hundreds gathered sunday to remember north virginia officer ashley guindon. officials say she was on her first field shift and responded to a domestic dispute call saturday. investigators say ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon, killed his wife and then officer guindon. two other officers were injured. in ohio, police are investigating after a pastor was shot dead inside his church during a sunday morning service. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. the shooter is believed to be schooler's brother, but police do not yet have a motive. geoff: happening today, a member of the famed seal team six set to receive the medal of honor. senior chief edward byers, jr., was part of a hostage rescue mission operation on december 8, 2012, in afghanistan. ohio, and has already earned two purple hearts for being wounded in combat as well as five bronze stars for heroism. defense depart

former virginia governor jim gilmore will drop by the beacon in spartanburg today at 1:00. we have many more candidate visitstso the upstate this week and next week. 4 mobile app. leading up to the primaries, we, at wyff 4, are teaming up with the riley institute at furman university for a commitment 2016 voter focus group with peter hart this thursday. this will be an exclusive live streaming event in our wyff 4 studios with upstate voters who will weigh in on the upcoming first in the south presidential primaries. nationally known pollster, peter hart, works with national news organizations, including nbc news. you can watch this exclusive event on thursday starting at 7:00 p.m., live streaming on our wyff 4 app. covering t t carolinas a , high-speed chase across the upstate ended in cherokee county. take a look at this video from our s.c. dot cameras this morning, showing the end of that chase. troopers tell us the suspect stopped and was arrested on interstate 85 in gaffney near milemarker 92. that's two miles past the outlets. we've reached out to the highway patrol fo

you can see a live look at one location in roanoke, virginia. trump looks ready to dominate all the states except one, here in texas, where ted cruz leads and needs to win. he and rubio are teaming up to both of them pushing trump to reveal more about an off the record conversation he had with the "new york times" in which trump reportedly implied he might back off his tough immigration stance. trump saying everything is negotiable but building a border wall is not. he's on defense about his comments on the kkk and under fire after a secret service agent body slammed a reporter at a rally in virginia. all of this as hillary clinton takes aim. she's focusing more on trump than her own democratic rival bernie sanders, as he hopes to hang on on this super tuesday. clinton maintaining her lead in our new poll as we head into a big political day. >> never a dull moment. thank you. >>> the state department released the final batch of e-mails from the private server hillary clinton used while secretary of state. monday's release of 3800 documents conta

he got emotional, citing the mass shootings at columbine, virginia tech, and sandy hook elementary. he's also calling for a step-up in research and technology to make sure triggers aren't pulled accidentally. south carolina attorney general alan wilson says president obama is overstepping the power of the presidency. geoff: an emergency meeting after north korea's claim that they had conducted hydrogen bomb test. the white house says they cannot confirm the test but the u.s. would condemn any violations of u.n. council resolutions. the spy agency and outside have been an atom bomb test. allyson: the u.s. service member died in an attack in afghanistan and two others wounded. in happened yesterday during an ongoing operation against the taliban. officials say a medical helicopter was hit by a mortar while on the ground. they say it was able to take off. the name of the service member has not been released. in north charleston civil rights , groups are not happy that former police officer michael slager is out of jail. geoff: slager was charged with killing an unarmed black man last a

one officer was killed and two other officers were injured in prince william county, virginia shooting... it happened last night.. officer ashley guindon's gwen-den first day on the job... turned out to be her last... she was shot and killed answering a domestic violence call at a home. williams hamilton is now in police custody charged with murder... his wife was also found dead inside the home. hamilton - is an active-duty army staff sergeant assigned to the joint staff support center at the pentagon. our condolences go out to ashley's mother and her extended family as well as all of her loved ones throughout this department and beyond. we're asking for thoughts and prayers as well as monitor the conditions of our other two offices who remain 2013... that took her family.. she asked only for christmas cards... to lift her spirits.. and cards poured in from a cross the country.. but now - a volunteer charged with sorting those cards... is accused of stealing about 800 dollars in cash.. and 550 dollars in gift cards.. from safyre.. from inside those cards. 41-year-old kimberly bradford

otto warmbier is a student at university of virginia. he was taken into custody back in january, after he allegedly tried to steal a north korean banner containing a political slogan that was hanging from the walls of his pyongyang hotel. in front of state media, he said that a church member at friendship united methodist church offered to pay him to do this. "i wish that the united states administration never manipulated people like myself in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries. i entirely beg you and the government of dpr korea for your forgiveness." a spokesperson for friendship united methodist church told cnn that warmbier is not a member of the church. the u-s state department says it's aware the 21- year-old is detained in north korea. but has declined to comment "due to privacy considerations." a deadly fire is now under investigation in adams county.... this is video near the gate... of the mobile home park on ohio 125 near blue creek road... officials identified the victims as 66- year-old carol hochchild jr.

