for the d.c. metro. we will look at the full forecast in just a few minutes. alison: road crews are getting ready for the snow. of winterst burst weather expected to hit us at the worst possible time. tom roussey is live with more on the preparations tonight. tom: we are here in silver spring in a state highway administration lot and many of the trucks are loaded with salt and ready to go. if they need more salt, look to the right. it looks like they have plenty. we were out on the roads. here is video. they have been pretreating major roads earlier today in the state of maryland and virginia as well. d.c. says crews are on standby for whatever comes our way tonight. hogan was at the state administration center. they are preparing to monitor the storm. we asked how this all supplies are doing and they said the salt supplies are doing better than you might think. during the blizzard, we did not use a whole lot. a salting operation. it was a plowing operation. we still have 90% of our salt supplies. you can see just how much salt they have at the barn right here. they say they are goi

developing story in d.c. where a popular nightclub is shut down for 96 hours after a stabbing there. it happened at barcode near the may flower hotel. diane cho has more. diane: a notice of closure sign on the front door. they are now reviewing the surveillance video inside the club after they say >> she is trying to come to terms with her son's death. >> they know that. >> they were called to the barcode restaurant and bar sunday night at 11:40. they wound two men were stabbed and taken to the hospital. powell pronounced dead. >> what happened? >> she describes her son as hard worker. >> now she just wants answers. >> please. >> if anyone can help find the person who did this to my son, please. have police say at this time they don't have enough information for the description on the suspect. the other is in stable condition in an area hospital. >> d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of its officers from the early this morning. jonathan: new information in last year's amtrak crash in philadelphia. the national transportation safety board reduced 2,000-page doc

around that light post. d.c. police at this time confirming this all stemmed from a car chase involving d.c. police. i want you to take a look atook some video from a few minutes ago that will give you better per spek tim d.c. police only confirming this all stems from m car chase. now according to witnesses, and sources, seems to have started a as unauthorized pursuit. that car traveling across the t bridge from unicostate yay intoo southwest source saying iting capitol collided one car car collided into another one that had a child as well as a woman in the vehicle and then a third car was hit and wrapped around that light pole. now i did ask a police if this was a fatal accident as we're hearing from sources d.c. police not confirming that at this moment. the spokesperson saying it doese not look good.d. that spokesperson also saying that major crash, crash unitt will be out here trying to determine what exactly happened. we're still waiting to confirm whether this is authorized or unauthorized car chase all parta of the investigation. from southwest d.c. marina marraco fox 5. >>than

know what to expect. three cases of the the dangerous zika virus have been confirmed in d.c. one of the patients is a pregnant woman. what public health officials are doing to prevent future infections in our own background. plus, the irs computer glitch that could impact anyone who recently tried to file their tax returns online. fox5 a local news at 11 starts right now. thanks for joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. many of us don't even want to think about snow after the recent police area, but there's another clipper moving our way tomorrow. right now, much much of the d.c. area is under a winter weather advisory. we have team coverage covering the morning commute. one good thing i'm seeing tonight is temperatures are still in the 40s. unlike that clipper that came through a couple of weeks ago when it was so terribly cold and everything stuck, we're going to see the snow that begins to develop later tonight initially melting. thanks to the temperatures that are still in the 40s across the region. even so the timing is rush and we think this could have a mo

neighborhood gets a rude awakening with a loud bang. we're on the scene of a violent crash in northeast d.c. >> and day two in court for syed as the serial pod cast star tries to convince a judge he should get another try at justice. wakeup washington at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >> this is wakeup washington on wusa9. >> good morning, i'm andrea roane, welcome to wakeup washington at 6:00. >> glad you're with us this thursday morning, we start this morning in prince georges county where man accused of killing his own two-year-old daughter and the child's mother is going to be in court today. >> darren boswell johnson has admitted to murdering davis and their daughter, chloe. the two were shot tuesday morning outside their fort washington home. chloe was strapped in her car seat when she was shot. >> a father killing a child. as the father of a daughter, it's incomprehensive to me. it's cold, it's callous. >> the shooting occurred after at two adults argued over child support. in december, johnson was ordered to pay davis $600 a month. the judge is expected to rule today that johnson will

gun in washington, d.c. so much people just don't know and today is a tutorial where we are going to educate and inform people about the do's and don't. joining us is inspector spirits president and owner of d.c. conceal and carry. and brian buckfelt who is a private investigators with the buckfelt group. what are the laws to carry and own guns? >> fire must be registered. on top of that, you have to have a concealed carry permit to bear arms outside of your home or place of business. >> armstrong: what are the things you can do if you have those permits of the concealed home? permit. you need to go get training. once you get training, therefore you need to know situational awareness and the laws for self-defense. >> armstrong: brian how are the laws different in virginia and maryland. >> virginia has open carry for citizens of virginia as well as non citizens. they do have a concealed carry, you can register the firearm and get your concealed carry permit. the laws are in the district. >> d.c. doesn't have open carry. >> armstrong: anybody can carry? >> yes. >> armstrong: is it safe

