thursday maryland's gaming commission voted to allow maryland live! and the new horseshoe casino in baltimore to get rid of 300 slot machines each which are taxed at 67% and replace them with dozens of table games that are taxed at just 20%. that's a 47% tax cut on gambling revenues from machines to live games and casinos get to keep change. prince george's county senator anthony muse is outraged. >> we expect certain revenues from the slot emergencies. you're now saying do away with them, so -- slot machines. you're now saying do away with them, so while they argue it's more money coming to the county, it's much more money going into their pockets and this is not what we promised the citizens of maryland. >> reporter: where was the money supposed to go? >> to the schools. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: but hold your horses. the casinos say switching from shots to table games actually makes the state more money in the long run even though the games are taxed so much less. one reason is they are simply more popular, so popular that hundreds of slot

search continues tonight for a family of six after two more bodies are found today in what's left of a maryland mansion after it went up in flames. >> we're tracking a nor east friday night into -- nor'easter friday night into saturday. >> deflategate is showing no signs of blowing over, but tonight both new england coach and quarterback say they played by the rules. >>> gruesome discovery tonight, a man found dead outside a maryland home. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm lesli foster. police are not saying if they have a lot to go on that murder in prince george's county. >> the man was shot to death in the 8200 block of imperial drive in lawyer around 3:00 this afternoon. our jim osman is live with neighbors' reaction. >> reporter: neighbors are in shock tonight as police are looking for a killer. long time residents who live near the murder scene of the 8200 block of imperial drive in laurel say they've never seen this kind of trouble. 1 woman found out what happened from her daughter as the woman was heading back home. you've never heard anything like this happen in a

one to two inches in southern maryland. the rest of us, though, will just be a coating, especially in the beltway and points north and west and then we dry out and warm up. we're finally back into the upper 40s to around 50 by the weekend. >>> can't warm up fast enough. we've got some issues in alexandria. eisenhower avenue east of van dorn street, a vehicle struck a utility pole and brought it down on the roadway. that stretch of eisenhower avenue closed very close to the metro station. virginia 95, look at the pictures of the volume heading north to lorton. not too bad. the pace heading to spring field and southern maryland, the beltway route 5 trying to get there where we've had more issues with more snow cover and slick conditions. right now the beltway itself at route 5 mostly treated. snow buildup is on the shoulders and on and off ramps especially slick. back to you. >>> cbs this morning is next. do you suffer chronic pain? more than eight million americans could be relying on powerful painkillers for relief but are

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the two met at a maryland/duke game in 2010. a romance was born and the terps upset the blue devils. >> i thought she loved my text messages because of how witty i was. she said it was because she was so excited maryland won. >> that's good stuff. we also asked cassie what annoyed her the most about her hubby. she says he needs to do more general cleaning around the house. it's just like any woman, right? he got that right, too. >>> coming up we'll deal with another basketball team, the wizards back to back hoops on the menu in chicago tonight. we will have a preview. >>> in silver spring, maryland, the bill for a major transit project, the silver spring transit center, just went up another $21 million. >> county leaders voted on this yesterday. they're dishing out the money to get all this stuff done. stephanie ramirez joins us now. you know what? you're a montgomery county resident as are both of us. so does this mean our taxes are going up now? >> reporter: not on this, but these are taxpayers' dollars here. councilman levent

south of southern maryland a little bit of leftover sprinkles down route 2. you'll be done in about five minutes. let's widen this out now. zoom out to the southwest, lot of moisture and rain, a little snow in the mountains phoenix to the north in arizona. winter storm waver most of new mexico. this rain will affect round 1 of the waste management golf tournament and the super bowl festives, but that rain will be our snow sunday afternoon and sunday night. the clipper is running through the hudson river valley now dragging a cold front to the south. you can see the clear line of demarcation going back into georgia. kind of like summertimes, a couple showers and boom, it's gone, left with partly cloudy skies tonight. rain and showers ending by 7:00. bus stop temperatures don't seem bad, 30s, but windy and temps will fall all day. dress the kids teen and 20s because winds will be up to 30 miles an hour in the afternoon. cold saturday, snow , if likely, on sunday. futurecast, 8:00 tonight dry, clouds, low to mid-30s. hagerstown 35 and cumberland 36. thankfully t

maryland outscores nebraska 48- 20 in the second half to win 75- 47. so maryland basketball, men and women, doing great stuff today and it should be interesting. >> brenda freeze, all she's done is win since she's been there. amazing. >> she's outstanding. >>> bad weather? >> yeah, tomorrow will be milder, but we'll deal with showers in the morning and then an arctic blast arrives monday, 40 degrees. but gets even colder. our high temperature on wednesday and thursday, only 30. it's going to be brutal. >> i love it. >> you love it? good for you. >>> make the most of your weekend. see you back here at 11:00. bye. >> you got a fireplace? >> yeah, oh, yeah. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. save $300 on the final close-out of the c3 queen mattress set. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store, find the l

