. >>> a family in suburban maryland is reigniting the debate over how much freedom children should have and at what age. some may view what these parents have done as neglectful, others think they're drawing a line on how much say the government can have about the way we raise our kids. our report tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: danielle says part of growing up is learning how to do things on their own, that's why they allow their son raffi and daughter devora to walk short distances around their suburban maryland neighborhood by themself. >> they need to learn that, you know, intangible thing we call street smarts. and the only place you can learn that is outside. >> reporter: it's a theory called free-range parenting, a rejection of the overprotective helicopter parent. >> i feel safe because i know my parents have confidence in us. >> reporter: but now this family is being investigated by child protective services because last month police found rafi and devora walking home from a park a mile away from their home. some of the roads they walk along get a lot of traffic

the maryland terrapins are looking for their next win after their best start in four years. they lost 20 players in the off-season and everyone is wondering how they are doing that? >> because everybody's on the same page. who has the most success so far. >> all their guyingss do what they're told. it makes his job easier. >> i think i have a team doing what i ask them to do and we're being successful because we have experienced players and young guys totally bought into what you're trying to do. >> we don't know for a fact but i get the feeling the four guys who transferred didn't listen to the coach very well. cavaliers host nc state. >>> scott mcloughan is in charge of the redskins. in charge of player personnel. heading up for the division alal game tom and the team against the presidents. a lot of bad history for these two teams especially terrell suggs who won't even say tom brady's man. >> the quarterback of the pate patriot patriots. >> he said you were phenomenal. >> did they record him? i'd like to see his face. he's a quarterback, i'm a defender. he's got a job to

mary's city into southern maryland, temperatures in the 30s, but clouds moving through. after that you will clear out. here comes arctic air. by 6:00 we're back in the 20s across the board. we'll talk about wind chills tomorrow night. temperatures willing in the teens about 23 hours from now. 10:00 19 in leesburg, manassas. in fact, wind will be about 5 above if you're going out tomorrow. if you're going out late tomorrow, we're looking at maybe 19. [ audio difficulties ] be fine for the commuters, but watch that carefully. i think the mild air will win and it will go to all rain with temps around 40. tuesday dry and cold, wednesday showers possible and possibly snow thursday with highs in the mid-30s. >> we're still watching how much snow. >> one model has sunny. 1 model has rain and 42. one model has snow, so at this point it's a little hard. >>> so caps, wizards, what's up? >> caps, they're streaking in a good way. >> we got a lot coming up in this sportscast. tonight we're saluting one of d.c.'s finest, alex ovechkin, of course, a lot of impressive stats, but this mi

say a wilmington man was behind the wheel of a tractor trailer that collided with the family's car in maryland. three adults two children and an unborn child died. the truck driver was hurt. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> former jersey shore bureau a crane tipped over causing serious injuries to the operator in lakewood. the operator suffered a broken leg and a head injury. it's not clear what caused the crane to overturn. >>> courthouse changes. coming up the new safety features at a local justice center. >>> i'm tracking a frigid night ahead and a dry sunday but a wintry mix expected on monday morning. what to expect is coming up on my first alert seven-day forecast. >>> a show of support for police at independence mall today. more than 100 people braved the below freezing temperatures to attend the pro-blue rally. officials from around the region joined everyday citizens to show their appreciation for the sacrifice of police and members of law enforcement make every day. >>> bucks county has a new modern justice center. officials dedicated the facility today. it is acros

i saw it on the streets of chicago and felt it in the suburbs of maryland. i heard it from farmers in kansas and from teachers in colorado. i felt it from veterans in maine and from workers in arkansas. but the wisest words came from an 82 year old woman in florida. she grabbed my hand and asked me a simple, but powerful question, "what's happened to our country? we used to control events. now events control us." but right here, in this great state, we have the tools to get back on track. we know that, time and again economic growth has delivered the most good for the most people. and we know that the policies of lower taxes and less intrusive government have created higher economic growth and better paying jobs for our middle class. we know that a commitment to education at every level is another key to a better tomorrow. we just have to have the courage to fix those schools we know aren't working and to empower principals, teachers, parents, and students to reach for the sky, and the wisdom to invest in the schools, colleges, and universities that can take

