frederick douglas was tireless. frederick douglas was working as a journalist, he was lecturing, he was aj agitating, he was knocking on the door of the white house, whether the white house wanted him to come in or not. he was not seeing social change with the development of lincoln, so why would we see change with the president barack obama. my beloved friend who died three years ago january -- >> historian, agitator -- >> historian, agitator, activist. he dismissed barack obama saying he would have to be enveloped in a social movement. we have to push him in the right direction. and the question i ask is, did we? did we do enough? or did we put our weapons down and did we then sit back and wait for something to happen, again, forgetting that the change that we want comes from below, it comes from a movement. it comes from putting pressure on those who have power to do the right thing. so when people tell me one way or another that what i represent is a utopian vision, i say, bring more poetry into those schools th

frederick douglass was tireless. frederick douglass was working as a journalist, he was lecturing, he was agitating, he was knocking on the door of the white house whether the white house wanted him to come in or not. he did not see social change as beginning and ending with the election of abraham lincoln. so why should we see social change as beginning or ending with the election of barack obama? howard zinn, my beloved friend who died three years ago, january -- >> historian, agitator. >> historian, writer, lecturer, activist, agitator endorsed obama in 2008 very cautiously saying, "he will have to be enveloped in a social movement, "we have to push him in the right direction." and the question i ask is did we? did we do enough? or did we put our weapons down and did we then sit back and wait for something to happen? again, forgetting that the change that we want comes from below. it comes from a movement. it comes from putting pressure on those that have power to do the right thing. so when people tell me one way

prince frederick an inch and a half. and this was the scene out of pasadena, maryland, earlier this morning. they had about an inch. they probably had 2 or so. for today looking at our day planner, we're going to turn partly sunny. another breezy and another cold day. average high is 44. we'll be lucky to get to 30, 31 with the northwesterly winds gusting 20 miles an hour. it's going to feel like it's in the low 20s today. but generally dry once we get rid of this disturbance which is pulling away from us from the south and east. you really see how it's starting to break up some. yeah, still light snow and could be for another hour, hour and a half tops. it's starting to break up on the radar, an indication of the system pulling away. cold air meant for a fluffy snowfall with temperatures in the teens to the north, mid-20s in richmond and a quick look at our local temperatures getting ready to go out for the morning. maybe you're going to be delayed a couple hours with the school delays. 19 in town. we have 18 in ashburn

it's on frederick road at river road. another accident on 795 along the northbound lanes at owings mills boulevard. as we look live at 795, here at could bys mil road traffic is moving along. there are not any delays traveling southbound. it's going to take you the normal 10 minutes from westminster pike to the beltway. and here's a live look at the west side of the beltway. traffic is moving along here at liberty road. just 8 minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 70 and the east side of the beltway nice and clear. 11 minutes right now on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic charley over to you. >>> it's billed as the largest outdoor show and this morning it's called off but at least for now. the eastern sports and outdoors show is held in harrisburg and was slated to open next saturday. but a move by the show's organizer last week started the ball rolling. reid exhibition ban the sale and display of modern sporting rifles lining the ar15 at the --

we are on interstate 270 southbound in frederick county just outside urbana. there was a report of an accident. we are getting ready to approach the accident scene within the next couple seconds or so. i've got to be honest, we took 270 northbound to get through frederick county. as we drove through montgomery, the roads on 270 got progressively worse. there is still a lot of it slick spots in frederick county. the roads have not been plowed. we're getting ready to pass right here on the right side of the road. you can see the state trooper with two cars on the side of the road. they have gotten into an accident. the backup stretch for couple miles. we just passed the accident, but it is still a slow drive on 270 southbound in frederick county. the roads here are not as good as they were in montgomery county and as you got closer inside the beltway. we continue checking the road conditions here in maryland. right now we are headed southbound towards montgomery county and inside the beltway. another live update from maryland in a couple minutes. back to you. >>

