It will be a fun time working together around here each and every morning to help keep you ahead of the weather. Right now, not much to worry about, but there is snow in the forecast for later today. This morning, cold and dry with clouds moving in. This arch, temperatures will be just above the freezing mark. We could have a sprirngel or a flurry mid to Late Afternoon before it all becomes light snow as we get into the evening. Temperaturewise today, not much of a budge at all. Again, snow chances moving in a little bit later on in the day. Impact, minor at most during the afternoon hours, but light snow moving in this evening. How much . Lets go over to miss sheena. Yes. The snow could be here as early as part of the evening commute. That could be the leading edge of the snow. Maybe snow flurries or light snow showers for the evening drive. Well be watching that closely. As we go early into tomorrow morning, take a look at the snow totals. Its not a lot, but the timing is going to be an inch half an inch toen a inch district. Take a look at your commute, though. Were looking at today 5 00 p. M. , flurries or light snow. As we go into early tomorrow, the snow ending and start to go dry out with slippery spots for the morning commute. Speaking of the commute, lets check on the roadways. Good morning. And welcome, of course. So happy to have you here. Metro delays on the red line to glenmont, earlier problem causing those slowdowns. Beltways overall, no major problems on the beltway. Nice and green. We would show you if we had anything falling from the sky right now on our radar. Right now, nothing. Very different from what were going to see tomorrow morning. M manassas park, and we are shut down on 17 north of 66 because of Railroad Gates that are stuck down. Sounds like they should be opening soon. Thank you, ready for the snow set to hit us this evening. First, a blast from the past. You may remember this dusting from january 12th, 2016. But the dusting came just before the rush hour and stalled traffic all over the area for hours. This morning, justin finch is out monitoring the pretreating happening on the roads. April, good morning. While many of us were asleep, road crews were out here working go ahead getting ahead of this. The salt, you may feel the crunching of that salt and sand earn your tires. We volume vdot crews this morning as they pretreated connecticut and wisconsin avenues. And many other fan dollars out to hit other major roadways, as well. Reports are that this snowfall is set to come down this evening will impact the evening commute and perhaps stretch into the morning compute. And that is why these crews were out here getting ah storm as soon as they could. We do know that vdot crews began their work actually yesterday afternoon. Back out live as you can see, that salt now being grinded into the ground. Those vdot crews are telling us that even for a little bit of snow, it takes a lot of preparation and they dont want any repeats of other past incidents involving small amounts of snow and lots of impact. Back in to you. All right, justin, thank you. It is 6 04 and transportation officials in maryland are getting state roads ready. You may notice trucks out pretreating the roads today. They are spraying a mixture of salt and water on the roads. While they dont expect to be using plows tomorrow, road crews and contractors have been told to be ready. Drivers in Northern Virginia are asked to prepare for rush hour commute toes be impacted by snow. Thats both this evening and tomorrow morning. Vdot crews are also out pretreating roads across the state. So watch for trucks on the road today. Stay with storm team 4 for the latest on this download our app and join us early tomorrow morning b. We will start this broadcast at 4 00 a. M. Breaking nut news out of bethesda. A working is recovering after falling 35 feet down a utility shaft at the bethesda metro station. Montgomery county fire says it took about 90 minutes to rescue the man overnight. She was taken to the hospital he was taken to the hospital, rather, with serious injuries to his back and leg. He is being evaluated for hype row therm ya. The accident comes just one day after metros Largest Union had held a News Conference slamming the agency over employee safety. Developing right now, Washington Adventist Hospital is running normally again this morning. Crews just fixed a broken pipe that was affecting the water pressure at the hospital. Patients, employees and visitors were all told not to drink from the faucets while it was being worked on. The hospital handed out Water Bottles to everyone overnight. Developing this morning, a person led police on a high speed chasero car. Were working to learn the name of that suspect now. This started last night when a Police Officer attempted to pull over a driver on gainesville Street Southeast. When the officer approached, the suspect backed into the Police Cruiser and then took off. That chase ended on the beltway in virginia near i95. Police tell us a young girl was found in that car, but they did not provide any more information. Family and friends are begging