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Late tonight through the day thursday. Weve got revised snow totals. Well show you who will get the most out of this event, when it will start for you at home in a couple of minutes. Metro will work bus systems on a moderate plan. Buses will stay off of the hills and the narrow streets. Metroaccess is suspended for the entire day. Our Live Team Coverage continues now with our transportation reporter adam tuss where its all hands on deck on those roads. Reporter certainly all hands on deck, wendy. We have a few light raindrops come coming down right now at tysons corner. But the steady rain moving into the area is the problem for road crews later on tonight. You cant pretreat the roads if it all will just wash away. Lets look at the beltway at tysons corner. Loaded up for sure. A lot of people heading home for good for the next couple of days. Lets show you whats happening with road crews. At this point, the activity has to do with making sure trucks are maintained and repaired. As you know, this has already been a long winter for these guys, a lot of equipment being put back together as far as salt supplies vdot is down to 20 d. C. Now on a second round overall of salt maryland crews say theyre in good shape. Crews will be using a lot of sand with the early part of this storm, and theyre asking for you to give them room. A lot of drivers, they are not thrilled with the thought of more snow. We caught up with one guy who has already had a rough winter. Actually was involved in a collision early on, one of the first snowfalls. Reporter of this year. Yeah. Reporter what hammed . A guy spun out im sorry. He didnt spin out. But i could see him starting to fishtail. And he just cut it right in front of me. There was nothing i could do. Reporter and back here now live, the traffic is making its way on the beltway tonight. Coming up news4 at 6, vdot says its actually having to resa just its strategy because salt apply supplies are down to 20 . Back to you. Thank you, adam tuss. With more snow coming, the big question tonight for parents and students and teachers, will there be a day off tomorrow . And when will that decision be made . News4s Mark Segraves is in touch with School Districts across the region joining us live from northwest d. C. Reporter thoefz are the 64,000 questions. Students in our area have already missed between 1 and 10 days of classes depending on where you live because of the snow. That doesnt include delayed openings. While many parents and students would like to know right now whether their school will be open tomorrow, the reality is many schools wont make that decision until tomorrow morning. Were getting ready for the snow snow. And of course many parents were busy today stocking up for a possible fourday weekend inside with the kids. I probably will let them stay up late tonight because im pretty sure there wont be school tomorrow. Im counting on it. I just bault a bunch of crap for kids to eat tomorrow. Reporter School Officials warn, not so fast. If we can have school tomorrow, well have it. If we can have school friday, well have it. Reporter while the predictions are for 4 to 8 inches in our area, the snow is not expected to start falling until sunrise. And thats why many schools may not make a decision on closing until tomorrow morning. We generally like to wait until the morning so we have the best information possible. Reporter not knowing before kids go to bed is frustrating for some. Would you rather know tonight . Yes, of course. I would rather know tonight, before early in the morning. Typically we have things to do. Its better to know early. Reporter some parents would rather wait until the morning because making the wrong call is even more frustrating. Especially when they close when there is no snow. I understand it. I really do feel for these people who have to make this decision. I wouldnt want to have to do it for anything. Reporter now, we spoke to officials in d. C. , maryland and virginia schools. They all said the same thing. They would like to make the decision tonight if they can, but because of the timing of the storm that might not be possible. They all said they would make those decisions by 5 00 a. M. Of course youll know first if you download the nbc washington app. A lot of schools in our area have used up their allotted snow days. Well tell you at 6 00 what that means for your school district. Wendy, back to you. Thank you mark. And now some new information about a Police Search at the home of a man suspected in a series of shootings in maryland. Hong young is suspected in five different shootings in the last week, including that gunfire that hit on nsa building yesterday. News4s chris gordon reports. Reporter Prince Georges County Police Investigators entered the beltsville house of the shooting suspect, 35yearold hong young. Hours later, they came out with bags of evidence which i have learned contain handguns and rifles indicating the highway shootings of the past week could have been much worse. Most of us here were probably in some way shape or form aware of events 15 years ago, give or take, with the d. C. Sniper case. Reporter young lived here in beltsville with his mother, father and sister. His wife recently divorced him and moved. Last year, young resigned from his job as a corrections officer in jessup, maryland. I thought he was a security guy. He wears like a security dress once in a while. I have seen him that way. Reporter but the neighbor never saw the 19 niep 9 blue Lincoln Town Car police have been looking for since the series of five shootings began a week ago. Anne arundel mills, walmart in laurel, Columbia Mall movie theater, the icc and nsa. Yesterday afternoon a tree Service Truck was targeted along the icc at the i95 interchange. One occupant of the truck was wounded by shattered glass another had a bullet lodged in his clothing. Police say both were in mortal fear for their lives. Then yesterday evening a building at the national xurtd Security Agency was hit by a bullet. The search ended about 10 30 last night when Anne Arundel Police made a traffic stop in the area of the costco in arundle mills which led for youngs arrest. Investigators worked all night to link these cases together forensically. That was chris gordon reporting. To two Small Victories in court for the man charged in brutal crimes nearly a decade apart in virginia. Jesse matthews defense team got the delay they wanted in a trial in the murder of 18yearold uva student Hannah Graham from Fairfax County. In addition to the delay, the court will be providing the defense a dna expert. Matthew has pleaded not guilty in grahams murder and a 2005 rape in fairfax. Three people are dead tonight after a small plane crashed while trying to land at the airport in norfolk, virginia. The plane went down in a wooded area here about a mile and a half away from the airport early this morning. It took crews three hours to locate the plane because of heavy fog. Sources tell our station that the plane was originally landing about 30 miles away but diverted for poor visibility. Ahead in the newscast, well have a report from norfolk with new information on the planes flight path. Wendy . What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a