Traveling northbound to the springfield interchange. All lanes of traffic are open. When we see you back on the 9s, we will show you how things are shaping up at the desk. The key hearing for the officers charged in the freddie gray case. The officer in question is william porter. He was the first to go on trial in grays death and custody last april, but the jury could not reach a verdict. Even though porter is awaiting a second trial, prosecutors want him to testimony against the other five suspects in the case. The city is facing a lawsuit in the case of deonte carraway. The claim is that he sexually abused one of his victim in the municipal center, and he would hit childr perform sexual acts, but not everyone believes the city is at fault here. I dont believe the municipality should be responsible for one persons actions. Everyone is their own individual, and i dont think the city should be responsible. He allegedly reported students performing sex acts. Stricter laws are being requested quested in annapolis. Brooks will testify before a House Judiciary Committee to support making that happen. This morning the man who opened fire on officers in franconia yesterday evening is in custody. The fairfa officers responded to a 911 call from a house on larksburg drive, and someone fired shots at them. That led to a standee. Event yulely the 19yearold was taken into custody, and no officers were hurt. There will be a psychiatric exam, and his father was charged with assaulting his son earlier in the day after the argument escalated. A second person has been arrested in a deadly nightclub standing. On january 31st, dc police were called to the bar code lowness on 17th lounge on 17th street. Two men were found with stab wounds, and one has died from his injuries. Yesterday Police Arrested another man with one other man already in custody. Deadly accident at a popular Entertainment District involving a motorcycle. Prince out a picture of the motorcycle involve in the crash. The motorcyclist lost control and struck a pole around 6 00 last night. The government is fighting to get a judge to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit. The Frederick News post reports that current and former frederick homeowners filed a 750 million Class Action Lawsuit for failing to clean up contaminated water. The government says theres no proof of that. The purple line . One step closer to becoming reality this morning. The Maryland Governor larry hogan has given final approval for the line. The state will give 48. 9 million and another 300 Million Construction on the 16. 2mile Light Rail Service will get underway in early 2017. A plan that gamed steam a few weeks ago is back in the spotlight. Bus riders will call on county officials to continue to fund the bus transit rapid system. It would use busonly lanes for frequent service. It was passed in 2013, but funding is set to expire. Mike legit is in support of the program. Theres one candidate that will be skipping the Republican Debate tonight. A former nominee is going after donald trump. An update is ahead. Heres howard. Reporter chilly out here tonight. The ear muffs this morning, and thankfully the winds are light. I will give the day a 6. Clouds increasing this afternoon, and snow in the forecast continue, and its early friday. I will tell you your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. A good thursday morning to you. Cold out there, but we will start with sunshine. Look to the west, and the clouds are increasing in the ohio valley. They will start to increase here by the middle of the day, thickening up this afternoon in advance of the snow tonight. Some areas well south may see more than that. The temperatures this morning, we are down in the mid20sin ashburn, and fairfax, and look here, those are usually the high temperatures. After dark, we will see the snow develop, critical time, 10 00 to 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Larry . Howard, in the fast 5, moving along with noer issues there, and i66 doing quite well. 50 moving, and you will see things moving relatively decent on 295. Its close to 175 where we have an accident on the south side. Lets look from the Traffic Camera to show you what is shaping up. We have been able to pull up the picture on the southbound side of 295 at 175, and again we understand we have minor injuries associated in the accident. Mike, andrea . Thank you, larry. The field is getting smaller, and the criticisms are getting sharper. The four remaining republican candidates will take front runner donald trump is locked in another battle this time against mitt romney who is expected to blast the billionaire during a speech on the state of the gop race today. I want universal coverage. Reporter trump posted this video on wednesday night questioning his conservative credentials. Romney has questioned his failure to release tax returns and failure to disendow david duke. Thousands have challenged him, but it could backfire. Attacks for the establishment could very well make trump stronger. Thats the only part of the plan . Reporter in tonights debate, marco rubio is expected to step up attacks on trump, especially over his newly released Health Care Plan that includes repealing health care. If we choose donald trump as our candidate, we will lose in if you have been supporting ben carson, or