Supertuesday win, and its the first time he will face questions about his kkk debacle when he initially refused to denounce david duke. I dont new york know i dont even know anything about david duke or what youre talking about with white supremacists. This is only the latest comment in what some are calling the race issue. One group this week lend hold a conference right here in the district. He is fighting for us, and he says we will be great again. We will win again, and theres this nationalism to this. Mikea turner is live in front of the ronald regan building where the conference will be happening this weekend. Reporter mike, andre y the institute has been around since 2005, and this hate group will not be the only one in town on saturday when they arrive. More than a dozen hate groups are in the district, and in virginia, theres plenty more. Reporter the arrival of what 1078 are calling the hate group sheds light on other groups around the country, and in total theres 892 hate groups in the u. S. , and this is according to the Southern Poverty Law Centers website. Dc has 18. Maryland has 15. Virginia has 32. Many of the groups are again certain racists, and theres more than 100 people back live on this location, registered for this event that will take place this saturday at the event where donald trump will be discussed, and a few other details at hand, and a few other issues at hand. Reporting live from the district. Mikea turner, wusa 9. Meanil not be participating in tonights debate. The neurosurgeon says he sees no political path forward following his disappointing results, but carson has not gone so far as suspending his campaign. A tense situation linked to a case of Domestic Violence is now over. A man who opened fire on officers yesterday is now in custody. Officers responded to a 911 call from a house on larksburg drive, and someone fired shots at them. That led to a standoff. Eventually the suspect was taken into custody, and no officers were hurt. Now the suspect will have a psychiatric exam. Jesse matthew is back behind bars to begin four life sentences for the kidnapping and murder of two Virginia College students. Matthew pled guilty for killing Morgan Harrington and hannah graham. Morgans mother, joe, welcomed the plea. I emotion is relief this has been, finding justice for morgan, has been a burden on our family for 6. 5 years. Matthew will never be released from jail under any circumstances, but he has been spared the death penalty. Breaking news out of turkey. Two women opened fire at police and then threw a hand grenade out of a Police Station in istanbul. This is from a news agency in turkey. The women quickly fled, and then they were found and shot and killed within the last hour. No Police Officers were injured. Happening today, community loaders will come together to call for Better Bus Service in Montgomery County. They say it could help to battle congestion ss county has long been a problem, especially during rush hour, and some say the solution is simple, a new bus system. Reporter the bus system was first introduced in 2014, but funding for the project will expire soon, and those in support of it will be here to ask county leaders to get behind the program it would provide frequent service, and some existing road shoulders would be converted for the buses, and the focus of the buses would be to relieve some of the congestion on the route 29 corridors and run 80 miles long and the county executive ike leggit is behind the program, asking for 11. 5 million in county funds, saying it would come from the 6year Capital Budget and would not require a tax increase. He says the first part of the program should be up and running in 4 years. A few commuters have come up and said what are you talking they said i would be willing to try that, but some are skeptical of the program. Live in rockville, Nikki Burdine. Thank you, nikki. After more than a decade of delays, larry hogan has given final approval for the purple line. Destruction on the lightrail service is expected to get underway in early 2017 it will connect bethesda to new carrollton. You have just two more chances to win 20k in 20 days. How would you like to become an Instagram Pro . If you say yes, netflix may have the perfect job for you. As far as today, the weather wakeup call, giving it a 6. Temperatures below average, and the sunshine will fade behind the clouds, and the clouds will eventually produce snow later tonight and overnight. More on the thursday forecast after the break. High gear around much of the metro. But on the whole well are doing well this is the live look making your way into town, and traffic is flowing freely, and we are seeing a few traf at 6 09 on this thursday morning, a cold start. It will be chilly today. We will not get out of the lower 40s. The clouds are moving in to the ohio and tennessee valleys with precip with that. After dark, snow showers this evening will become steadier overnight leaving minor accumulations. As far as temperatures right now, its falling into the upper teens and low 20s, across Prince Williams county. 