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they got an inch of snow up in frederick, maryland. here's the scene out of lusby where brian white had 3 inches of snow but had reports close to 4 as well. it was still snowing so he may be up to 4 now. over in prince frederick, about an inch and a half of snow. you're seeing that on the cars. that may get up to two, two and a half before everything is said and double. here's pasadena. that was annual inch of snow when -- an inch of snow when i got the report. if that ends up being two and a half when it's done, it wouldn't surprise me. [ no audio ] >> reporter: where the trucks have been, it's fine. >> we're going to clear out pretty early in the next couple of hours, three hours or so. we'll turn sunny, a few clouds, a stray flurry. 28 but breezy today. winds will gust 20, maybe 25 with highs around 30 degrees. and tonight we'll -- will be a dry night. another system tomorrow afternoon and evening. here's the snow this morning. you see it across the region. still some light snow. this stuff is really fluffy and dry and not growing t

and in winchester and frederick is the second batch, even stretching towards baltimore. not very good on long 95. light snow in potomac rockville, wheaton beltsville. the northern beltway is getting some of this. downtown is not much more than snow flurries at this time. visibility will be reduced a little of to the north. fredericksburg, slow flurries. madrassa, that is a little heavier. lexington park and lusby is where we have seen heavier accumulations. -- montross, that is a little heavier than snow flurries. winter weather advisory until 9:00 this morning. if it could be over even before that. 21 degrees in d.c. 19 in dallas, 16 in gaithersburg, 18 in martinsburg. any of the snow than has been falling has been sticking. unless the roads have been treated, they will be covered. today's forecast, becoming partly sunny, between 25 and 30 degrees. partly cloudy tonight, in the teens. tomorrow, second round of the snow. we could get an inch or two. we will have to see if the system is still developing in texas. we will have more details with your seven-day forecast with

frederick, baltimore hagerstown, 48 for the high temperature. in fredericksburg and in the shenandoah valley and we should exceed. 60 exceed strasburg, 60, already 65. a few sprinkles outside this morning. watch for patchy fog. let go back inside to jamee. >> not bad. no major incidents to report around the beltway. come in from the west of 66. the greenway and the toll road everybody in great shape for. interstate 905, there's volume in many areas. from new wiroute 1 is really slow from the prince william parkway towards the occoquan. the accident is northbound route 1 at 123. so little extra time is needed. 95 is moving well. 270 grandpa urbana and hyattstown slowing. beyond that it is doing fine in rockville. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, 20 people are believed to have died in a plane crash in kazakhstan. details are still coming in. an airline stated there were 15 passengers and five crew members on the plane that went down near the city of almaty. >> new this morning, two people died in somalia when a suicide bomber detonated

montgomery, howard, frederick, maryland. and all these counties, though, in lavender are still under a winter weather advisory until 9:00. generally an inch or so in these areas. temperatures very cold still. we're just in the mid to upper teens in prince george's county. montgomery county just in the mid teens. arlington, fairfax county only the upper teens. and we're going to stay here, only near 20 degrees here through about 9:00. then by noontime, ought to be in the mid 20s. then between 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, hovering in the upper 20s for a brief time. we'll have lots of sunshine. the wind's going to be blustery, too. we'll have it gusting to around 30 miles per hour. here's your storm team 4 four-day forecast. looks like a more snow tomorrow. increasing clouds on friday. not in the morning. in the teens. highs reaching near 30 early afternoon on friday. then more snow likely moving back in, does look like perhaps mid to late friday afternoon into friday night. all of it ending by midnight. might pick up a couple of inches o

the highest was 3.3 inches in frederick county. the monocasee river there is going to be running out of its banks throughout the rest of the day. temperatures are dropping because winds are gustier out of the north and west. a gust of 45 miles per hour in gaithersburg. reagan national had a gust to around 30, 30 to 40, 45 mile-per-hour gusts are going to be common for the next couple of hours. then looks like we'll have higher gust as we get into the afternoon. and the temperatures are dropping to the mid 40s in montgomery county, loudoun county, much of northern virginia including fairfax and arlington. right now in the upper 40s. near 50 in washington. upper 40s now prince george's county. much of southern maryland, right near the bay. temperatures there are in the low 50s. and hour by hour through the morning hours, winds will be blustery, gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. we'll be holding steady in the 40s. all the way through 10:00. then it's going to be dropping during the afternoon. i'll have the latest on that coming up in t

by 11:00 tonight still a solid line from frederick down to just west of fredericksburg. roll through the metro area around midnight along 95 and crosses 95 into southern maryland by 1:00 or 2:00. this is when the highest winds roll through. after that rolls through just light activity until you get east of i-95. you could see more moderate rain between 3:00 and 6 a.m. and everything goes to snow back in the mountains. so in the 40s tonight, windy with rain, thunderstorms, some heavy, colder late, winds westerly at 20 to 40 with higher gusts to 50. temperatures hold steady tomorrow. we're looking at light snow possible friday. we'll watch this because the timing is awful. 33 for a high, still cold saturday, watching more light snow possibly on saturday night. next seven days sunday just kind of cold, but nothing arctic really, temperatures back up into about 40 and briefly colder monday in the 30s and pretty nice next tuesday and wednesday, mid-40s tuesday and 50 on wednesday. so we'll be here all night to track those storms. even if you don't get hit by a storm, watch th