the person who ran down a deaf woman to come forward. Do you have kids . Wooucht somebody to do that to one of yours . Please turn yourself in and help us get some peace without life. Despite the cold, loved ones of Jacqueline Cole gathered last night for a candlelight vigil he. Last month, someone hit and killed cole at that crosswalk on 14th street in columbia heights. That suv never stopped. D. C. Police have released these images of the dark colored suv they believe was involved. It is now 6 06. Just in to the news oo outgoing administration. Molette green is at the live desk with the exit memo. Thats right. And were just looking over this exit letter that outlines what the federal agency considers some key accomplishments made during the Obama Administration. It touts efforts to modernize operations, pointing out efforts to strengthen the capacity to recruit and hire qualified people. It goes on to say theyve improved the background check process and put in new and innovative tools to improve Customer Service and, of course, tackling Cyber Security and enhancing its cyber skills there. That is the latest. Back to you. Molette, thank you. Today, Cyber Security will be the main focus on capitol hill, specifically focusing on russias interference in the election. The Senate Armed Forces committee and Foreign Relations committee will get closed door briefings on the issue. It comes after community concluded that russia tried to interfere in the president ial election to help donald trump win. There is new information concern ago student related data breach. According to the Frederick News post, the Frederick County school board is not allowing information to be transferred to the Maryland State Education Department until its system is secure. This move comes after 1,000 Frederick County districts had their information stolen. Tonight, youll be able to weigh in on the 2018 fiscal year budget for Montgomery County schools. Superintendent jack smith is proposing a 2. 5 billion budget. It included more than 62 million in new spending. Thats an increase of about 2. 5 over last fiscal year. Outrage from parents in Prince Georges County after they say their kids are being left stranded. Why a School Bus Driver shortage is being blamed. A major discovery in the health world. The new organ that was just discovered in the human body. The snow that is moving into our area later today. A reminder, we will be on early tomorrow morning starting at 4 00 a. M. With the latest Road Conditions and School Delays been storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and Sheena Parveen are back with a closer look at what to expect. And we are following a developing story in southern california. A search under way for a missing helicopter. Game night is our daughter allies favorite night. And knowing that her favorite General Mills big g cereals are glutenfree, like honey nut cheerios, rice chex and lucky charms, she can enjoy it her way. You said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. General mills big g cereals hear you. Thats why we say yes to whole grain as our first ingredient. And no way to high fructose corn syrup. So no matter what your favorite is, you can feel good about General Mills big g cereals. Welcome back. We are talking about snow. The first time were seeing it this season. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen in the storm team 4 Weather Center with the details. And the snow is coming on later on today. Its not going to be a lot of snow, but the problem will be the timing of the snow. There is a chance we could flurries. Otherwise, move v most of it will be falling later tonight. Right now, though, were nice and dry outside. Temperatures are colder, 32 in the district. Culpepper is at 29 fwres. Your forecast for today, 35 by snoon, so it will be a cold day today the. By 6 00 p. M. , we could see the leading emg of that snow. So right now on metro, again, we still have this problem here on the red line. Delays because of the earlier man function at shady grove. New issue on the belt loop at 450, a crash beinger reported there. People behaving themselves this morning. Like to see that. In maryland, travel times, 270 south is moving along okay. 66, no problems there. 95 north quantico to the beltway on time. Hop in your car today. Aaron. 6 14 now. More and more people are going to testify standard against the man who killed nine people in a South Carolina church. Dylann roof was convicted of murder and hate crimes for last years massacre. Yesterday he said there was nothing wrong with him psychologically. Roof could face the death penalty. Prince georges candidate police spent last night going door to door looking for answers in a weekend murder. Detectives talked to folks who lived near the scene. A Police Source tells news for the shooter fired more than 30 shots. Carters family is desperate for justice. Its tough. But right now, im my sons voice and he doesnt have one. It hurts. Now, there is a reward available for information that leads to an arrest and its up to 25,000. A possible helicopter crash. Molette. This story is still developing. Two