between 10 and 5 below zero. and from loudoun county and northern fauquier and points to the west does not include the advisory or d.c. or southern maryland, but we will be cold there, and i expect the windchill in d.c. tonight to be zero. we are talking about another frigid night, and we are not close to being done yet. i will let you nknow if there i any light at the end of the tunnel coming up in a minute. >> all right. thank you, doug. right now, commuters in bethesda are trying to get around a road closure. a driver lost control near glenn ec echo, and slid into a pole on o onadega way. and the road is not expected to reopen until after the evening rush hour is over. and more delays on the metro. red and yellow lines are single tracking because of a fire on the track. it is happening between mount vernon square and the l'enfant

plaza. it means that there is a modified track and trains are running slower than usual. and you can't blame the weather entirely for this one. >> a broken water main has frozen cars in place. and mark segraves is there, and he says that the neighbors have said that this has been leaking for a long time. >> yes, in d.c. and virginia and sidewalks looking all like this, but here on tailor street, walk with me, this water main leak has created this ice dam that has literally flooded the neighborhood, and look at what it has done to the cars. >> reporter: that's right. for more than a month, this water main leak has been sending the water down taylor street, and water that is now ice. neighbors tell us that the water has been running for weeks, and they have reported it several times, and it causes this water dam that is two to three inches

high in places, and look at what it has done to the cars? it has literally frozen them into place. >> luckily, we don't need the car that much. >> reporter: and the folks on a taylor street are not the om ones dealing with the icy conditions. i saw you walking on the street, and is that because people don't clear their sidewalks. >> that is right. absolutely right. somebody needs to tell them to clean up these places. >> reporter: and despite local ordinances, we found lots of example where is the businesses and the government buildings cleared just enough snow to get into the doors burk not the public sidewalks. like this school in arlington. this police station in d.c. and this library in bethesda. >> i'm quite surprised, because that i have cleared by the park, so i would assume by this side of the library, they would have cleared that, too. >> and now coming up at 6:00, we will bring you back here to taylor street, and we will tell you what happened after news4 made some calls to d.c. water,

and we will show you the condition conditions around a firehouse in our area that has residents hopping mad. that is the very late st in northwest. mark segraves, news4. we are following a developing story out of colorado. security is being beefed up at columbine high skochool and hala dozen others, because the school got a threatening call at 10:00 this morning and followed with by other calls, and the school was put on lock-out mode meaning no one in or out. and columbine was the scene of a de deadly shooting when students killed 12 classmates and a teacher. and another developing story back here in the washington area. howard county officials are wondering if they are victims of a cyber attack. according to the "baltimore sun" there were issues with the internet for about a week earlier in this month, and the report affected access to e-mail, and also to the monitor kids' graves. and martin o'malley deliver

ed the final state of the state address in annapolis today. he is in the last year of his term, and he touted the progress of the first seven years. he said he helped to strengthen and grow the middle-class in maryland and improved public safety and public education, and now he wants to expand pre-k programs in public schools to give children of poor families earlier educational opportunities. >> with all of the strides that we have made in education, this session we have the ability to advance towards universal pre-k in maryland. >> to have it statewide and all schools and we would love to have it in prince george's ko county, because that is going to raise the standard. >> and the governor says that maryland is number one in education fife yeve years in a and the legislation session lasts through mid april. and the white house posted

this picture of the president with his main speechwriter cody keenan getting ready for the big state of the union address, and this year, the white house says norways take part and interact using the social media, and of course, you will be able to watch the president's speech right here on nbc4. a rocky ride on wall street today, and the dow jones industrial average plunged 192 points by the end of the day, and that is the worst percentage loss since september 20th. investors are worrying about a manufacturing slowdown in china. at the white house right now, president obama is hosting the u.s. conference of mayors which is having its winter meeting here in the district. more than 280 mayors from around the country are here to meet with their congressional leader s and the president is expected to speak in a few minutes, and vice president biden is also the there. >> reporter: and the huge political shock.