lunchtime police chase in arlington. It could have been tragic for the officer who made that stop. In the clarendon area. Police are trying to figure out why the driver took off. Pat collins is live near the scene. Reporter wendy, he tried his best to get away, first by car, then by foot. But he couldnt outrun the law. Arlington police got their man today, but it took some doing. They searched him head to toe. Why did he run . Thats what they were trying to find out. But im getting way ahead of this story. It started with a simple traffic stop. A red lot infraction. The officer walks up to the drivers side window. He leans in and says man, do you realize you just before he could finish that sentence, the driver takes off. The officer sort of wedged in the window. He has to shuffle along like this before he can pull back and get out of harms way. But the car, that car, it keeps on going. The suspect floors it. Reporter he drives through the neighborhood up one street, down another. The cops are closing in. At one point, the tires on the passengers side of the chrysler car go flat. He comes to a crashing halt right here in this crosswalk. He gets out and continues his escape on foot. Finally, they get him cornered and cuffed and in that chrysler car they find a gun. Is that why he ran . The firearm was recovered inside the vehicle. Right now were not sure if thats the reason the subject fled initially or if hes wanted for a number of things. Reporter oh, and what about the cop who made the traffic stop in the first place . No serious injury there. Just some shaken nerves and some boots. Now, as of this hour, investigators are still talking to the suspect, and police are back in the neighborhood conducting a search from street to street. More about that coming up at 6 00. Back to you, jim. Pat collins thank you. D. C. Mayor mare yul ror muriel buzer is making her first trip to wall street. Shes meeting with the bond agencies over the districts rating. Right now its a aa, the highest raitding is a aaa. The districts bond rating has improved over the last eight years. The better the rating of course the more money the city can borrow to spend or services and programs they can provide for residents. A new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jail. News4 gets an exclusive look at the new library and what kind of books will be inside. Reporter Virginia State police renewing their effort to get you to move over on the roadway. Im david culver in Prince William county. Well introduce you to two of the troopers involved in near deadly crashes. A new president ial candidate drumming up quite a controversy tonight. Why he says prison is proof that being gay is a choice. And storm team 4 hard at work mapping out the totals and the time line of this snowstorm set to strike the dmv. Im Pat Lawson Muse at the live desk. Weve just learned that maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen plans to run for the senate seat at the end of mccullskis term. She will not be running for reelection in 2016. Holland announced his intentions in an email to supporters today. He served in the house since 2003. But it will likely be a crowded race. Congressman john delaney has indicated he plans to explore a bid and republicans are interested in the seat that mccullski has held since 1987. Mccullski will end her career as the longest serving woman in congressional history. At the live desk, pat laus chb muse. Tonight three troopers with Virginia State police are recovering from separate accidents all within a week and all in similar fashion. The troopers were all along the side of a road here when vehicles veered into them. Two of the troopers are now sharing their experiences in and an urgent plea with david culver. Reporter you see the signs on the side of the road, move over. Police say folks are just not obeying them. Their proof . Take a look at this Virginia State police cruiser. One of three hit in the same week. This particular cruiser in honor of trooper michael campbell. Here is a look at the 26yearolds police darr the night of february 24th. He just pulled over a car on i66. While out talking to the driver another vehicle came smash noog his cruiser. Im feeling he better than i have a right to be feeling. Reporter trooper campbell is alive and walking today the first time hes seen his car since last weeks crash. He tells me he was thrown into the interstate. I was laying down there felt a few vehicles pass me while im laying on the ground. A lot of thoughts racing through my mind first and foremost, dont worry about how bad im injured get out of the road. All we ask is they give us the chance to go home to our families. Reporter the troopers were gathered and colleagues of a Fairfax County tow truck driver killed in december, all making the same plea. If theres an open lane, just move over you know . And if theres not an open lane just slow down. Reporter trooper Michael Mcsellers got hit the week before campbell. The father of two was sitting in his cruiser when right at impact something told him, turn the wheel. I cant explain it other than for me i think it was just god say, grab the steering wheel. I turned it to the right and i hit the rear corner ever him. Otherwise i would have hit this suv headon. Reporter 14 Virginia State troopers were hit last year, which makes 3 in just one week a troubling statistic. Im david culver, news4. Weve got an exclusive look at the new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jaifl. The city has opened a library for the inmates in the basement of this hulking Correctional Institute in southeast d. C. It will be paperbacks only, no fictional story thats according to city officials. So best sellers mystery, romances, science fiction, a lot of the airport paperbacks you would see just about anywhere are super popular, no matter where you are. But you can get some books to read, to limit the stress that you might be going through, books is always good for you to have to read. As an escape. Yeah. D. C. s Public Library will oversee the project costing about 250,000 per year. Some relief for families living in northeast washington. Everyone has their Water Service back on after yesterdays massive sinkhole and water main break there. D. C. Water shut off service to about 25 homes. Crews are still working to repair the road. Everything should be fixed soon, we hear. Well, going to be getting messy with snow and more stuff coming in. Why not . We have changes i think to the forecast a little bit. Yesterday we were putting out there numbers as high as 8 inches or more. I dont think thats the case anymore. I think weve brought the numbers down. Excellent. Good news. But it will still have big impacts on some wras during the day tomorrow. Lets show you where we are now. Were warm. Weve been warm 51 earlier. Look at the fog thats developed. Weve got fairly thick fog right now annapolis reporting fog less than a kwoert mile visibility. Well continue to deal with fog. That fog a result of this warmer air making its way over the snowback we have in the area. He are looking at the snow winds out of the northeast at 5 Miles Per Hour light rain continuing. We have heavy rain up to the north, 43 leesburg, 43 in gaithersburg, 53 