cookie when the virginia primary takes place on march first parties by then and we know now and now my first is still a huge day and virginia has an enormous role to play because of course it's it's a big state now and and has very diverse voters and so my first is is really the next truly important day. louis have a violin right on top of that new hampshire and south carolina nevada but all of them have some peculiarities that you can point to large purses is a great big primary day an antigen is a huge prize in that in that contest time thank you so much for your insight. i'm sure we'll be talking again send thank you. ok thanks my side as we get closer to the caucuses turned to thirty news now on our website you'll find the latest headlines just click on that national politics link on our homepage ethan couch is back in the u s plane landed in texas today from mexico helps made headlines years ago when he received probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash she ended up back in the news late last year when his mother went to mexico after couch was accused of violating

attacks a second trial is underway in federal court for the murder of a fridge in the beach put our virginia police officer prosecutors hope to have the jury picked by tonight in the cabin quick trial investigators found dead in linn county in two thousand and fourteen six people are charged in connection with the staff last year a court declared ms when one defendant got a hold of the jury pool list of safety issues discovered a tick on the air bag company the outside panel here says the company does not have processes in place to find quality issues with its airbags faulty airbag and flavors are blamed for at least eleven deaths and one hundred and thirty nine injuries in the u s millions of cars were recalled because of the issue the panel sister connor needs to develop new standards for testing the quality and safety of its products rather than relying on auto makers and regulators and a recall to tell you about microsoft is warning of fire dangers with the microsoft surface pro tablet computers the power cords that come with the devices may overheat and spark a fire or shock you at leas

right now virginia voters don't register by party and anyone can vote in the primary but the state board of elections approved the requirement anyway. state gop officials say they want to keep the democrats out that's all for thirty news now at five thirty would begin at six with the very latest on a rash of seven eleven robberies. it's a troubling trend in less than twenty four hours armed robbers targeted three norfolk seven eleven stores one of those stores was hit twice in the same day and a that's right david now security efforts are being stepped up in those stores are ginny lee is live outside the store on chesapeake boulevard where the shooting the clerk who was shot here on wednesday morning is expected to be okay i spoke to the manager here he told me that he is a really good guy he's just twenty three years old he grew up in this neighborhood went to grammy high school and is loved by many in this community all day today customers have been pouring in and out of here checking on him and making sure that he's ok stop here we hope to work a subject is yet to be a male guests at

all due to this cold front that's producing showers right now and to western virginia into west virginia starting to move into the western portion of our state this front will move through later on this evening into early morning hours on monday and so that's going to bring us the chance for a few showers we had to the rest of the morning. a lot of sunshine and by midday if you have any plan still remaining dry temperatures and the mid sixties by that point that's well above where we should be for afternoon highs for this time of the year as we head into the afternoon clouds will increase if you have travel plans today early afternoon the rain will start to approach in places like richmond also west point but they will start to see the showers move farther to the south across the south side also in northeastern north carolina as we head into the evening hours temperatures dropping back into the low sixties after highs near seventy and an overnight tonight will start to dry things out by tomorrow morning here at six o'clock mild we could see a shower or two before the most part most of th

in other news virginia beach police are looking for the person who robbed a hotel of the oceanfront it happened around twelve twenty yesterday afternoon at the super eight on atlantic avenue in the seventeen hundred block officer say that someone went into a room and took money a person may have had a gun police have not released any other information about the ins also in virginia beach were happened at a hotel that wound up requiring a large number of virginia beach police officers dispatchers got a call about a robbery the nights and only name in parkway yesterday morning hours later police still were there and at least two people were handcuffed someone who works at a nearby business as the problems stem from a party and that it's not the first time there's been an issue at that hotel in a good neighborhood good or bad hotel so we need to do so go to although we did see those two people handcuffed police have not said if they were arrested or if the charge and a mother in mourning demanding answers from the chief of police. still ahead on daybreak why she had a dozen friends say th

keep you updated that's when to do right now winter weather advisory northern neck and areas north of virginia into maryland and delaware stop along the eastern shore eventually to keep traveling north in the past mackinac get up to maryland. you could encounter some trouble up that way with some more snow for the most part will be a wet conditions but we are getting a transition to mixing across middleton and sun ra williamsburg as well. i think we'll continue to see that transition we talked about this possibility yesterday the rain exiting this morning ending as a mix. we're seeing that right now thirty nine degrees in norfolk rain here temperatures are above can see the coolest reading west point and thirty three thirty four richmond surrey seven williamsburg but the air aloft is cold enough that is allowing for some mixing down to the ground so we're seeing some of that again northern neck is get the best chance at seeing some very minor accumulations mainly grass innovative services. the roads are very warm yesterday sixty five you know the day before that we had warm conditions we've be

organizers of the second virginia unity project community forum are compiling a list of ideas offered in last night's forum check out the huge crowd that showed up at hampton high last night about a thousand people the police chiefs from the sand in newport news along with both commonwealth's attorneys and other city leaders attended as for some of the solutions this crowd talked about more police and clergy connecting with kids in school and providing more support for parents. all right we're about ten minutes into the afternoon rush hour and already very busy at the hr bt lets take a live look on the norfolk side are really seeing that slow down here little bit of an issue with the camera but i'll show you quickly here is around granny street and traffic isn't moving much faster than the glitches even showing you right now a seven mile back up right now headed from norfolk making a way to hampton. if you're headed to the peninsula use the eminem or bgr be instead on the traffic network maps not to do that no jr b you might want to avoid because we do have an opening scheduled for fo