using metro. back to you in the studio. >>> it is 6:03 now. former d.c. police officer and church pastor finds out his punish chment today for sexuly darrell best pled guilty. best was the head pastor of a church in southeast washington. he's accused of abusing a 16-year-old girl inside the church and a 17-year-old girl inside d.c. police headquarters. best faces up to 18 years in prison at his sentencing this morning. >>> you you are all talk and no action. >> make america great again, we'll win, win, win. >> first of all, he's a joke artist and he's a liar. >> i weren't to talk about the economy. p. >> i know you're embarrassed, but keep swinging. swing for the fences. >>> just a brawl from the g get-go. two players dominated in the debate. for the first time senator marco rubio was on the attack challenging donald trump from the very first question. rubio hit trump over immigration, hiring practices and his palestinian/israeli conflict. but it was a discussion over health care that really got explosive. rubio pushed trump to explain his plan. p. >> here's what you didn't hear i

fox5dc.com. "fox5" d.c. on facebook and twitter and the "fox5" d.c. weather app. >> and melanie's shot shows you how different it can be in relatively close distance you know what i'm saying. >> she's right on the northern edge this little heavier snow band we're talking about. couple of things of note with melanie's report there. a grassy area accumulating. roadways not so much. >> that's good that's the perfect snow. >> i understand. keep in mind they're right at 32 up there. so we'll have places that come down to 32. maybe a little below that all right? >> also coming in anne arrundel schools now on two hour delay as well. >> i think that is what will happen. frederick i don't know this for a fwhakt does frek frederick say. >> i don't think we heard from them yet. >> i think they should probably cancel. because they're going to get more up there and they'll deal with it obviously i'll tell them what to do an a lot of two hour delays around. there clarksburg and purple there that's september ral northern montgomery koptsy up to southern parts of frederick county that's where melanie

murders of d.c. family and housekeeper. darin win faces felony charges including murder, kidnapping and arson. last may win broke into the northwest home of savis and amy savapolis. she accused of stealing 40,000 and setting the house on fire. win is expected to appear in court later this week. >> d.c. mayor muirial bow ser taking heat over her plan to build eight more homeless shelters around the city. they voiced their opinion northwest. "fox5" marina morocco is there with t >> this meeting taking place in vannecessary. standing rome north that home at the senior citizen learning communicate tee mad at the de they say was made under the table. they say there was a process they have knowledge of and mayor refusing to say which site she ruled out and mayor refusing to say why she picked the sites she did, eight total sites and d.c. general largest homeless shelter in the district will close by 20 18. now mayor becauseer inside the senior citizen community fielding agrees residents. many of who, again, very angry with this decision that they believe will drive crime up in their neighborh

warnings to the north. i've doubt we've reached those totals. win it weather advisory from d.c. off towards the west. again, this will be during the morning rush. we'll talk about how much more you can expect in your area. i have updated the snowfall. a lot of new information has just come in. i'll give to it you in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. >>> our team coverage continues now with shomari stone. he is live along i-270 in montgomery county. the forecast is tough for road crews and schools to decide what to do too, isn't it? >> yes, you're right, doreen. in fact, we talked to a department of transportation official in montgomery county. and he tells us that this rain really makes it a challenge because we couldn't pretreat the roads because they say what would be used is going to be washed away, pointless due to the rain which would then as doug just told you turn into snow. officials are concerned about tomorrow morning's commute in montgomery, especially on 270 leading into the beltway. >> i'm not happy to be here. >> reporter: susan gallagher is sick and tired of snow in montgome

. >> we'll learn more today about d.c. mayor muirial bowser plans to replace d.c. general with short term family houses facilities. d.c. general as the largest family shelter last year the council voted in support of mayor bowser's plan. she will also sun mit a legislative package to allow the district move forward with closing d.c. general once and for all. >> breaking overseas rights now at least 8 people dead and 150 more hurt after two trains collided in southern germany in bova ri ia 35 miles outside of munich. one of the trains derailed and several cars over turned and rescue helicopters transported a couple people across river ambulances waiting on the other side. lots of delays out there because of snow. i get. it depending how coiled it is it can be tricky. >> not everywhere yet. >> certainly not everywhere. in fact here in northwest washington snowing and not sticking anywhere. i think that will be for much of the area. it's just norman wet of beltway where we start to get reports of light accumulation on the grass and on the roads. this is what we deal with today and --. >> all

according to d.c. department of health all traveled outside of the u.s. the central or south america. the first case discovered in 2015 and the other two discovered in 2016. there have been two confirmed cases in virginia as well. i could lead to birth defects in pregnant women. c.d.c. issued traveled a vies are for 28 territories warning pregnant women to avoid travel in areas if possible. the d.c. department of health says they are working with the c.d.c to monitor and to track cases here. reaction tonight from the people here in the nation's capital. >> if it were an area that was maybe more underdeveloped i might be more fearful. >> it's a shame. >> the d.c. department of health says you need to know there is no immediate health threat for people here if you have not traveled outside of here. there is no vaccine or immediate treatment for people who contract zika. but there are things if you are traveling to do to prepare yourself. make sure you have this. make sure you have long sleeves on while you are in the impacted area it. have insectary pel will want and use -- insect repe

