scanning the region in this bitter cold weather, as the snow piles won't be melting any time soon. the new concern is a flash freeze. doug. >> i think that will be a major issue as we make our way over the next half hour. we're at the critical stage for the fresh freeze. look at the numbers. temperatures outside into the teens. 19 in d.c., 12 in gaithersburg and 21 in culpeper and 18 in manass manassas, and 16 degrees. we are well below freezing already. because we had sunshine today we did see a little bit of melting on the roadways. as the sun goes down and starting to do so right now, we will quickly see once the sun does go down, quickly see freezing very very fast, called a fresh freeze, happens just like that. roads become very slick and sunset at 5:18. right now over the next half hour, that is a critical time and why you see a lot of

accidents on the roads in the next half hour, hour and they willi will be treacherous over-time. we have heard of a couple of school closings and sure there will be more and more delays. you heard doug say flash freeze. that's the big concern this evening. and checking out the conditions in restine. >> reporter: we made our way from herndon to here in restine. i can tell you the main roads, route 7, route 50, no issue. the side streets and back roads neighborhoods we are in right now you see the problem. we're at purple beach drive not far from soap stone drive. look at this neighborhood. you can see most if not all of it and snow covered and quite icy. you can hear crunching and some of what melted earlier today

started to re-freeze and as you heard doug and veronica mentio., and preparing to head out, this lady canceled her plans because she's worried about the re-freeze. >> what happens it freezes over. we were going into town, d.c. and we won't because we know the streets will be iced up again after the sun goes down. >> reporter: back here on duran drive. the snow covered neighborhood continues. we'll be keeping tabs on it through the evening especially as the temperatures continue to drop. i want you to tweet me some areas that you're most concerned about. david underscore culver and you can keep up on washington.com. thank you. wet roads and speeds caused this horrific crash yesterday, just

as the snow began to fall, 21-year-old hit a taxi and slammed into that telephone pole in pensy road in landover. his car was torn in half. he and his passenger, 18-year-old darrelle davis were both killed. the cab driver was injured but did survive. extreme cold meant another day off for kids. for adults, the icy conditions are making it a difficult shore of snow removal. tracy wilkins live in upper marlboro to show us how people are handling this big freeze. >> reporter: worse than icy conditions is this cold wind now whipping past my face as i'm speaking to you. we had temperatures ranging from 9-12 degrees in prince george's county. with the windchill well below freezing and below zero most of the day. one thing to have to shovel it. another thing to have to shovel

in temperatures like this. there are those trying to get rid of the snow and others wi wishing it lasts a little longer >> making snow castles. >> reporter: snow castles? >> yes. >> reporter: would you rather be making snow castles or be in school? >> making snow castles. >> reporter: for adults, tough work. >> very cold, arctic cold. i've lived in germany so just about as cold as there. >> your body temperature starts to rise. you really don't know it's dropping until after you're stopping for a whether little w you realize it's cold out here. >> reporter: these ladies have two different approaches cleaning out these sidewalks in blustery conditions. >> i started at 7:30 and 8:00 had breakfast. did halfway and then said, okay,

i will do the other half later. >> i push the snow opposed to shov shoveling opposed -- and it's safer. >> reporter: remember wear layers and you don't want to overwork yourself unless you're trying to get your snow kingdom complete before it's time to head back to school. what do you think about tomorrow. you head back to school tomorrow? >> yeah. >> reporter: so make the most? >> yeah. >> reporter: there is no word yet but i have to tell you the roads are looking so good right now and that overnight freeze and roads like this one that are slushy and could cause icing and may be a delay and we will tell you what they declare officially and report it as soon as they do. news 4.

news of a deadly shooting in southeast d.c. >> the search for the suspect in connection happened on howard road this afternoon. a 19-year-old man found at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. police are still collecting evidence and believe just one suspect is responsible and investigating a possible motive for the shooting. at the live desk, scott mcfarlane. as we reported 19 minutes ago, a judge refused bob mcdonnell's request to delay his first hearing on friday. >> relating to are loans and gifts he received while in office. some of the outlandish details in the indictment and a look at the legal case ahead. julie. >> there is no dispute the governor, his wife and family asked for and accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans.