the adl calls the bill immoral and unconstitutional is calling on the virginia senate voted down. well there's the big heads up at five o five for people in suffolk this morning some of you may go without water for few hours while the city fixes a water main break at the intersection of willow road and myrtle st the repairs also going to cause traffic delays starting around eight thirty this morning the city says the work may extend into the weekend depending on how bad the break really is a story out of washington is making a lot of people feeling great the other question that this heroic marine was asked before he was beaten and robbed. com the war and stuff plus pushing the kids too hard heidi you know when you're being encouraging verses crossing the line and expert will weigh in and we're following breaking news out of newport is how the shooting on interstate sixty four near the j clyde morris boulevard overpass that shuts down two westbound i good morning it's five oh nine things are looking really really get across syria right now it is chilly and it's gonna be breezy late

it's no the who's that a couple guys from university of virginia this week and will return to hampton roads in for a very good cause. joining us now is christine wilson executive director of wings over america scholarship fund is so much for joining us thanks for having me to what a partnership it is fantastic we are so excited to have the whole of the who's back your him to read. so what are you hoping that this event can do with how much money that he was a month ago to talk about the event benefits friends of america scholarship foundation will provide scholarships to needy dependents across the world germany serves we serve are any dependents and to this concert at the sandler center this saturday january twenty third and this will be the third time that the whole the whos are here from uva and many of your viewers may know them from pitch perfect or sing on the office but this year something new and special we're inviting these sensations that is the female acapella group from virginia tact while joining as well so to be a little bit of a sing off a little bit of college rivalry

overall it's a workout than virginia beach public works is embarking on a lane. the construction project from now until september starting at nine am when even parkway between street will be closed the two lane road will eventually be for roger east round has lived in the area since the eighties and isn't pleased with the road expansion on the highway crews are installing a water line is sanitary and storm sewers and sidewalks. detour signs are up allowing residents to get home. george evans says since he built his home in nineteen eighty. he's known construction was inevitable in early bird he enjoys his quiet time and morning coffee and a good eye for some time to add at this phase that out he feels the finished project will bring benefits once we get a bride to come play with baby to leave revenue would go straight out the green bow mall and out the robot force stroud however says construction shakes her home she can't wait till it's done the yen was on the year and as you know what you get to that one can tell evryone of that in virginia beach police brown th

republican candidate ben carson will be in virginia beach. he's scheduled to speak at regent university. and democratic front runner hillary clinton will hold a rally tonight in norfolk. rico bush is at lake taylor high school ahead of the former secretary of state's rally. rico, good good morning, katie and don. following a decisive victory in south carolina and with just a day left until super tuesday, hillary clinton is bringing her message to the commonwealth to tell voters why she's the best candidate for the presidency. at tonight's event, clinton is expected to speak to voters about her proposals that seperate herself apart from her democratic challenger senator bernie sanders. her campaign says she plans to touch on many issues like the ecomony, racial justice and healthcare. for the former secretary of state, she's hoping today's event at lake taylor high school in norfolk drives voter turnout in the democratic primaries tomorrow and solidifies her strong support in the commonwealth. as we previously reported more than 1-hundred dele

a virginia police officer day of patrol. this morning her captain talks about the officer that made the ultimate sacrifice. we'll get to your headlines in just a moment, first we get a check on your weather and traffic on this leap day. jen lewis is keeping an eye out on any problems on the road. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking some warmer temperatures in the super doppler weather center. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. highs will be in the upper 60s. winds sw 10-20mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low/mid 40s. winds west 5-10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds se warm day with highs in the upper 60s to near 70. it will be very nice. a cool front will move through late in the day. this may bring a sprinkle, but the front looks to pass through mostly dry. tomorrow will be just a little bit cooler with highs in the be much cooler towards could bring a brief rain into the afternoon. stay tuned for updates as roads. let's check two presidential candidat

a virginia soldier behind bars. find out what he's court today. police release five k-k-k members folllowing a fight with protesters. we'll tell you why officers said the klan memers had a right to stab the protesters. but first an emotional plea from a virginia college student. we'll explain who is returning home. new this morning, an emotional plea from a university of virginia student arrested in north korea. the north korean government released video of otto warmbier. in the video you hear him beg for forgiveness. i wish that the united states administration never manipulated people like myself. in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries. i entiredly beg you and the government of the dpr korea for your forgiveness. please i've made the worst mistake of please.think of my in-04mo the north korean government arrested warmbier last month over an alleged "hostile act." north entering the country under the guise of a tourist to government. developing this morning, police released five ku klux klan members, charged after a violent braw

