Temperatures here right around 20 degrees throughout most of Montgomery County. So that is, of course, going to keep that snow from melting. The problem that will probably have on roads like route 355 later on tonight, is that as rush hour winds down and those roads start to cool off a little bit, we could have a little bit of freezing. However, i have seen the plow trucks out here distributing the salt, so they are doing everything they can here in Montgomery County to prevent that refreezing from happening. The side streets, like our photographer, danielle is showing you right now, are going to continue to be a problem. Just take it easy and you should be fine. Thats what we have right now, live from gaithersburg. Im meteorologist, erica grove for wusa9. Topper, back to you. Thankfully, its a light snow. It is a dry snow, much better traction on dry snow. This is why we dusted off the impact meter yesterday. Well come back and talk about when well get above freezing. We have good news about next week. Anita, back to you. We have breaking news right now in southeast d. C. Ken is on the scene of a deadly crash involving an ambulance. Ken, what can you tell us . Well, anita, we are out here. This is 12th street. We learned the dead person involved in this wreck is a woman. I want you to take a look behind me. This is a live look at the scene. Investigators here on the scene. This wreck involved an ambulance. You can see it on your screen. This is ambulance 25 of d. C. Fire, ems, a rolled over vehicle. We understand that car, that suv clipped the ambulance and then had a wreck with four other cars. Well show you video of what it looked like on the other end of the street. You can get a better idea of what that was like a little bit ago. This happened sometime at around 2 30. Were told again, the driver of that suv who is now pronounced dead on the scene clipped the back of the ambulance. That then set off me sort of a chain event with other vehicles. Other cars here on the street. They all crashed and of course right now, this area entirely blocked off to traffic, bring you back out live right now so you can get another look. Investigators on the scene. Of course, the snow continues to fall. This job of figuring out what caused this to happen is going to be a tough one for the investigators. But you Better Believe one of the things well be looking at is whether these conditions had something to do with this. Well keep an eye on this and let you know what happens. Ken molestina, wusa9. We have a wusa9 exclusive, featuring allegations of abuse of power, corruption, illegal use of funds. That is what the Police Department sergeant is accusing the head of the citys automatic Traffic Enforcement program of doing. That is the program that overseas popular red light cameras and speed cameras. Kristin fisher joins us live with more on this. These are pretty serious accusations. Yeah, they are very serious accusations. The problem is, no one seems to be doing anything about it. The allegations are coming from Sergeant Mark robinson. Hes a 22 year veteran of the department. He says that he has been removed from the automated Traffic Enforcement unit after he complained to his superiors about the Program Manager. Lisa sutter. The program has been involved in a lot of things that i recognized immediately that is illegal, and things that warrant immediate attention. Things that Sergeant Robinson carefully documented, like a 25,000 payment to a nonprofit without proper approval. And an 824 bill. All right, well we seem to be having some technical difficulties. We hope to bring you the rest of Sergeant Robinsons story later in the newscast. Well look guard to that, kristen, including an idea of what else Sergeant Robinson might have to do later on as we watch this story unfold. Thank you so much for that. Anita. The jury in the murder trial of a former Culpeper Police officer had a busy day. Supplied with the jurors toured the scene of the fatal encounter. It began in a school annex parking lot and ended on northeast street. Patricia cook, who was shot as she drove away. It ended with her. The jury heard emotional testimony from the defendant himself. Peggy fox has the story from culpeper. Daniel harmonwright broke down and cried in the middle of his testimony today just when he got to the moment when he took out his gun and shot Patricia Cook. When he was asked if he intended to kill her, he asserted that no, he saw her as a threat to the public and his only intention was to stop that threat. During daniel harmonwrights testimony, the jury seemed rivetted. He told about finding Patricia Cook with her eyes closed. The suspicious person he was called to check on was sitting in her jeep wrangler. Wi the sunscreen over the entire windshield. He said he asked to see her id and that she rolled up the window on his arm and then his hand. And she started to drive away. He said, the window was cinched down really tight on my left hand, on my knuckles. It was like she was trying to sling me off the vehicle. I screamed stop, or ill shoot three times as loud as i could. The whole time she was screaming, no, and continuing to accelerate. I discharged my weapon twice in very rapid succession and the window shattered. His attorney entered into evidence a piece of glass that came out of his thumb. After those first two shots, harmonwright fired five more as Patricia Cook took a left turn out of the School Parking lot. The jury toured the scene this morning using maps to help identify how the Fatal Shooting played out. Harmonwright says he fired straight at the fleeing vehicle to avoid hitting anyone else. He said, i knew she had just attacked me with her car and if i let