john's regional catholic school in frederick. all of a sudden one of the squalls came racing across the top of the mounds and the wind and rain hit. mainly from frederick north and that is where the greatest concerns are now with the heavy rain line of intense downpours in the western suburbs. last flood warnings in effect in portions of loudoun county and further south, severe thunderstorm warnings. it is the rain and the wind causing a severe category, and there's more where that comes from. southwest virginia, western north carolina and south carolina, there aren't -- numerous watches and warnings for severe weather. adams town is picking up in frederick county. the very heavy rain continues but it is interesting to note that there is very little rain right now in the immediate washington area. north and west of the area these are wind advisories in effect overnight tonight, when gusts of 50 miles per hour. we hit 72 in washington today, 5 degrees shy of the record. not a single drop of rain reagan national airport. 70 reporte

dulles, 25 in gaithersburg, 21 in frederick. 28 in culpeper. partly cloudy skies and chilly outside. between 35 and 40. the average high is 43. we will tip the scales a little e head towards the weekend. it's a cold start. a check on traffic and weather jamee. >> of water main break happened hours, in fact, in the evening rush hour. on wisconsin avenue between willardboulevard and avenue and headed toward the .riendship heights area crews are now saying they will allow one right lane to get by direction through the morning rush hour. if you typically takes wisconsin avenue southbound inside the y, it's difficult. 410 would be a good alternate. no delays and no problems right as thethis hour as far volume. early and many still sleeping. northbound interstate 5, trouble lanes open out of stafford and .eaded across the occoquan back to you. >> thank you. looks talk about the redskins and an interesting to wager d.c. mayor vincent gray and have placed seattle a friendly bent on sunday's game theeen the redskins and seahawks. tweeted --f seattle you

we have that fog 100% in frederick. so stake it -- take it easy as you step out and b maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. we could see a couple sprinkles a little drizzle as we go through the rest of the day. but the radar will not pick up on that. the droplets are too small for the radar. but, we will start to see changes in the forecast but it's not today. we will be in the clouds pretty much all day long with the temperature coming in at 46 degrees by lunchtime. the high temperatures in the upper 40s as we go through time. i will talk more about the weekend forecast coming up in exactly when the thunderstorms will roll into the area. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: we are following a series crash in the city that shut down baltimore pike. and as we check in and look live at 95, downtown, here at 5,

two men walked into a restaurant on south frederick avenue pan sprayed the manager and customer with a fire extinguisher. the robbers took the cash register and ran off. investigators have not said if it's connected to a two symbol robberies in gaithersburg last weekend. >> and details on the order dame football star monte day oh, claims he was duped to fall in love with a woman who never existed. >> a star of a hip mtv show called catfish is being investigated now. >> it is a bizarre hoax that is getting more and more complicated. we watched as the star linebacker, seen on the golf cart in florida, faced the loss of his girlfriend that he lost on line to leukemia. >> just days after my grandmother passed away and you take the love of my life. >> it turns out the girlfriend was a fabrication and the story was a lie, reportedly perpetrated by an acquaintance of the football player. he insists he had nothing. to do. the athletes says "to realize that i was the victim of what was someone's sick joke is painful and humiliating." >> we looked up the mortuaries and funeral homes in califor

in frederick it's 21 degrees. hagerstown. 27 degrees in manassas. degrees in quantico, the freezing mark. temperatures this morning are 10 degrees colder than this time yesterday. feeling the difference in.he cold air ushers when we look at the averages, average low as 29 degrees. so we are in that neighborhood. the average high is 43. think we will get there. we will see a cooler than average day. highs in the upper 30's. of 40's to our south. cool air up and down the east coast. across new appear o the great int lakes. in, butssure is selling front movingd e michigan, bringing tottered snow showers chicago and later, detroit. be very light. as it approaches us, it will be the wind and reinforcing shot of cool air. we will get a little cloud cover with lid. some snow in the higher elevations of west virginia. for us, it will be a drive passage with snow of it.e squeezing out cloudy skies today. high temperature between 35 and 40. skies tonight. it will be cold, 20 to 28. keep that in mind this morning. as we look at the seven-day sunshine and 42 de

