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Building on 270 southbound lanes out of frederick down toward 109 and hyattstown. Again you can see the volume building here. But lanes are open, just volume. We generally see as folks are making their way down 270 towards the spur. If we take a live look out of 270, this is the ride through germantown. A closure westbound goody drive in the rockville area is closed between picard and montgomery avenue for a tractortrailer that closes all lanes. She ran over two men, one of them twice and this morning Arlington Police are asking for the publics help tracking down this hitandrun driver. Police say she pulled into the parking lot of mk auto sales, hit two parked cars and then she started to drive away. That is when things took a nearly deadly turn. Nikki burdine is live on columbia pike with the rest of the story. Were still trying to figure out why, nikki. Reporter we still dont know why this woman did this, but i do want to show what you police say happened. They say this woman drove in this parking lot here at mk auto right off of columbia pike. She say she drove in through here and hit several cars and the two owners as they were coming down the stairs here to try and stop her. Thats when she came back and hit one of those men a second time. Take a look at this video so you can see what the scene looked like last night. One of those men was not seriously hurt but the other man who she hit twice had life threatening injuries. He had surgery last night at gw hospital. At last check he was in Critical Condition. Police do not know they do know this was no accident. We feel quite certain this was an intentional striking. Whether it was for the purpose of getting away or not, we dont know at this time. Reporter right now youre taking a live look at cameras outside of mk auto that police say they hope to grab the Surveillance Video from to help them in their search. Theyll plan on releasing that video to us and will be using cell phone video taken from witnesses here at the scene last night. They ask anyone out there if you have any video or information about what happened or description of this woman, they ask that you give them a call. Theyre also asking people to keep a lookout for a woman who was driving a light colored Toyota Highlander suv. They say thats what this woman was driving when she hit these men and drove off. Back to you in the studio. K you, nikki, in arlington, virginia this morning. The father of a Montgomery County toddler is in custody this morning. An amber alert had been issued for 5monthold drew denny on tuesday. Police say deare denny turned himself into police hours after abducting his daughter from her mothers home in poolesville. He had punched the mother in the face and then drew a gun on the mother, put the 5monthold infant into a black small suv. The baby is safe and has been reunited with her mother. Theres no word on what prompted the father to surrender. Relatives of a woman killed after smoke filled a yellow line train when she was righting on metro say they are planning to sue the transit agency. The family of carol glover is going to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit in the case. Glover died of accuse respiratory failure and dozens of other passengers became ill from the smoke that filled the tunnel and the train car. Many of the people who were sick are also suing metro. The National Transportation safety board is still investigating. Work crews will be back on the job this morning at the scene of a sinkhole that swallowed up a car and forced several families from their homes in hyattsville, maryland. The water main has been fixed but edmonston road was shut down all night long. A family of five, one of them a baby, escaped narrowly from their car just before it was swallowed up. We saw it happening yesterday morning. I couldnt believe it. I thought i was going it was going to stop but it kept on coming. The wssc is picking up the tab for families forced from their homes into hotels. Bicyclists in our area have a chance to speak out tonight about a proposed fare hike for the capital bike share program. D. C. , arlington, alexandria and Montgomery County collectively own capital bike share. An open house from 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. It takes place at the Martin Luther king library on 9th and g streets northeast d. C. That is near the gallery place metro station. Its 6 05. A popular bar in foggy bottom fights to regain its liquor license. Montgomery county Public Schools is asking students to just relax on the nasty tweets when it comes to snow days. More on that. Weve got a cold start this morning. Some windchills down in the Single Digits. Skies are clear to partly cloudy. The windchill will be the problem today. Sunny. Thats good. Winds north west 10 to 20 gusting to 25 at times. The