Transcripts For WRC News4 Today 20150106 : vimarsana.com

Inches has accumulated. The drivers are making sure they are ready as well. Im from massachusetts, i know what snow is and push the snow to the side. Of course all crews say to leave yourself extra time to get where you need to go this morning. And storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is out there in Northern Virginia on i66 in the storm team 4x4. This is a live look at Reagan National this morning. Well hear from chuck in the next 15 minutes. Its a weather alert day because of all the storms headed this way. Well go back to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Well have more frequent updates from storm team 4 as we get the light snow coming through for the morning commute. Right now all the areas in the gray are the light snow but enough to begin to stick and fall on untreated surfaces from the bay to the west. All around the metro area, we are getting very light snow. Almost just flurlys lylyryiesflurries. They are small flakes sticking in the metro. Farther to the west its coming down in the Shenandoah Valley. And we have a band of heavy snow into central and West Virginia out of southern ohio. Thats all tracking off to getting closer to the metro area off and on with bands of light to moderate snow between now and noontime. Snow will be likely as we have slippery untreated roads. All this ending by noontime. The Winter Weather advisory is in effect for all the counties as we see here in the lavender color for all of Northern Virginia. Most of West Virginia much of maryland and the district. It will be a factor until 1 00 this afternoon. Just a dusting to areas to our south from Southern Maryland and near fredericksburg over to charlottesville. A half inch to an inch in the nearby suburbs stretching into the whennen doe virginia wall lee. Northern whennenShenandoah Valley one to two inches on the untreated surfaces. And the high ridges near the mountains, there could be two to five inches as that continues into this afternoon and tonight. But all that ending near the metro area around noontime. Another update coming up as the situation is changing minute by minute at 4 41. Melissa, how are the roads . The roads are okay but we have a little construction 66 westbound at nutley street with road work with the right lane blocked. Overall, everything is moving nicely in Prince Georges County. No road work being reported there at this point. Taking a little bit of a look to the north everything is moving along quite nicely. The beltway at colesville road no problems here. Megan mcgrath is going to be driving around all morning. She was just on 270 headed northbound near montgomery avenue. She was seeing the traffic pick up a bit heading north, so she will be driving around for us at 95 in virginia at dale boulevard looking good this morning. Well have more coming up in a couple of minutes. And at the live desk here with a developing story out of the bronx. Two officers shot after responding to a robbery at a grocery store. What we know now is both are in critical but shooting the suspects took off and then carjacked two women. The men were able to get away so the search is on right now. Meanwhile, a gun was found at the scene. Aaron . Thank you, angie. 4 34. A 19yearold woman was hit and killed by a woman in rockville crossing the road near the Shopping Center last night. She had gotten off a bus and was walking home with her mother. The driver of the crash stayed at the scene taken to the hospital. Hiere not serious. 4 35. Today is the day former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell will learn whether he performs Community Service or serve time in prison. Hes scheduled to be sentenced this morning. Richard jordan is here in the studio to breakdown what can happen today. Reporter Bob Mcdonnell and his wife maureen were found guilty of corruption. Maureen wont be sentenced until next month but Bob Mcdonnell could be looking at ten years in prison today. Thats what prosecutors believe it should be. His lawyers are asking for leniency saying he should do thousands of hours of Community Service instead. Hundreds of mcdonnells family members and friends wrote to the judge including his sister to tell the judge her thoughts. Something im not sure came out during the trial, which was the kind of man Bob Mcdonnell really is. Even the random acts of kindness. Reporter before the sentencing mcdonnell has a chance to make a final plea to the judge. That is later this morning. You can follow on twitter or download the nbc washington app to learn the ruling just moments after it happens. Thank you. 4 36. Today legal teams will question hundreds of potential jurors for the Boston Marathon bombing trial. In fact jury selection could take several weeks. The courthouse where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is on trial is saying they will seek the Death Penalty if hes convicted. Today republicans are in charge of the house and senate. On the agenda a showdown with democrats over the long delayed keystone xl pipeline. The gop wants to push it through the house later this week and then the senate where now there appears to be enough votes to pass it. John boehner will face a challenge from Louis Gohmert in his bid to remain speaker. And today in Montgomery County how to share your opinion and what it means for your children. And the snow is falling right now in Northern Virginia. Tom will be back to show you whether this snowfall will impact you throughout the morning. And throughout the break, keep an eye on the storm team 4 radar, the temperatures and driving conditions in no 4 40 right now. Snow is coming down in parts of our region. This is a live look at storm team 4 radar. We have Live Team Coverage coming up in a few minutes. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom keep will tell you what to wear today. And later this morning well learn about the changes to Montgomery Public School ss start and end time. They will looking to change the bell times starting at 9 45 in rockville. As soon as we learn the new possibilities, well post them on the website. You can voice your opinions before the school board votes on the issue in just a few weeks. The new d. C. Council is meeting today. This is the Councils First official meeting in the new year. Later today, Muriel Bowser talks about how the district plans to respond to this weeks cold temperatures and snow. We are talking about snow in our region. Its a weather alert day. Lets go to meteorologist tom kierein. Good morning. Around the region we have snow continuing to fall. And were going to have the snow off and on here coming in bands through much of the morning as we get into the afternoon hours. Right now temperatures are very cold. Were down into the 20s. So it is sticking. And were seeing here on the storm team 4 radar getting this light snow now in Prince Georges County Montgomery Fairfax and the district. And just a few flurries to the south. Off to the west getting snow very light in northern Loudoun County and northern falkier and up to frederick county. This is all coming in from the midwest. Its a fast moving area of low pressure zipping through the morning commute. And the total amounts by the time it tapers off around noontime generally a half inch to an inch across Northern Virginia the district the nearby suburbs. Farther north and west up to a couple inches in the medium blue zone. And this includes the panhandle of West Virginia. Way out in maryland and the highlands of virginia we could see five inches of snow as this moves on through. So just enough snow for it to stick around the metro area on the untreated surfaces the side streets and sidewalks that could be very slippery with temperatures very cold. We are just near 20 Degrees North and west of us. The metro area in the low to mid20s. And theres the National Airport. You can see a little bit of the light snow beginning to fall. Sunrise at 7 27. Well have this through the morning commute. And some flurries around by noontime. And then ending during the afternoon with cloudiness. Layer up this morning. Wear the warmest winter gear. Im back in ten minutes with another update on the situation changing minute by minute. Melissa, how are the roads . Here are the roads out in western maryland first. Obviously snow covered near savage mountain. 270 at montrose our area right now is seeing a little bit of light snow falling but nothing accumulating on the roadways at this point this morning. 270 at folks are headed southbound. No problem there. Megan mcgrath was headed northbound and saw a lot of folks headed southbound. So well look at that early. No major problems as we are looking slow on 395 southbound due to road work. We have a Traffic Alert for those on i66 in Northern Virginia. A father is folking out affair faction county police shoot and kill his son. What he had to say about the new information released by police. Plus running to fill a legacy. Who is the newest person to run for the council seat of late mary and barry. And tom kierein is keeping an eye on the sky. Hell show us when you can see snow in your area. And we are going to have weather and traffic for you throughout the day. Just watch your screen for us and stay with us all morning as hey guess what day it is . . Hump day hummmp daaay its hump day yeah hey Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike mike mike. Hey he knows hey guess what day it is hey camel guess what day it is its not even wednesday. Let it go, phil. If youre a camel, you put up with this all the time. Its what you do. sigh if you want to save fifteen percent or more car insurance, you itch to geico. Its what you do. Ok. 15 before the hour. We are seeing the first snowy commute of 2015. A live look at the roads in maryland. We have already heard from the federal government. As soon as we did we pushed that out on our app an hour ago. The government is open but you have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is on the beltway near river road in Montgomery County in the storm team 4x4. Reporter good morning. We do have a snowcovered road here. This is the inner loop of the beltway right now. You can definitely tell theres minor accumulation on the sides of the roads. The travel lanes are in good shape with quite a few salt and sand trucks and chemical treating trucks on the roads. We have been as far west to route 50 in the fairfax area. This is out to route 50 and back in Northern Maryland on the inner loop. Theres definitely a lot of chemical being put down on the roads. The roads are in good shape. Not a lot of slipping and sliding going on but theres a lot of white texture to the roads meaning you need to slow down and take it east first thing this morning. Well continue to bring