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and west, winter weather advisories go into effect later this morning through this evening. let's go to monika samtani. it's 5:00 a.m. you've been really busy, almost as busy as me today. >> we're even today, howard. we've got a live picture of a serious accident on the inbound side of new york avenue at florida avenue and a close- up look at what they're dealing with with a tractor-trailer and two cars involved and serious injuries as well. it's been there since just before 1:00 this morning and the investigation will continue again this morning. we'll take another picture live fr...