winds will relax some later this afternoon and tonight. We have a clipper coming tomorrow passing to our north and a potentially stronger storm sunday into monday. Ill break down the sevenday forecast for you in about six, seven minutes. Lets check in with trenice and find out whats happening with your morning commute. Were starting to see volume build on the suitland parkway, inbound pennsylvania avenue to the suitlands parkway. Again just volume. No reports of any crashes there. We can take a live look outside at south capitol street. Lanes are open and very few cars. Elsewhere as we take a look at the beltway by branch avenue, you are also seeing the volume here but no reports of any incidents making your way through Montgomery County Prince Georges County rather and on to the Woodrow Wilson bridge. D. C. s alcohol board will make a final decision today on the fate of a d. C. Bar in foggy bottom. Mcfaddens alcohol license has been suspended for four weeks after a stabbing at the bar. Five people were injured in december. The board will either choose to revoke, final, further suspend or end the suspension of mcfaddens license. Montgomery County School leaders will be meeting later today to examine the guide lines in the cafeterias in the schools. The policies in place already exceed usda guidelines but the county is looking at the possibility of tightening food requirements anyway after new federal guidelines were released last year. Graduation rates are on the upswing at maryland Public Schools. Last years Graduation Rate was 86 which is up 4 from 2010. Dropout rates are improving as well. 2010 it was 11 of the students dropping out. That is now down to 8 . Prince georges county Public Schools say their Graduation Rate is now up to record numbers. They are expected to release their expect numbers coming up later this morning. Arlington Public Schools is asking its students to stop tweeting inappropriate comments to its twitter account. On monday aps tweeted a friendly reminder to be respectful when tweeting saying the tweet was especially aimed at students who have been complaining about snow cancellation and delay decisions. During yesterdays weather, arlington County Schools were on a twohour delay. According to wtop, many ts ignored aps request and sent angry replies anyway. At 6 10 heres another look at our question of the morning. 15 of people say theyd rather do this than quit using their laptop and phone for one month. Is it a, go to the dentist, b, visit the inlaws or c, sing in public . Cecelia jones says the answer is b, inlaws can be ignored while using the phone and the computer. Well have more of your responses and the correct answer in 30 minutes. It 16 11. Youre welcome back. Im Nick Giovanni in the newsroom. Coming up 06 13. Heres whats in the news right now. Two former vanderbilt Football Players are found guilty of rape and assault in connection with an on campus attack in 2013. Guilty of aggravated rape. Guilty of aggravated rape. Reporter it took a nashville jury just a few hours to convict former Vanderbilt University Football Players Brandon Vandenberg and cory beatty. The two were each found guilty of aggravated rape and sexual battery. Prosecutors say they laughed and took photos as a group of men raped and defiled a female neuroscience student in june of 2013. Did you consent to any of the acts that were done to you . Absolutely not. Did you consent that any photographs or videos being taken of you . Shootly not. Reporter prosecutors say vanderberg brought his 21year olden down shus girlfriend the night of one witness testified he even flew to california to destroy Video Evidence on his cell phone. He said he smashed it and threw it in the lake. Reporter Defense Attorneys tried to deflect the blame citing a College Culture of excessive drinking and promiscuity. I think if you look at these boys hearts, theyre good boys. Reporter prosecutors read a statement from the victim. Im thankful that the criminal Justice System will hold the defendants responsible for their violent crimes. Reporter they face decades in prison. Sentencing is set for march 6. Danielle nottingham, cbs news. Both sides agree this verdict shines the light on a National Problem of campus sexual violence. Two other former Football Players, including 19yearold brandon, banks of brandywine, maryland have also pleaded not guilty to rape charges in the same case. Their trial dates have not been set. Two officers are out of the hospital this morning in minnesota. They were shot monday following a swearing in ceremony at New Hope City Hall in suburban, minute minute. An machine machine. An investigation into the shooting is still under way. Family members identify the shooter as a 69yearold who has had running dispute with city officials and the police for years. In georgia a man is in jail without bond in connection with the deaths after couple who traveled to buy a vintage car off craigslist. 