Woman called 911 saying a man with a gun was there the ping her life. The Sheriffs Office says when the man walked outside armed with a handgun, a deputy shot him. He taken to the hospital. No word on his condition this mo investigs s they did find a gun on the scene. Right now southwest is under the microscope for missing plane inspecti w t airline grounded dozens of planes. N mcgrath live at reagan nation with how this could affect you and your safety. Well, we are seeing somewhat of an impact here. Right now there is a flight here from Reagan National airports to nashville tt is listed as cancel this morning. But the impact has been minimid because of an agreemt reached between southwt and the faa. Now, southwest for a time ground 128 planes. Thats onefifth of its comple after discovering that they missed inspections involving the backup hydraulic system. 80 flights were canceled on tuesday and we are still seeing a bit of an impact today. Here at Reagan National, four southwt flighe been canceled bwi, eight flights have been canceled. The inspections have been happenind the faa has now agreed on time. We are s cancella though. So the best advice here is if youre flying southwest, just call the carrier, checkup to make sure that everything is at it should be. Reporting liv from Reagan National megan mcgrath, news 4. Police are asking for your help thig to capture the socald black hat bandits. S vid. It shows the men robbing the essex bank in arnold. They have robbed seven banks in r area. The men are growing more violent. Poli they even held a customer at gunpoint. There is a 30,000 reward for informatn leading to an arrest and conviction. The marijuana showdown n congress and d. C. Is about to hit its high point. The drug will become legal in the distric just after midnight tonigh th means youll be able to at home and even grow some plants. However, you wl not be able to buy or sell it because the d. C. Counci not regulating the drug. Thats because Congress Says they cant spend mon on the law. In fact, some congressmen say the mayor could go to jail over this. I dont k will do but i do know what my job is at thi to make sure that we have clear rules and guidelines. E city will defend the willpeople. D. C. Voters voteded in far of the law back in november. We put the full list of rules on our website so you will know exactly what wi change when the law takes effect tonight. Two of the top ranking govern leaders could face each other in the next governor race. Thats not happening 2017 of course but the washington says at least one is making plans now. Governor confirmed he will be running. The other potential candidate is attorney mark herring, but so far he has not confirmed he plans to run. Today, the president heads to miami for an immigrn town hall. The event puts more pressuren deadlo lawmakers here in washingt. The president S Immigration policy using homeland secu depart funding as leverage. But the president himself could face tough questions. Miami has a large immigrant d democrats have critic preside delivering on his campaign promis for immigration reform. Time now 5 04. New video of a house literally blown to pieces. What were learning about the pe who amazingly survived. How a new test can change the game for experts studying diseas inclu parkinsons d alzheimers. And here is a live look outside. M is breaking down hour by. Welcome back at 5 07. A developing story. Fedel investigators say theyre try determine why a pickup truck driver drove on to tracks and abandoned his truck causing this train crash in soun california. The ntsb says the truck was not stuck or bottomed out. The 54y was found more than a mile from the crash site. Arrested on suspicion of hit and run. 30 people were hurt in yesters crash, at least four are in Critical Condition this mo 15 people are recovering injuries today after an explosn destroyed this home in new jersey. Ic d camera. U can see the blast there. It sent a fireball and debris into t air. It was felt up to a mile away. Two gas com employees are in Critical Condition. The secret service has annound it will begin testing drones i coming weeks. They say tests will be tightly contro and agencies have been alerted. Drones are growing and they pose an increasing securi threat. Just weeks ago, a personal drone crashed on to the white house grounds. 9 after the 5 00 hour. Want to get you up to speed on weather and traffic on the 1st. Tom kierein tracking the chance for some snow. Not quite as cold this morning, in the teens now. Well stay this way through 8 00 th morning. And not too bad at the bus stop. But dress warmly. Then by noon thats when wt above freezing. Hitting nea by around 3 00 4 00. 