bluemont is one of our favorites, maryland, about two inches and great falls, maryland just under two inches. so the temps right now -- critical. 32 in chevy chase. 32 college park and 32 rockville and remember we have a little thermometer in the car it might read 33, 34 it can being a little bit above freezing, remember that. 33 fairfax right now 35 in springfield. so headlines well careful walking on driveways and sidewalk. got to be careful driving over overpasses, bus stop temperatures 26 to 38. really temperatures in the 40s tomorrow and can't complain about that. chilly with clouds returning already on friday. this nor east egg right now is give to -- nor'easter is going to give us precipitation as soon as friday night. in fact this is friday at 7:30, well clouds are in place and it will be dry at 7:30. you can get home before this happened. but if you're out on the town, by 11:00, we could see mixed precipitation that is the magenta. this is the snow to the north and west and one of those cases all precipitation types. you name it it will be a possibility. by 6:00 a.m. on satur

thursday maryland's gaming commission voted to allow maryland live! and the new horseshoe casino in baltimore to get rid of 300 slot machines each which are taxed at 67% and replace them with dozens of table games that are taxed at just 20%. that's a 47% tax cut on gambling revenues from machines to live games and casinos get to keep change. prince george's county senator anthony muse is outraged. >> we expect certain

the maryland highway administration has been ready. crews out in force since last night preparing for the storm as they do, major highways have been pre treated, more than 200 plows and 300 workers have been deployed for the state. the stay highway spokesman dave buck says there is still a lot of guessing going on about how much snow we are going to get. >> reporter: the forecast changed quit a bit just like the last storm. a couple of degrees is going to make all the difference in the world. our trucks will be out, they will be out all day monday. you may see snow, rain, allstate, but the state highway trucks will be out on the roads. >> and buck is can go this morning's commuters to hold off to let their crews do their work. >> when all is said and done parts of west virginia will receive 4 to 6 inches of snow. >> delia goncalves is live in leesburg. good delia. >> reporter: gam. things have certainly picked up here in regards to the rain. it has gotten a bit heavier and in regards to the traffic the commuter lot here getting very bu

maryland lawmakers approved it by a wide margin. this was after the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. >>> some arlington homeowners afraid too take their dogs o pets were poisoned. animal owners want to know is somebody intentionally making these dogs sick? from arlington county tonight stephanie ramirez has that story. >> reporter: this 5-year-old dachshund chihuahua mix named bonnie is now home from the hospital after being point. ed according to her owner -- after being a gotten by her owner. this happened in the area of north columbus street between north 22nd and 26th street on sunday. the dogs ate some type of toxin laced sausage and once it was reported there was a third piece found. one woman walking this golden retriever named oliver tells me this third piece had a capsule inside and was discovered right outside of oliver's yard. >> you don't have to hurt them. >> reporter: the possibility of someone poisoning dogs on purpose, angering dog owners on the other side of arlington here at shirlin

mary's county, maryland. reporting live from our mobile newsroom, scott broom, wusa9. >> thank you, scott. drive carefully. >>> it may not have amounted to a lot of accumulation but the morning snow is enough to get students out of class in more than just one school district. delia goncalves has more now from dale city. >> reporter: the folks we talked here in dale city say the light snowfall hasn't caused any problems. it's quite pretty they say, in fact. take a look here on the main roads. you can see that it is down to the pavement. roads looking really great thanks in part to the light traffic and to the crews that have been salting and treating these roads all morning long. the only trouble spot that you will find, a light covering of snow on untreated surfaces. for instance, this empty parking lot at garfield high school. why is this parking lot empty? well, school was canceled for the day. prince william county public schools, the first school district in our viewing area to cancel classes in anticipat

williamsport maryland about one inch. so tonight because temperatures will be between 25 and 30 we're looking at icy spots. we're a little bit concerned about that. we're more concerned about that than the snow. a trace to 2 inches of snow is possible overnight. not much out to the west. more to the east. tuesday morning commute, i think it looks slippery so we extended our yellow alert for tuesday. howard may cancel that at noon tomorrow. at least want to get you through the tuesday morning commute. so you know they can be a little bit slippery and may want to allow a little extra time. between essentially now and tomorrow morning a trace to an inch west of town. leesburg culpeper you're pretty much done. might get an early morning snow shower. that's it. maybe an inch or so downtown and maybe 2 to 4 inches on the west side of the bay and across the bay in to the del marva. by 8:00 temperatures in the 20s. even some mid 20 out toward gaithersburg and toward frederick. so it's going to freeze tonight. 30 downtown. by 10:0

by 10:00 showers now in to southern maryland. temperatures beginning to fall. we'll talk about how cold it's going to get tonight and if we're going to make it above freezing tomorrow. >> let's look ahead to the prospects for schools running on schedule tomorrow morning. we're keeping an eye on how we're recovering from this nasty start to the work week. how's it going, scott? >> it's just a miserable afternoon out there but where i am in mt. erie, maryland, it's miserable outside but at least the ice that was on some of the side streets has melted away and folks are getting around okay. if it does not refreeze tonight and the salt treatments take effect should give us pretty good prospects for getting back to school tomorrow after a pretty tough day tomorrow once again. >> frustrating day for school officials in maryland county. >> it's pretty slick. >> reporter: ice continueed to a--ice continued to accumulate. i hustled over to check and she was okay. more casualties on the roads. a rollover accident on westbound i-70 near meyersville cost a driver minor inj

