joe krebs has our report. >> reporter: this woman was 32 years old when she was murdered. here body was discovered october 3rd. >> i remember responding here that evening with detective bond. >> reporter: bob phillips was sergeant bob phillips. >> there was blood on the doormat. i remember that. >> reporter: she had been sexually assaulted, beaten and strangled. >> she was not covered up, but she naturally sunk into the english ivy. hard to see. >> reporter: her case is one of dozens that former detective bob phillips has been working for years to close. >> i actually started before i retired in 2000. took it upon myself to start. >> reporter: after he retired he volunteered to go through old case files. the county got a grant to pay him for two days a week. he looks for patterns in evidence. when he finds something he passes it on to the two active duty cold case detectives. >> our priority with the cold case is the physical evidence. with the dna data bases, the convicted offender data bases, the way they are now, you have a high likelihood of identifying an offender. in

i'm kimberly suiters in for joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it's wednesday, february 3rd, 2010. a live look out of mclean, virginia, the thick snow hanging on some of the branches. the roads are clear, but you have to be careful of the side streets. they're still slushy this morning. >> the federal government is open today with an unscheduled looefl policy. a number of closings and delays to tell you about. this just in, montgomery county and charles county schools are closed. in virginia, fairfax county, prince william county, manassas city and loudoun county schools all closed. alexandria schools are on a two-hour delay. also closed today are clark county, culpepper, frederick, orange and page county schools. rappahannock, shenandoah and spotsylvania schools all closed. >> in west virginia berkeley, grant, hardy and jefferson county schools are all closed. mineral and morgan county schools are also closed. >>we have team coverage out in the snow. >> megan mcgrath is surveying the roads in virginia. tracee wilkins in live in maryland. but we begin with meteorologist tom kierein

i'm joe krebs on this wednesday, the 10th of february, 2010. and here is the latest at this hour for you. another storm will mean that you're going to have another snow day for most of you. all local schools are once again closed. the federal government is also closed for a third straight day. the d.c. o government is closed as well. if you plan to take metro today, it is running only underground. there will be no metro bus or metro access service today. also all flights in and out of ronald reagan, washington, dulles, bwi, marshall, have been canceled for the entire day today. >> let's look at what the storm is doing right now. meteorologist tom kierein is in the storm center tracking it all. >> it started with light snow yesterday afternoon and overnight last night. it changed to a brief period of sleet and freezing rain throughout much of the region. in the last several hours it's gone right back to snow. you can see looking at the radar over the last three hours, it has now filled in with snow across much of virginia and maryland and the di

i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. is friday, february 5, 2010. we have a lot of school closings and early dismissals ahead of this major winter storm. first an important alert for government workers. the federal government will now be operating under an unscheduled leave policy today with a four hour early dismissal in effect. d.c. public schools will close at noon today. >> in maryland prince george's county schools closing three hours early today, montgomery county schools closing two and a half hours early. carroll county will close two hours early. also in maryland, st. mary's and charles county schools are closed today. >>> in virginia many schools are closed today. they include alexandria city. arlington, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools all closed. also closed today clark, cup pepper, fauquier, frederick and king george county. >> manassas city, manassas park city, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania county schools. also closed starve and warren county and winchester city in fredericksburg still schools closed. >

. >> i'm kimberly suiters in for joe krebs. thank you for waking uperly with us this morning. >>> the federal government is open this morning with an unscheduled leave policies. there are several schools either closed or delayed. in virginia, alexandria schools are on a two-hour days. closed, prince william, manass, loudon county, frederick, cull per per. >> in west virginia berkeley, grant, hardy and jefferson county schools are closed. mineral and morgan county schools are also closed. time to check in with tom kierein because we need to find out if this beautiful snow is going to melt on the side streets today. >> it stuck to all the shrubbery and the trees. many of the roads and the main roads are just wet, a little slushy in some areas. radar showing a few lingering flurries in prince george's county, southeast washington. elsewhere we don't have any precipitation. the storm is over. these are some of the snow totals, generally around three, four inches around the metro area. a couple inches higher farther to our west and

. >>> good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. thanks for waking up with us. we have a number of closings and early dismissals in terms of the storm. the federal government will be operating under an unscheduled leave policy today with a four hour early dismissal in effect. d.c. public schools will close at noon today. >> in virginia many schools are closed today. they include alexandria city, arlington, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools. also closed today clark, culpeper, fauquier, frederick and king george county schools. >>> manassas city, mns park, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania and winchester county schools are closed. >> in maryland carroll county schools will close 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> we have not heard from prince george's or anne arundel. >> by the time children are coming home from school we could have three to five inches on the brown. between now and then we'll see big changes. there's a look at the radar. good morning, i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have some snow falling. south is all rain, moderate to heav

