Sidewalks, roads and bridges. And breaking news multiple sources tell news 4 that eugene jones has been fired. Were going to get to all of that in a second. But first were starting here in the were center with amelia. You warmed us about this ice storm. When is it going to end . Between 7 00 and 10 00 p. M. Tonight, then its all about the temperatures how much are we going to warm up and how much ice will melt overnight. A winter storm warning is in effect for areas in pink including the d. C. Metro area, a winter advisory is here in the purple. Both the warning and advisory run through 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Conditions inside the beltway tonight will slowly improve, but i think in the suburbs, if its icy now, its going to be icy tomorrow morning. Heres a check of the radar. The pink is freezing rain and the green is rain. Further back to the west over the mountain some scattered showers with warmer temperatures there. This is 7 00 p. M. On future weather, stick tracking areas of
Russia since the stalin era. The target one of Vladimir Putins biggest critics Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in the kremlin considered to be one of the securest areas. Today, president putin vowed to personally oversee the investigation even as other critics of the kremlin are expressing fear for their own lives. We begin tonight with nbcs kelly cobiella. Reporter to russians it was unthinkable. Boris nemtsov, former deputy Prime Minister now prominent Opposition Leader shot four times in the back gunned down 200 yards from the kremlin. Police say the shots were fired from this abandoned white car. Its not clear whos behind the attack but russian investigators floated several theories. It was a contract killing. The work of islamic extremists. Or a provocation to destabilize the country politically. To nemtsovs friends, its a political assassination. Hes a martyr now. He was killed for staying there and trying to prove that russia could move into the Brighter Future without violence. A
Driver in the field at age 20. Dale earnhardt jr. Right behind him and cole whitt, another rookie rounding out to current 20. Labonte the veteran. Biffle had problems. Early on, he had a strong ford until he had the bumpup with Danica Patrick on pit road. Parker kligerman in the 29th position. Look for him to take chances and try to charge to the front in this event. There were big names to start in the back of the pack. Carl edwards, tony stewart, bowyer, johnson. Some guy named michael waltrip. I will follow Jimmie Johnson. Hes done pretty well in nascar. I think ill see where he goes all night long. He only has two daytona 500s. Thats all you have. Whats the big the deal . He dhuz does have the championships. We were listening to him in the interview, you felt bad. We could all relate. Were excited about the opening of the season, the daytona 500. I went to sleep last night thinking this is my best chance. And then the engine goes. The good thing about 2014 is he knows his chance to
Downpour east of charlottesville. A Little Thunder and lightning with it, that is tracking toward fredericksburg, about 55 minutes of getting right into fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. And elsewhere, just a few scattered sprinkles and short sleeve day today, steamy hot afternoon. And some afternoon storms are looking likely probably not quite as strong as the ones we had yesterday. Right now, takes steamy start across the Shenandoah Valley, in the low 70s there with quite a bit of cloudiness. Mostly cloudy all around the region. In the nearby suburbs, low 70s. Grab an umbrella if youre heading out early on this labor day morning. Some fess sitivities and efforv midday should be fine but rain likely moving this later this afternoon. Well look at that at 5 11. Melissa, the accident causing any problems . We still have 70 east only one lane open at main street. We just spoke with police, they say it should be out of the way this just a little bit. 66 at cedar lane, no problems the
This. Im trying to do it as a region, right . Con, new jersey, dell deshlawar massachusetts, rhode island, et cetera. Im trying to do it as a region. Thats better. But when you do individual strategies, the tension with that and the rationale for the president is you have different problems in different states. And i think the president leaving it to the states was not just right and legal and constitutional, i think hes right, its different in different places. When we look at this state and talk about reopening, were going to talk about different strategies in different parts of the state because the numbers dictate the strategy and you have different numbers in different parts of this state. You raised the countervailing point which is, yeah, but then somebody could drive from place to place. Yeah, i understand that. Thats what were trying to balance with the regional approach. I dont want people going to new jersey or connecticut versus new york and how do we coordinate that. But y