even colder for western maryland. look at these wind gusts, past hour or so 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts at gaithersburg but the jackpot goes to southern maryland with 43-mile-per-hour gusts and they're going to look for those winds to continue for at least the next several hours. here's the latest from the national weather service. let me get this out here. i'm having a brain freeze right now. a wind chill advisory that's what it is. get it out eventually. wind chill advisory all the areas shaded in blue and it includes all of southern maryland. head further out to the west and the mountains, that's where they're expecting a little bit of snow for the overnight hours and it's going to be cold out there and we're going to keep the cold temperatures with us for another couple of days. satellite and radar, there are the streamers, the snow flurries moving across parts of montgomery county and frederick county once again. nothing that's going to stick to the ground. we are going to look for things to begin to fizzle out l

in maryland, the average is $2.28, eight cents lower than last week. and in the district gas is a bit higher at $2.55 a gallon but it's dropping every day there too. >> yeah. breaks keep on coming. price of gas. but not when it comes to the weather. >>> no no. interesting conditions for tomorrow morning. some folks will not see anything, not a flake, not a drop of rain and some folks i think may have roads that are difficult to navigate early in the morning for that morning commute. follow me over to the weather wall. we'll head right for the forecast. i'll show you exactly what you can expect. storm team 4 radar, it is dry right now, that area in pink a little bit of freezing rain wintry-type weather that will start to show up. we'll see more show up on the radar and closer to us as we get into the late evening hours and early part of the night, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. talking about not only snow for some of us but some of us will see snow and ice and of course that's not a good thing, temperature at 27 degrees, is your neighborhood?

so the rest of maryland. the colder air filtering from the north will continue to drift over the metro area over the next couple of hours and move on through farther down to the south. look at thur month at 26. still cloudy live view from our storm team 4 tower camera. there could be some patchy ice and the standing water freezing over. it's going to be drying out but the blustery winds developing. the winds are drying as the cold air arrives. that's a good thing. hovering near 30 the rest of the afternoon and dropping back down into the 20sover night. cold air over the weekend created this gorgeous frost pattern on a window. that was posted by a viewer. poets your photographs on twitter, facebook and instagram. tomorrow morning low 20s and cloudy on wednesday. highs near freezing tomorrow. a small chance of a snow shower or sleet tomorrow. monday a bit chillier. back to you. >>> thank you. we're following every angle of the metro incident. we're joined by metro spokesman. >> we know that the green line train

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maryland wins 75-59. uva half-austan college. wilkins is therefore the slam. uva lead at the break. second half, justin anderson gets inside, dishes, the flush. 41-38 virginia. less than five minutes to go five point lead, the pass, drains the trey. cavs stay undefeated 66-51. they are now 17-0. georgetown and butler, still in progress. the hoyas struggled first half but came out strong. it's the three, cutting butler possibly. the hoyas, it is 37-36 at the half. george mason-gw, closing seconds of the first half. the good look from the corner, drains the three. right now, gw leads 50-38 in the second half. barry trotz back in nashville last night for the first time since parting ways with the predators. a tough test for the caps because it's the best team in hockey. in the second, almost had a hat trick from the great 8 alex ovechkin gets the pass, the one-timer, tied at 2-2. in the third, caps on have the lead after the marcus johansson goal. but now it is tied at 3-3. heartbreaker, the predators get the turnover. james neal takes advantage, gives nashville the lead with under two

. >>> furloughs and tuition hikes, a double whammy at university of maryland. tonight the school president sent out an e-mail saying the university must slash spending by $15.6 million to help the state with a huge deficit. under the campus cutbacks faculty, staff and administrators will be furloughed up to three days and students face a tuition hike that kicks in for this year's spring semester. so for on campus undergrads it's a tuition hike of $76 a one time surcharge of $76. the cut will mothball some campus construction projects and the university will have to return $6 million in state funding. >>> coming up big block of cheese day is back. >> so is the cast of the west wing. this year it's going to be better than ever. we'll explain. >> but up next why the white house is saying the world can't wait any longer to take action on climate change. >> high temperature 48 today, 42 at dulles. wakeup weather, cold to start. good news, no winds tomorrow but 18 to 28 at 6:00, 20s at 8:00, 24 to 32 by 10:00. we'll come back. i have adjusted the forecast a >>> montg

