Germantown where some folks struggled to get around today. Hi kristin. Reporter hi doreen. Whats important to know is that major roads like 118 here are clear. They look really good. Everybody is getting home pretty well. Buits the side streets and the neighborhoods that are problems. What we need to remember is that as it gets colder things are going to get icy. As it gets even colder in montgomery and frederick counties the wet snow and slush turns to ice. Just a little precaution to take this afternoon, especially as the temperature drops and things get cooler this evening. Reporter no afterschool activities at Urbana High School the Frederick County School System canceled them across the district. Montgomery county schools also called off afterschool programs as the temperature dropped and roads became slick. This afternoon parents like Shayna Callahan are mostly concerned about getting their Children Home safe. I do worry because some places arent cleared, and the kids have gone t
That have some of hollywoods biggest stars on the hunt. Will the real Beverly Hills cops be able to crack this case . You know what that means. That was a good movie, Beverly Hills cop. Hopefully the dog will find its way home. This came out of the blizzard up in boston. Check out this video. It went wildly viral. The guy shoveling the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Everybody trying to find out who it was. Well the snow is that has been solved and well get into that in a little bit. Well begin with that new storm on the way, more snow coming for so many already buried under feet of snow from that monster storm and, ginger i know youre tracking it again. We have new images. You have to see this from space to see that storm that left all of that snow. You can see the noreaster coming in. The clouds on the right and see the comma that that big old storm moving through at night, so a Beautiful Image from there. Not so beautiful on the ground. I know a lot people from connecticut, nash
What came up during the evacuation of that yellow line train and other factors that made things worse last week. First, the ventilation system. Train operators will be able to shut off the ventilation system on their own without having to go through central command. Last week ventilation fans drew smoke inside the cars making it difficult for the people inside to breathe. There would be smoke detectors checked at tunnels and stations across the metro system. For First Responders new signs to open the emergency doors from outside the train. There are already those signs inside the train telling riders how to get out in case of emergency. This would be thousandhow to get from outside the train into the train. An examination of the third rail jumper cables to check them for wear and tear and make improvements. The acting ntsb chairman Christopher Hart still needs more time to complete the investigation to determine exactly what went wrong last week. He Still Believes there was an arc wher
This rather. This is maryland 450 and annapolis road at church road closed down for the repair here. Mike andrea . Thank you tranice. Today d. C. Lawmakers will probably get an earful from members of the public Advocacy Group public citizens. Theyre calling on the d. C. Council to quote pull the plug on a exelon pepco merger. Todays hearing coming a day after the report from the ohio based think tank which says the merger would have a negative impact on the city and its residents. Reporter Delia Goncalves is live outside the buildson building the site of todays hearing. Good morning. Reporter good morning and that study is what they needed. Thats the fuel behind the argument that a lot of folks will make today at city council. They will talk to City Council Members and urge them to ditch this deal because it will be bad for the two million customers of pepco in this region. Because it all boils down to more money that you may have to pay for your energy. Thats what they are arguing. An
The biggest impact of the storm could be the domino effect on our airports our train, and our buses. Thousands of flight delays and cancellations in the northeast are already being felt here and things will only get worse. Flightaware. Com is showing 6,000 canceled flights for today and tomorrow. Transportation rep live at Reagan National with the latest on things out there. Hows it looking . Reporter cold out here right now, wendy. Its got an lot colder in just the past hour. We have some try small flakes out here right now. Guys imagine trying to fly right into the heart of this storm. We f here who are doing just that. Sounds like were in for the big one. Were going to go home and sit in the house until its over. Reporter thats what you do . Mostly. Reporter brian downs headed back to boston today. He remembers back to the blizzard of 78 over two feet of snow and he knows he could be in for something similar. School was canceled for three weeks straight, no one went anywhere, you co