down toward fred ricksburg, Virginia Beach at 72 right now. Not far from the real warm stuff. But look whats falling heavy rain toward winchester, hagerstown and frederick in through prince georges montgomery county. Well continue to see the rain now all night. Once again the heaviest out of i81. Then right down 270 and 70 corridors there. Headsup in those areas. Its just rain. The roads will be wet overnight tonight. Right on through early tomorrow. Then well start to see the colder air move through. Theres two distinct little impulses here, one thats going right over cincinnati right now. The other one back towards the west. And thats the one thats going to bring our snow. Winter storm warnings in effect all the way down toward arkansas through memphis, right on into our region all the way up towards the philadelphia region. For us, its a winter storm warning everywhere late tonight into the day tomorrow. Future weather, 6 00, the rain coming on through the area. Showers through the south. Then just plain rain moving through the wednesday hours, overnight tonight around 1 00. Still rain except for the portions of the northwest hagerstown, martinsburg, seeing the changeover. 6 00 a. M. , rain to the south a little bit of a lull between those two impulses. But still snowing up to the north. And this is the area to the north well see the problems early. D. C. South, youll wake up hasnt started snowing yet. The roads may be okay. But dont think theyll stay that way once the snow comes down. Its going to come down heavily. This is new. Look to the north around 9 00, its done in hagerstown. It may be done in frederick and martinsburg and winchester but still snowing heavily in d. C. , toward fredericksburg in southern maryland. Thats where it stays right around that region, i95 to the south and east, north and west may not get much from this storm. Thats a change and something weve come up with. Thats why were only going 2 to 4 in the north Hagerstown Frederick winchester on the lower side maybe upwards of the 4 inch mark. But 4 to 8 Leesburg Warrenton d. C. Down toward waldorf. If anything, these totals may come down a little bit more as some of that moisture stays out. I want to throw Something Else in there too. Road conditions ss deteriorate midmorning. Theyre bad but then they go to treacherous afternoon. Early they may not be bad in the roadways. Late in the afternoon is when things get bad. 30 degrees tomorrow high of 27 on friday 40 on saturday. Right now the weekend looking pretty good remember to spring forward saturday night into sunday. 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Please come on make your house the house when you get more from verizon fios the tv Live Team Coverage<\/a> continues now with our transportation reporter adam tuss where its all hands on deck on those roads. Reporter certainly all hands on deck, wendy. We have a few light raindrops come coming down right now at tysons corner. But the steady rain moving into the area is the problem for road crews later on tonight. You cant pretreat the roads if it all will just wash away. Lets look at the beltway at tysons corner. Loaded up for sure. A lot of people heading home for good for the next couple of days. Lets show you whats happening with road crews. At this point, the activity has to do with making sure trucks are maintained and repaired. As you know, this has already been a long winter for these guys, a lot of equipment being put back together as far as salt supplies vdot is down to 20 d. C. Now on a second round overall of salt maryland crews say theyre in good shape. Crews will be using a lot of sand with the early part of this storm, and theyre asking for you to give them room. A lot of drivers, they are not thrilled with the thought of more snow. We caught up with one guy who has already had a rough winter. Actually was involved in a collision early on, one of the first snowfalls. Reporter of this year. Yeah. Reporter what hammed . A guy spun out im sorry. He didnt spin out. But i could see him starting to fishtail. And he just cut it right in front of me. There was nothing i could do. Reporter and back here now live, the traffic is making its way on the beltway tonight. Coming up news4 at 6, vdot says its actually having to resa just its strategy because salt apply supplies are down to 20 . Back to you. Thank you, adam tuss. With more snow coming, the big question tonight for parents and students and teachers, will there be a day off tomorrow . And when will that decision be made . News4s Mark Segraves<\/a> is in touch with School Districts<\/a> across the region joining us live from northwest d. C. Reporter thoefz are the 64,000 questions. Students in our area have already missed between 1 and 10 days of classes depending on where you live because of the snow. That doesnt include delayed openings. While many parents and students would like to know right now whether their school will be open tomorrow, the reality is many schools wont make that decision until tomorrow morning. Were getting ready for the snow snow. And of course many parents were busy today stocking up for a possible fourday weekend inside with the kids. I probably will let them stay up late tonight because im pretty sure there wont be school tomorrow. Im counting on it. I just bault a bunch of crap for kids to eat tomorrow. Reporter School Officials<\/a> warn, not so fast. If we can have school tomorrow, well have it. If we can have school friday, well have it. Reporter while the predictions are for 4 to 8 inches in our area, the snow is not expected to start falling until sunrise. And thats why many schools may not make a decision on closing until tomorrow morning. We generally like to wait until the morning so we have the best information possible. Reporter not knowing before kids go to bed is frustrating for some. Would you rather know tonight . Yes, of course. I would rather know tonight, before early in the morning. Typically we have things to do. Its better to know early. Reporter some parents would rather wait until the morning because making the wrong call is even more frustrating. Especially when they close when there is no snow. I understand it. I really do feel for these people who have to make this decision. I wouldnt want to have to do it for anything. Reporter now, we spoke to officials in d. C. , maryland and virginia schools. They all said the same thing. They would like to make the decision tonight if they can, but because of the timing of the storm that might not be possible. They all said they would make those decisions by 5 00 a. M. Of course youll know first if you download the nbc washington app. A lot of schools in our area have used up their allotted snow days. Well tell you at 6 00 what that means for your school district. Wendy, back to you. Thank you mark. And now some new information about a Police Search<\/a> at the home of a man suspected in a series of shootings in maryland. Hong young is suspected in five different shootings in the last week, including that gunfire that hit on nsa building yesterday. News4s chris gordon reports. Reporter Prince Georges County<\/a> Police Investigators<\/a> entered the beltsville house of the shooting suspect, 35yearold hong young. Hours later, they came out with bags