that in and of it semifinal is not necessarily a crime. >> i come before you this evening as someone whether has been falsely and wrongfully accused. >> reporter: former governor mcdonnell began to fight the charges hours after being indicted. prosecutors accused him of taking tens of thousands of dollars of loans in return to promoting his dietary supplement. he say s ts the prosecution's c hinges on whether there was an agreement between the mcdonnells and williams. >> the courts have talked about quid pro quo for agreement and clear it doesn't have to be express promise or written agreement or anything formal. courts in some say winks and nods. what constitutes corrupt agreement between the two sides

is probably where the battleground is. >> reporter: if it goes to a jury, the sensational details poses a challenge. the new york shopping spree. williams bought the first lady $19,000 worth of designer clothes. prosecutors suggest in return, williams was seated next to the governor at dinner. two years later when the federal investigation began, maureen mcdonnell returned the clothes to williams with a note reading i truly hope your daughter will now be able to enjoy these lovely outfits and show them off on many grand occasions. there was the ferrari. while staying at williams' lake home, maureen asked if the sports car would be dropped off for their use. soon after she e-mailed williams a photo of the governor behind the wheel and asked the health secretary to send a deputy to williams to talk about the dietary supplement. coming up we hear whether the government's indictment could drag down other g

candidates in 2014. >> thank you. one in five women in college is raped or squaellyexually assaul during her time on campus. the president talks about new steps to protect men and women. want every young man in america to feel strong peer pressure, understand what's expected of them and to intervene if they see somebody else acting inappropriately. >> the president signed a memorandum today creating a task force to recommend to college s to respond and prevent sexual assault. the dead line is 90 days from now. a montgomery bus driver is charged with sexually assaulting a passenger. police arrested him on january 9th. a woman told police she stopped and out of service bus near the shady grove bus station on

december twel12th and she agree get out and claims he touched her. adam gonzalez currently stationed and joint base andrews robbed t robbed a store in mechanicsville friday. investigators tell us he walked into the store, pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. a short time later he was pulled over and officers found a gun on him and being held tonight on $100,000 bond. some controversy over school days and some factors making the call that can affect the lives of a whole bunch of parents and students. despite the dangerously cold weather out there, the message protesters wanted to make despite the cold conditions. a foiled attack on a u.s.

breaking news, we just got word montgomery county schools will be open with a two hour delay and montgomery delayed the app on school closings. >> we go to scott mcfarlane for details. >> three palestinians have just been arrested for planning attacks on the u.s. embassy in

tel aviv. their plan was foiled for attacks the embassy and others in the country. the suspects were posing as tourists and planned to carry out bomb, shootings and kidnaps. the suspects recruited over facebook al qaeda operatives in the gaza strip and this is first time al qaeda has been directly involved in planning an attack inside israel. today marks the 41st anniversary of the landmark decision of roe v. wade as abortion as a constitutional right. >> thousands braved the bitter cold to commemorate the anniversary with rallies outside the supreme court. president obama issued a statement saying as we reflect on the anniversary quote we recommit ourselves to the decisions guiding principle that every woman should be able to make her own choices about her

body and her health. mark has been covering this all day. >> he has the story from the national mall. >> for the past 41 years since the supreme court's landmark abortion ruling anti-abortion advocates have marched on washington. rarely have they had to deal with temperatures like today. >> i have like five shirts on and lots of pants. >> reporter: it wasn't just the cold, also the wind that tested the resolve of those who came from across the country to march on washington. the day started with prayer services like this one at the verizon center. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: at the washington mall. they heard speeches from politicians and faith leaders and then time to march. while the weather was a hardship on many, for some it was an opportunity. >> handwarmers. >> the best-seller are the hand warmers right now. they're going great. a lot of people down here for a