the beltway andin howard county does a crash on old frederick road. closed each direction between 29 columbia pike and old mill road. no problems on 395, getting across the in down 14th street bridge, and this looks good towards the seadc. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, the push for gun reform in america. today vice president joe biden is meeting with the nra as well as retailers at the white house. >>s series of meetings. john gonzalez is outside the white house with more. >> the nra will not only be meeting with a vice president today at the white house staff but also with the president's gun violence task force, a group put together days after the sandy hook shooting. the national rifle association has made its position clear, no new gun laws, we should enforce the gun laws already on the books. vice-president joe biden has also spelled out the intentions from the white house to move swiftly to reduce gun violence. >> the president is calling to act. there is executive action that can be taken. we are compiling all of this with the help

in howard county reef a crash shutting down old frederick road between braxton drive and rally tavern lane because of the crash. let's check out 295 as well as i-95 between the baltimore beltway and the capital beltway. travel lanes are oath in both directions -- are open in both directions. on the beltway, the inner loop in montgomery county, nice and clear, outer loop, as you make your way past colesville road, earlier had a work zone that was blocking the right lane. it's now nice and clear. in fact, clear even toward the american legion bridge. i'm back in ten. over to you. >> thanks. >>> 4:32. melissa mollet has breaking news. good morning. >>> good morning. this is actually just in to the newsroom. at least 30 people have been hurt after a collision between two passenger trains in northern switzerland. we understand one train rammed into the side of another at a station near the german border. at this point, we don't know how serious any of these injuries are. we'll keep an eye on things and pass information along as we get it. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news4. >>> today,

the monocasee in frederick, at or above flood stage for the day. watch out for that on the rural areas. winds have been picking up. gusts over 40 miles per hour, frederick county, washington county, panhandle of west virginia, locally we've had gusts to around 30 miles per hour. and they're only going to be increasing as the day progresses. now we've got a wide variety of temperatures, 60 in washington. it's dropped back to the 40s now. the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, up into western maryland. hour by hour through the day, we'll have changes going on each hour. we'll still be in the 50s by 6:00 a.m. much of the metro area. by 8:00, down to near 50. near 50 by 9:00 a.m. sun breaking out. we'll have gusts of wind to around 40 miles per hour. i'm back in ten minutes with yet another update. now a look at traffic, your first 4 traffic this morning with danella. good morning. >>> good morning. checking a couple of incidents in our area. first we'll talk about the traffic lights. it's out along new york avenue at fairview avenue in nor

those will take you up to i-70 in frederick. that is the latest. back to you. >> a person says her transition to clothing designer was not easy. why satisfy faced rejection. >> tina turner is giving up her u.s. citizenship. which country she will pledge her allegiance to now. >> there are 58 billion dollars in unclaimed cash in america. tonight at 6:00 we will t >> next month a local fashion designer will be part of an apparel exhibit in las vegas. she is debunking the idea that you have to live there to be a fashion designer. she is giving back at the same time. >> in this commercial cindy shows off her line. she says it is versatile, simple and sexy but when she was growing up in maryland she said clothes were her cover. >> i was that skinny, tall, gawky shy girl and i know you have heard this but i really feels. i hid behind my clothing. i used it more to hide and not be noticed. >> several years ago she switched careers from selling counter tofps to women's tops and dresses. >> it is a hard business and i cannot possibly even think about being

you can see the areas of yellow from montgomery county frederick county, and numerous reports of streams and flooded roadways. st. mary's county has -- it has yet to see its first drop of rain. already, we have had 2 inches to 3 inches of rain through much of the metropolitan area. this has been moving slower than i thought. it probably will not be drying out or ending until 3:00 to 5:00 in the morning. that means expect major delays. and really a lot of cancellations also appear the morning rush hour, a lot of standing water. don't take any chances. this is a major rainstorm for us. i will tell you some of the incredible things coming our way in back of the storm. >> many parts in the area have been hammered by the storm. >> jay has made his way back to reagan national. despite the warnings, some people could not help but be out in this mess. >> that's right. this system drop a tremendous amount of rain on us in a very short amount of time, causing issues here at reagan national and on roadways. driving rains wreaked havoc on anyone venturing outside for what proved to be a dangerous ev

higher amounts to the north of us across frederick. here is a lookout what we expect the next couple of days. mid 20's for a daytime high. showers continuing until about 7:00. i promised warmer weather. near 60 degrees on wednesday of next week. looking good. >> all right. that looks more like new orleans temperatures. >> they must be excited to get out of here and down there. the ravens, i do not know what the deal is. the ravens are gearing up from new orleans. and the red is bleeding. >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> before we get to the highlights, i will tell you what troy brower said after the game. he called it embarrassing and pathetic. this was coming for -- from a player. the caps were 0-3 on the power play here it it was a nightmare. there is the rebound, the one- timer. the canadians go up. montreal up 2-0. on the break gets the pass angd goal. 0-3. maybe time to panic a little bit. >> embarrassing is almost the right term right now. pathetic is probably a better one. their