5 00 back down to the upper 30s with increasing clouds. But right now its cold. Down to 10 western suburbs and across northn virginia, teens d near 20 to our east. Coming up at 5 21 a look at snow timing and snow totals. W melissa, how is the commute . Overall looking quite good. Inner loop and outer loop rolling nicely. 95 in maryland at cherry hill road everyth moving but it be looks like its frozen. But i promise it is moving. 66, no rob s. 124, shut down at moyer road. Alternate is 27 because of the downed wires from yesterday. E wires that were on fire. Back in ten minutes with a live look at 95 in virginia. He was doing all the right things. Words from the father of the man killed while just walking down the sidewalk. Were learning what police and say the driver was doing before crash. Repor and im meteorolt chuck bell here on the front lawn of channel 4 where it is a cold 18 degrees. Wh i see you in a couple more minutes, well let you know what you should be wear welcome back. Rit how people in the seern part of the united st are bracing for snow. Atlanta d g 4 inches this afternoon. Officials say cold weather and storms in the last few days have been a Good Practice run for the challeng they will face this afternooe s storms will just barely graze our area. Chuck bell is out on the weather deck for us. What is this about more snow . Well, it wont be a lot of snow for us. It could be just an inch or le and around the metro area. But we 00 see more snow down to the south. Frederic st. Marys mond or virginia will have a better chance accumulating snow. And the timing is tomorrow morning, not today. So we still have today to get thro. Outside this en fwents. Were at 18 degrees here on the m team 4 weather deck this morn so youll need to layer up on your way out to the bus stops. Have your h and gloves and your scarves and heavy winter coat. May want to have t sunglasses for later on today because well have a sunny ride into work and school this morning. Temperat at the bus stops, yeah cold for sure. About 14 degrees for the early bus stop goers. 16 betwe 8 00 and 9 00. Highs today as tom was mentioni up near 40. Hell have a complete check of e 7day forecah ine as chance for snow tomorrow the kibosh on it yet. Just the chance. Well c back later with you, chuck. 5 15. More than 200 water main breaks reported dure recent cold snap. Thats according to the washingt suburban sanitary commissi also learnings f repairs. Wssc wants to remind you report the break as soon as possible, t they also warn the Response Time might be slower than usual. It says normal Response Times are 2 to 4 hours. Prin court in Upper Marlboro remains closed this morning e of weather related problems. The courthouse has been dealing with broken pipes and electrical issues s last thursday. The wing that houses circuit t is open. The hyattsvill courthouse is open,. Today is a. Mann behind bars are being charged with murder. The suv chandler was driving killed Jeff Snodgrass monday might. Court docu canhandr on drugs as he drove on h street at 65 miles per hour. His suv hit several signs, a wall and then flipped over. After rolling several times, it hit snodgrass. News 4 spoke to his father. Very compassionate, loving young man who had tremendous promise. Very very very many friends. A second pedestrian was hit by debris from the crash. But only suffered minor injuri. Scares me because this is a trooper who works for me. And it hear the call come out over the radio that a trooper or any Law Enforcement officer has be struck, petrifies me. That is the sergeant talking t two separate crashes involvg vir state troope hit in northern virginia. Happened within a 12 hour period. E latest happened yesty n on 66 in Fairfax County. 26yearold trooper suffed bruises. Earlier ano trooper was hit on 95 in prince williacounty. He was treat and released from the hospital. These two crashes can be prevente by following the move over law, that means you need to slow down and move over when you appr a crash or when someone is pulled over. Spotsylvania county schools says in s short on its spending plan this year. The schoo dis asking the county for 1. 