john kasich, or marco rubio, all good, honorable men, we welcome you on our team. Reporter carson withdrew from tonights debate following the results of supertuesday. The retired neurosurgeon said he sees no path forward to the nomination. Don champion, cbs news. This weekend a Controversial Group will talk about donald trump. The National Policy institute in arlington. The website said its dedicated to the heritage, identity and future of people of european descent in the university. Richard spencer, the vote for trump. Hes fighting for us and says we will be great again. Theres a nationalism. Reporter he is called one of the most successful young White Nationalism leaders in the nation. They will discuss trump on saturday, but trump and his campaign have no affiliation with the event. One of the biggest retailers promises to improve your Shopping Experience, and thats coming up in your money. How el nino is forcing organizers of this years ititarod to rascmble, just months before the racing. You could use some extra cash right about now. We are giving away, wait for it, 20 on the democratic side, its between Hillary Clinton and your the friend on your facebook feed, bernie sanders. [ cheers ] bernie won, oklahoma, vermont, minnesota, and [sneezes] colorado [ cheers ] but secretary clinton had a massive sweep of everything else, low turnout meant a rough night for sanders. Apparently a lot of people who were feeling the bern got pulled down by the preparation h. They keep leaving out new zealand where he got 21 of the 28 votes. Come on the asian stocks close higher this morning following modest gains on wall street. Several Major Business and economic reports today including unemployment 4th quarter activity, and freddie forguage rates, too. The dow finished at 16899, and the s p was up by 8 points, and the nasdaq picking up 146789. The Virginia Governor is on the move to make the National Wealth the leader in cyber security. He traveled to San Francisco this week for a series of economic meetings. The high light of the trip was the largest information and security conference in the world. He had industry representatives for all around the world about Development Economic opportunities for virginia. Sports authority has filed for bankruptcy protection. They will sell or close up to 140 stores. They are down by 1 billion in debt. They have lost market share to online retailers and failed to keep up with online trends. Executives at target say your Shopping Experience will be different a they are promising your clicks and trips to the store will be less frustrating and more convenient. Target will test more Personalized Customer Service and better inventory techniques, and most of the tests will start in the Los Angeles Stores this spring. Scott kelly is back on american soil after spending yearly a year in space. Joe biden and his identical twin and brother were there to greet him. He touched down after spending more time in space than any other american. El nino is forcing changes to americas most famous sled dog race. A preliminary event ran through the streets of anchorage yesterday, but shortened. Normally its 27 miles, but they ran 5 miles. Going down to pavement that may be difficult on them. Not only did the preliminary race have to be sortenned, but the ceremonial start leg of the ititarod will have to be shortened. Snow is being brought in from north alaska. Less snow means more discomfortable for the canines and the drivers. Maybe they could just move it up north. Thats moving a lot of people. But its always fun to watch. Yes, yes, yes we will have fun if youre a Winter Weather lover into early on friday. Doesnt look like a big storm. Temperatures are borderline, and that does not mean there can be slick spots, and it looks like to the east, higher snow totals. We will start with the day planner, it will be tonight and well after dark when we worry about the snow. 10 00p. M. To nine oclock a. M. , increasing clouds with highs in the lower 40s, and at least it wont be that windy out there. We are looking at a bunch of snow. If we can get the proper flip here, light for the most part. A general 12 inches, and i wouldnt be surprised if areas north and west are headed back to a trace to an inch. Southern st. Marys and this is where we may see 24, and im thinking mainly grassy surfaces with the roads just wet. It could stick on the roads, and you can see the highway departments have pretreated the roads, and theres a Winter Weather advisory for everybody 10 00 p. M. To 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, and thats a winter storm warning to e south. We will see if can develop enough. Thats the cold spot locally, 30 in leesburg. 24 for waldorf, and 30 across the bay in cambridge. 