and northern virginia. crews got an early start pretreating the roads and making last-minute preparations before the first flakes fall. news 4 s shomari stone is in fairfax. reporter: we re here at fairfax circle on route 50. as you can see over my left shoulder this is a main roadway leading to other routes. right over here you can see on the roadway here on route 50 those white lines. this roadway is pretreated along with others throughout virginia. v dot says they are prepared for tonight s weather. right now they have closed the salt domes and plan to reopen them tonight before the possible snow, sleet, or freezing rain hits. v dot tells us they will first target the potential trouble areas such as maybe some bridges along with on and off ramps. drivers are advised to be prepared for slippery roads and it might be hard to see while you drive. v dot says they pretreated the interstates. they have 600 trucks and will bring out more tonight when it s needed. sure, with t
. break k news tonight. the first two weeks of the nba season have been officially cancelled. opening night was scheduled for november 1st. but the openers and players have not been able to agree on a contract. the two sides are very far apart. we are following breaking news in hill crest heights maryland where a teenager was shot and killed tonight. the 17-year-old was shot near the steps to an apartment building on iverson street. no word on an arrest at this point. now to the protest in downtown washington, occupy d.c. they call it. cities all over the country are joining the fight. i m jim vance. the protesters can now stay on freedom plaza through valentine s day. the protest that began in new york spread to washington and now from coast to coast and there was a huge crowd in chicago today. meanwhile students from ten colleges joined together in boston worried about joblessness and student loan debt. here in washington, the war in corporate greed are the biggest