good cause. the handwarmers are going good. >> reporter: this is working out for you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: at courthouse, supporters of abortion rights were waiting, some very underdressed. >> people gave me a poncho and gloves and hat. >> reporter: you didn't come with a hat or gloves? >> no. >> reporter: or a jacket? >> no. >> reporter: what do they teach you where you come from? >> reporter: while the cold didn't keep these people away today's crowd was smaller than last year's crowd that didn't have too deal with snow and wind. one thing that made today's march different than every other march the past 41 years, for the first time the march organizers took to social media like facebook and twitter and even pope francis joined in, tweeting this morning he was joining today's marchers in washington by prayer. from the national mall, mark

segraves, news 4. >> took a lot of guts to march in this. it was hard marching from the house to the car. >> and set a record. every airport set a record. 3.8 at reagan national, nearly 8 inches at dulles and 6 inches at baltimore. a lot of records there. high temperature so far, 19. that is a record lomax mum, if you know what i mean by that one. we have the clouds and sunshine going down. that sun going down will create big problems, i think, as far as the freeze is concerned. still a lot of ice out there. this is dangerous ice. look at this, a picture sent to us from scott in reston. a great picture of ice sickles forming and saw these on my neighbor's house and thought how much of a danger that is to the kids and watch out for icicles that could be making their way down. those guys 1-2 feet long. that would hurt for sure.

to show you what's happening around our region, temperatures at 19 degrees. the went at 9 miles an hour and starting to subside. windchill 8 degrees. we're above 5 for the first time today. right now, current temperature 12, gaithersburg, 16, manassas, 12. everything wit freeze very very quickly. all those secondary roads will be a lot of problems on the roads tonight. windchills still 2 below in gaithersburg, 1 in martinsburg and 6 in manassas. a windchill of 1 degree. a very cold evening. it will stay that way. no snow to talk about at least not right now in our region. just back to the west we talked about another clipper system coming to our area. not a whole lot but coming to our region tomorrow. we have an active pattern and cold air-locked in place and we

see the areas of low pressure swinging by and we need them to go to our south if we want snow like yesterday's did. most will stay to our north. what does that mean? we have a chance of snow, best chance thursday and saturday and pretty good chance saturday and watching this one on monday, it may slide farther south of us and maybe give us snow. we'll talk about that and for now doesn't look like any will be a big deal. windy and cold, tomorrow morning, slippery and cold. watch out on the roads and sidewalks tomorrow. it will be very slick. here's our little chance of snow tomorrow afternoon. that's how big it is. that is really small! don't expects much from that. we could see more on that saturday and monday. here's our chances. just flurries tomorrow. 25 degrees for a high on friday, 36 for high on saturday, high temperature saturday of 32 degrees. only a 32% on saturday. that could leave you another new coating of snow across the region. guess what, another chance on monday and we get cold again.

temperatures back into the 20s next week. >> thank you, doug. a teach other assistant accuseda deadly shooting. we're learning more about the man who pulled the deadly trigger at the university. trigger at the university. and

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these are real challenges getting around parts of massachusetts tonight. not the drubbing some expected but drops as much as 18 inches of snow in other parts of the state. much like here, drivers are being warned about ice and blowing snow. >> those who remembered our carmageddon, check this out, issues with snow and plows created major gridlock in parts of the city. look familiar? not just the roads. earlier today a guy ended up in the hospital after he was hit by falling ice. doug was just warning us about that. at the philly museum, the steps of the museum of art was popular for sledding, the steps rocky made famous one year and look different with 13 inches of snow. >> i was just in philippiadelph

and ran up those steps and they look different with snow. records shattered in philadelphi philadelphia. >> bone chilling cold bringing misery. ted has a look at things there. ted. >> reporter: this part of new jersey, we're just outside of atlantic city was spared those really hefty snow amounts, only ended up with a couple inches of snow along the coast. other parts of the state are really digging out tonight. several communities north and west of here were slammed, getting more than a foot of snow. central jersey got hit with the most. 15.8 inches. new jersey is still under state of emergency as a result of the storm and not a ban on travel but asked to take it easy because the roads are snow covered and slick. what we are feeling is another

