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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm January 26, 2015

Obviously as it continues to come down and as topper mentioned, temperatures will continue to drop. That is all likely to change. Road conditions expected to get worse. You want to be careful if youre on them. If it looks best its best to assume and to approach as if it could be icy. D. O. T. Crews have been out all day pretreating roads in maryland and virginia. That should certainly help conditions. Plows are out and about right now. Weve seen several drive by us. Theyre all on stand by, ready to clear out the roads as conditions worsen tonight. At this point were all sort of on standby really waiting for the worst to come. A raw snowy night for those long range commuters heading home to communities as far out as interstate 81. Scott broom is in hagerstown tonight and the thermometer is dropping fast out there. Let me take you to the dashboard camera of my mobile news room. Im moving with that flow of commuters westbound on i70 right now right in to hagerstown, just about to intersect with 81. Looks like as topper just reported the snow event is over out here. Its turnd very light stuff. Boy, is it getting cold in the side streets where the salt did not take its effect. Reporter interstate 81 clear tonight for homecoming commuters, but plenty of rural lanes have a frosty thin coating of snow and ice. The accumulation conversational as topper likes to say. Light on the snow on and off. Had fun cleaning my car. Cold. I dont like it. I didnt have no trouble at all. Reporter before dawn today plows and salt trucks were going up and down the corridor. That kept road problems throughout a minimum throughout the day. Schools in Washington County, maryland opened two hours late. The kids are going to get home safe. Thats all that matters. Reporter down the road in martinsburg, west virginia, shoveling at a restaurant called tapatia. Tonight the winds pick up and temperatures drop, promising an uncomfortable night for anyone going outdoors. Back live now on the dashboard camera, sorry about that dropped signal here. That happens when youre moving around. Commuters headed home tonight you can see in front of me do have clear roads. As topper reported, we got to worry about that icing particularly on the rural side streets that did not get the salt today out in this part of the country. Reporting live in Washington County maryland, hagerstown, scott broom wusa 9. Topper says this is not our storm, but a state of emergency is in effect for connecticut new jersey parts of new york, massachusetts as the massive storm takes aim at them. Much of the area can expect 2 feet of snow. Marlie hall reports from new york. Its coming down here in new york city. The streets and the sidewalks are already blanketed with snow. But the worst is yet to come. Reporter the snow is starting to pick up as a potentially historic storm bears down on a 250mile stretch of the east. In connecticut a travel ban begins at 9 p. M. In new york city officials urge people to get home before they limit Subway Service and close roads. You cant underestimate this storm. This is not a typical storm. Its going to pack a real punch. Reporter the noreaster is expected to dump between 1 and 3 feet of snow and wind gusts could reach over 50 miles per hour. The storm is expected to cause widespread power outages. On long island, people filled up gas cans for their generators. Thats the main issue keeping the heat going in the house. Reporter the storm could break new york city snowfall record of 26. 9 inches, but new yorkers are taking it in stride. Nothing compares to last year. Its about time we got some snow. We think this is just going to be beautiful. So were not worried about the snow so far. Reporter at bostons logan airport, all flights will be grounded this evening possibly through late wednesday. Thousands of flights up and down the east coast have been canceled. The heaviest snow will fall from about midnight tonight through to tomorrow afternoon. Those poor folks up there. Kind of makes you glad youre here at this juncture. Absolutely. You feel for everybody up there. Happy to be here. Tonights snow is prompting some evening activities to be canceled. You can see those alerts at the bottom of your screen. At 5 30 well update you on how airports are handling all the cancellations. Were Getting Started even brighter and earlier tomorrow at 4 a. M. You can stay up to date on the snow and any cancellations using our wusa 9 mobile app. It is free for android or your apple mobile devices. Morning team going to be up dark and early with you. Breaking news right now in the annapolis mansion fire investigation. Weve learned the body of the sixth victim in the fire has been recovered. Debra alfarone joins us from near the scene with the very latest. Youre right. We just got word a little while ago about the sixth victim, the body being found here. I did get off the phone with the medical examiner. Theyve not positively i. D. d any of the remains yet. They dont have a timeline for that. But right here on childs point road this investigation continues. Reporter cold, snow covered, lonely. This make shift shrine to the little lost angels and their grandparents john and sandy pyle could be anymore sad. Wusa 9 had the only camera rolling as the crane used in the investigation left the scene today. Police havent confirmed if any of the bodies fire investigators found in the charred rubble at what used to be 936 childs point road are the family. Dont make assumptions. Because i think assumptions can be dangerous. Reporter he started the anne Arundel News Network last year. He asked experts for answers to questions people asked him. Like why isnt the states attorney on the scene. If the investigator leaves the scene he has to have permission to come back on the property. If the owners arent there, they have to have some legal way