28yearold ronny adrian towns was already in custody for malice murder and Armed Robbery after officers identified him as the last person having contact with bud and june runnion. Now hes be runion. Now hes be charged with murder. The bodies were found yesterday found near their suv submerged in a lake. 140 characters is all you get on twitter. That much we know or 30 seconds now. The social media site just added a way to edit and post 30 seconds of video clips directly through its app. Twitter already owns vine, the app for sharing sixsecond looping videos. The new sharing feature is built within twitter. Also new, group direct messaging. Up to 20 people can be invited to a private chat and share photos and everyone doesnt have to follow each other to be included in that chat. Finally one step closer to the super bowl, media day is now out of the way in arizona. Patriots and seahawks sat down yesterday to answer any question from anyone. No topic was off the table. One topic certainly still on it was deflategate. I have no reaction. I dont have any speculation or anything. That will play itself out after all the reports have come out. Kind of hard to hear there. The patriots were saying they are moving on though the patriots are accused of depleting 11 out of 12 balls they used in the first half of the afc championship game. The n. F. L. Is still investigating. Belichick and his players took the questions in stride, especially since robert kraft, the patriots owner came to their defense monday. He sent a message to the league if you cant prove we did anything wrong, we expect an apology. Mike, andrea . Not growing to end here, thats for sure. It will end on the field. They will be watching the balls very closely on sunday. Nick, thank you. 6 18, watching the temps closing as they go down, down, down. Heres howard bernstein. Weve got teens and 20s now with windchills in the Single Digits. Thats what youre going to face this morning. We also face sunshine throughout the day. Thats the good part of the forecast. Tomorrow the system brings a little rain and snow later on in the afternoon and evening but it should not be a big deal. Lets show you whats happening this wednesday morning, this cold wednesday morning where winds are still gusting in the 25 mile an hour range. Well see temperatures by 10 00 in the mid and upper 20s. 28 Reagan National. Topping out in the mid30s this afternoon. 37 or so here in town. Low to mid30s in many of the suburbs. The winds at least through midday will be gusty and theyll start to slacken some during the afternoon and go near calm tonight. As i show you the sunshine today, we have temperatures right now which are on the cold side. We have snow still falling in areas in massachusetts with morning temperatures teens and 20s. Your windchills are in the Single Digits and teens. Our forecast 37 today. Cold and windy. Windchills in the 20s. Tonight clouds on the increase late. A few teens out there. Tomorrow the afternoon, evening, rain and snow showers 42. Then back to the cold stuff friday. A couple of flurries 36. But feeling like its in the 20s. Later sunday into monday, another system will bring rain. 40 at least on monday before the cold air moves in. Trenice, whats happening out there . Any bigger problems . Were doing really good for a wednesday. Not too many major issues for you. Seeing some delays, however, of 66 through manassas. Stop and go traffic but no reports of any incidents, accidents or anything to block up any of your lanes if youre traveling inbound towards the beltway. 95 looking slow at the Prince William parkway. Lanes trying to make your way through woodbridge and up towards the springfield mixing bowl going to be slow this morning. Elsewhere the beltway looks fantastic. Through Montgomery County, no reports of any issues through New Hampshire and over towards connecticut avenue. Lanes are certainly open. Thanks so i love the taste. Always smooth, neverup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. President obama and [ inaudible ] president obama made a brief stop in germany and the two leaders spoke by phone. Russian officials argue that if wasnt them but rather the kaineian government thats responsible ukraine can government thats responsible for the increase in violence. President obama and first Lady Michele Obama paid their respects for the late King Abdullah who died this week. They also met with his successor. Obama Administration Tax plan that sparked criticism from both republicans and democrats has now been scrapped. The president wanted to tax 529 College Savings accounts. But after an outcry from Speaker John Boehner and some private calls from democratic leaders, the. Has changed his mind. The criticism was over the potential impact that could have on the middle class. This afternoon a Virginia State Senate Committee is scheduled to hold a vote on a number of gun bills. One would make it illegal for anyone convicted of domestic violence, misdemeanors to possession of a firearm. Two others are more controversial. One would allow concealed weapons permit holders to legally carry guns on to School Grounds after hours. Law makers are also considering whether to allow lifetime concealed handgun permit licenses. A proposal to raise virginias minimum wage has been killed by a house committee. The bill would have gradually increased the states minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour up to 10 an hour. The minimum wage in the district, montgomery and prince georges counties will reach 11. 