parts of montgomery county and also up into frederick and toward westminster. that means flooding is occurring. do not cross the street with a car or by foot. the watch covers prince george's county, fairfax county and the district north. it does not include southern maryland, doesn't mean you all are not going to get heavy rain and strong winds. in fact, everybody will see strong winds. this is why i'm more concerned about this advisory than the tornado watch because this is going to be widespread winds over 50 miles per hour tonight. we think the window will be between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. we'll keep you posted, again a severe alert, tornado watch until 2:00, wind advisory through the night and a flash flood watch also through the night. >> nasty stuff to the way. >>> that very same system was the source of serious chaos in parts of the south and southwest. deadly storms killed at least one person. a giant funnel cloud caught on camera in a place call ed adairsville georgia. the highway was simply shut down in north georgia and the problems remain on metro's gre

delays heading out of clarksburg will continue in to frederick county. a dam on westbound 66, and the earlier issue on route 28, the ramp to 606 is blocked with a fuel spill. earlier police activity in the district between seventh street and ninth street should be clearing up with a brief delay in traffic. >> still ahead, we will take you under a d.c. region need of repairs and how it will impact your drive. >> an inspiring story about a college student from d.c. who has struggled through our own adversity to help others. >> a college scholarship is awarded to students whose parents are in prison. >> it is for personal reasons that jasmine formed scholarships. >> my father was not really at home so i understand the emotional and financial struggle that comes along with that. >> she is now a sophomore in north carolina at collagen she is helping other students by awarding scholarships to students whose parents are in prison. >> both her mom and father are imprisoned for life, and another young lady's father was just sentenced to death row. >> it is not so

in frederick we had a water rescue from a woman atop her car at 7:37 up near urbana. now we have high water, pretty much new, 9:54, 10, road closed due to high water along round hill in loudoun county. by and large the heaviest rain has been north and west of town. heavy rain is still possible until 4:00 a.m. winds 30 to 50 miles per hour overnight. a wet commute for some. grab your coats tomorrow. light snow is possible friday but the timing couldn't be worse. 46 tomorrow. 33 on friday with light snow. 36 on saturday. some more snow possible, light snow on saturday night. overnight saturday. next seven days, sunday we're not bad, 40. back in the 30s on monday, then pretty nice, mid-40s on as the day, and sunshine next wednesday with highs around 50. >>> the rumors have grown overnight, and ray lewis was forced to address them. but he wasn't the only one that was frustrated by the whole if i >> welcome back. we're live outside the mercedes- benz superdome in new orleans. the super bowl is the biggest stage as it gets in football. tons of media buzzing around. if you w

scott broom is live in frederick county with reaction. scott? >> reporter: outside a gun store here where guns rights advocates are very concerned about this, a target of the governor's new proposed restrictions are those so- called assault weapons and the high capacity ammunition clips that feed bullets into them as well as handguns. inside the gun center here in frederick racks that used to hold so-called assault style rifles like the bushmaster are empty because they're sold out. outside customers with strong feelings about gun rights are unnerved by talk of gun restrictions. >> i'm going to stock up while i can. >> reporter: by maryland governor martin o'malley. >> our constitution gives us the right and unfortunately our governor of maryland doesn't understand infringement. >> reporter: the o'malley plan calls for a state ban on assault weapons similar to the federal ban that expired in 2004, restricting the size of magazines to 10 bullets or less, prohibiting gun sales to people under 21. additionally o'malley proposes gun licensing with r

up in frederick, lynn only had about an inch there. that was the range. when you looked at frederick, montgomery county, d.c., we had an inch or so you go south lusby, four to five inches and the five and a half inch total was in the ridge area there in st. mary's county. and in prince frederick, had an inch and a half. they may have ended up with two or three. the system is now gone. quickly out to sea. we're going to turn our attention to storm number two. that storm hasn't formed yet. there's upper level energy up here. you can sort of see the clouds. a little kink in canada. this is going to come diving southeast through the jet stream. it will get here tomorrow likely in the afternoon. maybe even late afternoon, early evening. so ahead of it, we've got the cold air in place. another storm comes and it's going to bring us some snow, some accumulating snow. should be fluffy and i think this is a fast moving light storm. as far as the rest of today, 29, 30 for that high. kind of breezy. tonight we'll be in the mid-20s by 9:00. clouds roll in overnight.

