freezing, now 34, 35 degrees, that has helped us. parts of northern virginia, we are getting reports of icy conditions out there. looking at the roads in northern virginia, right around freezing in many spots. and temperatures may go down over the next couple of hours. that s what we re fairly concerned about from d.c. south ward. not a big issue, most of this falling as plain r rain. if it is falling and bouncing, it is sleet. rain is moving in as freezing rain. yes, we are seeing some icy spots to the north and west. here s the system itself. you can see it has snow, sleet, freezing rain and just plain rain with it. in a little bit of a lull in parts of the area, we ll get back as we move through the region. look at the numbers and you can tell what i m talking about. north and west, we are below freezing now. south and east we are right at or above freezing. so, this is good news in our south and east zones. north and west, however, this is where we have issues. everyb
in dulles. these are some of the areas we have had issues with around the south, ashburn, sterling, i ve seen a lot of reports about herndon. i ve seen ice and spots over towards gaithersburg. up towards frederick county. once again, ice is going to be a big issue especially on the secondary roads, sidewalks and on the driveways. remember that, guys. much more on this. i ll see you back here in about ten minutes. okay, doug, thank you. our team coverage continues with the difficult decision for school superintendents today. many made the move to close school early before the weather moved in. that means parents had to make an unexpected trip to gather up their children. news4 s amee cho is in aspen hill tonight. amee, most parents taking it all in stride? reporter: hi, doreen. yeah, they are. as you take a look behind me, you can see the roads aren t that bad right now. that is some good news. and the parents we talked to said they didn t mind the early release. they just
were kicked off an overbooked delta plane and threatened with jail after being forced to give up a seat they purchase for their baby. this is a federal offense. you and your wife will be in jail. what the family is now saying this morning. and good morning, america. we have a lot to get to. we do. this thursday morning, that big announcement from buckingham palace. you see it there live. prince philip is retiring from public life. we ll have more on that ahead. it is international firefighters day and michael is with the fdny on his way to a very special event that honors the boldest and the bravest and we can see you re in great company there, michael. i am here with denis leary, robin and george. say hello, denis. hi, guys. gearing up for our big firefighter challenge heading to salute our boldest and bravest and i m going to do something i never thought i d do and i ll do it on live tv and you don t want to miss it, but you don t want to miss it. ye
five-year-old girl here. we conducted immediate forensic interviews at philadelphia s children allian alliance. both children disclosed they were indeed sexually assaulted by the offender. my son has been going here for two and a half years. for two and a half years i ve been dropping him off here five days a week. i ve also been popping in here all random hours of the day. never anything suspicious happening here. reporter: police say round was arrested on charges of rape, deviant sexual intercourse, sexual assault, indecent exposure and other related counts. the facility is still open. we went out to the location the daycare execute add search warrant and processed the scene with crime scene unit and we did recover some physical evidence on location there. something did happen to these kids that is horrible but it didn t happen here and did he didn t do it. if any parents believe their children were victimize contact us here at special victims. duncan round is
covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look at them to air in the near future on the tv on c-span2. senator lamar alexander, someone asked you for a recommendation for a book about tennessee or tennessee history, what would you recommend. guest: i would recommend alec stewart, by john griese. alec stewart was a cooper, it s a barrel maker. he lived up maker. he lived up in hancock county which is one of our remote counties and john rice irwin is the creator of appalachia and he interviewed alex stored about his life. he was a a remarkable man. he can make anything. he could pull teeth, he he could catch a squirrel, skillet, fright, eat it. he was so interesting that he was invited to washington to be part of the smithsonian folk festival on time. if you want to get a sense of how some mountain people lived and totally off the land, alec stewart, john reiser. a lot of things politicians from tennessee, that jane s couple of presidents andrew jac