fox 5 morning news continues right now at 6:00. let s take a look outside this morning. you can see what is a fine mixture of rain and snow across the d.c. region. we did see quite a bit of snow to the north and west of d.c. overnight. rain to the south this morning. it is all kind of coming together. we are keeping a real close eye on it as the temperature flirts with the freezing mark. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. lets he get right to the major school closings. ty, aryland, these schools are carroll county, frederick county, howard county, montgomery county, prince george s county and washington county schools all closed. in virginia, clark, fairfax, fauquier, frederick, loudoun, manassas city, manassas park, prince william, rappahannock and warren county schools along with winchester city schools are closed and over in west virginia, berkeley, grant, hampshire, hardy, jefferson, mineral and morgan county schools and we just heard from stafford county schoo
very little information. but we could see them at several locations back in burke county north of morganton. running down possible leads. like a call from this woman who smelled something outside her home. yes, i want them to find it. i am very concerned about her. we have smelled it since sunday. it was real bad last night. reporter: police say they didn t find anything around the home. the area is less than a mile from where officers conducted a massive search for zahra. a property where police say her father had access to a wood chipper. just down the road from where melvin campbell lives. he too called police after spotting an suv on a logging road. everybody keep their eye out. see something suspicious, call the law. relatives and former neighbors describe the stepmother as nasty tempered and violent. other neighbors say they feared for the girl s safety. in political news, delaware senate candidates faced off on a nationally televised debate. tea party republican christ
i think the burden is on the other parties to prove that we have done something wrong. reporter: attorneys general in all 50 states may agree. they launched a joint investigation into allegations that mortgage companies broke laws in foreclosing on homeowners when they employsed robo signers who failed to verify the accuracy of affidavits and have documents properly know to properly notorized. inaccurate documents. conflict of interest, faulty chains of title and failures to provide required disclosures. last week, allied, bank of america, and j.p. morgan chase halted foreclosures in 23 states admitting they made mistakes. they were suggesting they might resolve this in months. analysts thinking at the breadth and depth of the problem that it is likely to take at least a year. abc news has learned in some cases, companies hired by banks that take over empty homes are actually breaking into them before the property is even in foreclosure. rob, vinita? witnesses t