and the signatures that have the given name virginia. >> virginia's family told investigators that virginia suffered from epilepsy as a child. epilepsy is a neurological condition in which uncontrolled electrical charges from the cerebral cortex can result in violent seizures and convulsions. according to her writings, virginia had stopped taking her epilepsy medication years earlier, relying instead on her faith in god to heal her. the defense consulted a neurologist. he said the petechial hemorrhages around virginia's eyes were consistent with what is called sudden death epilepsy. the doctor said that sudden death epilepsy occurs in patients who have stopped taking their medication, or haven't been properly diagnosed. >> i've had other patients that are sleeping with their spouses, and they wake up and find their spouse is dead. so people may or may not witness the seizure, and there are some of us who are not certain that all of these deaths are associated with seizure per se. but may have some epileptic activity in the brain that changes heart rhythms or changes respiratory mechanisms s

and virginia was found guilty of first-tree murder. she was sentenced to life in prison. >> what it really got down to was putting the facts together in a scientific, communicated fashion to a jury, and they were able to make the decision based upon the totality of the facts. >> without forensic science, virginia mcginnis today would still be looking for victims. she probably would still be killing. she would be burning houses and she would be collecting insurance with your premiums. >>> mourners gather in moscow to march in support of an opposition leaders death. >>> the prime minister of israel is hours away from his visit to the united states. will he get a warm welcome or feel political chill? and a soaring cost of drones patroling the border. is there enough bang for the buck? >> welcome to our viewers this the united states and around the world with. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom.

preservation virginia acquired bacon cassel in 1973. for the next 10 years worked to preserve this structure. they did some of their largest preservation initiatives during this time pieroderiod, including replacing the entire summer beam and making many repairs to the original house. it was opened to the public in 1984. in 2014 celebrating its 30th year being open to the public. and in 2015 we'll be going into our 350th anniversary. we are the oldest brick dwelling in north america. the house is a very rare architectural style. it is called high -- architecture. and there are only three examples of this style of architecture in the entire western hemisphere. the other two are in barbados. so this is the only one of the united states. the name bacon castle derives from actually the 19th century. through correspondence written by the cox family in 1805. they start referring to the house as bacon's castle through his association with the rebellion. in 1665 when the house was built and later during the rebellion the house was known as arth

maryland $2.40 a gallon. $2.23 a gallon in virginia and gas is at $2.40 on average in west virginia for regular gasoline. >>> if you live in virginia a new study says you may want to consider retiring there too. released rankings of best places to retire around the country and the commonwealth is in the top ten. the site says it looked at cost of living health care and crime among other factors in its choices. wyoming took first place if you're making plans to retire. maryland took 32nd. west virginia close to the bottom of the list. number 47. and d.c. wa not included in the rankings. >>> today we will get our first look at a new security measure, the nationals will use at the ballpark this year. put pictures up on the nbc washington app of the new metal detectors that are at the park now. the nats say the teams across the country are putting these in place this year to keep you and your families safe at the ballpark. we're just i think, two weeks away from the beginning of baseball season for the nats. >> hard to believe. with it being so cold out there now. >> warm up hopefully. righ

mountain in virginia. authorities have named richard allen welch senior and lloyd lee welch as persons of interest in the case. >>> potholepalooza officially kicks off in the district today temperature mayor youbowser will launch the effort. the district has filled more than 7,000 pot hoetholes in the last two puigweek. you can call 311 or go to the nbc washington app to learn about the different ways you can report a pothole. >>> a police officer shot and killed respond to going to a a. suicide call and people in the area evacuated. we'll have an update. >>> and plus new video of a car that plowed in to a germantown home. >>> and a live look over d.c.. roads could be a little wet. we'll check your drive time forecast along with the traffic. >>> this car you see it right there just missed hitting a child who was asleep in bed. take you a look here, you can see the car ran into an apartment building, smashed a window. this was in germantown. investigators have not said why they think this happened. >>> toda

look at petersburg west virginia. 65. we would love to get into that air. right now into the upper 40s to lower 50s. we have warmer air tomorrow. here is where the shower activity is now prince george's county, portions of calvert county, through route 2 and 301. let's zoom in here. i'll make a box and zoom into the box, including southeast d.c. right around the stadium a little earlier. here's 495 around oxen hill clinton seeing some showers and heavier showers right there along route 2 and foyer 301. we'll continue to see these moving north and east over the next half hour to an hour. i mentioned the warm air. look at pittsburgh, 69 degrees right here. we've got the mountains keeping all the warm air just to our west. but it will get here eventually. 79 in jackson, 77 in memphis, the warm air that will invade the region overnight. future weather the rain is coming in tomorrow morning search:00 a.m., right around the time of rush hour. we'll see showers along the 95 corridor, could slow some things down, but we won't see too heavy. same thing through noon,

