from the rooftop in rosslyn. we had rain mixed with sleet and a hint of freezing rain in rosslyn. very grave outside. this-- gray. 35 stories up, in rosslyn. here's damascus. at damascus elementary school, you can see the road was a little slushy earlier this morning. now it is just wet with low clouds. normally you can see the tower in the distance and the damascus water tower. but not today because of poor visibility. temperatures now, 36 in the district, 37 in manassas, 35 in martinsburg. we are above freezing for the most part. we slowly crept above freezing throughout the morning. today we will talk about the near 40. much warmer over the next couple days. we could be talking well into the 60s by wednesday. it is all sunshine dependent. the warm air should be in place. it just depends on how manthe clouds will be over the next couple days. 50 degrees in indianapolis. 56 in nashville. 65 in jackson, mississippi. that warm air will be migrating north. it will pull all the warmth from the south and move it over washington over the next few days. and a strong cold front on the ba

to get a tunnel built from rosslyn to georgetown would take a tremendous amount of time and a lot of political and public will and money. >> investigators are trying to determine what led to a minor accident between 2 united planes at dulles today. a flight from brussels was taxiing to its gate and scraped the wing of a playing nearby. there were no passengers aboard the other aircraft. people exited the craft normally. was hurt. serious legal troubles smoot. he was arrested on dui charges. he was pulled over near the capital and after he was taken into custody, police said that he relieved himself while he was being processed. he played for the redskins for seven seasons. neither he nor his attorney is commenting on the case. a new study accuses d.c. police of not properly investigating some 170 reported attacks. human rights watch says that between 2008 and 2011, victim's cases were never investigated. one victim named eleanor tells us that it happened to her after a man tried to rape her at night. >> i said it that night and every day since then. you are not listening to me. i hav

a live look outside our studio in rosslyn. there's wilson boulevard. a lot of the residential and secondary roads are some 08. -- snowy. i will turn it over to jacqui jeras. >> i did not have much of our problem driving because i drove in the middle of the road and there was pretty much no one else but me. let's look at the doppler radar. you can see it two batches that we are still dealing with. the worst of it has been south of the metro into parts of virginia fredericksburg, southern maryland, st. mary's, calvert county. that's where we have seen two inches. 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

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a live look outside our studio in rosslyn. we will have another check of >> welcome back. 6:00 hour of on this tuesday morning. a live look at the u.s. capitol building. snow and rain and sleet are noticeably missing. >> we're off to a mild start. >> the rain that we had yesterday washed away a lot of assault that was on the votes. for the-- the salt that was on the roads. there's a little sprinkle in front royal and in fauquier county and prince william county, but that's about all. isit's it's 48 in frederick and hagerstown, 61 degrees for the high temperature in hagerstown. if woodstock will reach 62 degrees. thunderstorms up and down the midsection of the country and possibly severe weather associated with a bat around memphis. even warmer tomorrow with our own storms in the afternoon. how's the commute? >> a little busy on maryland 270 southbound approaching 109, an accident on the median. it resumed extremely slowly after that stretch. from clarksburg and beyond, still in good shape. in virginia en ro on route 1 an accid

we're at the rosslyn metro station. supposedly, at about 6:15, is certain bald eagle will be joining me. that's the one who goes by the name of slapshot hockey's best. it's 47 degrees currently in arlington. we are generally in the 40's across the abc 7 viewing area. so it's not a bad start today considering we are often in the twenties this time of day. 42 in leesburg, 43 and reston and bethesda, 41 in la plata culpeper sitting at 46. 45 in bowie. today's forecast, a good amount of sunshine to start the day. you will notice the clouds. becoming partly cloudy and afternoon and evening especially close to sunset. then a chance of rain tomorrow. highs today in the upper 40's to low 50's. chance of rain late in the day tomorrow. we will talk more about the weekend warm weather coming up in a few minutes. jamee? >> not many complaints. virginia 95, normal delays dormant in aquia. -- forming in aquia. volume is increasing on the beltway. in from the west, 66, looks good out of a market -- haymarket. just behind us on this ma