attorney for maryland. first and foremost, how bad is the problem in maryland and where do we think the drug is coming from? >> the problem has been growing significantly. that's one of the things that motivated us was to develop a statewide task force. we've seen a doubling of the number of deaths attributable to heroin. right now we're running more than ten deaths. it comes from primarily oaf the mexican boarder. also comes from southeast asia so there are a number of sources. our primary goal is to identify who is distributing it here in maryland and put an end to it. >> that's hundreds of deaths per year in our small state. that's a lot. it's already being sold as we know and moved through our state in midbhd -- maryland ilwillingly -- illegally. what can a new law do? >> we have federal laws to prosecute heroin dealers n. appropriate cases we're using those powerful tools. for example, if someone distributes heroin and it causes the death of a user, you can face a mandatory penalty of 20 years up to li

and gaithersburg, maryland. so they're working with shelters in the area. they tell me they've been working with this program about two years now, but it's only become more successful now because of the international pressure the 2018 olympics supposed to be taking place in seoul, south korea, have put on the area there. stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >>> how much time could bob mcdonnell receive in prison when he's sentenced tomorrow? i'm peggy fox. at 6:00 i'll tell you what one former federal prosecutor thinks. >> reporter: all charges dropped in the domestic violence case against former redskin fred smoot, what he wants to do next and reaction from his ex-girl friend. >>> folks, get ready to see some flakes fly through the dmv for your morning commute. thanks for joining us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. the wusa9 first alert weather team is calling tomorrow a yellow alert day and erica grow with more on when and where it's expected to hit. >> the when is the main problem. the snow will fall during that morning commute. in fact, it's going to

the maryland terrapins are the best team in the big 10 right now by records. pump the brakes on that. still a long way to go. but it's an impressive perch, i would say. saturday was a clear statement to the rest of the league they're a force to be reckoned with. legendary coach gary williams, hall of famer honored during the game. he saw a good one. jake for the twirl, the swirl. he's a tough matchup. tremble was the story though, crossing up the defender right before halftime. 40-26. in the second half jarod with the step-back. one of eight different terps to score. maryland 75-59. he said the freshman was the x factor. >> i've seen him do that many times. it was great to see jake got himself going and i thought defensively we were as good as we've been and have. >> i never made someone fall. i never made a move like that in my life. i was pretty excited myself. i didn't know what to do. i already started celebrating. >> all right, he had 26. georgetown in a battle. 30 seconds to go. smith rivera putting the hoyas up by one. he had 14 points. 15 second to go,

all right time to find out about these maryland terps though. sure they beat michigan state on the road but could they go on a sleepy wednesday and beat a team that's not great but tough. i told you at 6:00, illinois is one of those type of teams let's go it to it. i'm not afraid of champaign- urbana. maybe the troops should have been. i call this they are comandeering the cotton but maryland only shot 36% and illinois, malcolm hill, illinois found their thrill on malcolm hill. [laughter] he was going . that's part of a 13-0 run and more hill, he had 28 points and maryland beaten on the road 64-57. >> another good one, good wednesday night of basketball virginia hosting nc state, good game. kyle washington from the corner the little lefty stroke here corner pocket and book here with 13 and wolf pack looking for the upset but virginia' defense, what do they always tell you? trail the play you never know what's going to happen. justin anderson follows it up with a flush and eventually pulling away and they take it 61-51 and they are 14 and 0 on th

both maryland and d.c. will see increases in the minimum wage, maryland going up to $8 an hour tomorrow, d.c. increasing from 9.50 to 10.50 july 1st. >>> tonight chick-fil-a is warning customers of a possible data breach saying it's received reports of unusual activity involving payment cards at several restaurants capping a tough year for american businesses trying to protect themselves against security breaches. chick-fil-a says customers will not be held responsible for fraudulent charges. >>> lucky for us we have an unseasonable and unusual weather predicament. too much sun could delay the start of the winter classic. it could be postponed as much as 90 minutes because of a forecast that calls for a lot of sunshine. the deputy commissioner says that sun and its glare could pose a player safety issue. >>> here's another safety issue, tents flying around in high winds. check out this crazy scene near the site of tomorrow's rose bowl game in pasadena. a dust devil grabbed hold of some pavilion tents and wo