during the preservation of bacon's castle, reservation virginia -- preservation virginia tried to find original fabric if possible. rather than replacing the entire being, it was only the joint that needed to be replaced. as much of the original material was salvaged and new material was put in for preservation. you can see the same thing with the bricks. going up over here, you can see the continuation of the original beams in the house. again, the example of the grooving that matches the fireplace. this was all part of the original house. we did a paint analysis. some of the earlier layers were gold. it is interesting to imagine we have our 1711 probate inventory and the room is done to what the house looked like when it was first completed. you have to imagine there is a possibility the beans were painted gold, which would have been neat. by the time preservation virginia acquired the property it needed a lot of restoration. the decision was pondered whether we needed to bring the house completely back to the original state. the preservationists decided we wanted to show this house

in virginia. not that anyone's counting double what any governor's done in theirs first 14 months. be cautious. we feel good where we are. roerds safe out there creating jobs and we just finish add great general assembly session. very bipartisan. worked together. moving virginia forward. >> governor get in the question on the hillary clinton controversy. you were the chairman of her campaign. >> yep. >> what's your take on this private versus personal e-mails? personal e-mails? >> well you see the story, many of the presidential candidates have been involved in the same situation. general colin powell did the exact same thing. the law had been changed after she left office. so -- you know, listen this is going to be a long campaign. you'll see a lot of activity on both sides. i hope she runs. she hasn't made the final decision. she's absolutely making the preparations. hasn't made the final decision. i've been friends of the family since the '80s. she's strong. she's tough. she'll get the economy

rest of northern virginia hovering a little above freezing. spotsylvania culpeper fauquier hovering upper 30s. upper 30s mere 40 around the chesapeake bay, as well. for the morning between 7 ouk:00 and 8:00 mid-30s. partly cloudy. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:11 your drive time forecast commute for the day ahead. and now let's check on the road work around on this

same thing out of town there in virginia. and 95 and maryland cherry hill road everything rolling along nicely. >>> we're watching the closings because of the weather. if you work for the federal court you can take for unscheduled leave or telework. agencies are opening on time. you can check the nbc washington facebook age or the app for a list of all of today's they ares. >>> schools are starting late or closed today, however, we're already hearing from fairfax county schools they may send your kids home early today. as of right now close fcps is not trending today. it went worldwide at one point this winter as parents criticized the district for not giving enough notice. >>> montgomery county schools is a handful that has a max out their snow days for the year. megan mcgrath is live at bethesda elementary with the changes the school system is making to the schedule. >> reporter: it has been a tough winter. lots of school delays and cancellations and it will mean a longer school year for the kids. many jurisdictions in mary

it will cost you $2.23 in virginia and $2.40 in west virginia. >>> now that it's officially spring you can expect warmer weather, tlours sflowers popping up an orange cones. today is the start of work zone awareness week. vdot says there were more than 4,000 work zone crashes last year. but you can stay safe by slowing down an avoiding tailgating. of course avoid distractions like your cell phone, as well. >>> 6:41 just about. let's get a look at what you should wear this morning. >> it is a little chilly out there. chuck bell is with the form steam storm team 4 x 4 this woodbridge. >> reporter: it's flat out cold out here. everyone in the slug lines ready for the commute in to work will tell you the same thing. temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s morning. and windchills are back down at or below the freezing mark. so you may want to reach for that hat or your scarf once again. strong march sunshine just a few more minutes away. sun up just after 7:00 a.m. this morning. that will help some but nonetheless, it will be a cold walk into work and school morning. mid-30s for air temper

start way down river in westmotherland county, virginia -- westmoreland county, virginia, where robert e. lee was born on a great plantation called stratford hall. it was built by robert e. lee's great, great uncle, thomas lee. now, thomas lee has a distinction that no other american has, it's that he fathered two signers of a deck declaration of independence. in the great house that thomas lee built at stratford was a symbol of the great wealth that the lee family had accumulated on the potomac river. the lees truly were one of virginia's finest families. and not far from stratford hall, just a short drive away, in westmoreland county, you'll find where george washington was born. and by the time robert e. lee was born in 18 to07, of course george washington was long dead. but the lee and washington names had already been fused together. and that was because of robert e. lee's father a man named henry lighthorse harry lee. now, he was one of george washington's most trusted cavalry commanders during the revolutionary war. and that's how he earned that nickname lighthorse harry lee. bu

