where we saw sixinch plus total, again, one to three south and east and less than an inch north and west and three inches toward fort tobacco and st. Marys county. Southern st. Marys. They got it big. 6. 8. Thats on the Northern Neck and across the river. 6 1 2. And i saw bredden bay, 5. 3. It is still snowing. There annandale, an inch and a half. Were looking cold this affect. Nice and sunny but cold. A slow climb up to 24. Maybe 25. And those winds, they are going to keep wind chills in the Single Digits and teens. Satellite and radar, it shows the snow from last night. Still a couple of clouds hanging out well to the southeast. But we have cleared out nicely this midday. And still very cold. The temperatures 22 now in cumberland but 3 above in the mountains. And oakland, it is 22 in fredericksburg and 16 in gaithersburg. And the fresh snow is on the ground and the wind chill, 6 above in eastham. And one below in hagerstown and 9 in dc. Needless to say, a very cold but bright looking day. It is 20 on the weather camera. Winds out of the west northwest at 10. Gusting not at 20 to 25 like they had been. The humidity is very dry. Humidifiers are a must and hand lotion as well. The whole pattern is about to change. Notice what is happening in the pacific northwest. And an onshore flow in the jet stream and cut out the arctic air and bring in the pacific air as opposed to the arctic air in the country. And the arctic air in place will be dislodged and all of this pink, we have mitching going on across parts of mixing going on across parts of gulf coast and the carolina coast and we will say goodbye to that as the temperatures moderate over the next few days and there is nothing significant weatherwise, until perhaps later in the weekend and early next week. And 24 this afternoon. And breezy and cold. And 16 tonight. The winds die down and Single Digits north and west once again. Friday, no the as cold. And then in the 40s coming up. Low to mid40s. And saturday, i am going to keep dry. It will be north and west of us still on saturday. So 50. A mild day. And with a chance of showers for super bowl sunday. 45. And then cooling down and unsettled early next week. Right now it lookses like we could be on the wet side of things. 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Seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if youre 75 or older, have a bleeding condition or stomach ulcer, take aspirin, nsaids, or blood thinners. Or if you have kidney problems, especially if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctors about all medicines you take. Pradaxa side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. If you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem. Ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. Hello im bill loveless. Make sure to tuned into Platts Energy week as we bring you the news makers and leadthe permits can you really fix a delicious dish that is under 50 calories . This man from monza in Oldtown Manassas virginia, is here to say yes and he has the proof. Thank you very much. You are known for your pizzas but youre making tacos . Fish taco, yes. We wanted to make a great under 500calorie meal. And the key to that is have fresh ingredients and this is a high quality sea bass fish and we preseasonned it with a special blend. And cut it into little squares. And this pretty much is where youre searing for 20 seconds on each side. A quick sear. Olive oil. Were using an avocado Olive Oil Good for frying. So we have the fish going here. You want to start assembling something . We will warm up the taco shells. We double them up. And you might have to fudge a little bit for tv. Yes. And when theyre warmed up and this is all ready, what are we going to put in as our ingredients . We have a little slaw and white cabbage and green onion and cilantro. Healthy. Veggies. Making it good. And fresh avocado slice. Good fat. And a nice Pico De Gallo salsa. And the key to the recipe is by using the fresh ingredients, for your flavor, you dont have to add any unnecessary calories. Thats good. And one thing you do, have you have more than 100 craft beers in your establishment. What are some of the beers you brought . And we have 30 seconds for to you talk about it. We specialize, we have rogue and dog fish and we fill up our own growlers specializing mostly in virginia beers. A couple of local breweries in manassas. What is your favorite and which one do people come and like the most . Devils back road. It is from southern virginia. It is very up and coming beer. And the people just love the taste of it. All right. Now were assembling. So we have a little piece of the bass on. And putting some of the slaw on there. And adding the avocado. And whatever youre expecting a big turnout on sunday . Yes, we are. Here it is. Under 500 calories. A great dish, miguel, thank you for being here. And the next news is at 5 00. Were always on at wusatv9. Com. Howard and i will see you tomorrow morning starting bright and early [ pots clang ] avery well, you never were very handy in a kitchen. Good thing you have me around, huh . Dylan yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Avery did you, uh, make our reservation . For dinner tonight. Dylan [ sighs ] no, im sorry. Ill ill do that right now. Im sorry. Avery hey, hey, whats wrong . When i left here earlier, you were all smiles. Dylan ian ward is here. In genoa city. Avery you saw him . Dylan no. He visited nikki. I promised to keep ian ward away