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We have to deal with the season. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us and im andrea roane. When will the snow start and how much are we talking about . Meteorologist Howard Bernstein is tracking it all. It might not start until 8 00 or 9 00 tonight with snow showers and steadier stop overnight. Only talking an inch or two maybe more south of town. We have these counties and purple under Winter Weather advisories. Storm watch is down south where it might be heavier. Weather service believes we can get to the five express old and determine whether or not they upgraded to a warning or keep it at in the visor he like everybody else. The system coming out of the midwest through the ohio and Tennessee Valley and the blue is snow, rain and yellow and oranges rain. Some on the heavy side. Low pressure tracking to the east, southeast so heaviest form of precipitation to the south. Futurecast this evening 6 00 still good shape but a across the region. Temperatures in the mid30s so initially a little rain mixing in and a lot of wet roads. Temperatures in many areas tonight staying above freezing or close to it with road crews out if it doesnt snow heavily there will be more wet roads than icy roads. Watch out tomorrow morning for isolated cold spots south and east because south by Northern Neck it will be the highest accumulation. All have the commune the accumulation coming up and although its wintry tonight i have springtime in the seven day forecast. See you then. You can track the latest round of Winter Weather i just downloading the free wusa9 app and click on weather. Get the most up to date forecast and live interactive radar. The antitrump movement in the Republican Party has a new standardbearer today. Mitt romney the last gop nomine donald trump. In a speech on the state of the Republican Party he called the frontrunner of phony and fraud. Craig boswell has more. Reporter mitt romney is delivering a speech in utah today with one goal in mind. Stopping donald trump from winning the republican president ial nomination. In prepared remarks he called him of phony and fraud saying his promises at art as worthless as a degree from Trump University and playing the American Public for suckers and gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy have. Trump responded saying why did mitt romney beg me for my endorsement four years ago . He is tough, hes smart, hes sharp. Reporter he says he regrets his 2012 endorsement of him. He ran one of the worst campaigns that shouldve been won by the republicans. He was a catastrophe. Reporter trump that it experiences extreme rhetoric has struck a chord with white nationalists. The National Policy institute is holding a conference at the Ronald Reagan building to discuss trumps candidacy and the website said their organization is dedicated to the heritage identity and future of people with european dissent in the united states. Trump and his campaign have no leave the driving to us. Some Montgomery County officials believe adding more county buses is the solution for congestion. A plan to add a new bus system called the Bus Rapid Transit Program is gaining steam. The program was introduced a few years ago but funding set to expire. Now ike leggett says hes asking for the money to make it happen. The buses will cover 80 miles an focus on the Rockville Pike and route 29 corridors and the buses are different from metro buses because they have priority at Traffic Signals and carry 65 to 100 passengers something that commuters are pleased with. I would like to see bigger buses especially the one going to montgomery college. Everyone is standing up. There is nowhere to sit. Bus riders are happy with the possibility but drivers are more skeptical. More big slow buses on the road would people dont like buses. But ike leggett said the program was forward the first phase could be up within four years. One of the districts highly traveled bridges at risk of being shut down for good. The arlington Memorial Bridge needs to be fully reconstructed. Temporary fixes wont do and mikea turner says the National Park Service Needs 250 million but the funding has been tough to find. Reporter it may not look like it on the outside but the Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River is in bad shape and repairs have been made over the years but the National Park service says it needs more funding to give the bridge a permanent makeover. If they cant get it this bridge may be shut down to traffic in five years. Thats no music to anyones ears whether you live in the dc area or not. We need to get from dc to rosslyn. Reporter he will have to figure an alternative route his way to work because the 84 yearold arlington Memorial Bridge ever shuts down. It would be devastating to lose that. Reporter he enjoys it but says it would change if he has to reroute. It will affect my bike commute. That means ill get more miles in. Reporter those behind the wheel also. It will create congestion. Reporter more than drivers already have to deal with. The National Park service says the bridges growing weak and has been that way a while. Since 2010 10 million in repairs have been made and another temporary fix at the cost of 5 million on the way which is a move that will keep it open another five years but thats it. Full reconstruction is needed at the cost of 250 million. I think its worth the 250 million to restore the bridge. Reporter they said the steel that supports the bridges rusting in the concrete decking is down to gravel. Those are just two of several problems that could be solved with more funding. Reporting from the district mikea turner wusa9. The National Park service has 11. 