now, temperatures down near the freezing mark. only a couple of degrees above freezing in frederick, gaithersburg, leesburg, farther to the west. even after the sun comes up in this hour, sunrise at 6:44, the temperature can still drop an hour after sunrise. that s probably what s going to happen this morning. it s right in the low 40s, around washington, nearby suburbs, the beltway, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. we ll have a blueautiful blue s by 9:00. temperatures into the upper 40s, near 50. windy, you need a winter coat this morning and for the rest of the day, chilly. a few high clouds around noontime. temperatures in the 50s and a lot of sunshine. and a sunny afternoon, we ll have temperatures near 60 mid-afternoon. then it will drop to the mid 50s by late afternoon. the winds will diminish overnight. we ll look at your friday evening planner. that will be coming up in ten minutes. danella? traveling in virginia, we have a crash at the intersection
reporter: thank you. again, this was a very high impact collision. the whole front of the suv is all banged up. we understand from sources that fairfax county police were looking at this vehicle in regard to a shoplifting incident at tysons corner mall. i can tell you there are numerous shopping bags and different things over there that police are taking out of there. fairfax county police evidence technicians have arrived. they re looking at those things and six people total including a little boy at the hospital at this time. when we get more information we ll bring it to you. back to you, wendy. all right. thanks. facing mounting criticism tonight, marion barry late today apologized for remarks he made about asian businesses in ward 8 and they their, quote, dirty s. tom sherwood joins us with the latest. barry has faced growing criticism and now says everyone is welcome in ward 8. marion barry s comment about unwelcomed asian shops that are, quote, dirty, unquote,
76 fredericksburg and around stafford. so really is going to be another pretty good day across the area. come on, we re supposed to be in the 50s now. we re in the mid 70s. you ll want to enjoy it. by the weekend, temperatures really will be heading back down once again. let me step out of the way. again, showers and storms off to the south and west. the best chance today around fredericksburg, around culpeper, around winchester, around martinsburg with the showers moving through. mid 70s to upper 70s to the south and west today with kind of the clouds going in and out of the area. for the weekend, into the 60s, as i said. we re really going to be falling off. first we ll hit 80 on friday. that s what a lot of folks are looking forward to. danella? thanks. good morning to you. we have some good news westbound university boulevard at amherst avenue. crash there is now out of the roadway. however, still seeing the intersection, this is old georgetown road at rockville pike. a
i m with craig small wood, a plow driver here in fairfax county, you you have one of those [ horn honking ] i love that sound. how long have you been out here? six hours. how much salt do you have in this truck? between four and six tons. how much have you spread so far? haven t put any down, wither ready for it. what are the roads like? not bad, not bad. how long are you going to be here, craig? till here tomorrow some time. you are in for the long haul? absolutely. all right. let s get outside now and take a look at what is going on. we are at route 7 and barren cameron avenue here in fairfax county. you can see we are getting sort of a mixture of a little bit of snow, a little bit of rain, but whatever comes down, it s turning into water when it hits the roadway. so far, it is not a big deal but as it gets colder tonight, it could be some concern later on tonight. you know when we mention snow, you know what happens at the grocery store. we
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