24 for ashburn, and 26 in fairfax, and a couple of high clouds now, and a goodlooking start. Look for snow showers tonight, and low 40s. We will talk about how much snow is coming up at 6 19. Larry has time saver traffic. The volume is picking up moderate along the topside. Slow on the virginia side working your way northward to the springfield interchange, and moderate conditions and slow as you travel southbound on it 75 because of the accident. Metro riders, i want to let you know everything is resolved on the orange, blue, and silver line. Vri and marc running on schedule as well. This best of georgia avenue, and again, you can mounting volume on the outer loop of the beltway. Weather and traffic back on the 9s. Back to the desk. Say cheese. This mans effort to be honest lands him in a lot of trouble. A gun and a drone. One state says says this combo is a major problem. You i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. Now get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good . Fios can do that. Cable just cant. Switch to better. Switch to fios tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . 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Greg gun was shot after he deemed him suspicious. Place this one under the dumb criminals file. A new mexico man needed a smoke so badly, he smashed a window at his local convenient store, went inside, grabbed a back of cigarettes, but he paid for it. He posed for the Security Camera to prove he left the cash. He was later arrested and facing a felony charge of breaking and entering, but not theft. As they say, brilliant. A south florida teenager who posed a as doctor has been arrested again. Maliki loverobinson has been charged with stealing 38,000 from a patient. He was charged with practicing medicine without a license. Investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly crash that killed the ceo of an energy company. It comes indicted. This is all that was left of Aubrey Mcclendons suv. He collided into the concrete embankment at a high rate of speed. Reporter it comes after his indictment for rigging bids and prices on oil and natural gas. Lawmakers want to ban drones that can be armed with guns and flame throwers. A teenager posted this video of a drone shooting a handgun into the woods. It went viral, and its been viewed more than 3. 5 million times. A look at other things trending this morning, and it could be your instagram photos thanks to netflix. Dont you want to apply for the job. Yeah. Netflix wants to hire someone to watch tv, travel world, and take instagram requires it requires television and film fans who are great at getting the perfect picture and can dedicate 2 weeks of their time to traveling around the world. All costs are covered, and you get paid. We have tweeted a link so you can get paid. I think scott kelly just did this. How does a donut Ice Cream Cone sound . Sounds good actually. The new trend is testing peoples sugar levels and sending the instagram followers into a african into a frenzy. Do they have a name like the cronut . No, they dont. This dancing man is scared by a dog. This is trending on youtube. Doing his own gangham style dance, he got interrupted by cooper the dog. The dog was watching from the couch h enough, and jumping up, and wait for it, chasing the man out of the room. Its coming, its coming. Here it comes. There it. Is you there it is. You can see the dance, and this dog doesnt like it. The dog was right. If you have a trending story share it with us with wakeupwash. Are we waking up to snow tomorrow . The snow threat is highest on the northern neck, and still, a slushy inch or two in dc, and you know, tomorrows highs in the low 40s. Any problems will be short lived and early. Timing is after that, things will improve. Goodlooking morning right now, and we have a few high clouds, giving us pretty skies. Temperatures in the 20s for most areas. Into the lower 40s with thickening clouds. Im thinking a general 12 across the region, but its down south. 24, and i will emphasize this. Its mainly grassy surfaces with most roads wet, and snow is heaviest enough south, it could overcome the melting this red line, i may be lowering the number to a trace to an inch. They may be getting less. Im waiting for the data to come in Winter Weather advisory are up. South of fredericksburg, yeah thats the winter storm watch. There could be more snow there. We will wait to see if they get to a warning or advisory. Cumberland, 27, and bay in annapolis, but its 30 degrees, feeling like 23 with the north wind at 7. Most winds are light. Cloud thickening up this afternoon, and tonight, snow showers will develop and become steadier and heavier into the overnight hours. Here is 6 00 a. M. , and the system is out of here quickly tomorrow. I will emphasize again f theres problems short lived early, and 43 degrees today, 32 tonight, and the yellow weather alert tomorrow because the roads are at least wet, if not slick in a few spots. 42, and sun, milder after that 47 on saturday. 