9 billion in deferred maintenance projects across the country and 50 of the costs are related to transportation infrastrreuctu its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They cedrash our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challengures oil famies face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. I do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends say i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. Were out of 2 i wonder what else could be better around here . I heard that. Switching to Better Internet is now easier than ever. Only fios has the Fastest Internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. Get 100 meg upload and download speeds plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. Switch to better. Switch to fios. And Alabama Police officer facing a murder charge. 23yearold aaron smith accused of fatally shooting a black man and a family lawyer said he was walking home shot outside a neighbors house. Authorities say smith shot 58 yearold greg gunn after thinking the man was suspicious. Trying to decide if one of the Police Officers charge in the freddie gray case can be forced to testify against fellow officers. The outcome could make or break the prosecutions case is. Officer William Porter said the promise of immunity in exchange for the testimony would be worthless if the case is taken up in federal court. The situation is complicated because there was a hung jury in his trial and hes facing a retrial. The cases against the other officers in the freddie gray case on hold until the Maryland Court of special appeals decide what to do. A new exhibit that coincides with a highprofile Supreme Court case runs through tomorrow on the mall. Its called no access no choice. The exhibit provides interactive experiences for visitors to learn where reproductive freedom stands for women. You can see it at the museum of Reproductive Health care at fourth and madison streets northwest. The National Womens Advocacy Group ultraviolet and organize the show when it coincides with a legal challenge to a texas bill that would severely restrict a womans right to abortion access. Its official. Quarterback kirk cousins wheres the redskins nonexclusive franchise tag and youd have a big smile to a few signed a contract worth nearly 20 million. The team tweeted out this picture of him signing the dotted line. Heres how it works. Other teams can negotiate with them but they have to give up 2 first round picks up the redskins decide not to match a signed offer. So hopefully the last Winter Weather advisory for the season and howard up next with a full forecast. Taste of Winter Weather tonight and sn many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. A microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. For a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda.  more proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. A new program allowing kids to talk to other kids about the dangers of drug abuse. They challenge students to make videos about the negative effects of drug abuse and organizers hope positive peer pressure will help send the message. Cigarettes and if you dont use them correctly regular medicines can hurt you. Drugs are probably one of the worst choices you can make in life and like a car, one wrong turn can wreck your life. 100 students participated and you can find the clever psa videos on our wusa9 mobile app. Tell your story. Thats a plea from Michelle Obama two Women Veterans. She urged them to tell their stories two daughters granddaughters and the rest of us. Jill biden was attending the National History month reception in washington and the first lady says Women Veterans taste challenges because of outdated assumptions and stereotypes which question whether a woman can serve her country as well as the man. They should never have to worry about whether their service will be valued equally. And just like every veteran who has served this country they should be getting every single one of the benefits they have earned. There are roughly 3,000,000 Women Veterans in america today. This woman challenged our assumptions about old age. Remember virginia, the 106year old woman who dance with the obamas in the oval office . Her famous meet and greet went viral and now a fundraising page for people who want to give back to her. Resources to live comfortably and continue her active role in the community. Youll find it on you caring. Com. Continuing our salute of women all ages girls across japan being honored today at the annual girls day festival. It honors young girls and praise for the health and happiness. Japan airlines flew up playing service entirely by womens to mark the day. And maintenance women who were all women welcomed the passengers at the boarding gate. Lets give a shout out to scott kelly who is back on american soil. He landed in houston overnight after returning to earth tuesday and spent a record 340 days in space. Don champion reports that doctors are checking him to see what impact his