house, a 49-year-old recluse named virginia ridley was found dead. a medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. but who would murder someone who seldom ventured out of her home? investigators found some clues in the note she had written shortly before her death. >>> ringgold, georgia, is a small rural town located at the base of the blue ridge mountains. life is simple here. the main street has only three traffic lights. and most of the town's 750 residents know or do business with each other. alvin ridley was a well-known figure in ringgold. at one time, he ran the town's only television repair shop. in 1966, he married 18-year-old virginia hickey and almost immediately virginia cut off all contact with her family. alvin said it was because her family was too intrusive. virginia's sister says alvin forced virginia to stay away from her family. >> i sent them an invitation to every wedding, every death, every birthing in our family to no avail. nothing was ever acknowledged. nothing. my father's death. my father went to his grave after making every effort possible to try to se

had been living and traveling with her friends, virginia and b.j. mcginnis. >> donna was a wonderful young lady, but she was challenged. her iq was probably 85 or 90, somewhere in there. she was wonderful and friendly and thoughtful. her husband was in the navy. >> at the scene, the mcginnises told investigators that donna was wearing high-heeled shoes which might have caused her to lose her footing as she stood at the edge of the cliff. in the photographs taken by the mcginnises shortly before the fall, donna was wearing high-heeled shoes. the autopsy of donna hartman was routine. >> the autopsy on our victim was not a true forensic autopsy. it was an autopsy and it did show cause of death, but it was not in the greater detail you would want had you suspected foul play from the get-go. >> the cause of death was a basal skull fracture, a massive blow to the back of the head, consistent with someone falling 500 feet to their death. but donna's family in louisville, kentucky, had questions about what happened, so they hired a civil attorney named steve keeney to help them get answers.

looks at artifacts in american history. located in virginia, bacons castle is the oldest dwelling in the u.s. it was occupied by his supporters during the political uprising. we learn about the structure in some virginians that called it home. >> i am the director of museum operations and education for preservation virginia. today we are at bacons castle. it is one of virginia's historic sites. my position allows me the opportunity to manage the site. preservation virginia was formed in 1889. in 2014, we celebrate our hundred 25th anniversary. we are the oldest statewide preservation organization in the nation. preservation virginia acquired in 1973. for the next 10 years worked to preserve the structure. they did some of the largest presentation initiatives during this time, including replacing the entire front and making many repairs to the original 1665 portion of the house. it was open to the public in 1984. in 2014, celebrating its 30th year of being open to the public. in 2015, we will be going into our 250th anniversary. we are the oldest brick dwelling in north america. the h

tennessee, southern west virginia that we expect to develop late tonight and overnight and push moisture into our area and that's going to fall in some areas in the form of snow. south of the metro area, rain. in areas north and west of metro washington, they're increasing chances of cold enough air to have snow and the winter weather advisory posted from before sunrise until 2:00 p.m. north and west of the city. pink shaded areas, winter storm warnings where there could be significant effects of the snow. three to six ifrnlz or more in spots. however, most of the area, metro area especially will get up to an inch of grassy areas. roads should stay wet and maybe a little more in the northern and western suburbs and out past the blue ridge. mainly on grassy areas. mostly rain in southern maryland and i think pretty much that will be that with precipitation beginning as he remember as 5:00 a.m. changing all to rain before lunch time and ending tomorrow afternoon. brighter, warmer days for the weekend? we'll find out in the seven day coming up in a few moments maureen? maureen: see

reveal about american history. located in surrey, virginia, bacon's castle is the oldest brick dwelling in the u.s. occupied by nathaniel bacon's supporters during an uprising. we learned about the structure of the house and some of the virginians who called it home. jennifer: i am jennifer hurst-wender, the director of the museum. today we are bacon's castle. bacon's castle is on the national register of historic sites. my position allows me the position of managing five historic places across the state. preservation virginia was formed in 1889. we are going to celebrate our 125th anniversary. where the oldest statewide historic preservation organization in the nation. preservation virginia acquired bacon cassel in 1973. for the next 10 years worked to preserve this structure. they did some of their largest preservation initiatives during this time pieroderiod, including replacing the entire summer beam and making many repairs to the original house. it was opened to the public in 1984. in 2014 celebrating its 30th year being open to the public. and in 2015 we'll be going into

the students and the community. in charlottesville, virginia, surae chinn, wusa9. >> the student's attorney said johnson did not have a fake id and claims he was not intoxicated. >>> five teenagers charged in a mob attack, prince william county police say they were in a gang. the attack happened at boys and girls club in woodbridge earlier this week. it was in retaliation for another fight that happened at potomac mills mall police say, but the victim beaten at the boys and girls club had nothing to do with that original brawl. the teens are 16 and 17 years old. >>> virginia must have seen all the high seeds that were knocked out of the tournament yesterday because they came out today to play. >> they were ready. belmont gave them a bit of a scare, but the home team was just too much for them. frank hanrahan is in charlotte with the team. >> reporter: yeah, derek. with about four minutes left we're thinking oh, my goodness, is virginia going to fall upset to belmont, but the cavaliers close the door and win 79-67 and advance to the third round. for virginia it was good to see ander