i see rain and possibly dangerous conditions -- this is a live look at rosslyn. we have live team coverage. >> meanwhile we have more to tell you about as officials are learning more about the chaotic scene after a fire broke out in a brazilian nightclub, killing more than 200 people. >> before the raven's head south on this eve of the super bowl, the city of baltimore wants to make sure that they know they are behind them. we'll have much more on their celebrations coming up. good morning to you, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am scott thuman. many school districts and local governments have delayed starts to work and school aides -- school days to keep people off the roads. we are running all of those closures and delays at the top of your screen. >> the smithsonian museum, the national zoo, not opening until noon. keep an eye out if you are planning to head out. it is 6:01. adam caskey begins our storm watch coverage. he is outside in the elements. >> what are you looking at? >> last time i was out here, about half an hour ago we had sleet. now it iwe ar

." >> from our rosslyn studios, the man of the hour, across t jumbotrons, rgiii, an entire half-hour dedicated to the redskins superstar. good evening. thank you for joining us.. tonight, the yeaear of rgiii and what a year it has been. what started out as the big grand, smiling kid at subway has turned into the quarterback leading the redskins to a potential super bowl. first up, seattle sunda but before that it was a long story, rich with a lot of different twists and turns. tim brant has the sto from the beginning. >> the superdome in new orleans. that is where this sean will end. it is also where the professional career of robert griffin iii began. all rgiii di that day inhe big easy was make it look easy, 320 yards and two touchdowns and a resoununding upset win in his first professional game. >> we came out and played big on a big stage and we won. >> week 5 against atlanta the hit occurred around the nfl. griffin suffered a c concussion and left the gamed. itazed yes. unfazed? you better believe it.t. >> everybody knows i am a tough guy. i promised i would get up from hits lik

adam caskey will join us live from the rosslyn metro in the next hour hewhere he is hanging out with a slapshot. >> it is 4:43, 46 degrees. robin roberts is updating fans on her recovery from a bone marrow transplant. what she says >> former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is expected in court today for post trial hearing. it will focus on legal challenges by his lawyers. say they did not have enough time to respond to a vast amount of material that the prosecution turned over late in the proceedings. they are seeking a new trial. you may recall he was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse and is serving a 30-60 year prison sentence. maintains he is innocent. two maryland man accused of a vicious rape wonder years eve will be in court today. they are accused of repeatedly raping a 20-year-old fairfax woman. the suspects knew the victim from a martial arts school and offered to give her a ride from d.c. nightclub. surveillance video shows them raping her in a parking garage. >> a d.c. police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law. officer randall palmer was arr

we are at the rosslyn metro station and 43 degrees. overall, it will be another unseasonably warm day. this weekend, i think we could make 70 degrees. slapshot! welcome back. we have a tentative agreement for hockey, how excited are you? okay i get it. what will be your reaction when we score our first goal? he shoots, he scores! thank you so much. great to have you out here. his favorite food is the swedish fish. his best friends include big bird and larry bird. he stands at six-foot, three but you are in the featherweight division. oh, ses! we appreciate you coming out. let's hear it one time -- c-a-p- s. back to you inside. >> we were all clapping in the studio. it will be great to have hockey back and slap shot, how are you doing? it feels a little blamy to be thinking about ice. with the northerly wind, we will not make a ton of progress in the temperatures this afternoon. we've got 32 in culpeper and a 34 in quantico. in annapolis, is 40 degrees. we are warmer this morning and yesterday morning by about 10-15 degrees. winchester

the bus is replacing trains between pentagon and rosslyn. 20 minutes for that commute. red line trains single-tracking between friendship heights and vanessa pham and between road island avenue and fort totten. that'll add 15 minutes. green line shares will share a train between greenbelt and college park will take an additional 10 minutes. confirmation on any of these stories, go to our website wjla.com. >> jacqui jeras has what you need to know about your weekend forecast. look at that beautiful shot. >> the sun coming up. >> and your sunrise photos. i would love to see them. it's a really good day as far as temperatures. we will have clouds and showers this afternoon and for the commute home. ties in the upper 40's, low 50's today. the seven-day forecast includes 60 this weekend, rainfall next week. this time next week we will be much colder, much more seasonable. for the first time in a while for the snow lovers, january 26, we could have enough moisture for snow. >> for bowie commuters, don't worry about the 50 incident because it's just about clear. newschopper 7