wave of dangerously cold temperatures, only about 15 degrees right now, headed towards the single digits tonight. officials are concerned about pipes freezing and breaking in many unoccupied summer homes here, especially if the water in those houses was not shut off for the winter. that happened in hundreds of homes in previous blasts of bitterly cold weather a few weeks ago and many of them are still in the process of being repaired. tonight, public works crews here and other jersey shore communities are urging those homeowners, folks who own those summer houses to really think about making the trip down here to the shore to check on those houses. if possible, if the water is still on, to turn the faucets on, to stream of water just to make sure that the water is running through those pipes, as we deal with these dangerously cold temperatures. guys. >> ted, thanks so much. right now at 5:00, murdered

at the movies on date night. >> the real live drama unfolded during a fight over a text message. >> for the first time, the widow of a man shot and killed in a movie theater is sharing her grief. >> to think that in the blink of an eye my whole world got shattered into a million pieces. >> what she wants the public to know now. school snow days are starting to pile up. how will they make up those days for the students. we found it depends who you ask. >> i'm david culver riding along the team 4x4 in west virginia getting a look at road conditions ahead of your evening commute and

welcome back, everybody. taking a look back there. the 4x4 inch chantilly taking a look in the neighborhoods. you can see a coating of ice if not snow on there. i expect to see flash freezing that happens across the region and temperatures crop down to single digits. 5-13 degrees is where we will be. watch out for black ice and dress warm tomorrow. many districts already closed or delayed tomorrow and you can find that on our website at

nbcwashington.com. we're just getting live pictures into our newsroom. look at your screen. on 301 in bowie right now, we heard that car lost control and flipped on central avenue. we're told the driver managed to get his or herself out of the car by his or herself. cold temperatures causing all that road to freeze creating hazardous temperatures doug just ref reynolds. flash freezing causing a threat and if you do drive, use caution. for more at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. all that getting around proved to be pretty easy as long as you were on the main roads. >> there was a danger of black ice forming and roadways freezing rapidly overnight. adam is in falls church on one of the side streets that has yet to be cleared.

adam. >> reporter: there is a reason we're talking about freezing because it's freezing out here. this is helena drive in falls church. let me give you a look at the road here. a side street completely covered with snow and the snow is now turning to ice. i do want to say, this is the exception and not the rule in northern virginia. vdot has done a good job clearing the main roads. this road we're being told and ice that's here, it could be here a while. even though the storm is gone, damage still being done. >> what can due on secondary roads? can you bring the plows in? bring more chemicals in? what condition you do there? >> we will continue to plow until there's something to plow. it gets to a point you don't need to plow anymore and treat the roads and let the chemicals work and mother nature will help take care of some of it. >> reporter: the sun and warm temperatures may be the best bet for some of the smaller side roads. in virginia, safe to say the

main roads and secondary roads have been treated aggressively and for the most part drivable. steve shannon said every road has had some sort of treatment but chemicals only work to a certain degree. after that, it may just be time. >> 19, 20 degrees almost any chemical we have is not going to work well. >> reporter: what do you do at that point? >> again, mother nature helps us with the sun and all. then, with the friction, too, with the cars driving around, that helps. >> reporter: drivers around here say they're getting by right now. >> the biggest problem we're having it's cold enough that windshield wiper fluid freezing on our nods -- nozzle but we're striking out. >> reporter: an absolute necessity especially if you're headed anywhere near the sun. >> the cars going down this road going very slowly. good advice for anywhere you're traveling. what kind of report card is vdot

giving itself. hear about that next hour at 6:00. reporting live in falls church. news 4. one way to enjoy a snow day, sledding. almost every school district in our area was closed today because of the snow. dozens of kids came out to enjoy the snow covered hills in stone park in bethesda. tomorrow, back to class for students and teachers in montgomery county. we just learned that school district will open on a two hour delay tomorrow. the school district has already reached the budgeted number of snow days this year and means schools and teachers have to make up any additional snow days before school lets out. more on the snow days, they're almost gone or more than gone, aren't chris? >> reporter: you have that right. we have the details for you in rockville at julius west middle school closed today because of the snow day and will reopen