areas now clear and there were no hazardous materials. leon: d.c. is opening a door to allowing people to smoke weed in clubs that charge a membership. they will look at how the city could allow smoking marijuana in places other than inside private homes. possessing a small amount of marijuana became legal last year. lot of talk tonight about the new development in d.c. they say that crime does not but the touring crime may have a price tag. the d.c. council approved a bill that approved a plan to pay people a stipend not to commit crime. richard reeve joins us with this. what is this all about, rich? richard: a new twist on the old saying. we came to this neighborhood to take a look. ask people, what do you think about this idea of being paid for not doing crime? with d.c.'s homicide rate --rocketing to 162 last year the idea of paying people not to commit crimes -- it is a different approach to stemming violent crime. >> that's not how it worked when i grew up. the package would allow at risk youth to be paid a stipend to keep a clean record. you have to look at all angles of

officially be shutting down. dow what we learned about the fatehf of d.c. general. later, how a second grader fromf our area is pitching in to help with the flint water crisis. here's a live look from new orleans as folks dance in the streets celebrating mardi gras. in fact, fat tuesday there. the celebration in full swing there in the french quarter. q people look like they're havingg fun, don't they? >> uh-huh. > we'll be right back. b welcome back.ome d.c. mayor muriel bowser iss rolling out her plan to close problem plaged d.c. general. the city's largest family homeless shelter will be replaced with smaller short term housing facilities across the district. the six new facilities will be placed throughout all eight wards. bowser touts the facilities wile be modern and safe and will d.c. closer to ending homeless. we want to make sure that we have a safe place for familiesie to get housing first so they can move onto permanent housing. what the city can do around investing in affordable housing. bowser's administration says the new shelters will cost $22 million per year to operate

. richard reeve is there now. rich, what can you tell us? richard: alison, d.c. fire and the atf are investigating to figure out what happened at the clare richard parkman's on m street. d.c. fire tweeted dramatic video shortly after the fire broke out this evening after 9:30 p.m. a lot of units were out here responding to this. it now appears the fire started on the top floor of this building. they managed to get it quickly under control, but one firefighter was injured. a lot of terrified residents inside. we spoke to one as she came out of the building. >> the alarm went off, there was a lot of smoke, and we all came down. if it was not for me checking my mail box, i would not have known about the serious fire. richard: why do you say that? >> i never would have known. the bell rung, i smelled smoke and i came down the steps. i'm in a wheelchair. i cannot walk at all. thank god i made it down. richard: frightening moments. this is an assisted living facility, a lot of handicapped folks, elderly folks. the top floor window, that is where they believed the fire began. they are still

there's another clipper moving our way tomorrow. right now, much much of the d.c. area is under a winter weather advisory. we have team coverage covering the morning commute. one good thing i'm seeing tonight is temperatures are still in the 40s. unlike that clipper that came through a couple of weeks ago when it was so terribly cold and everything stuck, we're going to see the snow that begins to develop later tonight initially melting. thanks to the temperatures that are still in thete 40s across te region. even so the timing is rush and we think this could have a moderate effect on your morningy commute tomorrow.co here's the bottom line. l we're going to see some rain showers that are currently in the eastern suburbs start to mit with and change to snow overnight. there could be up to a coating, maybe an inch for d.c. it looks like the wenter chancet of seeing a small accumulation is going to be east of 95 and ad closer to the chesapeake bay. by it also looks like it's picking up a little bit ofki speed and this all should be done by by around the sun comes up. u the storm will exit

" -- tempers flare and chairs fly in d.c. restaurant. what police say about the violent scene on video. >> the new program that is making bocce ball the hot new sport in montgomery county schools. >> plus -- >> shadow or no shadow. we a roundup of several east coast groundhogs and whether i do everything on the internet but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here. (husband) i heard that switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest ternet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds, plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios. leon: well, an all too common sight around the area. drivers spinning out and losing control as water from the melting snow out there began to freeze up on the roadways overnight. but tonight, there is another concern from the snow piled up on

tonight. regarding politics. former d.c. mayor vincent gray who lost his re-election bid amidst an investigation into his campaign is returning to politics. d.c. bureau chief sam ford joins us on the phone. sam, just what are the mayor's plans? sam: well, as we understand it here, maureen, the former mayor gray is about to re-enter the political fray. we have learned he will appear on a radio show tomorrow and announce he is running for the d.c. council in the 2016 election. there are two democratic parties incumbents he could challenge. annette alexander of ward seven or at-large incumbent vincent orange. it seems the alexander challenge is easier citywide. gray was defeated in the april 2014 democratic primary by mayor muriel bowser who went on to become elected mayor. gray was under a legal cloud for alleged corruption by his 2010 campaign and the number of accusations by the former u.s. attorney ron mac hin who found a number of gray's associates who pleaded guilty. in december new attorney channing phillips said no charges would be filed against gray, freeing the former mayor

