Were going to get to mike and erin in just a moment. First we have a Couple School closings and delays. Well start in maryland. Marlton Elementary School in Upper Marlboro is closed today due to heating problems. All other Prince Georges County schools though are open on time. Elsewhere in maryland, Dorchester County schools are closed. Queen annes County Schools on a 90 minute delay and Talbot County schools you are on a twohour delay. Lets take you to virginia. Shenandoah County Schools closed today. King george, page and Spotsylvania County schools are also closed today while Stafford County and frederick city schools are on a twohour delay. And in West Virginia, Jefferson County schools you are closed today. All right. Erin como is talking about traffic. A lot of red behind you. Im afraid to ask what thats all about. Mike thomas talking about weather. No delay. You guys hit it. All right guys well its the cold ground temperatures were worried about today. Actually most most of the
In dulles. These are some of the areas we have had issues with around the south, ashburn, sterling, ive seen a lot of reports about herndon. Ive seen ice and spots over towards gaithersburg. Up towards frederick county. Once again, ice is going to be a big issue especially on the secondary roads, sidewalks and on the driveways. Remember that, guys. Much more on this. Ill see you back here in about ten minutes. Okay, doug, thank you. Our Team Coverage continues with the difficult decision for School Superintendents today. Many made the move to close school early before the weather moved in. That means parents had to make an unexpected trip to gather up their children. News4s amee cho is in aspen hill tonight. Amee, most parents taking it all in stride . Reporter hi, doreen. Yeah, they are. As you take a look behind me, you can see the roads arent that bad right now. That is some good news. And the parents we talked to said they didnt mind the early release. They just want their kids to
Bag of ice, freezing rain and sleet made for a tricky commute. The worst is over while the major roadways are clear, side streets and walk withes could be slippery. You want to be careful. There are already a number of School Delays tomorrow. Schools in fairfax county, loud, Prince William, spotsylvania and Stafford County as well as Montgomery County maryland, will open on a twohour delay, check the bomb of your screen for an updated list cori coffin is live way look at road conditions. We begin with the forecast and sue palka. Tony and sarah, as you said, the worst is over, in terms of the rain is pretty much pulling out. I got it in motion for last six hours, we have rain and also that pinkish color you see there, thats how the radar shows us sleet and freezing rain. And as you can see, it is pulling on out. If theres anything left tonight, its probably just the lightest of drizzle or mist and even that will be ending if youre still getting a little of a closer look at radar, most r
A complete list is scrolling along the bottom of your screen. Sue palka and cori coffin are on Winter Weather patrol, we begin with sue with the latest on what you can expect overnight and tomorrow. Sue . Weve seen temperatures come up just a little bit tonights which did help to melt off the glaze in some area, but still wet and unfortunately temperatures drop again overnight. The low 32 in most areas, we do have to remind you that there will likely be slick spots. Were happy to see most of the precipitation out. The measurable rain and were talking trace amounts to maybe a few 100ths but thats all it takes when were talking about ice. Part of the reason is the pavement has been so cold for so long, that it actually froze on the pavement even when the air temperature was above 32 degrees, and many places its closer to 35 right now. But you can see on radar, everything over to the Eastern Shore now anything that may be left falling from the sky would be in the order of mist or drizzle
Witnesses today, and ill save the introductions. I know there are a couple introductions that will be made from up here. This morning well go ahead with our Opening Statements, myself and senator cardin, and then were honored to have both the chairman and the Ranking Member of the whole committee here. So senator barrasso, senator carper, and then i understand senator cardin, you have an introduction to make also. Yes. All right. Well do that. Lets recognize first senator carper, because hes going to be coming back and doing his a little bit later. Just very briefly, welcome to this important hearing. I want to thank our chair and Ranking Member for pulling us all together and giving us a chance to say something. I have a statement. I would like to ask unanimous consent it appear in the record. And if i have a chance to come back and give it live later this morning, i will do that. Again, its good to see you all. Thank you for joining us. This is important. Important stuff. Thank you,