31, feeling like 23 with a north westerly wind at 8 miles an hour. The timetable on the futurecast, clouds thicken up this afternoon. After dark, here at 4 30, snow into far western maryland, and then the storm system will get going overnight into early monday, and notice its mostly along and east of i95 and pulling away with afternoon sunshine and again, just a dusting to an inch or two, and thats the way it looks now. A yellow weather alert for tomorrow morning for wet roads and the slick spots, and a tad milder tomorrow. Get ready for next week, huh . It will be great around here. Tuesday, the low 70s by wednesday. Marc riders, everything is on schedule for you. Back to 295 right now, and this is just after arundel mills road. The tractor trailer ax was blocking all lanes of the southbound side, and it looks like one lane is getting by at this point. We are told the injuries are minor. Police will be out there throughout the day, working to get the situation around control. In the meantime, back to the maps. We will show you the bw parkway as you travel working your way into south capital street east. The National ParkService Warns that upcoming repairs to the arlington Memorial Bridge will only extend its life 5 years. The seal supports are rusting through, and the concrete decking has been reduced to gravel. The park service does not have the 250 million needed keep it from closing by 2021. It connects the Lincoln Memorial with the Arlington National cemetery. Theres just 2 more days to take home your share of 20,000. We have 2,000 to give away in the monthlong sweepstakes, and heres how you can get your hands on the money. Today and tomorrow, we will give away 1,000 after 6 00 in the morning, and we will give you a word of the day, and then you just need to be the ninth person to call in with the correct word. Be sure to watch for your chance to win your share of 20,000. A local School District is hoping the power of peerto peer conversations can help. Its a creative approach by having students tap into their own creativity to spread the word. The goal was to have kids talk effect of drug use. I feel like it resinates more when it comes from someone your age. I can talk to a kid forever and forever, but im an adult talking to them. Reporter 100 students participated, and you can find all the student psa videos on our wus a 9 app. Michelle obama spoke in the Capital Building for part of the womens history reception. She said Women Veterans present challenges presented by outdated stereotypes that question if a woman can serve her country as well as a man. They should never have to worry if their service will be a valued equally, and just like every veteran who has served this country, they should be getting every single one of the reporter she asked veterans to share their stories with family and neighbors, and theres roughly 3 million Women Veterans in america today. Howard says theres a little snow on the way, which means youre probably, by now, ready for spring. If so, mark your calendar. More than ready, and we are going to get you there. Time to talk about cherry blossoms. Trees on the title basin will achieve peak bloom right in the middle of the National Cherry blossom festival this years festival is march 20th through april 17th. It can be tough standing on your feet all day long. Especially if you happen to be an elephant. The national zoo released Youtube Video examining one of shantis feet. Shanti is 40 years old and has an infection in one of her very large feet. Fortunately the infection has not spread, and she is medicine for that an antiinflammatories and exercises for arthritis. Imagine the pill for that. Yeah. Its 4 55, and hes accused of pose as a doctor without a medical degree. The florida teen accused of this gets rearrested on even more charges. A viral video leads to legislation in contract that could ban drones armed with a lethal weapon. Commuters who use Public Transportation in Montgomery County could get good news today. I have that report from rothsville coming up. A meeting will be held in the reagan building this weekend to discuss donald trump. I will have the latest coming up. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. With politics, this morning, we take a closer look at hate groups in our area and an exclusive interview we have with one leader. Center of debate for years finally receives the green light. Can a fellow officer be forced to testify against other officers in the freddie gray case . We could find out today. Reporter good thursday morning, im andrea roane. Youre almost to the weekend, and thats a good thing. Im mike hydeck. Larry miller is guiding drivers past the problems on the roads, but first off, we are watching the skies for snow. Thats late tonight into tomorrow morning. Winter weather advisories up for everybody, tonight into friday morning, and this morning, theres no real problems out there, and its a quiet morning, a cold morning, and we are clear skies, heres the system we are tracking that will bring us wintery weather late tonight. It doesnt look like a big maker, but slick areas for your friday morning commute. Right now, manassas and culpepper. Mid to upper 20s in the shenandoah valley. Clouds will increase this morning, thickening up this afternoon into the lower 40s with snow showers developing tonight, and a steadier snow overnight into friday morning. We will talk about how much coming up in a few minutes. Right now, larry with time saver traffic. Traffic is impacted on the southbound side of the vw parkway. The right lane is blocked that the point, its here. We will show you what we are talking about. Traffic getting by on the left hand side of the screen, and the tractor trailer is obviously right there. Police are going to be working through the rush shower to get the scene cleared. Once we get that information, we will pass it to you. Expect slight delays coming from this neck of the woods along the