the amendment against gay marriage was okayed by virginia voters, but polls show that more than half approve of same-sex marriages, and now bureau chief virginia kelly is in virginia to report why the attorney general has reversed course on this. >> the decision to not support the gay marriage ban is not a surprise for those who followed the campaign, but it hit like a bombshell with some calling it a constitutional crisis. >> i believe that the freedom to marry is a fundamental right, and i intend to ensure that virginia is on the right side of history and on the right side of the law. >> reporter: with those words, democratic attorney mark herring announced that his office will no longer defend virginia's same-sex marriage ban in court, and what's more, he will help to argument a you that the law is unconstitutional and joining with a case to be heard next

week. he voted against same-sex marriage, but then he changed his mind. >> i saw how that vote hurt a lot of people, and how it was painful for a lot of people. i have come to the conclusion, that, i wouldn't want the state tell telling my son or daughter who they can and cannot marry. >> reporter: but herring's decision does not change the law. the ban will be enforced in k n county clerk's offices, and many public leaders condemn ed his decision. >> he is forcing a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: prince williams' delegate said that if he does not defend it, he is required to appoint somebody who will. >> who is going to defend the people of virginia? i want to file a suit and get standing as one of the authors of the amendment. he is wrong. >> reporter: and coming up i will tell you about some of the actions that the angry

republicans are threatening against the attorney general. and an arrest in a legendary heist that inspired part of the movie "good fellas." vincent is accused of m masterminding the luftansia heist in the 160s. and michelle obama has a fight for healthier living. this afternoon, she announced that subway restaurant chains will spend $41 million over the next three years to promote better eating for children. subway officials promise d to only offer foods that comply with the federal standards for the school lunch programs on their kids' menu. and resisting arrest, and drunk driving and speeding in a

lamborghini and racing, and those are just some of the charges against justin bieber. will that deport him back to cap da? we will have more. >> and could he spend the rest of his life in jail? the man convicted of killing sean taylor, and new sound coming in from sean taylor's grieving father. i'm tracee wilkins and coming up on news4, it was freezing cold last night and dark when a 79-year-old woman wandered away from her daughter and ended up in these woods steps away from the beltway. stepnbc universal's coverage of the 2012 london games

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>> a man convicted in the murder of redskins' star sean taylor knows his fate, and we are getting new reaction of taylor's family to the sentencing of eric rivera, and we have the latest on the this. >> yes, eric ri vvera will spen 57.5 years in prison for his role in the murder of sean ta losh taylor. and we are just getting some video in from sean taylor's father. he killed sean taylor at his home, and today, rivera apologized to taylor's family, his father talk ded about the

aftermath of his son's death. and it was one of the most difficult things he could do. >> i went to that house with my cousin, and cleaned up every bit of this blood of my son. and this countless act of young men killing young men is unacceptable. >> they say they accept the sentencing burk the other three men involved in the murder are still awaiting sentencinsentenc rashad jones will spend three years in jail for sneaking other drugs and contraband into the jail. he is sentenced today after pleading guilty last year. he was a correctional officer, and during his time, prince george's county police found pill pills and marijuana and other items that jones was planning to

distribute. he let down the more than 600 corrections workers who are doing the right thing. >> we are very pleased to see that the court system, the justice system took action today against this officer who betrayed my trust, my, allel of my officers' trust, and the trust of the inmates. >> the investigation started last february after an inmate in the jail tipped off investigators. justin beeb ser officially out on bond the night after being arrested this morning for drag racing, resisting arrest and a dui. >> and the whole thing happened this morning in miami beach. nbc's stewart moore joins us from miami with more. >> and the first case this afternoon is justin bieber -- >> reporter: hours after being arrested for alleged drag racing under the influence of alcohol and drugs, pop star justin bieber remains silent as he went before a miami judge. >> you are charged with the following.

dui, alcohol or drugs, resisting without violence, and driving with an expired driver's license. >> reporter: bieber was taken into custody short ly after 4:0 this morning for allegedly racing a yellow lamborghini in a miami beach neighborhood. >> another officer stopped mr. bieber and upon approaching the car when he opened up the window and confronted mr. bieber, he smelled a strong odor of alcoholic beverage. >> reporter: and police say that he was uncooperative with the resisting officers. >> he was belligerent and using choice words questioning why he was being stopped. >> reporter: and also arrested was kalil, his friend, and both of bieber and kalil are released on bond. bieber's bond was to $2,500 and he waved tom ka r m kcameras. and he admitted to smoking marijuana and take prescription