with all the montgomery public schools tomorrow on a two hour delay. today, being a snow day, kids took advantage of their day off. parents and students love a snow day of sledding here. friend and family brought their daughter to the elementary school to the slope. >> it's fun to be out with the kids. means i have to take another leave at work and mean they have to go probably a day longer in the spring. >> reporter: what do you think of the makeup day? >> i think it's a good idea. they need to get their time in. >> reporter: montgomery public schools are plowing parking lots and clearing sidewalks at its 205 schools and hope to open tomorrow. >> what will decide it is tomorrow, will they be icy or our sidewalks shoveled out? are the roads plow soed buses and cars can get in and out safely and we can get kids to school and staff to school and have a meaningful day of instruction. >> reporter: students spent the

day at rockville town center taken to lunch, at the library and going to the movies. today was the fourth and final snow day the school system budgeted on its calendar. if weather cancels any more school, it may have to extend the school year scheduled to end june 12th. while having fun sledding, cindy bragg and her two children are realistic what all this means. >> montgomery public school should be open tomorrow. kids have been off since monday with martin luther king and tuesday a professional day that became a snow day and i think they're ready to get back to school. at least the parents are. >> reporter: you may have to make up missed school days. >> yeah. maybe. >> what do you think of that? >> i wouldn't like that so maybe go to school tomorrow. >> reporter: it's no longer maybe. you will be going back to school tomorrow on a two hour delayed basis. the latest here in rockville. >> thank you. school officials across our

region are trying to figure out how to handle the snow days we've had this season. in the distribute the academic calendar has three built-in snow days and so far already used up five. that means there will be two makeup days now tentatively set for june 20th and the 23rd, extending the school year by two days. fairfax county, days built into its calendar, too, like d.c. has used up five so far. school officials there scheduled two makeu inside the school year j february 17th, president's day and april 7th, previously a scheduled student holiday. >> if you haven't already now is a great time to delayed the washington d.c. app on your smartphone or tablet and get the breaking news on the school closings and delays. a new threat for winter games. why officials say a threatening e-mail sent to the u.s. may not be a serious concern.

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a 12-year-old who's been in foster care most of hiss life. >> even though he had to move place to place over the years managed to stay focused on school and remain a very good student. meet isaiah. >> reporter: not every child would choose a bookstore as a

favorite place to visit but isaiah did. >> he loves books. >> you came to the right place. >> reporter: he came to barnes and noble on an early day before it was first open and before isaiah was even awake. she asked what type of books he might like to look for and off the top of his head he said sports. >> what kind of sports do like? >> football and basketball. >> okay. let's see what we can find. >> reporter: they found books he might enjoy and passed up some he'd already read, like the entire harry potter stories. we quizzed him on that. >> reporter: who was the name that shall not be spoken? >> voldemort. >> good job! >> he loves to read. >> reporter: his social worker several years now, he's been in foster home moving home to home most of of his life. while shy in settings, he does very well in school. >> reporter: what grade are you in? >> seventh grade. >> reporter: do you like school?

>> yes, i do. >> reporter: what's your favorite subject? >> math is my favorite subject. >> reporter: you must be doing well. >> yes. >> reporter: what kind of grades do you hatcve? >> i have an a in my math class. >> reporter: he says he wants to be a computer engineer. >> he has big potential and a very bright child. >> reporter: barnes & noble had help for that potential. >> if you like those, you can have those and you can have a few more books as well. >> reporter: thank you. that's something to smile about, right? for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home for isaiah or another child waiting call our adoption hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. we're already starting to see the evidence of flash freezing. minutes ago, a truck flipped on

route 3 oh 1 301 in upper marlb. >> reporter: i'm pat collins. i have your snow stick