the second highest ranking episcopal bishop in maryland is in jail charged with manslaughter and a whole lot more in a deadly hit and run. bishop heather cook turned herself into baltimore police after charges were filed today and prosecutors say cook hit and killed a cyclist december 27th, left the scene and came back a half hour later. her blood alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit and she was texting when she hit bicyclist tom palermo from behind in a bike lane. if convicted, cook faces up to 10 years. >>> there will be no gag order in the jesse matthew case. matthew is the suspect in the murder of uva student hannah graham. he's set to go on trial on attempted murder and sex assault charges stemming from a 2005 attack in fairfax county. today the judge rejected math new's attorney's request for a gag order. -- matthew's attorney's request for a gag order. >> we oppose the gag order because i think it is important for the public to have access to information about how the process works. i think it appropriate moments confidence in the court -- promotes confidence in th

state of maryland have had to send is committed -- have had their sentences commuted. the governor made the announcement on new year's eve months after maryland abolished capital punishment. martin o'malley said he spoke to relatives of those inmates before making the decision. in lithuania, it is the start of the new year and a new era. the nation is now part of the eurozone. some lithuanians fear price rises but many others are optimistic about the new currency. >> marking the transition from the old to the new in lithuania not just in the new year, but for the baltic state's switch to the single european currency. >> the euro will be a guarantee for political and economic stability. it will allow us to have a lively economy and improve incomes. >> now the euro zone's 19th member state had its currency pegged to the euro since 2002. inflation delayed the process along with the financial crisis. harsher austerity measures turned the economy around but some retained doubts about what the euro will mean for the recovery. >> we are a little afraid that we will wake up wi

rain has already moved into southern maryland. that's where we'll have northwest rain today, southern maryland northern neck and the bay. don't turn your back on a ravena rain chance. temperatures are just cold enough on the northwestern edge of this where we could get a sleek pellet or two, but the ground is relatively warm. so no winter weather advisories of any kind but you do need to be on the lookout for raindrops, southern calvert county into st. mary's county. temperatures as i mentioned, were generally above freezing. colder air towards manassas and ft. belvoir. no big deal expected. for today you'll need your rain jacket your hat and umbrella as temperatures climb from the 30s into the mid 40s later this afternoon. a little chance to dry out later today. more on that coming up as well as a mid-week snow chance perhaps. >> thanks chuck. >>> this morning metro is ap pom jazzing to you, the riders for last week's deadly incident t. transit agency took out a full page ad in "the washington post," an apology to all riders and

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

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

very much on the margin in this part of frederick county maryland. reporting live scott broom wusa9. >>> thank you scott. and of course the weather delays all running at the bottom of your tv screen. if you missed yours it is very easy to go to our wusa9 app available at apple and google play stores. >>> 6:43. time now to answer the question of the morning. experts say you can save $2500 per year by doing this every day. keep copies of receipts, avoid toll roads or pack our lunch? >> our facebook friend claudette mark said pack your lunch and lose a few pounds. >> you have this one right. pack your lunch and you can save $2500 a year. we'll our "name your price" tool helps -- oh, jamie you got a little something on the back of your shoe there. a price tag! danger! price tag alert! oh. hey, guys. price tag alert! is this normal? well, progressive is a price tag free zone. we let you tell us what you want to pay and we help you find options to fit your budget. where are they taking him? i don't know. this seems excessive! decontamination in progress. i

southern maryland looking at an inch or two of snow to accumulate. one to three is not a lot. like i said it's the timing when it gets here. it continues throughout the day tomorrow. tomorrow night and tuesday, looking at the potential for a heavy burst of snow overnight monday into tuesday morning. that looks to no longer be the case. i'll go back to the snowfall total map. this looks like the storm totals throughout the day tomorrow into tomorrow night. i don't think we'll start to see a lot more snow move into the area after that. on tuesday maybe lingering light snowshowers, a high of 34 and our next system thursday night into friday a hey! guess what day it is?? >>hump day! hummmp daaay! it's hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it is! hey! camel! guess what day it is! >>it's not even wednesday. let it go, phil. if you're a camel, you put up with this all the time. it's what you do. (sigh) if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, it's what you do. ok... >>> from terroris