bill due to be presented in the maryland house this >>> only on 9 tonight a maryland delegate is trying to vow again after a av of credit -- a wave of criticism caused her to promptly withdraw her bill. >> it was to increase the age of a teenage baby-sitter from 13 to 15. >> reporter: i'm andrea mccarren where delegate the sheryl glenn said the bill had nothing to -- delegate sheryl glenn said the bill had nothing to do with parental rights. >> people thought that i was trying to make til for responsible parents to -- make it illegal for responsible parents to have their children baby-sitting and i was trying to incarcerate responsible parents. >> reporter: she said last year alone young children were left unattended in maryland 580 times. >> i think the message for these kinds of one size fits all laws is slow down. >> reporter: free range parents viewed the withdraw of the bill as a victory. >> we won't have to worry about a 14-year-old responsible teen- ager watching someone who is under 3 for five minutes. we don't have to world about child protective services -- worry about child p

in maryland, the gas tax is automatically phased in. the prices are rising. >>> also in the commonwealth, a new law starts today in virginia requiring drivers 75 years or older to renew their licenses in person rather than online or by mail. this rule used to apply only to drivers over 80 years old. licenses for people 75 and older will also expire after five years, instead of the usual 8 years. >> another law starting today will affect property owners in maryland. the new rules are meant to regulate lead paint in older homes. owners have rental properties built before 1978 will now be required to have inspectors check for lead paint. this rule used to apply only to houses built before 1950. property owners will to provide tenants with information about the dangers of lead if it's found. >> later this morning, millions of americans will get a chance to tune into the rose bowl parade. you see it every year on tv. organizers have been dealing with high winds and very chilly temperatures as they get ready and they try to prepare the float

the aclu of maryland and the maryland disability law center said having armed officers could lead to discrimination and overpolicing in their schools. in prince george's county i'm nikki burdine. back you to in the studio. >> thank you, nikki. >>> 6:34 now. will he stay or will he go? that's the question right now teachers, students and school board members are asking about montgomery county school superintendent joshua starr. the school board met privately yesterday to discuss the renewal of his contract. but there is no word on what was decided. starr needs at least five members after majority to keep his job. "the washington post" reports four board members are opposed to renewing his contract. >>> the musical gigi opens tonight at the kennedy center. this is a live look right now at the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. the broadway-bound show is making a return to the stage for the first time in 40 years. the musical comes from alan j. learner and frederick low, the same men behind "my fair lady." >>> jot down the date july 25. the rock 'n' roller hall of famer bil

we're going to bring our best game, too, and play maryland. we're not going to listen to what people are talking about. we're just going to play basketball. >> that's a great game here on wusa9 at 4:00 michigan state and maryland. afterwards is a special postgame show for you featuring the legendary maryland coach garry williams. how about that? >> very cool. >>> another big game saturday georgetown, butler, hoyas and bulldogs now big east foes. they played earlier this year in a tournament, butler winning. more bodies hit that floor that day than baskets made. the rematch will be a grinder. >> it's a team that you know going in it's going to be a 40 minute game. you know going in that the 12th possession of the 1st half might have as much impact on the game as the third to last possession of the game. >> coach thompson always says you got to put your big boy pants on. it's not going to be cakewalks in the big east. >> big boy pants. >> put on the big boy pants. >>> nationals general manager issuing a prewere active strike today concerning his

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i'm scott broom in anne arundel county, maryland. coming up what >>> maryland's department of health is joining into the investigation into mysterious dog deaths along the waterfront on anne arundel county. >> authorities want to hear from you if you suspect your dog is showing symptoms. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in anne arundel county, maryland, where billions of tiny mussels attach themselves to about every surface under water and environmentalists are looking into the possibility that dogs coming into contact with the mussels have died. >> we took her to the emergency room and two days later she was gone. her liver toxin levels were like 4,000 times the normal level. when i looked at the area where she'd been chewing, there were hundreds of tiny muscles covering those branches. >> there are i think about 10 dogs that have died of liver- related issues in that area. only two were associated with the water. at this point we have not been able to establish any kind of connection between the dark false mussels and the dogs' ailment

and in maryland allegheny county public schools closed as well. and we just this information, clarke county public schools in virginia, garrett county public schools in maryland and culpeper county public schools in virginia closed. we just had the director of ddot on the air just a short time ago who reported that 200 trucks are on the roads in d.c. dropping some salt, laying down that salt. they did brine yesterday. they are reporting that conditions are looking good in the district and that means, well, things might be looking bad for some students because they are waking up early. d.c. public schools and government open and on time this morning. that's the very latest. of course you can check out all the delays at the bottom of your screen. back to you in the studio. >> where you live some kids are jumping on the bed. [ no audio ] >> nick giovanni -- nikki burdine has been measuring the snow. she joins us from the leesburg section of loudoun county. >> reporter: it is certainly starting to pile up out here. can you see my hair? i've only been