now, to that developing story at the university of virginia. tonight, we're learning more about that video and the young man the abc agent pinned to the ground. the video has created a firestorm at the university of charlottesville campus and demands for answers. right now, we're waiting for a live news conference from the attorneys of that young man. martese johnson. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. suzanne kennedy is in charlottesville with where things stand right now. suzanne: has students at the university of virginia protesting about racism. >> i wasn't talking to you! suzanne: here you see the third year student martese johnson pinned to the ground wednesday morning at the hands of virginia alcohol beverage control board police. he was arrested after trying to get into a bar despite being under age. this afternoon, johnson's roommate said his friend believes he was targeted. >> if you watch the video, he was yelling as he was on the ground. he was yelling, you f-ing racist. so i do believe that he feels it was race fueled. s

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

but why virginia? how it could play this to him snagging some early votes. >>> the power of a power nap. how less than an hour of extra sleep can lead to hours of productivity in your day. >>> and #jackets and shades to describe today's weather. we're starting off a little chilly this morning. but tom kierein is tracking the changes. >>> looking at the stories making headlines, today we will learn new details on the investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the university of virginia. the sexual assault was detailed in a now discredited "rolling stone"s magazine article last year. we'll send out a breaking push alert on whether that investigation will lead to criminal charges. >>> starting today commuter buses will be allowed to use the shoulder of i-66 in heavy traffic. this is only happening inside the beltway for now. >>> #jacket and shades sums up what you will need for today's weather. temperatures starting off pretty chilly. tom kierein has more on the bright and sunny changes happening lat

but for virginia, well they just can't seem to find the recipe. and the spartans head onto the regional. >> reporter: michigan state, a 7 seed bounced the second seeded cavaliers from the dance for the second time in two years. and they weren't the only tournament favorites packing their bags -- early. kansas and villanova, both poised for deep post season runs, were upset at the hands of the lower seeds. most of the other tournament heavyweights, punched their ticket to the sweet 16. a number of cinderellas stopped dancing including the early story of the tournament, florida state. >> xavier advances. >> reporter: panthers head coach ron hunter was upbeat in his press conference, but got emotional talking about his son, r. j. >> as a coach best time of my life. but as a father,. [crying] >> reporter: the field is now whittled down from 16 to 68. -- to 16 from 68. >> but a few teams are still looking for that glass slip per. and the road ahead could prove to be a perfect fit. >> shot here lacy for three. yes. >> you have to love march madness. >>

texas republican senator ted cruz made the announcement today in virginia. chris papst is in the newsroom now live. cruz may be the first in officially but this really isn't an early move is it? chris: not all that much. we're less than a year away from the first presidential primaries and caucuses in new hampshire and iowa. with this first announcement leon, we can expect many more to soon follow. cruz made his announcement this morning in lynchburg saying he will lead the fight to "make america great again." like many other presidential hopefuls, he has been campaigning lately with stops in the key early swing states. now, cruz was first elected to the senate from texas just in 2012. this is his first term. he quickly established himself in congress as someone who is not part of the republican establishment. instead, he is more aligned himself with the tea party wing of the g.o.p. now, a little bit of a biography on cruz. he graduated from harvard law school. of course, he's a lawyer. he's a cuban-american whose father is a pastor. and politically, he may

that stretches into the panhandle of west virginia. right now snowing along 81 from hagerstown down to martinsburg. very light snow farther south of there toward winchester. and this will continue to move our way here through the morning, but we won't get a lot of the accumulating snow until late morning into the afternoon because look at our temperatures, they're still well above freezing. hagerstown at 33 near 40 in washington. total amounts of snow by the time this tapers off tonight, 4 to 6 inches metro area, southern suburbs. farther north and west, all the way into the mountain 6 to 8 inch amounts will be common. we'll be looking at the hour by hour changes on the way and timing that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some of the mix.\on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some of ton the 1st at 5:11. ch >> reporter: we're on i-70 going west. the temperature in the last five minutes has gone from 34 down to 31 degrees and we have absolutely

in virginia the surprise $2.22. in west virginia $2.44. >>> coming up on 5:# 1. and we're waking up to cloudy skies. some of us even see something rain right now. >> weather and traffic on the 1s. >> rain minely from baltimore down to washington and areas to the east. i want to take you through your planner for today. this is skycast 4 in the back ground. we'll have cloudy skies this morning. some showers until #8:00 a.m. and then sunshine will break out. the threat of showers mainly east of washington. mostly sunny and a little breezy this afternoon and evening as we warm to around 60 degrees. should you wash the car today? hold off until wednesday because more showers are in the forecast for tomorrow. i'll have more on that timing of rain coming up tomorrow. but you might want to grab the small umbrella has you head out the door this morning. not only that but you're tracking some delays on metro, right? >> silver and orange line delays both directions this morning. initially they were just saying silver, but now they have added orange line to it. 270 south to

