Has the first a ray has the first alet forecast. All about the timing here and the timing has changed a little bit. Earlier on. So this could impact this evenings commute. And maybe not even so much tomorrow. So were going to have to see how much falls overnight but we have you covered here. It looks like the know is already falling but this is not reaching the ground. Because theres such ad air in place it evaporates. We have a lot of dry air to overcome before things stick on the ground and a lot of the roads are treated. Thats good news. Much of the hack tilt still back out of here Activity Still back to the west through West Virginia and charleston and around kentucky and they are getting good snow out there. I dont think were going to have too many problems but where are we going to see the most . Areas to the north and west. Once you get through upper Montgomery County and 270 all the way up through frederick, all could have 1, 2 inches of snow. The totals really havent changed much here, still expecting a trace up to for everybody else. We will see a couple of flurries flying arnold this afternoon. Right through 3 00 5 00. But after 7 00, thats going to be the time where you really want to start to pay attention. If youre not home already i hope you make plans to do so because were going to see the light snow showers start to overtake the area, coming up later ill go over the extended forecast so you can see how this is going to stick around but not the entire night. So well time it out for you. So what else could we be facing . Well, chi edwards is covering the storm from st. Louis with a look at how theyre coping there. Reporter snow started falling across the st. Louis area during the overnight hours and over on the illinois side here in collinsville, it is still coming down. With the snow starting to accumulate here on the ground. As far as the roads go, this is 55 and 70. The Illinois Department of transportation says main roads like these have been pretty clear throughout the morning time. And theyve plows out the big message has been to just drive carefully throughout the day because you never know when youre going to run into a slick spot especially on ramps, bridges and at intersections. Reporting from collinsville, kia edwards, back to you. Thank you. Meteorologist Howard Bernstein is in the see hi Storm Tracker 9. Howd . Hey, let me just tell you, i have little trouble hearing you and apoll jazz if you asked me a question. But really nice conditions right now no. Problems as we look out the front. Were passing rose month avenue and northbound u. S. 15. Driving up here we saw the lines the stripes on the road on 270. State highway has been out pretreating the roads and did that yesterday. And ive been talking to state highway and right now they are staging, theyre loading the salt trucks and stuff and what i understand is that at 1 00 p. M. There will be a stid state highway depots and after 1 00 the folks up here in frederick and district 7 will have their marching orders to see how many folks that theyre going to be keeping on staff tonight to deal with the event. State highway friend thomas cornson. He says compton. He says this should be an event thats in the going to not going to surprise anybody. He says tomorrow morning the roads will be chemically wet. If theyre going to be treated it will be temperature range with the snowfall that things should be on the wet side. Its going to be the untreated roads and as we take a look up at the clouds and allyson was talking about it, this is as my dad used to say, a snow sky up there. The sun earlier was dimly visible. I cant see it as the clouds are tickening up but theres snow up there just not reaching the ground because its all very, very dry. Tracking it all afternoon and all night in the see hee Storm Tracker 9. You can always join us anytime right in the palm of your hand with the please put it on your smart phone, its the smart thing to do. You probably saw them driving in and thats a good thing. Road crews, theyve been out treating the roads with salt and brine in some places. And for some, the process started days ago. Others spent the night doing it and mikea turner caught up with one salt truck driver to see how preparations have been going. Reporter no sleep overnight for vincent dyson. Thats because he and other crew members working for ddot contractor were out coating the roads with salt and the solution called liquid magnesium. Its actually very significant because it helps to keep the road temperature above 32 degrees and the salt goes on top of it. Kind helps the salt stay in place. Reporter dyson and his co workers are responsible for making sure most of the main roads that get people in and out of the district are safe. And the goal in surrounding areas like virginia is no different. With this operation, we are going to have a little over 1100 trucks. Ellen is a spokesperson for the Virginia Department of transportation. Counties in virginia started pretreating the roads with brine entases. On tuesday. We have probably 5,000 lane miles that we have to pretreat. Reporter the van dorn area head warders is just one of headquarters is just one of 18. In the last day or two already put down 20,000gallons of brine. When that snow starts to fall, theyll start laying down the salt and some sand to credit some traction. Create some traction. From alexandria, mikea turner, wusa9. With our first snow event on the way it could be a hassle for you getting out the door. Thats why youre turning to some unique snow hacks. Wusa9s evan koslof has few of them for us. Reporter you know the snow isen its way and we want to get you guys ready. So we have some snow hacks here and you might be surprised to see some of these ingredient, you can get them at the home and at office and cvs like we grabbed the items here. Some of them i swear by. Others we read about well see how well they let me show you how it works. Now you all know that youre supposed to put up the windshield wipers