3 million accordg to freelance star. That money would p salary s no employeer employees and studen are undocumented immigran. A Group Parents are urging lawmaker to vote against a bill that would legalize the sale of mayor hair. The Group Parents affected by addictio a letter to delega marijuana control and reves introduced regula and tax pot like alcohol and set rules for manug and sales. Im angie goff with a developi story from the live desk. This is out of afghanistan. Rescuers right now franticly trying t rescue people after an avalanche killed at least 30. We know dozens more are feerd dead. E avalanche buried at least 60 homes in the area. Were working to get video of this to you soon. Four students at the Wesley University in connect are charged in kegs with a drug ot 11 students to t hospital. E universit suspended the four charged. 11 students were treated for a drug o oig. Earlier the University Said sympto consistent with the use the drug molly. In news for your health, pain meds are getting stronger. A new report from the cdc says doctors in country prescr more powerful pain killers. 1999 to 2012 the number of used strong pain killers, stronger than morphine jumped f 17 for 37 . In the same time period, the number of adults uses pain killer weaker than morphine dropped 42 to 20 . Today a very long bike ride gets started in the district. Its starting on the capitol grounds. The man making that 15,000 mile ride is meeting shall congre a few hours now. Art whiting is from north caroli. Over 8 months he will hit the capita of all 48 contiguous states. Wh be riding a tandem bi alone to honor his says they planned to make the trip together. Of course died of cancer last year. A wuflt tribute. And raise awareness. This mo were getting a look at extreme sport that is pretty cool to watch. Its called i cant even say this. Skijorin it a matchup of skiing and the wi west apparently. Who comes up with this suv . Youre just sitting around thinking lets get on a horse ill tell you you off camera. This is a race and youre on a team two. One person drags the skier through the snow. Anybody that does this is a litt of screw is a little loose. You wear a mouth guard and make sure a g hope for the best. Hope for the best . For one weekend main street becomee ski joring course. 20 teams compete. Im sorry, i dont underd this one. I dont know horses much, but i know y don want to be behind a horse for too long. On skis in the snow. Just saying. 5 21. And were talking about the allimt forecast. Its 22 degrees outside of our studios. Crazy thing, was tha more than yesterday. Take every degree we can get. Feels almost balmy compared to yesterday morning. Right no its around 20 in the metro area but nearby suburbs are down into the teens. Far west though a couple elf cold spots. Dulles warrington down to manassas just t around 10 degrees. T farther west milder air, shenan valley in the low 20s. Low 20s to teens in the mounta the storm produce something icing and rain and texas there. That will be tracking up our way. Not until this time tomorrow morning. Between now and then, just increasi clouds. Staying in e teens for another couple of hours. Jumping in the to 20s by midmorn 30s by noontime. Near 40 by midafternoon. We have winter storm adviso just issued all these countiesn purple, including snarsmarys over to frederic arod richmond and farther sou of there a winter m warning, heavr snow around norfolk. For us, a trace to about an inch in farther north, lighter amounts. And its to our south in the darker be zone from warrington on or to fredericksburg and Charles County and st. Marys, calvert may get an inch or two, maybe 3 inches far social st. M county and nort neck. In the 20s tomorrow morning, 30 in the afternoon. All this snow ending by early aftern then flurries likely on friday. And temperatu just reaching near freezing. So any snow that falls that is going to stick. And it will be around all the way into saturday. Anythingt is untreated, as well stay bew freezing through the day on saturday with sunshine the way into sunday morning. Sund afternoon, bouncing back up to near 40 with increasing clouds. Then finally a break from these frigid tems into the 40s on monday and tuesday with a chance of rain both of those days. Weather a traffic on th new model run just coming in well look at the timing hour b in late tonight into tomorrow. Melissa, how is the commute . Good. 270 in and out of town, no major issues. D that road work up near buckeyn pike with just the rit shoulder blocked at this point. E no maj problems. 