. >> and i'm eun yang. you are looking live at road conditions in leesburg virginia. look at that. the snow accumulating on the roads there. right now all major school systems are closed along with the federal government. most local government agencies are also closed today. >> the area remains under a winter storm warning until 9:00 this evening. road crews in maryland virginia and d.c. have been out all night trying to keep up with the changing conditions. snow totals will begin to add up quickly throughout the rnoon, despite this morning's rain and sleet. >> we begin with team coverage from the storm center and meteorologist tom kieran and amelia segal. >> around pre-dawn rain and everything wet, but it quickly ramped up. heaviest snows now into the afternoon. we'll see visibility go down. continue to avoid travel through the afternoon evening. >> right now a couple batches of moderate snow now. the areas in white, we're going to get it in waves. some moderate snow for a time then it tapers off a bit to the south and west. another wave of moderate to heavy snow in west virginia into sout

sexual assault at university of virginia. news 4 will be at the press conference in charlottesville. the sexual assault was detailed in a now discredited "rolling stone" magazine article last year. we'll send out a breaking push alert on whether it will lead to criminal charges. >>> a lot of are you still reacting to this sid i don't where you can see alcoholic beverage control agents arresting a student at uva. now a law student there is working to change how the department operates across the state. he started a petition to remove its law enforcement powers. more than 100 people have signed the petition. the a.b.c. department is under investigation and the bar that turned martese johnson away is reacting to all this. the owner released a statement saying johnson was cordial and respectful. and that johnson did not appear to be drunk. gt agents had said he was punily drunk and be lidge represent. >>> d.c. police say someone punched a man and took off with his shopping bags. it happened last night on 33rd and volta in northwest. our crew was there as police was talking to the victim

cases. >>> first tonight, new scrutiny about claims of a gang-rape at the university of virginia. >> the police say the details don't add up and the accuser has not cooperated. the report in "rolling stone" magazine almost six months ago led to national headlines and indictment of all greek life at uva and a cloud over the school. now there is new concern about victims of sexual assault not coming forward. >> the fraternity at the center of the al gass phi capita psi just released a statement. "these false accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization but we can only imagine the setback this must have dealt to survivors of sexual assault." david culvert explains why student leaders are focusing on the positive coming out of all this. >> reporter: the student council says this goes beyond the alleged victim known as jackie tweeting "today we're reminded it's not just about jackie case but every assault and our chance to stop future ones." coming from a college community that is tired of the nation's attention for negative stories. in just the past school year

at this point, but as you said we'll keep an eye 066, 95 in virginia as the morning progress and the rain does start to fall. 270 at shady grow road dry and no major problems there. 66 95 everything dry right now, as well. looking at 66 you're on time everything moving quite nicely. 95 just north of triangle also looking quite good no matter if you're headed north or south. completely open. beltway at st. barnabas also rolling along nicely for us this morning. i'm back at 5:11 weather and traffic always on the 1s. >>> staying on top of the latest developments on the crash of germanwings flight 9525. recovery crews arriving to the scene there in the french alps. they have recovered one black box, the cockpit voice recorder. they're still searching for that second box the flight data recorder. the box that was found is damaged, but officials believe they will be able to retrieve information from it meanwhile helicopters are surveying the area there. overnight there was rain and snow it is making it very slippery for crews trying to do the investigation there. the family members of

virginia and central virginia mid-40s. mid-40s shenandoah valley to low 40s northern part of the valley. there is the sky over the metro area. a little bit of light fog in the air and rain temporarily stopped. but have an umbrella ready, it will be back. and then showers the rest of the day. snow looking likely on thursday. just had a winter storm warning just you issued now all these counties in pink all of northern virginia eastern west virginia most of maryland and metro area under the winter storm warning late tonight into thursday. coming up at 5:11 we'll take a look at your highs today around neighborhoods. >>> good morning. still have closure here in the district m street at new jersey because of that police investigation from overnight. could be around for a little bit longer here this morning. 66 at fairfax county parkway everything eastbound westbound moving quite nicely. no major problems. still have this will crash in manassas lake jackson drive at hillcrest, closures there right now just because a tow truck is on the scene trying to get this accident out of the way for you.

, virginia where a man has died in an early morning house fire on northampton drive. there were four people inside the burning home including the victim. i talked to two of the men off-camera this morning. they say they asmoke so thick, they couldn't see anything and had to use their hands to feel their way around. one man went upstairs yelled to his roommate i'm right behind you, but the roommate never made it out. he was eventually taken out through a window by firefighters but he later died. three other residents had minor injuries. no official word on the cause, although the residents i spoke to think it started in the unfinished portion of the basement area. in springfield, megan mcgrath news 4. >>> you can weigh in now on a story that's on the nbc washington facebook page. already sparked a social media firestorm. a uva student arrested after he wasn't allowed into bar. more on what happened there in a minute. >>> first, this. what happened late last night. this is video of a young woman being arrested at a rally for that first student. it's just raising more questions respondi

