Right now crews are working on the water line in Prince Georges County. Are wssc tells news 4 a car hit a fire hydrant causing that break. There no road closures this morning. The key to solving one of the areas most infamous mysteries may lie in bedford, new jersey. The sisters disappeared and we are now learning Rural Properties are being searched for the girls remains. News 4 has how those pieces of land are connected to a convicted sex offender from Montgomery County. The story by dan morse quotes the case revealed during the interviews Lloyd Lee Welsh claims he left in a vehicle with the two girls the day they disappeared. The story cites an account from the aftfidavit that details records from a Police Contact on april 1, 1975 days after 12yearold sheila and 10yearold katherine disappeared. He had seen them get into a car with a man in lee. They cite the newly unsealed affidavit said at that time detectives gave him a polygraph test and they deemed he was being untruthful. He has two convictions from the 1990s for sexually assaulting two different 10yearold girls. Detectives interviewed him after a 30year sentence. Sources tell news 4 that the family has been made away that the information was about to go public. He could not comment on the search warrants because the case is ongoing. His Department Remains committed to what happened to the sisters. They got the person who stole an suv with a 5yearold outside. He was one of two people who attacked a man and stole the car this past week. The car was abandoned a short time later. The Alexandria City Council is meeting in less than an hour. Among other things, whether to allow Retail Stores and businesses in theaters. The theater opened 100 years ago and closed just last year. Today d. C. Mayor will talk about her plans to end homelessness and Affordable Housing in the district. She is holding the second of three budget forums and job training. Thats near the metro station and starts at 1 00 this afternoon. Good saturday morning. We now know how long virginias former first couple could spend behind bars. Will maureen and bob mcdonald have to go to prison . One of the tallest Apartment Buildings in the world on fire. What it meant for those walking by that burning skyscraper. We are closer to the first snow flakes falling. Chuck bell is putting the final touches on the forecast and timing out hour by hour when we will see the worst of the storm and what to expect as a Small Business 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 upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. Call today to get 200 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Just call 1. 888. 774. 4418 today. Heres another look at storm team 4 radar. In a couple of hours, that mix of snow and ice and rain will move through your neighborhood. What you will see first and when to expect a break from the wintry mix. We know how much time virginias former first couple is expected to spend in prison for corruption. Maureen mcdonald was sentenced to a year and a day, half what her husband received. They will appeal the sentences. Scott looks at when if ever the pair could be put behind bars. We know bob donald was sentenced to two years and maureen to one. We dont know to which prison they would be reporting. Its possible neither ever gets put in a federal prison. The judge has allowed them to stay free pending appeals. The appeals will be heard in the Fourth Circuit court of appeals. The day is still unclear. We heard him reference that appeal after his wife was sent. I cast my complete faith in the lord for ultimate vindication in this case. Aggressively pursuing this appeal. Thats for bob mcdonald. There is a federal prison for men in petersburg and federal prisons for women throughout the country for maureen. That said, the bureau of prisons will not promise either will get a placement in the federal prison close to home even though the judge recommended that. The prison system said they have a lot of factors to take into effect. Crowding and the health of inmates. They often tend to place inmates near family. Bob and maureen sentenced to federal prison and it remains unclear if they will be put behind bars. In Richmond News 4. Im chuck bell. Weather alert day on the first half of your weekend. Another winter wallop coming your way. Accumulating snow for. Right now, ice cold. Take a look at this. Parts of the potomac are frozen this morning. Chuck bell will let us know when we can expect snow coming into our area. We are not the only ones dealing with the Winter Weather. Look at the roads in north georgia. Causing treacherous drivewaying down south. Leaders asking people to stay off the roads. At least 25 people have died because of the extreme cold across the country. The record breaking cold will last through most of next week and we are keeping an eye on the snow and rain through parts of the midwest. As far south as alabama. More than 100 roofs collapsed in massachusetts like this one in westford. Several horses had to be rescued here. A pair of dogs pulled from a frozen marsh. Coast guard cutters are making their way through the river so commercial ships can travel. Its