66 here taking a look headed into town youre fine. Same thi headed out of town, no major issues along 66 for us this morning. Taking a look at the beltway here at braddock road inner loop and outer loop moving along nicely. Seeing a little bit slowdown just after dale city as youre headed northbound here this mornin typical for this time of day. D t 9 the 5 in maryland bw parkway in and out of town, 29 beltway allel ro rolling along nicely. There may be cuts on the table as congress will reevalua the food stamps program. Y sees the start of a two day hearing on the program called snap. The progm will be completely reviewed the house com 25e789s to cut the program in 2013 were unsuccessful. Items not known what changes will be made. Were working for you to keep you safe. Two products are under recall this mornin fanimatis recalling 9300 oo00 brewmast belt driven ceiling fans because reports of them fall positio a electrolux is rec 3,00 ranges because they pose a shock hazard. You may soon be able to diagno always im ares and parkinim ares and the study in mexico suggest as skin biopsy could detect the presen of abnormal proteins in the bed. Those proteins are linked to these diseases. The study will be presented at next months meeting of the am academy of neurologys annual meeting here in washingt. Could you have a soft addiction and not even realize it. Checking you smart phone constant puttingn chap stick every 30 minutes and other compulsi behaviors can cause lasting effects. Is usually thinkco but people can have soft addictions like exercising even. When fit turns in to compul habit and you obsess over each pound, thats when your hipd compromi a lot of people have an unhealy relationship with food. If you have a food addiction, weight managem Becky Anderson says set a 21 day goal and stick to it. Some people are also addicted to getting tattoos. L atddictis are bad. But if you start to feel guilty, you need to make it a simple habit as opposed to one in a is obsessive. Especially tough when people on our schedule when youre tired, you tend to eat because you feel like you want to do somethin to make yourself feel better end up eating junk. Got to be careful. Constant thinking about it. Canada is not putting out the welcome mat for singer chris brown. We learning about why the country is banning him. And virginias first lady set to spend at least one year in prison on corruption charges. Former fir lady i should say. As she waits for an appeal, we are learning the family members who ca to her side to ask for leniency me snow is in your foreca believe it or not. Tom kiern is timing out hour byr when it will come and. Looking at the stories making headlines federal officis will let southwest airlin keep flying planes that missed a required inspection of a backup rutter system. Southwest grounded 128 planes after discovering the missed inspec new video shows the black hat bandits. They have robbed seven banks in our area sie january 2. This new video shows the men be robbine essex bank in arnold. There is a 30,000 reward for informn tha leads to a convicti temperatures to above freezing today, but enjoy this break while it lasts because tom is tracking a dustin snow heading to our area and more arctic air. The winter that will seem like it will never end. Excited about getting above freezing. Get right to the weather and tom kierein. Here is new timing now on the snow arriving. Is as of 2 00 this morning. Well have this snow ratherw morning, i should say. Sn beginning to arrive in the northernk and southern west of there. After that between 2 00 to 5 00 a. M. It quickly advances north. The rest of virginia eastern virginia, and then coming into t distric and maryland by 5 00 a. M. Light snow. Coming down harder in the darker zones here around southe maryland Eastern Shore. By midmorning by 7 00 to 8 00, lit snow in the metro area. Mae moderate at times northerl not a long lasting event. By noontime, much of it will be over leaving a trace in the suburbs. 1 to 3 northern neck. West of there and flurries up alon boreder. Your work to work forecast coming up at 5 41. One new issue inner loop offrao gw parkway, one right lane blocked. Not seeing it on camera, but we do believe it is there. So could be slowing things down ju a tad. Inner lo is better than somethin lik that happenin right now. Wide loop at things outer loop looking pretty good. No major problems at this point. 66 west of Fairfax County parkwa if youre headed east. Head willed either way, youre fine. Pr overall lookine good. Lots of green. And agair Biggest Issue damascus 124 at moyer road closed in both directions becae of the doned ed downed wires from yeernate is 27. At 5 41 ill have some travel finals for you. We told you about the changee 3rd nothing will be totally blocked off. Crews will working in the tunnel. When that is done they will build l New Buildings on top of the grid there. It is 5 33. Developi sto this morning. A high ranking state department employ is charged with solici