51 on sunday, and next week, spring is coming. Upper 60s to low 70s by tuesday and wednesday. Larry cannot wait. Im like really excited. I cant even tell you how thrilled i am. We are keeping a close eye on the accident near route 80 in urbana. Sky 9 is cl scene, giving us a live look now showing us how things are shaping up on 270. Watch out for delays as you make your way to town. Back to the maps now to show you how things are shaping up on the bw parkway. Now looking a the a 20minute commute, and you can see the bulk of the volume, once you get into town it will be the biggest issue, but coming from areas like laurel, going into the beltway there, you will be good to go. Traveling northbound on 95 on the virginia side a slowdown, primarily near the Prince William parkway because of an earlier accident, and it the shoulder is blocked, but all lanes of traffic are now open. A 16 minute commute, and volume on i66. From fair fax county parkway to l street, a 24 minute commute this morning. Looking from middlebrook down to the capital beltway. Weather and the 9s. The next time we see you, we will show you how things are shaping up on metro. Thank you, larry. Ahead on wake up washington this morning, a marine is being hailed a hero after pulling his neighbors for an explosion. We will hear from him. Bringing hope to i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. Now get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good . Fios can do that. Cable just cant. 6 25, and if you are just waking up a beautiful sunrise, and youre looking at the National Harbor there. The capital wheel is in the distance, and its chilly outside. It feels like winter once again. Only 30degrees in northwest dc, and it feels colder than that. Make sure you bring your jacket and gloves this morning. The Olympic Committee wants to send a message of hope with a team of refugees. The ioc has identified 43 candidates for this team, between 510 athletes will be selected for the team competing under the olympic flag as team refugee olympic athletes. Topping our news at 6 30a new lawsuit against the man accused of abusing dozens of kids. And we have got a cold day ahead and a little snow tonight, but if youre traveling today for pleasure or business, up in the northeast, t wintery mix, thats the system headed our way tonight. Heres a live look at the beltway, just west of georgia avenue, and you can see the traffic is really starting to pick up on the inner and outer loop. The good news, we are issue free on the beltway. Good news there, and also on metro. The earlier issues resolved and everything is on schedule. We have problems, primarily delays on 270. Stay w your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. And we are looking a little bit cold this morning, but with the clouds out to the west, they will be moving in this afternoon. We have a nice, sunny start. As far as the temperatures, down in the teens in a few spots. Well, they were in the teens in Prince Williams county, and we were also cold for laurel and bowie with 22, and a lot of the areas now, like leesburg at 28, and dulles in the 20s. Beautiful looking skies early, and we will have sunshine fading behind the developing this evening, and some snow overnight, and thats into early friday morning, and more about that in a moment. Lets find out about the commute with larry. Preparations are already in place to salt the roads, primarily in virginia. We just got that information from vdot. Watch for that. The volume on the southbound side of 270. An earlier accident is now clear, and we are getting a look at how things are shaping up. To the maps right now, we want to show you how things are shaping up on the dulles connector road, eastbound with an accident from 123 to east 66. Traveling eastbound on i66, you will see the bulk of the delays once you get into the beltway. As you make your way into roslyn, you will be good to as for the news, it starts now. Good morning. Coming up on 6 31, what is it about march and the snowstorms in the dc area, we are tracking the potential for the sword in the forecast. Good morning and thank you for joining us this thursday. Im mike hydeck. And im andrea roane. How much is that going to affect the traffic, and howard has the latest on the forecast. We have a yellow weather alert for tomorrow morning, and we are thinking there will be wet roads and slick spots, and we get big snoworms in march, and this will not be one of them. Still, Winter Weather advisories up for the area, 10 00 tonight until 10 00 friday morning, and i want to show you the futurecast. Through the day today, we will be fine. Clouds thicken up. Down to harrisonburg, south, rainsnow mix, and theres snow steadier into friday morning, and especially south and east of town. North and west, we may have trouble, even getting up to an inch up there. This will be pulling away friday after 8 00 or 9 00, and theres sun friday afternoon. How much snow am i sympathying . 12inches across the region. Southern st. Marys here, 24. I want to emphasize, im thinking mostly grassy surfaces, and that doesnt mean isolated slick spots, and this area with the red line, north and east of the red line here, i may have to drop that to less than an inch if the trends continue. We will watch this with isolated slick spots on friday morning, and in the 40s tomorrow, and it will not be sticking around long at all. Guys, back to you. Thank you, howard. Enough is enough when it comes to sitting in traffic. Happening today, commuters are calling for Better Bus Service in Montgomery County. Better buses could help dmv. Nikki burdine has more. Reporter thats the hope, getting rid of some of the congestion. The new bus system may be the ants. One commuter said anything is better than what he is dealing with now. This is a lot of buses out here that dont run on time, and they dont show up. Its freezing cold sometimes, and they are always late. Reporter the rapid bus Transit System was introduced in 2013, but its gamen steam again. Ike leggit is in support of the system. The buss are different from metro buses, and they will carry 65100 passengers and have service at stations spread further apart. The money would come from the countys Capital Budget<