a danger to the citrus crops in florida. Could you be safer when its cold outside . Crime goes down when its cold and picks up as the temperature picks up. Since winter began, crimes have plunged in boston and memphis. New york had a 12day stretch without a murder. That was the longest span since the city began tracking that data in 1994. This shows a frozen jeep imprint. The woman snapped a picture when she couldnt believe her eyes. She sent it to a few friends and its viral. Like the shell of a grill. Sure is. Today marks 50 years since malcolm x was killed in new york city. They will be among a big group to remember him. One of his daughters will speak and the event will be streamed live online when it starts at 2 00 this afternoon. This fire is out at a massive Apartment Building in dubai. Its more than 75 floors and all of them were evacuated. The building is called the toechrch tower. Its one of the highest residential towers in the world. People say some folks were walking by and they got hurt fortunately not seriously. The irony of the name being called the torch tower. It almost looks like fireworks gone wrong. They are streaming down the side of the building. Its huge. Can you imagine walking underneath that . Its surprising that nobody was seriously hurt. I can see why. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Thats not clear for us today. We are bracing for it yet again. After a viciously cold start, the coldest since 1996. The arctic air has gone nowhere. The first part of the forecast is easy. Its going to start as snow and stay snow all through the Daylight Hours. Thats an easy part of the forecast. Things get trickier after the sun goes down. Temperatures continue to rise to above freezing by this time tomorrow. As a result what starts as snow will end as rain. How much snow we can accumulate is very much the 64,000 question. Cloudy skies await you and temperatures are cold. Clouds have moved in and snow being reported out towards culpepper as well. The city cam and the icy potomac. Not solid enough it go out on. Stay off the ice. Patrick in virginia already fresh snow coming down and love for you to share your pictures with me. Twitter and instagram forecast for you. I will do a lot of social media sharing today. There is my address and we will have weather reports as well. The impact the weather will have is a high impact for today. Roads are as good as they will be all day. If you have to do something, get it done sooner rather than later. It will be a deteriorating weather picture. 18 in washington with a wind chill of 6. What to expect all snow at the beginning and snow through about 5 00 or 6 00. Several inches between now and then. The mix over to ice and the change over to rain. Hourly temperatures betweens now. Low to mid 20s and about the freezing mark by 7 00 tonight. This is all snow between now and then. Zone by zone forecast on the Google Play Store or itunes store, high impact on travel. The roads are very cold. They will hold the snow immediately. Its too cold to lay down chemical as well. The snow covered roads and the mix of rain coming in it could be icy tonight before we get road temperatures up and a glazing of ice on top of the snow. A big swath of all snow coming in on us this morning. The leading edge out to the west should be snowing here in washington by 9 30. Moving into North Eastern maryland. Snow in haegerstown and lubbocksville and washington virginia. Heres future weather. Snow racing in and snowing all through the Daylight Hours through 5 00. After the sun goes down thats when the change begins to occur. Snowfall amounts today, anywhere between three and six inches in the metro and for us probably solid three to five inches. One wick check of the sevenday in a bit, but it stays cold all week. We will check back with you. We will explain what local deputies are carrying inside a kit that they are using to save lives. And changing lives the way police handle Mental Health great rates for great rides. Geico motorcycle see how much you could save. Today there is a special form for black and latino boys. The First Baptist church is hosting the saving ours town hall at noon. They are inviting all young men between 13 and 35 to talk with leaders in a no holes barred setting. Anthony brown and chris paul and Prince Georges County police chief will be among the panelists there today. We are changing minds about the way police handle calls with Mental Health. More and more agencies are trying to help people with Mental Health issues instead of just arr we are introduced to two officers who are trying to make a difference in the way local Police Respond to people struggling with Mental Illness and their families. Kristi gallagher and her daughter meg are laughing and smiling today, but not to go ago kristi said she had to call police on her own daughter. She can get very i haveviol me. Meg has bipolar and attention deficit and hyper activity disorders that can cause rages, tantrums that turn suddenly violent. Kristi said thats when police send the Crisis Intervention Team officers special low trained to handle Mental Illness. Often they are here just to calm down and make sure she is okay to stay in the home. It gives people the options and the Resources Available within this county. Officer scott davis is the Crisis Intervention Team of the Police Departm cases like megs, but the ones working behind the scenes at the regions most dramatic and challenging crime scenes. Barricades and murdersuicides and missing ch there situations where we will come on scene and it will be a dynamic situation and we have to make snap generals. A twoperson scene cant respond to every issue and they are in charge of training Montgomery County police to recognize and dole with Mental Health issues. 