prince george's county in maryland delayed by two hours. montgomery county public schools announced they are one of the few and proud, if you will, opening their doors on time. updates are still rolling in. to keep tabs on your school, you can check our app for up nute information. >> thank you, nick. >>> the hearty going in on time. if you're planning on going outside right now, you've seen our reporters. layer up, bundle up, swaddle up, whatever you want to call it. >> i'm thinking about the kids at the bus stop, even in two hours it's going to be very, very cold. these are the mornings i remember my parents or one of the neighbor parents said let's get in the car. we don't have heated bus stops. i didn't grow up in that neighborhood. do your kids a favor or if you can drive them to school, maybe do that or wait for the bus. weather wise, it's cold. it's january. it happens. we get this. had a facebook post, i don't remember when it was this cold like this. it was about last general 20. yeah, it's been about a year. let's show you what's

you see the snow bands more so in virginia than in maryland. southern maryland is quiet. east and south is quiet. still flakes flying. generally light snow and flurries flying from columbia down toward bowie right now scattered about, montgomery county, more so either side of 270. a little bit more moderate snow band from charles town now through purcelville, south of leesburg to aldie headed into extreme western fairfax around manassas. lighter snows now in most of fauquier and prince william counties. stafford, the north side of town, this is tracking right over you. this could easily slicken up the roads there. you see how quiet it is in southern maryland at the appointment where schools are closed -- at the moment where schools are closed in all three counties southern maryland. mid-20s to 31. that's the temperature range now. with the winds it's feeling more like 20 degrees at reagan national as winds out of the north, northwest at 15. you see on the michael & son weather camera, visibility, no problems here. this storm is a monster as it's spinning quickly with bliz

under maryland law children under the age of 8 cannot be left unattended in a dwelling or car. there has to be somebody there at least 13 years old to take care of them. >>> tomorrow the united states holocaust memorial museum will hold a special ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz, the nazis largest extermination camp. >> 1 to 1.5 million people died in that camp and every year there are fewer left to remember the horror, but we talked to one of them, marty white, 70 years clutching his ration bowl can still move white to tears. >> when i first saw it, it had such an impact on me. even now i still see how important it was. just a bowl. >> white was 15 when the fascists deported him and his parents and five brothers and sisters to auschwitz. his mother and three sisters were gassed within hours of arriving and his father was forced into starvation. he now volunteers at the holocaust museum. >>> 1.7 million bucks is how much the special olympics said was raised by the police polar bear plunge. 5,700 people from across the state took the plunge in

/maryland border for snow. this time yesterday i was kind of getting excited hoping i could work sunday and not watch the super bowl and watch it snow. i would take snow over the super bowl. >> yes, i would. i'm a little deranged. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, high temperature made it into the low 40s today at midnight d then they've fallen all day. it's down to 30 at national, but it's in the 20s in the suburbs. the wind averaging 25 sustained. dew points are in the single didn'ts. this is a cold -- digits. this is a cold arctic air mass. is in a mixed terrain, certainly rain as it applies to d.c. and points south and east and east of 95. that's why we have the winter storm watches north of this line. the track yesterday was just down here, mainly a snow event as it tracked through southern west virginia into southern virginia. that would have given us snow and perhaps a bit of a mixture south and east of town, more of a snow event. not done yet. winds will gust to

you can get in to southern maryland. even 48 by the water 47. there's not a lot of the small craft advisories. with sunshine as we will break this down to remember that these are city temps. remember that it will be 33 to start and then 34 at 7:00. the lower 40s by 11:00. really pretty nice. 45 with sunshine that will not be a bad day in january. now friday, the clouds will come in as you saw the future cast there. 43 is right on the low. and more rain and snow on saturday as temperatures will go back up to the 30s. it will be a cold polar plunge at sandy point. it's probably raining out there as we get a break on sunday with another clipper approaching very rapidly. upper 30s to the snow flurries possible obvious sunday night. monday the snow showers will be possible and then kind of cold in the wake of the clippers, the mid-30s on tuesday and maybe some flurries on wednesday with the temperatures in the upper 30s to the near 40s. >>> we are live at the verizon center with a big day in dc sports. you've got the game here, and just a few hours a

including delaware, maryland, and new jersey. and penalties say if -- opponents say if exelon does go through with the merger they will create an unfair monopoly in the mid-atlantic. back to you in the studio. >> all right thank you delia. >>> thank you. today local and federal first responders will once again search for victims in the deadly annapolis mansion fire. >> yesterday, firefighters found if bodies of two more people in the rubble of this massive home. that leaves two more people still missing of this family of six. >> nikki burdine rather is live in annapolis with more on the search and what's going to happen today. >> reporter: well, we're still learning about what happened that night and of course it's still too early to tell the cause of the fire. and investigators haven't yet officially identified the people who can recovered from this fire. so far four bodies two people are still missing. however, family members have released the names of the four children and their grandparents believed to have been in that fire.