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

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

up towards the virginia west virginia panhandle. get a little snow stick on the road surfaces. and it is snowing as far south as warren ton. we just got a report on twitter. twoilt ter and facebook has been reaching out to me and here in town. we have snow mixing in. and look at the temperature. 41. 41 in gaithersbhurg and this is less traveled road and there is some snow on the road as well. >> watch this to the west. south of town, even if we see a little bit of snow. not likely to accumulate much more than a trace. >> let me show you real quickly. snowfall totals. anal three to as much as six. high her elevations. north and west. larry. >> okay. mike and andrea. >> all right. >> talking about those areas. north and west of the district. we go to delia. >> she has seen this. what does it look like now? >> reporter: pretty remarkable. we are hours away from spring and here we are in the midst of a snow event here in frederick. and some significant snow. we are only seeing accumulation on the grassy surfaces and some parked cars we have seen and take a look at route 85, market

virginia governor mcauliffe ordered an a.b.c. agents to undergo retraining the use of force you can culture ralg diversedy and interaction with youth. >>> new details on the status of a student who created an uproar by sending an offensive e-mail to fraternity brothers. megan mcgrath is live in college park with more details on this. >> reporter: >> reporter: it created quite an outcry and we're now learning about the university of maryland student who wrote it. the fact that they will not be returning to campus this semester. e-mail was sent to six other students and contains racial slurs and denounces consent for sexual activity. he was a member of the fraternity and mentions rush week. and in that e-mail the student wrote that certain ethnic groups should be banned from fraternity activities. the e-mail was written actually a year ago, but only recently came to the attention of university officials. an e-mail sent to students last night from the vice president of student affairs says by mutual consent between the student, his

you will not find them in virginia. i'll tell you why. >>> and hoop dreams come true for a virginia teenager who gets a chance to play and what happened during this basketball game that had the fans going wild? >> well i was so >>> there is new video tonight of that deadly plant explosion in alabama. and r that one person was killed and at least six workers treated for chemical burns. this plant is located southeast of the tuscaloosa and manufacturers work gloves. no word on the cause and the aff has been called in. >>> the federal regulators today gave the green light for the sale of powdered alcohol. we're told that it could be on store shelves as soon as this summer. the one place you will not find it is virginia and that's because just last month lawmakers there banned the substance. >>> tomorrow a maryland mother is hoping to change minds about mental health she is sharing the story of her daughter's suicide. linda diaz will testify tomorrow at the maryland house committee hearing in support of loren's law, her dau

>>> we're looking good traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. but watch out for the slick spots. eastbound route 50 at whitehall, earlier accident. rains will open but you will still see delays. east bound route 7 near baron cameron avenue we have an accident. right lane blocked. seeing delays on route 7. and orange and silver line dras s delays toward largo and new carrollton. elsewhere, taking a look at 95 traveling toward the d.c. beltway looking good. lanes are open. and 270 looking good out of frederick. >>> with a lot of schools closing today, a perfect opportunity to pick up a book and read with your kids. today is read across america today. it is a nationwide celebration of reading. also happens to fall on dr. seuss' birthday. even though some schools are closed a lot of schools had events planned and they would continue those events through the week. >>> today we'll hear from the montgomery county council about the plan to partially ban e-cigarettes down till president holding a news conference at 11:00. tomorrow the council is expected

virginia products. the trip to cuba is one of five trade trips mcauliffe has planned for the year. he probably won't be the first u.s. governor there since the restrictions were lifted. new york's governor andrew cuomo is planning to go to cuba in april. >>> apple's widely used itunes and app stores are back up and running. there was a rare outage today disrupted service for more than five hours, frustrating millions of mobile device users. service was restored late this afternoon with apple apologizing for the inconvenience, blamed it on an internal error that bogged down its computer servers. >>> and there is troubling tonight for directv. the government is accusing the nation's largest satellite tv provider of misleading consumers about the cost of its services. the federal trade commission says directv's ads promise a discounted 12-month programming package but don't clearly disclose that this deal requires a two-year contract. directv tells our news4 consumer watch, quote, the ftc's decision is fla

