Day. You can bet a lot of these folks are people who are trying to beat the snow. Getting themselves back home before this comes through or get caught in it. Even if it is a brief shower. Lets go to the videotape. A couple shots. Heavy rush starting early this afternoon. Didnt help there were disabled vehicles out 270 early in rush hour. Backed up because of that. One good thing i noticed, there is a lot of white. Asc and residual salt. Speaking of salt. Look at the salt dome. Shot these pictures 15 minutes ago. There were two dozen, perhaps, of these big trucks loading up, getting ready to take action should this blast of snow come through and lay enough down to foul up the roads. Take a look back now on the dashboard camera, looking north. I am on the shoulder. Maybe you can see that residual salt there. There is salt on the roadway. 32 degrees where i am. Not terribly cold. That is good news as the snow comes through. Perhaps it will be melting when it hits the roads. You can see these snow clouds coming into the region. Looks like a lot of people will be on the roads when this comes through but there is plenty of salt down and plenty more coming. Lets hope that makes the rush hour good. Reporting live from the mobile news room, scott broom, wusa 9 news. Traffic is building there. Wusa 9 news will start earlier tomorrow morning, beginning at 4 00 a. M. The morning team will have all the information you need to get your day started and our wusa 9 news app is your best tool for news on the go. Breaking news. A woman standing near a bus stop was hit and killed by drunk driver. This happened in silver springs. Hank s is live hank is live on the scene with the latest. Reporter the victim has been identified as 49yearold virginia dickson. She was standing behind me at 11 15 a. M. This morning when a suv came down this roadway, and that car then hit her. Went further down the street, and then went across a lawn and into another parked car. She was pronounced dead at the screen. The driver of the car was david rodriguez, he is in custody awaiting dui charges. It was not a nice sight. The suv crossed over where it struck a car, parked on the side of the road. It continued across the road and struck a ford that was in a driveway. Reporter this does not appear to be weather related. The street clean. They came over to put salt down to cover up the foam that was used in the accident. The streets have been plowed. He is in custody and possibly charged with dui. Wusa 9 news. Thank you. Now sky9 over the scene of a rescue in virginia. Moments ago First Responders rescued a teen stranded on a concrete barrier. The boy fell through the ice and pulled himself out and reached the barrier where he waited for help. That teen is okay tonight. Stunning new allegations in the Michael Gardner case. Michael gardner who is scheduled to be retired tried to hire a hit man to gill a girl. Peggy fox joins us live where she was covering the Court Proceedings today. Peggy . Reporter when this came up in court Michael Gardner began shaking his head and mouthing he didnt do it but sources say the informant had knowledge that only Michael Gardner had and he said Michael Gardner felt if there were no witnesses l. There would be no trial left there would be no trial. Shocking. Shocking. Reporter prosculators disclosed new allegations prosecutors disclosed new allegations against Michael Gardner. An informant told them Michael Gardner tried to kill the girls he is accused of molesting. With the new allegations it is you know, beyond belief. Reporter what do you think about the allegations today that Michael Gardner was trying to hire someone to kill your child and the other victims in the case . It is just so unbelievable. Michael gardners wife, a former mayor and counsel member, substituted a hand out for an answer . Reporter [ inaudible question ] [ indiscernible ] reporter Michael Gardner was released from prison in june after the pregame through out his conviction for molesting two girls the Supreme Court through outlet his conviction for molesting two girls. They are trying to put his attorney on the stand to testify about the new claims from the informant. He called him a professional snitch and says his client denies the allegations. Prosecutors say a number of people were targeted. We asked the police to investigate because one of the things he said was Michael Gardner made Death Threats against the witnesses in the trial against him as well myself and the other prosecutor and one of the. [ indiscernible ] involved. Reporter you might wonder if Michael Gardner will be charged in the new allegations. I have been told no because he did not follow through and take the next step. This is what she gave me, a heart, she scheduled to take the stand on monday concerning a phone call with her brother about the female relative who is now accusing her husband of molesting her six years ago. Reporting live, peggy fox, wusa 9 news. Thank you. The man accused of killing university of virginia student