We always knew the risk, but we never believed it would happen. Reporter the ultimate sacrifice Stephen Floyd died protecting others from a rampage. This woman spent nearly three decades working at the Vaughn Correctional Center where it happened in february. She rose through the ranks from officer to captain, until she retired the day after floyds death. Its a mess in there. They are in crisis. Vaughn is in crisis. I cant speak for the other institutions. I know staffingwise, theyre in crisis. But its its unreal there. Reporter the report, describing accounts of overtime, lack of staffing, and lack of order as accurate. It could be today were going to do it this way because of whoevers on duty. Tomorrow its going to be this way, because of whoevers on duty and in the middle, might switch up because somebody came in. Reporter what kind of dynamic did that create between the officers and inmates . Its frustrating. They cant see that they have major, major issues and dont make the change
Schools closed in maryland, virginia, as well as d. C. Metro trains and buses are shut down for the First Time Since 2003. Marc, vre, also all closed today. And Amtrak Service in the northeast corridor shut down today as well. Most of the students in our area are also getting the day off today. All major Public School systems in d. C. , maryland, and virginia are closed this morning as well as all private schools in the area. You can find a complete list of school and business closings running at the bottom of your screen as well as online at nbcwashington. Com. Lets get to Storm Team Meteorologist tom kierein here. Whats the latest . Weve got moderate to heavy rain about to move into the metro area. Be prepared for that. Stay inside. Stay with us at nbc 4. Well keep you fully informed. It is still a huge hurricane. Taking a turn to the north. All day yesterday it was moving northeast. Now taking a turn to the north. It is swinging in heavy rains into the Eastern Shore, southeastern vi
Glimpse as the snow blowers are blowing snow on the slopes. Some of us will see the white stuff. Reporter north of the philadelphia area will see that, here, rain, cold rain at that. Looking live outside at the center city skyline, its quiet, but cold, temperatures are in the mid 20s across the surrounding suburbs and 29 in philadelphia. Winter weather advisory goes into effect for all areas shaded in the purplish lavender color. Western portions of the Lehigh Valley and the poconos. Were expecting a period of light snow to develop lets say 2 or 3 00 p. M. This afternoon with a warm front thats right here, the warm front punches through, the air is very, very dry. After 2 or 3 00 p. M. This afternoon, aerials north of philadelphia there could a couple of snow showers that start developing thats part of the reason why the Winter Weather advisory is in effect. Numbers are cold enough to support snow. 29 in philadelphia. 16 in the pings poconos, mill, 25 degrees. The immediate area, cloud
Flights to ohare were canceled. They are getting what we had the last 24 hours. Its messy, we knew it was coming. Still, they had some slush you want to watch out for. This is out of here now. You can still see a little light snow in the lower peninsula. We just have a few clouds around southeastern wisconsin. The temperature youre waking up in the teens and 20s. 19 in dem t temperature are not that bad. What we didnt have was wind. The winds picked up from 15 to 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour, creating blowing and drifting snow. This is that light, fluffy snow. Windchills in the Single Digits and teens. Heres your day planner. A little sunshine, a lot of wind, anywhere from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour, and a windchills all day will be in the teens. It will be a chilly one this afternoon. At least the snow has come to an end. We already have issues this morning. Unfortunately, yes. The crash has been going on for an hour now. Keeping an eye in the greenfield area. This is on i94 eastbound at 60th
Feels like 18 in chicago. Below zero in chicago. Were not going to get the full brunt of that, but were certainly going to get a good chunk of it and youre going to feel it by the time you get out tomorrow morning. It feels like 32 now, by the time you get to tomorrow morning, its going to feel like closer to 5. By late in the day or the evening, its going to feel like zero, maybe even below zero in some spots, maybe even friday morning its going to be bitter cold, by friday afternoon, things start to get a little more tolerable. And thats when the precipitation starts approaching and well go to meteorologist Sheena Parveen for more on how thats going to affect us. With the temperatures so cold on friday, anything falling is going to be snow, as we go into friday night and Early Saturday Morning, so we have a first alert out because of that, for philadelphia, the pennsylvania suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. A first alert for snow and a wintry mix. Its going to start 11 00 p. M. Friday,