frederick, maryland now at 36 degrees. it's 35 in sandy spring maryland. degree warmer in ashburn. morning low in the middle 20's. lows waking up tomorrow morning, chilly start to your day as you walk to school or head to work. middle 20's in dulles. same with winchester. head down to southern maryland looking at wake-up temperature just around 27. for the day tomorrow, calling for highs in the middle 40's. some of you may top off in the upper 40's with winds out of the northwest at around 10 to 15 miles per hour. a nice mix of sun and clouds. we'll have the full forecast plus the upcoming weekend and beyond. >> the fallout from ferguson is ramping up today. protesters rallied outside of the statehouse in annapolis, maryland. student activists, church leaders and community leaders held a demonstration demand that maryland lawmakers change state law to increase police accountability and transparency. it is part of a nationwide day of action against police violence. protest falls on what would have been dr. martin luther king jr.'s 86th birthday. dozens stopped traffic during rush ho

low to mid-20s across most of virginia and maryland. a look at how long this cold snap lasts next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. how are we doing melissa? >> pennsylvania avenue, off to the left side of the roadway. left shoulder. inbound is slowing things down. just got this as well. yellow line delays because of an earlier malfunction at king street. we'll keep you updated with that one as well. good news, now open at virginia avenue in northwest. 95 northbound quantico to the beltway, not bad this time of day. 36 minutes. 395 a little slow. 66 east not bad at all. outer loop to 270, 16 minutes. >> it could be another way to get you interested in sports. last night during the atlanta hawks fans were able to use tinder during the game. they called it swipe right night. on the app you can swipe right if you're interesting or left if you're not interested in someone on tinder. the app creates a match. as you can imagine the internet loved this idea. some people tweeted pictures of meeting the matches at the game. >> a lot of tech

and the maryland women now in the top ten. their number eight, terps perfect 4-0 after-in conference play after a tough win on the road in minnesota. all good stuff in the college basketball league. uva undefeated unbelievable. >> thanks, diana. >>> we continue to follow what has turned into a deadly incident on metro this evening. one person is dead two others in critical condition after e filled l'enphant plaza metro station. >> another 40 people take on the howard university hospital more than a dozen others taken to gw and washington hospital center. stay tuned to news4 online and on air at 11:00 tonight for all the developments on this busy day. >>> nightly news is heading your technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that'

sheriff's deputies say a charles county woman won the money at maryland live. turns out she was being watched. two people followed her for an hour until the woman arrived home at waldorf. it's then that deputies say mark west and maria wheeler stole the woman's purse with the winnings inside. they were caught four days later and are charged with assault and armed robbery. the woman did not get the winnings back. >>> doug is back with another check on our weather. >> you know not too bad out there tonight. really, it wasn't too bad for many of us out there this morning. we did have a couple of school closures. tomorrow we already have a couple of delays those most likely because we saw ahalf inch to an inch around fredericksburg, the city, and spotsylvania county, both opening with a two-hour delay tomorrow. as a result of colder temperatures, already down to 32 degrees at the airport 31 at 7:00, dropping to about 29 degrees at 11:00. so once again anything that was able to melt today will simply refreeze overnight. we could see some icy spots. but i'm really no

this is in brookeville, maryland. the facility prepares dogs to go into service for veterans. >> eileen whalen shows us how it works. >> on a cold day like today, who doesn't want to snuggle up with some puppies and there's cute puppies at that. we're at brookeville, maryland we're at the warrior canine connection. incredible program and i'm joined by the founder and executive director rick yount and tell us more about this amazing program that you started. >> it's a program where we use the healing power of the human animal bond with some very special puppies. in this case labrador retrievers that are 6 weeks old and these dogs are bred to become mobility service dogs to help veterans who might need their wheelchair fold or help getting up and down and retrieving items. what's very unique about our program is the training is also up there with opportunity for getting treatment for post-traumatic stress because they help us by learning how to train these dogs for fellow veterans so it takes a lot of patience and a lot

now, if you live in maryland and virginia you crave peruvian food. apparently maryland and virginians eat almost 200 times the amount of peruvian food here than anywhere else. who knew? >>> this week wednesday's child is a teenager who in a few short years will age out of the foster care system. her name is hadriana haddie for short. she loves school and even more being with people. here's hdie's story. >> reporter: there might about surprise here for her. >> i can't wait. >> reporter: as a birthday treat got to come to all fired up where this owner and pottery maker helped her choose a hello kitty box to paint her favorite color purple. haddie has been in the foster care system much of her life. her social worker says little kindnesses and surprises always bring smiles to haddie's face. >> she looks forward with just joy in her heart for her birthday for christmas. she fully enjoys the company of people. >> a surprise here? >> reporter: haddie was assured something was on the way. >> i hear that somebody's got a ? >> yes! oh yes. >> reporter: haddie