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in frederick we had a water rescue from a woman atop her car at 7:37 up near urbana. now we have high water, pretty much new, 9:54, 10, road closed due to high water along round hill in loudoun county. by and large the heaviest rain has been north and west of town. heavy rain is still possible until 4:00 a.m. winds 30 to 50 miles per hour overnight. a wet commute for some. grab your coats tomorrow. light snow is possible friday but the timing couldn't be worse. 46 tomorrow. 33 on friday with light snow. 36 on saturday. some more snow possible, light snow on saturday night. overnight saturday. next seven days, sunday we're not bad, 40. back in the 30s on monday, then pretty nice, mid-40s on as the day, and sunshine next wednesday with highs around 50. >>> the rumors have grown overnight, and ray lewis was forced to address them. but he wasn't the only one that was frustrated by the whole if i hey anon!! i'm b,e lk ath taste... i d urax. i thghyowe aaxxpt? majotastesdvti foprars toy,'m mteplbe withnoaxxpiee necear" aturta y oy taner frompa e otaatrns- l alaxxpts ..hah&b

not anticipating problems with frederick and gaithersburg at 34. 21 in garrett county. the snow gun's got to be going there for a good weekend of skiing and 30s, 37 for manassas and culpeper. look at the highs oh windchills before i go. highs upper 30s to around 40. some windchills though mid 20s in the shenandoah valley. it is time the go over to monika samtani. >>> already an accident. a big one overnight. it's in centreville on the northbound side of route 28 at u. brad dock road. all lanes are blocked on the northbound side. take union mill instead. southbound the lanes are open by the way. 66 is not affected by the accident as you come in from centreville toward fairfax. we'll take a live look at the northbound side of i-95 and springfield which is also incident-free. no problems to report on the stat 50 camera northbound 59 no issues to report here. back to the maps this time over to the north side of town. beltway is looking great no issues on 270 from frederick. a last live look near montrose road. all lanes are open down to the point where the lanes divide. >>>

in out of frederick. delays are now starting to build out of woodbridge as you continue across the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. you heard julie. you will want to be extra cautious when heading out on the roads today. >> things are pretty slippery out there right now t could get a lot worse. melanie alnwick is live in sterling, virginia with an update. >> good morning. the best i can tell you is things hook pretty good out here on route 7 in sterling. really just rain at this point and it seems like it has let up for a little bit. earlier today when we were heading out here, there was some changes over from sleet to freezing rain and then back to plain rain. but at this point, it looks like traffic is moving quite well. lots of people out here on the roads perhaps trying to get to work. hoping that the road temperatures will still stay warm enough for them to be able to get there in just wet conditions at this point. we have to know that v-d.o.t. crews and m high pr

temperatures have fallen near freezing. 32 in frederick. 34 at winchester. close to the freezing mark later tonight in washington, as we get clearing. satellite and radar, mentioned the shower activity, there you see it moving through. it's a very, very weak upper level disturbance. it doesn't have a lot with it, but a couple light snow showers up into central pennsylvania. dragging it down into the carolinas, few light rain showers. the whole thing pushes through later tonight. tomorrow morning when you get up, we'll have a little cloud cover to start your day. by late morning, early afternoon, plenty of sunshine and again, temperatures, a few degrees above normal with highs expected to be in the mid-40s. if you are looking further down the road for the rest of the week, nice warming trend around here by the middle and end of the week, with temperatures back in the 50s. accuweather seven-day forecast, 46 tomorrow, enjoy. there are your 50s. maybe rain around here by thursday. that's our next chance of widespread rain. maureen, laura, back over to you. >> th

back to the west, western secs of loudoun county and into frederick county, all that orange and red, some very, very heavy rain and that is going to continue on and off throughout the evening and into the overnight hours. we'll talk about this flood, flash flood watch we have in place in just a about the. >> we'll see you in a few. >>> -- in just a bit. >> we'll see you in a few. >>> a wind restriction is in effect in the bridge. meanwhile, the state highway administration is warning truck drivers to watch out for gusty wins when they're on bridges while motorists are encouraged to stay vigilante and to stay off the roads if conditions get worse. wouldn't you to keep it here on fox 5 for continuing coverage. remember, you can track the forecast 24/7 with the fox 5 weather app. download it to droid, iphone or ipad. >>> our other big story tonight, seven people, including four firefighters, all hurt when a tractor-trailer hit a fire truck on the beltway. the wreck happened in prince georges county near route 50. it created a massive backup and left commuters crawling along for hours. f