in the news today d.c. council will hold a performance oversight hearing from fire and emergency medical department. city is trying to improve the medical response system. earlier this week mayor muirial bowser office announce aid deal with private ambulance company and will provide help with low priority calls. >> this morning d.c. family is demanding answers after the death of their be loved dog. on monday their dog le kai was electrocuted. live in northwest with the details. for anyone if you're not a dog ow >> absolutely. it is indeed, heartbreaking and the family is very heartbroken over this as you can imagine. and they're demanding for answers. this is the apartment complex here. the vaness apartments in d.c. the owners of le okay skyler and pam kelly believe she was electrocuted on the property here. this is a public sidewalk where a lot of dog owners do not walk dogs they walk them on the other side beyond this building right here on property. and if you take a look at their dog le okay, 8 years old, rescue dog that was with the family since a puppy. the dog was electroc

april to make up two snow days. d.c. public schools will extend the school year by a day to make up for lost time. and in maryland, montgomery county is extending its school year by two days. prince george's county also has two days to make up. and will decide how to do that at the end of the winter. >>> right now the immediate concern is the potential for refreezing tonight. but then apparently it's going to around here, doug. >> don't we need it, guys? >> yeah, we do. >> we do. spring-like for sure as we move into the 60s. in time for the weekend. the last couple of storms we've had a couple right during the weekend. >> the snow changing to ice and rain, and the rain moving out of the region early. upwards of an inch in leesburg. martinsburg, two inches toward the shenandoah valley. radar-estimated rainfall. to the south about an inch. that's the rain, that's not the snow we saw. that's the rain. we saw a lot of rain. most of it was freezing rain. now refreeze tonight. yeah we'll see that tonight. >> a couple of delays out there. beautiful weather moves in next couple of days. yes

outside one of those places that was robbed. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, d.c. police want you to take a close look at that video. you can see the man's face very clearly. look you said, we're live outside of the dunkin' donuts here on 19th street in northwest in dupont circle. it's just one of the businesses that was robbed. when you look at this d.c. police surveillance video, you see the man first helping himself to the cash in the tip jar. it happened at the dunkin' donuts on 19th street in dupont circle. he says something to the cashier. she opens the register and hands over the cash. that was january 12th, just before 5:00 in the afternoon. police believe he struck twice at a business in northeast d.c. you again see him saying something to the cashier. at one point, he tries to jump the counter. a clerk pulls the drawer out of the register. he grabs the money and rushes out. detectives believe he hit three businesses on sunday, two of them just minutes apart. that includes a drug store on 40th street in northeast. he walks up to the counter, says something to the cashier. sh

midnight. and the d.c. snow team activates at 2:00 a.m. all in time for our rain-snow mix. >> time for our rain experts tonight double teaming it for us. it sounds like this is all about the timing. >> yeah, all about the timing. the cold air movers in overnight, the rain moves in overnight and that could affect the early morning rush. but, again, this is not going to be a huge deal for most areas. >> right. >>> it's all about the timing. we're going to take a look at the temperatures and, more importantly, the road temperatures. >> that has everything to do with how warm we've been the last couple of days. here's the rain moving on in. and, again, it is all rain right now. down towards southern maryland, calvert county, nothing north and west of i-95. if you live in mont gom ri county, loudoun county, you may not see anything at all from this. the closer you are at 95, you'll have a better chance farther south and east. here's all the moisture moving up from the south. those two will meet over our region and produce at least some snow over the next say, 6, 7 hours. but that's goin

forr most of the d.c. area but it does include calvert and saint s mary's county. this is mainly going to be t b coming from a wave of lowavef pressure just off the beaches t and so the beaches may beaches actually get a little bit moreie snow out of this than we willn e get but unfortunately thetunatey timing is such that we have toch alert you to the fact we may see some flurries hereome tomorrow as well.morr as the advisory will begin at midnight. it will go until 10:00 a.m. friday so it will be over b pretty quickly but across thecrs beaches maybe you get a few a f inches of snow and closer inlosi we also might see enough see eno flurry activity to put a coating down on grassy areas. there is a little bit ofe is moisture down there now and ase we watch this, it's associatedsa with the same front that wentten by yesterday and nice conveyoren belt of moisture moving up from the south we thank around o one or 2 o'clock tomorrow'c tom morning this could begin toeg change over to a little bit of o snow and because it's coming com at the time of the morningni rush hour we're going to say

holly morris along with maureen umeh and wisdom martin. >> this time around officials ai in d.c. maryland and virginia vi aren't taking any chances.nc in fact, d.c. mayor murieluriel bowser has already sent out aena statement saying by noonyingy no today, the district plans tons deploy more than 200 plows.pl those crews would be b pretreating bridges highwaysghws and residential streets withia salt. mayor bowser says the plowshe p will remain in place until thece threat of snow is gone. g >> you can track the stormtorm getting updates from the fox5thf weather team throughout the day on fox5d.c.com and the t fox5 d.c. weather app. >> ♪ >> in other news in theher ne in district this morning policehi are still investigating aestiga violent crash that happenedne near nationals park. three he people were taken toplt the hospital. hos it all started with the driver e who was trying to get awaytwa from police.olic at least one car was completely mangled. the bumper was found wrappednd p around a light post at aost at a nearby intersection. one victim was ejected from arom vehicle.veh