a live look outside our studio in rosslyn. you will wake up to a winter >> 5:00 hour 263 < 10 months before voters head to the polls a new poll shows a dead heat in the virginia governor's race. a survey found 31% of registered voters support mcauliffe while 30% support ken cuccinelli. third of virginians are still undecided. half of those polled say they have no opinion on either candidate. a majority of maryland voters don't think governor martin o'malley should run for president in 2016. a research poll found 25% of those surveyed. the democrats should run while 58% say he should not. spike that, more than half of those surveyed think o'malley is doing a good job. is national prominence has risen since he took over the democratic governors' association in 2011. >> it's thursday 5:27, 90 degrees. the news continues. >> live reports from all around the region as we check on the roadways. we will have more on that and >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead the roads are huge conce

kick in at 6:30 inside the beltway but the pace is still good heading into falls church and on into rosslyn. maryland drivers on the beltway looking good through prince george's county and montgomery county. outer loop of the beltway west of college park and past 29 in silver spring. still running at speed. metro rail yellow and green line still experiencing delays outside of l'enfant plaza. >>> thank you beverly. time for another look at the question of the morning -- tony king wrote on the facebook fan page -- >> go to wusa9's facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have more of your responses and the collect answer in 30 minutes. >> when we come back a tearful tale of a dog who officially earned the title man's best friend. we'll be back. ♪ ♪ conquer dinner. one cut of meat at a time. the everyday collection. by target. >>> welcome back. 6:22 this friday morning. a cold dry friday morning but we have a little bit of snow coming this afternoon. maybe an inch or so by the time the system pulls away later this evening. here's a look at the futurecast. the temperatures

those underground lines with new tracks would include a new tunnel under the potomac river under rosslyn. that opens the tantalizing possibility that georgetown could get a metro station. georgetown had one time had rail service. 100 years ago trolleys ran here and you can still see remnants of trolley tracks on some georgetown streets. the trolleys went away in the 1950s and community leaders in georgetown were cool to the idea of a metro stop when the system was being designed in the 1960s. attitudes may have changed. >> a metro rail station in georgetown? yeah. that could be very good help for the business and community as well. >> i would like it very much. >> reporter: why? >> because it's marched to park in many places and get -- hard to park in many places and getting the metro could take us to the national gallery, all the smithsonian plus national press club, many places that we go. >> reporter: dr. silverman's husband charles, however, expressed concern over what would be years of torn up streets in georgetown if the traditional trench format is used for constructing the propos

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corridor and we'll take one more last live look this time inside beltway. 495, 66 looking good through rosslyn as well. back to you. >>> this morning there's still confusion over what happened to the foreign hostages in algeria. >> algerian forces launched a rescue operation at the natural gas facility yesterday. but that ended in the deaths of some of the hostages and some of their captors. it's believed some of the americans being held did escape. and irish citizen talked about his ordeal while the rescue attempt was still in progress. >> worldwide and they're there -- the military are firing over the top of us. >> that man did survive. a terrorist group called the masked brigade says the hostage taking is in retaliation for french ire strikes in nearby mali. the military turned town an assistance offer from the united states. >>> now we're starting to look ahead to a very big weekend here in washington. maybe you scrambled to get a great seat or you're planning to brave the crowds in the middle of the national mall. the public inauguration ceremony for president obama isn't until monday but

blue line trains will not run between pentagon and rosslyn until closingight sunday. buses will be available singleins will be the red along parts of and green line. the early flu season is taking a region.our hospital emergency rooms are and there are long at pharmacies and clinics offering the flu vaccine. inschannel 8 will have more depth report at the top of the hour. i-395 is quiet and all the trains are all on time. with a problem with the water break. this is video from the water break in the west hyattsville yes at queens chapel road. westbound at 295/b w parkway has an accident gone. >> is a beautiful star of this morning, a little sliver of cloudiness,ween the degrees and we are starting day mild. you can see scattered sprinkles trying to make their way in from the west. amount to much this morning but more significant expected this afternoon betweenr highs will be 47-53 but a warm weekend, into the 60's. we will be back at 8:27. [ cheers and applause ] >>> fans of robin right out there in times square this morning. big shoutout to her. d.j. ms. nix on deeja