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WRC News4 At 5 March 4, 2015

Late tonight through the day thursday. Weve got revised snow totals. Well show you who will get the most out of this event, when it will start for you at home in a couple of minutes. Metro will work bus systems on a moderate plan. Buses will stay off of the hills and the narrow streets. Metroaccess is suspended for the entire day. Our Live Team Coverage continues now with our transportation reporter adam tuss where its all hands on deck on those roads. Reporter certainly all hands on deck, wendy. We have a few light raindrops come coming down right now at tysons corner. But the steady rain moving into the area is the problem for road crews later on tonight. You cant pretreat the roads if it all will just wash away. Lets look at the beltway at tysons corner. Loaded up for sure. A lot of people heading home for good for the next couple of days. Lets show you whats happening with road crews. At this point, the activity has to do with making sure trucks are maintained and repaired. As you know, this has already been a long winter for these guys, a lot of equipment being put back together as far as salt supplies vdot is down to 20 d. C. Now on a second round overall of salt maryland crews say theyre in good shape. Crews will be using a lot of sand with the early part of this storm, and theyre asking for you to give them room. A lot of drivers, they are not thrilled with the thought of more snow. We caught up with one guy who has already had a rough winter. Actually was involved in a collision early on, one of the first snowfalls. Reporter of this year. Yeah. Reporter what hammed . A guy spun out im sorry. He didnt spin out. But i could see him starting to fishtail. And he just cut it right in front of me. There was nothing i could do. Reporter and back here now live, the traffic is making its way on the beltway tonight. Coming up news4 at 6, vdot says its actually having to resa just its strategy because salt apply supplies are down to 20 . Back to you. Thank you, adam tuss. With more snow coming, the big question tonight for parents and students and teachers, will there be a day off tomorrow . And when will that decision be made . News4s Mark Segraves is in touch with School Districts across the region joining us live from northwest d. C. Reporter thoefz are the 64,000 questions. Students in our area have already missed between 1 and 10 days of classes depending on where you live because of the snow. That doesnt include delayed openings. While many parents and students would like to know right now whether their school will be open tomorrow, the reality is many schools wont make that decision until tomorrow morning. Were getting ready for the snow snow. And of course many parents were busy today stocking up for a possible fourday weekend inside with the kids. I probably will let them stay up late tonight because im pretty sure there wont be school tomorrow. Im counting on it. I just bault a bunch of crap for kids to eat tomorrow. Reporter School Officials warn, not so fast. If we can have school tomorrow, well have it. If we can have school friday, well have it. Reporter while the predictions are for 4 to 8 inches in our area, the snow is not expected to start falling until sunrise. And thats why many schools may not make a decision on closing until tomorrow morning. We generally like to wait until the morning so we have the best information possible. Reporter not knowing before kids go to bed is frustrating for some. Would you rather know tonight . Yes, of course. I would rather know tonight, before early in the morning. Typically we have things to do. Its better to know early. Reporter some parents would rather wait until the morning because making the wrong call is even more frustrating. Especially when they close when there is no snow. I understand it. I really do feel for these people who have to make this decision. I wouldnt want to have to do it for anything. Reporter now, we spoke to officials in d. C. , maryland and virginia schools. They all said the same thing. They would like to make the decision tonight if they can, but because of the timing of the storm that might not be possible. They all said they would make those decisions by 5 00 a. M. Of course youll know first if you download the nbc washington app. A lot of schools in our area have used up their allotted snow days. Well tell you at 6 00 what that means for your school district. Wendy, back to you. Thank you mark. And now some new information about a Police Search at the home of a man suspected in a series of shootings in maryland. Hong young is suspected in five different shootings in the last week, including that gunfire that hit on nsa building yesterday. News4s chris gordon reports. Reporter Prince Georges County Police Investigators entered the beltsville house of the shooting suspect, 35yearold hong young. Hours later, they came out with bags of evidence which i have learned contain handguns and rifles indicating the highway shootings of the past week could have been much worse. Most of us here were probably in some way shape or form aware of events 15 years ago, give or take, with the d. C. Sniper case. Reporter young lived here in beltsville with his mother, father and sister. His wife recently divorced him and moved. Last year, young resigned from his job as a corrections officer in jessup, maryland. I thought he was a security guy. He wears like a security dress once in a while. I have seen him that way. Reporter but the neighbor never saw the 19 niep 9 blue Lincoln Town Car police have been looking for since the series of five shootings began a week ago. Anne arundel mills, walmart in laurel, Columbia Mall