in maryland anne arundel county delayed two hours. prince george's montgomery howard county two hours later as well. new into our newsroom shenandoah starting two hours later. clarke and rick closed. >> alex app alexandria manassas city and park are delays two hours. >>> now we are making sure you can make it to work without running into any trouble with team coverage on the conditions and accidents on our roads. >>> let's begin with storm team 4 meetsteorologist tom kierein. >> many side streets lis uncleared from yesterday i took this in northwest washington. the winds will pick up noon time. frigid windchills overunited into tomorrow morning. temperatures subfreezing. teens montgomery county. mid 20s in washington and by the bay, many locations in the 20s. for this morning's commute, icy spots hovering near 20 degrees. watch out through the morning. in the afternoon, still below freezing. many of the roads will be blow dried and main roads drying out with winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon. we'll have our windchil

she is the second-highest leader of the applicable diocese in maryland. earlier today prosecutors announced they would charge her in the crash that killed tom palermo two weeks ago. she is being held at the baltimore city detention center. >> a carjacking and it when a suspect -- a carjacking ended suspect walked into a police station and pulled a gun. sam is live with with the suspect asked the front desk officer when he walked in. sam? >> leon, according to the police report when he walked in he asked the first officer that he saw he had a gun. the officer said no. but the suspect had one, at least a fake one that he used to carjack somebody before he ditch the car and walked up here. at an son gas station at new york and bladensburg northeast the 1996 black or sadie's had its -- black mercedes had its engine running. a man carjacked it. then he walked to the fifth district police station, gun and waistband, smoking a cigarette and walked in. the police told him to put it out. he said no. the us the first officer if he had a gun. the first officer said

. >> maryland, the road crews were out pretreating the roads with salt brine today. the state highway administration says trucks will be out treating the roads with salt to give traction. >>> dc snow team have been treating roads to reduce the chance of freezing and we will be up early tomorrow as well. wusa 9 news starts at 4 a.m. with the latest traffic and weather conditions. you can monitor all of this on our mobile app. it is free from the apple itunes and google play stores. >>> full service has been restored on metro's yellow line more than 24 hours following the tragedy at the l'enfant plaza metro. the train where one woman died and dozens were overcome by smoke. the train is held out of service as part of the ongoing investigation. all metro hines had been adjusted due to the incident are now back to normal and metro expects to resume regular service on all lines tomorrow morning. >>> today we also learned more about the woman who died in that smoke filled metro car. 61-year-old carol glover lived in alexandria. >> she was a government contractor and she spe

we're at 601 south stone street avenue in rockville, maryland. we're open seven days a week, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. >> thank so you much for bringing rusty. is he adorable. thank so you much for watching wusa9 news at noon. we'll be right the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. it is not known if this risk is increased in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, or high blood pressure. tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, prostate or bladder problems, or problems passing urine as anoro may make these problems worse. call your doctor

in maryland, the average price is $2.19, ten cents down over the last week. west virginia, a gallon of regular will cost you also $2.19 and in the district, $2.48. >>> it's tough for wendy and i to look that way because we have this spectacular sunset developing right behind us. that is gorgeous. >> beautiful. >> thank you. >> i don't have that kind of picture behind me. >> we just bring it on you know? >> i just got storm center here. you guys got a phenomenal picture. it has been a great day out there today and really a nice sunset to end what has been a great day as far as temperatures are concerned. temperatures close to 50 degrees in many parts of the area and we're still on the mild side right now. sunset going down -- sun going down at about 5:15 this afternoon. 48 degrees right now going down to about 45 around 7:00 42 by 9:00, and it will be cool at 11:00 but not cold. temperature down to about 39 degrees around that time. temperatures on the cold side, though, gaithersburg 37 here 39 in bowie, some of the colder location 46 in manassas and down to 4

