The immediate Hampton Roads area a little bit of Northern Neck middle peninsula way out for emporia and i ninety five and theres just not much out there with everything moving to the north and to get way down into southern and southeastern North Carolina a little of that rain will move in here later but again for this evening just some fog drizzle a little bit of mist out there and temperatures that will be climbing now course earlier this is liquid when she melted the snow added the rain on top of that about half an inch. Pretty common number there is you can see. So again it was around an inch of snow and then we ended up with rain on top that watched it all away look at how and when there is only up a little bit from yesterday but near the coastline almost thirty degrees. Thats the kind of warmer air thats coming in later on south easterly and southerly winds how warm will it get will it lead to thunderstorms how much rain we seem to cool off all those questions will be answered minutes. Ri snowy and slushy conditions cause many closures and delays today drivers in hampden had to trudge through snow and take extra time while traveling as snow turned to rain conditions became slick and hazardous and for those already taking precautions that meant watching out for those who were not reduced bill gotta be alert warning of some items in a shootout or lose control of the item s heroes cause hundreds of accidents across the state and dozens here in Hampton Roads since midnight Virginia StatePolice Responded to at least five hundred and thirty eight traffic crashes statewide one person died in a crash and talk to your county in Northern Virginia at least a hundred and twenty six crashes happen in Hampton Roads and on the Eastern Shore right now though as we take a look at the rose for the just after four oclock communicative color brush our teeth a lot of folks are off enjoying the show from the comfort of their own or doing much better after a very very busy morning because a lot of green here in the trap of network mask and is give you a live look at how the interstate are shaping up this outcome between your county was actually more williamsburg i should say one ninety nine sixty four westbound you can see the rows look great with the level of snow there on the grassy surfaces but things are moving much better had an accident here earlier that has cleared not seeing any delays that some Traffic Network maps though do we take you to ninety five a m watching an accident scene they are ninety five south just past henry rode too far from where it crosses over fifty eight. Expect some delays out there and lane closures due to an accident scene that in the clearing stage of knowledge knowing that clear but again taking a look at all the deep green thats what we like to see that Rapid Network maps have an update for you on the road coming up in just a few minutes i thanks ashley for eight major fires played in life again just the past few days the largest was the one you see here on willoughby spent two separate fires merged into a raging four set of condos and a home on saturday. The Investigation Continues into what sparked the fires throughout the city to newhart joins us now live from ocean view and today they just demolished the building behind the sky right behind me you can see where some of the demolition has started to take place in starting the cleanup process crews are out here working on that right now some surrounding neighbors are allowed back into their homes i spoke with the woman who lives next door to all of this and she says she was just left back in earlier today. Norfolk fire rescue chief jeff weiss spoke earlier about this fire he says its one of the biggest fires he seen in thirty seven years with norfolk fire in total fourteen buildings were damaged. Eight of those considered a total loss and have been torn down investigators are saying about thirty to forty people have been displaced from their homes but that number after seeing the devastation and the damage. Everyone is thankful there were no serious injuries or death i will tell you that when i got on scene i don seem pretty early and i really thought that the devastation would be worse than it was extremely proud of our firefighters job that they give cheap flights is there is still no cause that has been determined for this fire and he could take several weeks before we find out what they have a low key which building was the fire started in right now chief slices they also dont think there are any indications that this was an arson live in or fix newhart thirteen years now now another fire broke out in norfolk this morning on cambridge crescent near hampton boulevard crews arrived to find heavy smoke and fire in the rear of the two story home safely. More than forty firefighters worked to extinguish the flames the home had extensive damage and a home next door also had some exterior damage right now fire officials are investigating the cause of this fire. Virginia attorney general mark herring is cracking down on frauds and scams he announced the recent settlement with money gram or the details. Its part of a multi state investigation focused on complaints that scammers use the Wire Transfer service to prey on victims in the settlement money gram officials agree to improve their anti fraud programs such as firing or suspending agents who fail to take action money gram will also pay thirty Million Dollars to fund a nationwide consumer Restitution Program dealing with college debt now tomorrow comes and bobby scott will visit Norfolk State University and will join people from other local universities for a roundtable discussion on student debt and College Affordability big top a four line you often families watching will address the states colleges that will also find out what congress is doing to make Higher Education more affordable by the way bobby scott is the ranking democratic member of the House Committee on education and the workforce ive heard of over and lift but have you heard of hughes oeuvre only so that i can pronounce that right to the start of the country bring more change to local transportation. He acted out okay for you not go as unique as you call and reserve one ahead of time. Well now a richmond based start up once to provide that same functionality for on demand right cheers like uber and left to lose their user who leave. I even tripped me up and started has created an independent platform for writers and ride share drivers to arrange transportation in advance the company is rolling out the beta test in Virginia Beach right now and are looking for where riders and drivers to participate. Now this is a huge deal because right now the only thing the here and now factor versus the reservation functionality so ill keep my eyes on this on the story for you update us more details become available. Acting like the concept thanks. One U S Supreme Court is in limbo after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia is passing left the nation in shock but already several political battles are brewing and a response to an emotional. The death of Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia stunned americans this weekend. His body arrived at Dulles Airport in virginia overnight but now all eyes are on the baking see Justice Scalia left behind and already political battles have taken shape across party lines abcs on a zach has the least. We also have a big big deal issue in this the passing of Justice Scalia were one justice away from a radical five just as liberal majority. The death of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia reverberated on the campaign trail. Juliet dies in one second after hes dead or already start a fight about politics. My marriage ted cruz appears to be the first with a political ad were just one Supreme Court justice away from losing them all. He goes on to attack donald trump saying trump would appoint a non pro life jurists trump calls that a lie he is a liar. No trump did hint at a possible third party run if he didnt win the nomination. I signed the pledge but its a double edged pledge and as far as im concerned theyre in default of their pledge well outside the Supreme Court protesters braving the winter storm with signs reading fill this vacancy. There is a certain irony in this debate us of the leo was known for being a strict constitutional justice regardless of it being an Election Year long is that abc News Washington democratic virginia senator tim kaine responded to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who said the senate should not confirm a replacement for scaly out until after the election senator kaine said senator mcconnells pre emptive statement that he will try to block any nominee of president obama to the Supreme Court no matter how qualified is a perversion of the very notion of justice surely the American Public is entitled to a senate that will examine a nominee on his or her own merits and coming up what does an empty seat on the Supreme Court mean for Bob Mcdonnells appeal reporter migrating will delve into the impact this may have all the former virginia governors corruption convictions. 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Planned parenthood Officials Say increased security measures are in place of planes flying from london to york had to turn back around after someone being the laser into could take off yesterday Virgin Atlantic offered flyers overnight accommodations. One passenger says she feels lucky everyone made it through the incident on hard things a three sky or not whether its by xl purposes and things have happened if there had been release area secluded to everyone on the plane is lost and dying just as nice inside now authorities are still investigating who is behind laser incident. Lasers can cause temporary or even permanent blindness and pilots. Officials from the British AirlinePilots Association say this is not an isolated incident and its an increasing problem. U S Coast Guard wants answers about the worst U S Commercial maritime disaster in decades officials are holding a series of hearings to find out why the elf la rose sank near the bahamas last fall thirty three crew members died including chief engineer richard cousin terry Jacksonville Florida tomorrow officials will focus on whether misconduct and negligence are shoddy safety inspections contributed to the disaster a couple minutes ago i showed you the view of downtown from four hundred feet up mention how it was worse the fog that is up a little higher. This is the view from down closer to ground level and as you can see quite a bit different still not great visibility but definitely not as thick as a law for going to see some patches though that fog throughout the evening and the overnights lets take a look at the rest of the forecast as you can see right now the precipitation is almost exclusively all north or west of us still across areas of yakima county a little bit of rain back to parts of the northern act but really exciting for the most part the middle peninsula gone from the south side of the way back here across closed interstate ninety five was a little bit of mixed precipitation so theres nothing everything come at us from the south theres nothing down to our south in terms of rain and to get weighed down in the carolinas so for this evening when i can have a lot more wet weather in terms of amounts but its just dreary overcast the drizzle the fog thats all going to continue. Whens lightly at the north will gradually shift the easterly then eventually the south easterly and southerly and thats why countries really go up late tonight and into tomorrow. You can see the snow that was rather early this morning as we got the rain and the temps are starting to rise above freezing that gave way to where we now just see grass out there. Meanwhile temperatures rather cold here across the inland areas and you can really see the effect of the warmer air surging at the southeast mainly aloft gradually gets down a little closer to the ground and readings well in the fifties right now down across the outer banks and starting to get closer to fifteen in long before that kind of air continues to move toward us or for this evening very isolated areas of shower activity mainly north or west as we get to the evening hours but look at the temperatures rising up from where they are now in the thirties up into the fifties by morning i think in that most of the range was going be like mid morning into early afternoon so may we get lucky in life pretty sure by later tomorrow Late Afternoon rush were not going to have much in the way of precipitation is lets keep our fingers crossed that the forecast in the morning works out in that we dont get a whole lot until the very end of rush hour or even a little bit after that would be nice notice the temperatures the way up there around sixty degrees tomorrow evening we begin to see the colder air moved back and it looks like some clouds early in the day on wednesday a few isolated showers maybe a sleek palette mixed and if we get some of that activity again coming early enough in the day when here it is very isolated activity with snow showers in the morning commute. That was the forecast yesterday for today and of course that worked out so were talking about six forecasts in a row and will get the spot on forecasts for tomorrow. Fix than just the second night fifty three when df few showers and then the rest of the seven day forecast on wednesday were looking at the chance of a few morning showers of fifteen percent chance at this point forty nine for the high forty three on thursday fifty on friday and sixty saturday and sunday are come spring guys are i think still a lot next to some uplifting moments on this cold dreary day out of the inner city comes a pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. 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