virginia, loudoun, warren fauquier, winchester city as well as rap that rappahannock and shenandoah all on a two hour delay. also fred rick county in virginia. a few schools are closed. frederick county maryland jefferson, berkeley also closed. we'll push out any other school closings and delays to the nbc because app. >>> 6:03. as chuck has been telling us it is snowing this frederick county. megan mcgrath is on 35 a 5.5. how are the roads? >> reporter: if you pan over you can see 355 here. it's basically wet. they pre-treated. there is a little bit of slush here and there but not terribly bad. they knew the snow was coming. they took the roproper precautions. but the grassy areas, well, that is an entirely different story. look at this. we are seeing an accumulation here on the ground. great packing snow good for snowball fight. and the kids here in frederick will be able to have snowball fights today. the school system decided to close just a short time ago. just got that word. so the snow coming down as you can see and it's actually coming down at a pretty good clip. i thought i was

missouri, west virginia, montana. what is the high water mark for republican governors? how much do you think -- >> i don't think we -- first of all, you're right. in this job even though you're chair for one year you basically -- the first year of a cycle is to think through the next four years. and really what we have to be thinking about is, we have a lot of republicans that came in, like i did, in the wave of 2010, kind of the first obama midterm. those folks will all be term limited in '18. you think of everything from martinez to nikki haley you can go across the map and see a lot. when i came in my republican new governors class was like 15 -- don't remember, but a lot, almost 14, 15 folks. ultimately you're trying to put a four-year plan, so when that happens, everything from fund-raising to governor support system and all that's there for that '18 race. '16 will be big. i don't know that number. we want to be at 33 -- obviously, when -- when you're at 31, every pick up is big. you know, we were shocked to basically -- i shouldn't say shocked. we were presently surprised to go g

, virginia. he has no plans at this point to travel to france. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'll tell you why. that's the latest live in nokesville. >> now let's take a look at the flight. the plane took off from barcelona for doosusseldorf. for unexplained reasons, it began a descent that lasted about eight minutes. during that time, no distress signal and the plane eventually dropped off of radar altogether before slamming into the mountainside in the french alps. at this point, here's what we know about those on board, there were 144 passengers and 6 crew moebs, none of whom survived, 67 were german including 16 school children. the audio recorder has been recovered but it could take weeks if not months to analyze. there's still no initial cause for the crash. >>> now to a heartfelt plea from the wife of a man found dead inside an upscale d.c. hotel. for the first time police revealed the person of interest in the case is a woman. but how she's linked to the lawyer found dead remains a mystery. pat collins joins us live in thomas circle. pat, what have you learned about this case t

includes virginia maryland and metro area for accumulating snow beginning tomorrow morning in the metro area and much of the day on thursday. your headlines, have an umbrella ready for the day as we'll have occasional showers all day long and that snow likely on thursday. a look at maybe hoodneighborhood highs at 6:11. >>> crews are working to fix a water main break that opened up ahole. you can see a car was stuck for a while there. there is now a big hole in the ground. we're told about 25 homes don't have water there. let's get a look at the roads in the rest of the area. >>> still have a president obama in problem in triangle. we have lanes blocked route 1 at joplin. police are directing traffic. dale boulevard the ramp to 95 southbound here in virginia we have a park shaltial closure. wide look at things, moving quite nicely. beltway at van dorn everything moving along. at st. barnabas road. i'm back at 6:11 with travel times. >>> we have breaking news. one person is under arrest in connection with a series of shootings in maryland. the fbi believes the same person is involved. the

virginia. fairfax county police are looking for suspects after a man was found shot inside a home. this happened just after 8:00 last night on north kings highway in the alexandria section. police believe there are four suspects here they're still investigating whether those suspects knew the victim. >>> the loudoun county sheriff's office is asking anyone to come forward if you know anything about an alleged sex assault as a church. they're investigating calvary ten temple after two women say they were assaulted when they were children. a peaceful protest will be held outside the church on sunday. >>> we're closely watching the developments out of france this morning. investigators are looking into what sparked the co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525 to crash a plane in the french alps. they say andreas lubitz killed himself and 149 other people including a virginia mother and her daughter. some friends say lubitz was battling depression and was burnt out. however lufthansa says he was 150% fit to fly. >> my firm confidence in the selection of all pilots in the training of all pilots t

sprinkles an drizzle around much of virginia maryland and west virginia. it will be with us here for the morning hours. and temperatures are hovering in the 40s from the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national now is at 48 degrees. p i took this picture about 2:00 this morning northern montgomery county there was dense fog there, visibility about a quarter of a mile. and monday pry county as well as howard and in loudoun under a dense fog advisory until 10:00 as well as frederick, washington panhandle of west virginia where the visibilities are going to be down under a quarter of a mile in a few spots. so watch out, slow down, use your low beams. if you encounter some dense fog. and rain will b coming back in by later this morning. this leading edge of this next batch of rain now into southern west virginia, that will be in the metro around about 8:00 this morning. a look at a big change in our drive time commute forecast for the morning and afternoon coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. >>> we're seeing fog on the cameras. i'll show you that in a second. b