if y live in maryland and virginia apparently you crave peruvian food. we eat almost 200 times here than anywhere else in the united states. and for our friends watching from west virginia we know you're up every morning, apparently the big thing in west virginia hot dogs. >> i love a hot belgian, they used a lot of data, but if you think about it leo pold is popular. >> i've never had belgian food. >> you need to try it. but one restaurant actually could fit into two to three categories. in virginia, my home state of virginia in the top five, so you were food. which makes sense. >>> so taking on high tolls. one man's plan to put an end toe rising rates. >>>argeting one of the district's greatest landmarks. what we're learning about a man's alleged plot to attack the u.s. capitol and what that man's father is saying. >>> brace yourself for up and down temperatures. check out the radar right there. it looks pretty clear. we are tracking it over the next 24 hours. tom kierein is breaking your day down h >>> spoiling a plot to attack our city. what we're le

the multimillion dollar home burning to the ground in maryland. the family grandparents and grandchildren missing for a time. abc's bazi kanani on what authorities now believe. >> reporter: tonight, federal investigators are trying to determine what sparked an inferno at this maryland mansion. >> we got visible fire shooting up from the ground. >> reporter: firefighters still extinction wishing hot spots after the four-alarm fire brought this 16,000 square foot mansion to the ground. >> there are six people unaccounted for. >> reporter: tech executive don pyle, his wife sandy, and four young grandchildren visiting sunday night, believed to have been inside during the blaze, all missing. >> the construction of the house contained a lot of very heavy materials. we're looking at some steel beams that weigh in the area of seven tons. >> reporter: from here you can still smell the smoke. the fire still smoldering on this enormous property nearly 40 hours after it began. >> reporter: the fire here reported at 3:30 in the morning. experts say more than h

the news, and that tv station in maryland, they have no idea why they were targeted. they appear to have been the warm up for the big event. the big event happened today. about 12:30 today, cencom was taken over today with the same picture. for 40 minutes. whoever hijacked them used it to post taunting messages like this one to u.s. soldiers. and also pictures and links of what it said was classified information. what looked to be pentagon and military plans for china and north korea were not that. the map that was posted opportunities out to be lifted from the website federation for american scientists. that's where they got that front. other information included this list of retired general offices from the united states army. and it is worrying to see a group like this posting information, but it is also not classified information. it has been publicly available if you knee where where to look for it. the account posted, we think, about ten tweets and lots and lots of files. they also uploaded two isis videos. by 1:10 they were back in control of their social media

. >> reporter: janelle buckman was working at a nonprofit in maryland when she got pregnant four years ago. >> i love my job. >> reporter: but avery came eight weeks early. mother and daughter almost died. her company didn't have any paid leave and she lost her job. >> women want to be both working parents and good workers. and a paid leave would have allowed me to continue a job that i loved. >> reporter: today, president obama signed a memorandum guaranteeing up to six weeks paid leave for federal employees who are new parents and urged congress to require most private companies to do the same. the u.n. says only the u.s. and papua new guinea don't have some mandatory paid time off for new moms. and 47 million private sector workers aren't eligible for a single sick day. the white house wants to guarantee at least seven. but small business groups are fighting it. this family-owned carpet company is a good example. some people have worked here more than 20 years. and, yes, good benefits help them to get and retain good employees. so the owner says while he'd love to do more, he can't

. >>> striking trush haulers reached a new deal today in maryland. union workers in montgomery and howard cy approved a new four-year contract. they'll get immediate pay raises and paid time off. worker who is take on extra routes will be paid for doing it. community picks up the trash of some 60,00 the counties. crews are working on a broken water m in alexandria. the break happened this morning on park center drive between king street and park avenue. cell phone pictures showed what looked like a geyser shooting into the air. that water then poured down king street turning it into a sheet of ice and shutting down king street in the middle of the rush hour. ths also water damage right now to the fitness club and the lobby of the park center. >> the doorways and into the billing, any way it can get in basically. how mh water? >> at least about 3 or 4 fe came in here. we jumped on top of it and got most of it cleaned up. closure of king street impacted few school bus routes th morning. the school system says everythi is back to normal this afternoon a

feels like 6 in lexington park maryland. show you what the national weather service has done. wind chill advisory goes into effect at 10:00 tonight and extends until 8:00 tomorrow morning. every one listening to us in the abc viewing area looking at the wind chill advisory for the overnight as wind chills willlow zero across much of the region. for this evening, mostly clear. windy and cold. temperatures lower 20's. falling into the middle teens. but winds out of the northwest at 20. we'll talk about when we're going to see a little bit of a warmup and, of course looking forward to the upcoming weekend. details on that in a few minutes. alison? >> see you soon thank you. we turn back to that developing story out of paris where police are trying to track down three gunmen who killed a dozen people at a paris newspaper. it is the country's deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. >> here in the streets of paris with the threat level raised to the highest level and a massive man hunt under way. at least two gunmen are still at large seen here in this video taken wednesday