happened there. sam: the message out of the hearing is d.c. fire, e.m.s. unis run by firefighters and does a fine job fighting fires. dr. saucey wondered if they would ever do a fine job with the medical services. >> now we need a new medical director. sam: the councilmembers got to hear from the doctor who criticized fire e.m.s. being unwilling to change. >> their sense of urgency and main are totally different. i am here and deeply feel for each and every patient we touch. sam: flanked by the medical directors from oklahoma and texas she portrayed the d.c. fire as tolerating the medical even though that is 80% of the job. knowing she had to go through a battalion chief to correct a firefighter on an ambulance. >> it would never have occurred to me to notify a continuous quality improvement issue or a patient care issue. >> chief gregory dean on the job eight months was the man on the hot seat. >> portrayed as if she asked and we said no and were done with it. not true. >> accuseed by saucy of letting them resist change. it takes time. >> we never said we started off with a perfect system

single digits to lower teens. current windchill in d.c. coming in at 14 degrees. this is the way it will be the next few days. tomorrow at least we bump back up into the mid-20s for windchills but look at saturday and sunday. single digits most likely even below zero at times early saturday morning and again early sunday morning. we rebound on sunday ahead of the next storm system. the headlines a frigid night tonight. but as cold as it is today it gets even colder or the weekend. and then tracking our next storm. it will have snow, it will have ice, it will have rain. it's got a lot with it. we'll talk about it and i'll show you what it moves in. we've got it all in a minute. >>> all right, doug. right now at 4:00, we're waiting at the live desk for a news conference on the zika virus beginning in maryland. we'll look live at the department of health and mental hygiene in baltimore. folks will go to the podium and address the media in a few moments. our chris gordon is there, and department will announce the first case of zika in maryland. don't know much more about what will be said bu

have details on den that. >>> $200 million an decadeec later d.c. streetcars rumblearse life. we're live with the details. >>> good morning, welcome to, fox5 news morning saturday.g s i'm annie yu. >> and i'm caitlin roth.in r good morning to you. y and look at the beautiful viewue behind us right here.e. live look outside. outde gorgeous sunrise just occurredor about 10 minutes ago and those t days are getting longer andonged brighter. it is beautiful outside.ti >> it really is. >> and it is chilly, though. tug it's really cold.yol look at these temperatures right now. 28 in washington, 21 in 21 manassas and 19 in culpeper.pe 22 in fredericksburg and 25 inn leonardtow really chilly yesterday withay w that wind that was prettyre relentless.rele the good news is we won't haveov the wind today. but even at this early morning calm we have wind chill values lower than the temperatures.emp. feels like it's in the teens i to low 20's here in 2s here washington. satellite and radar let's showda you what's outside.'s ode nothing but sunshine here.ineer clouds towards our west and a few snow

. now they're right on top of d.c. by 7:00 they should be just east of baltimore, east of annapolis, and east of leonardtown at least the main part of the line. the exception to that would be down to your south right around areas of southern maryland, around 301, waldorf, colonial beach. that's where the storms could hang on just a little longer i think up until maybe as 8:00 or so. we're going to be watching this very carefully. let me put the skits back on or actually the shear here, the shear we look at where we can see where some of the highest winds are with these storms. i'll take the radar off as well just for a second so we can take a closer examination of where some of the strongest winds are. now coming right through d.c. now. there you're seeing some of the purple winds there, probably now around 30 miles per hour to upwards 40 miles per hour at the very least. let me take a second here and click on this and see what that is. that's around 20-mile-per-hour winds there, so not overly strong. certainly not what we were seeing earlier with the line. so some indication perhap

watching news4 at 4:00. >>> the only man charged in the killings of four people inside a d.c. mansion was in court today. >> yeah. it was daron wint's first appearance before a judge since he was indicted on 20 counts. mark segraves was there. now he's joining us live from the scene of the crime. >> good evening, chris. yeah, wint appeared before a d.c. superior court judge this morning. it's the first time he's been in court since the grand jury earlier this week handed down that 20-count indictment. he's facing life in prison. this morning he pled not guilty. wint was led into the courtroom in leg and hand shackles. he tripped over those shackles going in. inside the courtroom this morning, the father of amy sa well as family members from the housekeeper. they did not want to talk to reporters on their way out, nor did prosecutors. wint was cordial with the when the judge addressed him but the hearing was quick and the next trial day or hearing date was set for may 20th. that will be almost exactly a year from the day that wint was arrested just days after the murder. back here at t