when there's flu, tamiflu. >>> today we. >> reporter: today we learned maryland's first female bishop was texting and three times over the legal limit. felony manslaughter charges were announced today. scott broom is in baltimore where the diocese is no. 2 in maryland is expected to turn herself into police at any time. scott? >> reporter: well, people here in baltimore were shocked when this happened two days after christmas understanding that this is maryland's first female episcopal bishop, the no. 2 episcopal official in the entire state, shocking enough, but then these details of the gravity of this came out today. i'm with baltimore city police now waiting for bishop cook to turn herself in. her laura sured us that is -- laura sured us that -- lawyer assured us that is going to happen and when she is prosecuted, she will be treated like any other charged criminal. it's bishop heather cook's second arrest for drunk driving since 2010, but this time it was fatal. 41-year-old cyclist tom palermo, a father of two, run down from behind in a baltimore bike lane two days after christma

. >>> a maryland man is accused of assaulting a mother and her child, urge arrest tonight 27- year-old james lee. la plata police say monday lee got into a neighbor's car and asked her to drive him to the charles county sheriff's office claiming he was on pcp and that somebody was trying to kill him. according to investigators, while on the way to the sheriff's office lee began to assault the woman's 2-year-old daughter in the back seat. when the girl's mother tried to intervene, he attacked her, too. several citizens saw what was going on and held lee down until an officer could get there. the little girl is hospitalized with injuries to her eyes and her face. the mother was treated and released. >>> a son of the late marion barry is under investigation for an incident at a bank. according to a police report, barry got into an argument and threatened a worker at the bank in northwest d.c. yesterday. he picked up a trash can and launched it into a surveillance camera witnesses say. turns out this is not barry's first run-in with the law. he's had charges for drug possession and driving

maryland, they were four slots cheaper at $1.6 million. virginia the cheapest at the 14th cheapest, right around the average of $1.2 million. wallet hub bases those numbers on one package a day for 51 years. and to report that smokers learn less than the non- smokers. >>> google wants to sell the wireless phone service directly to you. they struck a deal to resell the service on their networks. according to the wall street journal, google would offer the discounted data plans. now analysts say that could pressure the other carriers to do the same thing and to cut the prices. >>> it seems like microsoft wants to kiss and make up with those customers that were not so happy. the software company says you could get the next operating system for free. that windows, they will come with a headset that will let the users see the holograms or 3d images in space with no computer monitoring required. these upgrades will be slated to be released later this year. >>> seven million is the number of the americans creating financial infidelity by keeping

. >>> the man who led the maryland state police department for the past four years is resigning. superintendent colonel mar you can brown says he's leaving to pursue other opportunities. there's no word on who larry hogan will appoint in his place. >>> looks like pope francis will be making a stop here in washington, d.c. in september during his visit to the united states. the news comes as the pope finishes his philippines tour in manila. the pope is expected to stop in philadelphia, new york city, and as well as d.c. still no word on the exact dates in september. >>> are we in for warmer weather? allyson rae will tell us right after the break. >> alsole ahead, we have the latest on the status of the u.s. astronauts at the international space station. they were evacuated from the american side. we'll tell you where they are now. wusa9 is back >>> i'm meteorologist allyson rae. we're off to a good start. temperatures are below freezing so far a lot of spots 32 degrees. if you know you saw snow or even a little freezing rain yesterday, especially for southern maryland, parts of no

. >> today transportation officials in maryland told us they're doing everything they can tonight to get ready for the morning. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in montgomery county, maryland, where highway crews are prepared for the possibility that a little snow might make for brief but big headaches during tomorrow morning's rush hour. >> the issue will be if it hits during rush hour. all the trucks will get stuck in the same traffic as you and i and they won't be able to treat the roads. >> i'll let out early and beat everybody off. by the time i leave 5:00, nobody on the roads. >> reporter: salt brine was mixed in volume early today and motorists could easily see the telltale silvery lines left behind where trucks had treated roads during the sunny weather today to jump start the response for tomorrow morning. schools have not announced plans for tomorrow and timing will be a big challenge leaving them no time to undo whatever call they make. in montgomery county scott broom, wusa9. >>> d.c. snow team is ready for its first mission this winter about. 200 snowplows will be on the roa

they have a few-on stand-by, really the same story in maryland. they say they've been pretreating roads all day ready to go. they've got hundreds and hundreds of pieces of equipment on stand-by. more than anything else they say although they are confident the roads will be clear, they will be good to go, if you don't have to be out there, you don't want to risk it. i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> even if when you can't see us on the air, you can get the latest weather, closings and road conditions. just download the wusa9 news app. >>> a 37 year veteran of the montgomery county public school system has been indicted on federal charges of child pornography possession and distribution. special education teacher peter flynn was arrested at his silver spring home today. he's been a special education teacher at bethesda chevy chase high school since 1980. when the school system learned of the investigation last september, he was moved to an administrative position away from children. >> there's no evidence that the defendant took any photographs of child