passengers on a cruise ship reported a downed helicopter, but so far, nothing found. This is now a recovery operation weve learned. Searchers looked for survivors late into the night near the port of legislation. Two were believed on board a small aircraft. A pilot and a passenger, lifeguards and coast guard crews searched that area, but no aircraft, no vijt, no debris discovered. Back to you. It is 6 15. Covering prince georges candidate now, parents are upset that their kits are being left stranded because the School System accident have enough bus drivers. This happened twice this week to sylvia atwaters special needs son. And the problems gets worse when someone calls in sick or quits. The School System is looking for qualified drivers right now. If youre interested, find more information in our nbc washington app. Search school bus jobs. In news 4 your health now, medical search researchers have named one of our organize yoons, its called the mesentery and it connects the intestine to the abdomen. It performance important cardiovascular systems. Science and medals keeping us on our toes. Here he thought it was a holiday eating. If you watch our news cast, one of seen how we are working with you highlighting Mental Health and domestic violence. This weekend at nbc 4s health and fitness expo, we will have more information for you to get more information a all of these topics. At the Washington ConventionCenter Saturday and sunday and it is all free. Here is a 2017 fashion tip that i dont think youre going to be a fan of, aaron. No. So apparently male chokers are now a thing. Several online retailers are selling sell vet velvet chokers for men. Most retailers have sold out of their supply. Chuck, well have to get you one. The trend was big for the ladies in 2016, so all of these female celebrities made this style a stable and apparently men are wearing that. Where did you get that . This is not the velvet one. Do you want to try it on. No. This isnt meant for people with shirts and collars. No, you could maybe wear it on top. Whats the point . What am i trying to hide . Because if you want to look like aus the tib powers, you you can have it. Happy birthday. Just make sure its a diamond choker. High fashion. You cant keep up. There is always something. So we have our new teammate here, Sheena Parveen. What has been the most fun thing youve ever done in your whole life . Probably skydiving at this had point. Id have to think of more stuff. Ive done a lot of fun things. That is a big one. It was so much fun. Anyway, well talk more about that later. Weve agreed no bungee jumping. The scariest thing we have in the weather is a chance for snow coming our way later today and into the evening hours tonight. Its running ahead of schedule, so it might be in here before the sun goes down. Might be a sprinkle of rain, as well. Temperatures are likely to be at or above the freezing mark, at least until the sun sunsets today, 5 01. Tsz gold this morning. Everybody below freezing except for annapolis by the pay bay. Temperatures wont budge much. Just warm enough where it might be a sprinkle early on. Future weather, maybe a sprinkle at early as 2 00 or 3 00. How much . Lets find out from sheena. We can see the leading edge of some of this snow around tonight. I think more of the snow will become widespread across area. 6 00 p. M. , we could be seeing the leading edge of some of this snow. So this is something that we will be watching very closely as we go through the remaineder of the evening. Clouds increasing, but then we by about 6 00 p. M. Through part of the area. So that is something that we will be watching very closely. And this is something that we will be watching even three tomorrow morning. Were on at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning because of the some of the snowfall. That could cause slippery spots on some aheads. Cold and cold and cold, thats whats coming up the next little bit is four things to know. There we go, there is your ten day. Taking really cold through the weekend. Highs below freezing on saturday and sunday. Could put a chance for snow down to the beaches. But it looks like our saturday snow chance has fallen back to near nothing. Orange, blue, silver lines right now, we have delays. That is in addition to the other the red line. Delays to glenmont because of an earlier problem in shady grove. Beltway, no big issues. Trying to get some more information about that one right now. Chopper 4 over 270 there at the split. So no problems northbound or southbound. Getting this flashes there. 17 north of 66, that has just reopened. Aaron. Melissa, thank you. They died just a day apart, but they will be remembered together. What were learn background funeral arrangements for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fischer. And a we czar find in a pk in d. C. Ar its go time at dunkin with two wakeup wraps for 3. Enjoy two freshly made oventoasted wraps with bacon, sausage, or ham and keep on all day. America runs on dunkin. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. 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