amendment rights. eric ward, news 4. >>> more star power in d.c. today, natalie portman shooting a movie about jackie kennedy. why not everyone is thrilled the oscar winner is in your summer plans? the changes you need to know before you book that trip. >>> plus, we had a beautiful day out there today, little on the cool side in terms of temperatures. wait until you see the temperatures i have on the seven day. >>> hollywood stars recreating that somber scene after president john f. kennedy's oscar winning actress natalie portman starring at jackie kennedy in a new movie called "jackie." the closures had people complaining after we posted the story on the news 4 washington app. the details on tomorrow's road closures are under the search term jackie. >>> montgomery county police are asking you to keep an eye out for this missing teen. she's from rockville and she disappeared this morning. the 15 year old may be traveling with a 21-year-old man. if you've got any information, you're asked to call police. >>> today friends and supporters gathered to remember an activist who stood vigil out

lanes to connect shaa district to downtown d.c. however, along the lanes are historic churches and the bike lanes would leave them with little to no parking. p what seems like a mundane topic has become a real battle, bike lanes pitting cyclists against worshipers at historic d.c. churches. the proposals adding protective bike lanes heading north and south connecting shaw to downtown. the problem, the bike lanes would take parking away from historic churches. historic-like churches in this t area are running out of parking space for our members to come. they usually are coming in, not from the d.c. area, usually usu coming in from maryland or virginia they and they needhe spaces to park.y nearly 300 people were at saturday afternoon's meeting. cyclists say protected bike bik lanes keep people save and even safe lives. you can also look at the publicb investment where it's much cheaper to get people to move by bike than it is by car. worshipers feel parking iss already hard to come by. by. our church is 158 years old. o that was 19 -- i'm sorry, 1858. that's five years before slavery en

hours. a beautiful picture of d.c. d.c mike thomas is in for gwen witht the very latest.est. >> you are absolutely right. we do have snow in the forecastr once again. exactly how much we're going too get is still up in the the air. a lot of question marks with this system. unlike the one we had in january that brought us all the snow amounts and we knew what was going to happen ahead of time. this is not the case and i'll explain why a little bit later. let's start with on what we know at this time.ime. what our current thinking is for this monday night in tuesday system it that it will begin sometime monday evening as a rain/snow mix. i'm not worried about the commutes on monday. mon i think tuesday will be the worst day when it comes tot commutes. it also may not be a continuous snow. once we do see the snow switchwc over to snow. it may come in two ways, lighter snow into the overnight hours, maybe a break and then more snow coming ourur way tuesday afternoon. ace mentioned earlier, totalsotl still up in the air on this onee but what is a guaranty at this point is that we're in the t

assaulted their officer,icer including a sergeant. a hard blow of a d.c. police officer in front of a crowd rowdy crowd merely caused a melee on this adams morgan sidewalk sunday morning. >> there was a lot of fights. grim a bracket owns the 18th club heaven and hell along with the next door club columbia station. she says there was a customerr laying on the ground. for nearly two hours he stayed in this fenced in area. a person who knew him approached. according to the person who shos this video, that's when police showed up. police say the man lying on then ground was upset that someone, quote, schmoozed his face. while officers investigated anvs second man became aggressive and assaulted the officers. o th 300 people out there in then th middle of the street. things quickly escalated. maybe 50 cops came rushing around and before i knew it, i looked to the left. it was a cop that had his gun pointed. police got the choke holds, not really beating them up with w night sticks. s but cellphone video clearlyly shows an officer deploy a baton, causing on of the crowd to react. >> i never

officer, as well. >>> the medical director at d.c. fire and ems is officially out now. she turned in a brutally frank four page resignation letter earlier this week. in that letter, she saw people needlessly in cases that are not making news. she tells news 4 there was lack of cooperation when it comes to improving e mcht s. >>> the sheen found on the pa tested positive a petroleumel. the coast guard says additional samples are being thousand. officials still trying to trace the source of the spill. since the incident, they have rounded up several geese covered in oil and taken them to delaware to be cleaned up. >>> it is now 4:36. developing this morning, the u.s., russia and more than a dozen other countries have agreed to a cease-fire in syria that would begin next week. the agreement would stop the fighting between rebels and the syrian government about th. and then the u.s. and russia plan to deliver the country more humanitarian aid. the cease fire does not apply >>> we're just learning that the wor health organization says possible zika ines are at least 18 months away from larg

next primary south carolina february 20. >> fox5 in the district now where medical director of d.c. fire department presented muirial because were a scathing resignation heat letter. julia's resignation follows with delayed ambulances and response times that ultimately resulted in death. it's an issue she addressed in her resignation later. "people are dying needlessless because we're moving too slow. when i see something that can make a difference between life and death i must distance m myself from that come accomplicety kils and i will not be a party for that behavior. . >> is there a suggestion you could offer cheap dean? the response" we're committed to delivering patient outcomes and change residents expect and deserve we will announce an interim director later this week. . >> all right. time now to talk weather. when i walked out of the house it was sliply this morning and i saw flurries up in mill in garyy's neighborhood in subeshia. >> you act like you're not there with me we're both in the in thes you know that. >> did you say it was happening and i missed it? >> we techn