of evidence which i have learned contain handguns and rifles indicating the highway shootings of the past week could have been much worse. Most of us here were probably in some way shape or form aware of events 15 years ago, give or take, with the d. C. Sniper case. Reporter young lived here in beltsville with his mother, father and sister. His wife recently divorced him and moved. Last year, young resigned from his job as a corrections officer in jessup, maryland. I thought he was a security guy. He wears like a security dress once in a while. I have seen him that way. Reporter but the neighbor never saw the 19 niep 9 blue Lincoln Town Car<\/a> police have been looking for since the series of five shootings began a week ago. Anne arundel mills, walmart in laurel, Columbia Mall<\/a> movie theater, the icc and nsa. Yesterday afternoon a tree Service Truck<\/a> was targeted along the icc at the i95 interchange. One occupant of the truck was wounded by shattered glass another had a bullet lodged in his clothing. Police say both were in mortal fear for their lives. Then yesterday evening a building at the national xurtd Security Agency<\/a> was hit by a bullet. The search ended about 10 30 last night when Anne Arundel Police<\/a> made a traffic stop in the area of the costco in arundle mills which led for youngs arrest. Investigators worked all night to link these cases together forensically. That was chris gordon reporting. To two Small Victories<\/a> in court for the man charged in brutal crimes nearly a decade apart in virginia. Jesse matthews defense team got the delay they wanted in a trial in the murder of 18yearold uva student Hannah Graham<\/a> from Fairfax County<\/a>. In addition to the delay, the court will be providing the defense a dna expert. Matthew has pleaded not guilty in grahams murder and a 2005 rape in fairfax. Three people are dead tonight after a small plane crashed while trying to land at the airport in norfolk, virginia. The plane went down in a wooded area here about a mile and a half away from the airport early this morning. It took crews three hours to locate the plane because of heavy fog. Sources tell our station that the plane was originally landing about 30 miles away but diverted for poor visibility. Ahead in the newscast, well have a report from norfolk with new information on the planes flight path. Wendy . What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a lunchtime police chase in arlington. It could have been tragic for the officer who made that stop. In the clarendon area. Police are trying to figure out why the driver took off. Pat collins is live near the scene. Reporter wendy, he tried his best to get away, first by car, then by foot. But he couldnt outrun the law. Arlington police got their man today, but it took some doing. They searched him head to toe. Why did he run . Thats what they were trying to find out. But im getting way ahead of this story. It started with a simple traffic stop. A red lot infraction. The officer walks up to the drivers side window. He leans in and says man, do you realize you just before he could finish that sentence, the driver takes off. The officer sort of wedged in the window. He has to shuffle along like this before he can pull back and get out of harms way. But the car, that car, it keeps on going. The suspect floors it. Reporter he drives through the neighborhood up one street, down another. The cops are closing in. At one point, the tires on the passengers side of the chrysler car go flat. He comes to a crashing halt right here in this crosswalk. He gets out and continues his escape on foot. Finally, they get him cornered and cuffed and in that chrysler car they find a gun. Is that why he ran . The firearm was recovered inside the vehicle. Right now were not sure if thats the reason the subject fled initially or if hes wanted for a number of things. Reporter oh, and what about the cop who made the traffic stop in the first place . No serious injury there. Just some shaken nerves and some boots. Now, as of this hour, investigators are still talking to the suspect, and police are back in the neighborhood conducting a search from street to street. More about that coming up at 6 00. Back to you, jim. Pat collins thank you. D. C. Mayor mare yul ror muriel buzer is making her first trip to wall street. Shes meeting with the bond agencies over the districts rating. Right now its a aa, the highest raitding is a aaa. The districts bond rating has improved over the last eight years. The better the rating of course the more money the city can borrow to spend or services and programs they can provide for residents. A new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jail. News4 gets an exclusive look at the new library and what kind of books will be inside. Reporter Virginia State<\/a> police renewing their effort to get you to move over on the roadway. Im david culver in Prince William<\/a> county. Well introduce you to two of the troopers involved in near deadly crashes. A new president ial candidate drumming up quite a controversy tonight. Why he says prison is proof that being gay is a choice. And storm team 4 hard at work mapping out the totals and the time line of this snowstorm set to strike the dmv. Im Pat Lawson Muse<\/a> at the live desk. Weve just learned that maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen<\/a> plans to run for the senate seat at the end of mccullskis term. She will not be running for reelection in 2016. Holland announced his intentions in an email to supporters today. He served in the house since 2003. But it will likely be a crowded race. Congressman john delaney has indicated he plans to explore a bid and republicans are interested in the seat that mccullski has held since 1987. Mccullski will end her career as the longest serving woman in congressional history. At the live desk, pat laus chb muse. Tonight three troopers with Virginia State<\/a> police are recovering from separate accidents all within a week and all in similar fashion. The troopers were all along the side of a road here when vehicles veered into them. Two of the troopers are now sharing their experiences in and an urgent plea with david culver. Reporter you see the signs on the side of the road, move over. Police say folks are just not obeying them. Their proof . Take a look at this Virginia State<\/a> police cruiser. One of three hit in the same week. This particular cruiser in honor of trooper michael campbell. Here is a look at the 26yearolds police darr the night of february 24th. He just pulled over a car on i66. While out talking to the driver another vehicle came smash noog his cruiser. Im feeling he better than i have a right to be feeling. Reporter trooper campbell is alive and walking today the first time hes seen his car since last weeks crash. He tells me he was thrown into the interstate. I was laying down there felt a few vehicles pass me while im laying on the ground. A lot of thoughts racing through my mind first and foremost, dont worry about how bad im injured get out of the road. All we ask is they give us the chance to go home to our families. Reporter the troopers were gathered and colleagues of a Fairfax County<\/a> tow truck driver killed in december, all making the same plea. If theres