her continue, she would possibly strike and kill someone. I want justice for her. Pat cooks brother blames both the officer and the culpeper Police Department for allowing him to continue to be on the force after being sited for excessive force. How can you justify seven shots, you know, several in the back. Unarmed woman in a car. You know, that makes no sense to me. Thats just excessive, brutal force. The jury comes back monday morning to begin deliberations. In culpeper, peggy fox, wusa9. Thank you, peggy. Police are investigating the murder of a teenager in northwest d. C. 18yearold nicole lee of takoma park was shot in the head in the middle of the night at 5th and nicolson street. So far, police have not said anything about a motive or suspect in this Young Persons death. Joe biden hitting the road today to promote stricter gun laws. First stop, the progun state of virginia. Biden sat down with state leaders in richmond and talked about ways to control gun violence, all in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting. Here in d. C. , some Lawmakers Said existing enrcing laws is the way to go, including screening to prevent the mentally ill from getting those weapons. Thats what we have to figure out what to do. Cure them if we can, separate them if we must, and prevent them from obtaining dangerous weapons. Gun control supporters say Public Opinions shifted after the New Town School shooting. Thousands of people are expected to call for stricter gun control laws during a march on the National Mall tomorrow. And thousands marched for life, protesting the u. S. Supreme Court Decision legalizing abortion four decades ago. Brings deem stray torse brings demonstrators. Surae chin reports. Reporter their message, all life is sacred and giving a voice to the unborn. I was 16 years old and i lived in detroit, michigan. The personal story is told through these signs. My mom and dad didnt know i was sexually active. I had an abortion. Younger generation marched for life. This could have happened to us one day, so were here and we need to stop it for other people. Pope benedict, xvi, tweeted, i join all those marching for life and pray political leaders will protect the unborn and promote a culture of life. Prolife marchs made their way to the u. S. Supreme court to protest the anniversary of the decision. They were met by counterprotesters, prochoice advocates. I support a womans right to choose. For 19 years, i stayed quiet. Gets emotional to the day about her decision made more than 30 years ago. She often wonders about the sibling her 23yearold daughter could have had. For all of us, it derailed our lives. I say they made a choice on their own and they dont have a right to tell a woman after the fact what she should do. Two sides that may never see common ground. Wusa9. The annual march is held on the 2 2a7bd, but its moved because of the president ial inauguration. Coming up, hear what happens when john from baltimore puts a call into the family to ask which brother theyre going to root for in the super bowl. Okay, heres how dry the snow is. Its like being in New Hampshire or vermont. This snow is going to be sweepable, or use your leaf blower. Not so much shoveable. Well talk about when it tapers off and take you through the weekend. Stay tuned. But up next, the guns, deficits, and immigration high on his agenda. The commander in chief names the new chief of lets take you back now to the wusa9 exclusive featuring serious accusations of misdeeds by the person who runs the metropolitan Police Departments automatic Traffic Enforcement program. That would be the program over seeing those red light cameras and sped cameras in d. C. Kristin fisher is live with us again. Kristen. They are serious, all right, but the problem is, no one seems to be doing anything about it. The allegations are coming from Sergeant Mark robinson. Hes a 22 year veteran of the department. He says he has been removed from the automated Traffic Enforcement unit after he complained to his superiors about the project manager, lisa sutter. The Program Manager had been involved in a lot of things that i recognized immediately as being illegal, against policies and procedures, and things that warrant immediate attention. Things that Sergeant Robinson says is carefully documented, like a 25,000 payment to a nonprofit without proper approval. And an 824 bill for a staff meeting at a d. C. Restaurant. All of it, robinson says, was paid for by the money generated by photo enforcement violations. The fact that none of the funds were used on the program itself, or no service was rendered to the government, i automatically recognize that as being improper. He claims the Program Manager refused to avoid more than 100,000 effect i have citations, at the same time, she did allegedly void several other legitimate tickets. Sergeant robinson reported it to internal affairs. The conclusion, robinson says the allegations were upheld, but no punishment. Today, the Program Manager continues to be in position without any discipline. Last september, robinson appealed to d. C. Council chair, who at the time, was chair of the judiciary committee. I give you four minutes, but thats it. Yes, sir. Robinson asked for an oversight hearing, but mendelson turned him down. A complaint such as he alleges, i take it seriously. I have no way of judging the accuracy and so what i do is i ask an office that has the ability to investigate to look into it. That office is the office of the Inspector General. When i contacted them about it, all they would say is that the office of the Inspector General does not confirm or deny investigations. If theres one part of the government that is more useless