50 an hour in the next couple of years. Lawmakers in the Virginia State senate also rejected a proposal to start the process of repealing the states ban on gay marriage. In 2006, voters approved an amendment to the state constitution which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. But federal Court Decisions gave samesex couples the right to get married and thats been happening since october. So the state and the federal government are still at odds over this issue. There is a new push this morning to end puppy mills in Montgomery County. The Humane Society is calling for some new legislation that would require pet stores to sell animals from rescues and shetters only shelters only. If the bill passes, the county would follow dozens of other jurisdictions who have similar laws. People buy pets from pet shops who support the mills. Then they come in here because they didnt know the background of the animal to start w. It comes here and we end up putting it up for adoption. Council president George Leventhal says right now no Retail Stores in the county are selling dogs and cats from puppy mills but he says the bill is intended to prevent those kinds of sales in the future. This morning parts of the northeast begin to get back to normal after yesterdays massive snowstorm. Yet some areas are not out of the woods. Flooding is still a problem in places like marshfield, massachusetts. Kris van cleave has more on the damage. Reporter snow continued to blanket parts of eastern massachusetts overnight freezing some homes and cars in time. About 30 miles south of boston, marshfield saw some of the worst damage when a storm driven high tide destroyed a portion of the sea wall knocking some homes off their foundations. Several homes were flooded and condemned. Still some residents refused to evacuate. I say the captain goes down with his ship, you know what i mean. Reporter another high tide is expected early wednesday morning. Police here tell us theyre waiting until daylight to reassess the situation. A travel ban across the state of massachusetts was lifted at midnight. The governor urged residents to exercise caution and stay home if possible. Theres a tre mennous amount of cleanup that remains to be done. Unless you have a reason to be out tonight or tomorrow after midnight, we would encourage you not to be. Reporter the blizzard left two feet of snow on the ground in boston. Plows were back on the roads to make way for morning commuters. Massachusetts wasnt the only state hit hard tuesday. Close to 30 inches of snow fell on long island where two deaths have been reported. Meantime travelers stranded at Bostons Logan International Airport are hoping to take to the air today with the storm winding down flights are expected to resume this morning. Kris van cleave, cbs news, mash,field marshfield, massachusetts. The buses will start running later this morning. On nantucket all the power and phone service was knocked out yesterday. Crews are working to restore power to about 5500 year round residents now. Its 6 27. We want to take a look outside. A beautiful sunrise. You cant tell how cold it s. It feels colder than that down into the teens in some places. It does. Allyson joins us live from the weather terrace with the forecast. Its one of those mornings where the windshield wipers could actually be stuck to the windshield. Reporter its not the temperature but the wind this morning. Temperatures are going to feel into the the Single Digits, into the teens. Just a blustery day but hey, the sun is out. Were not dealing with any snow. Thats g. Any snow that was out here yesterday, most of it is gone. Just be careful of any patchy areas. We could see some ice out there. 25 degrees right now. It only feels 13 when the wind blows. Boy, you feel it. So if youre going to be out here for long periods of time, youll want to bundle up especially in lots of layers. It feels about 3 degrees in gaithersburg. We had to the 30s but thats deceiving. Its going to feel into the 20s. Lets go to trenice with traffic. Thanks, allyson. Things are looking good and despite the cold temps, not too many issues in terms of icy patches and slick roadways. We have brief delays on the silver and orange line for metro riders in both directions. An earlier disabled train was at the East Falls Church station. Its out of the way but you will see delays. 