chinn got a preview. >> can you believe it? we are riding on the d.c. street car. and it is moving. and it's moving very smoothly. still, a tight squeeze here between the parked cars, saying it took long enough. is an understatement. >> i mean, things happen. take a long time in d.c. >> it's good. but it don't go far. i think it should go further. >> reporter: the complaints are with good reason. the late, overbudgetted two- mile system wasn't safe enough to take passengers not too long ago. a street car caught fire last year. parked, others not. drivers had to fold in their side mirror because there wasn't enough clearance. >> so he wouldn't take it off. >> these safety issues nearly forced d.c. leaders to walk away from the costly project. >> i think that was too much money spent. for it just to be just a short distance. >> reporter: the h. street line runs from union station to benning road, with hopes of expanding many more miles. >> they had gone to k street into georgetown. we'll see how that goes. >> took long to get it running. >> but shoppers are optimistic. >> it would he

neighborhood opposition to mayor muriel bowser's plan to close the troubled d.c. general homeless shelter. and scatter struggling people. the mayor announces from all eight wards. and in the southwest, they plan to build one of those shelters. bruce? >> yeah, bruce. the plan here is to rehab this old church. and then build a larger structure behind it, here on delaware avenue. to house about 50 families. now, the mayor has kept all the locations pretty quiet, up until now, in hopes of dampening neighborhood opposition. but we have yet to find much opsig so far. -- opposition so far. >> you hadn't heard about this at all? >> no. >> in wealthy cathedral heights in northwest d.c.,. >> i think that's exciting. >> exactly the opposite of opposition. >> you think of young kids in the neighborhood. absolutely. you want to give them a home, a place that is safe. >> and in woodson heights, neighbors of a planned family shelter at 5004d.c. street, seem to feel the same way. >> i wouldn't care if they put it in every ward in the sea. there's somewhere they gotta go. >> reporter: but one plac

the comedian's sex assault trial to move forward. >> two months after cleared d.c. mayor vincent gray says he's ready to give back into city politics this is fox5 local news at 11. . >> we begin 11 with braking news out of south east d.c. where four people were shot today. >> butler street southeast near morris road. she's live on the scene tonigh tonight. we now know two teenagers were hurt. >> a lot of conflicting information as you know this is always breaking news and it involves second by second and we understand one of the victims presumably a victim apparently just turned 18 and that's why there was some sort of confusion and in fact there was at least teen aimer we know for a fact was 15 years old and we understand the 15-year-old was shot in the thigh and in and out of conscious ntion on the way to the hospital and losing a lot of blood. now, out here the scene remains firely active. there are several evidence mark that sure ourd like beer cans and -- potentially this all stemmed from some sort of gun battle. take a look at video we shot earlier on the scene. eventually

, at times, a heathed meeting in ward one to open it's part of her plan to close d.c. general. the ward's one shelter would be located at d and 10th street, northwest. many of the people who live near the proposed site are concerned about a decrease in property value and an increase to crime. >> there are maw rauders on both sides. this is not completely a safe place. >> the mayor says the plan in all agt wards give families a safe place to live. >> what about the concern in crime? >> yorn that that's waranted. >> property values? >> again, we're going to be making a sigs nif cant investment in a once blighted, everyonety lot. there are things more valuable than property values. >> one of the things that i like about my community is we're welcoming. we're inclusive. >> so there you have, folks. live in northwest d.c., i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> it is dangerously cold out there tonight in nbc 4 is working for you to help the homeless in our community. on our nbc washington app, open up the app and search home legislationness. >> my family was lucky, and lucky is the only family u

video of the attack on a decorated marine. he fell victim to a group of violent young people in d.c.. the blows so severe they left chris marquez with a serious head injury. i have this sharp pain that goes down my head and it hurts to move my head around. >> this is video of the assault which bond outrage. yelledunted him and black lives matter. one strikes him so hard he falls to the ground. while unconscious, the blows keep coming. of his suspect robs him money, credit cards, and identification. it took until today for marquez to receive more thorough tests at the va hospital. this sense the thief took his id. he hopes the surveillance video will eat to the rest of the suspect before they strike again. suspectsappointed the are wanted for assault and robbery, not a hate crime. he is convinced they targeted and taunted him because of his race. after the test conducted today determined that his head injury is more serious than previously expected, he will remain under observation and possibly more tests. maureen: concern about the safety of students during this election year is bri

blizzard 2016. the latest figures showed d.c. spent more than $55 million on snow response. jonathan: $5 million to clear off the snow just from this, nine years worth of snow removal . officials to say that the funds will be available if there are any other snowstorms this winter but that is a lot of money. the fairfax county school board has agreed to cancel virginia, will be holding presidential primaries on that day. 167 fairfax school buildings are being used as a link sites -- as polling sites. school officials are concerned that with all the voters in and out, it will be difficult to conduct a normal day of school. have counseleds school on march 1. michelle: fairfax county school board members voted unanimously to change the name of jeb stuart high school. the next step is public hearings. some historians believe the school was named for the confederate general as a protest against desegregation in the 1950's. there is a growing consensus especially among students that the name does not current values of the community. jonathan: coming up, the streetcar opens a week from tomorrow

