Again. Again, the inner loop of the beltway now at kenilworth avenue in greenbelt is shut down. Were staying on top and will keep you posted as we learn new information. Thank you. Now to the story everyone is talking about today. Are you ready for our first real dose of winter out there . Most of us will soon be under a Winter Weather advisory. We have Live Team Coverage this afternoon to make sure you are prepared for whatever the weather brings us. Lets kick things off with storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson in the weather center. Vj . Yeah guys whether youre ready or not, here it comes. We havent seen very much snow at all so far this season. And now our biggest snowfall of the season. Winter weather advisory in all these counties shaded in purple to the south, so includes d. C. Fairfax, Prince William and fauquier county. Up to the north and west for Frederick County over in virginia too. What were going to see in these locations is snow. It could be moderate at times. And then advisory means the possibility of accumulating snow. And what well find in those locations, 1 to 2 inches of snow fine and powdery. So not so much the amount of snow were going to get, nothing big. But the timing during the morning rush and the type of snow that fine powdery type of snow makes conditions slick. There, just to our west a clipper system fastmoving, will put down just enough to cause some trouble on area roads. So what to expect tomorrow morning, snow that may stick on some of the secondary roads. Bridges and overpasses. So watch your speed. Now, when i return were going to give Something Else that will be harder to take than the snow. Well talk about that, coming up. Our Team Coverage to get you prepared continues now. Transportation reporter adam tuss has been tracking what to expect on the roads. Hes live along one of our busiest sections the beltway in tysons corner. Adam . Reporter jim, every road crew in the region gearing up for this. The wind has picked up its cold and that means whatever falls will likely stick to the ground. In d. C. About 200 trucks will be out theres. In maryland the state Highway Administration also will be out with hundreds of trucks. Vdot says here in Northern Virginia about 500 trucks will be out. Loudoun county getting the most attention right theyre actually taking the whole notion of snow in stride at the moment. Does it make you nervous driving in the snow . No. Actually last year i drove to boston when the winter storm started here in virginia. So like i was driving, and i was seeing the snow coming. So it was like im racing with the snow. So it doesnt make they nervous. Reporter and back here now live. Again, what we have been hearing is the timing of the snowfall could be tricky because it could fall during the morning rush. At 5 00 how much do local crews have in the snow budget this year . Youll hear about that reporting live along the beltway, adam tuss news4. And you can see a familiar name on the ballast in the special election for marion barry barrys d. C. Council seat. A very familiar name barry. His own son Christopher Barry says he wants to replace his father as the councilman representing ward 8 on the d. C. Council. Christopher barry at the board of elections, the 34yearold still needs to get the necessary signatures in order to get his name on the ballast. That is for a special election on april 28th. And on the ballot his name would be printed as marion c. Barry. This is of course to replace former mayor and Council Member marion barry who died at 78. There are 24 candidates who have expressed interest in taking that seat. Christopher barry has not Held Elected Office before. He owns a painting business and also has had a few runins with the law, previous arrests on drug and traffic charges. But he says he does have political ambitions and plans to pursue them. He wants to follow in his fathers footsteps. Thats the latest from the live desk. First at 4 00 were working to learn the name of a woman killed when her car went off the road and hit a tree in chopper 4 over the scene on south osborne road in rosary fill maryland here. Emergency responders rushed her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Theres tight security at the courthouse in boston as jury selection begins in the marathon bombing trial. The first group of 200 potential jurors stared intently at suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. This trial is unlike most other federal trials. The jury will not only decide tsarnaevs innocence or guilt, but also decide if he lives or dies. Coming up right here at 4 30 well have a live report from boston and details on how tsarnaev acknowledged the people who could decide his fate. We are on the eve of Bob Mcdonnells sentencing for corruption and the judge in the case is Holding Hundreds of letters for support for the former virginia governor. The letters from family members, former colleagues and state lawmakers. More than 400 letters describe mcdonnell as an honorable man who did not intend to break the law. Mcdonnell was found guilty of accepting gifts and loans from a businessman seeking support for his product. It is generating interest on our Facebook Page and of our follower they say the letters testify to the mcdonnell those folks knew not the man he really was. New details about that School Bus Crash that sent dozens of Charles County students to the hospital this morning. One student had a broken nose when the bus rear ended another car. This happened near hawthorne and livingston roads in indianhead. 