drugs before the incident. it is his second run-in with the law this month. and earlier detectives in los angeles searched his home looking for evidence of felony vandalism after a neighbor accuse accused him of throwing eggs at his house. he has not been charged in the that case, but in miami, bieber faces much more serious olgations. and now justin bieber has arrived back on south beach at the brickle tower which is two blocks from the miami police departme department. the court date has not been set, but he has hired a big time attorney here in south florida and expecting not to do jail time. stewart moore, nbc4 news. and doug is here with the story on the weather or the week in the deep freeze continues. >> and our week in the deep freeze, and the month in the deep freeze, because we have om had a couple of warm days. >> only a little at a time. >> and i asked the people out there on the twitter pages, are you done with it? and 70% said done. and 30% said, hey, it is winter

and bring on some more, and hey, you 30%, you will get what you want, because we have a lot more of the cold air to come. the kids today out at the vee veersmill elementary, they don't want to see more of this cold, because they can't go out the to recess when it is this cold. i was out there saying hello to the kindergarteners, and they taught me about the water cycle and show md ae nice dance, too, and i want to say hello the all of the kids out there watching right now. out across the area, what do we see? well, the potomac freezing again and that is the case with 24 degrees and windchill at 12 right now with the winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour. here are the numbers. 16 in hagerstown, and 16 in martinsburg, and 14 in manassas, and 23 in huntingtown, and we have been colder than fairbanks, alaska n the last two days, and this is the cold air in the region w. the wind, it goes right through you and 28-mile-an-hour winds in d.c.

and 18 fredericksburg, and that is why we have a harsh windchill, and that is why we have the windchill advisory in effect to the areas north and west. it does include d.c. and loudoun county and everybody out to the west to i-85, and the blue ridge and 5 to 10 below zero the night and in through tomorrow morning and even those areas not in the advisory, and you know it is going to be cold there, too. and the radar is showing the light snow showers coming through, and this is one of the systems, one of the clippers, the many clippers moving through our region. this one bringing the snowshowers through parts of pennsylvania and accumulation into the mountains of pennsylvania, but that is it. how about the cold? yeah, call it what it is. the polar express, and a lot of the cold air coming from the poles, and a lot more cold air to come, and coming straight down from canada, and nothing to stop it, storm after storm bringing it down and reinforcing the cold that we have in the region, and nothing to stop it or nothing to move it out eit r

either. that means that we are in it, at least for another 7 to 10 days. take a look at the numbers. 23 for the high tomorrow, and 36 on saturday and you say, hey, look, we are above freezing, but the winds are gusty, and we have a good chance of seeing snow on saturday, i think, and windy and cold and the winds are gusting to 35 miles per hour, and snowshowers are likely and i do expect to see light accumulation in the area, and east of d.c. and up to the north. we will continue the ooh watch out for that the, and 32 on sunday and another system moving in monday, and we have taken the snow chances out, but look at what happens again. it brings in the bitterly cold air again, and 23 on tuesday and 21 on wednesday and a better chance of snow. and you can stay ahead of it all, and storm the team weather app, and if it is not frozen, you can download it on the i-tunes and google play. guys and ladies? >> thank you, doug. arrest at the legendary heist

that inspired the part of the movie "good fellas" no, rather here. murder sooichbd an 7-eleven store. and a suspect is identified and pat collins is working the case in gaithersburg. and now police are using cutting edge infrared cameras to find a woman trapped in the woods. we have the rescue caught on

♪ so the truth that she will never believe you ♪ >> it is official that billy joel is come back to washington. live nation announced today that the piano man will perform at washington park and tickets go on sale at february 1st, and he performed the first ever concert at that park in 2009. one of the best teams is ready to hit the court. the maryland team is going to face off against virginia. >> the terps are going for the 15th straight win and she is led by senior alyssa thomas, and she is one of the best players in the country right now, and she is looking to end her college career in style. >> reporter: whenever the maryland women's basketball team takes the court, head coach

brenda freeze has to pinch herself, because having a player like alyssa thomas is every coach's dream. >> there is not a day that goes by, especially her senior year, to appreciate what she does, and to be so talent and to have as much success and when you walk in on the court, you would never know it. >> reporter: and consensus all-american, and acc player of the year, and the list of achievements speaks for itself. >> it is not something that you think about when you are coming in, and you know the coaches hype you up, and tell you, you know, that you could be great. once you see, you know, what the season is all about, and what you can do, then you start to understand. >> it makes my job a lot easier. i mean, you come from to a school like high school where you have to do it all, and then i come here, and i have allisa, and i say, this is so easy. >> reporter: thomas has made life easier for everyone at maryland and the intensity and the talent and the drive separate her from the rest.