270 southbound delays out of frederick. Lanes are open, however, a disabled truck after 80 in urbana. Mike and andrea . Thanks, trenice. One man is recovering and another listed in Critical Condition after they were struck and run over by a driver in arlington. Police say a woman pulled into the parking lot of mk auto sales, first hit two parked cars. Then as she started to drive away, she hit two of these men. Nikki burdine is live on columbia pike with what we know about the rest of the story and why is not one of the things we know. Reporter we still dont know why this happened but police say the woman pulled into this parking lot at mk auto. The gate was open at that time. She drove through, hit several parked cars and thats when the owners of mk auto, two men came running down these stairs and tried to stop that woman driving the car. But thats when that woman hit both of those men. They say she came back and hit one of those men a second time. Take a look at this video. This was the scene last night. Police tell us one of the men who was hit once is just final. He was not seriously hurt but the second man who was hit twice had life threatening injuries. He had surgery last night at gw. He was in Critical Condition at last check. Police say the woman did not this was no accident, that the woman hit these two men. This was intentional although its not clear if the intention was to get away or to hit these men. Police say Surveillance Video, the cameras outside the building, on the side of the building will be released today. Theyre also using cell phone videos and pictures from witnesses. Theyre asking for anyone with information if you happened to be out here last night, saw anything, give them a call. Also keep a lookout for a woman who was driving a light colored toyota suv highlander. They want to talk to you. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, nikki. A lot still to be done in that case. The water is turned off. The gushing water is not happening anymore. Now crews are going to work to repair the water main break and the big sinkhole on edmonston road in hyattsville. The mendoza family woke up to find water rushing into their basement. They went outside to get into the family car to escape. Fortunately something didnt feel right. They jumped out of the car and it was swallowed by a sinkhole. No one was hurt and now wssc is going to play for the mendozas problems and a handful of other families forced out of their homes because of that 90year old main breaking. The family of carol glover who died aft january 12 smoke incident in a metro train at Lenfant Plaza is going to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Transportation Agency this week. Glover died of accuse respiratory failure that was caused by smoke inhalation. She was one of dozens on board that yellow line train which stopped in the tunnel and started filling with smoke. More than 80 people were transported to the hospitals. The ntsb is still investigating the innocent. Members of congress have the incident. Members of congress have called on glovers death an unnecessary tragedy. An american kid in a ter killed in a terror atalk in libya was working for a private firm based in fredricksburg. A group with ties to isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. They killed at least five foreigners and five Libyan Security guards. Two gunmen also died. The army says there is no truth to media reports claiming a decision has been made in the case of sergeant bow bergdahl. A Spokesman Says the Army Continues to review the case. Bergdahl disappeared from his post in afghanistan in 2009. He spent five years as a captive under the taliban before he was freed last year in a prisoner swap for five taliban leaders held at guantanamo bay, cuba. Hes currently assigned to a desk job awaiting the outcome the armys review. The man who crashed a drone on the white house lawn works for a u. S. Intelligence agency, but his work has nothing to do with drones. The man told the secret service he had been drinking when he piloted a friends drone early monday morning. President obama told cnn it was a kind of drone you can buy at radio shack. The president also said the incident shows new regulations for drones are clearly needed. Even though the drone was not a threat, it is still considered a breach of white house grounds. A whistle blower lawsuit which involves Actor Charlie Sheen goes to court today in the district. Former d. C. Police captain Hilton Burton filed suit after questioning the truthfulness of chief cathy lanier. The case stems from the questionable Police Escort of Charlie Sheen nearly four years ago. Opening