16 students on board. We know the bus driver hit a car that was stopped in front of it. The car then hit another vehicle in the oncoming lane and that vehicle hit a third car. Eric frein, ambushed to cops and terrorized a community for seven weeks, according to prosecutors. And today a judge ordered him to stand trial. In court, prosecutors played graphic Surveillance Video that showed two Pennsylvania State troopers gunned down outside their barracks back in september. One was killed his widow sat quietly as the video played. Frein hid out in the woods for 48 days before he was captured at an abandoned air field. He looked a lot different that day with facial cuts a goatee and shaggy hair. To a developing story. The u. S. Ski team is said to be in shock this evening. Two prospects training with the team were killed today in an avalanche in the austrian alps. The skiers identified as 20yearold ronnie ber lack of New Hampshire and 19yearold bryce as tell of utah. Rescuers found them near the training base. There were days of heavy snowfall and mild temperatures. Out of control and getting worse by the day. The brandnew information about this years flu season that shows just how bad it got, even over the holidays. Slapped with a new lawsuit. Apples newest legal battle over what is said about your iphone. First at 4 00. And breaking news again on the beltway. Chopper 4 just arrived over the scene of a crash on the inner loop. The inner loop is shut down because of a crash involving a truck and a motorcycle near kenilworth avenue. That motorcycle rider in Critical Condition. Stay with us. How can i avoid maintenance fees . Why would you want to avoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. The indonesian government is banning airasia flights from flying the same route which crashed a week ago. The airline was not authorized to fly that route on the day of the crash, and theyre cracking down against everyone who lets it take off without proper permits. All 162 people on board are presumed dead. Coming up nbcs katy tur has a full report from indonesian. Chances are someone you know has had it. The flu is running rampant across the u. S. And could get worse before its over. New numbers from the centers for Disease Control show the flu is now widespread in 43 states up from 36 states in late december. And in most states flu activity is intense. Cases are expected to peak this month. This season is similar to two years ago when the flu peaked in early january. We posted four things you need to know about the flu on our nbc washington app. Check it out during the break and share with your friends. Lights out. Were going to tell you about the new evidence that shows your kids might be overexposed to their gadgets. Now that the holidays are over so many of us have those gift cards tough to keep track of consumer reporter Erika Gonzales tells us how to make it simpler so we can all save some money. And were staying on top of breaking news on the beltway. The inner loop is shut down right now, because of a crash involving a truck and a motorcycle near kenilworth avenue an update ahead. First at 4 00. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2Year Agreement and get 300 back. Just call 1. 888. 774. 4418 today. And were staying on top of breaking news. Richard jordan live with the latest from the live desk. Richard . Major delays right now. This is on the inner loop that is partially shut down. There is one lane getting by on the shoulder so not an actual lane open but traffic is moving on the shoulder, just past the accident scene here on kenilworth avenue. This was a truck and a motorcycle that collided there. One person suffering some serious injuries had to be taken to the hospital to the Trauma Center by ambulance there. But youve still got the backup traffic there, held beyond just the crash site here because the wreckage is still there in the middle of the road. You do s trickle down there on the right shoulder trying to get past. But there is still major backup. And we expect that will be the case for the foreseeable future at this point as the accident investigation is just getting started. Again, one person taken to the Trauma Center for some serious injuries. Were still waiting to get an update on that persons condition. But you can see, the major traffic issue, we believe that might have been the semi truck there that crashed into that motorcycle there, resulting in this major backup there. Again, this is the inner loop of the beltway at kenilworth. Jim and barbara . Richard, thank you. The timing could not be worse. A Software Update now, causing an uproar for users of some popular electronics. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzales joins us with the latest. If youve noticed the software on your smartphone specifically your apple phone, taking up a lot of storage, there is now a lawsuit for that. Apple is facing a class action lawsuit, which alleges the tech giant didnt properly inform users about exactly how much space the new software would take up on devices like iphones and ipads. The case says that in turn could cause users to buy more icloud Storage Space from apple. The suit filed in california claims apple didnt disclose as much as 23 of the Storage Space would be eaten up by the ios 8. The lawsuit is seeking millions in damages for those stuck with the storage squeeze. Apple has stayed quiet. No official word from the Company Since the suit was filed. From storage in the cloud to storage in your wallet. If youve received gift cards over the local holidays here are the ways to use that free money and so it doesnt just sit in your wallet. The National Retail federation says more than 31 billion was spent on gift card season an alltime high. Heres how you can get a handle on the