on trip that are seven hours or shorter. advance revvations -- reservations are required. d.c. police have been releasing surveillance video to youtube of crimes like this, especially when they capture a good shot of the suspect or system-up with they want to talk to. you might remember this video of an assault with a chair from yesterday. bureau chief sam ford asked the police is the strategy working? sam: this is normal for the lunchtime crowd. last week in the 1100 block of h street northeast men with pistols ran in to rob the place and terrify workers and customers. one here running for the door. even though robbers were masked -- >> from a way that somebody walks to clothing to possible like a birthmark or a tattoo shown on a video, somebody knows who most of the people out there we like to highlight. sam: this is one of many surveillance video that police put on youtube, to apprehend the criminals. compared to last year homicides are up. robbery with a gun and assault with a gun also up. are if videos more than reality tv? at the police department they insist that they are. >> t

passible. they went in full deployment this morning. the d.c. bureau chief sam ford spoke to the people heading up the team today about the plans. whether he have a closer look at that coming up on "abc7 news at 6:00". metro will be running buses on a moderate snow plan tomorrow. tune in to "good morning washington" for the largest local team of the meteorologists in the morning. leon: prince george's county where a school aide facing a dozen count of child porn charges. they announced arrest of deonte carraway. roz plater is live at the headquarters and has deteals that were just -- details that were just released. what did you learn? roz: stunning details, leon, for the police and from the school officials. we are hearing that deonte carraway is a 22-year-old man from glenarden, maryland, who has been a school volunteer and worked worked with the rec r and aquatic center and a choir director there. this is what the police know so far. he is charged with child porn and child abuse. they believe there are ten known victims so far. nine and 13 years old and communicated them through the

. tomorrow, some flurries in the forecast. i'll have more on th i minutes. >>> right now d.c. police are looking for two young men accused of sexually assaulting a woman this southeast washington. officers say the men approached the woman on monday around 6:15 on alabama avenue near 13th street southeast and attacked her. there is a reward for anyone that provides information that leads to an arrest. stwloo poli >>> police in england needed recent help to catch a suspect. you can see police following the suspect on the run and a man casually sticks out his right leg tripping that person. police were able to make the arrest and that civilian is now being called a hero. i love it. just love it. >>> the standoff in oregon could be in its final hours. >> last remained armed occupiers are ready to give up. more after the break. i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too

video of what went down moments before a decorated marine was viciously assaulted in downtown d.c. you see a group of suspects enter mcdonald's. see marquez exit and i suspect follow him out, strike him to thecked ground. while unconscious, he is hit again, then another suspect kicks him, while a third robs him. whereat the va hospital we send him this video. he said it left him angry, frustrated, and disgusted. earlier he spoke about the violence on d.c. streets. >> it seems like it's turning into an epidemic of violence. you hear about people being attacked by mobs, by groups of people. >> they are seeking to men for assault and one for robbery. marquez is thankful that d.c. police have a recent video. they are wide in connection with assault and robbery, not a hate crime. he is convinced he was taunted and targeted for attack because of his race. men inolice arrested two the death of a con man turned government witness. say they believe 29-year-old eric garris 26-year-old taqwa mohammed robbed him, shot him and then sped off. his family says he had turned his life around after

only possible punishments for now. >>> new information now on an old case. d.c. police say they have arrested two people for a ip back in 1991. 44-year-old michael green of northeast d.c. and 45-year-old benito valdez are charged with first-degree murder. police say the three victims were shot execution-style. they were found dead in a park at 18th street and franklin streets northeast. nearly 25 years ago. we caught up with the sister of one of those victims today. >> we are very relieved and very hopeful that we will -- that the system will get a conviction and the perpetrators will be removed from society and could never hurt anybody else again. >> reporter: police believe the murders were likely drug- related. there were 482 homicides in the city back in 1981. making it one of the deadliest years on record. >> reporter: police are investigating a shooting that happened today at a montgomery county hotel. a man was found with wounds to both of his legs at a travel lodge motel. police say the victim told them he was the attempted robbery. he also said a second person got pepper-spr

whole d.c. community, and a local food bank is trying to tackle it one vegetable at a time. >>> hey, everyone. i'm veronica johnson. welcome to "news 4 this week." things have warmed up over the last couple of days, and it's helped tremendously with melting. but as the pavement starts to resurface, we're finding a whole new issue. boom! potholes. news 4 has a look at one of the problem spots in arlington. >> reporter: well, as we get into the freeze-thaw cycle, we're not only worried about this being on the ground. now we're worried about this. the actual road coming apart with potholes. that's what's happening right here on williamsburg boulevard. with every hit -- >> it's just really loud. like the whole house is shaking. >> reporter: christina thomas and her boys are feeling it. >> it's a little bit, yeah, there you go. you can hear it. >> reporter: her house is right next to these newly formed potholes at the bottom of the hill. as the temperatures go up and down, the road gives a little bit. drivers noticing the new craters. >> i didn't like them. >> reporter: and then there ar