>>> today police in charlottesville, a rolling stone article about an alleged gang rape at virginia university. >>> and ted cruz just finished speaking at a virginia university where he announced he was running for president. what he promised supporters. >>> i'm aaron gillchristgilchrist. confess about a school closing. >> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. a chance to see snowflakes in the next 24 hours. i'll tell you when coming up. >>> making news just a few minutes ago. texas senator ted cruz announced his 2016 presidential bid at liberty university in virginia. >> i believe in you. i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of america. and that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. >>> and all of this happening in a room full of young evangelical conservatives in lynchburg, launching his social conservative path cruz is for the white house pledging to supporters his plan to repeal president obama's health care law abolish the irs and unapologetically embrace israel. he is the first to

virginia chapter released a statement the university of virginia chapter the statement said quote, false accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization. charlottesville police say they are suspending their investigation into the rape because there isn't enough evidence. >> i want to be clear about something, that doesn't mean that something terrible did not happen to jackie on the evening of september 28th 2012. we're not able to gather sufficient facts to conclude what that something may have been. >> police say the alleged victim known only jackie is no longer cooperating with the investigation. >>> today the director of the secret service faces another grilling about problems with the agency. joseph clancey will be on the hill to talk about a march 4th incident on white house grounds. two senior agents are accused of driving drunk and disrupting a white house crime scene involving a possible bomb. committee leaders are disappointed the secret service won't let agents with first-hand knowledge of the incident testify. >>> we've covered a lot of stories in recent mo

tea party member made his first appearance at liberty university in virginia. craig boswell has more. >> reporter: ted cruz is the first to throw his hat into the 2016 presidential race. >> i am announcing i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: the 44-year-old republican senator from texas first announced his candidacy on twitter at midnight and then released a video aimed at young voters. >> it is going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to lead the fight. >> reporter: there were plenty of young voters on hand at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia where cruz emphasized his conservative values. >> i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america. >> reporter: senator cruz has been a lightning rod for controversy during his time in congress. he led a 2013 government shut down, aimed at blocking funding for president obama's healthcare law. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding bjork until i am no longer able to stand. >> reporter: that charge helped boost cruz's image

virginia at the fairfax stone where it trickles out of a little stone, it flows down through the appalachian mountains past the city of washington and empties into the chesapeake bay at point lookout, maryland. and, yes i really did drag my wife for this entire ride along the potomac. [laughter] so for all the things you need to write a biography an understanding spouse is tops. [laughter] but if you ever take this journey i've just described you'll learn some p things. -- some things. you'll learn that the potomac is much more than just a stream of political corruption. you'll learn that robert e. lee's history flows up and down this river. and you learn that in the most unexpected ways robert e. lee's history intersects with the father of our country's history and that is george washington's history. start way down river in westmotherland county, virginia -- westmoreland county, virginia, where robert e. lee was born on a great plantation called stratford hall. it was built by robert e. lee's great, great uncle, thomas lee. now, thomas lee has a distinction that no other americ

into an alleged sexual assault at the university of virginia. news 4 will be at that press conference in charlottesville this afternoon. the sexual assault was detailed in a now described "rolling stone" magazine article last year. we'll send out a breaking push alert on whether that investigation will lead to >>> coming up on 4:31. 40 degrees outside our studios. not too bad for a march morning. >> we could use some more sunshine. tom kierein is standing by with what our forecast will look like this week. >> we'll have a roller coaster of temperatures. of course this is the time of year we see that and we are down now into the upper 20s and low 30s. north and west of the metro area. and right around washington nearby suburbs, upper 30s. reagan national thousand at 43. rest of northern virginia from quantico down to fredericksburg shenandoah valley, most locations above freezing. front royal is at the freezing mark. in the mountains, many locations around 30 degrees. what to wear today, a light jacket have the sunglasses as well. we will have bright sunshine breaking out. w

just crossing into virginia. these too are on a track to pass just south of the metro area another several hours. most of the metro area should stay dry through the daylight hours. it's later this evening when we'll likely get some of those showers and thundershowers coming on through. before then you need a light jacket and then you can shed it and be comfortable this short sleeves by later this afternoon. temperatures right now hovering around 50 degrees in the metro area. 40s north andwestern suburbs. we'll have a look at hour by hour temperature changes at 6:11. volume building on the roads? >> virginia 95 north through dale city, pretty typical again for this time of morning. pretty clear until you hit dale city and then start joining the beltway on the inner loop a little bit slow. and again, pretty typical unfortunately. 395 north of duke a little bit of volume there building. 66 into town through manassas you're going about 39 miles an hour. not terrible. a tad slow. 270 at germantown road volume headed southbound. slowest spot is going to be through hyatts town at 109 as y