you look at the virginia beach, suffolk, chesapeake, portsmouth whatever. it's scary man." 7:40 sloggie might speak for all people this weekend. in a 48 hour span,,, 6 shootings. the most recent in portsmouth, the most deadly, the murder on kingston avenue saturday afternoon. where neighbors say the violence is too common. vanessa carter-west / neighbor c0032 1:27:41 "god only knows what happened here today, but its just like over fear." 1:27:49 at least on kingston avenue people feel like the fight against violence can start in their backyard. vanessa carter-west / neighbor just this street, i mean i live in norfolk i live in a city that has a lot of trouble and what i would like to see is just a lot of people coming together." 1:28:24 too many shootings, too close for comfort brian sloggie / woken by gunshots c0025 8:34 "i went to the window like crazy thinking is it outside. i wasn't gonna and that was enough." 8:45 a weekend in hampton roads marked by gun violence. we are working to get more information from norfolk police on the suspect or suspects and

donald trump against virginia. the presidential candidate is fighting how election upcoming primary. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: mostly sunny. cold & breezy. highs will be in the mid-upper 30s. winds wnw 10-20mph with gusts to 25mph near the shore. wind chills in the teens and 20s this morning. 20s this afternoon. tonight: clear and cold. lows will be in the upper 20s. winds sw 5-10mph. thursday: mostly sunny. the low 50s. winds sw 10-15mph. it will be much colder today with dry/breezy conditions. wind chills will be in the teens and 20s this morning. they will be in the 20s and 30s this afternoon with high temperatures only in the 30s. tomorrow the temps will go up as the winds decrease. highs will be in the 50s with lots of sun. we'll see a nice day on friday, but rain will be warm on saturday with highs in the 60s. then temps will drop again on sunday with highs in the 40s. an offshore low may move closer to the coast on sunday. if that happens, then we may see the region. it's still early for the det

virginia beach lawmaker christopher stolle co-sponsored the bill. it will be discusses in the house health, welfare and institutions sub- committtee later this happening today, the republicans presidential candidates square off in another debate hosted by fox news. the eight candidates leading in the polls in iowa will take the stage. that group includes rand paul because of how he's doing in iowa. he was left out of the because of lagging numbers. frontrunner donald trump says he's skipping tonight's debate because of issues with fox news and moderator megyn kelly. instead of the debate, trump says he will raise money for veterans tonight. however one group says it doesn't want it. the founder of "iraq and afghanistan veterans of america" tweeted this message saying if offered money, the group would decline donations. he also said the group didn't want to be used for policitcal stunts. local business owners sent congressman randy forbes a letter encouraging him to run for a scott rigell's district. forbes currently represents the fourth district. h

mcdonnell wraps up the final campaign tonight in virginia beach. >> thank you for that report. >>> virginia's democratic gubernatorial candidate creigh deeds is doing last minute campaign in our region. it begins at 7 p.m. at market square in alexandria at 202 king street. he will be joined by jody wagner and the democratic candidate for attorney general steve shannon. >>> republican national committee chair michael steele is predicting a republican comeback in new jersey and virginia. and an abc news poll shows that 20% of americans identify themselves as republicans. we welcome michael steele right now. thank you for coming in and talking about these fascinating rates. >> it is face nateing, isn't it. >> the virginia race, mcdonnell is leading deeds by a wide margin but you look at that poll and 20% of americans identifying themselves as americans. how do the trends jive? >> i think as you have seen over the course of the past year, the party has a lot of reorienting to do. it has to pull itself up and focus on what it believes and express that. and there's been a grassroots movement out th

so cast your vote today, maryland and virginia. begin in virginia. 395 northbound from the beltway to seminary we are slow. the same situation once you reach the pentagon and make your way to the 14th street bridge. to the jamup on the gw parkway. in the red from 123 to the roosevelt bridge. right now no incidents or accidents. that is just sheer volume. over to i-66 we will go. tracking a delay to the capital beltway and i put this on my twitter page, oh my goff is the name. 270 southbound what a bad delay here. crawling from father hurley to the split. and then we have a report of crash activity in the local lanes at route 28. wrapping it up with 95 and the bw parkway. 95 slow approaching 495 and the bw parkway looks like you are jammed from 32 to 197. no incidents along the way. over to you. >>> election day 2009 is here. the polls have been open for a few hours now. virginia's race is the major race in our region and the impact will have an impact on both political parties. a lex trevino is live in falls church, virginia with m

that's if you want to vote in the special election in virginia. voters will cast ballots to fill the senate seat being vacated by kim. last month, she was elected to be the next attorney general. district 37 includes parts of fairfax county. >>> and nancy is the new president of the montgomery county council. she was first elected seven years ago and she won the approval of her colleagues to become president last night. valerie irvin was also elected as the council's vice president. they both serve a one year term. >>> you keep using that term, winter, but it felt like m meteorological spring. >> birds were chirping like it was april. >> to bad it isn't going to continue. >> the next three days, even though rain comes in tomorrow, we are in the low 50s. feel like the national christmas tree on thursday and the coldest air of the season controls in. we'll talk about december almanac. the first of the month, 52 and 36 the average high and low. the average high and low goes down to 43 and 28. we average 3 inches of rain. 3 inches of snow, and about 4

