Should prepare for delays just in case. Be extra care or take a different route if you drive across the Railroad Tracks in rockville. The cold and ice is causing gates to stop working and thats at the intersection of the montrose crossing snopinghopping center. You can see some of the cars trove across the tracks anyway. Csx says that is incredibly unsafe. You only have a few more hours to clear the sidewalk in front of your home. The district expects everyone to shovel within 24 hours after snow stops falling. That moment will hit around 6 00 a. M. This morning. The d. C. Public Works Department says unshoveled sidewalks are dangerous for everyone especially families the elderly and disabled who cant otherwise get back on the sidewalks. 4 31. 26 degrees outside our studios here in upper northwest. Want to get a look at your forecast. Here is tom kierein. Cold out there. Really is. I just took this picture of a sidewalk here will northwest that is all snow covered. You can post your pics on facebook and twitter. I share on instragram as well. Coldest spot clinton down to just 1 above zero. Much of fairfax and montgomery counties just in the Single Digits to near 10 degrees. Farther down 95 Stafford Spotsylvania near 10. Farther west just near 10 degrees. Arnts around the bay, low to mid teens. At the bus stop, it will stay frigid. Well hovering around 10 degrees. Well have the sunshine out. And then between 8 00 and 9 00 upper teens. Still very cold. Mercifully a very light wind today. A look at your hour by hour forecast for the rest of the day, thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at melissa, everything going okay . Some construction westbound dale boulevard at 95 we do have road work there until 5 00. Same thing 395 south at seminary road. And then 066, two Different Things happening here. 66 west at sycamore left lane blocked until 5 00 a. M. And east at westmoreland until 5 00 a. M. As well. 66 at cedar lane is looking pretty good. And then in the District South capitol at o street we have signals out. That light is flashing just a warning for you this morning. Im back in ten minutes. Its 4 33. Today two parents accused of leaving their Young Children in their cold car are expected in d. C. Courtroom. Police say jenny chang and Christopher Lucas left their toddlers in their car seats locked in their parked car while they went to a wine tasting. The couple faces two counts of attempted child neglect. They have not been allowed to see their 2 and 1yearold kids these children are in the custody of family services. Also today a man will face charges in the murder of hannah graham. Jesse matthew will appear by video for his arraignment. Hes currently in the Fairfax County jail awaiting trial on a sex assault and attempted murder charge for a case in 2005. Graham disappeared last september, her body was found a few weeks later following a massive search. Today police are looking for two suspects who stole an suv with a 5yearold child inside. This happened last night on Second Street in southeast washington. The owner of the vehicle was pushed to the ground by two suspects as he was getting out of his car. Vehicle was missing for about 15 minutes before police found it. The child was not hurt. If you have information about the case call d. C. Police. In the day ahead, the Prince WilliamCounty School board will consider cutting 11 million from the budget. The superintendent is scheduled to present his proposal later today. However, it could be pushed back again because of the weather. The Washington Post reports a slim majority of the Board Members said they would reject any proposal that would cut full day kindergarten. Several programs are on the chopping block including elementary orchestra, middle school sport programs for gifted students and career and technical training. Today a Maryland State Senate panel will talk about a matching Grant Program for new school construction. It would help School Districts build new schools faster. The hearing will happen at 1 00 this afternoon in annapolis. A second case of measles is confirmed in the district. The first case was reported in january and was linked to international travel. The health Department Says there is no indication that the cases are connected. There have been no cases reported in maryland virginia or West Virginia. But 17 states and d. C. Now have measles cases. Its 4 36. Today its out with the old and in with the new in prince georges county. The old plumbers building in brentwood will be demolished to make way for a new stateoftheart building. You may see some traffic delays in the area and this will take place this morning. New building will include apartments and retail space. Its not known when the project will be complete. Today christians are celebrating Ash Wednesday which is the first day of lent. Catholic Cardinal