. >>> we're still seeing good conditions as you're traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. no reports of delays or incidents. we are seeing ponding on the roadways and potholes. so be careful. traveling out of leesburg on the dulles greenway and tollway, looking good. about 50 miles per hour as you pass 28. 95 south more volume. wet pavement but no reports of incidents or delays there. and taking a look in virginia 395 around duke street looking good with all of those lanes open. we have a power outage in northeast d.c. maryland avenue northeast between bladensburg road and benning road. treat those malfunctioning traffic lights as a four way stop. >>> it's 5:01. a quick school closing to pass along. charles county schools says malcolm elementary in walldorf is closed. there is a problem with the school's well. again, malcolm elementary closed for both student and staff. >>> and breaking news at this hour. an amber alert in effect for a missing 20 month old boy from west virginia. the charleston police department says jackson patel has not been seen since tuesday. investigator

northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. breaking news first 4 traffic. >>> breaking news again, bw parkway northbound here completely shut down at route 50. all northbound traffic being pushed on to eastbound route 50 a, some southbound lanes of bw parkway also shut down. we just spoke with police this was a fatal accident. so no doubt it could be shut down for the next couple of hours here. taking a look at 70 just east of 270, hard to see, but we know that slushy kind of snow is falling here in this area right now. megan mcfrath for us on 270 northbound even seeing a little bit of the slush and snow a couple minutes ago through montgomery village. 66 and 95 no problems. nice and green. 95 at cherry hill road looking good, as well. and then a big look at things inner loop and outer loop no major issues. more on this bw parkway crash coming up. >>> 5:02. a developing story. we have new details this morning about a police chase along branch avenue. prince george's county police tell news 4 one person is dead. their car hit by the suspect in this case. this all started when

central virginia. maybe a few showers passing east of 95 during the afternoon. and then some of those thundershowers beginning to roll this in the evening. at 4:41 a look at your bus stop and drive time forecast for the day ahead. >>> new crash want to mention this it is in lovettesville, 672 the at beech grove lane the road closed in both directions because of a nasty crash. taking a look at prince george's county overall no major problems right how in and out of town. you're looking good branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway here. no problems there. up north a little 95 in maryland no issues. same thing bw parkway northbound and southbound and of course our fun story of the day, 270 at shady grove road with that woman delivering a baby earlier this morning. congrats to her. back in ten minutes. >>> a northern virginia family is now mourning two victims of the germanwings plane crash in the french alps. this is emily selke from nokesville in prince william county. she and her mother yvonne died in that crash. emily graduated with honors from drexel university an

virginia and ohio. getting a few scattered flurries and patches of gray in the storm team radar in howard frederick. here western loudoun few flurries trying to reach the ground. it's not the main event. a big area under winter weather advisory. northern and eastern western virginia the metro area and maryland for the afternoon hours. that's when we'll likely see it moving through. the cold morning down to the low to mid 20s now. what melted overnight has frozen up. we have dry pavement. there's nebraska avenue live view from our tower cam this morning. patchy ice on sidewalks. watch out for that on the sleet and icing. a little bit of snow in the afternoon. a greater chance for accumulating snow coming in on thursday. look at the drive time forecast coming up at 6:11. speaking of driving this morning. we have a breaking backup. >> big backup now southbound bw parkway as you approach the beltway. chopper 4 over the scene now. take a look at this. all the headlights headed southbound. we have a four mile back up from a crash that cleared out of the way. the delays remain. we pushed

anyone who knew ryan mccall, he crashed and died in virginia. and according to virginia state police, mccall was flying alone. we talked to a licensed pilot and he said there is no faa requirement on how many hours of instruction you need before flying by yourself. in fact, you can have spent as little as ten hours in the air. you do have to be at least 16 years old with a valid medical certificate from the faa and a flight instructor has to endorse or sign off on a solo flight. zachary kiesch will join us live in 15 minutes to tell us how the school is responding today. >>> happening today, there will be a prayer service and vigil for the victims of the south capitol street mass shooting. today marks five years since that shooting. the families will gather at 6:30 tonight at the faith presbyterian church on south capitol street. police say it was part of a series of revenge attacks that all started over stolen jewelry. five men were convicted in that case. >>> let's get a check of the forecast. amelia segal here now with what we can expect today. a wet start to our morning. >> track

counties in gray under a fog advisory until 9:00. that includes most of northern virginia metro area much of southern maryland, eastern shore. next a look at the hour by hour temperatures coming up at 6:11. how is the traffic? >>> looking good on the beltway in maryland and virginia. watch for slick spots and the fog. we have metro delays fp. seeing delays to lar go and new carrollton. accident eastbound route 50 at whitehall road all lanes blocked there. use caution in which area. beach drive northwest between joyce road and wise road is closed due to a downed tree. alternate is 16th street. taking a look at d.c. 295, all lanes opened. 46 miles an hour traveling inbound. >>> and you have an extra two hours to get into work today if you work for the federal government. agencies are on a two hour delayed arrival. yous have the option of unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave. >>> dozens of school districts delayed. and several are closed. we just learned loudoun county are now closed. they were on a two hour delay. loudoun county closed. fairfax, montgomery arlington and prince wil

west of fredericksburg in to the shenandoah valley and into west virginia, south from richmond down to the north carolina border. leading edge coming into culpeper area. the pink is a zone where it may begin to freeze up a little bit because temperatures are a little bit below freezing. so we have all these counties in pink northern virginia, including fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier stafford over to culpeper. charles and st. mary's also just you included into the advisories. mountains, at or a little below freezing. because skies have still remained fairly clear around the metro area but as the rain moves in we will likely have a little bit of light icing so watch out for that between now and mid-morning. by 8:00 9:00 most of the region should be above freezing with the light rain. maybe sprinkles by noontime. mid 50s drg the afternoon, small chance of some sprinkles. >>> big chance of road work here this morning with your shawl chance of sprinkles. 66 west at glebe, we have two left lanes blocked. that is expected to wrap up around 5:00 this morning. taking a look at princ