beyond that what was formerly maryland washington county and georgetown and then on the virginia side of the river the old city of alexandria and alexandra county. so this is the city that they have created. there is local government. locals cannot vote for their national leaders but they can vote for local ones. city council for the mayor but the problem is in the city actually starts developing it turns out that there are a few stipulations that aren't exactly friendly to local governments. taxation takes the local government that but does not apply to federal property which is the only thing worth anything. it's a tough burden if you were a small merchants struggling homeowner or anything like that because eventually because of lack of funding for local governments forced to raise the taxes to the highest in the country which is amazing for a city that at the outset only had 8000 people and only grows by about 1000 people year after that. so long was struggling in that way also struggled politically. you have to remember is washington city is a great federal project of the federali

that's one reason maryland's health department is involved. they are trying to figure out what is going on, whether it has to do with the environment or not. reporting from the banks of the severn river in anne arundel county, scott broom, wusa9. >>> a key obama administration official responsible for implementing the affordable care act is calling it quits. marilyn tavenner, director of the center for medicare and medicaid services is stepping down next month. tavenner took a lot of heat on capitol hill as she was grilled on the disastrous rollout of the healthcare plan. >>> candidates on the gop side are already jockeying for position. we keep hearing a new name each week, bob. do you think that will help or hurt the gop come 2016? >> well, there are a lot of people, now maybe four governors that look like they're going to run, a half dozen senators. i don't know. every time you look or hear like you, jan, you here another new name come out. i think they'll sort themselves out pretty quickly once we get into the campaign. i think you're goin

and catherine pugh maryland's state senate majority leader. starting at 7:00 tomorrow all roads around the u.s. capitol will be shut down. be warned they'll remain closed through the president's speech. we will of course be carrying that address live on nbc 4 starting at 9:00. if you're not near a television you can stream it live using our nbc washington app. >>> a little boy is now back home with his parents after he was found wandering the streets of d.c. alone. someone spotted the toddler about 1:00 in the morning. he was walking barefoot along morris road not far from the anacostia pet meth row station. a passerby flagged down a d.c. police officer. the boy is 2 to 3 years old. we're told the child walked out of his house when his babysitter fell asleep. >>> and in northern virginia the community is rallying around an ashburn village mom and her three children after her ex-husband allegedly shot her new husband. the go fund me page for the mattison family has raised more than $16,000 since it went skwlooifs today. corey mattison was kille

hometown forecast for ohmly, maryland, clouds coming in during the evening. the real impact you have to worry about is for tomorrow. areas of freezing rain are going to be a possibility first thing tomorrow morning. really starting late late late tonight into the early morning hours tomorrow. the deeper moisture will change it to rain. this is going to ride right up over the top of the cold air that's trapped down at the ground. as a result the ground is frozen. that's the reason for the freezing rain threat. perfect opportunity for you to download your weather app. i just finished typing in the last of the five zones about 25 minutes ago. wakeup temperatures. right at the freezing mark. and as a result, we could see somiziness, especially north and west. here's the way our future weather forecast model does it. it's raising in the clouds. it's the problem with freezing on contact. by 7:00 8:00 the herbier steadier rain will change all of this over to plain old rain. here's where the monday morning risks are the highest. mostly just rain in southern maryland

it's part of maryland's $1 billion budget gap according to the"the gazette"."gazette." governor larry hogan is expected to present his first budge tote the assembly next week. kenny maxwell told the newspaper that potential budget cut is the equivalent of 500 teaching positions. when the county has grown by almost 4,000 kids in just two years. >>> tonight virginia governor terry mcauliffe is demanding answers from metro in the wake of this week's deadly accident. metro just released a preliminary time line and the emergency response and it confirms what passengers said -- they waited more than a half hour for help and the first ambulance didn't arrive until an hour after the fist call. some passengers are planning to sue metro because of the agency's maintenance and response. d.c. mayor muriel bowser tweeted today that some information from the city's investigation will be released within 48 hours. >>> today northern virginia bureau chief julie carey sat down with governor mccauliffe for an interview you will see only on news4. she joins us with details on what he wants