>> she is one of the best i have had the opportunity to coach. we have had a lot of tremendous players who have gone up in the rafters, and she is going to be right up there with them. >> reporter: with all of the individual awards and a accomplishments in four years at maryland, thomas has yet to achieve the ultimate team goal. >> the only thing missing is a national championship, and we know what the competition looks like, and if we stay focused and play maryland basketball, we can accomplish it. >> reporter: it is how she wants to end her career, on top, as a champion. jason pugh, news4 sports. and are you starting to get excited about the olympics? well, the city of sochi is ready for the arrival of thousands of tourists from cultures around the world. and today, russians working at the winter games attended a crash course on hospitality and it is a guidance on smiling al strangers and maintaining eye contact and focusing on the c t

customer service rather than following the hotel rules. the games begin on february 6th, and we vine it you to have complete coverage right here on nbc4 from start to finish. >> and that smiling to strangers could be great. >> and translate any place. >> and in any language. and caught in the cold, back home, prince george's police use an infrared camera to rescue a woman trapped in the woods. a 7-eleven clerk is killed at gaithersburg, and police arrest the suspect at the scene, and they say he had a knife in his pocket and blood on his hands. i'm pat collin with the story coming up. and birth control

it is become like a broken record around here, the deep freeze and the cold, and we will have to figure out different ways to say it, frigid for sure. taking a look out there, and temperatures of 24 in d.c. and 18 in gaithersburg, and 16 in martinsburg, and windchills close to zero by around 7:00 or 8:00 tonight, and then take a look at what is coming our way with a big area of snow back to the west will translate to a little bit in the way of snow coming up over the next couple of days and most likely into the day saturday and this is the

area that breaks out for us, and i will talk about who can see what and who has the best chance to see any accumulating snowfall. >> all right. thank you, doug. a race against the clock, and an elderly woman lost in the snow and the bitter cold. >> and police used infrared technology the track her down and ultimately saved her life. tonight, a look at the video. our bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us from the beltway with more on the rescue. >> the cold made it a life and death situation, but aided the police in finding the woman, because it was so cold that infrared technology found her body heat easily last night, and made all of the difference. we are in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she went missing, and look here over the shoulder at just how close the woods are here to the beltway. >> i just thought that i killed my mom. >> in the few minutes that it took maggie dickins to drop off her friend last night. >> i thought that i did -- i shouldn't have left her by herself. >> reporter: her 79-year-old mother who suffers from dementia

was gone from the passenger seat. >> i was running and got into the car and running in circles and i called 911. >> with it being so cold, we knew that time was of the essence, so when we had the call we jumped in the aircraft and went searching. >> i have a heat signature in the back of the complex. closer to the beltway. >> and because of the hill and the terrain and a hill between them, they could not see her and it was a large area to search. i have a cruiser right at the corner. i have a light there. >> and sure enough, she was just a few yards, you know, awe of the parking lot. actually sitting down in the snow. >> and it looks like somebody is sitting down. i believe they are waving their hand when the cruiser went by. >> the rescue took minutes. >> she is in good condition. >> and for maggie, it felt like a lifetime. >> for me, it was beautiful, and i thanked god and i asked her if

she is going to be okay. >> reporter: it is a tough road ahead. >> it is hard, but i am dealing with it until the last day i can. >> reporter: she discovered her mom's dimension ya two months ago and now she is learning what it means and she is thankful to the prince george's police department, because of them, her mom was safe at home this morning. >> she brought me into the world and i want to do the best i can for my mom. >> and to know what it is like when you have a wake-up call of how serious this illness can be. maggie had hers last night, and she is very thank fofl the prince george's police department to help and aid in situations like this. soon they will be adding night vision goggles to help with situations like this as well. reporting live from the beltway, i'm tracee wilkins.