. >> episode 2 looks at poverty with the actress jennifer garner, who is from west virginia. what did you find in west virginia was perpetuating the cycle of poverty? >> we tend to think of poverty in terms of metrics of income and wealth. there are cycles. i think that the better metric of child poverty is how many books are in the home, how often you are hugged or read to. there we have situations with 20% of kids born in west virginia are born with drugs or alcohol in the system. often kids are having kids, bad for the mum and child. in a situation of hopelessness, people self-medicate with substances. they get arrested. and with a criminal record they are less employable, there's fewerons, and there's a -- few jobs around and there's an miasma of hopelessness. there's poverty in west virginia or africa or asia, it's a sense of despair, and self destructive behaviours that make that self-fulfilling. you have break-in about this so often that the path to escape is education. the path to scep is education, it's a foundation, it's not the end all. it was with education, you can start thinking

but that's about it. virginia how much did we see? lucketts and loudoun county, 2 1/2 inches. your maryland totals. damascus around 3 inches. picked up a little more north and west. this eve fng you're heading out, it will be on the cold side. take that jacket. 37 by 7:00. full forecast coming up in a minute. >>> thanks for telling me i sound terrible. >> you look great. >>> today's wintry mix didn't stop people from enjoying the first day of spring or at least trying to enjoy it. derrick ward is live at the tidal basin tonight. derrick, how's the start of the cherry blossom going so far? >> doesn't look too well does it. >> no it doesn't. >> reporter: oh, they ear here. it's just a really sublime experience this year. you have to think of the cherry blossoms and they will appear. they are just one of many local rites of spring. winter just won't let go. the flowers may have been planted but they got blanketed with the morning snow. and while it's way early to expect to see cherry blossoms some tourists were nonetheless hopeful for some sign of the beauty yet to come. >> we actuall

getting a little bit of some light sleet here this area in pink in west virginia. it extends to ohio. north of there it's snow. a few scattered flurries on the radar in frederick county, howard toward washington county. pan handle of west virginia shenandoah valley may be getting a few flurries trying to reach the ground. we have the areas in purple color under a winter weather advisory it includes northern virginia, the metro area most of maryland for this wintery mix combination that is going to get going here by later today. temperatures right now ahead of that are all below freezing. we're in the 20s to around 30s degrees. what melted overnight may have refrozen. watch out fors patchy ice. the roads are dry here. patchy ice maybe this morning and little bit of snow moving in and a greater chance of accumulating snow coming in on thursday. how are the roads? >> we have some construction right now. roadwork right now in northeast washington. a water main break that broke overnight overnight. this is f street northeast between second and third. 66 virginia visitor center everything

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shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia, hagerstown one of the cool spots down to 29 p. rest of northern virginia hovering a little above freezing. spotsylvania culpeper fauquier hovering upper 30s. upper 30s mere 40 around the chesapeake bay, as well. for the morning between 7 ouk:00 and 8:00 mid-30s. partly cloudy. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:11 your drive time forecast commute for the day ahead. and now let's check on the road work around on this monday morning. >>> lots of road work hanging around. these are longer term projects. some of the temporary stuff daily stuff, is sort of out of the way now. eastbound montgomery village avenue at 355 in gaithersburg still have that road work there. that's been there for about a week and a half as you're trying to repair that area. taking a look at branch avenue at that i lohr road this is emergency road work that popped up. happening in the intersection. beer also getting the same report that i lorenaylor at branch. 66 and 95 looking good. do have this though. this is something that also just popped up here. 95

out in the search for a vehicle that police believe the escaped prisoner may be driving. virginia plates xtu-5024. this is a hyundai elantra, 2008, dark gray. pat collins is live on the scene in annandale. what are you seeing? >> reporter: this is one of the biggest manhunts i can remember in our area since the search for the snipers years ago. police are out here in force. they are on motorcycles, cars, trucks, search dogs, they have the u.s. marshals out here, fbi, fairfax police virginia state police, there's a helicopter above. they are looking for this 32-year-old, an escapee from the hospital who made his break this morning. he stole a car. he has a gun. it was a camry car. he ditched that car here in annandale and then he stole yet another car identified as a gray hyundai elantra. police are looking for him in this annandale neighborhood. this is what the fairfax police had to say about the case just moments ago. >> again understand the fairfax county police department was not involved in his custody wherever he was being held. we were not involved in his transportation to

