officials telling us in nearby virginia they are preparing for what s called an historic ice event, issues storm warnings in some 28 counties. the weather channel s mike seidel is in leesburg, virginia, with more. mike, to you. reporter: hey, alex. look at this. it is snowing like it won t quit. about an inch an hour right now. we re approaching two inches out here in leesburg. we re about 15 miles north and west of dulles airport. we re a good 45 minutes on a good day west of washington. this is a very dry powdery snow. just take your hand and wipe it off the car. it s like confectioner s sugar. the temperature is 27 degrees. look at the road here. this road was treated earlier. but it s snowing so hard it just adds up. now it s getting compacted. the real issue is not the snow for traveling. it is an issue, but as the temperatures aloft warm up, we re going to see the snow go to sleet and then ice. we could have a significant accumulation of ice, certainly from the shenandoah valle
[ speaking in a foreign language ] [ gunfire ] [ speaking in a foreign language ] hello, everyone. this is randi kaye here watching the live events unfold in libya here along with michael holmes. it is 7:00 p.m. in tripoli, where the fight to oust moammar gadhafi just took a potentially momentous turn. within the past 90 minutes, libyan rebels penetrated gadhafi s compound which nato war planes have bombed off and on now for months. the rebels now have the run of the place. we have seen them celebrating, confiscating files and weapons and ammunition as they go room by room through what is a large compound with multiple buildings. we are hearing about pockets of fire, in fact, we have actually seen that. you can see now a fire that appears to have broken out in one part of the compound there. until he pulls out, it s difficult to know what part this is. we have been seeing that domed building which has been to the left and to the right of that domed building is the famous