this prince george's county little boy called 911 to report he was hungry. police found him alone, and his mother returned home while police were on the scene. she was released until the case goes the trial. >> tonight, new details about a deadly stabbing inside of a 7-eleven store in montgomery coun county. news4's pat collins is live in gaithersburg with more on this. what happened, pat? >> well, doreen, police found the 7-eleven murder suspect right here at the murder scene. they say that he had a box cutter in his pocket, and blood on his hands. a 63-year-old 7-eleven clerk stabbed to death early this morning here on snowfer school ro road. >> there were two employees in the store, and as one employee was attacked the second employee

left the store and called 911. >> reporter: the suspect identified as 36-year-old shawn david king. police say that when they got to the scene, king was standing outside of the 7-eleven with blood on his hands. police say that this attack was unprovoked. they say that there was no robbery and no exchange of words before this act of murder. the victim identified as 63-year-old abdul gafar and he is described as kind and hard-working man who held two 7-eleven jobs. one in gaithersburg and the other one here at the goshen shopping center. this morning his relative was at the scene, and he believes that he knew the suspect. >> it has to be somebody who stabbed him with the knife. >> reporter: did he know the person? >> yeah, he knew them. >> reporter: how? >> well, he used to come as a customer. >> reporter: did he have problems with him?

>> ugh, maybe, he had argument with him one time. >> reporter: this 7-eleven is a popular stopping point here in t the community, and many customers knew the victim, and they are most upset by what happened here. >> well, he is like, i don't know, the coolest guy ever at a 7-eleven and i always talk to him. >> reporter: and for him to die this way? >> i think it is horrible, and i just can't believe it happened and happened to him especially. >> reporter: and now this is not just a gas and go kind of place. people come here. they trade stories here. and the clerks know the people, and the people know the clerks, but what happened here today has brought a great sense of hurt here. more about that coming up at 6:00. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. more than a million shoppers at risk after hackers steal credit card data from upscale shoppers. and caramel flavoring and you find it in the sodas and the foods, and is it linked to

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coloring that gives sodas the brown color. a new study by consumer reports found that the coloring contains a potential cancer-causing chemical. researchers say they have found varying levels of the byproduct that forms in the manufacturing process, and beverage companies say they are producing bef rajs with lower level of that byproduc byproduct. and a birth control that is making a comebackment for years the intrauterine devices or iuds had a bad rap because they were linked to fertility problems or infections or deaths, but now doctors say they have been redesigned and making them one of the most effective forms of birth control. >> this is my third. >> reporter: 32-year-old keisha jackson says that the birth control pills were not for her, and so she opted for the intrauterine device. a small t-shaped piece of plastic. >> i was not that great of a patient in terms of sticking to a calendar or time schedule for

taking the pill, and the iud fit my schedule much more conveniently. >> reporter: and the doctors say that they are seeing more patients like jackson and women who have trouble with oral contra s contraceptives because of the side effects or the problems remembering to take them, and for years after taking safety warnings, they are using iuds again, and there are a lot of women whose initial reaction is iuds, i don't want that. >> reporter: dr. ellen whitaker, a gynecologist says that the older iuds were linked to higher risk of pelvic infections that caused complications including infer ti and even death, but now the devices have been redesigned a on the newer models like the popular new brand mirena are safe and have fewer side effects to the other forms of contracepti contraception. >> well, it doesn't have effects that women have on things such

as birth control pills. >> reporter: the device is implanted straight into the uter uterus. the device can last 3 to 10 years, and it can be removed by your doctor at any time. >> and one of the reasons they are so effective is because they get rid of the human error par, and women forget to get the pills or the refills. >> reporter: and the doctors say there are still some risk s ws the newer iuds even though they are rare such as infection and puncture of the uterus, and doctors say that the iuds can be more expensive than the birth control pills because of the cost of implanting the device, but for patients like keisha jackson, the benefit of reliable birth control is priceless. >> you don't have to think about the product. you know that it is working. >> and it is easy to remove an iud if you are trying to get pregnant and the doctor can do it, and fertility returns

quickly, and as far as the cost, it is the upfront cost of implanting the device that can be more expensive than the oral contraceptives, but until after that, you are not paying for anything until you remove the device, so doctors say that the price evens out overtime. >> thank you, pat. at 30 feet it is the tallest statue of nelson mandela, but it has a tiny quirk. a sculpted rabbit inside one of the ears, and why this is sparking international outrage. and i'm liz crenshaw. and how more than a million cards could be compromised. that story coming up. and more windchills across the region. tonight, a cold night once again, and it looks like it is going to continue. right now, outside, a beautiful right now, outside, a beautiful shot and