statements are expected this morning. President obama will host a special Armed Forces Farewell tribute today to outgoing secretary of defense chuck hagel. The ceremony will take place at 4 00 p. M. At joint base Meyer Henderson hall in arlington. Hagel will stay on the job until a new nominee Ashton Carter gets through confirmation hearings. Also today, the u. S. Park police chief Robert Mclean will be sworn into office. The ceremony takes place at fords theater at 10 00 a. M. Interior secretary jewel and National Park Service Director jarvis will conduct the ceremony. Mclean replaces former chief teresa chambers. The city may soon write hefty checks to firefighters who have not been paid overtime for years. Now the government has run out of Legal Options to avoid a backpay. The Firefighters Union is ready to settle with the city. D. C. Council chair Phil Mendelson says this settlement will come with a large price tag. Exact amount of money is unclear but we think its 47 million. We believe that the firefighters dont want to be paid all at once that they want it spread out because on an individual basis it can affect their income tax. Current and retired firefighters from the Fire Department would be eligible for the overtime back pay. As you heard, the 47 million payout would be added to a budget gap of 83 million for the city. Residents will be able to voice their opinions tonight about the ongoing project on i 66 which will ultimately expand express lanes and the bus service in northern virginia. The project spans a 25mile stretch of i66 from route 15 in haymarket to i495. The goal is of course to reduce congestion. Tonights meeting is going to be held at Battlefield High School in haymarket from 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. It 16 35. Shaneik isaac, you are wusa9s fan of the day. She says no news is good news but that should read no news is good news unless its wusa9 news. The way that wusa9 news Team Delivers the most up to date information literally makes my day. She goes on to say theres a pleasant approach that you all give that causes me to invite you into my home daily. Thanks for all you do. Wusa9 team. You make all news good news. How nice is she. She wins a 90 gift card to hand stone massage and facial spa. It is very easy for you to enter, too. Just go to our wusa9 Facebook Fan Page and fill out the form. 6 36. Beautiful sunrise. Well its cold and clear. Beautiful sky. Windchills in the Single Digits right now. Much better looking travel forecast than weve seen. In the northeast theyre digging out. Boston 25. Buffalo only 22. Atlanta, 51. You notice the 50s in st. Louis and memphis. Well try to touch agent bit of that milder air tomorrow but looks like the cold is going to be here for a while. Your full sevenday forecast at about 6 47. Now another update with timesaver traffic. Report of a disabled truck thats slowing you down trying to make your way southbound 270 out of frederick towards clarks burke. Lanes are open except for clarks burke. Lanes are open except for that lane. Stay to the right to avoid him. From the 95 interchange over towards New Hampshire avenue, slow and stop and go for folks. No reports of any accidents, just the usual delays were seeing. On 66 at route 28 trying to make your way through centreville, a bit slow. Folks are slowing down to take a look at a disabled vehicle off to the left shoulder. Insurance to protect you from sink holes . And d. C. Didnt rake in as much as it hoped from the traffic cameras. Those stories and more from the newsroom. Nick giovanni has those. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning. We all saw those dramatic shots of the sinkhole in Prince Georges County yesterday caused by the water main break. Theres a way to protect yourself in cases like that. According to the Insurance Information institute, your Auto Insurance is comprehensive coverage will take care of any damages to your car. When it comes to flooding in your home, that may not be covered by your standard homeowners policy. In fact, normally you have to have National Flood insurance protection. But in the case of the homeowner yesterday, a wssc spokesperson tells us the Utility Company does bear some responsibility for the damage. Its claims department has already reached out to the owner to file a claim. Hershey has filed a lawsuit to keep some british chocolates from crossing the pond. Hershey alleges the wrappers on britains lets buy british import products are too similar to theirs. The british Candy Company agreed to stop importing their treats. You will still be able to get the cadbury eggs. A company has told 75. 