an open lane, just move over you know . And if theres not an open lane just slow down. Reporter trooper Michael Mcsellers<\/a> got hit the week before campbell. The father of two was sitting in his cruiser when right at impact something told him, turn the wheel. I cant explain it other than for me i think it was just god say, grab the steering wheel. I turned it to the right and i hit the rear corner ever him. Otherwise i would have hit this suv headon. Reporter 14 Virginia State<\/a> troopers were hit last year, which makes 3 in just one week a troubling statistic. Im david culver, news4. Weve got an exclusive look at the new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jaifl. The city has opened a library for the inmates in the basement of this hulking Correctional Institute<\/a> in southeast d. C. It will be paperbacks only, no fictional story thats according to city officials. So best sellers mystery, romances, science fiction, a lot of the airport paperbacks you would see just about anywhere are super popular, no matter where you are. But you can get some books to read, to limit the stress that you might be going through, books is always good for you to have to read. As an escape. Yeah. D. C. s Public Library<\/a> will oversee the project costing about 250,000 per year. Some relief for families living in northeast washington. Everyone has their Water Service<\/a> back on after yesterdays massive sinkhole and water main break there. D. C. Water shut off service to about 25 homes. Crews are still working to repair the road. Everything should be fixed soon, we hear. Well, going to be getting messy with snow and more stuff coming in. Why not . We have changes i think to the forecast a little bit. Yesterday we were putting out there numbers as high as 8 inches or more. I dont think thats the case anymore. I think weve brought the numbers down. Excellent. Good news. But it will still have big impacts on some wras during the day tomorrow. Lets show you where we are now. Were warm. Weve been warm 51 earlier. Look at the fog thats developed. Weve got fairly thick fog right now annapolis reporting fog less than a kwoert mile visibility. Well continue to deal with fog. That fog a result of this warmer air making its way over the snowback we have in the area. He are looking at the snow winds out of the northeast at 5 Miles Per Hour<\/a> light rain continuing. We have heavy rain up to the north, 43 leesburg, 43 in gaithersburg, 53 down toward fred ricksburg, Virginia Beach<\/a> at 72 right now. Not far from the real warm stuff. But look whats falling heavy rain toward winchester, hagerstown and frederick in through prince georges montgomery county. Well continue to see the rain now all night. Once again the heaviest out of i81. Then right down 270 and 70 corridors there. Headsup in those areas. Its just rain. The roads will be wet overnight tonight. Right on through early tomorrow. Then well start to see the colder air move through. Theres two distinct little impulses here, one thats going right over cincinnati right now. The other one back towards the west. And thats the one thats going to bring our snow. Winter storm warnings in effect all the way down toward arkansas through memphis, right on into our region all the way up towards the philadelphia region. For us, its a winter storm warning everywhere late tonight into the day tomorrow. Future weather, 6 00, the rain coming on through the area. Showers through the south. Then just plain rain moving through the wednesday hours, overnight tonight around 1 00. Still rain except for the portions of the northwest hagerstown, martinsburg, seeing the changeover. 6 00 a. M. , rain to the south a little bit of a lull between those two impulses. But still snowing up to the north. And this is the area to the north well see the problems early. D. C. South, youll wake up hasnt started snowing yet. The roads may be okay. But dont think theyll stay that way once the snow comes down. Its going to come down heavily. This is new. Look to the north around 9 00, its done in hagerstown. It may be done in frederick and martinsburg and winchester but still snowing heavily in d. C. , toward fredericksburg in southern maryland. Thats where it stays right around that region, i95 to the south and east, north and west may not get much from this storm. Thats a change and something weve come up with. Thats why were only going 2 to 4 in the north Hagerstown Frederick<\/a> winchester on the lower side maybe upwards of the 4 inch mark. But 4 to 8 Leesburg Warrenton<\/a> d. C. Down toward waldorf. If anything, these totals may come down a little bit more as some of that moisture stays out. I want to throw Something Else<\/a> in there too. Road conditions ss deteriorate midmorning. Theyre bad but then they go to treacherous afternoon. Early they may not be bad in the roadways. Late in the afternoon is when things get bad. 30 degrees tomorrow high of 27 on friday 40 on saturday. Right now the weekend looking pretty good remember to spring forward saturday night into sunday. And hey, guys, three days at 50 degrees or higher next week. Wow woohoo keep it locked here for the latest anoungsmentes from loek will schools. Well bring you live updates as you get them and keep monitoring our app. A federal investigation clears the Ferguson Police<\/a> officer who killed an unarmed black teenager. The key findings from the department of justice just released. And say what . Ben carson opines about gay people and prison. And it has set off anger on social media. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . 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Jim and wendy, officer Darren Wilson<\/a> will not face any more charges. The Justice Department<\/a> says extensive interviews with credible credible witnesses support wilsons version of the events prompting wilson to fire the fatal shot. A separate report, part of which leaked yesterday, lays out a pattern of bias among police, courts and the jail in ferguson. It found africanamerican residents were subject to 85 of traffic stops and 93 of arrests in a twoyear period. Attorney general eric holder says those facts helped explain the reaction by residents after the shooting. This investigation found a community that was deeply polarized. Its not difficult to imagine how a single tragic incident set off the city of ferguson like a powder keg. Michael browns parents say they are saddened by the report but are encouraged that the Ferguson Police<\/a> department will be held accountable. Wendy . Now a story making a lot of people talk tonight. Less than 24 hours after announcing a president ial exploratory committee, dr. Ben carson is under fire for comments about gay people. Here he is earlier today on cnn. You think being gay is a choice . Absolutely. Why do you say that . Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight, and when they come out theyre gay. So did something happen while they were in there . An official with the Human Rights Campaign<\/a> says carsons comments prove he is quote, utterly unfit for office. The first lady helping change minds today. New at 5 00, the Emotional Campaign<\/a> to prevent suicide and how local students are making a difference. An alert for apple and google users. Why your personal information could be at risk. Plus, the snow stick has already started tweeting. Make sure youre following pats snow stick for his challenge tomorrow. Storm team 4 has just updated the forecast for the snowfall. Check out the new numbers Live Team Coverage<\/a> straight ahead. Right now at 5 30 rain tonight but a snowy transition is on the way. Conditions are going to deteriorate overnight. By this time tomorrow, several inches of snow will be on the ground. A snow emergency takes effect at 7 00 a. M. In washington. Our Team Coverage<\/a> begins now with doug and veronica in the storm center 4. At 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow, i think thats when things just start getting under way as far as snow in the district. Right. Areas north and west get the snow first. Thats where Road Conditions<\/a> will start to go downhill quickly. Lets talk about whats happening right now. First, we cannot forget its raining outside. We have heavy rain that will continue to make its way through frederick county, virginia over to fed rick county maryland. Good swath of heavier rain, that will dampen the roads also helping to get rid of some of the snow currently out there right now. Look back to the west, we do have the cold air and we have the moisture. So this cold air has to move into our region with that moisture for us to get the snow. Thats why we have that winter storm warning in effect late tonight into the day on thursday. So when is this going to start . What are we looking at here . Snow time line. Snow starts between 2 00 and 5 00 a. M. , 2 00 to the west and 5 00 a. M. Insood the city. Snow for the a. M. Rush, but am rush in d. C. May be okay. The roads are covered to the north and west. For more on when you should expect road problems tomorrow morning, veronica has that. If that snow starts to the north guys, around 2 00 a. M. Maybe an hour or two or so before the roads start getting snow covered. Indeed, this is 4 00 a. M. Around hagerstown Hagerstown Frederick<\/a>, winchester, some snowcovered roads we will see throughout the area. 7 00 a. M. , snowcovered roads from leesburg, winchester. By the time we get to 10 00 right into d. C. And very quickly down through 1 00 faulkner county, prince Georges Anne Arundel<\/a> county and by the time we get to the afternoon, 4 00 everyone seeing snowcovered roads as the system will be making its exit out. We think well see heavy snow during the afternoon periods. Once again that could be the worst time between 9 00 and 3 00 p. M. Well have the latest for you including those snowfall totals. Well take you hour by hour in just a minute. Thank you, doug. The mad dash is on at the grocery store, as you might imagine tonight. You know the routine. Stock up on bread, milk, toilet paper, too, maybe some beer and wine. News4 is live at the safeway in greenbelt, maryland. Shomari, how is it looking out there . Reporter so far i havent seen anyone buying beer and wine but they are getting plenty of this bottled water, a new shipment just came in. Let bhe walk over here. These are the hot items right now, cereal, bottled water as i just mentioned, bread, nonperishable items like this canned food here and here. Youve got chips and milk. A lot of folks are concerned they could possibly be without electricity so theyre stocking up and getting ready, take a walk with me over here. You see this late di . She has been standing here around the past five minutes, now coming through. Theyre usually not lines like this in the aisles but a lot of folks are getting ready and are concerned about this possible storm. A lot of folks are also telling me that they worry about their kids having to stay hoax again another snow day. What better time to come here to the grocery store, get cereal, the things you need, just to be careful and plan for this potential storm. Live here in greenbelt at safeway shomari stone, back to you in the studio. We have some new information just in to news4 about that teenager from woodbridge taken into custody for helping another young man travel to syria to join isis. Sources are telling news4 they fear the 17yearold Osborne Park High School<\/a> student may have tried to recruit other students to join isis. That teenagers name is not release released. Hes been held as a juvenile now. The older teen who traveled to syria is facing indictment in this case, but it is not clear where he is. A group rallied at the maryland statehouse in annapolis today showing support for a bill that would give the terminally ill more control over their death its called death with dignity. It would allow adults given fewer than six months to live the option to get a prescription that would accelerate their death. Critics point out that the measure does not require screening for depression. Five states have death with dignity laws now in place. Ht to reverse the stigma of Mental Illness<\/a>. Today a new Awareness Campaign<\/a> called change direction is encouraging people to treat Mental Illness<\/a> with the same sensitivity as other illnesses like cancer or heart disease. Todays launch at the museum was led by first Lady Michelle<\/a> obama. When it comes to Mental Health<\/a> conditions, we often treat them differently from other diseases, like cancer diabetes or asthma. And that makes no sense. We caught up with a group of local High School Students<\/a> from montgomery county. Tonight, Kristin Wright<\/a> shows us how theyre changing minds. Reporter this is the beginning. All you have to do is just talk to someone. Reporter of a long conversation about Mental Health<\/a>. Its hard to remember that people care about you. Reporter an open sometimes painful conversation. About a year and a half ago ago sorry. Reporter on the road ahead, they work to reverse the stigma. Change directions is basically changing the statement about Mental Health<\/a>. Its really exposing a topic thats been in the dark for so long and really bringing it to light. Reporter on the road ahead, they recognize the signs of depression and encourage friends to get help. Were not perfect. Nobodys perfect. Reporter the change Direction Campaign<\/a> has the support of the first lady. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, its still an illness. There should be no distinction. Walk with us. You matter to me. Reporter on the road ahead, they see no one else take their own life. Hes with me. Hes making all of this happen. Reporter this is the beginning. Wow. This is going to be huge. Reporter in northwest washington, Kristin Wright<\/a> news 4. Apple and google users to be vulnerable to hackers. The security flaw that has put millions at risk and how the two tech giants are addressing this problem. And were following a developing story out of norfolk, virginia, where a Small Plane Crashes<\/a> while approaching the airport runway. 