than the judiciary committee, it would be the office of the Inspector General. The head of the local police union, he believes, like robinson, that part of the reason nothing is being done is because the photo Enforcement Program brings in millions for the city. 95million last year alone. If you have someone bringing in tens of millions of dollars, no one wants to investigate that person. Thats a problem. And even if there wasnt a problem this time, they know they wont be investigated, thats a recipe for abuse. The reason im doing it is because the public needs to be made aware whats being done behind closed doors. They also decline my request for an interview with the Program Manager, lisa sutter. They did, however, tell me to reach out to the Inspector General for a response, you saw the response that i got from them. So im really at the same place as Sergeant Robinson. It doesnt seem like he had much success. What else can he do . Theres a new chairman, councilman, tommy wells. Hoping maybe hell agree to an oversight hearing. He could also file a lawsuit, but he says that would be only a last resort. Derek. All right, thank you, kristen. President obama named his brandnew chief of staff today. He is long time aid, dennis mcdunna. Serves as one of the Top National Security advisers. Hell replace jack lieu, as secretary of the pressurely. The president also announced the appointment of four women to senior level positions. Violent confrontations between protesters and police in egypts square. Tens of thousands of people gather there to mark the second anniversary of the up rising that toppled mubarack. And his Muslim Brotherhood allies. Their cause has been betrayed by the islamist. A First Responder risks his life to save a 14yearold boy trapped on a limb in raging flood waters. This happened in australia earlier today. The boy and rescuer, they survived. Australia is enduring severe flooding, brought on by the cyclone. The senate is expected to vote monday to pass a bill to help the victims of hurricane sandy. The vote comes three months after the super storm devastated parts of new jersey and new york. As many as 40,000 people were left homeless. At least 3500 families living in hotels. The hotels are funded by fema. Claims are on an individual basis and they expire every two weeks. The next deadline is tomorrow and many families are still waiting to hear whether they are going to be allowed to stay. You have to imagine what thats like, living in the hotel is hateful. Imagine hoping that you get to stay in a hotel because you dont have anywhere else to go. Yeah, not good. That happened a long time ago. No kidding, time to get this moving. We held in the 20s today. You said it was coming. And it snowed. Didnt snow much, but it does count, i suppose. We have some pictures for you. This is live near Tysons Corner and the traffic is slow. Its not a heavy snow, but if you add anything to the mix, and its not a good thing. Heres the white house, thats pretty. Very nice, very nice. All right, lets take a look now at my live shot. This is out on wisconsin avenue looking north here at broadcast house. You can see wisconsin avenue itself is just wet, but its not covered. You get off the beaten path a little bit and find some covered streets. So keep that in mind. Also keep in mind when youre walking, not so much tonight, but tomorrow morning when you get the paper. 21 degrees right now downtown. That is the downtown temperature. Light snow, a dew point is 14. Still a very dry air mass. It is snowing with the humidity only 66 , now its 74 , which means its better inside your house, but not great. So, 4 inches. Thats the winter so far, and across the divide, it had 5 inches already. Maryland, north of hagerstown, 1. 5. Weather terrace,. 3, and a little over half an inch. Those are up to the minute totals we have. Temperature wise, it is some kind of cold. 20 in reston, 19 in arlington. Are you kidding me . Its 19 in bethesda. 21 in waldorf and 20 by the water in annapolis. So, very arctic air mass still covers the entire east coast. It will slowly retreat next week. All right, how much snow . Maybe an inch downtown. An inch in la plata. Not much of the south and west, if youre in laray or culpeper, thats why one reason youre not under a Winter Weather advisory. The radar, you didnt see the back edge of the precipitation, its moving away pretty fast. At one time, we thought the southern storm might give us moisture. This is all the clipper, the southern storm well to our south. This is all we got. There are some pockets of moderate snow pushing through parts of southern Prince Georges County and also into charles county. If youre going down 301, youll run into intense snow for about ten minutes. So, tapers off by 8 00. 1 to 3 inches. Dry snow, but some of the side roads are slick. No snowballs, but maybe. Maybe you can sled. Thats one reason i cut the glass. All right, next three days, 9 weather alerts are green. Cold tomorrow, breezy, 32. Not as cold on sunday, 36 and clouds come in late. Milder on monday. Were back in the 40s and that starts our warmup, actually. Check this out, os on tuesday with showers. Wednesday were back near 60 with some rain developing late and it will be cool again. Were back in the 40s on thursday. Notice the high on thursday. And were cold again next friday with temperatures up around 30. Oh man. It didnt last long. Sure is, thank you topper. Coming up, folks, how redskins qb, rg3 has a special young boy who shot two three pointers end up on Sports Center . But up next, the flu outbreak seems to be leveling off, the number of cases on the rise, especially in certain the cdc is out. 47 states are reporting widespread flu