Car. This happened last night on balk road. The driver who hit the woman did stay on the scene. The road was closed for hours, but is back open this morning. You or someone you may have probably been a victim of predatory towing. Where tow truck operators grab cars as fast as they can. Montgomery county officials are saying no more. A new bill aims to crack down on the aggressive towings that would ban spotters who look out for cars to hook. A Council Members say its the number one complaint in the county. I was literally there for an hour and a half. My car got towed. Its not okay how this business is done and we need to step in and clean it up. Now, if you want to see all of the proposals, search towing on the nbc washington app. And i did. Theres actually 17 pages. This is something theyre taking very very seriously. The number one complaint. Thats surprising as well. Yeah. All right, time now for a look at the forecast. So much rain yesterday, were hoping that things have cleared o
Is it a step toward war . Hello, everybody. Im bruce johnson. Thanks for joining us. The federal and all local governments and every School System are closed tomorrow. The announcement came early tonight as the Washington Area prepares for the wet roads to become slippery and snow covered. The worst weather is still on the way for monday. You can look to the bottom of your screen for closings and cancellations. Well head outside in a moment and check on condition, but first lets begin our Team Coverage with chief meteorologist topper shutt. New guidance into the weather office, steady as she goes. Were looking at a major winter storm in the metro area, heavy snow between 3 a. M. And the lunch hour. How much snow snow will fall, well go to meteorologist erica grow. Well see the bulls eye south of the beltway 8 to 12 inches and locally higher amounts in fredericksburg, la plata, pax river even. So Southern Maryland will get the most out of this system and that includes orange county, spo
The train and walked through a tunnel. Find out what caused the mass confusion. Were live with the latest. Lets begin with the storm system tearing through the d. C. Area, the wind coming down fast, the rain at least and the wind fast and furious. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Sue palka is outside our studios to begin our coverage. How is it doing . Reporter were still getting rain fairly light to moderate. We can see it here in the street lamp and the wind is not bad. Thats been kind of a surprise tonight because we were expecting winds to be a lot worse, but we did not get thunderstorms. Weve had heavy downpours but nothing to reach up and grab those really strong winds and bring them to the surface, although there was a little damage in Central Virginia with trees down. Its really about the flooding tonight. We do have a number of Flash Flood Warnings which means flooding is occurring. Well start with that and then give you a radar tour. A lot of th
Where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and lawmakers were at work. There was furious firing. [ gunshots ] reporter the gunman was shot dead reportedly by parliament sergeantatarms kevin vickers. Police fanned out to see how many more gunmen might be part of the terrorist attack. Just two days ago two soldiers in montreal were run down, one killed by a suspect said to have ties to isis. Canada has sent six warplanes to help bomb isis in iraq. Todays attack looks like retaliation. These are i conic government targets exactly what isis and propaganda have been pushing people to attack. Reporter president obama said the u. S. Is on alerted even though its not clear what happened or why in canada. It emphasizes the degree we have to remain vigilant. Reporter back in ottawa, Police Ordered people to stay indoors and way from windows. Were treating this seriously. Police fearful one or more terrorists were loose. Steve handelsman, nbc news washington. The deadly shooting spree is having a Ripple