we went out to virginia to answer that one. >> reporter: when virginia's department of transportation plowed snow away it ends up under the wilson bridge. >> we are at the where the wilson bridge crosses the potomac. >> reporter: the heap is nearly 20 feet tall. >> this has been the biggest since the blizzard of 1996. >> reporter: it is not pretty. it is full of salt and dirt. all the snow will melt. it will be a muddy mess. the snow will eventually end up in the potomac river but not before it goes through a natural filtration process. >> it will filter out through the grass and the small wet lands on the shore of hunter creek and the potomac. but also it will percolate into the soil itself. >> reporter: he says it salt v-dot uses is environmentally-friendly. the snow will melt naturally by the sun over time. >> in maryland the department of transportation dug snow at the same place they keep salt for the roads. district uses a vacant lot near the old general hospital. >>> authorities across virginia handled 3100 traffic crashes over the winter storm. those wrecks including 250 peopl

virginia had to suspend brothers. but both teams per sa veered to baltimore -- persevereered to baltimore. one goal today. tied at six. ten minutes to go. white hit me baby one more time. that's a pretty one timer. as pretty as it gets. virginia scores the last three goals to win is 9-7. >> we struggled in the middle of the year. when we come together like this and get a win, it's a great day. it's unbelievable. >> i think there were a lot of doubters outside the locker room but we new the talent and we were able to come together and win a championship. >> it just makes me sad to know the seniors can go out on top. that's the dream we all wanted and for them not to be able to be champions in their senior year is really hard. >> it's another great year. we're proud of everybody. we stuck together through the thick and thin. i wouldn't trade locker rooms with any team. >> good job by both. virginia won the baseball championship yesterday. earned the top seed in the ncaa tournament. the wheels are wobbly on south capital

jump on 95 southbound, see how things are looking in virginia. traffic heavy out here past fairfax county parkway to loren. volume starts building to triangle. give extra time through the area. 270 northbound, traffic is moving as we track those headlights as folks head home for the night. leslie, back to you. >>> save hundreds in car care costs. aaa is going to hold a free clinic to help you get your wheels in gear. tackling under the hood problems from power steering to transmission, brake fluids, belts, pulllies and more. 2.5 hour class begins tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. we can tell you how to get there, wusa 9.com. click on living smart. >>> still to come when we return, conventions are big business for hotels but what happens when the employees that work there say they are not coming in to work. first here is a preview of what is coming up on the cbs evening news. >> she kept her personal battle with breast cancer hidden from public view, now she is bringing her message of hope to other young women. a incredible story and the american spirit tonig

he had been stationed in virginia beach. and his wife kimberly is now left behind. she's got to take care of their two young children. >> i want to tell the world, he was an amazing man, and a fabulous father to two young children. he was a warrior for christ and a warrior for our country. he wouldn't want to leave this world in any other other than he did. >> reporter: the military says the investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. 20 of the men killed were members of the now famous navy seal team 6. that's the unit that killed osama bin laden. their remains are expected to arrive in delaware tomorrow. >>> you could call it a win for the d.c. police union. today the public relations board upheld an arbitrators decision from 2009, that all hands on deck weekends violated the terms of the contract. whether the board ruling means the practice will end is unknown. the d.c. police chief disagrees with the decision. she says it is absurd to think she can not proactively address crime. >>> an autopsy was scheduled today for the man who police u

that could be on top of you and in west virginia we have action there. as far as the lightning is concerned, let's go back to the weather computer. seeing this pick up through the park here. if this holds together it will be in the winchester area. maybe within the next 2 # 30 to 45 minutes. visibility, they are down quarter mile baltimore. half mile at andrews and a dreary day. it will get better after today. in fact our seven-day forecast shows we have improving conditions. tomorrow we will see skies become sunny and 62. saturday night 58 and more rain returns on the weekend. so sunday not as warm with temperatures in the low 50s. andrea, back to you. >>> from the tolls on the icc to the round of proposed cuts and nutritional labeling those are the hot topics people are talking about in montgomery county. with me is county executive ike leggett. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> the county is facing a $500 million short fall. we have talked about this over and over again. how do you make up a short fall like that? when everybody is saying don'

virginia rallied to within three. off the screen, cotton and raising up over evans face, a minute later, icing, vasquez 23. >> it feels great. we worked hard for 16 games. we didn't play great today but we got to give virginia credit. i don't have words to describe this feeling. i love my teammates. i have been carrying me and helping me to become a bert better person and a better player. nova down 3, fisher says let's play extras. heading to overtime. west virginia clears it out. atm is closed but the bank, wide open. good night, see you tomorrow, bye-bye. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. but i like to think i'm just going beyond the call of duty. cock-a-dood

