Sunbathing to a whole new level. Firefighters saved these little piggys from certain danger. Early today starts right now. I think were learning a new word this weekend. Alternative facts if you havent heard it already. Parts of the country bracing for Severe Weather. Already hammered, southern states. Theyre trying to pick up the pieces after getting battered by deadly tornados and severe storms. Officials say the destruction left at least 14 people dead in georgia. Emergency crews there are searching through the debris overnight looking out for survivors. It is unfathomable what happened out there. You literally have a trailer park that looks like its been disintegrated. You literally have just smatterings of what used to be homes thrown into the woods. Many of those killed were in mobile homes. One woman recounted her terrifying experience. Woke me up, said we got to get the boys inside the bathroom. Got them in there, he went back out. Our neighbors granddaughter had gotten thrown
A white house. Gov petition had more than 200,000 signatures calling on the president to release his tax returns. President trump thanked Law Enforcement figures and others for their support at the white house blue room for a reception yesterday. He called the inaugural ceremony, quote, a safety success. Before the event, he began a swearing in of his white house staff and said together they will accomplish great things. With you and all of the people in this room, we are going to do some great things had over the next eight years. 30 senior staffers were sworn in at the white house. The president took to twitter to react to the womens march on washington. On sunday, he tweeted, quote, watched protest yesterday, but was under the impression that we just had an election. Why didnt these people vote . Then he took a softer tone writing, quote, peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if i dont always agree, i recognize the rights of people to express their views. Angie gof
Outer loop before rockville pike, crash. That one is on the right shoulder. Hanes road north of lewis dale road, fire activity. All lanes blocked there in clarksburg because of that house fire. On 0 270, 66, looking good. Beltway at st. Barnabus, no issues there. Its 5 01. We have Team Coverage on this mornings rainey commute. News 4s molette green is making her way through the district. How is it going where you are . Going pretty well right now. The roads are just wet outside. And we are all is calm where we are. When we were driving in, the wind was slapping you in the little bit and i know were going to be going up and down this morning. Its go to be windy. There are some slick spots and the poll holes that are filling up with water. That could be a little misleading. An ugly commute for you throughout the morning. Were going to be taking you there throughout the morning here in the four by four. Back to you in the studio. Molette, thank you. Make sure you keep up with the storm te
Much around. Its misty outside. We have wet roads and that is getting windy. Right now, 47 fwres in the district. 7 00 a. M. , windy with showers around. Gusty conditions. More showers trying to move in. Noon, weve be heavier rain. Lets check the roadways this morning with Melissa Mollet. Good morning. Taking a look right now at a couple of different problems here, sheena. Southbound 3. Do you like that . Very classy. We have lots of different moving parts and with never know which way to go. And a new problem at qb parkway with the downed tree. Southbound after 123, a crash reported there. Really going to start slowing things, no few minutes. Ramp crashed on both sides of the tollway. Seven locks shout down between glennen drive. Rose dale drive. Well talk about it. Other problems we have in virginia, and do travel times coming up in had about ten minutes. Team coverage on this weather alert day. She is on the beltway in pribs georges county. How is it looking where you are right now
Not a nice way to start the week. But its better than it was a year ago when all that moisture was snow. Hello and welcome to wusa 9news at noon. Alison remembers that snow storm well. And shes here with our first alert forecast, alison . It was so different one year ago. We had all this moisture. But we were a lot colder. Were in the 40s and around 50 degrees. So just rain. There are areas with snow. Well detail that out in a minute. Not around the metro, thats for sure. We have a steady light rain through the metro right now. But pockets of heavier rain off to the west. Winchester is seeing some good down pours. And theres that snow through west virginia. Thats elevation driven. The higher you go, the colder it is, youll see snow there. Everywhere else, some good steady rainfall. You can see 2 to 3 inches of rain for some areas. And that could cause some flooding concerns. A flood watch is issued for those areas. We have a while to go with this rain. It will be heavy at times. The he