movie theater, the icc and nsa. Yesterday afternoon a tree Service Truck was targeted along the icc at the i95 interchange. One occupant of the truck was wounded by shattered glass another had a bullet lodged in his clothing. Police say both were in mortal fear for their lives. Then yesterday evening a building at the national xurtd Security Agency was hit by a bullet. The search ended about 10 30 last night when Anne Arundel Police made a traffic stop in the area of the costco in arundle mills which led for youngs arrest. Investigators worked all night to link these cases together forensically. That was chris gordon reporting. To two Small Victories in court for the man charged in brutal crimes nearly a decade apart in virginia. Jesse matthews defense team got the delay they wanted in a trial in the murder of 18yearold uva student Hannah Graham from Fairfax County. In addition to the delay, the court will be providing the defense a dna expert. Matthew has pleaded not guilty in grahams murder and a 2005 rape in fairfax. Three people are dead tonight after a small plane crashed while trying to land at the airport in norfolk, virginia. The plane went down in a wooded area here about a mile and a half away from the airport early this morning. It took crews three hours to locate the plane because of heavy fog. Sources tell our station that the plane was originally landing about 30 miles away but diverted for poor visibility. Ahead in the newscast, well have a report from norfolk with new information on the planes flight path. Wendy . What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a lunchtime police chase in arlington. It could have been tragic for the officer who made that stop. In the clarendon area. Police are trying to figure out why the driver took off. Pat collins is live near the scene. Reporter wendy, he tried his best to get away, first by car, then by foot. But he couldnt outrun the law. Arlington police got their man today, but it took some doing. They searched him head to toe. Why did he run . Thats what they were trying to find out. But im getting way ahead of this story. It started with a simple traffic stop. A red lot infraction. The officer walks up to the drivers side window. He leans in and says man, do you realize you just before he could finish that sentence, the driver takes off. The officer sort of wedged in the window. He has to shuffle along like this before he can pull back and get out of harms way. But the car, that car, it keeps on going. The suspect floors it. Reporter he drives through the neighborhood up one street, down another. The cops are closing in. At one point, the tires on the passengers side of the chrysler car go flat. He comes to a crashing halt right here in this crosswalk. He gets out and continues his escape on foot. Finally, they get him cornered and cuffed and in that chrysler car they find a gun. Is that why he ran . The firearm was recovered inside the vehicle. Right now were not sure if thats the reason the subject fled initially or if hes wanted for a number of things. Reporter oh, and what about the cop who made the traffic stop in the first place . No serious injury there. Just some shaken nerves and some boots. Now, as of this hour, investigators are still talking to the suspect, and police are back in the neighborhood conducting a search from street to street. More about that coming up at 6 00. Back to you, jim. Pat collins thank you. D. C. Mayor mare yul ror muriel buzer is making her first trip to wall street. Shes meeting with the bond agencies over the districts rating. Right now its a aa, the highest raitding is a aaa. The districts bond rating has improved over the last eight years. The better the rating of course the more money the city can borrow to spend or services and programs they can provide for residents. A new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jail. News4 gets an exclusive look at the new library and what kind of books will be inside. Reporter Virginia State police renewing their effort to get you to move over on the roadway. Im david culver in Prince William county. Well introduce you to two of the troopers involved in near deadly crashes. A new president ial candidate drumming up quite a controversy tonight. Why he says prison is proof that being gay is a choice. And storm team 4 hard at work mapping out the totals and the time line of this snowstorm set to strike the dmv. Im Pat Lawson Muse at the live desk. Weve just learned that maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen plans to run for the senate seat at the end of mccullskis term. She will not be running for reelection in 2016. Holland announced his intentions in an email to supporters today. He served in the house since 2003. But it will likely be a crowded race. Congressman john delaney has indicated he plans to explore a bid and republicans are interested in the seat that mccullski has held since 1987. Mccullski will end her career as the longest serving woman in congressional history. At the live desk, pat laus chb muse. Tonight three troopers with Virginia State police are recovering from separate accidents all within a week and all in similar fashion. The troopers were all along the side of a road here when vehicles veered into them. Two of the troopers are now sharing their experiences in and an urgent plea with david culver. Reporter you see the signs on the side of the road, move over. Police say folks are just not obeying them. Their proof . Take a look at this Virginia State police cruiser. One of three hit in the same week. This particular cruiser in honor of trooper michael campbell. Here is a look at the 26yearolds police darr the night of february 24th. He just pulled over a car on