Not raining yet, dont you worry, the rain is coming. Temperatures near 50 now. Well stay in the 50s all day and there will be some sunshine tomorrow. Well start breaking that down coming up. Here is melissa now. Just got this alert. Blue and orange line again Service Restored between Lenfant Plaza and Eastern Market after that fire activity at Federal Center southwest. Service restored on blue and orange line this morning. 95 north of Prince William county parkway, were moving just fine here. 66 headed into town from Fairfax County parkway to the beltway, nine hints. You s minutes. And you will have to deal with the rain falling throughout the area. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. Metro is addressing new safety concerns now as rider hope to have a much smoother commute today. Two incidents shut down the Federal Center station yesterday. First a tire ball on the platform and then smoke and fire on the third recall. Rail. Riders dealt with delays on orange,
Were coming and going at all times. Yes. They insist he was not cooking drugs. But this goes back long before the police had pot plants and chemicalsed in of the house. They arrested him 8 years ago with a lot of marijuana in the trunk of his car. And 4 more pounds in his home. It is just a sat moment obviously for for his his family. And for the neighborhood. Family members say that he had been sick for a long time. The police say there is no, no evidence of foul play. We are live in silver spring. Wusa9. All right, brous. Family members decline to talk to us on tv. They removed the chemicals and the pot plants and they say the home is now safe. Tonight, the fbi is assessing the credibility of an online death threat for students. Comes at a time of increased tensions across the country. After protests led to the resignations of both the president and the chancellor of the university of missouri. Peggy fox joins us live from the campus, peggy . Reporter now, Police Officers on campus,
Violation of the law. It further says the committee is investigating your recent assertion that initiative 71 in your opinion take effect on february 26th, 2015, is contrary to law and we strongly suggest you reconsider yourself position. Were acting lawfully. So i have a lot of things to do here in the District Of Columbia. Me being in jail wouldnt be a good thing. Reporter chairman of the d. C. Cannabis campaign and proposed initiative 71 that was passed overwhelmingly by voters in november. Im proud of her. I think its amazing shes standing up for democracy and for the will of the voters. I think congress is blowing some hot air and Congress Members probably need to chill out and maybe take advantage of d. C. s new legalization. Good for her but also the mayor of d. C. Represents us. Congress needs to back us. Thats what the people want. Thats why we live in a democratic society. Reporter the her signed by republican members of Congress Chairman and the subcommittee chair mark meado
In the dark blue this is heavy snow in southern arkansas, part of louisiana moving toward mississippi. This is a southern storm and its moving east, northeast. The heaviest snow will be to our south but this will get here for tomorrow morning. Actually about 3 00 to 9 00 will be the critical hours i believe with a general 1 to 2. 2 to 4 south of town. Looks like a messy morning commute on thursday. Going to be not just tough for commuters but also tough for schools in the morning. Not a lot of snow but the timing couldnt be worse. A general 1 to 2 from winchester, gaithersburg south over toward manassas. Most of prince georges county. But charles, extreme southern prince georges, this goes down to fredricksburg and quantico, extreme southern fauquier. Then you get to southern st. Marys and the Northern Neck. 4, 56 inches possible there. Theyll 5, 6 inches possible there. Theyll be closest to the storm a. Real southern storm. Were looking at a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. 40
Towards atlanta. Big flakes falling around the atlanta area there. That same storm system bringing all of that moisture up t. E an advisory in effect across the area i95 from the pennsy border down towards fredericks winter storm warning for parts of the norther neck where we are expecting more snow in towards that area. Lets talk about it. What are we expecting from this storm . We think the snow will move in by 3 00 a. M. In most locations. Sooner to the south around frederic. S c very very quickly. We anticipatin major rush delays early tomorrow morning. Youll need to give yourself extra time. Really, t to plan on that right now. There could also be closures or delays as far as schools and activiti are concerned too. Well have it all for you and update you from the storm center. We ha breaking news. The arrest of a high ranking state depar employee. A d. C. Judge has just denied bond for daniel rosen. He was arrested on a warrant out of Fairfax County that accused him of soliciting