some rain initially rolls into western maryland, temperatures in the 30s. 1:00 it's in western maryland across the divide. by 5:00 it's almost across 95. you see the magenta here. a little mixture of rain and snow possible but primarily just light rain showers south of i-66 south of the district and route 50. by 7:00 boom, that's gone. that's across the bay in a matter of an hour and a half. tonight clear early, very cold again, a few clouds by dawn, lows 14 to 24, wind northeast at 10 by dawn. 18 tonight for a low in rockville, 17 in fairfax. these aren't wind chills. 15 in leesburg, laytonsville, olney, 19 in college park, better by the bay, temperatures there in the mid-20s. day planner, 20s to start downtown temps, 28 by 9:00, clouds start coming in at 11:00, temperatures in the upper 30s. blustery friday. temperatures fall, 30s to start, 20s to finish. still cold saturday but quiet, temperatures in the mid-30s. now next seven days sunday i think we could pretty much bank on precipitation. i think we'll bank on a winter mix at the very least sunday afternoon and sunday night. gettin

have our accumulations, 1 to 2 inches north and west of the beltway, a trace to an inch in southern maryland and southern portions of the beltway. we'll do a little more timing out of the arrival of this storm with 9 futurecast coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. >>> maryland highway crews spent the day treating roads with salt brine preparing for an early start tomorrow. the timing of the rush hour they say could be the challenge. >> the issue will be if it hits certain rush hour. all the trucks will be stuck in the same traffic as you and i and won't be able to treat the roads. >> schools have not yet announced plans for tomorrow. >>> when you are away from the television, you can get the latest news, weather and school closings on your phone. just download the wusa9 news app. it is free for your apple or android device. >>> a programming note, since area road crews are getting ready to battle the elements, the wusa9 snow team will be on half an hour earlier tomorrow. so the news starts at 4 a.m. we'll have crews dispatched to the hardest hit areas and our team of meteorologis

the fire did kill don and sandy pyle and their four grand children. >>> a maryland man was sentenced to three years in jail today after pleaded guilty to -- pleading guilty to kidnapping and assaulting a judge. rickley senning kidnapped audrey creighton's car and crashed it into another vehicle injuring a 13-year-old boy and his dad. it is unclear whether judge creighton will face punishment for having that relationship with a convicted felon. >>> a hyattsville man was sentenced to two years in prison in a deadly hit and run. he pleaded guilty in connection with the death of 22-year-old cory hubbard crossing route 1 near campus when he was struck last january. surveillance video shows adepo stumbling out of a bar shortly before the crash. >>> tomorrow night is midnight for uva fraternities. requests go out to students for membership and celebrations follow. the national conference has ordered sororities not to take part citing safety concerns. some women on campus say that smacks of gender discrimination. today uva president theresa sullivan said the npc did not consult them on the m

now, republican larry hogan will be spending his first night in the maryland governors mansion. governor hogan attended tonights inaugural gal a after taking the oath of office earlier today. in his speech outside the maryland state house in annapolis, hogan called on lawmakers to put aside partisanship and get to work for all marylanders. >> partisanship should never denegrate the legacy entrusted to us by our founders. to my friends across the aisle i assure you it will never play a role in my decision-making. >> governor hogan is only the second republican to hold maryland's highest office since the 1960's. >>> tomorrow marks the annual march for life here in washington. thousands will gather for a pro life rally at noon on the national mall and then it will march to the u.s. supreme court and they are expected to call on justices to overturn the landmark decision that established a womans right to an abortion 42 years ago. >>> local school children got the chance to play in the white house today. first lady michelle obama welcomed students today for a special reading of dr.

maryland survives, 69-60. the terps are 15-2. >>> virginia and notre dame, malcolm, don't need to ask. he is a smooth operator. fade away fire there. uva by two. 4:00 to go, tied, justin anderson, local kid, drains the three. makes a 9-0 run and virginia wins 62-56. virginia is 15-0. so some great basketball going on around here. >>> georgetown in the mix, they lost. >> let's talk about virginia. they can take an off-ramp? >> they are elite 8. they went there last year and played great defense, they are a good ball club. they have some juniors and seniors. tony bennett is a heck of a coach. >> three unbeaten left. >> yes. kentucky, virginia, and i think duke. virginia is an experienced ball club. >>> we'll have a at perdue, we know fresh chicken. well, not that kind of fresh. but we do take extra steps in our farms, trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between... ... to bring you a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. how can i avoid maintenance fees? why would you want to avoi

in maryland it's $8 workers in washington will get $9.47 an hour. add in states with previous wage hikes and 29 will be paying above the federal level of 7.25 an hour. >> what do we want? >> reporter: but many workers want more. nationwide protests in 2014 called for a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. new jersey garage owner john o connor pays his entry level employees a state minimum which moves up to 8.38 an hour. he can handle the increase now but says a dramatic boost in wages would force him and other small bibs to raise prices. >> it is going -- businesses to raise prices. >> it is going to change prices on your small stuff. they'll have to go up. as my costs go up i have to pass it on. >> reporter: many business owners and workers will continue to see wages go up. several states plan to increase the minimum again next year. >> both maryland and d.c. will see increases in the minimum wage this year. d.c. increases from 9.50 to 10.50, but that doesn't happen till july 1st. >>> winter has only just begun, but the cdc has already declared a flu

