emergency. even the president talking snow while in europe. i am leaving for the final vote. i m meteorologist chris warren in roanoke, virginia. passengers try to change their tickets. shoppers try to beat the storm. chief meteorologist bob ryan with the latest forecast. good evening, i m doreen gentzler. jim vance is off tonight. let s go straight to bob ryan. not only big, but historic. it is snowing in washington. it will be a light snow. a powdery snow which will accumulate one to two inches per hour. all the the way now into new england. a blizzard warning for long island. it s been record amounts of rain down into the carolinas. i think now we are very, very likely, almost certain to see six inches of more. now there is an 80% chance of seeing 12 inches or more of snow. this is the metropolitan washington area. now we have a 60% chance of seeing 1.5 feet of snow in washington. by noon time we are closing in on a ft and well over a foot in some areas like
school tonight from beltsville 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. they have another hearing planned for tomorrow at shady grove middle school in gaithersburg. tracee wilkins, news4. that s it for us. decision time for president obama as attacks in the middle east escalate. jim vance and doreen gensler are next with news4 at 6:00. nasa s newest rocket is the first step in a program that could land the u.s. back on the moon. long lines out of maryland s swine flu vaccine clinics today as officials try to ease concerns about vaccine shortages. a mother expecting a child brought back to life. this has bennett another deadly day in afghanistan and in pakistan. good evening, i m jim vance. i m doreen gensler. a market bombing killed 100 people. in afghanistan, the taliban is claiming responsibility for a radon a united nations guest house. the attacks come as president obama is facing the decision whether to send more u.s. forces to the region. steve handelman has more from capitol hi