of coming on. Reporter what does it mean that the atf is involved . Theyre a resource. Theyll send a representative to the scene. The representative will evaluate the scene and if that person feels that the Analysis Response Team has to be activated, then theyll do it and thats what they did. Reporter also with questions, fire and arson investigation consultants out of pasadena maryland. Wusa 9 again had the only camera rolling as their truck pulled in and we can exclusively confirm tonight the familys Insurance Company has hired them to investigate. Back here live on the scene it breaks your heart to see the little teddy bears covered in snow flowers everything. It breaks your heart to see that. Fire investigators do they theyre going to be here. They anticipate being here for two more days as they try to figure out what happened here. Debra alfarone wusa 9. A rookie dc firefighter is facing weapons charges tonight after a Police Officer spotted his car illegally parked in a handicap spot. According to charging documents the Prince Georges County Police Officer smelled marijuana coming from the car. The car driven by shane ronald jones. They founded a loaded ammunition drum ski mask, latex gloves and marijuana. Jones has been placed on administrative leave. Former Virginia Governor bob mcdonell will be headed to prison in a few an Appeals Court ruled he can remain free while his Corruption Case is on appeal. Mcdonell was to begin serving a twoyear sentence on february 9th. He was found guilty in accepting thousands of dollars of loans and gifts from Johnny Williams in exchange to using the office to promote his company. Oral arguments on the appeal are set for may 12th. Were just Getting Started on wusa 9news at 5 00. Young kids Walking Around in Montgomery County neighborhood without their parents. Andreaa roanebmccarren brings us the story. He admits hes the guy that lost control of his toy drone crashed it in to the grounds of white house. Is the secret Service Ready for this kind of threat . Others. Now, americans everywhere are discovering that. Spoon after spoon. Dish after dish. Time, after time, after time again. Deliciously creamy galbani ricotta inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . Italys favorite cheese brand. Now, americas number one ricotta. The secret service locked down the white house early this morning alarmd after a small drone crashed on the south lawn. It now appears it was just a night owl governor worker playing around with his toy when he lost control. After a series of secret service failures, bruce leshan reports live tonight a lot of people are hoping the secret service is moving to counter one more potential threat. Thats right. But this wasnt as defurious as we first thought. Reporter seek cret Service Officers and agents combed the white house grounds before dawn and then once again at daybreak, trying to make sure they had not missed anything. About 3 00 in the morning an officer heard and saw a quadcopter flying low then crashing in to the Southeast Side of the white house complex. By 9 30 a government worker came forward admitted it was his saying he was flying it for fun nearby and lost control. The early instructions are that its not any ongoing threat to anyone at the white house. Reporter the president and first lady are in india. Sasha and malia are in washington with their grandmother. The air space over the white house is very secure but these are the kind of things given their small size, its very difficult to mitigate this. Reporter dan is a former secret Service Agent who suspects the secret service is now spending a lot of time thinking about how to protect the white house from a drone that could run surveillance or even be packed with high explosives. Theyre going to have to attack the problem though from the communications side. How the drone communication with the operator theres no other way. You cant shoot it down in washington d. C. Its a major american city. Wheres the bullet going to go . Do take a lesson before you fly. Reporter the faa has been warning people not to fly the now immensely popular toy drones in closed air space or around crowds. But congress has been pushing the agency to speed up the implementation of new rules on drones. More dangers than fence jumping for us from terrorism are these drones. Which after all were using in warfare which gives everybody the idea of what they can use them for. Author ron kessler a frequent critic of the secret service says the secret service is on top of the threat from drones. He says the laboratories the Defense Department are working on ways to disrupt these drones perhaps with electromagnetic waves that would zap their components or with other kind of electric interference that would disrupt their radio communication. So theyre working on it. This is a yellow alert day. Now heres wusa 9s first alert weather. Todays snow made for tricky driving in parts of our area including winchester. The snow did slow down drivers as well as walkers to try to get around this morning. And of course its heartbreaking for someone like topper who loves the snow and were not going to get to see all the snow that new york is. I brought another tie too but i did wear there. Theres a couple snowflakes. Maybe an inch or two tonight. If i wear it who knows if its the last time. Boy, those are pretty pictures in new york. This is going to sound kind of silly but remember you need to have your windshield wiper stuff filled. Youre going to be cleaning your windshields constantly the next few days. Cumberland maryland, 3 inches. Inch and a half at chester. Martinsburg had about an inch and a half. Were looking at almost an inch and half an inch in winchester, virginia. Now a live look outside. You can see National Airport kind of shrouded in fog and clouds. A little bit of snizzle. Something between snow and drizzle. Upper 20s. That indicates cold er and drier air has moved in. It funneled in last night. Winds north northeast. Heres the radar. Over the past couple hours you can see some of the bands starting to develop over the Montgomery County, Howard County line. Still a little bit of rain to the south. That will kick over. Our friends in Charles County may take a while. May take until 10 00 11 00 tonight. You are going to get an inch of snow on the western side of the bay. The brighter the white the heavier the snow. Out toward 108, a little bit of snow. 108 and 97. Were looking at snow on the way to columbia and a little bit of snow to Silver Spring. As the upper air swings through tonight, radar will fill in a little bit. Were also concerned despite the 1 to 2 inches temperatures tonight. 