Donald wuerl will offer a special service at 12 10 this afternoon. The Alfred Street back test church is offering ashes to go at the your car from 6 00 a. M. To 7 00 a. M. Then again from noon until 1 00. And 6 00 to 7 00 tonight. New speed and red light cameras are up and running in the district. Well tell you how to find out where they are. Plus well somewhere tuesday you to introduce you to the best in show. And take a look outside p. Its a frigid start. Tom is back with a look welcome back. Today the national came these draw cathedral will give us a special look at their repairs. Crews say they have now fixed everything inside. Download the washington app with the picture there is. The cathedral was damaged in also earthquake four years ago. Were told it will cost 32 million to restore everything to the way it was. Stunning building. You you may be caught on camera if you dont slow down if in the district. There are nine new speed cameras, rather cameras of some sort where you may get a ticket for speeding or ignoring a stoplight. Among them, seven speed cameras and two that will snap photos of drivers blowing through stop signs. Police say the next 30 days will be a warning period, but after that if youre caught you will have to pay a fine. Take a look at this years top dog. Miss p won be in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in new york city. Beagle is related to another beagle that won in wow 8. She lives this British Columbia canada. Her name is short for payton. Miss p official name is miss tashton looking for trouble. You have to have a little smack tall in there, too. We need that i ams like that. Eun looking for trouble yang . Coming up on 4 41 on our wednesday morning. Here is a live look outside for you this morning. We are still dealing with some icy conditions in a lot of places. Lets check in with tom kierein. I think miss p won for tail wagging g alone. Silver spring, should get up to around 30. By late afternoon, snow showers come through starting around 5 00. Right now 16 degrees dale city. It will be up above freezing there perhaps by mid a afternoon. Then snow shouf showerwers rolling through there, as well. Ashburn, loudoun county, now at 13 degrees. And mostly clear. During the afternoon, partly sunny and well reach low 30s. And then snow showers coming through. Shall could put down a quick dusting coming in late this afternoon and this evening. A look at the hour by hour timing of that coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 51. Weve already had one accident this morning. Is there another one . Yes, looks like its off will the left side of the roadway 50 as youre approaching the beltway. Two vehicles there pulled over to the left side. Initially there was report that they were on both sides. Were just seeing it on the left. Beltway at st. Barnabas everything moving along nicely there. Inner loop and outer loop, everything looking good approaching the 5 00 a. M. Hour. And westbound dale boulevard at 95 in virginia, that road work in the way on the right lane until 5 00 this morning. And then Prince William parkway at balls ford road, one eastbound lane blocked from that earlier cras from al qaeda to isis violent extremism is growing across the globe. Today the white house starts a huge effort to figure out how to stop the trend. Plus new questions about what caused this fiery train crash in West Virginia and why that crash could come up in a lawsuit here in the district. And this just into our newsroom montgomery County Schools are open on time today. Montgomery County Schools open and on tim welcome back. In just hours, the white house will host a second gay of meetings aimed atop ded at stopping violent extremism. They will discuss rams to stem radicalization and recruitment. The white house says extremism can take many forms. Families of undocumented immigrants are feeling the impact of a huge immigration ruling. Today would have been the first day to apply to say in the u. S. But a federal judge has temp airily ly rarely blocked the program after a lawsuit. Immigrants affected quickly expressed their disappointment. We were so ready for this and then today it just crashed. Today the president says he disagrees with the rule and hes promising the Justice Department will appeal. In the day ahead the countrys first openly by sexual governor will be worn into office. At 1 00 oregons secretary of state kate brown will replace the outgoing cover who resigned. His fiance is accused of using their relationship to enrich herself. More than 11 Million People will signed up for Affordable Care act. The white house says those numbers are estimates as many applications are still being processed. If you didnt finish your application, you still have time. You now have until february 22 to complete that application. Last year rngs 8 Million People signed