a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings in grant county, west virginia, hardy county, west virginia until 6:30 tonight. we will talk about your father's day forecast coming up after the break. ñ8 >> cbs is your home for only the best. america's number 1 network. >> 9news now at 11 p.m. >> i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm anita brikman. >> the best hit shows. and late news that will never waste your time. >> take a look at the watermark. you can see the water is now receding a little bit. >> that is worth staying up for. >> okay, i have been reminded a little rain is not bad weather. >> exactly. just depends. helps the gardens and lawns and all the people that suffer from allergies with the pollen count. we are looking at rain and showers coming this way possibly around the dc metro area. right now most of it out to the west. potomac highlands and the mountains. in the mountains we do have a couple severe thunderstorm warnings. this is shaded in yellow. those include grant counties and hardy county in west virginia. this goes until 6:30 p.m. i think most of these cells will probably stay o

around virginia here's the cloudy skies. the moisture will feed our storm and is across the deep south. a low pressure area will develop and intensify as it hit the warmer gulf stream water and comes up the coast. what we need for a nor'easter is to have the low i talked about and we believe, believe it or not a high pressure cell and we have both. let me show you how. when this low strengthens enthis high across the great lakes will hold firm. together they will funnel the winds from the north on top of us. whenever you get a nor'easter the forecast, the winds preceding it are out of the northeast and that's what we will have. it will sit and spin here and send atlantic moisture on top of us. the winds 15 to 25. this will be heading up the coast. if you are going this weekend, it will be following us and causing the boat to flip flop from side to side. may the force be with you. as the storm heads up the coast another will follow in its path and keep us rainy in to sunday, as well. quickly we will show you microcast nine. t

but we begin with breaking news out of wie yit county, virginia -- wise county in virginia. witnesses say virginia state police and other law enforcement agencies are there on the campus responding to reports of a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a pistol. no reports of anyone being injured. but students have been told to hunker down until further notice. they were getting web updates. we'll bring you updated information as soon as we get it. but as we just told you, the lockdown at the university of virginia wise has just been lifted. >>> so here's something we haven't seen much of that winter. the snowplows are about to hit the streets in dc. whether you like it or not, snow is headed our way. nothing on the ground now, but that won't be the case when we wake up. topper is here to tell us how much we'll see. >> it's going to be a fluff any snow. clippers do not -- fluffy snow. clippers don't bring us a lot. we're look at the entire metro area under the winter weather advisory from midnight until 9:00 a.m. it's going to be a quick hitter. oddly enough this is going to be

virginia, prices sitting at an average of $2.94. the nation's airports are stepping up security again trying to protect the more than 44 million air travelers this holiday season. >> you have to be very aware of your surroundings. number 2, be sure to inform security officials if there is something suspicious you notice because it is better to be safe than sorry. >> airport screeners are stepping up the hunt for bombs using extensive security screenings, new scanners and even checking insulated drink containers for hidden explosives. the main concern the terrorists could once again try to smuggle explosives on board like last christmas day when an al-qaeda operative tried to bring down a flight with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >>> a terror alert issued in india. authorities there have incredible information that at least four men entered mumbai in order to carry out terrorist actions. it is the same militant group that conducted a seige back in 2008. >>> according to one survey, 23 million people waited until today to complete t

this is of course the inner loop, which is traveling from virginia in to maryland. looks like there is a little movement but this is real mess and this is the second tractor- trailer accident we have had today. the first was earlier this morning along route 50. so, take it easy out there and if you have somebody stuck over there, they may be a little late. >>> the white house is stunned at the backlash from president obama's decision to speak to the country's school decision from wakefield high school in arlington. loudoun county public school is one district that decided not air his noon address. surae chinn has more on the controversy. >> reporter: loudoun county is getting ready for the first day of school but nothing could have prepared them for the controversy over president obama's planned speech. the live broadcast will not be shown in loudoun county classrooms. folks on both sides of the argument are speaking out. >> it is unfortunate already the children because that is an opportunity for them to get to know our president. >> i think loudoun county is more

virginia and credit card, they already surpassed last year's total as well. three people in virginia and one in the districts, they have to come to heat-related illness. >>> another fire this morning in northwest dc. they have left 18 people homeless. and it was first reported around 5:00 this morning at 10 rhode island avenue. after neighbors spotted flames on the roof. the fire spread to two adjacent homes. 100 firefighters worked to get it all under control. investigators are now trying to figure out the cause. >> right now, fire investigators believe that the fire was accidental. and the residence, they did have a gathering last night to have a fairly large rooftop deck. and that is at number ten. of course this 4th of july. there are a number of sources of platform admissions. and at this point, nothing has been ruled out. >> no one was hurt in the fire. dc authorities, they said that the damage to the units are fairly significant on the red cross that is assisting the 18 people forced out. >>> there are new concerns about air traffic over washington and