600 colleagues have been through the program. They learned how to recognize when someone needs first aid and what to do about it. We have to point the person in the proper direction. There is a big need. Last year the unit responded to more than 5,000 calls for help. At least 20 of the jail population here has Mental Health issues. It blows you away how bad it is about te who are so afraid to seek treatment. A Crisis Center is staffed 247 and work with the Police Department when Mental Health issues come up. The coordinator is a therapist, a social worker and a lawyer. She said she uses all of the skills to help people in crisis. We can help put the officers who are left on their own and know what to do with basic resources. At the end of the day, you try to get the resources they needed thats a good day. News 4, today. If you or someone you know needs help with mental help we have resources on the changing minds site. You will find a Treatment Center locator, where to find help in your neighborhood. If you or someone you know is having an emergency, call 911. 8 57 and almost 100 firefighters jumping in to savefamilys home. How a plant played a role in the fire. Gq naming the best restaurants in the country and one is right here in d. C. A weather alert day. Chuck has his eyes on the snow thank you, cable for taking longer to upload our family movies. 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A winter wallop is hours away. Snow ice and rain expected in the forecast at some point today. The time is 9 01. That means its time to check on the forecast. To do that we can talk to chuck. We can see the wintry mix creeping in. It will be a mix later today. It will be all snow for late this morning through the daylight before we can get from ice to rain. Check it out. Winter storm warnings and weather advisories posted all over. The darker color is Winter Weather advisory and storm warning for more snow likely to occur. Keep that in mind. Accumulating snow and several inches on the ground before and changing to ice and rain. How much snow . About one to three in Southern Maryland and four to eight inches across northern mard d the panhandle. It will be all snow in the beginning. Teens to near 20 and there is the leading edge of the snow. Loudoun and frederick and maryland and Frederick County virginia as well. All the way to central kentucky and tennessee. Thats the reason we will be changing to rain. Going outside, plan on snow through the Daylight Hours and think twice about it. Snow and ice from 5 00 to 8 00. Ice and rain between 8 00 to 11 00. When does this start to clear up . The sevenday forecast just ahead. Thank you. This weekend crews are repairing the heaters in nearly half a dozen public schools. This was one of the number of students to call home complaining about how cold it was inside. His mother picked him up while the School System worked on the repairs. I cant even focus. I came to get something because of the temperatures. They were very cold and i reached out to me and i came to feel the temperatures myself. They closed four schools and i hoped to have the repairs done by monday. You can be prepared with the nbc washington app and all you have to do is download it for free. The forecast and the latest local news. New this morning, a devastating crash on the beltway sent one person to the hospital. Crews tweeted out this picture. Hard to tell but this is whats left of a car that flipped over. It happened around 2 30 this morning. The fire and ems is working to find out what caused the crash. A seatbelt may have saved the persons life. We now know what started a huge house fire in Montgomery County. Someone left a cigarette or something similar in a potted plant that led to what we see right here. We received this video from overnight. It came from the count ey. It took 75 firefighters to get everything under control. Think about how cold it was. One firefighter was hurt and expected to be okay. A plea from relatives of this woman. An 85yearold killed in a hitandrun crash. Someone hit adelea as she crossed the street in centerville. The victim often walked back and forth to get to a nearby shopping center. Her family is hoping that the driver will turn themselves in. She was responsible and it was an accident or maybe something happened. Please call the family. Investigators say snow on the shoulder may have played a role but police dont know what kind of vehicle they are looking for. It has been one year since a mystery murder in wood bridge. Look at this video. Three