up. You have almost a two week extension if you are a maryland resident. Marylander have until february 28 to complete the Health Care Application process. But only if you started your application before the february 15th deadline. That coverage will start on april 1st. Im angie goff at the live desk where we have new information on that Train Derailment that caused that huge explosion out in West Virginia. You can see here more than a dozen oil tankers still along the side of a river. We know this train was headed to york town virginia. The boil water advisory in the area will end today. This after one of those cars landed in that river. New questions also being raised this morning. Those 26 tanker cars carrying crude oil that derailed they were supposed to be reinforced and safer. News 4 has learned that these type of cars were involved in similar crashes, including one in lynchburg, virginia just last spring. 4 48. That explosion could come up in a lawsuit here in the district tomorrow. A judge will decide the future of the csx rail line passing through downtown d. C. Csx says the one track in the 100yearold tunnel along virginia avenue in southeast is starting to decay. The Train Company wants to double its size. Homeowners who live mere by want to stop that construction citing a long list of reasons including growing concerns about Hazardous Materials traveling through the city. Change minds about the way police handle calls involving mental health. The news 4 iteam and Doreen Gensler are teaming up to learn more about a special team of officers on the front lines when it comes to cases involving mental illness. Theyre often working behind the scenes as made of the regions biggest crime scenes. Were talking about barricades or missing children, murdersuicides. Tonight on news 4 at 5 00 and 6 00 we take an inside look at the regions crisis intervention teams and the community theyre helping. Kristi gallagher and her daughter, meg, are laughing and smile today but not too long ago, she had to call the police on her own daughter. She could get very violence, very mean. Its hard but i have to keep her little brother safe. And i need to be safe. Reporter meg has been diagnosed with bipolar and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders which can cause rages, tantrums that turn suddenly violent. Kristi says thats when police send the crisis intervention Team Officers specially trained to handle mental illness. Often theyre just here to calm down and make sure that shes okay to stay in the home. Doreen and Tisha Thompson will introduce us to the officers who ham these calls every day. 4 49. Were working for you to show you the conditions when you head out to work. Chuck is in arlington. How are the roads looking . Reporter so far so good. Its a cold start out here. Temperatures are in the mid upper to teens around much of Arlington County right now. And our regular news 4 today viewers know the routine. If youve got an icy street in your neighborhood that you know about, please send a notice of it on twitter. My twitter handle is is chuckbell4. Or if you have a great picture, send to me on instragram. 4 cast for u. So thats how you get me the information so that i can bring the information to everybody else out there in the news 4 nation this morning. We have not seen any problems on the roads so far from northwest over the key bridge now up wilson boulevard here in arlington. So so far so good. And even in my travels around yesterday, late morning and during the afternoon, i saw nothing but roads that were in really good shape. So even more important for you to let us know if there are troubles in your neighborhood or along your commute this morning and well try to get the word out to everybody else as well as the road crews who may need to throw a little chemical in a few spots. Otherwise just a little bit on the cold side this morning. Waiting on another blast of arctic cold. I know aaron and eun, youre excited about more cold air. You know chuck i cant even talk about it because i might cry, chuck bell. Thanks. Appreciate it. No crying. No crying in local news. 4 51 our time. Chuck just showed us some of the Road Conditions out there. Do you know what to do when driving on the ice or snow . The day showjeff rossen drove on a test rack to show us. You just did the two things you should they ever do. Jam on the brake and jerk the wheel. Those are the into worst things you can do. Youre supposed to get off of the accelerator get off of the brake, straighten the wheel and ride out the skid. Here are more things to think about and keep in mindp a hill accelerate slowly. If you start sliding back dont hit the brake. That will turn you sideways. Instead steer to a safe place on the side of the road. Jeff will have more tips at 6 40. Dlartlater today, well find out the winner of pat collins