before the virginia tech student fell over board from a cruise ship. >>> and a controversial alcoholic drink that will soon hit store shelves but you won't find it in virginia. >>> the secret service may have yet another embarrassing situation on it is hands. good evening. >> two senior agents are under investigation tonight for a crash on white house grounds after what may have been a night of drinking. jackie benson is live outside of the white house tonight with some details. jackie? >> reporter: tonight we've been told that president obama has been made aware of these allegations. the two agents are said to be senior members of the law enforcement agency that protects the president of the united states and his family. as first reported by "the washington post," the march 4th incident happened after a gathering at a downtown d.c. bar to mark the retirement of a secret service spokesman ed donovan. they activated the flashing lights on a government car and showed their badges to get through an area that had been closed off due to us a special shous suspicious package. sourc

northern virginia, shenandoah valley right near freezing as is southern maryland. near the bay, just low to mid-30s. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain here locally. but there are showers in southwestern virginia, north carolina it will stay well to our south this morning. then this area of rain much farther to the weather that will be tracking toward us by later this evening. so we'll have these mostly clear skies with us. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:1 # 1, your bus stop forecast what to wear now back to you. >>> right now the potomac avenue metro station is back open after a deadly shooting there. metro says the shooting should not have any affect on your commute this morning as trains are no longer single tracking. a metro transit officer shot someone inside before 9:00 p.m. last night. molette green has more on what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: we just saw some of the first passengers arrive just a few moments ago going into the station town the escalator. metro tweeted out that there would be normal service, their on scene investigation is com

deal in spite of formidable opposition. >>> then the brutal arrest of university of virginia student sparked campus-wide protests. >>> plus, what does connecticut's historic marijuana ruling mean for the rest of the country? >>> and will tesla's victory revolutionize the way americans buy cars? >>> and obama tried to do what in south carolina. >> obama tried to blow up a nuke in charleston a few months ago. >> he's trying to destroy the united states, the congress knows this. "all in" starts right now. >> this man is a communist dictator. >>> good evening from new york. something remarkable happened today. as of tonight, relations between the united states and israel have reached their lowest point in recent perhaps living memory. the white house just announced that president obama called prime minister benjamin netanyahu to congratulate him on winning a plurality of seats. hardly a ringing endorsement. in what had to be an uncomfortable exchange, an official said the president made the same comments in private. taking netanyahu to task over his racially tinged call to arms against i

northern virginia metro area forring a accumulating snow tomorrow. got winter storm warnings being issued to or east and up into pennsylvania and farther to our west winter storm warnings out for the months. likely the blue area will be transferred over to a warning here later today as we'll getting a accumulating snow developing around this time tomorrow morning and through the day on thursday. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your drive time weather for this day. now let's look at traffic and wet roads around. >>> wet roads may not look like this come tomorrow morning of course as you said just wet. beltway at new hampshire, you can see a little bit of a sheen on the roadway. i can tell you my sidewalk was quite icy this morning. 66 here 95 in and out of town looking good. 270 at shady grove road i came down that way and it was just fine. no major issues. just wet. taking a look at 270 from above, no major problems there. over here just a little bit to the right taking a look at 95 into and out of town and bw parkway in and out of top, everything looking quite good. o

. kline, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota, mr. kline. mr. kline: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s.j.res. 8. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. kline: mr. speaker i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. kline: thank you mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of s.j.res. 8. in just a few short weeks, a regulatory scheme that many americans never heard of will become a reality in almost every private workplace across the country. . today workers and employers rely on a fair process for union elections. under the current process, employers have time to raise concerns and more importantly time to speak with their employees

underage, he's 20, he was arrested for obstruction of justice and public intoxication. now, virginia governor mcauliffe is calling for an investigation in lights of these images. but you can expect more rallies in the days ahead as the images continue to circulate. and a lot of people police excessive force was used by police. >> even the uva president teresa sullivan were at a different rally outside a bar where johnson was arrested. johnson attended the rally and spoke briefly. he thanked people for their support. sullivan says she's asked the governor to look in to the consider and also asking students for help. >>> i'm not going to preempt or get in the way of the investigation. but i've asked our students who are eyewitnesses and based on the photographs i've seen i think a lot of students did see this. i've asked the students who are eyewitnesses to come forward. >> and this morning governor mcauliffe is demanding action. his office says he's concerned by the reports of the incident and has asked the secretary of public safety to initiate an independent virginia state police in

does this happen? maureen: a new fallout from that arrest of the university of virginia student. how students reacted at a forum with police ahead. doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. six inches of snow in frostburg today. they were the winners here the most. martinsburg got 3 1/2. closer to metro area lesser amounts we saw. coming up in a few minutes try to make it feel like spring in maureen: after the bloody arrest of an african-american student on wednesday. there are now questions about whether changes are needed after abc agents arrested martese johnson on misdemeanor charges. some wonder why the virginia's abc board should have its own police agency. >> have police powers in uniform carrying weapons. patrolling the streets looking for people to arrest. starts a little bit of going overboard. maureen: wednesday's incident came after agents believe that johnson had a fake i.d. his attorney and roommates say that's not true. the first senate confirmed director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives is stepping down. his last day