right . Well, if you put the sock on top of it here, that will make a big difference because that way, the frost will form around the sock and not the windshield wiper and make it a lot easier for you the next day. Lets talk about another one which is really wellknown. This is the old vinegar and water technique. What youre going to want to do is pour some vinegar in just like that. Then take some water and pour that in as well. And its supposed to be i was just sort of guessing there but supposed to be two to one. Two vinegar to water. And this will help to melt the ice which is on your windows. And so what youre going to want to do if you have like spray bottle thats the best way to do it. But the not you can just use a towel just like that. And use it just to wipe it down. All right so lets do one more here, for this one were going use the shaving jell. So inside the car here, is with defrosting your windshield right . So what you do and this is one i read about today. Were going see how well this actually works. Spray a little bit right there. Then you use it sort of wipe the windshield. Just like that. After a couple of minutes, you then wipe it off. And supposedly this has some defrosting the characteristics the ingredients. So we do have a couple more ingredients. Including the toothpaste and the nonstick cooking spray. It to see the details on all of the snow hacks, you can check out the Facebook Page. Evan koslof in northwest. I bet you they use some of those hacks here. Look at what the storm left behind in colorado. The Colorado Department of transportation says many drivers werent prepared and didnt have chains on their tires. One tractortrailer had to be pushed up a mountain by a snow plow truck. I70 was closed in various places throughout the day because of the tough driving conditions. The areas expecting a total of o 7 to 14 inches of snow later today. Meantime, in kansas city, missouri, the snow might look picturesque but it left some cars and trucks stuck last night. Meteorologists there say the snow is a relatively light event. But might make for a messy commute in the morning. Wake up washington will be on friday at 4 00 a. M. With all the news you need to know before you hit the road including School Closings and delays. And take us with us if you have to leave. Follow us on our mobile app. And we are following breaking news from Prince Georges County this afternoon. At least two people were let away in handcuffs after federal agents raided the Prince Georges County liquor board. Sources tell wusa9 that the fbi raided at least three other locations there including two Liquor Stores and a scrap yard. Now its unclear what is behind todays raids and we expect to learn more within the hour and of course well keep you updated on our mobile app. Well, the wusa9 storm team is ready. But are you . Up next, allyson with the storm coming our way and how muchw snowe may have to dig out from. But first, hate crime charges are pending against a group who beat and tortured a mentally disabled teen and then broadcast the attack live on facebook. Welcome back to wusa9 at noon. Cbs news has learned president elect donald trump a harsh critic of u. S. Intelligence agencies, is considering downsizing the office of the director of National Intelligence. The dni oversees the cia, fbi, and National Security agency. Mr. Trump has repeatedly cast doubt about findings by the Intelligence Community relating to russias alleged hacking of Democratic Campaign emails. Meanwhile, president obamas director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper is testifying before the Senate Armed Services committee at this hour accusations and what was uncovered. This is a sickening act of violence against a disabled man and it was all caught on tape. Chicago police have four black men in custody after a video was streamed live on facebook show a Group Holding the young white man hostage torturing him and ranting about donald trump. Dean reynolds has more on this very disturbing story and what charges the suspects are now facing and we want to warn you, some of the pictures are just horrifying. Kiss the floor. Reporter the assault streamed live on facebook for half an hour tuesday afternoon. I love black people. Reporter police did not identify any of the people involved but they believe the four in custody are the ones seen in the video holding a man captive and beating him. Black people [ bleep ] slap him again. Reporter investigators say the victim is mentally disabled and had been ss suburban home for days. In the video, he is choked and repeatedly called the n. Word. And his clothes are slashed and he is terrorized with a knife. [ bleep ] donald trump. Reporter his alleged captorred repeatedly referenced donald trump and also laughed and mugged for the camera while reading viewers comments. Say it to my face. Thats not funny. Reporter the victim was eventually released. Officers later spotted him on the street, appearing disoriented. He apparently knew one of his attackers. You all see this [ bleep ] right here . We going to put this [ bleep ] in the trunk. Reporter a disturbance call from a neighbor led police to the four individuals arrested. Investigators say hate crime charges are possible. Its sickening. Its sickening you know it makes you wonder what would make individuals treat somebody like that. You know, so ive been a cop for 28 years but its still amazing me how you still see things that reporter the video was taken down on wednesday by facebook which says it has a team on call 24 7 to respond to inappropriate live broadcasts. A Company Spokesman told cbs we do not allow people to celebrate or glorify crimes on facebook and have removed the original video for this reason. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Also caught on camera, a valley brook, oklahoma officer called for backup. Just seconds after police say a suspect shot him new years day. But a attar biwho saw everything rushed the a passerby who saw everything rushed to help save officer brian sutherlands life. He would have bled to death if not for ken barnes. Barnes grabbed a rope from his pickup truck and made a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. Doctors say the officer will make a full recovery. City officials are planning Something Special to honor barnes video of this guy stealing packages from porches in sacramento has gone viral. A woman d tapethis man stealing her package through a camera on her doorbell. And youll notice that hes carrying red sack. Police say its full of stolen packages. Officers set up several sting operations and have nabbed several socalled porch pirates but this guy, hes still on the loose. Now many of you may have questions about the impending snowstorm. Deb Debra Alfarone is Debra Alfarone sat the wusa9 web desk with how we can help you weather the storm. Debra . Reporter hey there. Yeah if you need to know when the snow is going to hit your house or maybe the route you take to work will be slick. Just facebook, twitter or instagram us and use the hashtag firstalertwx. I want to show you what our Facebook Page looks like. Of course looking at it right here, heres the top. Just scroll a little bit down to the bottom a little bit more. Weve got one of our facebook posts pinned right here you can see a burst of light know is ss possible. Right there and people are commenting, thats a great place to comment. Also comment on the side here where it says visitor posts. So we want your pictures as well. You can send those to us. Checking out the tag board here, barbara says will it snow all night . Well i just checked with allyson rae and she says the most of the snow is going to come between 7 00 and midnight. So no. The answer is no there. Lots of people have question im going to be answering them throughout the day. Definitely get in touch with us, send the pictures to us using first alert wx the hashtag and you could see them on tv later tonight. Ladies . All right debra thank you. You know one of the questions was will they be able to fly out of National Airport . Make sure you get the alerts from the airline. That will be a big help tomorrow as well. I think okay. They might have a brief delay later if al real heavy band come on through but not expecting a lot of heavy snow. I think the airlines are going to be just fine. Absolutely. Especially tomorrow. A lot of people were asking about tomorrow but we have a lot to chances of snow. Hey take a look, this is are from the traffic land camera, this is out in kentucky at louisville. So this is part of the same system that system coming on through is coming on through ow area, you see the colting on the grass there. Its not a lot. It seems like the roads are doing just fine. This is just what we are expecting, maybe 2 inches for some areas, with we will have the. But again i think the 2. But again i think roads are going to be just fine. The good news is is that were not going to see any rain before that to wash anything away. Lets get to the details here and lets take a look at first alert live doppler. You can get this on our app but i have to advise you yeah you see all this white stuff out here but nothing the falling, not here just yet. The critical time for things actually sticking to the grass and anything untreated will be after 7 00. We need this evening hours, now we just took a look back off here so thats light snow there and you saw the heavier stuff. Taking a closer look yes returns on first alert live doppler and i did in hot springs, Virginia South of harrisonburg of some flurries out there. You will have some flurries through the next few hours but the stuff that will stick comes after the sun sets. I know its going to be dark but if you have a picture send it our way too. We want to see it. This is brand new information that just came in. They have Winter Weather advisory extended, know where it is extended. The same areas we said its going to be 1 t 2 inches, right on par here with the National Weather service. These are the areas of 1 to 2 that we can see. Upper Montgomery County and frederick and hagerstown and anywhere else not that much. Snow lovers you are going to be disappointed with this system. This is not a very stock system. Not a lot of moisture. Its pretty fastmoving and even though we have moved up the time to earlier 7 00, 8 00, that doesnt mean its going to knoll all evening. And snow all evening, and actually ends earlier. The morning commute might not be delayed if youre hoping the sleep in a little bit. Watch us at 4 00 a. M. To see if were going to see that. 35 degrees right now the dew degrees from this morning. So thats going to help things stick a little bit better later on. Take a look at the planner for the rest of the day. Were going to stay into the 030s no temperature 30s no temperature changes, by 8 00 we get the steadily light snow. 7 00 to midnight steady light snow through lots of the area and then taper off after midnight. We have the yellow weather alert through friday morning. Trace to 2 inches our timing a chance a little bit but the amount has not. Then what about the weekend . Areas south and east that might not see a lot from this system, thats where you can see a little bit of a dusting later on for saturday. Well show you here. This is 5 30 tonight. Still not too much sticking for areas off to the north and west. But by 8 30 here we go you can see the darker blues right through Prince Georges County. Through parts of Fauquier County as well. By 12 30 in the morning overnight, things start to taper off. So by first thing tomorrow morning, we are going to be dry. Let me quickly fast forward to saturday afternoon. Thats what were talking about just another round of light snow for Southern Maryland an in the 30s today. Upper 20s. Now regardless were not going to see much over the weekend in d. C. Bull how cold is it going to be . Above the 39degree mark not until tuesday. Well be right back. Welcome back. 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