The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell in just a few minutes, democrats will have another opportunity to end the weekslong filibuster of Homeland Security. It will be the first opportunity our friends on the other side have to show where they stand after a federal judge preliminarily enjoined the administration from moving ahead with actions president obama himself referred to as quote ignoring the law. Ignoring the law quote unquote president obama said that just over a year ago. The point is its time to allow this Homeland Security funding measure to come to the floor. Democrats say they want the ability to amend d. H. S. Funding legislation but then they keep voting to block their own ability to offer amendments. It just doesnt make any sense madam president. So in a few moments well give our democratic friends another opportunity to reconsider. They can vote to allow the senate to debate the Homeland Security funding bill. They can vote to allow the senate to cons
About 2 below to 8 above as we get to lunchtime. Forecast lows, we think 5 below in sterling, 2 below in fairfax, 1 below at bowie. Its 2 below at dulles downtown and 4 above in baltimore i think, all destined to be replace. Friday morning wind chills 10 to 25 below and snow breaks out late saturday morning, critical times now noon to midnight, several inches possible by 7 p. M. Saturday well come back and talk about that and the possibility of the snow changing to freezing rain and sleet. Okay, top. Most d. C. Area School Systems are closed or delayed tomorrow to help keep students from being exposed to the extreme cold. In virginia Fairfax County, loudoun county, Prince William county, stafford and faquier and Spotsylvania County schools all shut down. Falls city schools opening two hours later. As attorney mentioned cold as its been in 20 years in our area. So we decided to send out our mola lenghi into the mix to see how folks are coping. Question no. 1, mola, is how are you coping
Inches or more. The farther west you go more impact it will be. Even in the local metro area, there could be significant impacts on the driving developing tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. Again, the key is the fact that its going to start so cold. And very slowly through the day climb through the 20s and not get close to freezing or above until late tomorrow night. Steve rudin hooks up with me in a few minutes and well give you everything you need to know about another round of wintry weather, maureen . Thank you, doug. This cold snap has been a nightmare for local drivers. Triple a mid atlantic has received a Record Number of calls for crashes and broken down cars. Maryland bureau chief brad bell rode along with a triple a tow truck driver. Brad is live with what hes seen so far. Brad . Maureen, you know what . This weather is tough on us. Its tough on our cars. They say theres a few things you should do to prepare your vehicle when you have a forecast like we do now for more
Sleet, and freezing rain accumulating snow and i do think it will accumulate fairly quick as well. Some locations could pick up almost a tenth of an inch of ice and thats another concern. So as we move through the next 24 hours, were going to see a big change here. Nothing on the radar now, but look at this. The cold air is all the way down towards atlanta. Atlanta right now is reporting snowfall and that storm system is moving our way. Ill break down the timing and show you who gets what and when in my full forecast. All right. Thanks doug. The walk so get inside one metro station got even longer for scores of riders in this biting cold this morning. News4s molette green is live with an update on the problems at the Lenphant Plaza station. Mollett . Good evening. This entrance is back open but i just confirmed with pepco that their crews are still here working with other utilities on this alldaylong power problem. A power outage at the Lenphant Plaza station after water leaked into a
Roads tomorrow. We start with the current temperatures 20 degrees as you mentioned, cold with the windchill of 11 5 to 15 degrees generally most neighborhoodsno but again, whats important is the air is cold enough that that when this system comes in it will be providing us with snow and i think several inches too. Because of that, we have a Winter Weather advisory everybody in the purple, areas down to the south including areas of Southern Maryland. Winter weather advisories more snow several inches expected Garrett County and allegheny off to the west. We start as snow, well get the sleet then the freezing rain. That means Road Conditions could become icy. Yes, that snow will accumulate coming down at a pretty good clip at times and that means reducing the visibility on area roads. I think our big trouble will be after 2 00, 3 00 tomorrow. The radar, quiet. The storm system getting its act together far to the south and west. You can see it here around areas of oklahoma and around area