in virginia, 95 at 234, a crash on the shoulder as you're headed northbound. this morning route 1 at joplin road had a crash. looks like it might be out of the way. it was there off to the right side of the roadway. so perhaps that has now cleared. dale boulevard ramp to 95 southbound we still have the crash, that one off to the shoulder as well. still seems like either 00oo it's slow things down. overall beltway looking pretty good. slow top of the beltway by georgia avenue. inbound 395, taking a look here 270 at montrose a little bit of volume but everybody moving quite nicely. beltway at central avenue inner loop and outer loop everything rolling quite well. i'm back at 6:31 with a live look at 66. >>> this morning about 13,000 baby cradles are under recall. here is a look at the products. dream on me is recalling its two in one bassinet to cradle products. those were sold in pink blue green and white. the wire supports on the sides of the bassinet can disconnect causing the fabric sides to lower and that poses a arriving to infants. the babies can fall out

marshals, virginia state police and fairfax county police. they have swormed to this annandale neighborhood looking for him, but then a few moments ago i was told by a high law enforcement source that this man wossen assaye has been arrested without incident in the district of columbia. we'll have more details as they become available, but it appears now this manhunt is over. now back to you. >>> i'm david culver coming to you live from springfield virginia, where a dramatic car chase ended on this overpass behind me. i can tell you this is not related to the incident pat was just talking about with the escapee. it's it been a busy morning for fairfax police. the suspect in this case, a woman is out on charges. she's wanted in arlington county for credit card fraud and identity theft. this morning she could be facing a whole list of new charges. this is how it all ended. police smashing open the driver side window pulling the woman out and cuffing her on the ground. behind me on the parkway, you ermath of that crash. over my shoulder, that's

virginia. >> move back. come back! >> no i probably won't. i was also finance director in a coastal community in rhode island. it's just the level -- i hate that we use the word "corruption," but it's pervasive. i think it is just because of the smallness of the state. no deal was too small. everyone wants to get connected. once they're connected they think they have an inroad. the other issue governor, is that the most powerful person in the state is the speaker of the house. how can -- i thought you had more power as treasurer than you may have as governor in the state. just some of those issues, if you could. >> it's funny. tell me your name. >> rob. >> rob. so it's funny rob, i had no power as treasurer. the power that i got was derived from the people. and that's the power the governor has. like the governor has the power of the people which is to make the case to the people. this is what i'm going to do. i'm going to tell the people of rhode island what i think is best for them and for me

west virginia. snowfall amounts in and around the metro a coating to maybe as much as an inch or two around the immediate metropolitan area. one to three fairfax, loudon most of montgomery county. a solid chance for three to four inches across northern maryland. next four day, 50s today. 30s, near 40 tomorrow. 60 saturday. whatever snowmen you can make, ain't going to make it for long. >>> breaking news now out of tunisia regarding that massacre at the museum yesterday. officials saying the islamic state is claiming responsibility for that mass shooting. this as the death toll rises. 23 people confirmed dead. 18 are foreign tourists. 5 tunisians. two gunmen killed here but police saying they have nine people in custody in connection to the shooting. the shooter opened fire on buses as tourists walked to the bardo museum and then went inside and shot up the inside of the museum. two spanish tourists that had been hiding there all night long were found inside that museum. aaron? other big news from ov

virginia olasts belmont 79- 67. virginia will face michigan state sunday. michigan state knocked out virginia last year in the sweet 16. now we'll take you to the news conferences live in char -- charlotte at virginia is currently at the podium. >> reporter: were you nervous down the stretch when it got to 62-60? >> they made some tough shots. i knew we were going to have to make some plays, stops, free throws. when you look at her 25 attempts to their six, that was significant and then to step up and make them. pure never safe when you play a -- you're never safe when you play a team like that that can score in spurts and hit kind of unlimited range shot. we had to make some adjustment and guard in some unconventional way we really haven't had to. some teams in our league did some things, so we had that to draw on. of course, i knew that game was in the balance. my assistant finally put his guys in at 20 sick seconds and i think i looked up -- 26 seconds and i think i looked up and said they're probably a team that could bang a few three's. when you're up