. >> i'm joe krebs it's the 10th of february, 2010. another winter storm, another snow day for many in our region. all local schools are closed. the federal government is closed for the third street day. metro rail is underground service only beginning at 5:00 this morning. metro bus service is suspended for the day. >> let's get the latest ton forecast. meteorologist tom kierein is tracking t storm in the storm center. >> yes. we did have snow last evening and it changed over to a mix of sleet and freezing rain for a time. for the last two hours, it has all changed back to snow all across the region. it is now beginning to snow moderately to even heavily. where we see the green on radar in montgomery county from gaithersburg, germantown, southern loudoun county, ashburn near dulles airport, mclane and western fairfax county getting a band of very heavy snow. getting moderate snow right here in washington. some moderate snow in southern maryland as well. the wider view of the radar is showing the storm situation is getting snowier as t

good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. and we're still digging out from the last snowfall. now we have another one headed our way. let's go right away to meteorologist tom kierein to find all the details out. tom? >>> yes, unfortunately, here comes another storm. looking at the radar now, we're getting snow all the way into the shenandoah valley. and farther to the west and north, it's been snowing overnight. and the local radar is showing snow now in culpeper county. rappahannock, northern fauquier, into the shenandoah valley. light snow initially as the system does move on through into the afternoon hours. then picking up overnight tonight into tomorrow. snowing moderately to heavily at times and strong winds will cause significant drifting of the snow. 12 to 18 inches common around the region by the time it ends tomorrow evening. joe? >> thank you very much. stay with us. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm john edwards in the news 4 today traffic -- jerry edwards in the news 4 traffic station. there's a broken down plow ja

joe krebs has the morning off. it's wednesday, february 3rd, 2010. >>> and we begin this morning with the weather and another snow day for some folks. people started the day extra early, cleaning off their cars and shoveling their driveways. it was a long night and early morning for road crews who were able to get most of the roads clear for the morning rush. seems like the only pple who were able to kind of take it easy this morning, school kids. and looking around the area right now, a blanket of heavy, wet snow is out there. let's get the first forecast from tom kierein. tom? >> hey, barbara, good morning. at this hour, we've had the temperatures get above freezing, so the snow that did cling to all the branchs and shrubbery is now beginning to fall. if you're taking a walk in the park, you'll be pummeled by clumps of snow falling off the tree limbs. we are in the mid-30s in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. and most locations now getting above freezing. and we've had a lite su

i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. it's friday, february 5th, 2010. we begin this morning with a major winter storm that could bring a foot or two of snow to some areas. winter storm warnings run from virginia into maryland, parts of west virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, and ohio this morning. it has already started to snow in parts of virginia and right here in the district as well. we're looking live, though, at route 29 in centerville. here in the district, we're also seeing some flakes starting to fly. skies are pretty gray out there. >> they are, indeed. let's get a first forecast now from meteorologist tom kierein. he, of course, has been tracking this storm for several days. tom? >> hey, tom. >> hey, barbara and joe. good morning. we've been tracking this storm and we've been seeing some copious amounts of moisture coming in off the gulf of mexico. that's why we're forecasting such high amounts of snow. look at all of this rain, getting heavy downpours in georgia, northern florida, that's just about to move into south carolina. then it runs

i'm joe krebs. we are of course following a massive winter storm coming our way. this is the picture live at dulles airport where there is some snow. people are trying to catch a flight before the snow moves in. we're told that southwest airlines has canceled its flights for dulles and bwi and all flights leaving tomorrow. let's find out when the snow is going to get here. tom? >> we're getting some of the latest reports from observers and weather watchers, we're beginning to see the snow reaching the ground around the shenandoah valley and it's going to pick up as we get into the afternoon hours and by overnight tonight and tomorrow afternoon. we could have an additional 48 inches tomorrow. total amount, 18 to 24 inches, could even have higher amounts around thelue ridge mountains, maybe a mixture of some sleet in the northern neck and the lower part of the chesapeake bay. >> live pictures of the beltway over at the american legion bridge, outside in the outer loop and the inner loop are looking good. it won't be too long before the roads start getting a little s