fire investigation consultants out of pasadena, maryland. wusa 9 had the only camera rolling as their truck rolled in. we can exclusively confirm tonight the family's insurance company hired them to investigate. anne arundel county fire investigators say they believe they're going to be here for another two days as they try to figure out what happened. in annapolis, debra alfarone, wusa 9. >> fire investigators said they do anticipate being on the scene of the deadly fire for another two more days. >>> a government worker has now come forward and admitted he is the night howl who crashed his toy drone right on the white house lawn. the secret service has gone high alert after an officer heard the drone and saw it flying low and finally crashing to the ground. all signs so far though, the guy was playing around and lost control of the so-called quadcopter. experts say even a toy like that has the potential to carry high explosives or even nuclear or biologic material. >> these drones, which after all we're using in warfare which gives everybo

he commuted the death sentences of the four people on death row in maryland. maryland did away with the death penalty in 2013 but these last four death row inmates were sentenced prior to that date. >>> once again the weather has set back the search for air asia flight 8501. it could take another week to recover the black boxes. but before the search was stopped more bodies were recovered and some were even identified. craig boswell has more. >> reporter: heartbroken family members received her body thursday. the 49-year-old is the first victim of the crash of air asia flight 8501 to be identified and returned to family members. she was buried thursday in a private ceremony. more bodies were returned to indonesia for identification thursday and honor guard carried the coffins marked only with numbers. the search for victims and debris from the flight was suspended again as heavy seas prevented divers from entering the water. the seas have even prevented crews from hearing the pings from the ack boxes. >> you need real -- or silent in order to do that. otherwis

it's higher in maryland and d.c. and cheaper in virginia. however, aaa predicts prices could fall another 10 cents in the next few weeks before creeping up in the spring. still the agency believes the average for the year will stay below $3 a gallon. so there's good news. >>> the dow rose nine points while the nasdaq fell nine. stocks started strong but reversed course after a report showed u.s. manufacturing last month grew at the slowest pace in six months. >>> if you're looking for a job, get ready to get your resume ready because according to career builder companies are kicking off the new year with more job openings. more than 1/3 of employers expect to add full-time workers in 2015. career builder also pricks a bump in pay. >>> -- predicts a bump in pay. >>> new punishment for the cyber attack on sony, the first round of punishment the president took today. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow, chilly but dry on the weather terrace. that's not the case tomorrow. i'm tracki here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. i ma

>> last consider talked to you this evening i was in hagerstown maryland. i've moved a bit east and i hit one of those bands of snow top was talking about. i'll show you had camera. this is a ramp in maryland coming right off 227. that's north of damascus. you can see the ramp in is completely snow covered during this burst of snow we've had here which has been going on only about 15 minutes. the temperature outside the vehicle right now, 27 degrees. the stuff that's falling, despite some of the salt and brine left over on the road is sticking on places like ramps like this. there are plenty of hazards tonight, particularly underneath those bursts and showers topper was talking about. let me take you back out to the west where i was in hagerstown earlier today. as topper just reported snow pretty much over out there throughout the day today. they were able to keep up with all the light snow falling throughout the day, keeping salt on the roadways. it was the rural lanes and side streets that didn't see any salt. those are going to be crispy and icy this eve

we got 4-inch of snow at the capitol building, 2.8 in montgomery village, maryland. so it was less snow to the north. we had that one persistent heavy band that happened to set up in possibly the worst area, glenarden 3 1/2 inches. we got plenty of snow up and down the 66 corridor and route 7 corridor, herndon got 3.9, ashburn 4.3 inches, baileys crossroads 3.1-inch and about the same in both leesburg and alexandria shy of 3 inches. this is what you need to know now that the snow is gone. it's going to be awfully cold tonight and the potential is very high there will be refreezing on the untreated surfaces and even the ones that had a light treatment, maybe it got washed away. be very cautious for black ice tomorrow morning. then wednesday during the day the winds will gust to 40 miles per hour. that's going to give us wind chills in the teens and even single digits. do we have any relief coming? it's in the first alert seven- day forecast. we'll time that out coming up. >> wusa9 has you covered even when we're not on the air. download the new wusa9 news app. it's fr

cook is the second highest leader of the episcopal diocese in maryland. >>> right now two terror suspects are dead, another in custody following a raid in belgium. police carried out the mission on a cell that was planning a major imminent attack. authorities targeted the suspects who returned to belgium from syria and were close to carrying out that attack. the suspects were killed after they fired on officers near a train station. so far no known connection to the attacks in france. >>> a man who allegedly plotted to pipe bomb the u.s. capital will appear in a cincinnati courthouse tomorrow. 20-year-old christopher cornell wanted to kill as many people as possible all in the name of isis. his dad claims cornell was a home body who somehow lost his way. >> he had was like a big kid. his best friend was his cat mikey and his mom. >> the fbi arrested cornell after he purchased weapons and ammo from a gun shop. he was under surveillance and at no time were any lives in danger. >>> several sources are saying it's likely that pope francis will be visiting washington d.c. when he makes his tri