5 million iphones which surpassed wall streets expectation. That made for the best Quarterly Earnings of any company ever for apple. Yahoo has announced it is going to spin off of its 39 billion stake in the china base exporter alley bah bah alibaba. The move allows yahoo to avoid bills of dollars in future taxes. Itme cos as chbs regular chinese regulators accused alibaba of silling faked goods. Finally this is when many of us decide to upgrade the size of our tvs in time for super bowl. There is a website that has tips and supplies branded with team logos. Theres also a free app ruwt. It assistants for are you watching this. Its a little like red zone for your phone. You get alerts when the team is in scoring position or when a great play happens. But it is actually it actually pays to be an arm chair quarterback because of a new app fan cake. It lets you guess plays and predict outcomes. If youre right, you can win prizes. Maybe you can be hired by its all about the ultimate goal. There it is. Thank you, nick. Coming up on 6 43. Time to answer our question of the morning. 15 of people say theyd rather do this than quit using their laptop and phone for one month. Is it a, go to the dentist, b, visit the inlaws or c, sing in public . Sharon says the answer is c, sing in public since there is a chance of getting arrested. The answer this morning is indeed c, 15 of you say they would rather sing in public than quit using your laptop or phone for a month. Well welcome back to wusa9. Our time 16 46. We want to say good morning and see what our partners over at cbs this morning are covering. Theyll get us in just about 20 minutes 20 seconds. Not that long to wait. They do not have to deal with digging out nearly as much. A lot of people in manhattan say the big snowstorm was a bust yesterday. But it was still about 10 inches which you know what 10 inches would do in washington, d. C. It would paralyze the city for days. Its a happy happenstance that it was only 10 inches. People are reporting from cape cod now and boston, massachusetts, where things are starting to get back to norm a. But after 30 inches maybe . Thats a little rough. Are they ready yet . Are they ready in new york . Okay. Well come back to them in a bit. No, theyre ready. Were ready. Hi, gayle. Look, im here. Were ready. Hello, mike and andrea. Good to see you guys. Good to see you. How was the snow for you yesterday . The storm was okay. As you probably heard, it wasnt as bad here in new york city so you could get along a lot better than expected. People say its better to be safe than sorry but it was a little bit overhyped here. People are complaining. Well have that story of course. Mike, good to see you, too. Ahead were in boston along the massachusetts coast where they are starting to dig out. Plus, the backlash over the incorrect forecast here in new york city. People are still talking. Plus, if the secret service cannot stop a drone at the white house, then who can . Chip reed shows us why new technology to detect them only goes so far. And from dancing to deflecting questions, jan crawford is at the university of phoenix stadium with all the highlights from super bowl media day. Looked like that with us fun. The news is back in the morning. Well see you at 7 00 straight up. Back you to mike and andrea. All right, gayle. Well be watching. Have a great day. See you guys. Weather time now. 6 48. It is cold. It will be cold all day long. Winds are up gusting 20, 25. That will be the case through midday. Let me show you a beautiful picture. The sun is for the coming up for another 35 or 40 minutes or so its a nice looking sky this morning. A lot of color in it although a lot of sunshine expected. Temperatures will climb into the mid, perhaps upper 30s but dress like its going to be in the 20s because it is going to be cold this afternoon. In fact, right now weve got some teens. Like hagertown 17. Gaithersburg 18. Its 16 in harrisonburg with lots of 20 to 25degree readings out there. At Reagan National 25. With the wind, the windchill currently 13. Some of the w. S are as cold windchills are as cold as 5 or 6. Gusts to 24 miles an hour. A quiet day. The winds will slacken some later today and tonight, low clouds late. More clouds tomorrow. In fak, tomorrow afternoon ahead of a clipper which is passing to our north, expecting a mix of rain and snow showers to come across the region. Shouldnt be a big deal but it may interfere with a late commute here tomorrow. And then by friday, the cold air returns behind that system. Highs friday in the 30s. After that, watching the system for sunday night, monday which looks to be wet more than white. 37 today, windy. Winds die down late. 24 tonight. Still a few teens in the suburbs. 42 tomorrow. The afternoon evening rain and snow showers. 36 on friday. In fact, testimonies drop temperin the afternoon. 