there's that pet theme song we like so much. the field has been narrowed from hundreds of entries in the pat collins' snow stick challenge. you sent them in. he asked everybody to tweet their favorite hats and the response has been overwhelming. >> pat is live with his hat and his post is northwest d.c. he has the top five. how are you doing? >> reporter: how you doing, doreen? who has the best hat and who will get the stick? hundreds of entry, so little time. the judges worked so hard and they got it down the final five. we went out looking for the best snow hat. at stake an official pat collins' snow stick. we had more than 400 entries. kids, grownups, animals, hats of

all shapes and sizes. we convened a panel of celebrity judges, morning anchors, aaron and yang and trish thompson. they did their due diligence. >> what were you looking for? >> looking for creativity and looking to keep people warm and how people are responding to their special headgear. >> reporter: and now in no particular order, the five finalists in the best snow hat snow stick challenge! the sea urchin hat. it looks both scary and warm. the baby pat hat. how cute is that? hey, justor the record, there's no relationship here. the turkey hat. now, there were a lot of animal entry, but this one the judges liked best. hat for two. one hat, two people.

it's cozy and no one gets lost. the well-dressed hat, warm and functional. but at the same time, dignified and fashionable. so which one do you like? which one would you pick? which one will get the stick? the winner coming up at 6:00. i'm pat collins live in northwest. >> that's a tough choice. you have really great finalists there, pat. >> reporter: i have to tell you. you really want to watch the story at 6:00, it's special. >> you better look out. i think baby pat has an eye on your job. he has a career in hat modelling. >> reporter: what a cute kid, huh? >> hard to choose against a cute kid. we still need to wear those hats, doug. it is getting colder as the sun is setting it will be even worse. >> we will really go down tonight. it will be a very cold night.

the good thing is the winds are beginning to subside a little bit. windchill not quite as bad as last night. currently sitting at 19. roads turning icy quickly and freezing fast. 16 at00, 15 by 9:00 and 14 by 11:00. watch out for the ice. we have a lot of it and it will only continue through the night. and rockwell, 12, gaithersburg and 15 and naps, 15. around the huntington area and picked up snowfall. you have to go well back towards the west to see our next area of snow. it will bring us snow tomorrow and the clipper system not very organized. we will see flurries during the day tomorrow, maybe a quick snow shower but not expecting much from that. 1 below towards winchester and hagerstown and 6 below in manassas. what will you wake up to in the

morning? the windchill? cold. 6 in gaithersburg, 12 in d.c., talking another very cold start to your day and will stay cold the next seven days and beyond that. 25 on friday for a high. that's deceiving and we will see a lot of wind on friday and windchills 10 degrees. 36 is the warmest day, and snow and winds 35 miles an hour on saturday and that brings in the really cold stuff. snow showers, i think a coating may be possible saturday. monday, another chance for light snow across the area. that brings in even colder air again. right back down into the 20s. if you haven't had your coats on yet you will need them over the sect seven days. >> doug, we have to say our hats are off to you for nailing every forecast this week. great job.

>> preeappreciate it. looking at the roadway, pretty clear. >> and icing and potholes everywhere. out all day and sending this report in from reston. >> reporter: get ready for a bumpy ride, back in reston in sunrise valley and i want to show you what's the result of this aftermath. a lot of potholes in sunrise valley. a lot of you tweeting about this not only here but burke center parkway. they are popping up as we rumble over them. we're about to hit a whole strip of even more popping up around the area, especially after the cold spells and they treat the roadways. we will continue down sunrise valley a little bit because another issue we encounter neighborhoods are side streets and back roads. he will make a right here as we come up to indiana ridge. as we turn in there, you will

notice the snow covered roads. if you do hear of any issues on the roadways or problems you encounter, let us know about them. you can tweet me at david underscore culver. we'll head to one of those areas and we got one from shauna telling us to head to shan tilley. and first i want to show you these neighborhood sunrise valley as far as the snow was concerned, not a big issue. then we turn on to this neighborhood snow covered, icy, and what the sun has melted during the day, it will refreeze overnight and create treacherous problems. we'll send it back to you. >> david culver, thank you. new developments on a deadly shooting at purdue university. the deadly engineering shooting yesterday. 23-year-old cody cousins shot and killed 21-year-old andrew

