northern and western howard county now reports of sleet coming down throughout the area. that winter weather advisory continues through 9:00 p.m. into dare d.c. areas, prince william, prince george s county anne arundel county and up to the north. even after 9:00 p.m. we could see some refreezing taking place. watch for slick spots late tonight. this is a small, fast-moving system. we have another system coming up for the weekend. i know super bowl sunday. i ll have the details on that coming up. i m wendy rieger at the live desk. a man with ties to our area is now on the fbi s most wanted terror list. his name is liban haji mohammed a u.s. citizen but born in somali and worked as a cabdriver in washington. he left in 2012 to join the al shabab terror group in east africa. he is also a close associate of a convicted terrorist, zachary chesser. news4 covered this case extepsively when chesser was sentenced in 2011 serve 25g years in prison for trying to support that terror g
is seeking public help and that s why it s put him on this list of most wanted terrorists. he now becomes the 31st person on that list. did he get turned when he was here? what makes them think what motivated him, since he was a u.s. citizen, to go back there? the only thing that s been unsealed is the single page, the one-page arrest warrant, and there s really no other court documents about it. the bare bones information that s in the on the most wanted terror list doesn t give that sort of biographical information about what turned him. but it tells us, you know there are people here among us. that s right. the feds estimate there have been about 30 americans who have gone to somalia to support al shabab. pete williams thank you so much. thank you. chris? like an episode of cops, a guy leads police on a chase through a local neighborhood. tonight we re getting a closer look as the man known to his friends as honest abe enters a plea on drug charges. pat
tonight. i ll update you on the next storm. a snow event happening on super bowl sunday. that s at 6:15. he could have given you a ride someday. now a former northern virginia taxicab driver is on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. news4 s jackie bensen is in the alexandria section of fair and accurate noun tont with details about big announcement. jackie? reporter: doreen, that s right. he drove a cab right here on the streets of the d.c. area according to the fbi. liban haji mohamed has been charged with provideing support to al shabab branded as a somali-based insurgent and terrorist group by the fbi. we ve got his picture up there to show you. he is believed to have lived here in alexandria before leaving the u.s. in 2012. he is carrying according to the fbi, a valid u.s. passport. now, the fbi says he s a close social security of another man, convicted terrorist zachary chesser. he too, lived in northern virginia before he was sent to prison from 2011. a warrant f
reporter: d.o.t. crews in maryland and virginia have been pretreating roads all day. between the two they have 1,000 pieces of equipment out and about on the road. i m told they ll keep a few hundred out well after the storm has past to monitor typical trouble spots. still d.o.t. officials stress they cannot be everywhere. they do expect patches of black ice here and there. if you have to be out on the roadways, you still want to be careful. live in frederick county i m mola lenghi for wusa9. moving on now we ve got reaction tonight to some explosive and disturbing fight videos and apparently some related racist social media posts that have shaken up a big high school on maryland s eastern shore. scott broom has joined with a team of colleagues [ technical difficulties ] i think as we ve isolated these incidents around the fighting that there weren t racial overtones at least that initiated it. reporter: meanwhile the media received blistering criticism. you are doin
yeahof the winter. about a quarter of an inch. right now radar not getting anymore icing into on, no more freezing rain or drizzle. this is a picture of a side street. most of the main roads are wet, but side streets are icy. your footing is treacherous. you ll spend some time scraping ice off your windshield, as wet. let the car warm up and deicers take effect and get the ice of off your side windows, mirrors as well as your back window this morning because it will be staying at or a little below freezing between now and 8:00. coming up at 5:11, a look at when this ice melts. you want to give yourself extra time as you re leaving this morning. we have fog and icy slick conditions so do be careful. an accident georgia avenue at wyndham lane. no reports of injuries. northbound 295 after 450, right lane blocked due to a downed tree. taking a look at the roads in virginia now dulles toll road heading out of leesburg looking good. 55 heading into the district here is a live l