and 95 here in virginia as you're headed north out of prince william stafford couems at all. remember for more traffic when you get into your car this morning, make sure to tune into wtop 103.5 fm. >>> today afghanistan's new president addresses congress. we are learning what you and lawmakers can expect to hear. >>> and ladies as you are getting dressed this morning, how your shade of lipstick could play an important role in your day. how the right color could get you anything you want. >>> right now there are a lot of concerns about crime in northwest washington. in mayor bow sr.'s ward there, have been 17 different shootings in just the past month. and hundreds have signed a petition on care 2.com asking the mayor to address this. lots of people showed up at a forum for candidates seeking to fill bowser's council seat. neighbors told us they want to hear some type of a plan. >> we have to work hard as neighbors when we see crime happening to report it. >> we're putting a link to the care 2 petition online. the ward four special election is happening next month. >>> crime i

yes, rain is arriving and coming into cold air in northern virginia and into west virginia where that area in pink is some light freezing rain. there is some icing occurring now especially at the higher elevations. tree limbs and some road surfaces. leading edge just coming into fauquier county and just about to cross in to prince william county shortly. south of there, temperatures a little above freezing. culpeper over toward fredericksburg. but it is below freezing prince william county around the metro area and into maryland as a result all these counties in pink under a freezing rain advisory. all the way until noontime. most temperatures though should be above freezing by mid-morning in the metro area where right now we're in the p upper 20s to just near 30. and the road temperatures as well are critical. they are above freezing on 66 and 95 and beltway, but to our north, northern parts of the region from 95 and interstate 70 northern part of 270 and 70 between frederick and hagerstown, a little bit below freezing. the road temperatures. so when the rain falls, there could be sh

the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to s.j.res.le, the congressional review act resolution of disapproval that we are considering today would undo the nlrb's election rule. the national labor relations board -- election rule is promulgated to make the election process more efficient and fair. the current process to hold an election on whether to form a union is badly broken. after workers have filed a petition to hold an election, bad actors can use frivolous litigation to stall an election for months, even years. election delays can provide opportunities for unscrupulous employers to engage in threats, coercion, intimidation of workers. these plays can be exploited, to violate the workers' rights, including firing pro-union workers threatening to close the plant if the workers choose to vote a certain way. we

a new search is focusing on taylor's mountain in west virginia. investigators dug up that mountain back in january. richard allen welsh sr. and his nephew lloyd lee welsh, have been named as persons of interest in this case but neither of them has been charged. >>> he swiped the personal information of thousands of disabled people and now he's going to prison for six months. alexander alfonso of frederick was sentenced today for stealing social security numbers and medical information from more than 11,000 people. alfonso was an i.t. specialist for service coordination a maryland company that provides services to the disabled. he used a co-worker's computer to steal the information. clients were give an year's worth of identity theft protection. >>> efforts to review maryland's standardized school tests are now moving forward in annapolis. the house of delegates voted unanimously to create what they call a review commission and they authorize the state to conduct a study on testing. students in maryland began taking a new standardized test this mo

the area in green scattered showers, northern virginia west virginia much of maryland by 5:00 p.m. it tracks to the east and begins to tamper off. might have a rumble of thunder. that's late afternoon and early evening. by 10:00 clouds begin to break up and we'll begin to clear out. keep up with the radar with the storm team 4 weather app. a chill in the air. upper 30s most of the metro area to near 40s and farther to the southwest and southwest locations near freezing this morning. most spots are above freezing in the 40s. look at the gorgeous sky over the shenandoah valley. this was yesterday afternoon. a viewer taking this overlooking that part of the valley. absolutely gorgeous. post your photographs on twitter and facebook. tomorrow the low out of this afternoon with the showers coming through, we'll have blustery winds, too. those winds diminish and then tomorrow in the upper 50s during the afternoon with bright sunshine and a lighter wind. and then on thursday sunny and that's when the mild air arrives. up near 70 degrees on thursday afternoon. friday too, up near 70. but a

winter weather advisories now posted for frederick county virginia, panhandle of west virginia. washington county, winter storm potential for you. snow begins between 2:00 and 5:00 tomorrow morning. wet snow and rain and a rain/snow mix through the morning hours. roads could be slushy. temperatures low to mid-30s right now in most of the suburbs. 40s by noon. low 50s for highs this afternoon. increasing cloud cover. and again highs today mostly in the 50s. as far as how much snow we may have a couple of slushy inches are a possibility. that map coming up at 5:21. >>> right now still have this rob in silver spring because of the overnight fire a the a business there. northbound georgia avenue still closed between wap avenue and thayer. alternate instead of georgia, you can take fenton street and get around this. hopefully those lanes will be reopened in the next hour or so. beltway at river road, everything flowing nicely there. all these folks headed around the outer loop. 66 into and out of town, and also 95 looking quite good this morning. beltway at branch avenue, no problems