so are frederick, st. mary's and calvert county schools. >> in virginia, arlington and loudoun county schools are closed today. stafford county and prince william county schools on a two-hour delay. the same goes for alexandria city public schools. also in virginia. spotsylvania, culpeper, warren and page county schools are on a two-hour delay. fairfax county schools were scheduled to be closed to students. teachers, you have an optional leave until 10:00 this morning. >>> delays in west virginia. berkeley, hampshire, hardy, jefferson, morgan and mineral county schools opening two hours late today. >> let's see the reason why. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here. >> it's mostly freezing rain that's falling. it freezes on tree limbs, power lines and shrubbery. i checked our calibrated shrubbery here. we have a few icicles. radar showing a combination of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain happening simultaneously in the viewing area. the green is rain, the pink is where the rain is freezing on el

take a look at high temperatures around the region. 43 in frederick. west virginia, petersberg, coming in at 65 degrees. so we had the warm air around the region. but didn't make it all the way toward the north. right now, how about those numbers. how about still at 43 in frederick. yeah, move there. down toward fredericksburg. 56. look, 30 miles away. culpeper, coming in at 36 degrees. it is 34 in manassas. dulles airport has the had a temperature rise of nearly 10 degrees over the last hour. all because of the wind. when we have seen the wind come. temperatures have been allowed to cool down. where we have seen a northwesterly wind we have seen the temperatures stay up. 52 in leesburg. at 11:00 at night. middle of january. huh, something is going on. that something is some milder air that continues to move in. the radar, nothing to show you as far as rain is concerned. once again we need to see some rain if we are going to stay on the dry side. we saw a little in the way of sprinkles earlier today. from the frontal boundary. not going to see much in

these areas in the darker pinks in loudoun county, montgomery county, as well as -- frederick county west virginia. panhandle there. leesburg they're getting sleet and freezing rain beginning. all points east, it's generally just a little bit above freezing. any rain that falls is going to generally just be wet initially. but just to our west, you look here and montgomery county it's at the freezing mark, so is much of fairfax county, points west into loudoun county and along the blue ridge, prince william into fauquier, near freezing. isolated spots in calvert, anne arundel near the freezing mark. hour by hour, 6:00 we'll probably have sleet and icing. temperatures should be below freezing then. we are going to be staying near 30 degrees at 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. could have isolated slick spots on the untreated surfaces by 8:00. just a trace of icing by 9:00. then after that, we should have things begin to warm up a little bit. i am back in ten minutes. i'll have frequent updates throughout morning. a look at traffic with danella. >> so far in our area quiet. our first 4 tr

pace is good on 270 to get here coming down from frederick county into hyattstown. jermantown and points south. northwest washington there is a structure fire impacting sherman avenue south of columbia road. also police investigation on fifth street just north of missouri avenue. so see some activity in that area forthiest. traveling in from -- northwest. traveling in? 66 from virginia. everything good on that ride. inside the beltway the pace is good too as you head for the teddy roosevelt bridge. 95 corridor. leaving fredericksburg headed for quantico into woodbridge and springfield. boy sharply different from yesterday. everything open as you make that drive up to springfield to get to the beltway or continue on to 395. still the caution for you certainly along secondary roadways and out of your neighborhoods for the ice out there. back to you. >>> all right bev. thanks a lot. the capitols starting off their season like the wizards did. but that's in the good. >> not at all. plus the lady terps step out for clemson after softening on the tarheels -- stomping on t

in the morning, frederick is shaded in pink. that is where the rain is located. then everything begins to to rain as temperatures rebound above freezing. after that, take a look at tuesday. temperatures will be well into 50's. temperatures will fall to 27-33 degrees. morning freezing rain and sleet all rain. the extended outlook shows warmer temperatures on the way. wednesday, a strong cold front. ok. tuesday is looking pretty good. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. games, the caps have to show for it. they scored two goals in one period. alex ovechkin came into the score list. shoots one tore the net. bounces off. but so would the rebound. come on. second period. john passes the puck in front of the net. then third period. the pass. his first goal of the season by mike green. 30-2.aps win, the super bowl is a showcased up to the finest teams in the league. the ravens did not rank far behind. 11 to be exact. there are some sensational storylines. one player is retiring. he was asked about his retirement plans. he quickly shut