cards. If youve got Google Wallet you can add your gift cards to your mobile wallet. Target also lets you convert a physical target gift card into a mobile target gift card. You can also try card hub. That site allows you to sell your gift card in an Online Exchange using facebook or you could sell it to card hub for a little less than what the card is worth. Similarly, theres card pool where you sell your unwanted gift card for up to 92 cash back. And then if you think maybe you would have a walmart gift card be more useful well walmart is now taking exchanges, as well. You can send them your gift card they will give you a walmart gift card in exchange with 97 of the card value if that is more to your liking. Coming up on news4 at 5 00 tonight, the best ways to prepare your house for tonights deep freeze. From preventing problems with your pipes, to space heater safety all of that is coming up at 5 00. Meanwhile, if youve got a story idea for the consumer watch, we would love to hear from you. Accepted send us an email. Also phone your ideas. Your number there on your screen. Just in time for that cold weather. The pipe story, coming up at 5 00. Thats right. And vj will have more on that. Speaking of do you two ladies want to talk . So is this stuff were seeing from the west . Its really from canada. I have something to tell you first, though. If youre feeling colder air, its a Summer Breeze compared to what theyre dealing with in minneapolis. Its around 10 below zero there today. With a wind chill of 30 below. People are taking advantage of the citys skywalks meaning they dont have to step outside. Tomorrow it will be colder with wind chills of 45 below. Summer breeze . Yeah thats just brutal. Brutal. Now, thats tough. The stuff were going to be feeling the rest of this week some of it . Our wind chills for a period of time will go down 0 to 10 below. Let me show you where some of that air is coming from right up in canada folks. Dropping down arctic cold. Look at that. This is the current temperature up there. Minus 2 in minneapolis, minnesota. Youve got 3 in chicago. But with the wind and some snow even occurring there, not great conditions. At least weve got the cold without the snow. But were going too get snow early tomorrow morning. Lets talk about radar whats on it right now. It is dry, and one of the things i really want to stress is that it is going to be dry for this evening. Its going to be dry until the other side of midnight. So your driving impact forecast with the snow developing and moving in around 4 00 or 5 00 a. M. Leaves us with some snowcovered roads already far out west say around 68 the system will be moving in from west to east. Snow will likely between 6 00 and 8 00. The temperature, 25 degrees, so roads easily impacted early tomorrow morning. As a matter of fact that snow really starts shutting down and really diminishing after 3 00 a. M. To noontime. Heres a look at the future. I can show the snow moving in, warrenton warrenton, luray, hagerstown just west of frederick seeing snow by 4 00 a 5 00 a. M. 6 00 a. M. , covers the area. This is going to be a fine powdery, dry snow. The secondary roads when it comes down could make for sli rush. Up until 10 00 to 11 00 a. M. After that occasional snow showers, and flurries for the remainder of the day tomorrow. And we may see a little bit of sunshine by the time the sun sets. Heres what were expecting around clinton, a half to an inch enough to cause trouble early tomorrow morning. 1 to 2 inches lovettsville bluemont mt. Airy and frederick, too. So the impact forecast moderate with snow likely on some roads. Possibly until about noontime tomorrow. The high just 36. Snow likely here. Then its the cold that moves in. For wednesday and thursday hanging on a little bit for friday. The low temperature early wednesday morning, 24 degrees. But it is going to be windy. We could see flurries coming through. Wind gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour. And that puts those wind chills at times wednesday and thursday subzero readings. So thats when that cold up in canada is also to show up. Well take you hour by hour and show the wind chills and what you can expect in your neighborhood. Thanks. In todays news for your health most parents know that having a television in a childs bedroom can interfere with their sleep. Smartphones and tablets are apparently just as bad. California researchers asked 2,000 fourth and seventh graders. Kids who had a phone or tablet nearby slept 20 minutes less than those who did not bring a device to bed and more importantly, claimed their sleep was interrupted. An actress who spent other childhood around bill cosby weighs in around the sex abuse allegations. Celebrating after a hardfought legal battle. The state that will allow samesex couples to wed in a few hours. And we told you about the worsening flu outbreak. We want to know, have you or are a member of your family gotten the flu yet . Its our nbc washington flash survey of the day. Text or call the number on your screen. You can also vote over the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. Were coming right back. Was it a bad call not to pick up the phone and talk to bill cosby . Keshia knight who played rudy hugs tabl is talking today about being fired from Celebrity Apprentice for not calling the star. Joining us live is billy bush. She is strongly defending what she did and didnt do in the course of her apprenticeship right . She hasnt spoken to bill cosby in over five years, only sees him at reunions for showrelated events. So to pick up the phone if i had to call a rich guy that youve been close to but havent seen in five years to ask fo