25 to 30. Thats going to equal icy spots. Well say a trace to 2 inches overnight. Some areas could get locally 3 inches. Tuesday morning commute slippery. Weve extended our yellow alert through tuesday at least through the Early Morning hours. How much snow . Total when all said and done, 1 to 3 inches through the metro and 2 to 4 to the north of us. Your snow is over out in the mountains. Futurecast 8 00 tonight. The futurecast is a hard time figuring out where these snow showers are going to be placed. Not unlike the summertime showers. Temperatures in the 20s and low 30s and we see a couple bands of snow now along i95, south in to Southern Maryland and a pretty good band setting up on either side of the bay with temperatures in the 20s. By midnight look at the band along the bay. A little sliver of Anne Arundel County and calvary county in that band tonight. Northeastern maryland, youll probably see 2 to 4 inches. Even through the Morning Hours snow showers will work their way to northeast to southwest. You could still see showers snow showers in leesbur morning but no accumulation. By 9 00 some breaks in the clouds, temperatures upper 20s low 30s. 1 00, skies should be returning. Partly sunny. Well be above freezing tomorrow in the mid 30s, low to mid 30s. By 3 00, sunshine. Pretty strong winds tomorrow. 10 to 20, 25. Dress for the 20s. Tonight cold. Windy and cold with light snow or snow showers. A trace to two inches and lows 25 to 30. That concerns me as much as anything else with the refreezing tonight. So the day planner looks like this. Snow showers or flurries at 34. That will be at 7 00. 9 00 maybe a flurry. 11 00, sun a ppears and by 11 00 a little bit of sun. Wednesday, 37. Another clipper comes through thursday. Not a strong clipper. Most of it goes north of us. Behind that it will be cold on friday and saturday. Low to mid 30s on friday and saturday. Super bowl sunday, another system comes at us, a mix possible by sunday evening. Well talk more about that in case youre traveling somewhere to get to a super bowl party. Arctic blast behind that. Only in the 20s next monday. Prince georges county Police Charged a teenager with attempted murder over a shooting yesterday at the suspects home in clinton. 16yearold delano dunmoore is being charged as an adult. Police say it appears dunmoore got in to an argument with two other teens then they say he shot and wounded the others, then shot himself. All three survived though one of those victims suffered some critical injuries. A dc cab driver is facing numerous charges after leading police on a high speed chase. It all ended this morning on the south capital street bridge. Police say the cabby made an illegal uturn on the parkway. The cabby hit a couple other vehicles. The 27yearold suspect has now been charged with felony assault on an officer among some other charges. A museum worker damages one of the worlds most recognizable artifacts. How king tuts beard was busted. And a tire recall you need to know about. Plus accusations that verizon is putting your privacy at risk. In tonights consumer alert, goodyear is recalling more than 48,000 tires. Heres whats going on. Theyre fitted for suvs and they can develop small cracks. But this doesnt just impact owners of goodyear tires. This impacts General Motors vehicles too. The automaker is being forced to stop sales of about 6300 vehicles until the tires can be replaced. Cyber experts say verizon is putting your privacy at risk. The company apparently uses computer codes to tag and follow subscribers as they search for web. Security experts say that could make you vulnerable to companies and toac hkers who could track and profile you. Travel site expedia has bought travelosity in a 280 million cash deal. In 2013 expedia started helping travelosity run its website. That adds to expedias rapidly growing online portfolio which includes hotels. Com and hotwire. Com. In todays health alert the food and Drug Administration approved a new drug designed to help meningitis b. The double dose treatment is already approved in 36 countries. Theres been meningitis b outbreaks in several universities. New Research Suggests the genetics of autism are more complex than before thought. Experts previously believed that siblings actually inherited the same autism indisposing genes. Marylands two biggest casinos want to get rid of hundreds of games to make room for others. Whats on the chopping block and why . Thats coming up. Free range parent from our area who sparked an International Debate about parenting meet with Child Protective Services this afternoon. Im andrea mccarren. Ill have all the details coming up in a live report. Folks in our area are already having a hard time getting out. Im stephanie you know. Theres a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. Try phillips fiber good gummies. Theyre delicious. And an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. Mmmm. These are good the tasty side of fiber. From phillips. As the coastal storm begins to take over and intensify its going to intensify a little too late for us. Were going to get a little bit of snow overnight. Probably a trace to an inch in the west. Beltway, 1 to 2 inches. Weste

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