old frederick road now closed at bracken drive. stick with interstate 70 as the alternate route and that will in fact be clear from columbia pike over to 695. here's just north of 195. everything moving along no problems from elkridge do town town baltimore and 695 the west side starting to pick up a bit. but no significant delays whatsoever. it's going to take you eight minutes on that outer loop from 795 all the way down to 95. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> a day care worker is accused of beating a 2-year-old boy. 19-year-old jonathan cummings has been charged with child abuse and assault. police say cummings worked as a caregiver at the unlicensed day care inside a home in pg county. we're told a witness recorded a video of cummings beating that boy and immediately called police. >> the video shows that the suspect was standing up and next to him is this 2-year-old child and then for no apparent reason the suspect lashes out with his leg and strikes the 2- year-old child. 2-year-old child falls to the ground. >> cummings i

crash at frederick and we're road. we are looking good on the major roadways. 65 on 95 at white marsh. moving fine north and southbound. the topside of the beltway is looking good on the inner and outer loops. picking up in volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we expect some light snow this afternoon. we will make it up to 26. light snow beginning in the afternoon. it will be a breezy and cold with temperatures in the 20's tomorrow. the bay water temperature will be 37 degrees. >> j.j. abrams has been handed the keys to the "star wars" universe. production on the latest installment was kicked into hyper drive last month after disney bought the rights to the side oaga. >> the new kids on the block will start a tour. it kicks off may31 in connecticut. >> there in the 60's. 15 degrees at the airport. 15 degrees at the airport. we will check the top stories. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have an accident where the left lane is blocked. catonsville, frederick at crash.r road,

no issues to report coming in from frederick on i-270. northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge, you're fine. southbound gw parkway, flooding problems memorial bridge to the 14th street bridge. porter road is closed between connecticut avenue and beach drive with a tree down as well. so several problems around our area. give yourself agent extra time. >> thanks, monika. >>> we begin this morning with one of the things people are talking about right now. powerful storm. you heard it, even in this area but it swept through the southeast wednesday. down south of us, it spawned tornadoes and some dangerous winds. >> at least two people died and dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed. one of the deaths happened in georgia when a tornado hit the town. another person died in tennessee when another twister hit near nashville. obama's pick to be the next defense secretary heads to capitol hill for his nomination hearing. former senator chuck hagel faces an uphill bath. some of his -- battle. some of his former cool a leagues feel he's too t

fen was on frederick avenue and -- everybody was on frederick avenue and it was stop and go traffic and it was school and kids trying to get to school. the state i think underestimated it. >> the main goal with the crews a after the precipitation stops we want to get to bear payment in four hours so people need to have realistic expectations when they go out. >> reporter: back out here live. state highway administration says they are going to be prepared for a possible -- for responsible snow and offers tips. make sure you fill the gas tearchg up and allow your -- tank up and allow yourself he plenty of time heading to -- yourself plenty of time heading to your destination. have washer fluid on hand in case you have to sit there for a while. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> opening statements begin in the murder trial of phylicia barnes. michael johnson, the ex- boyfriend of phylicia's sister is on trial for the murder. after two days jurors were selected and dismissed so the court could argue legal motions in front of the judge. barnes is the from north carolina and disappeared while vi

frederick coming in at 15 degrees and also in stevensville at 15 degrees. and as we go through the day, we look at abc2's most accurate planner. well, 27 degrees by 3:00 and it gets cold again as we go into 7:00 this evening, let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, it is snow is making for a terrible commute. we are dealing with a crash across the region. trouble in anne arundel county where there's a crash on route 100 along the eastbound lanes at 97. and another on 97 along the southbound lanes at ben field boulevard. problems in baltimore county, a crash on rossville boulevard right at route 40 and another nottingham at walter boulevard. on 695 no problems from parkville up to towson. but the west side extremely jammed here's a live look at the northwest corner at old court road. outer loop an extra 11 minutes to travel from 795 down to 70 and we are dealing with a crash on 70 westbound at columbia pike. another accident has cleared from the westbound lanes at route 32. so expect

old frederick road also closed near mount hebron high school. >> weather-wise this morning got to look at that forecast. i believe an elephant in the room but here locally it couldn't be better. >> it could be better because into saturday -- >> 80? you want your -- we know what you want. but it's great for january 10. >> exactly charlie you said it very nicely there. let's talk about the temperatures this morning. as we are above average still. that is the theme. right now. we should be at 24 with that dew point is showing and we have some very dry air. also we do have the winds out of the northwest now at about 5 miles an hour. they have switched directions since that cold front went through yesterday. and with that, we do have a windchill this morning. so make sure you dress accordingly. hickory's temperature is coming in at 38 degrees. and sykesville this morning is at 41. and as we go throughout the day, in terms of the wet weather, well we're not going to get any. we are going to stay dry because high pressure is going to do its thing and it will build in as we go throughout the d