because they want the maryland money to continue to flow to west virginia. we need to keep it here. we need to build schools with maryland money. >> if maryland lawmakers approve the gambling proposal it would still require the approval of voters in november. >>> well, metro riders can expect another weekend of delays because of track work. the medical center and the bethesda stations on the red line will be closed at 10:00 p.m. tonight and they will last through sunday. shuttle buses however will be provided. red line riders should add an extra 30 minutes to their trip. there will also be single tracking on parts of the orange, blue and green lines. >>> a prince george's county man is behind bars this afternoon. he is accused of sexually abusing three young children. investigators say that michael brochu sexually abused a 10- year-old boy in his bowie home between august 2011 and june 30th of this year. detectives tell 9news now they also believe that brochu abused a 6-year-old family member and another 8-year-old boy in his care. >>> a virginia man who lived on the premises of a h

some of the readings dropped in the upper 30s here in west virginia. also in frederick and cumberland, 39. the water temperature 52. you notice even in southern maryland 50 at annapolis 53. at this hour, now we sit at 57. coming to the upper 40s. we have added five to ten degrees for the morning lows. we will see a few more clouds especially by late this afternoon. it will be a dry, pleasant day. showers late tonight a and topping off around 70. the seven-day forecast has a little bit of everything. but now angie has the traffic. >> the roads are dry. one thing is working for us. keep you updated on 66 at the fairfax county parkway is where we have an accident pushed to the right shoulder. better news at 66 westbound at the vienna metro. they cleared the crash scene that was blocking the right lane. show you the northbound trip. we are dragging along here. never really recovered from that earlier accident at the 14th street bridge. as a result owith below speed around the capital beltway in to dc. on the inner loop an accident at 295. it is off to the

the general ferry ends on a cable six miles north to the virginia shore north of leesburg in loudoun county. gary nurenberg is here with both sides of that story. gary. >> reporter: well, anita, lots of rain and melting snow raises the river level. rushing debris goes downstream and sometimes a ferry gets in the way. exactly what happens during the height of rush hour. this time it was a big tree that was swept by the potomac into the ferry only yards from the maryland shore. >> this is probably one of the largest trees that has ever gotten caught. >> reporter: ferry workers tried to cut the tree away. did we mention -- >> it's a huge tree. >> reporter: so near but so far. for four hours, stop and go. >> he tries to back up and then tries to go forward. because they were trying to release the tree. and we just got stuck and it just didn't move for hours. >> reporter: on the virginia shore, commuters waited patiently for the ferry to return. >> to come down here and watch it's worth it. if i have to drive around, i have to drive around. >> reporter: he did. as workers used tractors as

the 20-year-old was a sophomore at virginia union university. the shooting prompted the university to be on lockdown for a few hours early monday morning. witnesses say they saw three or four men rushing from the scene but no arrests have been made. lee graduated from alexandria's tc williams high school in 2012. >>> looks like it will be summertime before you get a chance to use the silver line on metro. phase one of the line from falls church to reston was originally supposed to open at the end of last year. earlier this month the contractor claimed its work was substantially completed. the airports authority which is responsible for overseeing the construction says the contractor needs to do more work on seven out of 12 construction categories, including problems with the train control system and the escalators. once the authority determine the work is finished, then metro will runty own tests for 90 days before they open it to riders. >>> it is 5:05. time for your money report. >> jessica doyle joins us from the newsroom. >> good morning. it

all the showers are along the virginia, west virginia border. i think that they will be staying west of i-81 tonight. we're looking at temperatures that are still 81 in rockville. 77 in bethesda. 77 in arlington and 79 in college park and upper 70s for you in reston. it's like a time warp here. these will be fantastic numbers for late april or even quite frankly late may. all right, even warmer tomorrow. more fog for you late tonight and some fog early on friday. warmer on friday. maybe a thunderstorm late. and then an unsettled weekend and a little cooler for you. saturday will be the warmer of the two days. probably the drier of the two days too. partly to mostly cloudy tonight. warm isolated storms will be possible. yes, fog will return with the lows 56 to about 62 and with light winds. tomorrow morning, reporting lightly cloudy. 70s before lunchtime. winds are easterly at 10 and by afternoon, partly cloudy, warmer. isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible. high temperatures around 80. and in fact i think that many areas will top out

so we are wide range and in the mountains of west virginia and high country virginia had me frost advisories until 9:00 this morning. looking at the day at a glance, upper a 0s by 9:00 and a few more clouds for the drive home. we will top off at 70 degrees. right now 53. some places chillier than that. time for the traffic update. good morning, angie. >> good morning. hey, folks, got a little taste of what we are seeing across the region. not a lot. drivers are behaving out there. 66 eastbound we are tracking the head lights from centreville 395 northbound the next shot. we are tracking -- we are checking these travelers. 95 then the bw parkway no complaints to 495 and we will wrap up with 270 southbound we are free flowing from father hurley to the split. >>> tomorrow is the 8 year anniversary of the u.-led invasion of afghanistan. and with american casualtiesic spiking this fall troop commanders want more forces and protesters want the withawal. >> president obama is faced with a critical decision over whether to escalate the afghan war after the commanding germ there has pressed publicly