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Heres a quick tour in reverse. What some people like is shoot selfie videos, 360 or 180. Here is a view of our studio. Heres the teleprompter the words aro read backwards. Ill show you wendy. Wave to them wendy. Were showing you this bhauz on video the lips can be out of sync. The danger is a lot of people like to do the 180s or the 360s. Now,sonian is not banning selfie taking with the cell phones. They dont like the sticks. Some museums in new york have also implemented the bans, too. What do you think about this ban . You can weigh in on my facebook page. Wendy . Our favorite wednesdays are the ones when we get to update you on one of our feature wednesdays children who found a permanent loving home. Barbara harrison recently caught up with marvin and his new parents. Reporter we first met marvin in june of 2013 when we visited the red door spa. He was only 12 and even then quite tall for his age. While marvin was waiting for a family, two people not far away who had already had the experience of foster parenting were considering adopting. They both had brothers and sisters and wanted children of our own some day. We took all the foster classes and got on the list. Then you just wait for a phone call. Reporter then they learned about marvin. I felt like right away it just clicked. Fr. Reporter eric and john hadnt considered adopting a teenager. When their new son arrived, he was already towering over his new parents. But only, they say in height. Hes 64 so you dont picture he looks a lot older e. s 14. Reporter marvin says he feels really at home here. I guess i just wanted someone who i know wasnt going to leave and theyd stay there and help me through everything. And i have that with john and eric. Reporter john and eric say marvin is already asking for a brother or sister to join the family. And theyre thinking about it. And lookwhat would marvin say to others still waiting in the foster care system . I used to hate this quote. Whenever somebody would say it, i would say, dont say that to me. Its dont give up theres light at the end of the tunnel. I would probably say dont give up because i used to think i would never find a home, and i have. Reporter Barbara Harrison<\/a> news4 for wednesdays child. If you have room in your home or heart for another child waiting out there, call our hotline 1888toadoptme. For more on marvin and his new family or another child search wednesdays child on nbcwashington. Com. And were taking a look at our snowstorm. Right now rain across the area. Well continue to see the rain through the night. But here comes the snow. Well show you when that moves into your area in just a minute. Were looking at prime sledding snow tomorrow why a d. C. Delegate is asking for special sledding treatment for all of you kids on capitol hill. How a group of middle School Students<\/a> came up with an idea that could win them ai national award. Your as a Small Business<\/a> owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Hurry call now its your last chance. This offer ends march twentyfirst. And welcome back. Take a look at this camera shot right now. This is actually fog towards rockville. Were seeing rain and notice 355 there. The wet roadways this picture will look very similar tomorrow except for the fact that it will be snowing at that time. Already snow on the ground across the area. Right now from our studios in northwest, you can see the fog thats developed. That warmer air, fog moving over the snow cover. Thats why we have fog. Fog visibility down to a half mile in some locations. 48 degrees right now, rain. That rain continuing all night long. We will drop into the upper 30s by 11 00 tonight, but its on the mild side. Storm team 4 radar showing the rain across the area. Some lighter rain around the d. C. Metro area. But back to the west is where were looking at some of the heavier rain, back toward winchester, right along 81 then back down through route 7, 50, leesburg, brunswick and frederick. The heavier rain is moving south. Look what else is sagging to the south. It was cold air, it was rain and now snow into portions of ohio. Thats what will happen here, rain switching over to snow. Thats why we have winter storm warnings tonight. Now, our totals as i mentioned, were down a little bit from where we were yesterday during this time. Even down a little bit from this morning. Only thinking 2 to 4 maybe hagerstown toward the frostburg area, garrett county, theyll get the snow. They always do in the mountains. 4 to 8 in a wide region, frederick to warrenton, waldorf, annapolis, d. C. Another area of 2 to 4 to the south as a result of it waiting so long to change over toward the south and east. A lot of you asked me, could this change . Totals go up . In fact, they may actually go down again as we get to the 11 00 news tonight. I may even make a change in the next half hour. 2 to 4 toward the martinsburg area, i think a good 4 inches around frederick then 4 to 8 right through 66 and over toward 50 down to the south. Thats where were thinking 2 to 4, including colonial beach, st. George island. Lets talk about the delays tomorrow. This is a highimpact event. Most schools will probably be canceled tomorrow. You may wake up and the roads may not be bad. D. C. To the south, but they will get bad quickly. Thats why we have a high impact event in the area to red. Moderate impact for the yellow. Higher impact once the snow starts down there. High temperatures thursday, 30, 27 on friday. We could even see some delays on friday with icy and snowcovered roads friday morning. 40 on saturday, 44 on sunday. Temperatures next week, we get into the 50s. It looks like we will stay there for a few days. Every time we get significant snow, kids and their parents drag sleds to the capitol for some of their best sledding around. Well, now theres a lastminute plea to get the sledding ban lifted before the snow starts falling. Today d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes<\/a> norton asked that the ban be lifted tomorrow through sunday. She sent a formal letter to Capitol Police<\/a> board chair frank larkin asking for a onetime waiver. She implored him to quote have a heart, mr. Larkin, a kids heart, end quote. Our cold weather is taking a toll even after crews repair those broken water mains. This is what it looks like on bradley lane in bethesda where the yellow lane striping has been ripped up. Were told its a combination of the rain, the snow, ice, chemicals. Thats all likely to blame. Wssc tell us those markings are temporary and theyll put permanent striping down as soon as the weather improves. A virginia man is in jail tonight for allegedly flashing workers and customers at a hair salon. Paul cocca was arrested yesterday in woodbridge. They tell us he had been sitting on the sidewalk outside the salon on darby brook court exposing himself in front of the window. He drove away after that, but officers were able to track him down with the help of witnesses. Hes being held without bond. Well soon learn just how bad those cuts could be next year in Prince William<\/a> county wub schools. Tonight the School Board Meets<\/a> to decide what to trim. It needs to save 8. 