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look at the camera above below rather. things are jammed up on the outer loop by new hampshire avenue. a full look at your traffic and some metro issues on the red line this weekend next. allison and steve. erin thanks very much. let s get on to the news right now. the sexual misconduct scandal sweeps up another lawmaker on the hill. republican blake farenthold the latest to announce he s stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. fox5 s melanie alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. mel. reporter: well, steve and allison, congressman blake farenthold of s-said that the claims that the claims brought by a former communications director are false but still he announced that he will not seek reelection next year. now some of the accusations include sexual jokes, comments and a hostile work environment. farenthold reportedly used taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed by that staff. in an a ....
details on this. and, of course, we ll have the latest for you if we get that before this newscast ends, definitely on our mobile app and at our website, wusa9.com but, again, police chasing a car, suspects in the car, gunshots have been fired. this is an ongoing serious situation in the city of baltimore at this hour. we will keep you updated. now to our other top story, anne arundel county and carroll county schools are among a handful of maryland schools closing two hours early today, and taking a look at first alert doppler, you can see why. we are bracing for snow. good afternoon, thanks for joining us, i m andrea roane. when and where will the snow hit, how much are we talking about? meteorologist howard bernstein is tracking your forecast. do we have the brunt-ometer out yet? this is going to be a fairly minor event. as you can see now we have a little bit of snow through mid to late afternoon. i m thinking by 4:00 or 5:00 for most of us to an inch here in th ....
areas in north in inches. but the big story now is the road conditions. what those are like. combine the friday evening commute and it can cause a mess. with that said go to josh knight. what is going on? what are you seeing? we are traveling east. we are on 50. we just went over 301. you can see close to the outlet shopping center. what is going on for us? roads have been wet. we are still getting light snow coming down, a little sleet mixing in at times as well. but a lot of traffic. i don t know if it s weather related or just friday getaway and people trying to bet the weather. in general, the road conditions on if main roads have been relatively quiet and dealing with the road spray when you get to go fast. i want to show you the temperature out here from the storm track. we have instruments on the roof. around 28 d so my concern is the roads with the less travel and the less traffic. those places have a chance of icy and more slick and more quickly. so keep that ....
route 1. we are heading north in the laurel area. traffic is moving well, but as that temperature dips, you know, this roadway could potentially freeze. let s now show you behind us and there are some potential problem areas when you don t have, you know, some of the roads that are treated. but when i look at side roads, they have not been treated and that could be a problem for some folks in the neighborhood. let s come back on me, my photographer brooks merry weather. i will continue to show you updates or excuse me, video of what s going on out here as it becomes available. back to you. go show and brooks. thank you both. you can keep track of weather conditions no matter where you are. get the power of storm team4 right on your phone. you can just open up our nbc washington app. we now know what happened to the teenager found dead sunday in bethesda. the medical examiner says navid sepehri s death was an accident. the walt whit man high after he didn t come home ....
of days. and a father s forgiveness. talking to news 4 about the friend who accidentry shot his 11-year-old son. i could lose both a friend and my son at the same time. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. well, tonight s snow didn t last long. in and out in a matter of hours but it did create some slick spots on our untreated roadways and especially the sidewalks as the temperatures continue to plummet tonight. let s check in first with chief meteorologist doug kammerer with more on what we can expect heading into saturday. how about it, doug? encountering a lot of the slick spots myself as i made my way in, for dinner tonight. sidewalks a mess. a few areas the roads also a mess. this is why. yes, we saw snow come down earlier but it s all about the temperatures. look how far they ve come down. college park now at 23. gaithersburg at 21. manassas and the most, 17 degrees right now in manassas. so ice is going to continue to be a problem. right on through the overnight ....