taking a look at 95 looking good in maryland. bw parkway a little slow before the beltway. >>> 6:53. you may want to consider an alternate route if your drive takes you to liver road wilson lane. a water main break still causing problems. it is turning to ice all over the road. megan has been in bethesda live with an update on repairs. megan? >>> well aaron, if you travel through bethesda using outbound side of river road you need to be aware we have pretty icy conditions here at the intersection with wilson lane. just take a look here. we have a water main break on wilson lane. wssc has found the location of that break now. however, they have not yet been able to locate the valve to shut off the water. so what we have here is a situation where we have a constant flow of water coming down wilson and on to river road on to the outbound side of river road. it's only 28 degrees outside, so it is freezing causing very slick conditions out here. take a look at this video. we have a dedicated salt truck on the scene. from time to time

academy programs for schools across the state of maryland. the goal is to get students ready for tech jobs when they graduate. >> technology is just a basic skill. like reading and writing used to be. technology is now a basic skill. so it will open up all kinds of opportunities to have this kind of access and experience throughout their k-12 experience. >> maryland education leaders say they want to make sure a family's income doesn't keep a child from getting ahead. according to the department of labor, in ten years more than 75% of jobs will require technology skills. >>> battling flames in subzero temperatures sent two firefighters in southern virginia to the hospital. they were trying to put out a fire in portsmouth this morning. but the arctic weather caused the water to freeze. one firefighter slipped and fell on the ice. the firefighters also said their coats had frozen to their bodies. >>> well we've got an amazing story coming up in just a few minutes. we're going to show you some video. a van hits a truck, and drags a person for se

a steadier snow is moving across portions of maryland and virginia this morning. but it's on its way to delaware and south jersey. the temperatures are going nowhere right now. we are at 13 in alelentown. 28 along

five years ago she started a two-year program at maryland's montgomery college but had to quit because she just didn't have the money. >> and how much will i owe, how will i pay it back? how do i do this? and it's like should i be here? >> reporter: those questions wouldn't have come up if the program proposed by president obama had been in place. >> two years of college will become as free and universal as high school is today. >> reporter: to qualify on -- for free tuition, on average, $3,800 a year students of any age would have to go to school at least half-time, keep a c-plus average and make steady progress toward their degree. the federal government would pick up three-quarters of the tab, states would have to pay the rest. the white house says this program will help as many as 9 million students go to colleges like this one. but at $60 billion over ten years with no details yet on where the money's coming from, it's a tough sell to congress. a spokesman for house speaker john boehner says, without details to review, this plan is more like a talking point. and a group dedicated

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

in maryland southbound 270 at old georgetown there was an accident. that should be out of the roadway now. but otherwise, just volume delays headed south through newington and over the occoquan and then headed south from quantico, bogged down towards stafford. no incidents on the way there. very slow traffic headed to landmark. take a look at cameras and see what things look like there now. things are generally pretty slow. this is on washington boulevard trying to get down to 395. and that's trying to get on to 395 itself which is heavy and slow. traffic on 270 bogs down most of the way from shady grove past montgomery and up to germantown to clarksburg. >> ok bob. thank you. well companies are experimenting with new uses for drones. and apparently criminals are as well. look at this picture. this is a drone crash near tijuana tijuana. police say it was carrying more than six pounds of crystal meth. it was headed towards the u.s. border when it fell from the sky. drone experts say the technology is built to carry a small camera and that the weight of

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

county, maryland delegate is stepping down now after four years on the job. kelly schultz is resigning. governor-elect hogan appointed to a new position last month. >>> d.c.'s mayor muriel bowser will tour a massive underground tunnel ten stories below the anacostia river. >> delia goncalves joins us live to tell us why. >> reporter: the vice president and mayor will be donning their hard-hats and going 100 feet underground to tour a massive project that really is an example as to where the vice president says we should be investing in our country's infrastructure. this project costs $2.6 billion. it's called the anacostia river tunnel project. it is the largest since metro in fact. it's designed to catch all the storm water that usually pollutes our waterways like the potomac and the anacostia river, but it's not just storm water. we're talking about sewer water. d.c. is one of several hundred communities in the country that has a combined sewer overflow system which means rainwater and our sewer water, everything that we flush down the toilet all goes throu