hannah graham. Jesse matthew made a video appearance today in court and ordered to stand trial in june for the murder of hannah graham. The body was found outside charlottesville. He is being returned to jail to await trial. President obama those acting director of the secret service to fill the position permanently. He was appointed acting director last year after the director was forced out. A sad reminder of how fragile life is. Today family and friends layed a High School Senior to rest. She died when her vehicle struck a School Bus Head on. Stephanie ramirez was at the service. Reporter the church was beautiful. Great music. People talking about her. Impressed by all the young people and how wonderful they spoke. Reporter she dime support her dime support her came to support her friend. Hurtful. Everyone was crying. That pain felt by the immediate family and the entire community who came to say good bye. She died in a head on collision one week ago today. Police telling us she was not texting. They are still investigating the crash. We learned from family she had dreams of college, and had a all inspiring smile. I have been to a couple funerals before and none of them have had any kind of, you know, the same kind of bond from strangers that this funeral has. For those who did know her he lit up avenue room she every room she lit she walked into. Be thankful for every moment you have and love your life. I wish i knew her. Yeah. Reporter half hour after the services there were still cars leaving the parking lot here. They tell me the loss leaves a great hole in the area. Stephanie ramirez, wusa 9 news. The go fund me account is now at 60,000. Four years after a earthquake, Construction Managers announce today they finished phase one of the repairs. The cathedral took reporters on a trip up to the scaffolding to show off their work. It destroyed stones and cracked others. The scaffolds will come down now but most of the work outside will have to wait for more money. We are just Getting Started on wusa 9 news at 5 00 p. M. A maryland man is accused of preying on yearold girl using an app. What parents need know coming up. And parents accused of leaving their kids in a freezing car while they went wine tasting. Deafia r Debra Alfarone has the latest. And tracking the snow moving into the area, we will tell you the latest on the storms path in a we thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. 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Services held to mark ash wednesday. A period dedicated to relection, and pre reflection and preparation for easter. This is a yellow alert day. Now he is 46 first alert wusa 9 first alert. Like summer time, tracking snow showers. Pretty cool. Fun. Snow showers are localized. Summer showers are locals, 15 20 minutes [ talking at the same time ] sunshine out now and snow showers and sunshine again. Now a live picture from i72. You can see the snow showers there. It will cover the roads quickly. A lot of salt still on the roads from our storm but it is still going to snow for a while. That could lay down an inch. A picture. An inch of snow with this snow shower 3 00 p. M. To 3 30 p. M. Spruce things up. Live look outside now. Weather cam. Temperatures 33. Barely above freezing. Dew points still low and winds out of the south at 11. Third arctic front in three weeks and this is the coldest stuff we have seen in 20 years. Here is the line of showers and snow showers. Pretty good line. Frederick, warnington, cull petter. The pull pepper. Culpeper. That is a good snow shower, route 50 as you approach middleburg. Moving east at 23 Miles Per Hour. Siller springs 6 15 p. M. D. C. 6 29 p. M. Straddling i95 through the 6 00 p. M. Hours. Out of here by 9 00 p. M. With the winds dress for below zero wind chills tomorrow. That is just a taste of what is coming. Thursday night below zero. And friday morning wind chills 25 degrees below zero. 8 00 p. M. Tonight snow showers lingering. But across the bay. We clear out by 10 00 p. M. Temperatures teens. And 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, Single Digits. These are Single Digits temperatures in the morning. 9 00 a. M. , temperatures dont move much. 1158s burg. That is 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. 1 00 p. M. More snow showers tomorrow. And in the mountains we could see a flake in the metro area. 16 downtown. 5 00 9 in leesburg. 10 00 p. M. , walking scrappy tomorrow night, it is 2 above in gaithersburg. To the wind chills now. Looking at wind chills at noon tomorrow below zero across the area. By 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow, 11 below in gadgeterse burg. 11 below in frederick. Early morning friday, 23 below zero, gaithersburg and leesburg. We will have strong winds. Below zero temperatures. It will feel like the Northern Plains friday morning. Break down the day planner. Temperatures arent going to move much. 14 at 7 00 p. M. 15 at 11 00 p. M. 16 at 1 00 a. M. With clouds returning. Yellow alert till we tell you no yellow alert. Cold tomorrow, 18. 