coming up on news4 at 5 :00, the toughest stuff facing students that may happen before they get to school. fire fight ners prince george s county travel underground for a tight rescue. how they think a dog anded up stuck in a manhole. at 5:55, the truth about the dangers of fad diets. news4 today starts right now. slow motion, expect more stop than go during the morning commute. it s likely to be another brutal drive. good morning everyone. welcome to news4 today. i m joe krebs. i m eun yang. it s wednesday, february 17, 2010. the federal government is open on time today. dwoe have a few school closings and delays to tell you about. in virginia, fauquier county schools are closed. the following schools have a two-hour delay, alexandria city, prince william county, culpepper county, frederick county schools, fredricksburg, king george county, orange county, page county and spotsylvania schools also have a two-hour delay. staff ford county, loudoun county in wind c
so he just missed it. miller has four more events to go here in vancouver. women s snowboardcross qualifications getting under way right now in vancouver, as well. today it s the women s turn on the snowboardcross. lindsay jacob ellis will be gun going for gold. four years ago she was leading when she pulled a celebratory trick and crashed. seth wescott brought home more god yesterday. he came from way behind to win it making him a two-time gold medalist. and tonight men s skating short program begins. the skaters it watch, evan lysacek who is the world champion, can he win gold here in vancouver. that s coming up in prime time tonight on nbc. you can t rule out, though, jeremy abbott from the usa. some are calling him the silent threat. he s coming in as a u.s. national champion and he s under the radar right now. so can he squeak it out. and of course there s tamron hall s favorite, johnny weir.