way down through north central virginia and on the eastern shore, but it's north and west of us this is the zone that is getting some snow right now some big flakes are falling in the bright white zone. that's just northwest p frederick. and just to the west of thurmont. west of there across most of washington county now getting accumulating snow. that stretches into the panhandle of west virginia. right now snowing along 81 from hagerstown down to martinsburg. very light snow farther south of there toward winchester. and this will continue to move our way here through the morning, but we won't get a lot of the accumulating snow until late morning into the afternoon because look at our temperatures, they're still well above freezing. hagerstown at 33 near 40 in washington. total amounts of snow by the time this tapers off tonight, 4 to 6 inches metro area, southern suburbs. farther north and west, all the way into the mountain 6 to 8 inch amounts will be common. we'll be looking at the hour by hour changes on the way and timing that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s

maryland and virginia. frederick down to 34. that's the chilly spot. nearby suburbs in prince george's county it's near 40. and near 40s and mid 40s in montgomery county and fairfax county. in the mountains of west virginia above freezing there upper 30s to near 50 degrees. some moisture in the form of snow in the northern side. rain to the southern side. that is on a track to get closer to us by later this afternoon. so have an umbrella ready and with you before you head out the door early this morning. >>> coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look when it gets windy today later. >>> a developing story in prince george's county. police fired shots at man trying to get away from officers during a traffic stop. there are three crime scenes here that ended when the suspect crashed his car into a tree near saint barn bass. the suspect is expected to be okay. he's in custody. i want to show you the scene where officers opened fire on 71st circle not far from addison road. the suspect was not hit. the suspect drove toward the officer who was standing outside his cruiser.

move in now. >> that's the area in white you see on the radar. it's all across west virginia into kentucky southern ohio into pennsylvania and it is just north and west of us now. right in the metro area pink zone there is mostly just still some rain falling as well as south and east of us in the green zone, but it's north and west howard frederick, very light snow that is falling there now. but it's melting on the roads. but there is heavier snow this bright white zone northern frederick county right into southern washington county, then across the west virginia line to martinsburg and down 81 to winchester. that area of that moderate snow is tracking north and east but should stay north and west for the next several hours. moderate snow is sticking, road temperatures there are below freezing. here temperatures around the metro area, upper 30s to near 40. but they will continue to drop into the afternoon into the 20s. and that's when we'll get the heaviest snows totaling 4 to 6 inches metro area southern, eastern suburbs, northern western suburbs, 6 to 8 inches will be common the

midnight tonight into your friday. winter weather advisories now posted for frederick county virginia, panhandle of west virginia. washington county, winter storm potential for you. snow begins between 2:00 and 5:00 tomorrow morning. wet snow and rain and a rain/snow mix through the morning hours. roads could be slushy. temperatures low to mid-30s right now in most of the suburbs. 40s by noon. low 50s for highs this afternoon. increasing cloud cover. and again highs today mostly in the 50s. as far as how much snow we may have a couple of slushy inches are a possibility. that map coming up at 5:21. >>> right now still have this rob in silver spring because of the overnight fire a the a business there. northbound georgia avenue still closed between wap avenue and thayer. alternate instead of georgia, you can take fenton street and get around this. hopefully those lanes will be reopened in the next hour or so. beltway at river road, everything flowing nicely there. all these folks headed around the outer loop. 66 into and out of town, and also 95 looking quite good this morning. beltway

faulkier and areas to the west. winter storm warning around hagerstown and parts of the west virginia panhandle. it does not include d.c. but we could see some issues here too. i'm going to break it down for you, show you when it moves in and what you'll see in your area coming up. >>> virginia state police are now launching a criminal investigation into the arrest of a university of virginia student. martese johnson arrested by alcoholic beverage control agents wednesday morning. the 20-year-old's face was bloodied as he was taken down. his family arrived on the campus. that is all as the urban league releases its annual report on the state of black america. we begin our team coverage with news4's david culvert in charlottesville. >> reporter: as you can see behind me we're stand big for a press conference with martese johnson, his attorney and their family. the attorney tells us the family has flown in from chicago to be here today. they'll be addressing the media soon. we want to warn you, though, a day and a half after this bloody arrest, this image that's gone viral, it's still d

buss in other places start to do the same? >> we start with the university of virginia back in the spotlight this afternoon. >> yeah. police are now suspending their investigation into allegations of an on-campus gang-rape laid out in a now-ris dis credited "rolling stone" article. >> david culvert reports from charlottesville first at 4. >> reporter: it's the case that rocked an already news-warned campus disturbing claims of an alleged sexual assault involving a uva frat. four months after that article went to print, several of the details aren't checking out. >> we have no evidence that supports those assertions. >> reporter: social media propelled the article into national headlines. it claimed to reveal hidden details of a 2012 brutal gang-rape by university of virginia fraternity brothers. the alleged victim was referred to as jackie. perhaps most troubling, jackie told the author that uva's administration did little to help her. within days her story sparked protest on uva grounds. many bashing the administration. vandals broke win toes and spray painted the fraternity house