longduration Space Mission had on his health. Reporter family and friends cheered as astronaut scott kelly stepped off a plane in houston overnigh texas. Reporter he returned to earth tuesday after spending a record 340 days in space for nasa. During his time in orbit he carried out experiments on the affects of longduration trips in space. His work is paving the way for an eventual mission to mars. This mission is the latest achievement in our country Space Program but not the last. There will be more and its in our dna of our country to explore and we must never stop. Reporter nasa wants to put astronauts on the red planet in the 2030s and over the next weeks and months doctors will examine kelly to see what kind of impact the mission had on his health and analyze changes to his state genetic structure by comparing him to his identical twin brother mark also a former astronaut. You are an inspiration to all of us. Reporter he was greeted by jill bidth the u. S. Don champion cbs news. Nasa says the trip to mars would be a 2 1 2 year expedition for astronauts. And scott kelly said if he could have stayed up longer he would have. He would have stayed another europe it was a mission of mars it would have been doable. You can see more of the beautiful photographs. Im sure hes waiting to take a hot shower. Preparing for what we hope will be the last vestige of winter. A little bit of snow tonight. For most of us the roads will be mainly wet and starting with accumulation. Talking 1 to 2 inches in some areas in white will not make 1 inch. It will be sporadic. Best chance for 2 to 4 inches is southern st. Marys south of cambridge and through the Northern Neck. Couldnt creep up to Northern State marys . Doesnt look to be a big deal. Mainra wont discount that. Im putting a question mark your because i think i might have to lower this from case to an inch category. Well wait for the data this afternoon and will have an update tonight starting at 5 00 tonight. Nice clear sunrise and clouds taking over. We will struggle to get to 43 degrees in this evening snow showers at 9 00 and steadier snow overnight. Temperatures struggle under the cloud cover. 41 the warm spot and 42 tappahannock. 38 meadville. 38 dc. 36 frederick still. They are advertising 51 but we wont be close to that today. Winds, and High Pressure and air dry with relative humidity 43 . This is the storm system and you see a couple spins, one down here and main low back toward st. Louis with moderate kentucky going towards ohio. All moving in our direction and High Pressure giving us late winds and arriving after dark tonight with clouds thickening up. Futurecast through the afternoon chose clouds getting thicker and snow by 5 00 over charlottesville and towards harrisburg. With systems like this it can get in a little earlier but by 8 00 or 9 00 should have snow or snow showers at least developing across the region. The snow overnight, notice the futurecast keeps a whole west of blue ridge so this is why i think the snow totals might not make a wit an inch. We have light to moderate snow in maryland and Northern Neck. This is close to the area of low pressure through north carolina. Heading into friday morning snow in Southern Maryland and maybe dc but the brunt of the storm well south and east of us. Were on the edge he pulls away and we break into partly sunny conditions and maybe a stray shower behind it. Highs tomorrow in the lower 40s. A few slick spots early in the day but everything will melt or be wet by midto late morning. Should have few problems in the afternoon except for gusty winds in the north that could be over 30 miles an hour. An inch or two maybe a little more south but the temps show it wont last long. 43 degrees and the ground still relatively warm. Crews have been pretreating and a lot of wet roads. Tonight steadier snow into early friday and yellow weather alert for wet roads with isolated slick spots. 42 tomorrow and then we turn the corner. 47 saturday. Sunday 51 and monday 60. Look at tuesday and wednesday. Spring is coming back upper 60s and low 70s. I want to give you a reminder tomorrow we start wusa9 news early at 4 00 a. M. Instead of 4 25 to give you the latest on the Winter Weather threat. Back with more in just a moment. Tonight on wusa9 news at 5 00 new details on the Prince Georges County School Bus Driver charged in a teen prostitution bust. Trial ramping up for a day care worker toddlers and changes coming to target stores. Adam moore tonight at 5 00. And will have an update on tonights Winter Weather possibility and an update starting at 4 am friday morning with an early edition. Until then enjoy your thursday andha i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. Until then enjoy your thursday andha my friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. But i thought it would be too expensive. Whos that, jenny . No kate. Turns out they have a deal that cost me even less than my slow service. And its 100 megs. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. Were out of 2 then i thought, maybe other things could be better. I heard that. Switching to Better Internet is now easier than ever. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available. 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Now im all yours. How you holding up with all the press . Abby uh, im not worried about them at the moment. Phyllis okay, e