roads to you throughout the morning, but for now traffic is relatively light at 4 47 in the morning. The roadsws are trying to make sure everything the pretreated but take it easy as the Road Conditions get worse before they get better here. Chuck bell driving along Montgomery County of the beltway. He can see a little accumulation. Be careful this morning heading out. So from accidents to School Delays and closings if the weather causes any problems youll be the first to know with the nbc washington app and push alerts with the weatherrelated issues. And storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with a look at the latest snow at 4 51. And crews are making changes as they continue the recovery of airasia 8501. They are moving east because the current is moving in that direction. Indonesian Officials Say the bad weather has been making it difficult to recover the plane and to recover the 125 bodies still missing. So far 37 bodies have been recovered. 4 48. This just came into the newsroom. Montgomery county schools are on a twohour delay. Montgomery county schools are on a twohour delay because of the weather. We now know the name of the Fairfax County Police Officer who shot and killed a map in 2013. Adam torrez shot don gear outside his home in springfield after a 30minute standoff. This is video from that day. His father spoke exclusively to news4 saying learning the officers name is not enough. We have been doing everything that we can think of to try to get information out of the county. The gere family filed a 12 million lawsuit against the Fairfax County police department. He was killed only after he put his hands down during the standoff that day. Family members visiting the cemetery in virginia found something was missing at hundreds of gravesites over the holidays. Sheriffs deputies say more than 200 bronze vases were stolen from the head stones from Memorial Park in king georges county. You can see what the vases look like in the background of this photo. Deputies say they are worth 250 a piece. The deputies are asking anyone who knows any information to call them. This man was arrested back in september after police found 3300 images of video and child pornography on the computer in his home. A camera was also found in his home with a view of the shower. He will be sentenced in april and face up to 20 years in prison. Were learning more about Fairfax Countys case against Jesse Mathews who faces rape charges in the county. Prosecutors say a gag order is not needed in this case. Matthews attorneys are requesting one. Matthews was moved to the Fairfax County jail this weekend ahead of his appearance in court later this week. The judge will move on the gag order and camera request. Mathews was also linked to the death of morgan harrington. State troopers say they clocked worth going 105 on the beltway last year. He was sentenced to ten years in jail and has not served the time. His new court date is february 3rd. The polls will open in a few hours in virginias 33rd district. Democrat Kathleen Murphy is still in the running. The 34th district extends from Loudoun County to the springfield area of Fairfax County. Polls open at 6 00 a. M. And close at 7 00. The sopson of the late marion barry wants to fill his council seat in d. C. He sent out a tweet saying quote, the legacy continues. Christopher barry is 34 years old owning a small painting company. He said he always wanted to carry on his fathers work. Barry filed papers yesterday. One challenge may be his record. The younger barry has been arrested three times on drug and traffic charges. Hes currently on probation. The special election is april 28th. Today is a weather alert day. Well go to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. It is. It is snowing here in northwest washington. We are looking outside and seeing it start to stick. Behind us is the camera of the National Airport where its snowing. All this area in the gray and the white on the storm team 4 radar, that is light snow. And it is cold. It is sticking to any untreated surface this morning, from the Shenandoah Valley across Northern Virginia the district and the bay. The light snow continues to move off to the north and east. Nothing falling in Southern Maryland yet and in the Northern Neck but it will likely begin to move in later on because the whole system is tracking from the midwest all the way down to the atlantic coast. It is moving very quickly, too. Most of the snow coming in just some bands from time to time. Should be out of here by around noontime. Look at the temperatures holding near 20 degrees now. Shenandoah valley east of there near the metro area, the low to mid20s. And its in the upper 20s near the chesapeake bay. It will be sticking with a big area under a Winter Weather advisory until 1 00. All the counties in purple from the West Virginia panhandle, Shenandoah Valley and most of maryland. The Winter Weather advisory in effect until 1 00 for snow moderate at times. One to two inches and well get the slippery untreated surfaces very quickly. It will include your street and sidewalk. Heres the timing on the snow continuing to move in during the morning hours. As of 8 00 to 9 00 still snowing across Northern Virginia maryland West Virginia. Continuing to move off to the north and east. And much of the snow ending by noon time and tracking off to the northwest. We have lingering