challenge. We received hundreds of entries everything from cats to goats. Yes, will are pet gets out there in our area. We have a panel of judges for the photos. We will announce the winner tonight and the winner gets a grand prize, and you then tig pat collins snow stick. A big deal around here. I people email me, please spd me one. I have no access to these snow sticks. We dont know where they keep them. All right. Lets turn to tom kierein. Youre telling us well have a little more snow today. Yes, more snow for the pets to romp in and maybe this afternoon just a little bit. But similar to what we had on value teens day, we had the brief whiteouts, the snow squalls. We may be getting some of those. Take a look at the radar, were getting some of those. If we go to max 2 for this hit will guys todays where we have the radar showing up right now. That is moving now out of the midwest and coming into the mountains. And that will be continuing to track our way here as we get into the afternoon hours. Right now it is moving in to kentucky and ohio, northern tennessee. Just a batch of some snow squalls and some passing snow showers. Now, here is the timing on its rifle. This latch der zone is the leading edge of it as of 2 00 p. M. By around 3 00, 4 00andoah valley and western and northern suburbs by 5 00 and then into the metro area around 6 00 to 7 00 p. M. These snow squalls coming right on through and quickly passing off to the east. By 8 00 p. M. , Eastern Suburbs and crossing the bay after 8 00 tonight and quickly exiting leaving maybe a brief dusting. We are just in the low Single Digits. Prince georges county just 3 above thousand. Love this pic of students off and frolicking in the snow. Patchy ice for the morning commute. Afternoon snow showers coming throug hovering around freeze ppg by dawn on thursday down to near 10. Afternoon highs only in the mid to upper teens with blustery winds. Windchill near zero. Record cold friday morning. And then on saturday, a little bit of a wintry mix, may start as a little snow and then maybe a little sleet and rain. Then rain saturday night and sunday. New crash in lorton, it just popped up south run road at silver dale road. On 66 construction for the next 20 minutes or so. Two left lanes blocked and east at westmoreland. 50 at the beltway, still have this car off to the left shoulder. That wont cause a president obama if youreproblem if youre headed that way. A live picture of 95 in virgin. School Security Officers could soon be allowed to carry a controversial weapon the new law currently being debated in virginia. Later at 5 25 this morning, new concerns about the dangers of teen pregnancy especially if the father is a teen. Guns could be allowed at your childs school. The virginia General Assembly is considering a cool to arm Security Officers with stun guns and pep are spray. Advocates say this would help defend against the shooter. Critics say they could be used against against students instead. Sfwloot the family of a late nevada senator asking a Advisory Board to not change the name of the fountain at chevy chase circle. A Commission Proposed a resolution to rename the fountain. The people says it is unfair to use contemporary standards to judge new lands views during his time. The Washington Post reports the resolution is mostly symbolic because the fountain is on National Park service land. It will most likely take an act of congress to change the name. A proposed Cancer Institute in Frederick Maryland has a new lotion. The new stateoftheart facility was to be located at the frederick memorial hospitals 7th street campus. It will be at the rose hill facility. Hospital directors say this location will cost less and be more convenient for patients. Relocating the institute will save 7 million. It is not known when the 20 million project will be complete. If youre on the hill day, youll have a chance to take part in a special event. You can ask congresswoman Holmes Norton any question you want about d. C. It will be held at the Cannon Building at 1 00. I have a few questions id like to ask. Go on down. Stay with us. News 4 today continues now at 5 00 a. M. Take a look. These numbers say it all. Temperatures in the Single Digits. Down right cold out there. And those temperatures are refreezing any snow that may have melted. That could make your commute a little bit slippery this morning. And a little more snow could be coming if your afternoon commute. It is 5 00 a. M. Good morning. Im aaron fwil crist. And im eun yang. Welcome to news 4 today for this wednesday, february 18 2015. And were not getting a break from the cold weather. The ice out there, so we have a lot of closings and delays to tell you about because of it. If you work for the federal Government Agencies are open. You do have the option to telework or take unscheduled leave. D. C. Schools will