5 million. The board published a list some 400 items that could potentially be cut. It includes eliminating fullday kirnt garden slashing transportation to specialty programs. Members say those are unlikely to happen, given they are so controversial. Members of the next Fairfax County<\/a> board of supervisors will be getting a raise. Tonight current Board Members<\/a> are talking about why its deserved. News4 caught up with lead District Supervisor<\/a> jeff mccade during a Ribbon Cutting<\/a> ceremony for the expanded telegraph road. He told us the jobs of supervisors are supposed to be part time but in a county the size of fairfax thats not practical nor the reality. The idea that this is part time is totally patently false. Ive never held outside employment because i dont think you can do this job right with outside employ, and i also think from an ethics standpoint thats what our citizens ought to expect. Members of the next board of supervisors will be getting around 95,000 a year, a 20,000 raise. The chairman of the board will be getting 100,000. Well, a security flaw has left millions of web users vulnerable to hackers. The flaw known as the freak affects apples Safari Browser<\/a> and googles android browser. The vulnerability could let hackers spy on folks who use those browse errs. Google says it has a fix available in the form of a Software Update<\/a>. Apple says its Software Update<\/a> fix will be ready sometime next week. So far theres no evidence that hackers have exploited this problem. Target says its going to cut several thousand jobs within the next few years. This move is part of the stores effort to cut costs by 2 billion. Target says it wants to shift its focus to online and mobile shoppers, most local jobs shouldnt be impacted. The majority of the cuts would happen at headquarters in minneapolis. A student project aimed at addressing a real world problem has already earned a local school 35,000 for new technology. And now theyre making some lastminute tweaks as they compete for an even bigger prize. Heres their story. I actually would filter it again. Reporter it started with a simple question. How much do you rely on clean Drinking Water<\/a> . Water is our basis of life. Reporter first students track their own water use, then shared and charted here at imagine hope charter in d. C. Thats pretty good. Reporter the next question how can they address clean water shortages around the globe. That became the ground work for a s. T. E. M. Competition. Its called a better tomorrow. 3,000 schools ss applied in october. Were one of 15 stifl alive. Rs is the water filtering system they came up with and tweaks are happening now. If our water filters actually work. Reporter you might need to do three four, even more times to really clear to where you could drink the water. Reporter the filter was used with basic materials like a 2 liter bottle. Layers of coarse sand gravel, charcoal. Reporter later this month, two will head to new york city where theyll present their findings. From now until march 25th you can go online to samsung. Com and vote for our school. Reporter theres a lot at stake. The five winning schools will get 140,000 in Samsung Technology<\/a> for s. T. E. M. Projects. Ive learned so much. Its made me so grateful about the resources that we have in the united states. Were not gooding to solve the entire problem but we can do our part. Reporter it started off as just a question. The focus now is finding a solution. In northeast d. C. News4. Voters in maryland could head to the polls a little later during next years primary season. The state senate advanced a bill to push the primary date to the last tuesday in april. Under current law, the election will be held on the first tuesday but that would mean early voting would fall on easter sunday. Moving the vote to april 26th would align maryland with some neighboring states and create a regional primary. Were working a developing story in norfolk. Three people dead after a plane crash. And weve got some new information on the victims and how it happened when wre come back. The first day of testimony in the Boston Marathon<\/a> bombing trial, and the defense reveals an interesting strategy. Storm team 4 tracking rain tonight and snow tomorrow folks. A new forecast with doug just a couple of minutes away. Gabby giffords is back on capitol hill today as lawmakers unveil aid new gun control beer. The measure would expand background check to all commercial sales including guns sold at gun shows, online and in classified. Giffords is a victim of gun violence, saying now is the time to come together for responsible reform. Were learning more about the man behind the controls of that small plane that crashed down in norfolk. That crash killed three people, including a doctor who was with a couple of his friends. Reporter andy fox talked with a man who knew the pilot. Loved every bit of life that you could ever think of. I mean, he grasped for life. He grasped for every excitement. He grasped for any joy. Sean devlin remembering his friend michael buckston, a clinical psychiatrist an advocate for special Needs Children<\/a> and veterans alike. He was never in the military but he loved military people. He loved veterans and he would do just about anything for us. He was always there to talk with us and help us through things. I just loved him dear live. Reporter buxten was with two School Friends<\/a> from buffalo. A car with new york tags still in front of the house he shared with debby and her child. Debbie and his adopted family i guess if you want to call that, he loved them more than life itself and gave everything he could for them. You know he was there always at their side. Reporter devlin spoke with buxten just yesterday morning. He was about to look at a house boat he thought devlin should buy. He was going out at 1 00 yesterday afternoon to take pictures of the boat so he could come back here, and he wanted me to come over to his office because he had patients, booked solid all the rest of the week. Reporter at buxtons office today, though, the sad note. Due to unforeseen circumstances dr. Buxtons office is closed until further notice. Probably one of the best guys ive ever met. He loved everybody. You know, he didnt care whether it was his friend or his enemy you know, he still loved them. Now at 6 00 a winter storm warning alreadying having an impact on travel before what could be the biggest winter storm of the season. That winter storm warning takes effect late tonight, but the university of maryland in College Park Campus<\/a> already has announced it will close tomorrow. Were also hearing from road crews, metro, pepco, the Major Airlines<\/a> all changing plansters all over the place tonight, spread out in maryland, d. C. And virginia. But we begin with doug whos telling us that this one is for real, huh . Yeah, i think so for many areas across our region. We are going to see some pretty big snow. The biggest in the d. C. Area, 4. 7 inches at reagan. I think well be very close to that number, if not a little over. Lets look and show you what the transition here is. Again, weve got rain right now. Take a look at the numbers. 33 in pittsburgh 73 down towards virginia beex. We are right in the middle at 48. Weve got this colder air waiting to the north thats going to come down and change our rain which we have now over to snow. You can see where the rain is down toward waldorf, light shower activity. But the heavier rain continues to be the north of 66 in virginia and 50 in maryland. Well continue to see the rain throughout the evening. There is a lot more of it to come back to the west, and then the snow also starting to move our way. 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