the town is a market, virginia, a community of 1200 people. homeowners will get between 150 and $400, depending on the value of their home. the town council voted on monday to give back more than $150,000 in budget surplus, and the checks should arrive in the next to couple weeks. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, new findings regarding cell phone use. and brain cancer in children. and we'll unveil national plans for the international space station, once it is re designed. we'll be right back. >>> a suicide bombing in the southern afghan city of kandahar had has killed their mayor. the bomber hid explosives in his turban in order to assassinate the man who lived in the area for two decades before returning to afghanistan in 2007 to take leadership in rebuilding his homeland. his friends discussed his desire to help his countrymen. >> he wanted to give back to his people in kandahar. >> just two weeks ago, president karzai's half-brother because also killed in kandahar. in all, three power brokers from southern afghanistan have been m

south eastern virginia. up maybe as far north as st. mary's county into the eastern shore going to see more snowfall than we will in dc. there is a sharp cut off at washington and baltimore areas. right on i-95. here is another closer look. lighter amounts sunday night into monday from dc westward. but notice what is going to happen here. even this computer model wants to start to come close to the dc area. so therefore late sunday into monday let's at least say an inch to two. worst-case scenario for dc may be three. but as you head towards the east, we are talking a good 3 to 6 inches and that's early in the morning. late in the day double it. maybe worst-case scenario could be maybe 10, 12 inches. that's the eastern show only. not washington. we continue to watch the map as really for the most part, the chance of flurries tomorrow, a lot of uncertainty. still a lot of hours to unfold here. will maybe push it off back to the east. >> thank you, tom. >>> coming up next on 9 news now. after a whirl wind year that saw donovan mcnabb benc

and so we ended up suing virginia. >> reporter: virginia is one of 31 states with a constitutional amendment that bans the legal recognition of same-sex unions. voters approved virginia's law in 2006. but recent polls show a majority of virginians are okay with same-sex marriage. >> holes are show -- polls are showing that people can be intimidated into not wanting to be bigots by the like of the supreme court. >> reporter: bob marshal was the sponsor of the gay marriage ban legislation. >> marriage cannot change. it was set at creation. >> reporter: state senator adam ebon is the only openly gay legislator. >> i'll appeal but the quicker we do away with this amendment the better. >> reporter: the aclu is filing similar lawsuits in pennsylvania and north carolina. peggy fox, wusa9. >> the aclu successfully fought extra v.a.'s ban on interracial marriage when the supreme court struck it down back in 1967. >>> a louisiana lawmaker wants to ban the flag most commonly associated with gay pride. republican andy naglen says he's introducing a bill to ban the rainbow flag after he got complaints fr

on 495 in virginia, we have an accident here at van doren inner loop. two lanes are taken away for drivers. it will be slow between eisenhower and the mixing bowl. on 95, look at this, a lot of traffic. drivers have been telling us it has been slow most of last night and in to this morning and two accidents to add to this, 6444 -- 644 and backlick. with want to tell you about road closures in dc. we will tell you more about that in the next hit. >>> this weekend 1.8 million neighbors will spend the holiday on strict water restrictions. the washington suburban sanitary commission has ordered parts of montgomery and prince georges county to cut their water use. we have more on why taps will have to run short and how the problem could have ended much worse. >> pretty big deal. we will have to make do. >> for workers at river road and potomac making do means cutting back. they usually water plants three to four times a day we have decided not to use sprinklers and water by hand and. >> they are following the guidelines after a fiber optic cable helped to wa

northern west virginia, much of pennsylvania, new england, 5 to 8 inches here. closer to town, trace to an inch, that's about it. upper montgomery, howard, frederick, could be 3 to as much as 5 inches hagers town. this is a very minor event. southern maryland, the northern neck, more rain, slightly warmer temperatures, and you're not going to see as much moisture, because the storm is farther to the north. considering the winter we've had, really not that big a deal, and most should be out of here by the time we get to midnight, 2:00 a.m. around there. here's the seven-day forecast. mid-30s today. wintery mix. snow developing over the next few hours. could be a few slick spots for the evening rush. tuesday, upper 30s. breezy. wednesday, not so breezy, upper 30s. by the weekend, a couple of flurries of snow showers. upper 30s to lower 40s. that's the weather. 9news now continuing in just a moment. (announcer) dry, cracked hands? new gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate

last year, virginia, you helped lead a movement... of americans who believed that their voices could make a difference. that's what we need to do in this race. that's what creigh deeds is committed to. i need every one of you to get fired up once again so that we can go towards the future with creigh deeds leading the great commonwealth of virginia! >>> an unusual halloween charity race set a world record. organizers of the denver gorilla run say 1,061 people ran 51 miles dressed as gorillas. it was enough to set a world record for the most people in gorillas costume. it raises money for gorilla conservation fund. racers pay almost $100 to get in but registration includes a gorilla outfit that you get to keep. >> because that's something you can wear again over and over. >> that's good. okay. >> sports plus is coming up. we would like to point out with the changing of the clocks, an extra hour in your day, you can afford to stay up late with us on sports plus this evening. we're going to take you around the league with nfl highlights.