men go into the jewelry and grocery off of route 1 and run out nine seconds later n. Between they killed a woman who was the stores clerk and shot another employee as well. She left behind a baby girl and she is just a year now. They are offering a reward 21,000. More and more officers in maryland are carrying an item that they say is saving lives. How Frederick County Drug Overdose kits are making a difference. The way its put together is simple. The sheriffs deputy shows the kid he used to save a young man. He was dying from a heroin overdose. This goes into the nasal cavity and you half into one cavity and half into the other. Its the reversing drug to revive a 19yearold who was not brothing and not responsive. At that time he took a deep breath and started coughing. The deputy used it to save a 26yearold man who was nearh fro heroin. It took a couple of minutes to take effect. He was so far along. It was neat watching because you could see the color come back into his face and he started breathing again. The Sheriffs Office is among a growing number of departments requiring officers to carry the kits to reduce fatalities from heroin and other opiate. Its a difficult situation when you walk in and find your child blue. Karen is not a police officer, shes a mom got the training. Her son is now in recovery. It was in your mind that you might have to use this on your son . Absolutely. Most of the moms that have been trained carry it in their purse. It could encourage illegal drug use, some say. No addict would want to be shot with it because it stops the high and forces them into withdrawal. They are not going to say let me see how far i can get to death and use this because it will make them sick. News 4. Deputies say they have saved 14 lives across the country. The time is 9 07. Do you ever feel glued to your phone like this one over here. She is responding to your phones. You wont believe what people say th need their smart phones to do. Students confused through the common core standards. What you get right and wrong. Chuck bell has his eyes on the snowstorm headed our way. How much snow we will get and the next lets take another look at stm team 4 radar showing the winter wallop about to bear down on us. How long it will be sticking around in a bit. On the eve of nascars biggest race of the year one of the sports top stars has been pulled from the race. Nascar has indefinitely suspended kurt busch who will not race in tomorrows daytona 500. He committed an act of Domestic Violence against his exgirlfriend. She said he strangled her and smashed her head into a wall. Chevrolet is suspending its relationship with busch. The 31yearold driver is replacing busch in the daytona 500. You may have noticed the latest trend. The number of people dependent on their smart phones is rising. Researchers found 21 of top app users say they couldnt maintain a relationship without the apps on their device. 19 say they wouldnt be able to find new friends. 17 said they couldnt do their jobs. A majority of app users use their phones nearly all the time and that means when they are out to dinner with others. Chuck bell you would never be that rude. No. I dont believe in apping while eating thats for sure. Storm team 4 weather app ready to go. Before we go i will show you another break down of who gets how much and. At 9 14 a look at the top stories. The snow headed our way is whatyone is talking b. We will see snow ice, and rain. You have to be careful if you are heading out. Roads could be slick. The Washington Post is reporting they are searching property for the lyon sisters and linked to a convicted sex offender. In an interview, he admitted he left the mall in a car with the sisters the day they disappeared. A heads up track work on all six lines this weekend. The bethesda station is closed for escalator repairs and the others are running 10 to 20 minutes. Red, yellow blue, orange, and green are every 16 minutes. The focus of a forum in d. C. Called helping students succeed. You can talk about topics including special needs and the new park assess am. Its less than an hour from now on e street northeast. If you cannot go there will be several meetings in the next couple of weeks. Confusion about the common core standards according to a survey. They said it covered at least two covers that it does not cover. They cover only math and reading. The core is a set of guidelines for what children should learn and be able to do when it comes to math and reading from kindergarten through 12th great. D. C. And West Virginia have adopted it and virginia has not. An emotional journey for the hockey game as the eagles lost three straight champion championships. After tragically losing a teammate gonzaga was about honoring their fallen brother with more than just trophies will. I think about every day. Inspiration from a number and memories of a smile that can be so bright they never fade. He never had a bad day. Always the injury in the room to make everyone laugh. Always happy. He literally was happy 247. If you are having a bad day, he was so happy. Had the me have my bad day. The student died in the crash. He and his friends were hit