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breaking news about a deadly pileup involving several semi trucks. scott macfarlane with the details at the live desk. >> we are just getting the pictures from michigan city, indiana, and look at that. that is interstate 94 halfway between chicago and kalamazoo, michigan. and they say that 12 semi tractor-trailer trucks in this crash, and other passenger vehicles many that you can see here on the screen. first responders trying to weave through, and police do believe that the ice is si weather played a factor, but no word on the exact cause. and again, a crash involving half a dozen tractor-trailers on the michigan and indiana border and there are at least two people reported dead. news4's transportation

reporter is live at reagan international airport, and adam, any more delays to report tonight? >> yes. this is just coming into the newsroom, and this is a tck fire that you can see the response to this l' enfant plaza and people are tweeting out big delays because of it. out live to reagan international airport, and the problem here earlier today was a cracked rail, and yeah, that is a problem when the deep freeze sets in. >> reporter: pictures tweeted out up and down the red and blue lines show that there was a rail cracked, and causing delays. >> these things happen when you have a severe drop in temperature like we saw, and the rails contract, and they tried to pull apart. >> reporter: and in fact, the metro general manager said he

felt the pain, too, because he is a yellow line rider and got stuck in the mess. >> i will tell you that i was right there at pentagon city waiting for the train like everybody else and i was experiencing what the customers were experiencing, and i had a 20-minute wait, and we all got on the next train and got on the way. >> reporter: with you tryiu wer explain things to people there? >> well, i am one person among several hundred, but everybody was calm. >> reporter: wednesday a number of mechanical issues with trains, and tuesday the snow kept the riders away from the rails, and don't tell jeffrey jasmine what it is like to ride metro in the cold, because the ski mask, and the coat tells the story. >> up with layer, and heavy jacket, and ski mask. >> reporter: and this lady also layered up, because she said it is chicago tested and prefers the train right now in the cold, and the only one regret -- >> i took the fur off, and i should have kept it on.

>> reporter: did you know that you would be outside riding the metro? >> yes. >> reporter: so this is es s essential? >> yes, it is cold out here. >> reporter: and along the northeast corridor because of the cold, the loss is on a modified schedule tomorrow. back here now live at the reagan international station, and the good news about the cracked rail, it was able to be fixed quickly, and the riders got on the way, but the deep freeze having an effect on the rails. is there a certain type of h metro rail car that you should avoid in this weather? i will tell you about that coming up at 6:00. reporting live at reagan national. >> well, adam had the bad news about the cracked rail, but the bad news is that there is no relief in sight even though the rail was fixed. right, doug? >> no. it looks like ten days out that we will get some relief, but it is ten days out. looking outside across the city looking towards the memorial and the bridge, and it looks good, but again, if you are out tlshe,

and you know what i am saying, si cold. temperatures in the 20s and 24 right now, and 5 to 10 degrees below zero right now, and that is where we are going to be and why we have the windchill advisory across the area, and including montgomery county, and fauquier county and loudoun county and everybody to the west. and d.c. and southern maryland and the northern neck, you are not involved in the wind chill advisory, but it does not mean that you won't be cold, because you are going to be freezing, and sub freezing friday. and temperatures today in the 20s, and that is where they will be again tomorrow. and high tomorrow is 23, and 21 in bowie, and maybe 22, if you r are lucky in gaithersburg, and if you are working outside, first off, my hat is off to you, but there are several freezing warnings across the area. and we will talk about the seven-day coming up. we will have the windchill right now between 5 and 15 degrees. we have seen a little bit in way of the snow today, and this is a