33 saturday. Late rain sunday night into monday. In fact, monday 40. Might jump to 50 in spots before turning much colder later monday into tuesday. Lets go over to trenice now and find out if we have any major issues blocking the morning commute. A couple of issues we have this morning but thankfully the disabled truck we had southbound 270 near urbana, that is out of the way but you still see the delays coming out of frederick towards clarksburg. Elsewhere report of a pedestrianinvolved accident on 16th street and military road. Closes 16th street. At least one lane affected northbound. Again sounds like a pretty serious accident. You can see the delays stretching back up towards maryland. Elsewhere we have a report of a car off the roadway. Northbound gw parkway and the right lane still closed university at piney branch. I love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Heres whats in the news at 6 53. Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch begins the process to possibly succeed eric holder. In her testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee, lynch is expected to highlight her priorities for the justice department. As Susan Mcginnis reports, lynch is expected to face some tough questions from republican lawmakers. Reporter Loretta Lynch faces the Senate Judiciary committee today. If confirmed, lynch would be the first black female attorney general. Loretta doesnt look to make headlines. She looks to make a difference. If i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will wake up every morning with the protection of the American People my first thought. Reporter a career federal prosecutor, lynch has won cases on terrorism, cybercrime, and civil rights. Her most high profile case prosecuting new York Police Officers for brutalizing haitian implant abner louima in 1997. Her officer has focused on police misconduct. She has met with every member of the Senate Judiciary committee ahead of todays hearing here on capitol hill. If she gets the job, she will likely not have the combative relationship that exists now between congress and the current attorney general. Individuals ive spoken with who worked with both of them said that wont be the case with lynch. Shes very cool under pressure. Shes a tough cookie and they wont be able to get under their skin. Hopefully that will help her today in this hearing. Reporter lynch can expect Committee Members to ask tough questions on immigration and the president ial use of executive power. She will reportedly tell the committee the constitution will be her guide in determining the legality of the president s actions. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. A florida woman at center of a stand your ground case is free after three years. In 2010 Marissa Alexander claims she fired a gun at her estranged husband in self defense. The case drew National Attention because alexander unsuccessfully tried to invoke a stand your Ground Defense and she was sentenced to 20 years despite not injuring or hitting anyone. Her trial came a few responsibilities after George Zimmerman invoked a stand your Ground Defense and was acquitted of shooting and killing trayvon martin. Alexander also became the focus of antidomestic violence advocates after she claims she was the victim after serial abuser who attacked her first. Were looking at a sunny, breezy day today. Temperatures in the mid to perhaps upper 30s. Its only going to feel like the 20s. This morning feels like nits in the like its in the Single Digits and teens. Temperatures tomorrow in the low 40s with Late Afternoon evening rain and snow showers. Then a cold friday coming up. Well watch what happens sunday night into monday. Trenice . Very quickly military at 16th street has been reopened. Looks like the pedestrian is going to be okay. Theyve been transported but no life threatening injuries. Outer loop of the beltway from the 95 Better Change through New Hampshire interchange through New Hampshire avenue is going to be slow stop and go as it usually is this time of day. From the name of the street to your next Home Improvement project, the ceo of still low re zillow shows how home buyers and sellers can make smarter decisions. Tren fees and i will be back in 25. Well trenice and i will be back in 25 with your latest weather and traffic. For news 24 hours a day, use your mobile app. You can do that. Bundle up. Its cold out there. Youll theodore your layers at the bus youll need your layers at the bus stop, kids. Join erica and me today at noon and well all see you tomorrow morning at 4 25. Take care. Have a great day, everybody. Good morning. It is wednesday, january 28 2015. Welcome to cbs this morning. New england slammed by heavy snow high winds and icy floodwaters. But in new york, a storm of criticism over the decision to shut down americas largest city. A professional golfer doubles down on his story of being drugged, kidnapped and beaten but an eyewitness tells a very different tale. Plus the crazies come out for super bowl media day. Jan crawford takes it all in ahead of the big game. We start with todays eye opener, your world i