after running out of gas and pulling over on the shoulder of the beltway. I got the call on saturday morning. I hung up on them twice. It was a sick twisted joke. It was tough. Woe struggled, but we are getting through it. How this happened you know you have to do it. At times, forgetting is the way that is easiest, but you never forget. You have to learn somewhere. You have to learn to remember. One, two, three. The team finds ways to honor him and include him and play on. Just knowing that he loved hockey more than life keeps me on the ice and practicing and keeping me on top of my game so that wooe can win games. No matter how it turns out, none of us will forget it. Time made it memorable and special for us. He is here . He is definitely here. Hes here in more than one way. Shifting gears, one of the most outstanding restaurants of 2015 is right here in washington, d. C. You may have heard of it. Roses luxury in southeast. Gq named the hot spot most outstanding restaurant. Another eatery was on georgetown waterfront. Roses was named bon appetits best restaurant in 2014. It has only been open since 2013. It has done a lot. You see the picture of roses. Everyone is lined up outside and always a wait to get in. Its small . Pretty small, yeah. You are doing dinner and a movie, you may need to stay in. Impactful amount of snow. Several inches between now and the time the sun goes down just about everywhere. Then we fight the rain and snow overnight tonight. City camera view all cloud cover. A beautiful fire red sunrise early this morning. I tweeted it out on my twitter handle. Lots of great pictures. Snow flakes are flying already and ground already down. Teresa in kaiser West Virginia. More snow on the ground. Kristin hilton in marshall virginia. Big snow flakes coming down andskpand stephanie showed us this picture, back over to white. The roads are so cold everything will stick right away. Send them to me on instagram or twitter. We are off the air at 9 30. I will be here waiting for amelia who will be here the remainder of the day. In touch on social media. Temperatures will gradually climb at or above freezing and not until after the sun goes down. This is snow during the daylight. We have the latest radar and storm cast any time. Here it is on the big view. Snow everywhere to the west and south. Marching in very, very quick low. No snow inside but snow flakes in maryland and into the city of washington. About 9 30 this morning and 10 30 into the city of baltimore. This is all snow. Northern maryland and i81. All snow fla continue through the remainder of the Daylight Hours. Here comes the snow marching in all the way down to Southern Maryland. The mix will try again. This is where the computer is trying to indicate it changes over to snow and ice. The green is rapein. This is optimistic on how fast its going to change. The ground and surface is so cold. Here are comprehends of what the computer is thinking. Five inches in washington and the european model 4 1 2 inches and the local model is why there is not 100 certainty. A solid two. Three to five inches and maybe lower on the one to three side and 4 to eight inches. The sevenday forecast with snow changing to rain tonight. Dangerous with the roads so cold. This will be a frozen road situation even with the rain coming to an end and staying below average. Notice no more chances for snow at least n. Hello, we were wonder figure you would like to buy Girl Scout Cookies. They are about making the deal and how they are so this next story is about a brisk business challenge. How far would you go for a box of these . Samoas are the best. Brisk like freezing cold. We go to eastern minnesota where girl scouts are selling cookies on the ice. And you i we see a quiet lake on a cold winters night. Someone else took a look at the same place and saw a sales floor. We are selling Girl Scout Cookies to ice fishers. There but to the grace of chapped lips. This red blooded norwegian. Fishermen startled at the sight have no choice. 4 dollars. I will get you change. Sourcely its like shooting fish in a barrel. Its a great idea for sure. Ice fishermen are also looking for snacks. Whnot. Down and on to the next. Keep walking. She runs a tight sled. Same pitch, same result. There you go. Thank you. You have a great day. You too. Just like that she gets closer to the quota and cuby tags along. Kids have a funny way of making you change your look. We saw a quiet look and they saw girl scout gold. Nbc news minnesota. You know what they say. Its never crowded on the extra mile. They have their money with them. This particular box of thin mints is defective. There was a hole in the sleeve. What about that stuff on your lip . The daisies were here and brought us these. Thanks to them. Chuck got into them. Stay home and drink hot cocoa. Perfect day for thin mints today. The snow map is one to three inches and three to five across the metro. To eight inches in the shenandoah valley. Try to stay off the roads if you can. Its a saturday. Relax. Thats all for us. Thanks for narrator gas prices are down helping middle class families. 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