19 on friday. Low wind chills friday morning. And late snow and a fix on saturday. 32. More concerned about that. We issued a yellow alert for saturday. We think it will go to rain on sunday. How long will it take, how much ice do we get . That is tricky. After that, it warms up long enough to rain and then back in the low 30s monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. Dogs survive the cold thanks to firefighter whose took them in for the night. They were wandering the streets trying to paw their way into a business. A Good Samaritan with the Fire Department rescued the dogs. They are in very hands. Suray . Reporter mom and puppy are doing very well. They had huge meal last night from firefighters but last night they were looking for shelter and now calls coming in wanting to adopt them. Reporter mama dog and baby are doing well after being rescued from the cold last night. That was my main concern. Reporter she is a volunteer at the fire station. Her name might be kitty but she has a love for dogs. She and her son were driving last night when she spotted the dogs pawing at the door to get into the building for shelter and that is when she scooped them up. The puppy wined all the way whined all the way down the road. Reporter firefighters took them in. The dogs made themselves right at home. Dog ate 5 checken breasts and the chicken easts and ate the plate. Cleaned it up. Reporter he spent the night with them. Slept with me last night. They slept next to me. That was good. Reporter they seem to be in good health. While they were found with no collar they believe someoneones them. Potty train someone owns them. Potty trained. Her ears were pink and she was that fire house for some time. If they were out for a couple more hours they probably would not have survived. I dont think the puppy would have made it through the night. I am glad i did it. I felt bad for them. I couldnt leave them. I wouldnt be able to sleep last night. Reporter bring your pets inside. Firefighters brought them here to the animal control because they are a no kill shelter. And by the way, the shelter will hold the dogs for five days. If no owner shows up they will place them up for adoption and there are plenty of people who want them. Two dozen calls have come in. So glad they have a warm place to be till they find a new home. Thank you. They paid for a College Education but are loans limiting your Housing Options . 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Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com we want to show you new pictures just into the news room. This is frederick, maryland. I dont know what that was sounded like thunder. Sounded like thunder. Snow is coming down. That could just be the wind also. Tracking snow showers moving through the area just in time. [ talking at the same time ] lets check on the conditions with our mobile news crews. Scott broom, what are you seeing . Reporter okay. On 270, at at 124. The snow is on the horizon, coming into the germantown area where i am. You can see clouds building up out there and a lot of people here on 270 trying to get home before it hits. This is typical scene at rush hour. They are backed up here and looks like we will get snow in the next 15, 20 minutes. All right. Looking at scott is here. The snow showers are on his door step. A good line. It got skinnier. More narrow since we saw them. They are still intense. The blue, that is heavy stuff. Like getting stuck in the middle of a thunderstorm in the summer. They dont last long, 15 minutes, that is it but they will put down a coating or an inch. Moving to the east, 25 Miles Per Hour. Heading to d. C. At 6 26 p. M. Rockville 5 57 p. M. 20 minutes in rockville. Again they dont last long. They reduce visibility. Zoom in. You can see this one, tusk rorra , 109. 270, clarksburg and frederick. That looks good. There is a good area of snow show that will crossover 270. He is in a good spot. Got a report in barryville, 42 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. Winchester, he had snow showers about 3 30 p. M. We will come back and talk about once we get rid of the snow showers the fun begins a. Record lows possible and low, low fun begins. Record low possibilities and the fun begins. Leaving their children locked inside the car in the cold while they were whine testing. Debra alfarone was there wine testing. Dep rua was there. Debra alfarone was there. Reporter why did they leave their children in their car in the cold while they enjoyed wine at a restaurant, a restaurant that told me kids are always welcomed. We tried to get answers. Loving, caring, dedicated parents. Reporter she leaves court with her lawyer. Reporter do you have anything to say . No answers. Nor from her husband. They face second degreeculety to children charges. Degree cruelty to their children, locked in the cold unattended for an hour. The Police Report says the daughter had been screening. The screaming. The couple told poli