. >>> breaking news out of dublin, virginia, right now, it appears day five of the missing search for the child noah thomas has come to a sad end. let's bring in russ ptacek. >> here's what we know now. multiple law enforcement sources are telling our sister station in roanoke that authorities found the body of 5- year-old noah thomas. the body was discovered in a septic system they're near -- near the family's home and there is now a hazardous material team at the scene. noah was last seen by his mother sunday morning at the home. the disappearance led to searches day and night carried out by teams of law enforcement officers and hundreds of volunteers who combed several square miles looking for noah. that's what we now know. we compact more details in about an -- expect more details in about an hour. >> we have a crew on the way to dublin. >>> some startling new information about the final moments aboard the german jetliner that slammed into the french alps. investigators say the copilot intentionally brought that plane down. andrea mccarren is live at the white house following the

hampton arrives from the army of northern virginia. he arrives in south carolina his home state just-in-time to see his family home, millwood, burned to the ground, along with a lot of other buildings in columbia, south carolina. no pun intended, hampton is burning for revenge. the opportunity is presented to him a few days after the two armies cross into north carolina. hampton and kilpatrick have been skirmishing almost constantly during their progress. kilpatrick managed to steal a march around hampton's force, and he's gotten between the confederate cavalry and infantry under hardy. kilpatrick sets up a series of roadblocks to prevent hampton from reaching the town of fayetteville and joining forces with party. -- hardy. he presents hampton with an ideal opportunity to concentrate on an isolated part of the cavalry at munro's crossroads. it just so happens that kilpatrick's headquarters are located there. it is at dawn on march 10 1865 that hampton launches a surprise attack on kilpatrick's camp, succeeds in sweeping everything bef

some flashes of lightning in the southeastern part of virginia and around the virginia capes. right now they'reir there around tidewater, it's raining pretty hard. and there is a little bit of light rain far southern st. mary's county northern neck also getting light rain. that is quickly tracking off to the north and east.story for us much milder. s it's a much more pleasant morning. we're near 50 in the metro area. 40s north and western suburb. climbing into the 50s shenandoah valley. this mild air will continue to move on in. but this morning, you'll need a light jacket. it will be on the cool side. then a short sleeve afternoon. showers and thunder looking likely tonight. coming up the hour by hour warming temperatures for the day ahead. how is the commute? >>> right now pretty good taking a big look at the beltway. everything rolling along nicely for us. beltway at new hampshire, again inner loop and outer loop rolling well. no major problems. 66 here into and out of town, nice and green. lots of movement. 95 northbound southbound in virginia also looking good. wanted to

the rest of northern virginia in the mid to upper 30s. mid 30s in montgomery county near 40 degrees in washington. weather headlines for today a lots of clouds around this morning and a cold morning feeling more like winter than spring. and chilly afternoon with temperatures about 10 degrees colder than average. rain chances moving in later this week. next weather and traffic on the 1's your walk to work forecast. what is going on with the commute? >> things are slowing down. chopper 4 over beltway and university boulevard. one crash on the left and one crash on the right. looks like the crash on the left remains. it is on the shoulder, still. seems to be slowing things down a bit as you can see the backups here as chopper 4 pans up there. a little bit slow top of the beltway university for a reason there this morning. >>> take a look at prince george's county branch avenue inbound is a tad slow. 95 at maryland bw parkway into and out of town everything looking good. 66 and 95 95 is slow northbound dale city. 66 inbound slow. 16th street

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

hearst new york, second and third west virginia. the upper grade -- gbrigrade was shorthanded that they. they are moving on to the nation. there are three trains loaded with applied. 120,000 rations, equipment medical supplies -- everything lee's army needs. you pictures are taken by timothy o'sullivan in the late summer of 1865. the second new york advancing on the station first. there is a you

