Already hitting the midwest. Here is a live look from milwaukee. Just as chuck mentioned, this is part of a wintery mix that will bring rain and sleet into our region. Its already causing a mess for airline travelers. More than 1200 flights have been canceled ahead of the storm. Several airlines are waving rebooking fees to cities in the storms path. We just checked flightaware. Com. Here is a look at our region, Reagan National, 17 flights canceled, bwi marshall nine cancellation, dulles ten flights canceled. Thats also up. Remember to check with your airline before you head to the airport. New this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused an Apartment Fire that hurt two firefighters in montgomery county. The fire broke out just after 3 00 this morning. This was on dudley lane just off Rockville Pike in bethesda. News 4s derrick ward is live with some new information. Hi, derrick. Reporter good morning. Take a look at the scene here of this fire. Later well show you
News 4 at 6 00, ill it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. Live from arlington, julie carey, news4. Now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a systemwide slowdown on metro. The Transit Agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. Our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. Hes now live outside the station at Reagan National. Adam . Reporter metro says this is a proactive move slowing down trains so things like cracked rails dont happen. Lets take a look at the Reagan National station. Theres a speed restriction about a mile south of here between Reagan National and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. Metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. It studies the rails and sends
Information. Students showing support for a virginia coed attacked by a police dog. The police chief admitted his officers crossed the line but some people are demanding more. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. There is new information tonight about a confrontation with the police that took the life of an unarmed man in virginia. Good evening, im jim vance. Im doreen gentzler. Fairfax county police just tonight released 11,000 pages of documents related to the case. News 4s jackie bensens been poring over the paperwork and shows us what shes uncovered. Reporter hundreds and hundreds of pages of documents from the august 29th shooting of john gere reveal the two people closest to him were adam torres who is identified as firing the fatal shot and another severe Rodney Barnes ha has hostage negotiation training and was speaking directly to gere. In an interview after the shooting with detectives officer Rodney Barnes say he and officer torres encountered gone gere in the doorway of the house on
Stations today. At least one train had to be offloaded. This latest incident comes as d. C. Officials react to the news that the majority of the citys firefighters are not specifically trained to respond to emergencies on metro. News4s Mark Segraves spoke with the mayor today and the fire chief. Hes live at the dupont station. Mark . Reporter jim, dozens of firefighters responded here to Dupont Circle and Cleveland Park for what turned out to be a brake on fire on a metro train today. It was just a few weeks ago we had that deadly accident at lenphant plaza. And while todays accident turned out to be minor and no one was hurt it once again raises concerns that the d. C. Fire department is not doing enough to train its nearly 1,700 firefighters for incidents just like this. Today it was a ma meth row cars brakes that caught fire to fill the car and station platforms with smoke. Last month smoke in a metro tunnel claimed one life and sent 80 to the hospital. At a council meeting, the pub
And Bob Mcdonalds sister hes just keeping positive. Hes a man of great character. Alternatives to prison for the former Virginia Governor. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. First tonight we have some snow coming but its not the amount that matters so much. Its the timing. Im jim vance. Im doreen gentzler. By 5 00 in the morning, some of us could be seeing snow, and its cold enough for that snow to stick to the roads. All of this as kids are back at cool and winter vacations are ending. Tonight we saw drivers gassing up and getting ready. Well tell you what crews are doing to treat the roads in a minute. But we begin with a forecast. Doug how much and when . Well the big thing here, were not going to see a lot in the way of snow, the butbut all during the morning rush. Radar is clear, but once again you dont have to go too far west to see where the snow is coming from. Its a clipperlike system from the chicago area expecting upwards of three to five inches. This will make its way our way. The