bolt inside the building yesterday. cousins surrendered to police a short time later. while police believe the shooting was intentional the two don't appear to have a past history. cousins is being held pending a court appearance, no date set yet. the widow of the man who was killed in a florida movie theater is talking for the first time. nicole olsen's husband, chad was shot in tampa, shot by curtis reeves after an argument over texting during a movie. reeves is a retired police officer. mrs. olsen was also injured. she says she can't believe a rare night out with her husband turned out to be their last. >> to think in the blink of an eye my whole world got shattered into a million pieces and now i'm left trying to pick them up and put them all back together. it's so hard and so unbearable. >> chad olsen also leaves behind one daughter. a trust fund has been set up to help the family andre

business leaders have held fund raisers. a local official says threatening e-mails sent to the u.s. and other countries are a hoax. officials with the international olympics committee say they believe the e-mails were sent from someone in the general public but there are enough credible terror threats in sochi russia is ramping up security. people going through the venues will have to pass-through metal detectors and have all bags examined. tonight at si6:00, reaction fro the white house to the threats. we are just a few days way from the games. and coming up, we leave next week. i'm tra tracy -- trace see wilkins. coming up, a work day coming up on news 4. . >> today's bitter cold and yesterday's snow, they have

drivers slipping and sliding through intersections, even those that have red light cameras. i'm christine wright. coming up,

a look at what's trending online today. arnold schwarzenegger recently went undercover so to speak at a gold's gym in california and posted this video on his youtube page. you can see his disguise complete with a black ponytail

and mustache and went in to give advice to gym members and went in to raise awareness for the after school allstars. repair work is about to get under way in rio de janeiro for the iconic statute. you can see the figure's right hand got chipped and another part got damaged last month. at 125 feet up the repair work could be a bit precarious. the washington auto show opens tomorrow at the convention center. a sneak preview today, more than 700 makes and models will be there including vans's favorite, the stingray corvette. and hand colding competition. remember those that want a car have to keep their hands on the cars and the last person touch ing wins it. that hasn't gone on for 10

years. it goes on for days. what if the ice keeps you from stopping safely at an intersection, will you still have to pay a fine from a red light camera ticket? a look at the road rules after the storm. christen. >> reporter: hey, jim. of course any time you get to a traffic light or stop sign, you shld stop. but on a night like we're expected to have tonight, we all know that becomes increasingly difficult. so it begs the question, if there is a camera, do you get a ticket. wet roads across the area will freeze tonight with temperatures dropping down to single digits. driving could be treacherous and intersection unpredictable. >> i gave it a couple of -- like 30 feet at least. i let go of the brakes and rolled right into it. >> that light turns red, i know

i don't have enough time to stop before slide, i will take a chance, you know, because it is hard. it is hard to stop. >> reporter: but red light cameras are always rolling, rain, sleet or snow. we drove slick route 355 in germantown last night. montgomery county had about four red light cameras. police there review each potential violation individually. >> as far as red light cameras, there should always be some kind of exception. >> as far as what we see in the photo, we can see ice to some extent. >> reporter: they say they know winter roads make stopping difficult and their officers sit down and look at photos one by one. >> we make a determination if there's thymes roadway or snow or something to impede people slowing down for the traffic light and stopping we void the violations. >> reporter: but they still caution everyone to be careful.

>> in this type of weather you have to slow down so you're able to stop for these lights. >> reporter: d.c. police tell us if they do see that somehow the weather played a factor in you not being able to stop, no violation. we also checked in with the d.c. dmv. they tell us, they, too, may take weather into consideration but they expect drivers to take the apppriate precautions when you're out here on the roads such as braking early when it icy. live in northwest. kristin wright, news 4. at 6:00, a flash freeze creating dangerous conditions all over the area. extreme cold and black ice making it difficult for road crews to get the upper hand. a long weekend stretches into day five for a lot of students. how school districts are dealing with changes that could linger