clipper that came through, and some of us picked up the way in the snowshower activity and that bringing in another shot of cold air, and that is what we will see tomorrow. it is going to be at 1:00 in the afternoon, do we warm up? no, 9 in d.c. and 12 in manassas, and so we are in for a very, very cold friday. and 36 on saturday with a good chance of some wind. we will see a little bit of accumulation on wednesday. and 30 on monday, and then it is going to be cold can again with 23 on tuesday. you want to make shure that you are prepared for the deep freeze. our nbc washington weather app can help you. you will get the lat est breakig

news right to the your phone and the latest in weather. >> new developments in the neiman-marcus security hack. and recall of more than 1 million pacifier holders. and plus the penalty of not shoveling the snow off of your sidewalks. liz is here. >> we will begin with the new update from neiman-marcus out o today. they said how many debit and credit card s has have been compromised. neiman-marcus says that 1.1 million credit cards may have been jeopardized from july 16th to october 30th of last year, a and they know that at least 2400 of those 1.1 million are shoppers who shopped inside of neiman-marcus or at their outlet that is also owned by neim neiman-marc neiman-marcus. anybody who has shopped there

for the last year can sign up for one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

-- there is actually a fine of $150 for folks who don't shovel their sidewalks. and we are told that the sidewalks that are not shoveled will have fines normally after a neighbor complains. we will have more on that and how the sign up on the neiman-marcus credit monitoring by going to washingtnbcwashingt >> so get that shovel out. >> and the bitter cold, we know it is a problem for the water main, but there is more new tonight come up from petco for the strain on the power companies. >> and getting the word out early for

a check of what is trending online. south africa's government is d ordering repairs to the bronze statue of nelson mandela. they are upset about a rabbit that the artists carved into the mandela's ear. you can see it there. the artists have apologized and they say that they added the rabbit as a personal stamp when the government kept them from engraving their cigsignatures. and the man in britain behind the slow-mo guy's youtube

page, you can see that he rigs up a device with a watermelon exploding there, and shot it at 125 frames per second to get it so slow down, and the video is posted and already has more than 1 million views. our wintry weather is turning some fairfax figures into cult heroes on social media. it is all about the snow days. virginia bureau reporter david culver explains. >> reporter: last month ryan mcelvin had fewer than 100 followers and now it is way over 1,000. >> well, it happened on a snow day last month, and school stuns caught on as a resource. >> it is important up to the students to know that it is not up to the school board. we have a superintendent and chief operating officer who goes

out the survey the conditions. >> reporter: and the students so happy with his tweets they have f photo shopped him as the cool kids and captioned him as simb aa fra from the "lion kipgs." >> i get a kick out of it. >> reporter: and also, other school committees have a web page dedicated to them, but some are warning that the twitter users are spreading bad information and some of the fake tweets are getting retweeted. fairfax school spokesman john torii says that he has no problem with legitimate tweets, but he is worried about the false accounts. >> there are a number of ways that we disseminate the information officially, and parents should rely on that. >> do you worry should there be

a day that some figure that should not be in school, and instead, you have school, and you will get some negative backlash? >> well sh, in montgomery count with joshua star has been instructive. >> referring to the bashing of the superintendent on social media for not canceling school in the past. >> for the kids sishgts a learning process and we have to show them how to behave well on twitter and social media. >> reporter: in fairfax, virgin virginia, i'm david culver for news4. right now, bitter cold over much of the kcountry from the canadian border to texas to even florida. and it is adding to dangerous conditions in our area. >> snow pack and ice continue to be a problem. the sidewalks are still coated and we found cars stuck to the ground by one leak in a d.c. neighborhood. >> and the latest battleground on the issue of gay marriage. good ooef evening, i'm jim vanc >> and i'm doreen gentzler, and the deep freeze continues with

some of the coldest air in years. we saw snow flurries this afternoo afternoon, but tonight, the big concern is the wind advisory in effect for a big part of our area. >> doug, how low will it go? >> well, not as low as last night, even though it is going to be feel colder because of the wind. last night, dulles dropped to 2 below zero which is the coldest they have seen in 18 years. and yes, some snowshowers across the region and there they are coming through with the clipper system to move rapidly, and as it did so, it brought the temperatures back down, and the winds, too, and that is why we have the windchill advisory, and currently 16 in martinsburg, and 21 in culpepper and the windchills in the single digits, and we will see them in dangerous levels especially back to the west where the windchill could be between 5 and 10 below zero. that is what we are going to continue to see througmo