i66. While out talking to the driver another vehicle came smash noog his cruiser. Im feeling he better than i have a right to be feeling. Reporter trooper campbell is alive and walking today the first time hes seen his car since last weeks crash. He tells me he was thrown into the interstate. I was laying down there felt a few vehicles pass me while im laying on the ground. A lot of thoughts racing through my mind first and foremost, dont worry about how bad im injured get out of the road. All we ask is they give us the chance to go home to our families. Reporter the troopers were gathered and colleagues of a Fairfax County tow truck driver killed in december, all making the same plea. If theres an open lane, just move over you know . And if theres not an open lane just slow down. Reporter trooper Michael Mcsellers got hit the week before campbell. The father of two was sitting in his cruiser when right at impact something told him, turn the wheel. I cant explain it other than for me i think it was just god say, grab the steering wheel. I turned it to the right and i hit the rear corner ever him. Otherwise i would have hit this suv headon. Reporter 14 Virginia State troopers were hit last year, which makes 3 in just one week a troubling statistic. Im david culver, news4. Weve got an exclusive look at the new addition to d. C. s 40yearold jaifl. The city has opened a library for the inmates in the basement of this hulking Correctional Institute in southeast d. C. It will be paperbacks only, no fictional story thats according to city officials. So best sellers mystery, romances, science fiction, a lot of the airport paperbacks you would see just about anywhere are super popular, no matter where you are. But you can get some books to read, to limit the stress that you might be going through, books is always good for you to have to read. As an escape. Yeah. D. C. s Public Library will oversee the project costing about 250,000 per year. Some relief for families living in northeast washington. Everyone has their Water Service back on after yesterdays massive sinkhole and water main break there. D. C. Water shut off service to about 25 homes. Crews are still working to repair the road. Everything should be fixed soon, we hear. Well, going to be getting messy with snow and more stuff coming in. Why not . We have changes i think to the forecast a little bit. Yesterday we were putting out there numbers as high as 8 inches or more. I dont think thats the case anymore. I think weve brought the numbers down. Excellent. Good news. But it will still have big impacts on some wras during the day tomorrow. Lets show you where we are now. Were warm. Weve been warm 51 earlier. Look at the fog thats developed. Weve got fairly thick fog right now annapolis reporting fog less than a kwoert mile visibility. Well continue to deal with fog. That fog a result of this warmer air making its way over the snowback we have in the area. He are looking at the snow winds out of the northeast at 5 Miles Per Hour light rain continuing. We have heavy rain up to the north, 43 leesburg, 43 in gaithersburg, 53 down toward fred ricksburg, Virginia Beach at 72 right now. Not far from the real warm stuff. But look whats falling heavy rain toward winchester, hagerstown and frederick in through prince georges montgomery county. Well continue to see the rain now all night. Once again the heaviest out of i81. Then right down 270 and 70 corridors there. Headsup in those areas. Its just rain. The roads will be wet overnight tonight. Right on through early tomorrow. Then well start to see the colder air move through. Theres two distinct little impulses here, one thats going right over cincinnati right now. The other one back towards the west. And thats the one thats going to bring our snow. Winter storm warnings in effect all the way down toward arkansas through memphis, right on into our region all the way up towards the philadelphia region. For us, its a winter storm warning everywhere late tonight into the day tomorrow. Future weather, 6 00, the rain coming on through the area. Showers through the south. Then just plain rain moving through the wednesday hours, overnight tonight around 1 00. Still rain except for the portions of the northwest hagerstown, martinsburg, seeing the changeover. 6 00 a. M. , rain to the south a little bit of a lull between those two impulses. But still snowing up to the north. And this is the area to the north well see the problems early. D. C. South, youll wake up hasnt started snowing yet. The roads may be okay. But dont think theyll stay that way once the snow comes down. Its going to come down heavily. This is new. Look to the north around 9 00, its done in hagerstown. It may be done in frederick and martinsburg and winchester but still snowing heavily in d. C. , toward fredericksburg in southern maryland. Thats where it stays right around that region, i95 to the south and east, north and west may not get much from this storm. Thats a change and something weve come up with. Thats why were only going 2 to 4 in the north Hagerstown Frederick winchester on the lower side maybe upwards of the 4 inch mark. But 4 to 8 Leesburg Warrenton d. C. Down toward waldorf. If anything, these totals may come down a little bit more as some of that moisture stays out. I want to throw Something Else in there too. Road conditions ss deteriorate midmorning. Theyre bad but then they go to treacherous afternoon. Early they may not be bad in the roadways. Late in the afternoon is when things get bad. 30 degrees tomorrow high of 27 on friday 40 on saturday. Right now the weekend looking pretty good remember to spring forward saturday night into sunday. 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