virginia moves on. west virginia still alive. while in baseball, scherzer goes to the max for the nationals against houston. wait until you see this as abc maureen: a man convicted of sexually assaulting five men may have more victims. court documents obtained by "the washington post" say as many as 30 men may have been assaulted. sentencing for joey poindexter began today. it will conclude next month. police say the 40-year-old man found drunk men at a beer pong tournament, too many them home and raped them. he could be sentenced up to 200 years in prison. abc 7 is covering metro as weekend riders face delays on the rails because of construction. starting at 10:00 tonight, trains will run every 18 minutes on the orange, silver, blue and yellow lines. the yellow line will not run north of mount vernon square. metro service returns to normal on monday morning. the first day of spring brought a wintry mess to parts of our area but after a string of warm days did not accumulate, the school and federal government opened on time. why

frederick, virginia, state of virginia, now in mississippi. so essentially most of the individuals that we have here or family historians and genealogists. we also have historians who come here to examine these records in order to glean some of this information and to reconstruct build some type of idea or knowledge of what was occurring at that time and documenting it was actual records. -- with actual records. before we close i would like to open the floor to questions if anyone has any questions. appear. -- up here. excuse me? we do not have an actual genealogy website. on www. archives.gov, we have a page that gives information on the information we have in the national archives: from -- archives. every week we have presentations like the records program that examines different records. every april we have a genealogy fair. it used to be a big fair that we had outside in front of the building and now what is virtual. it -- it is virtual. meaning you can go online and watch the presenters. the speak on topics related to genealogy. even afte

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everything the terrapins had come to expect from west virginia. but the mountaineers just simply smothered the terps with their pressed defense. the biggest blow, though, came with less than nine minutes to go in the game. the young star melo trimble forced to sit out after suffering a head injury. >> the unbelievable thing melo played almost every minute healthy except for the last eight. we never quit. we battled and really couldn't get over the hump. we had a stretch where we couldn't make shots. we didn't deserve to win. we didn't play well enough to win. >> it was hard. he played well for us, point guard. he had to play lineups that might have taken us out of rhythm. >> i really didn't expect anything different in this game. he was obviously an important piece to the team's success. >> you played hard because you know when one of your brothers is not out there he wants to be out there to help your guys. we have to keep fighting for: gives us more to play for. >> reporter: obviously a very somber locker room. lots of tears, including from head

. >>> 66 headed in and out of town, 95 in virginia no problems at all. prince george's county overall looking good. 270 northbound, southbound are rolling along pretty nicely here. 66 at lee highway, also no major issues. we do have some issue on 66 west at the toll road we have two right lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. right now a tsunami warning issued in the pacific. this after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked new guinea. officials saying hazardous waves could hit the coastlines, but nothing will be close, anywhere close near the u.s.. waves reaching up to 3 to 10 feet are possible. we'll continue to keep an eye on it. >>> it's 4:33. right now teams are searching for a second black box from a plane that crashed in the french alps killing everyone on board. helicopters are flying over the debris field in southeastern france. investigators are using dna test to go identify the remains of the victims already recovered. and we're learning the final moments. a german paper reports the la

kentucky 78 and west virginia 39. that's the biggest loss in the history of the ncaa. i would think among them. so a look at saturday night's game. it will be seen on tbs at 8:49. it will be kentucky going up against notre dame. final score. kentucky 78 and west virginia 39. for chris webber len elmore lewis johnson, marv albert good night from cleveland. tune in to tbs right now for xavier and arizona. right here we will send you to our studio after these messages. when sprint told us that they'd cut our verizon bill in half we were like 'why?' and they were all 'to save you money on your rate plan' and i was like 'why?an anthpren sprint was like 'so you n d spend ne sy on stu u you want'. but,e ahave all the stuff. we're rich.wh whe wearwen veinn going? baa basketball game. sports soeo pe eople are stupid ric fothstreofst of us, there's rint. brg yo vyo v v izonbibi turn in your o pne anwecu'lcuurt your rate plan in half. switch now and we'll pay whatevert scosts for yotoe come to sprint. the real question that nds

yvonne are from north virginia, they were traveling together on vacation. they are among three americans killed. one of the black boxes has been recovered and is now being analyzed. investigators say it could be days or even weeks before they know just what went wrong. chris gordon right now is in nokesville in prince william county, virginia, where the selkes lived. >> reporter: tonight a family member told me that they are in a state of shock that they have not been told anything beyond what's being reported on the news. yvonne selke, a beloved wife and mother, and her daughter emily whose life held such great promise emily selke graduated from drexel university with honors in 2013. her sorority provided this picture. she was killed in yesterday's crash along with her mother yvonne, members of the selke family are gathered in nokesville virginia with no plans to travel to france at this point. i am told they are waiting for more information. they haven't been told anything that would allow them to begin planning a funeral. they sent me this e-mail today.